indeed, the whole point of gta was completing a hard mission in its entirety before being allowed to save, not just saving before every hard part, its that feature that made games like res evil, tomb raider and the likes great.
GTA3 and all relating items are such a big turndown.
GTA2 was the pwn, making it 3d removes the fun
Oh, and might I add there is just ONE map? ONE!!
with objectives like, ride here, go there, blow that up, get killed, restart, bahbahbah