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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release 20 years ago today.
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What do you guys think about it?
For me, this is tied with GTA IV for the best Grand Theft Auto. San Andreas' story, world and characters are great.
It's my favorite of the series, though I never played V.
San Andreas struck a great balance between serious and ridiculous. Some of the gang rivalry story hit pretty hard for its time, but also there was a mini Las Vegas and a goofy jetpack and tons of dumb Cluckin' Bell jokes. It even had RPG elements like CJ getting more fit if you work out or fat if you fed him tons of fast food. Not everybody loved this and not surprisingly it was cut from later entries but I thought it added to the world. And the map was great, lots of variation between city and countryside. Great soundtrack too, rivaled only by Vice City IMO.
IV just didn't do it for me. The phone (cousin Roman!) was obnoxious, the cars felt too heavy, the story just wasn't very funny, and the map was pretty much all city.
Maybe I'd enjoy V since it's huge and supposedly the vehicles are more fun, but I hear the story isn't great.
Did they really cut out fat and buff CJ? Or like the whole RPG system thing?
Yeah, in GTA IV, Niko doesn't have any character stats, and his appearance never changes except for whatever clothes you buy. I assume it's the same for the 3 protagonists in V.