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History

Following the success of Grand Theft Auto: Vice grnad theft auto san andreas City, many gamers anticipated a new Grand Theft grand theftauto san andreas Auto game on the PlayStation 2 in late 2003. The first concrete evidence of a new installment came on October 29, 2003, when Take-Two Interactive announced that an untitled GTA game was set for release in the "later grand theft auto san anderas half of the fiscal fourth quarter 2004".^[4] By this time, pundits online had theorized about the plot of the game; it would grand thft auto san andreas either be based in the fictional city of San Andreas, California in the modern day, or in gand theft auto san andreas Sin City, Nevada.

On March 1, 2004, Take-Two announced in a press conference that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would be released on October 19, 2004 in North grand theft auto sna andreas America, October 22 in Europe, and October 29 for Australia.^[5] The first grand theft auto san andreas cheats news of the game's content was revealed on March 11, when it was divulged that San Andreas would not be a city, but rather an grand theft auto san andreas entire state consisting of three whole cities and the surrounding territory.

On September 9, 2004 in Take-Two's third quarter financial results for 2004, it was announced that the release date would be pushed back by a week. In the same release, Take-Two announced the Microsoft Windows and Xbox versions of grand theft auto san andreas cheat codes the game.

San Andreas was released for the PlayStation 2 on October 26, 2004 in North America and on October cheats for grand theft auto san andreas 29, 2004 in Europe and Australia. The Windows and Xbox ports were released on June 7, 2005 in North America cheat codes for grand theft auto san andreas and June 10, 2005 in Europe and Australia. It is slated for release in Japan on January 31, 2007.^[6]

Gameplay

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Characters

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Locations

The fictional state San Andreas is based on sections of California and Nevada, comprising three major cities: Los Santos and the badlands correspond download grand theft auto san andreas for free to Los Angeles and the California badlands; San Fierro corresponds to San Francisco; and Las Venturas and the surrounding desert corresponds to Las Vegas and the Nevada desert. Players can grand theft auto san andreas cheat climb Mount Chiliad (based on Mount Diablo), a half mile (800 m) tall mountain, parachute from various peaks and skyscrapers, and visit 12 rural towns and villages located in ps2 grand theft auto san andreas three gamecube cheate code for grand theft auto san andreas counties: Red County, Flint County, and Bone County. Other notable destinations include a massive dam (based on the Hoover Dam), a large secret military base called Area 69, a reference to grand theft auto san andreas cheat code Area 51, a microwave dish, and many other geographical features. San Andreas is approximately 17 square miles (44 grand theft auto san andreas xbox cheats square kilometers), almost four times as large as Vice City, and five times as large as Liberty City.

Los Santos

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San Fierro

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Las Venturas

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Plot synopsis

Carl discovers his best friends, grand theft auto san andreas invinsibility cheat Big Smoke and Ryder, are working with the crooked Officer Tenpenny and Grove Street's hated rival gang, the Ballas. Smoke and Ryder help grand theft auto san andreas demo the Ballas ambush Sweet, who is then arrested by Tenpenny and thrown into jail. Tenpenny kidnaps Carl and ditches him in the distant rural countryside. Carl, realizing Tenpenny is his only hope for staying out grand theft auto san andreas download of jail or potentially seeing Sweet released, continues to run the cop's crooked errands, in grand theft auto san andreas download cheats the process killing many people who would testify against Tenpenny.

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Tenpenny goes to trial for several felonies, but the charges are dropped for cheats for grand theft auto san andreas for xbox lack of evidence as all the prosecution's grand theft auto san andreas for ps2 witnesses are either missing or dead Tenpenny's release sends the citizens of Los Santos into a citywide riot, similar to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Fueled by grand theft auto san andreas horseshoe location map Sweet's resolve to topple Big Smoke, who has become the city's biggest drug kingpin, Carl reacquires lost gang territory and hunts down the traitors responsible for aiding in the drug business that destroyed the Grove Street Families. He kills Smoke, after grand theft auto san andreas myspace layout which Tenpenny shows up and flees with Smoke's grand theft auto san andreas secrets drug fortune. Sweet and Carl pursue Tenpenny through the streets of Los Santos, finally forcing him off a bridge, killing him. The final scene shows the Johnson family reunited, with Carl walking out the grand theft auto san andreas tag map door, saying "Fittin' to hit the block, see grand theft auto san andreas tips what's happening."

