Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Game Reviews
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Overall Critic Score:3.7676
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Critic Reviews
Like its immediate predecessor, Vice City, San Andreas strives to provide a wide, deep foundation for its free-form criminal gameplay by setting the story in a slightly exaggerated representation of a familiar (if not glorified) American subculture. As...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at AllGame
The Wizard of Ass? What a knee-slapper!) Then, remove the long load times, allow us to save 30-second replays to the hard drive for those you-won’t-believe-this-booshiz moments and create personalized radio stations by ripping your CD collection to t...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Stuff
get me wrong, this epic saga of one man from the mean streets of a semi-satirical reimagining of '90s southern California is still one of the biggest, most involving and best-produced games of the past 10 years, and deserves to be owned by anyone who has ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at WHAM! Gaming
By now, anyone the least bit interested in the GTA franchise has heard the tale of Carl Johnson, a simple man driven to extremes by the tragic death of his mother, the malign influence of corrupt policemen, and the desperate decisions of gang politics in...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Jive Magazine
Late last year, Rockstar proved there was still plenty of life left in the PlayStation 2; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was released with not only a much larger playable world, but with new special effects, reduced loading times, and dozens of new...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at UnderGroundOnline
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GTA III was set in Liberty City (based on New York), then Tommy Vercetti had his adventures in Vice City (Miami). San Andreas is a state modelled on California and Nevada, and contains three cities (each one as big as Vice City) comprising Los Santos...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at GameCell UK
Sure, the instant replay feature was left out, but this is a mostly untouched Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, one of the best games ever made, and now a version of it can be played on the PC with the best controls and graphics available....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Game Revolution
Like the other GTA games, you can take on missions that propel the story forward, or you can just explore and see what kind of trouble you can get into. Almost all the missions boil down to some combination of driving, shooting and/or collecting,...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at GameSpy
What does make it great is that it actually delivers on nearly everything it promises while still being fun to just pick up and play....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Games Radar
Tallying things up, that’s three points (improved graphics, load times, custom music) that put the PC version above the PS2 for everyone and one (mods) that appeal to some, with two slight negatives (gamepad glitches and lack of multiplayer missions)...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Gaming Age
The obvious is the visual elements in the game. The draw distance in the PS2 version was good, it’s better on Xbox, but it’s even better still on the PC. You can see further, and you have less instances of pop up problems. The game supports 16:9...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Gamers Wanted
Graphically, this is a perfect game to showcase the power of the PC. While similar to the console versions, the PC does boast some added details, basically totally eliminating some pop-up, ragged textures and whatnot. It is nice not having load times...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Game Vortex
Kudos to Rockstar for actually including gamepad support for the...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Next Level Gaming
I covered this game quite extensively in the PS2 review, and aesthetics aside, not much changes in the transition from Sony's system to the...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Game Rankings
More cars, bikes, planes, helicopters and boats (and even a hovercraft) then any previous GTA title plus the sheer size and longevity of San Andreas mean this just has be a part of any self respecting gamers collection....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at IC-Games
The story behind San Andreas is a little different from Rockstar's last two games. It follows a young thug named Carl Johnson who returns to Los Santos (modelled after Los Angeles) from Liberty City to bury his mother. She, as well as Carl's younger...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at AtomicGamer
It will surely take up hundreds of hours to even the most casual of gamers....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at PGNx Media
Given the wonderful environment design, new RPG elements, and extremely well done "gangsta" theme, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas comes as close to perfect as anything in the past few years....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Worth Playing
The greater sense of immersion provided by the crisper graphics and big improvements to pedestrian combat make this a vastly superior version of the game....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at eToychest
I stand corrected. San Andreas is what it's all about: Yes, it's bigger; yes, it's better; but it's also different. The differences aren't readily apparent at first: The game still begins without much fanfare, and the main character hardly seems like...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at 2404 - PC Gaming
It's without a doubt the most clichéd of all hardboiled crime story clichés: the low down, dirty double-cross. The two previous games in the Grand Theft Auto series each began with a double-cross—my girlfriend referring to me as "small time," then...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Gamecritics
If you already own another version, you’d be silly to purchase it again, but if you don’t have any copy of the game yet, you should only opt for a console version if you want to play in the living room with some friends watching. Otherwise, grab the...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Gaming Horizon
It is the perfect crime game....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at ActionTrip
