Gameplay
The player driving a car towards the Grove Street
cul-de-sac in Los Santos at dusk.
San Andreas is structured similarly to the previous two games
in the series. The core gameplay consists of elements of a third-person
shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large,
open world
environment in which to move around. On foot, the player's character is
capable of walking, eating, running, sprinting, swimming, climbing (the
first
GTA game in which swimming and climbing are possible) and
jumping as well as using weapons and various forms of hand to hand
combat. Players can drive a variety of vehicles, including automobiles,
buses, semis, boats, fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, trains, tanks,
motorcycles and bikes. Players may also import vehicles rather than
steal them.
The open, non-linear environment allows players to explore and choose
how they wish to play the game. Although storyline missions are
necessary to progress through the game and unlock certain cities and
content, they are not required as players can complete them at their own
leisure. When not taking on a storyline mission, players can free-roam
and look around the cities, eat from the restaurant, or cause havoc by
attacking people and causing destruction. Creating havoc can attract
unwanted and potentially fatal attention from the authorities. The more
chaos caused, the stronger the response: police will handle "minor"
infractions (attacking pedestrians, pointing guns at people, stealing
vehicles, manslaughter, etc.), whereas
SWAT teams, the
FBI, and the military respond to higher wanted levels.
The player can partake in a variety of optional side missions that
can boost their character's attributes or provide another source of
income. The traditional side missions of the past games are included,
such as dropping off taxi cab passengers, putting out fires, driving
injured people to the hospital and fighting crime as a
vigilante. New additions include
burglary missions,
pimping
missions, truck and train driving missions requiring players to make
deliveries on time, and driving/flying/boating/biking schools, which
help players learn skills and techniques to use in their corresponding
vehicles.
Not all locations are open to the player at the start of the game.
Some locales, such as pay 'n spray, gyms, and shops, become available
only after completing certain missions. Likewise, for the first portion
of the game, only Los Santos and its immediate suburbs are available for
exploration; unlocking the other cities and rural areas again requires
the completion of certain missions. If the player were to try travel in
locked locations they would end up attracting the attention of SWAT
teams.
Unlike
GTA III and
Vice City, which needed loading screens when the player moved between different districts of the city,
San Andreas
has no load times when the player is in transit. The only loading
screens in the game are for cut-scenes and interiors. Other differences
between
San Andreas and its predecessors include the switch from single-player to multiplayer Rampage missions (albeit not in the
PC
version), and the replacement of the 'hidden packages' with spray paint
tags, hidden camera shots, horseshoes, and oysters to discover.
The camera, fighting, and targeting controls were reworked to incorporate concepts from another Rockstar game,
Manhunt, including various stealth elements,
[8]
as well as improved target crosshairs and a target health indicator
which changes from green to red to black depending on the target's
health. The PC version of the game implements
mouse chording; the player has to hold the right mouse button to activate the
crosshairs, and then click or hold at the left mouse button to shoot or use an item, such as a camera.
The player has a gunfight with members of an enemy gang.
In addition, players can swim and climb walls for the first time in the series.
[9]
The ability to swim has a great effect on the player as well, since
water is no longer an impassable barrier that kills the player (although
it is possible to drown). For greater firepower, players can also wield
dual firearms or perform a drive-by shooting with multiple gang
members. Due to the size of San Andreas, a waypoint reticle on the HUD
map can be set, aiding the player in reaching a destination.
RPG features in character development
Rockstar has emphasized the
personalization of the main protagonist by adding many
role-playing game
elements. Clothing, accessories, haircuts, jewelry, and tattoos are now
available for purchase by the player, and have more of an effect on
non-player characters' reactions than the clothing in
Vice City.
CJ's level of respect among his fellow recruits and street friends
varies according to his appearance and actions, as do his relationships
with his girlfriends. Players must also ensure CJ eats to stay healthy
and also exercises properly. The balance of food and physical activity
has an effect on his appearance and physical attributes.