Differences from previous Grand Theft Auto games

Unlike Vice City and GTA III, which had grand theft auto san andreas wallpaper loading screens when traveling 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, which is notable, given cheats for grand theft auto san andreas xbox how much larger the game map is than in the previous games. Other differences between San Andreas and its predecessors include codes for grand theft auto san andreas the switch from single-player to multiplayer Rampage grand theft auto cheats san andreas missions, and the replacement of the "hidden packages" with spray paint tags, hidden camera shots, horseshoes, and oysters to discover.

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New features

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Rockstar has emphasized the personalization of grand theft auto san andreas vehicle list the main character. Clothing, accessories, haircuts and tattoos are now available for purchase by CJ, 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 Grove Street gang members varies according grand theft auto san andreas walk through to his appearance and actions, as do his relationships with his girlfriends. Players must also ensure CJ eats to grand theft auto san andreas weapons stay healthy but also exercises properly. The balance of food and physical activity has an effect on his appearance and physical attributes. If CJ xbox cheats for grand theft auto san andreas eats too much and does not exercise, he will grow fat and move slower. If he fails cheat codes grand theft auto san andreas to eat at all, he will become less muscular and, eventually, will lose health.

San Andreas also tracks acquired skills in areas such as driving, firearms handling (when skills cheatcodes for grand theft auto san andreas are high enough, double-wielding of certain weapons is possible), stamina, and lung capacity, which improve grand theft auto san andreas cheat codes for ps2 through use in the game, adding an RPG aspect to San Andreas. CJ may also learn three different styles of hand-to-hand combat at the gyms in each of the game's three cities. CJ can also speak with a number of grand theft auto san andreas cheats and codes for ps2 pedestrians in the game, and Rockstar claims that he has a total of about 4200 lines of spoken dialogue.^[8]

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Soundtrack

Just like the previous two entries in the Grand Theft Auto series, San Andreas has cheat codes for grand theft auto san andreas ps2 an extensive amount and variety of tracks taken from the time period the game is based in. Notable inclusions codes for grand theft auto san andreas for ps2 to the game's soundtrack include Depeche Mode, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Guns N' Roses, Snoop Doggy Dogg, N.W.A., 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, Stone Temple Pilots, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

San Andreas is serviced by eleven radio stations; WCTR (talk radio), Master Sounds 98.3 (rare groove), diamonds grand theft auto san andreas prostitutes K-Jah West (reggae), CSR (new jack swing), Radio X (alternative), Radio Los Santos (gangsta rap), SF-UR (house music), Bounce FM (funk music), K-DST (classic rock), K-Rose (country) and grand theft auto san andreas analog Playback FM (classic hip-hop).

The music grand theft auto san andreas car location maps system in San Andreas was enhanced from previous titles. In earlier games 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 grand theft auto san andreas cheats codes San Andreas, each section was held separately, and "mixed" randomly, allowing songs to be played in different orders, announcements to songs to grand theft auto san andreas codes for tornados be different each time, and plot events to be mentioned on the stations such as weather reports.

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Weapons

The weapon selection in San Andreas is similar to that of Vice City. As in Vice City, weapons are categorized by type, and the grand theft auto san andreas ending movie spoiler player can carry only one weapon in each "slot" at a time.

Crossovers from other GTA games

Many characters, grand theft auto san andreas intro locations and fictional elements from previous Grand Theft grand theft auto san andreas mission skip cheat codes Auto games reappear in San Andreas, at times with minor modifications due to the difference in time periods. Due to the fact that grand theft auto san andreas pc help Vice City occurred before the events of San Andreas, crossovers from that game are more prominent, although there are also numerous crossovers from GTA III. One of the most notable is Catalina, who grand theft auto san andreas pictures accompanies CJ on a number of robbery missions. Catalina was the girlfriend and betrayer of GTA III's protagonist, who also makes an appearance in San Andreas. CJ refers to grand theft auto san andreas playstation 2 cheats him as "that mute asshole," referring to the fact that he never spoke at all during the game. Ken Rosenberg and grand theft auto san andreas saves Salvatore Leone also make a few appearances later on in the game.

