games

They're good games but I wouldn't get my hope up too much as per political messages. They have their moments but it is also just a lot of "this beer is called piss"

i really dug it, even some of the mechanics that others found dumb/tedious. i liked doing the workout shit so i could make my dude completely, borderline-upsettingly jacked (and demolish people in a fist fight), and i liked the gang territory mechanic of being able to take over neighborhoods with gang wars. then my dudes would spawn on the corners, wearing colors. if the cops came into an area where i was strong, my guys would start lighting them up which was helpful when trying to finish something because your guys shooting cops doesn't give you additional wanted stars. also, i could recruit them to run around and ride with me, shooting cops or rivals.

i also liked how each big city had a fighting style you could learn with its own combos. probably the san francisco-style dojo was the most useful, because you could do a roundhouse and take down multiple enemies, but the las vegas style was funny because you could knock people down and then sit on their chest and repeatedly bash their head in.