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They should have called it Grand Theft GHETTO!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 24
Date: November 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yes this game is fun,no I'm not racist and no I'm not offended
by the material in this game.However I think it's only fair that people know exactly what they are buying as it might not be
for everyone's taste.

I think Rockstar games tried a little too hard to make an "urban" feel for this game.While I don't care at all that the main guy is black (after all I loved the Shadowman games, Urban Chaos and Akuji the Heartless),I do get tired of listening to "ngga" this and "ngga" that in every cut scene.This
at times seems more like an interactive Spike Lee movie than the
GTA series I love.

Also the soundtrack is pretty limited in my opinion.Let's take a look at the radio station selection shall we?: Old school hip hop,new school hip hop,R&B,Soul and Regge.Oh,but we do get a little more variety.... one country station(as a joke),the famous talk station and one alternative station.Sorry but when they said this game took place in the early 90s,I was excpecting more of a focus on all the grunge rage.Why not put more seattle grunge bands...... I mean they put "Jesus Jones" and "Living Colur" in there!? I also think that the slams they put on country in the country radio station (barefoot and pregnant again),and in the trailer park were pretty stupid.... Like the life that CJ is living should be more respected.If you're going to poke fun,then at least do it to BOTH sides.

I also don't care too much for the "sims" type experience building system it uses.While it's not bad,the whole "eating and exercising" routine gets montonous and is pretty pointless.
What difference does it make if you beat the game being skinny or fat?

San Andreas isn't a bad game.There is alot to do,and alot of fun
to be had.But I think this enviroment went just a little too extreme;I play this game with the tv on MUTE.Personally I'd rather work for the mob than the hood.I think alot of others will feel the same way I do.

The best one yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: October 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This one is by far the best one yet! Grand theft auto san andreas is the #1 selling game right now and for good reason. There is so much to do in this game it would take to long to list it all but this game will keep you entertained for month's that's right MONTH'S!!! rockstar north has outdid themselves with this welcome edition to the gta series. The soundtrack is by far the best one in the series with a wide range of music types r&b,rap,country,raggae and rock with many good songs by popular artist's nwa,dr.dre,compton's most wanted,rod stewart and many other's. This is the BEST one yet and you will get your money's worth so buy it as soon as you can!!!

GRAND THEFT AUTO IS BACK!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 15
Date: July 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am a 29yr old man who never grow up! I also have a family. This game will be my strees reliever!! I loved vice city!! I can't wait to see what the graphics look in this game! Rockstar does a good job on the plots and graphics.
I feel this game is going to be just as good if not better!

Grand Theft Auto Killed My Child... My Inner Child.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 22
Date: October 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Violence in video games is destroying society! Mothers are killing their children! Puppies are ravenously eating away at the flesh of the antelope! Seventh Heaven has yet to be cancelled! SOMEONE STOP THE MADNESS!

Oh no... OH NO! I'm playing Super Mario and I just jumped on a mushroom! That mushroom had a mother and father! I am a killer! Those Italian plumbers turned me into everything I ever feared I could be. DON"T BUY SUPER MARIO BROS OR GTA! PLEASE! THINK OF THE MUSHROOMS!

Vice City was funner

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: April 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I just wanted Vice City, and to be able to swim and ride a bicycle. That's all!!!

This game adds a lot to Vice City - you can swim, ride a bike, play pool, dance, all sorts of stuff. So at first it is very fun. Heck, I must've played 20 games of pool at the bar. All this stuff is very cool, and the music absolutely rules. But if you want to actually do missions, the game gets very monotonous. The map is so enormous that after a while, it takes 5 minutes just to get to a mission. God forbid you fail, because you will have to take this long drive once again, and again.

Also, there is way too much to accomplish, too much to do. I have enough to worry about in real life, I don't wanna be preoccupied with 10 million things, including EATING - that's right, you have to worry about EATING. C'mon, man.. You went too far this time, gentlemen. I've been 15 minutes into an ambulance mission, and I had to stop because I was sleepy and starving to death. I have no words for how silly that is. You have to be a video game junkie to ever finish this game. I can't count the hours I've played this game, but I still have yet to unlock the third island with the casinos and all that fun stuff. So I've done a jillion missions and I haven't seen the whole game yet. I spent 50 bucks, this ain't fair!!!

It's just too long. I'm tired of these repetitive missions. It's only neat for so long, then it's old. Vice City kept it fresh, and you didn't have to drive through Kansas to activate a mission. I can only guess, after unlocking another island, the drive times will get longer. It is ridiculous.

This is a technological improvement to Vice City, but I have only good memories of Vice City. My San Andreas memories will not be fun, they will be like those of a cross-country drive. Or perhaps beating my head into a rock over and over... and over... and over... and over... and over...

Great Model for Life

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 33
Date: October 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is really great, like the other in the GTA series, at teaching the importance of violence in life and America, and also how to live violently and sexually.

I was nonviolent before playing this awesome fun game, and then I loved the game so much that I decided I could have just as much fun in life if I also was that violent. So I started--in real life--hijacking cars, giving myself missions, using my grenade launcher for more than just hunting (wink wink), and busting my way out of prisons every hour or so.

