the only thing that's perfect in this world is me, but this game comes pretty close. i'd rate it closer to a 4.8-4.9 if i could.

this game has a lot of love and effort put into it, despite the heads of the company not really caring about this game despite it being one of the best rockstar games to date in my opinion. while this game wasn't the first open world cowboy game with a linear storyline (i'd probably have to give that props to gun), i think this game absolutely perfected it.

the only things that knocks it down, even if only a little, are the outdated R* formula and some rare but extremely game breaking bugs i'd come across with no solution. the biggest flaw for me was the formula though, with the "stage" being filled with respawning bad guys with almost no explicable reason as to why those guys were there other than "it's a video game and you need to shoot people."

overall, a "must play" in my opinion. even if it doesn't change your life in any significant way, i think a lot of people who enjoy open world story games would like this one.