I have only heard bad things about this game. I went to EB about 3 weeks ago and the genleman that works at the store told me "Dont even bother wasting your money". So I figured he knew what he was talking about. We'll he didnt. I must say the only reason I always wanted to buy this game was only because it was a Rockstar game. But now that I found it for 20 bucks in a store I thought I should give it a shot. The graphics are nice. Story mode is solid. Control is very good. Easy going game. Simple game. My 7 year old son caught on pretty quick. Its fun and I see this game having a nice replay value in this house.