[9]
San Andreas tracks acquired skills in areas such as driving,
firearms handling, stamina, and lung capacity, which improve through use
in the game.
[9] CJ may also learn three different styles of
hand-to-hand combat (
boxing,
kung fu and
Muay Thai)
at the gyms in each of the game's three cities. CJ can also speak with a
number of pedestrians in the game, responding either negatively or
positively. According to Rockstar, there are about 4,200 lines of spoken
dialogue.
[10]
Vehicles
In total, there are around 240 vehicles in the game
[11] compared to approximately 60 in
GTA III. New additions include
bicycles, a
combine harvester, a
street sweeper, a
hovercraft, trailers and others. Car
physics and features are similar to the
Midnight Club series of
street racing games, allowing for much more midair vehicle control as well as
nitrous upgrades and aesthetic modification.
There are several different classes of vehicles that serve different
purposes. Off-road vehicles perform better in rough environments, while
racing cars perform better on tracks or on the street.
Jets are fast, but usually need a
runway to land.
Helicopters can land almost anywhere and are much easier to control in the air, but are slower. While previous
Grand Theft Auto games had only a few aircraft that were difficult to access and fly,
San Andreas
has 11 fixed wing aircraft and nine helicopters and makes them more
integral in the game's missions. There is also the ability to
skydive from aircraft, using a parachute. Several boats were added, while some were highly modified.
Other additions and changes
Other new features and changes from previous
Grand Theft Auto games include:
- Gang wars: Battles with enemy gangs are prompted whenever the
player ventures into enemy territory and kills at least three gang
members. If the player then survives three waves of enemies, the
territory will be won and fellow gang members will begin wandering the
streets of these areas. The more territory owned by the player, the more
money that will be generated. Occasionally, the player's territory will
come under attack from enemy gangs and defeating them will be necessary
to retain these areas. Once all marked territories are claimed from one
of the two other gangs for the Grove Street Families, that gang can no
longer attack. Once the player takes control of all the territories,
none can come under attack.[12]
- Car modification: Most automobiles in the game can be
modified and upgraded at various garages. All car mods are strictly
visual apart from the stereo and nitrous oxide
upgrade which increases bass and gives the car a speed boost when
activated respectively; and hydraulics, which lowers the car's height by
default and allows the player to control various aspects of the car's
suspension. Other common modifications include paintjobs, rims, body kits, side skirts, bumpers and stereo system upgrades.
- Burglary: Continuing the series' tradition of controversy, home invasion is included as a potential money-making activity.[13] By stealing a burglary van, CJ is able to sneak into a residence at night, and cart off valuables or shake down the occupants.
- Minigames: Numerous minigames are also available for play in San Andreas, including basketball, pool, rhythm-based challenges (dancing and 'bouncing' lowriders with hydraulics), and video game machines that pay homage to classic arcade games. In addition, there are the aforementioned casino games and methods of gambling, such as betting on virtual horse races.[14]
- Money: The money system has been expanded upon, compared to
previous titles. Players can spend their cash on gambling, tattoos,
meals, etc. Excessive gambling loss can force the player to sink into
debt, which is shown in red negative numbers. When the player leaves a
safehouse, CJ gets an unexpected call and a mysterious person tells him
about his debts. Four gang members suddenly appear and shoot Carl on
sight if he does not erase the debt when the mysterious person calls him
a second time.
- Multiplayer: Rampages have been modified to allow two players
to complete them. The players are both shown simultaneously on the
screen, meaning they must stay within close proximity of each other. The
multiplayer rampages were removed from the PC version of the game.
While multiplayer modes were absent on the PC version (as with the
previous games), third-party modifications like Multi Theft Auto and San Andreas Multiplayer provide such functionality.
Synopsis
Setting
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes place in 1992 within the state of San Andreas, which is based on sections of
California and
Nevada. It comprises three major fictional cities:
Los Santos corresponds to
Los Angeles,
San Fierro corresponds to
San Francisco, and
Las Venturas corresponds to
Las Vegas.
