I enjoyed the fact that I had to do different activities to gain stats in the relevant area and the fact that I could really feel the difference between stats levels. I had a lot of fun setting myself up a sort of free running course between athletics tokens, much like the on foot roof top races. It was also nice being able to kill gang members in different ways instead of just having to shoot them all the time. My character evolved as I gained stats in different areas so that by the time I was finished my character looked and moved very differently to the original character, which was great. It unfortunately showed up the fact that the world around me did not evolve at all, which I found slightly disappointing. The minor bosses you take out are each supposed to have a different effect on the functioning of the entire gang, but if it did happen I found it wasn’t really that noticeable.

The multiplayer co-op option is available over Xbox Live, but it really seemed to be an afterthought to me. It feels like it was added on the demands of Microsoft to create more content for Xbox Live. It adds nothing to the gaming experience, especially since you are unable to fight bosses after completing the game, even in that mode. You can apparently play in split screen mode, but so far I haven’t be able to find that option. It may as well not exist if it takes that much effort to find. I found that not being able to just replay the game was extremely annoying. In order to replay with bosses and storyline, you need to wipe out your game or use a different storage device. The sandbox may endure after you finish, but once the ending has played the game is definitely over and I had to go through an irritating process to be able to play the game again. As with the multiplayer problem, it’s almost not worth making the effort. But I did anyway just to mess around. Just running around in "sandbox mode" is fun, but it’s nice to have someone to aim for or, at least, at.