Ok just got it. I went home at lunch to give it 60min whirl. Dusted off the PS2 (LoL) and hooked it up. Now on first glance the graphics are better than than the last installment of GTA. In the last version the used blurr and fuzzy graphics in the distance to accomdate the PS@'s dated hardware. In this version graphics are better and they dropped the blur (thank god) and went with a more comic book texture kind of a cross hatching if I am using the right term. Anyways it makes for cleaner graphics and better animation. The time period is fun, and the map seems huge, bigger than previous ones. The sound track seems killer.
The first mission I get dropped off in my old hood by some cops. I go to my old house to find my momma has been shot. I was like damn homie, why they gotta shoot my momma? So I met up with my old crew. We were chillin in da hood and some essay's from the south side came set tripping and shot up OG Henney LOC's car. So we all jacked bikes and tried to ditch them. I caught a few slugs in the back but I walked it off.
I have to say in this game the fight engine is a little better, and a little more gansta! Seems to be a great game so far.