[9] The environments around these cities are also based on settings within the
Southwestern region of the United States. Players can drive up the half-mile (800 m) tall Mount Chiliad (based on
Mount Diablo),
parachute from various peaks and skyscrapers, and visit 12 rural towns and villages located in three counties:
Red County,
Flint County and
Bone County. Other notable destinations include Sherman Dam (based on the
Hoover Dam), a large secret military base called Area 69 (based on
Area 51), a large satellite dish (based on a dish from the
Very Large Array), Vinewood (based on
Hollywood) and the Vinewood sign (based on the
Hollywood sign)
which is located in Mulholland, and many other geographical features.
Interestingly the bridges in San Fierro are based on the Forth
road and
rail bridges which link Edinburgh, the home of Rockstar North, to Fife although the road bridge is highly similar to the
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. San Andreas is 13.9 square miles (36 square kilometres),
[15] almost four times as large as
Vice City and five times as large as the
Grand Theft Auto III rendition of
Liberty City.
The three cities are linked by numerous highways, a train system, and
air travel. While its predecessors' areas were limited to urban
locations, San Andreas includes not only large cities and suburbs, but
also the rural areas between them.
Characters
The characters that appear in
San Andreas are relatively
diverse and relative to the respective cities and locales which each of
them based himself in. This allows the game to include a significantly
wider array of story lines and settings than in
Grand Theft Auto III and
Vice City. The player controls
Carl "CJ" Johnson (
Young Maylay), a young
African-American gang member who serves as the game's protagonist.
The Los Santos stages of the game revolve around the theme of the
Grove Street Families gang fighting with the Ballas and the Vagos for
territory and respect. East Asian gangs (most notably the local
Triads),
an additional Vietnamese gang (the Da Nang Boys), and a force of
Hispanic thugs working for the local "Loco Syndicate" (the San Fierro
Rifa) are evident in the San Fierro leg of the game, while three Mafia
families and the Triads who all own their respective casino are more
prominently featured in the Las Venturas section of the game.
Like the previous two
Grand Theft Auto games, the voice actors of
San Andreas include notable celebrities, such as
David Cross,
Andy Dick,
Ron Foster,
Samuel L. Jackson,
James Woods,
Peter Fonda,
Charlie Murphy,
Frank Vincent,
Chris Penn,
Danny Dyer,
Sara Tanaka,
William Fichtner,
Wil Wheaton, rappers
Ice-T,
Chuck D,
Frost,
MC Eiht and
The Game and musicians
George Clinton,
Axl Rose,
Sly and Robbie, and
Shaun Ryder.
[16] Young Maylay makes his debut as the protagonist, Carl.
The Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition lists it as
the video game with the largest voice cast, with 861 credited voice
actors, including 174 actors and 687 additional performers, many of
those performers being fans of the series who wanted to appear on the
game.
[17]
Plot
In 1992,
Carl "C.J." Johnson
returns to Los Santos after spending five years living in Liberty City
when his brother Sean "Sweet" Johnson calls to inform him of their
mother's murder. Shortly after leaving the airport, Carl is intercepted
by a group of corrupt LSPD
C.R.A.S.H. officers led by
Frank Tenpenny,
with whom Carl has a history. Tenpenny implicates Carl in the murder of
a police officer that Tenpenny himself committed and threatens to frame
him for it if he does not cooperate.
Carl returns to his former home on Grove Street and reunites with
Sweet as well as fellow members of his old gang Ryder and Big Smoke.
Finding that the Grove Street Families (GSF) have lost much of their
territory while he was gone, Carl decides to stay in town. Working with
the others to re-establish the GSF, Carl gradually restores the gang to
power, driving off the rival Ballas and Vagos gangs and reducing the
amount of drugs on the street. While en route to join Sweet for a final
stand against the Ballas, Carl is contacted by his sister Kendl's
boyfriend, Cesar Vialpando. Cesar brings Carl to a garage where they
witness Smoke and Ryder meeting with Tenpenny and a group of Ballas.