Now I live a full life, and I don't even need a video game because of the excitement that I really go through every day.

It's just like when I saw too many Lucky Charms commercials and then decided to live with the leprechauns for a few summers. I really learned a lot about luck, marshmallows, and life.

Violence truly is magically delicious.

Very good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: March 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have this gta, Vice City, the original GTA, and I used to own 3. This game has an environment 4x the size of VC give or take. It also has alot more things to do after you beat the campeighn. The ability to swim is a tremendous accomplishment as opposed to all of the previous GTAs. one thing is that if you play this ones campaighn, and have played VC's campaighn, i think youll see that VC's is alot cooler that SA's. The soundtrack in VC is also alot better, if you like the 80's, but who doesn't? there isn't 1 song in VC that I dont like, but this one has many annoying tracks in it like the band Creed. though it has good bands like Guns N' Roses, so it has potential. I think that VC also has a bigger arsinal, but this one has a nice one. the ability to costomise most of the vehicles in this game is also nice. and this game also has MORE vehicles than VC. its funny though because I acually like VC better, just because of the soundtrack, main charicter, and campaighn. o yeah I forgot to mention that Carl Johnson, the Charicter you play as in SA, is not nearly as cool as Tommi Vercetti in VC. so yeah this game is good, you should pick it up, but if you don't already have it, you should get Vice City too.

great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: March 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

first off..i just have to laugh about a 9 year old girl even wanting this game, and a parent getting it for them. but anyways, i love this game. parents who dont want their kids to play this or buy this, theres not really any killing missions as far as ive played through(im %20.00 throught though) most missions are a huge challeng, like flying an airplane in the zero missions, lowrider hydrolic contests, dance offs, races, not much killing missions. most parents are scared of the strong sexual content, but really, is your kid gonna pay $20.00 to watch a car rock? they dont move to the back seat, the dont even touch eachother, they sit in there own seats and the car rocks. if your letting your 9 year old get this, thats a probelem, but if its your teenager, thats different. this game has gotten perfect reviews alot, and has a great story. its a VERY long game too. and what about hot coffee you ask? its gone. go to target and buy the platinum hit, or the second edition and its very edited. and the guys complaining about rockstar changing the game from AO to M are really really big pervs that need a life. first off, no place would sell and AO game, and why would you want to watch video game characters haveing sex? so seriosly, parents, this game is a very good game, sure theres violence, but its a fun game.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: November 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game of the year by far. It does not disappoint in any way. If you don't want to hear F*ck and Mother F*cker I would suggest playing Pokemon, this is a game about South Central LA in the early 90's, I would be shocked and disgusted if it was any cleaner than it already is.

Strong storyline, with characters you can care about

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Much has already been said here about the game, so I'll try to take a different angle to it. But just like the other reviewers, I will say, "What a game." To call it a game is to discredit it. The crew at Rockstar know how to bring depth to a game -- more so than any other game designers, bringing fully fleshed out characters and dramatic storylines. And they get better with each release.
From the very beginning, I cared for the main character, Carl Johnson, whose mother is killed in a driveby and he comes back after some years away from his neighorhood to find out what happened -- and there he finds a line of betrayals, con jobs and police corruption. As good as GTA3 and Vice City were, I must say I didn't care too much for the characters, but loved the missions. This one out, I must say I wasn't as interested in the missions as much as in what was going to happen to CJ and his family. The story here is strong enough to be made into a movie/book. (and the voices lent here to the characters does have an impressive list of actors (Samuel Jackson, Chris Penn, James Woods, Peter Fonda)and others (including rappers such as Ice-T, MC Eiht, Yo-Yo). Again, while the missions aren't as creative as those found in Vice City, the strong dramatic backdrop makes up for it. Although some of the missions in the middle don't quite seem to fit into the overall theme (and almost feel from a different game entirely) they still are fun to play (and sometimes maddening -- but in a good way).
Some of the characters are a hoot -- such as Wu Zi Mi (the blind boss man who tries to hide that he's blind, and whose followers cater to him, and always let him win), and OG Loc, the rapper who couldn't rhyme his way out of a wet paper bag so he has to steal someone else's rhymes to get stardom). While the ending may not be as strong as that of Vice City, and the music not as cohesive and logical as Vice City's soundtrack, this is definitely a step above, improving in nearly all areas. Some of the main pluses are that you can now SWIM, and also CLIMB over fences. (so NO more frustrating deaths when your car accidentally goes over an overpass railing).
And you can now work out, go on dates, eat food, buy drinks, gain or lose weight, etc. etc. But hopefully GTA won't go too far into this life simulation area. It doesn't detract from the game (in fact, it gives the game a more realistic feel), but it could in future releases if taken too far. It helps that you have another way to boost your health (then having to save a game or finding a heart).
Funny, this game felt shorter than Vice City -- but maybe that's because one, I'm getting better/more comfortable with the GTA games, and two, I was so engrossed with the characters and story I couldn't put it down. A must-buy.

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