I LOVE this game. There it is. I haven't bothered with the online but the single player stands on it's own. If you take the time and smell the flowers, hell it took me 3 maybe 4 DAYS to get into chapter 2 because it was just fun roaming around, no real intention or job to do. Then I would find a guy on the road who needed my help and that would be it. I would be off doing whatever I could to help them. And that is without the story itself. I took a while to do it because I am very easily distracted but when I got going, especially chapters 3 and 6, I didn't even know I was in a game. I thought I WAS Arthur, pulling off scams to get money and watching the characters change as the story just progresses. It was amazing, great writing and great detail. The only times where I felt bored were chapters 5 and Epilogue one. They were so tedious.