Suspecting a set-up, Carl rushes to Sweet's aid, but the police arrive
shortly afterward. Sweet is thrown in jail while Tenpenny takes Carl
into the countryside and dumps him there. With the GSF in shambles,
Smoke and Ryder, now openly allied with the Ballas, take over Los Santos
and flood the streets with drugs.
Exiled in the countryside, Carl works with Cesar's cousin Catalina to
make money by carrying out several heists in the area. He also
befriends a hippie called The Truth and a blind triad leader named
Woozie. After winning the deed to a garage in San Fierro in a race
against Catalina and her new boyfriend, Carl goes there with The Truth,
Cesar and Kendl to get it up and running so they can make a living.
While in San Fierro, Carl crosses paths with the Loco Syndicate, Smoke
and Ryder's drug connection. Carl infiltrates the organization and
identifies its leader, the mysterious Mike Toreno. Along with Cesar and
the Triad, Carl kills Ryder and the other Loco Syndicate leaders,
Jizzy-B and T-Bone Mendez, and shoots down Toreno's helicopter.
Despite Toreno's apparent death, Carl is soon contacted by him in the
desert. Toreno reveals that he is actually a government agent and
enlists Carl's help in several shady operations in exchange for Sweet's
freedom. Meanwhile, Carl travels to Las Venturas, where Woozie invites
him to become a partner in the Four Dragons Casino, where the
organization is facing problems from the mob families that control the
city. Seeking to wrest control of Venturas from them, Carl helps Woozie
plot a robbery of the mob's casino and gains the mob's trust through
various jobs. Eventually the heist is carried out successfully, earning
the Triad a place of power in Las Venturas. Carl also encounters
disgraced rapper Madd Dogg, whom he rescues from a suicide attempt.
Grateful, Madd Dogg asks Carl to be his manager once he returns from
rehab.
Tenpenny, fearing his arrest is inevitable, tasks his partner Eddie
Pulaski with killing Carl and disposing of the body of another
C.R.A.S.H. officer Jimmy Hernandez, who was informing on them. The
wounded officer manages to attack, causing Pulaski to flee, but Carl
pursues and kills him.
Madd Dogg returns from rehab, prompting Carl to return to Los Santos
to get his music career started again. Toreno contacts Carl for one last
favor, and finally has Sweet released from prison. Now rich and
successful, Carl attempts to cut Sweet in on his businesses, but Sweet
becomes angry that he ran away and let their home be taken over by drug
dealers to make his fortune. While Carl helps Sweet once again drive off
the rival gangs, Tenpenny is tried for several felonies but the charges
are surprisingly dropped, prompting a city-wide riot.
Sweet soon learns that Smoke is holed up in a fortified crack den in
the city, and seeking to stop the flow of drugs on the street, he and
Carl go there to confront him. Carl enters the building alone, fighting
his way to the top floor and battling Smoke. As Smoke dies, Tenpenny
appears and steals Smoke's drug money, intending to use it to leave the
city before the rioters kill him. Tenpenny rushes out of the building
and Carl and Sweet pursue him as he flees in a fire truck. Tenpenny
loses control of the truck, driving off a bridge and crashing at the
entrance to the Grove Street cul-de-sac. Carl and his friends watch as
Tenpenny crawls from the wreckage and dies of his injuries.
In the aftermath Carl's family and friends arrive at the Johnson
house for a meeting. As his friends and allies celebrate their success,
Carl turns to leave. When Kendl asks where he's going, he replies,
"Fittin' to hit the block, see what's happening."
Soundtrack
As with the previous two entries in the
Grand Theft Auto series,
San Andreas has an exhaustive number of tracks taken from the time period in which the game is based.
