Strengths:graphical details; especially the city, missions, gps, map, cell phone,
Weaknesses:lack of checkpoints within missions, clunky combat controls, story goes south midway through, can not choose missions on a replay
Posted 1 year ago - This was my first GTA and being from the NYC area I was drawn to "Liberty City". The first several missions help orient you to the controls but then the difficulty goes up several notches for a newbie.
There are no checkpoints so you either need to get pretty proficient at combat including good cover techniques or get proficient at whipping out your cell phone to dial up a cheat. Cheats won't help you however on demanding chases; the helicopter and motorcycle variety can be pretty frustrating.
The story starts out interestingly enough but then gets rathe see more