This game starts off slow. You run basic errands and meet people. In the beginning, it also jumps around time periods a bit, which can be annoying trying to figure out if you're in the present or a flashback. But that doesn't last long so just wait it out.
Then the revenge plot kicks in and the action goes off the charts. Yeah it gets repetitive, but that makes sense when you think about it. You're taking down an "organized" crime syndicate. What's that? It's a business with a lot of rackets that have enforcers and street soldiers, set up the same way for easy management. How do you take it down? Grab the street soldiers, interrogate them, destroy the product, steal the cash, make the enforcers and the players come out of hiding, take them out. Rinse repeat until it's all gone.
This is also one of those games where stealth is not required, but it's super fun. I loved sneaking around compounds dropping some underboss's guards and then letting him see me and call for backup, only to realize that he's alone. The stealth takedowns are super violent. You can also choose lethal or nonlethal takedowns. Furthermore, this is one of those games where as you hurt the bad guy's business, you get cutscenes showing his responses to what you're doing and how it's hurting him. As you conquer territories, you also get to assign control to your in-game associates. Showing favoritism can and will piss off some of your friends, so choose wisely.
The game does have it's flaws and wtf issues. For instance, if you're driving and you so much as bump into something, like say, a small tree, doing 5 mph, the game responds like you just drove into a mountain doing 90mph. You also have the basic henchman that can throw molotovs 500 yards and are 100% accurate with shotguns at the same distance. Also, if you're driving really fast, civilians like to dive into the road in front of you for some reason. If you hit them, you better hope a cop doesn't see it, or you're in for an instant chase.
Overall, I don't get the hate. If you're looking for a game set in the post-Nam south where you're a badass soldier taking down a mafia syndicate, this is your game.
Then the revenge plot kicks in and the action goes off the charts. Yeah it gets repetitive, but that makes sense when you think about it. You're taking down an "organized" crime syndicate. What's that? It's a business with a lot of rackets that have enforcers and street soldiers, set up the same way for easy management. How do you take it down? Grab the street soldiers, interrogate them, destroy the product, steal the cash, make the enforcers and the players come out of hiding, take them out. Rinse repeat until it's all gone.
This is also one of those games where stealth is not required, but it's super fun. I loved sneaking around compounds dropping some underboss's guards and then letting him see me and call for backup, only to realize that he's alone. The stealth takedowns are super violent. You can also choose lethal or nonlethal takedowns. Furthermore, this is one of those games where as you hurt the bad guy's business, you get cutscenes showing his responses to what you're doing and how it's hurting him. As you conquer territories, you also get to assign control to your in-game associates. Showing favoritism can and will piss off some of your friends, so choose wisely.
The game does have it's flaws and wtf issues. For instance, if you're driving and you so much as bump into something, like say, a small tree, doing 5 mph, the game responds like you just drove into a mountain doing 90mph. You also have the basic henchman that can throw molotovs 500 yards and are 100% accurate with shotguns at the same distance. Also, if you're driving really fast, civilians like to dive into the road in front of you for some reason. If you hit them, you better hope a cop doesn't see it, or you're in for an instant chase.
Overall, I don't get the hate. If you're looking for a game set in the post-Nam south where you're a badass soldier taking down a mafia syndicate, this is your game.