San Andreas is serviced by eleven radio stations; WCTR (
talk radio), Master Sounds 98.3 (
rare groove, playing many of the old funk and soul tracks sampled by 1990s hip-hop artists), K-Jah West (
dub and
reggae; modeled after K-Jah from
GTA III), CSR (
New Jack Swing,
Modern Soul), Radio X (
alternative rock,
metal and
grunge), Radio Los Santos (
gangsta rap), SF-UR (old school Chicago
house music), Bounce FM (
funk), K-DST (
classic rock), K-Rose (
country) and Playback FM (
classic hip hop).
The music system in
San Andreas is enhanced from previous
titles. In earlier in the series, each radio station was essentially a
single looped sound file, playing the same songs, announcements and
advertisements in the same order each time. In
San Andreas, each
section is held separately, and "mixed" randomly, allowing songs to be
played in different orders, announcements to songs to be different each
time, and plot events to be mentioned on the stations. This system would
be used in
Grand Theft Auto IV.
WCTR, rather than featuring licensed music and DJs, features spoken
word performances by actors such as Andy Dick performing as talk show
hosts and listener callers in a parody of talk radio programming.
Lazlow again plays as himself on the show "Entertaining America" on
WCTR in the same persona as in III and Vice City. He takes over after
the former presenter, Billy Dexter, is shot on air by in-game film star
Jack Howitzer. Lazlow interviews guests such as O.G. Loc, who is one of
the three characters Carl encounters during the game that is on the
radio, along with Big Smoke and The Truth.
The Xbox and Windows versions of the game include an additional radio
station that supports custom soundtracks by playing user imported
MP3s,
allowing players to listen to their own music while playing the game.
This feature is not available on the PlayStation 2 version of the game
or when played on the
Xbox 360.
[18]
Reception
| Awards |
| IGN's Best of 2004 |
PlayStation 2 Game of the Year,[19] Best PlayStation 2 Action Game,[20] Best Story for PlayStation 2[21] |
| GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2004 |
Best PlayStation 2 Game,[22] Best Action Adventure Game,[23] Readers' Choice — Best PlayStation 2 Action Adventure Game,[24] Readers' Choice — PlayStation 2 Game of the Year,[25] Best Voice Acting,[26] Funniest Game[27] |
| 2004 Spike TV Video Game Awards |
Game of the Year, Best Performance by a Human (Male), Best Action Game, Best Soundtrack |
Upon its release,
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was met with
universal critical acclaim, with many calling it one of the PlayStation
2's best games. It received an average review score of 95%, according to
Metacritic, tying for the fifth-highest ranked game in PlayStation 2 history.
[28] IGN
rated the game a 9.9/10 (the highest score it has ever awarded to a
PlayStation 2 game), calling it "the defining piece of software" for the
PlayStation 2.
[14] GameSpot rated the game 9.6/10, giving it an Editor's Choice award.
GameSpot said "San Andreas definitely lives up to the Grand Theft Auto name. In fact, it's arguably the best game in the series".
[9] San Andreas also received an A rating from the
1UP.com network
[29] and a 10/10 score from
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine.
Common praises were made about the game's open-endedness, the size of
the state of San Andreas, and the engaging storyline and voice acting.
Most criticisms of the game stemmed from graphical mishaps, poor
character models, and low-resolution textures, as well as various
control issues, particularly with auto-aiming at enemies. Some critics
commented that while a lot of new content had been added to
San Andreas, little of it had been refined or implemented well.
[30] Nevertheless, since its release,
San Andreas has been regarded to be one of the greatest games of all time, placing at number 28 in
Edge's Top 100 Games to Play Today.
Edge declared that the game remains "the ultimate expression of freedom, before next-gen reined it all back in."
[31]
Sales and commercial success
By March 3, 2005, the game had sold over 12 million units for the PlayStation 2 alone, making it the
highest selling game for PlayStation 2.