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a very entertaining game with hours and hours of fun for those who both want to rip right through the story or explore the gigantic environment. While the GTA series was birthed on the PC, the PS2 provided the second...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at IGN
It’s not perfect – there’s still the odd gripe here and there, and wheeling the same game engine out for the next instalment would be unforgivable – but SA is easily the most polished instalment of the series to date....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Jolt Online Gaming UK
There’s an unbelievable amount of things to do and fun to be had, much of it at the player’s whim....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Game Over Online
None of this is purely cosmetic: changing your appearance gets the cops off your back, while weightlifting increases the amount of damage you deal in a fight. We haven't even mentioned the numerous girlfriends you can squire, the burglaries, the fat stat ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Computer and Video Games
Why is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas such a great game? To put it simply, the game is huge. It has such a variety of things going on that almost everybody can find a part of it that they enjoy....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Gaming Target
The plot is told with plenty of charisma and swearing. San Andreas is a mature title that holds its 18-age restriction aloft with pride. This is not geared towards a younger audience because, inevitably, you’ll witness plenty of spilt blood and liberal...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Amped IGO
Ahh ... Grand Theft Auto. Those three words are enough to fill the hearts of gamers with glee. The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series has been around for a while now but it wasn't until GTA III that the gaming world was turned upside down. The biggest...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at GameZone
To praise a game like GTA with weird-origin adjectives like captivating, extraordinary, unforgettable or any other like these ones, is just lame and a total waste of time. I have to admit that writing this review instead of continuing to play San Andreas...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Computer Games RO
As with the previous Grand Theft Auto games, there's one epic storyline that you go through. The majority of the game revolves around completing missions rather than simply jacking cars and running over people as in the early versions. The missions range...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Gameguru Mania
the game doesn't fall behind the others – in fact, it's the best version. They've taken the massive environments, well rounded story and near endless amounts of gameplay from the original version of the game, and cleaned up the graphics, solidified ...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at PALGN
Representing the hood never felt so good....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at GameSpot
The PC version of the game follows the same storyline with hero (anti-hero) CJ flying back into a virtual LA (San Andreas) to burry his mother after leaving the hood and living, apparently within the law, for the past five years. If anyone has seen the...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Game Industry News
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas kicks off in the early ‘90s as the street-smart Carl Johnson leaves Liberty City and comes back home to Los Santos to attend his mother’s funeral. His brother and fellow gang members are none too excited to see him,...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Entertainment Depot
The way that Rocktar has approached San Andreas is to allow the player so much more freedom in what he can do. CJ can eat at fast food restaurants that mock a few of the 'top' chains, shop at stores for clothes, get a tattoo or even have his hair cut in...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Silicon Fusion
San Andreas' narrative is much more grounded than the previous GTA titles. Rather than a high flying Mafioso, or a would-be bank robber, San Andreas' protagonist, Carl 'CJ' Johnson, is a much more regular guy. Having moved east to Liberty City after...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at PALGN AU
I’ve never been much a fan of the direct console to PC ports, point in case the release of Conflict: Desert Storm in one of the worst PC ports I’ve ever played. With so much power on the PC, good optimization can truly harness these qualities and...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at GamingExcellence
People who have followed the GTA series since the beginning know that as each release approaches, scope invariably increases exponentially. From a 2D city to a 3D city to a 3D state, the franchise has evolved far past its origins into the behemoth it is...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Game XC
The standout feature of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the expected graphical superiority over its console counterparts. But for the audiophiles, the ability to design and play your own custom radio station is a feature every game needs to have from...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Game Chronicles
Casting morality aside for one moment, GTA: SA is a glorious thrilling ride of delinquency. It offers just enough freedom, and more than enough violence, to make for a truly epic game....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Boomtown
Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now,...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at TotalVideoGames
This latest GTA is an epic, involving experience, no doubt--but when you get past the expansive world and the RPG-like elements, it's the same epic, involving experience it was last year....read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Computer Gaming World
For many, the streets of Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas are more familiar than those of their own home towns. PlayStation 2 gamers have been exploring every inch of these mock-towns since Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas landed like a bombshell...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Yahoo! Games
Though it may not be the prettiest title available, the impressive scope of the game’s surroundings more than make up for it, and the visual sacrifice is definitely worth enduring for an experience this rich. If you haven’t played San Andrea...read the complete Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas review at Gamer's Hell
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