It's an amazing game with a top notch open world, and a story which manages to skillfully fluctuate between comedic and tragically serious.
It's a bit of a broken mess, but a fallen soldier who did his best to fix up this game made a patch which does away with the game's technical flaws, and gives you options to skip the grind of having to earn respect points before you can progress the main story.
I didn't mind that personally because doing side content in this game is very fun, i don't think there's any other game where you can spray the city with feces.
You could get lost exploring Stilwater and doing little side objectives for a very long time, i can't stress enough how well designed the city is.
Oh yeah and the music slaps.