[32] As of September 26, 2007,
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold 20 million units according to
Take-Two Interactive.
[33] As of March 26, 2008,
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold 21.5 million units according to Take-Two Interactive.
[34] The
Guinness World Records
2009 Gamer's Edition list it as the most successful game in the
PlayStation 2, with 17.33 million copies sold for that console alone,
from a total of 21.5 million in all formats.
[17] In 2011,
Kotaku reported that according to Rockstar Games,
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has sold 27.5 million copies worldwide.
[35]
Controversies
Hot Coffee mod
Main article:
Hot Coffee mod
A screenshot of the hidden sex minigame unlocked by the "Hot Coffee mod"
In mid-June 2005, a
software patch for the game dubbed the "
Hot Coffee mod"
was released by Patrick Wildenborg (under the Internet alias
"PatrickW"), a 38-year old modder from the Netherlands. The name "Hot
Coffee" refers to the way the released game alludes to the unseen sex
scenes. In the unmodified game, the player takes his girlfriend to her
front door and she asks him if he would like to come in for "some
coffee". He agrees, and the camera stays outside, swaying back and forth
a bit, while moaning sounds are heard.
After installing the patch, users can enter the main character's
girlfriends' houses and engage in a crudely rendered, fully clothed or
nude
sexual intercourse
mini-game. The fallout from the controversy resulted in a public
response from high-ranking politicians in the United States and
elsewhere and resulted in the game's recall and re-release.
On July 20, 2005, North America's organization that establishes content ratings for video games, the
ESRB, changed the rating of the game from Mature (M) to Adults Only (AO), making
San Andreas
the only mass-released AO console game in the United States. Rockstar
announced that it would cease production of the version of the game that
included the controversial content. Rockstar gave distributors the
option of applying an Adults Only ESRB rating sticker to copies of the
game, or returning them to be replaced by versions without the Hot
Coffee content. Many retailers pulled the game off their shelves in
compliance with their own store regulations that kept them from selling
AO games. That same month in Australia, the
Office of Film and Literature Classification revoked its original rating of MA15+, meaning that the game could no longer be sold there.
[36]
In August 2005, Rockstar North released an official "Cold Coffee" patch
[37] for the PC version of the game and re-released
San Andreas
with the "Hot Coffee" scenes removed (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Version 2.0), allowing the game to return to its "M" rating. The
PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions have also been re-released with the "Hot
Coffee" scenes removed in the Greatest Hits Edition, the Platinum
Edition, the "GTA Trilogy Pack"
[38] for Xbox and PlayStation 2, as well as a Special Edition for PlayStation 2 that includes the documentary film
Sunday Driver. The updated game disc has "SECOND EDITION" text under the "M" rating logo.
On November 8, 2007, Take-Two announced a proposed settlement to the
class action litigation that had been brought against them following the
Hot Coffee controversy. If the proposed settlement is approved by the
court, neither Take-Two nor Rockstar would admit liability or
wrongdoing. Consumers would be able to swap their AO-rated copies of the
game for M-rated versions and may also qualify for a $35 cash payment
upon signing a sworn statement.
[39]
A report in
The New York Times on June 25, 2008 revealed that a total of 2,676 claims for the compensation package had been filed.
[40]
Alleged racism
San Andreas was criticized by some for its perceived
racial stereotyping.
[41] Some saw the alleged stereotyping as ironic
[42] while others defended the criticism noting that the storyline could speak to people of different backgrounds.
[43]
The Introduction
The Introduction, an in-engine video, was provided on a
DVD with the
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack, as well as the
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Special Edition re-release for the PlayStation 2. The 26-minute video chronicles the events leading up to the events in
San Andreas
and provides insight on the development of the characters of the game,
to the point when Carl learns of his mother's death in a phone call from
Sweet and returns to Los Santos to find his life is ruined. The game
incorporates locations from the original
Grand Theft Auto III game. The PS2 release also includes a live-action documentary on the
custom car culture (featured prominently in the game) called
Sunday Driver.
