I'm satisfied with it, plenty satisfied, but thats me not you.
Depends on how much realism you desire. Its certainly more realistic in a lot of aspects compared to past GTA games, the driving feels less arcadey (you can't whip around 90-degree turns at full speed anymore), if you just try to run across the road haphazardly you can get in some pretty serious (and potentially hilarious) car accidents thanks to the new, excellent physics. Combat actually requires using cover. Pedestrians and the overall feel of the city is more realistic in general. You have friends you need to keep in contact with and hang out with now and again if you want to keep them as good friends, although its really not necessary to the story, you can blow 'em all off if you want.
However, in some ways the realism is reduced. Generally speaking, escaping from 3-star wanted rating is easy as pie, although occasionally time consuming (less realistic but I actually like this as I couldn't stand 3-star or higher in previous GTA unless I was just messing around). Sometimes minor crashes in a car send your vehicle flying through the air, the physics wonk out every now and again. Also, be aware that even the smallest trees in the GTA universe are still made out of solid diamond, you can fly through light poles and mail boxes like they were cardboard but trees are still unyielding.
Sorry for the length but I felt like being thourough. I'm probably biased but I would say absolutely, buy this game. It feels much more realistic overall, the missions are less frustrating (though also less varied), great story, solid gameplay mechanics, fun multiplayer, etc.
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