As the creator of the hype thread who had the game pre-ordered from day one I can safely say
NO
There are sections of the game that are just bad, features promised by devs were missing, the UI was crap, the game is buggy, side quests are horrible for the most part, and the story was disappointing. I still like the game but it isn't GOTY material.
Sleeping Dogs is a better candidate.
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