Follow-ups
Rockstar released two major follow-ups to
San Andreas:
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories before retiring the
GTA III continuity and relaunching with
Grand Theft Auto IV. Both games include references to characters featured in
San Andreas, with
Liberty City Stories set about 6 years after the events of
San Andreas (in that game, for example, radio reporter Richard Burns, featured in news bulletins in
San Andreas, returns as a radio call-in guest) and
Vice City Stories set about 8 years before the events of
San Andreas. Both games feature far smaller sandbox playing areas than
San Andreas, and also eliminate gameplay elements introduced in the earlier game, including the ability to swim (in
Liberty City Stories, but reintroduced in
Vice City Stories)
and climb. Except for news bulletins, radio programming in the later
games also does not change based upon player progress. While character
customization elements such as wardrobe changes are retained, for later
games, Rockstar eliminated the need for the game protagonists to eat and
exercise.
Los Santos, one of the three central cities in San Andreas, is the main location of the latest game in the franchise,
Grand Theft Auto V.
[44]
An unofficial content port of the game's map to the
Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, along with similar ports using assets from
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and
Grand Theft Auto III, as well as the original
Grand Theft Auto game,
[45] was created by several users from the GTAForums community,
[46] which replaced the Liberty City map in
Grand Theft Auto IV with a version of the one found in San Andreas.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004
open world action-adventure video game developed by
Rockstar North in the United Kingdom and published by
Rockstar Games. A sequel to the successful title
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002),
San Andreas is the third
3D game in the
Grand Theft Auto series, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall. Originally released for the
PlayStation 2 in October 2004,
[2] the game has since been released for the
Xbox and
Microsoft Windows in June 2005, the
Xbox Live Marketplace for the
Xbox 360 in October 2008, and the
PlayStation Store via
PSN for the
PlayStation 3 in December 2012. It was made available on
Steam on January 4, 2008,
[6] and on Intel-based
Macs running a minimum of
Mac OS X 10.6.6 in September 2011. The game was succeeded by
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories in 2005.
Expanding the size of the in-game map from previous
GTA titles,
GTA: San Andreas is set in the semi-fictional state of San Andreas (based on
California and
Nevada) and its three metropolitan cities: Los Santos (based on
Los Angeles), San Fierro (based on
San Francisco), and Las Venturas (based on
Las Vegas). Set in 1992,
[7] the game revolves around the gang member
Carl "CJ" Johnson
returning home to Los Santos after learning of his mother's murder. CJ
finds his old friends and family in disarray, and over the course of the
game, he tries to re-establish his old gang, the Grove Street Families,
clashes with corrupt cops, and gradually unravels the truth behind his
mother's murder. The plot is based on multiple real-life events in
Los Angeles, including the rivalry between the
Bloods and
Crips street gangs, the
crack epidemic, the
LAPD Rampart scandal, and the
1992 Los Angeles riots. Like other games in the series,
GTA: San Andreas is composed of elements from
driving games and
third-person shooters,
and features open world gameplay, in which players can interact with
the game world at their leisure. The game introduced several gameplay
elements to the series, including gang wars,
car tuning, and extensive player customisation.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas received wide critical acclaim
and sold well on all platforms for which it was released. According to
review aggregator website
Metacritic,
the game was the fifth-highest-rated release for the PlayStation 2.
With over 17.33 million copies of the game sold for the PlayStation 2,
it is the
console's best-selling game. As of 2011, the game has sold 27.5 million copies worldwide. Like previous entries in the
GTA series,
San Andreas was highly controversial for its violent and sexual content. The game was briefly re-rated in 2005 by the
Entertainment Software Rating Board as "Adults Only" after a player-made
software patch, dubbed the "
Hot Coffee mod", unlocked a previously hidden sexual
minigame. Subsequent re-releases removed the content and retained the game's original "Mature" rating.
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