one of my favourite open world games of all time (sorry gta 5 and rdr2)

i have played this game a bunch over the years (100%'d it on console), i have always found the story and open world shenanigans of the main game incredible and fascinating, alot of people compare this game to gta but to me i don't really see this game as similar or even like gta, it does things way on its own. open world and mechanics wise (including the combat system), it doesn't feel like a gta clone but rather its own game which i like

the dlc is also cool, it doesn't really do much or add much for me but thats fine, its not really the main focus of the game so it doesn't matter that much.