You made the same mistake I did by attempting to complete every side quest. I burned out very fast. About 2 months later I came back and started from scratch (with cheat codes) and played through it and the 2 DLC's and really enjoyed it. Granted I did not have to grind it out since I was cheating. With all of that being said this game IMO was a masterpiece. You have to admit that the DLC gave much bang for the buck, the story and maps were the size of some full games. Lol i just got nostalgic of my many hours riding around on roach. I still have saddle sores ;)