I like many things about this game but there's a lot that rubs me the wrong way.

The game's constant tonal shifts between serious drama and complete ridiculousness are entertaining for a while. However, there comes a certain point where I started to expect crazy things to constantly happen and I just got desensitized and stopped caring.

The combat balance is kinda weird. You have a pretty consistent difficulty curve in the main levels where you run through and hit people, and I enjoy those, but the overworld combat stays at about the same difficulty for the entire game and it eventually gets pretty boring kicking the shit out of the same 4 delinquents over and over.

The main story content also doesn't throw those crafted levels at you often enough. You spend way too much time walking around, fetching shit and talking to people (that fucking homeless guy delivery quest).

I don't mind talking to people as much since the writing can be quite good but the game just doesn't throw the handcrafted levels at you often enough in my opinion.

The side content is diverse and often enjoyable and I like the minigames.

The game isn't bad and I see why people love it but there's a ton of pacing stuff that really prevented me from getting a great experience out of it.