Personally I play on Black and White mode with UI prompts disabled. Harder but more fun in my opinion.

This is a game for people who play for the story and don't get put off by having to think seriously.

While it is open world outside of objectives there doesn't seem to be much to do besides finding cars and doing side missions that randomly pop up. You mostly travel while in a police chase. Traveling to locations is entirely optional since you can get in the passenger seat and ask your partner to drive.

Choices matter in this quite a lot from how you judge what people say in response to your questioning to what leads you pick up. Sometimes you will end up arresting someone without having checked all your leads because they appear to be guilty. Reading your report at the end of each case scores you on how you performed and even adds comments on how you could have done better. I've a feeling that my judgement has led a few innocent people behind bars.

Personally I play on Black and White mode with UI prompts disabled. Harder but more fun in my opinion. This is a game for people who play for the story and don't get put off by having to think seriously. While it is open world outside of objectives there doesn't seem to be much to do besides finding cars and doing side missions that randomly pop up. You mostly travel while in a police chase. Traveling to locations is entirely optional since you can get in the passenger seat and ask your partner to drive. Choices matter in this quite a lot from how you judge what people say in response to your questioning to what leads you pick up. Sometimes you will end up arresting someone without having checked all your leads because they appear to be guilty. Reading your report at the end of each case scores you on how you performed and even adds comments on how you could have done better. I've a feeling that my judgement has led a few innocent people behind bars.