Great game if you like driving fast, trying to loose the cops, and compleating your missions in an urban enviroment. Similar to GTA San Andres, but the cops are smarter. You have to behave around them or else you will have to loose them which isn't so easy. Open world in the sense that you can take missions around the city that don't follow the story line. Everything runs smooth on my modern system in windows 10 at max settings. I've had no crashes or lockups. I didn't have to reset compatability on the executable file. Graphics are good for 2007. Voice acting is good. Music is good if you like retro (I've put in hours and I still hear new songs on the radio). There is gun play involved. A bit tricky, but after I reconfigured my controls I didn't have a problem. If I was to have a negative it would be the lack of in game documentation. You have to learn on the fly. For example, street racing. You don't know where to go. You can check the map but it doesn't really tell you what that red dot means, and you have to check it while your racing. Still once you figure it out it's alot of fun. Worth the price, especially if it's on sale.
