Recent reviews by Lobster Pot

This game makes you draw a clear line in your own mind around what exactly it means to be alive.

I don't like saying I would or would not recommend this game, it's a Ubisoft sandbox exactly the same as any other. If you like those games, you'll love this game. Some tips I ran into along the way:

• You don't have to watch the credits, they are SOOOO LONG. I had time to watch the available epilogue news flashes, get scared by a spider, change my clothes, go to the bathroom, look up how long the credits were on my phone, find aforementioned spider again and the credits STILL weren't over. I just skipped to the end, it still shows an after credits scene if you skip them.
  
• If you are a 100%er, good news is this game is easy to 100%. The most frustrating challenge was the poker game. I tried to play strategically and there is even a feature that allows you to "cheat", but I still lost every time. I got frustrated, went to the low stakes $100 table and went all in every time and IT WORKED THE FIRST TIME. I guess I just don't know how to play poker.

Other than that - graphics are alright, main character is impossible to relate to (I couldn't tell if he was supposed to be a hardened criminal or a sentimental family man), about half the side quests are awesome and half suck, story is ok (SPOILER: They kill off or push away all of the most interesting characters, no development for the Deadmou5 guy? What's going on with Tobias Frewer? Maurice had so much potential too! )

Crashes constantly, poorly optimized, but slightly better graphics than the predecessor. It's badass to play as a big daddy, and the gameplay has been improved. If that will carry you through multiple crashes per level, then buy this game.

I will not buy another Rockstar game until they can demonstrate they know how to support a game and deliver on their advertising promises. The multiplayer is broken and unplayable, the mandatory social club is annoying, the false sale is insulting, and the rules on mods are unreasonable and restrictive.

DONT spend $60 on this $20 game.

Excellent game for achievement oriented players.