The first few times I played this game I just could not get into it, to hard, to deep, ect... About 6 months or longer I cant remember I made myself sit down and play the game at my best friends demand. I ended up reaching that level of video game chi, or high, you know where time has no meaning, it's just you and the world your playing. I ended up playing for 9 hours that day and was just blown away at the masterpiece I had sitting on my computer untouched. The sheer depth of this game is unlike any I have ever experienced before, the SIZE of the game is amazing and even though I did not fully play the first 2 games, I did not feel as though I was missing anything story wise, they do a good job at filling you in. The world in this game is so alive and unlike anything I have ever seen, beautiful graphics, amazing story, PLEASE do yourself the pleasure of playing this game, you will not regret it!