What an absolutely goated game. I recently watched a youtube video essay about the amount of detail that was put into the overworld of this game - about the amount of effort the devs put into parking lots and inside areas of building no one was ever going to visit. I just think it was super interesting how (sometimes) things like that can be reflections of the love and effort that was put into the game overall. You could argue that one thing takes away from the other - nice details in the overworld vs good gameplay for example. You usually can't have both, but this game is weird because it really gives you the best of all worlds. This game has great gameplay and it is a great joy to play AND you can see the 3D modelled coffee cups inside gas station dinners in the game.

It's probably just my nostalgia speaking though idk.