Video Game Reviews: Xbox
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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GameSpy
When it comes to guaranteed blockbusters in the game industry, there are only a few titles that immediately come to mind.
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Into Liquid Sky
The guys at Rockstar have really honed their ability to keep the missions fresh. They've managed to make each mission varied and complex without making them brutally hard.
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Games First!
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the Xbox is, without a doubt, the best looking iteration on console thanks to the Xbox's aliasing ability. Now there are less repeated textures, clearer signs and graffiti, and the characters look less washed-out. The
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Stuff
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
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Jive Magazine
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
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GameCell UK
Okay, so we Xbox gamers have been waiting patiently and hungrily for this, the conversion of what is the sequel to the best-selling console game of all time. That’s all. And if you’ve been reading Gamecell for a while you’ll also know that PS2 GTA
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UnderGroundOnline
San Andreas takes place in the fictional California-like state of, well, San Andreas. Included are three full cities and plenty of countryside and several small towns all in between. You'll start out in Los Santos, which represents Los Angeles, move next
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Games Radar
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.
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AllGame
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
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Gaming Age
In regards to the gameplay, I'd have to give the overall advantage to the Xbox version, again, mostly due to the better framerate. Being able to smoothly spin around the camera, in the vehicles and on foot, makes a big difference in how the game plays.
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Game Revolution
But unlike the PS2 and PC versions, the Xbox port comes with that rarest of GTA treasures - a replay feature.
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Game Rankings
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
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Gamers Wanted
Okay, it’s been half a year since San Andreas busted up the PS2 scene, and the dust has long since settled on the hype surrounding the game, but it has finally hit the Xbox (reviewed) and PC (review coming soon). Xbox gamers had to wait a lot longer
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Game Vortex
Ah, the life of a gang-banger. Once again, it’s time for a life of debauchery with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Make drug deals, steal things, recoup your health with prostitutes, shoot anybody and everybody... all with top notch graphics. Much like
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Next Level Gaming
Music and sound are probably the best of any of the GTA series. As much as the 80's tunes in "Vice City" were awesome, the sheer number of tunes and the variety of them are incredible in San Andreas.
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GamingExcellence
There are two groups of people that will read the Xbox reviews for GTA: San Andreas; those who have waited to buy it on the Xbox and those that are waiting to buy it again on the Xbox. Whichever group you fall into, the story hasn’t changed. You are
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PGNx Media
The game is incredibly fun. It will surely take up hundreds of hours to even the most casual of gamers.
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AtomicGamer
GTA San Andreas takes place in 1992, the heyday of gangsta rap. You'll be playing as Carl Johnson, a young troublestarter who's spent the last five years up in Liberty City on the east coast. He originally left his family and the Grove Street gang
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Club Skill
Having left Los Santos for half a decade, Carl Johnson (CJ), a former member of a gang thatÃs experiencing troubles, comes back after his mother is brutally murdered. After escaping the life of Los Santos, CJ went to start a new life in Liberty City.
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GameZone
Good things come to those who wait, the old saying goes, but when it comes to a console exclusive that has build up so much hype and critical acclaim that those gamers that don’t own that specific console feel completely left out. This is
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IGN
The PS2's most popular game swaggers into San Microsoft territory with haircut and a shave.
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NZGamer
Chances are you have played at least one Grand Theft Auto game. If you haven't then you really are at the wrong website I fear. The series has become the defining face of 21st century gaming after such humble beginnings back in 1997. I remember having my
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Extreme Gamer
Bigger and badder then ever.
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Gaming Horizon
Chances are that if you haven't heard of the Grand Theft Auto series of games, you probably got to this page from a Google search looking for car alarms or something along those lines. And even if that is the case, chances are you have still heard of the
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Inside Gamer Online
Talk Xbox
With its almost unbelievable length, incredible depth, fantastic audio, and just about everything else a good game needs, this game is incontestably worth every penny it costs.
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Jolt Online Gaming UK
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.
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Armchair Empire
One of the most incredibly engrossing adventures on any system.
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My Gamer
If you are looking for some wholesome family entertainment, look no further than the X-Box edition of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Well, maybe that is only true if you are a member of the Manson family. This is by far the best version of Grand Theft
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GameSpot
Representing the hood never felt so good.
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VGPub
Not everything is so perfect with San Andreas though. First and foremost, the graphics aren’t really Xbox quality.
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Electronic Gaming Monthly
But the move to Xbox feels like more of a formality—you don't really notice the slightly nicer environments, and if ever a game didn't need custom soundtracks, this is the one.
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Gaming Target
Literally one of the biggest games ever created and it will take you weeks or even months just to see everything it has to offer.
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Worth Playing
This is the definitive chapter in arguably one of the most popular game series of all time. If you haven't ever played a Grand Theft Auto game… well, first of all, shame on you, but more importantly, this is the one to get you hooked.
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Frag Land
The first thing you’ll notice while playing San Andreas for the first time are obviously the visuals. Don’t expect any mind blowing differences. The textures look a bit sharper, the resolution is turned up a notch and the draw distance has increased
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WHAM! Gaming
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 even a passing interest in the genre. But PC owners definitely will fare better than their Xbox counterparts in this parti
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