Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas  (Games, PS2)

The game GTA: San Andreas or Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the sequel to Vice City and tells the story of young Carl Johnson who left the city of Los Santos to find a new life. Terrible happenings in his life however have made it imperative that he return to his place of birth and set things right. The town has gone to ruins with gang wars, police brutality, and unwanted violence plaguing the streets of the once great town. All the wrong elements have escalated out of control and Carl must take it upon himself to set things right again.

The game tells the story of a fighter who must survive the odds stacked against him. Carl must first wipe his past away and right all the wrongs he committed back then. GTA San Andreas tells a brilliant story of a man who must survive and cleanse his city with whatever resources he can use.

The game is primarily targeted at both Casual and Hard-core gamers with its wide open spaces and open world environment which is just right to engage in exploration. The action adventure PS2 game has a Mature rating by ESRB and also carries a PEGI rating of 18 and above for strong language, suggestive themes and excessive violence.

Synopsis and Features:

The game starts off with Carl Johnson finding out that his mother has been murdered. As if this was not traumatic enough, everyone he knows in his hometown of Los Santos is on a destructive path brought on by unfortunate events happening in the town. Carl or CJ as he is known to his friends has been away from Los Santos for over five years now and he returns home only to find himself in the middle of a vicious circle of corruption and deception. He has always been a wanted criminal in the town, and his return does not exactly make things easy for him, in order to regain power in his own hometown, CJ must rise to the top of the criminal world and wrest power away from those less deserving and use it to save his family and friends.

Rockstar North is the developer for all GTA games with Rockstar Games publishing them. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is by far, a bigger improvement over Vice City in terms of graphics, gameplay and overall story. The Single player game is packed with missions and takes you to the fictional island of San Andreas where Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas are the three main cities. Every mission that gets accomplished helps you progress further in the game. The game features a wide variety of missions that range from simple thefts, car-jacking, intimidation and extortion to name a few. The game also has multiplayer elements incorporated into it to help out the avid gamer for when the single player missions get over.

There are a variety of mini games in San Andreas to keep you occupied for hours. You can even use the game’s mechanics to roam about the city and swim in the lakes and seas till you get exhausted. You can challenge the game AI to races and see if you have got what it takes to win, you can demolish areas of the map along with vehicles to rack up your respect on the streets and even intimidate the cops and escape if you have the driving skills. You can even get your hands on some aircrafts and fly them around the wide open map. Flying however is much more complicated with the myriad controls and gauges that need to be observed during flight. Progressing through the game lets you control key areas and command respect from the petty criminals in that area. You also have to defend your own territory against those who would seek to reclaim it. Game updates and wallpapers are available from the main website.