I only played the demo of the first one and I didn't like it. It seemed too white-middle-class-wannabe-black-gangsta with over use of the "N" word.
My not so savvy friend bought it recently for £20 used when it's being sold for around £10 new online.
He traded it in pretty quickly because he thought it was so awful. But then this is the guy who thought King Kong was a "top class" game.