I hope it doesn't get reviewed as the best game ever, it is to high, I'm almost ready with the story and so far the game play, graphics and story are very good although it is still GTA, the missions really didn't change much.
This might be a mess but this is what I wrote in a message to EaglesEye379:
It's really,really,really good and I'm not even a big fan of GTA (I always liked it but always thought it was overrated). the resident evil style shooting works a lot better, shooting from the car works better, I love the story this time (although I'm at a point now where I do not really feel like I'm progressing much, 23 hours), the cell phone really is a great addition, you even get calls like: he man I was under the shower and I heard the phone,was it you. nope wasn't me. Those small things really let you feel more immersive, the missions are really cool (although not changed much from the previous versions) and I love to be drunk and going for a ride. Only thing I'm not really fond of is the new cop system where you have to out ride them in a circle radius (which means you are driving away from them, but to be able to do this the cops are far more easier to out drive them, so the cops car chases are not so cool.
EDIT: I haven't played mutliplayer yet. going to do that now.