I got it last night and I love it! I loved the first one on the original Xbox as well. The best way to describe it is take the open world free roam, steal anything, drive anything, and weapons of GTA4. Add in the Battlefield Bad Company everything is destructible and all of Bad Company's weapons. Then add a little spice with a tactical Nuke that you can level Times Square with! AWESOME!
I seen the commercials and it looked pretty cool. Haven't played the first, might rent it though if it's as fun as you make it sounds.
this game is a half assed game. i loved the 1st one but this one is garbage. it's a "one foot in the grave poorman"s sandbox game. The graphics are like a tad better than original xbox and the gameplay is borderline atrocious. I'm only playing thru it cuz i started it. Wait til u get further into the game, you'll realize it' pointless.. example of how bad:When playing co-op you're 2nd player can not shoot a gun while riding in a car with you UNLESS he's on a turret. What neanderthal thought it'd be a good idea to make a passenger completely useless in a SHOOTING game. plus game stopping glitches, had a couple of those already.