Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Now this is a fun game that I would recommend to anyone that does not mind violence. It is like a typical Grand Theft Auto game, but with the best missions. Its storyline is only second to the GTA: Vice City one. It is also quite spectacular because of all the things that you can do if you do not want to do the story line. You can fly planes, drive boats, get girlfriends, customize cars, go to vehicle schools, and do a lot more. Unlike other Grand Theft Auto games, you get to customize most of you character. He looks the same over all, but you can buy him different clothes, get him different hairstyles, and also get him tattoos. In other Grand Theft Auto games, you are only able to choose certain outfits that you unlock, but in GTA: San Andreas you can buy different combinations of clothes. The Rockstar gaming company had really put a lot of hard work into making this game.
The game starts out with your character, Carl Johnson, more commonly known in the game as CJ. He has come over to Los Santos, San Andreas, from Liberty City to go to his mother’s funeral. San Andreas is a state in the GTA series that is taken after California. There are three main cities there, Los Santos, which is taken after Los Angeles, San Fierro, which is taken after San Francisco, and Las Venturas, which is taken after Las Vegas (even though Las Vegas is not in California). These three cities are made with amazing accuracy. I have visited all three of those cities in real life before, and it is crazy how precise Rockstar made this game. There is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fierro, the harbor side carnival in Los Angeles, and the huge TV screen ceiling in Las Venturas.
The character, CJ, himself is quite a character. Throughout the game he becomes a sort of guardian angel of San Andreas, though nobody knows that. He starts out as a gangster in the ‘Grove Street Families’ gang, helping his brother and childhood friends however he can. Ironically, he ends up cleaning the streets of Los Santos and the other cities of criminals. He battles drugs, the mafia, and corruption as you progress through the game. This game can be quite violent, though, because he deals with the villains gangsta’ style. It can also get pretty gory too, so I don’t recommend letting children under the age of 10 play it.