Reception

San Andreas was generally praised as one of the PlayStation 2's best games, with an average score on Metacritic of 95%.^[12] IGN rated the game a 9.9/10, calling it grand theft auto san andreas trailer "the defining piece of software" for the PlayStation 2.^[13] GameSpot rated the game 9.6/10, giving it an Editor's Choice award.^[14]

Most criticisms of the game grand theft auto san andreas trainer 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 grand theft auto san andreas weapon location map while a lot of new content had been added to San Andreas, little of it had been refined or implemented well.^[15]

Hot Coffee controversy

In mid-June grand theft auto san andreas xbox walkthrough sidequest 2005, a software patch for the game dubbed the Hot Coffee mod was released. The name "Hot Coffee" refers to the way the hot coffee mod for grand theft auto san andreas 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 online walk-throughs for grand theft auto san andreas 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 ps2 cheats for grand theft auto san andreas and engage in a crudely rendered, partially clothed sexual intercourse mini-game. Patch codes using Action Replay that thermal goggles grand theft auto san andreas allowed the scenes to be accessed in the console versions were subsequently found. The fallout from the controversy resulted in a public response trainer grand theft auto san andreas v2 from high-ranking politicians in the United States and resulted in the game's recall and re-release.

On July 20, 2005, production of the game was suspended and the game all girlfriend locations grand theft auto san andreas received a revised ESRB Rating of Adults Only, making San Andreas the only mass-released AO console game in the U.S. Rockstar has given distributors the option of applying an cheat codes fo grand theft auto san andreas xbox Adults Only ESRB rating sticker to copies of the game, or returning them to be replaced by cheat codes for grand theft auto san andreas for xbox 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. Rockstar North released a "Cold Coffee" patch^[16] for the PC version and re-released download grand theft auto san andreas free San Andreas with a Mature rating. The PlayStation 2 free psp game download for grand theft auto san andreas and Xbox versions have also been re-released in a "GTA Trilogy Pack"^[17] for Xbox, and a Special Edition for grand theft auto 3 san andreas PlayStation 2 that includes the documentary film Sunday Driver.

Myths and easter eggs

San Andreas is distinct from the previous two games for a large amount of propagated myths. Shortly after the release of the game, several message boards sprouted claims of alleged Bigfoot and UFO sightings, and several alleged photographs were released, all grand theft auto san andreas canada shipping information of which have been proven to be fake.

Bonus material

The Introduction, a machinima video, was provided in grand theft auto san andreas cheat codes xbox a DVD, along with the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack, as well as the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Special grand theft auto san andreas cheats for the ps2 Edition re-release for the PlayStation 2. The movie chronicles the events leading up the events in San Andreas, and provided insight on the development of the characters of the game, to grand theft auto san andreas downloads the point when Carl learns of his mother's death in a phone call from Sweet and returns to Los Santos.

References

^ GTA grand theft auto san andreas for pc San Andreas's Ratings Information. MobyGames. Retrieved on August 28, 2006.
^ OFLC (New Zealand) Rating. New Zealand Customs Service. Retrieved on August 26, 2006.
^ Windows grand theft auto san andreas forums System Requirements. Take-Two Interactive. Retrieved on August 29, 2006.
^ Perry, Douglass C (2003). GTA 4 Date Confirmed. IGN.
^ Coleman, Stephen (2004). Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. grand theft auto san andreas full game down load gta pc free IGN.
^ IGN: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. IGN.com. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
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^ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Weekend Update: grand theft auto san andreas game saves/xbox Street Talking, GameSpot, October 23, 2004
^ Greg grand theft auto san andreas gameshark codes Kasavin, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Weekend Update: Robbery and Home Invasion, GameSpot, August 13, 2004
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d These weapons can be grand theft auto san andreas message board dual-wielded when the player reaches the maximum skill level with them.
^ ^a ^b ^c The in-game model for the "9mm pistol" resembles an M1911, although it's actually grand theft auto san andreas mini games a GLOCK 17 as seen in the HUD icon, and Ryder's gun in the grand theft auto san andreas pc walkthrough first Ryder mission, and the HUD icon for the "micro-smg" resembles a MAC-11, although the in-game model is that of a Micro-Uzi. Also, the HUD icon for the "Sniper grand theft auto san andreas saved games rifle" resembles a PSG-1, however, the weapon in-game is a generic bolt action rifle lacking a pistol grip rather than the semi-automatic PSG-1.
^ http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/grandtheftautosanandreas
^ http://ps2.ign.com/articles/559/559560p1.html
^ http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/gta4/review.html
^ http://gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/39128.shtml
^ No grand theft auto san andreas screen shots More Hot Coffee, Rockstar Games, 2005
^ Tim Surette, GTA gets trilogized, San Andreas special edition, GameSpot, September 23, 2005

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