Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The Good
Story and setting. The cities do feel real.

The Bad
Tedious gameplay. The territory system. The RPG elements. The tedious car journeys to begin and re-start missions. The labrynthine map. The poorly controlling cars. The janky controls. The awful combat and shooting. The bugs, e.g. where you can get insta-killed once you step out of a car. The bad balance. The convoluted story. The anti-climactic endings to character arcs. The padding.

The Bottom Line
Despite all the many flaws, I found myself coming back to advance the plot, but also found myself getting very frustrated and bored at multiple times and asking myself 'do I really want to keep playing this'. In the end I stopped just before the end and the tedious territory recapture missions.