This is by far the best GTA game so far. The map is three times the size of Vice City, and the storyline leaves not much to be desired. The radio stations feature real bands now, which is a real plus, my personal favorite being radio x( rock on STP and Alice!), sorry just wanted to throw that in. The only real problem that I had was with the auto-aim. If you're turned just slightly, and sometimes even if you're not the auto-aim won't aim the way you want it to or even at all, which made some of the bigger fire-fights tedious. Oh, and the language. Now, I don't want to be a hypocrite, because many times I found myself swearing at this game,and I understand that you're playing as and dealing with characters that aren't the smartest in the class, but four letters words are used so much, that they seem to lose their meaning, and after awhile, I actually got tired of it. Other than that it is an excellent game, amd I'm glad it came out on xbox.

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It's a shame when you can do drive-by's, robberies, and stomp innocent people into the ground, but parents let their under-age kids play this, then complain when they have innocent sex in it. Sex is constructive, violence is destructive. I'm so pissed off that as a grown man I can't play games the way they were supposed to be intended for me.

I've always wondered why they held back in "M" rated games. It's because they WANT kids to buy them. That's the truly sad part.

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Look, San Andreas is a great game, no question. If you get any GTA game, get this one - it's truly HUGE and it truly has it all - "it" being your basic carjackings, your hood tagging, your drive-bys, your pimping, your stealth B&E missions, basically every form of sociopathy known to man - in its best incarnation yet.

The problem is that RockStar is still trying to wring $50 out of this re-release on a dying platform, this late in the game. I mean, are you serious. I have this title on PS2, and I WOULD get it for XBox too just cuz I know the graphics probably knock it out of the park - but come on. Wasn't even the GTA3/Vice City double pack like $30 when it first came out?

So, screw it. I'll stick with my low-res, high-loading-time, feature-poor PS2 version till they come out with their next-gen installment.

BTW - the people who vote this review "unhelpful" are RETARDS - just so you all know. I said I like the game! I just don't think they should keep it at this price point. So unless you actually think overpriced games are great, you shouldn't be voting me down. ;) lol

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GTA San Andreas is a big improvement over the past GTA games in the series! There are just so many things to do. My personal favorite is the co-op mode. I also like customizing my ride, doing drive-bys (in cars and helicopters), jumping off of a building and parachuting, plus the simple goodness of shooting the hell outta whoever you want. Also the Xbox version has smoother graphics than the PS2 version and you can add your own custom soundtracks to the game. Overall, the Xbox Version of GTA San Andreas is much better than ANY other game of the GTA series, even the PS2 version of San Andreas. Buy NOW! (P.S. I'm not a kid, I just lost my password.)

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hi im 5 yaers old an dis game was da goodest gaem i ever playd the poloice ar scary becus thay gave me nitemears

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The ultimate GTA game San Andreas is absolutly stunning. GTA: S.A. takes the series into both macro & micro levels with a ton of added mini games & not to mention the ton of regular missions. Weighing in at 5 times the square mileage of GTA:Vice City. San Andreas is the coolest,grittiest, biggest action game I have ever played on any console. The XBOX version has sharper clearer textures, with progressive scan & 16:9 widescreen support. Improved lighting & the world is less saturated ,& the draw distance is better than the PS2 version . Although the graphics arent stunning the overall scope & attention to detail is fantastic. Also exclusive to the XBOX version you can play your own custom soundtrack from your xbox's hard-drive, it shows up in the radio playlist while your driving. There is also a 30 second instant replay feature exclusive to the XBOX version ,this is kool when you just performed an insane jump & you wanna watch it again. Load times are faster than the PS2 version ,when you enter a building no long load times on the XBOX,the transitions are flawless almost in the blink of an eye. Im glad I waited for the XBOX version.Everything that was in the other games is in here & more, much, much ,more. You could easily call this game an ACTION/RPG with all of new things to do that have been added to this installment of the GTA series. On the action side they have added bike riding abilities now in this series & its incredibly fun & addictive ,you can do bunny hops, ride in bowls, ramps, back yards. etc. On The RPG side you can eat, get fat ,get thin,work out, get buffed, buy clothes,get haircuts, get girlfriends, run gangs,etc.etc. The Mini-games you can play pool,shoot hoops,horse betting,dance in clubs,etc.The list goes on & on.I could go on for hours how awesome this game is . There is just so much to cover & review. GTA: San Andreas is easily a 60 to 80 hour game to get the coveted 100% game completion. GTA: San Andreas is (NOT) & I repeat (NOT) the the standard rent & beat it in one week type game. San Andreas is a definatly MUST OWN game. My New Favourite Game.

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First off the auto aim still blows chunks. Good luck when you get into a gun fight with more than 2 enemies. Showpek's review is dead on. It feels like I've played a lot of the mission before...oh yeah vice city.I would recommend this game if you like driving for hours to get from one city to the next, having to dive in the water a few hours just to get you breath status up, having to go to the gym and eat every two seconds gets annoying. For those of you who like bad sequels *cough*Daryl*cough* are mentally retarded clueless gamers that just buy games so their friends think they are cool. The only good thing about this game is that I can use it as a coaster.

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I can't believe the hype around this game. I played Vice City and it was way better. It seemed all R* did was put some new skins on the maps and changed around some of the missions. I felt like I already played the game and was bored in the first hour. Then having to go work out and eat every ten minutes put the nail in the coffin. Graphics are horrible ps1 style. I really would give this game 2 stars but I need to bring down the average so people will have a better picture of what the game should really be rated.

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First of all,to the kid who reviewed this game,what you said was the most stupip and racist review I have ever seen and you should be locked away.Second of all THE GAME SUCKED, THE GAME SUCKED,THE GAME SUCKED. Don't get me wrong, if this was the first game in the series it would be great, but the cold hard fact is its not. It is the fifth and to tell you the truth I don't like the main character in this game, not because he is black, because I was warming up to Tommy. There is never going to be another character like Tommy, unless the guys making the game decide to bring back Tommy. He was and still is the greatest video game character ever.

Third of all, the guns in this game. The first time I played it I didn't know what was going on. I can see having to learn to shoot, but guys, COME ON.

Fourth of all the levels are nearley impossible to beat. The level with with the General caused me to get killed 12 times and I beat Vice City 9 times. They did not make this game more of a challenge to play, they made it sort of a "miracle if you win game" and I get into the games I play, so when I don't win I get very,very,very,very angery.

Fifth of all, the new features aren't that great. The cars and guns wouldn't make me want to buy this game.

And last but not least, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", which is exactally what's going on here. Make a new game, I understand that, but here's what they should have done:

1.Keep the same character

2.add new guns, but not new way to shoot

3.forget new cars, old ones were fine

4.change the storyline

If they had done this, The game would have sold just as much, and all around, be a better game.

If you are looking into buy this don't, buy 1,2,3,and Vice City. And if you already have them, take a brake play some other game and it will be allright.

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WTf is having to dance and do stupid low-rider crap to music? GTA is supposed to be about fun missions, packakges, rampages, killing people, blowing up stuff....not dancing and low-rider b/s. But i guess they had to make one for all the crack-dealers and such, the ghetto warriors needed one to play too i guess...jesus, just please don't make a sequel to this...and i'm not saying this b/c you are a "gangsta", i'm saying what the hell happened to the old GTA style??? The missions do kind of suck in this one, i still love to play GTA 3 and GTA Vice City on XBOX...but this game ruined the GTA series...i should have known it was gonna be too ghetto-fab. What a waste of $$$...

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I do have to say this is one messed up game and I LOVED it....

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