I'm very happy with the large maps, but this isnt really a sandbox game, so your only really gonna briefly explore it, during a crime scene, running down a suspect, or during a shoot out, but who knows what happens after you finish the game, it seems kind of stupid after ranking up so much to go out and go on a killing spree. They did talk about collecting shields, and collecting landmarks, so its more like, killing pigeons or big jumps on GTA 4