i know, it has bugs. i know, combat could be better. to be honest, probably would have given this game a 3 or 4, but the fact that it was the first game i played seriously, the fact that the story, setting, music, deep character creation and outstanding characters (along with incredible dialogue), and the fact that i have never been satisfied by an RPG (except for, perhaps, es3 Morrowind ) quite like this one, gives it a 5. also, Payne rocks.