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Oct. 28, 2004 Well, the wait is over for many fans, including myself, for Rockstar’s new Grand Theft Auto. So, how is the game? Well, let’s just say that they should call it Overhyped: San Andreas. Grand Theft Auto IS an incredible game, on paper, but NOT as a reality. For starters, the cities are TOO big. Yes there is such a thing. Vice City was a good size city, which was easily memorized if you played enough of it. But not San Andreas, Los Santos alone is way too big and is very hard and challenging to memorize. Maybe that was the point. You might be thinking, hey that’s cool the city is so big you will just travel along and see new things every time you play. Well, yeah that is true, I’ve had the game for 2 days and I just now found the record shop in Los Santos; but you try doing a taxi mission and not knowing where you’re going or get stuck on an endless highway with no possible way of getting out. Let me get my anger out on this game first. Despite the cities being too big, one thing that really irritates me is how the game is set up. You start out, unlike the past GTA’s, with everyone shooting at you. What?! Also, your D- Pad controls, which is the arrow controls of the PS2 is GONE! Yes, you cannot control anything with the D-Pad, you have to use the ever challenging yet more irritating analog sticks which teaches you to use more sensitivity to how you control the character or his car. The other downfall about this game is the radio is HORRIBLE! The DJ’s have no character development like Vice City’s and the songs themselves suck. Maybe a few on Radio X like Ozzy’s “hellraiser” and L7's “Pretend we’re dead” are probably the only good ones on the soundtrack. And to answer your question about the talk show, it sucks too. NO LAZLOW, and instead we get Andy Dick, who tries to be funny and fails miserably. Even the shows have no character development. The shows on the talk show last maybe 2 minutes a piece and then move on to a new show. Rockstar? THAT SUCKS! Vice City had the greatest talk show with “Pressing Issues” with Maurice Chavez. However, Rockstar FAILED on attempting in striking lightning twice. The game slows down tremendously. Vice City and GTA3 slowed down as well; however, they were usually caused by incredible chases done by the police. San Andreas is SLOW, but it later picks up if there’s not many cars going on. Pray that you don’t get caught up in a police chase, otherwise you may be waiting a while before your characters gets out of his car. What’s good about the game? TONS of stuff, but nothing to really become the nominator; however, let me explain what I like about the game. First, you can rob houses. This is where Rockstar finally did something right, you can sneak in and rob houses. Second, you can change the character into anything your cold heart desires. I made him into Jason Voorhees. Yes, the hockey mask makes its return. There’s tons of new side missions for you to get aggravate with. You can actually be a pimp, but don’t smile yet, it sucks really. You can go head to head in dance-off’s, but for some odd reason when you press the right button it says you did it wrong. You can parachute out of airplanes. You can actually get dates or an actual girlfriend who will go out with you and “do you.” The graphics aren’t so bad if you can handle GTA graphics, so I can’t really disdain Rockstar for having cartoon graphics. The biggest thrill I saw that changed from game to game was the chainsaw. I’ll let you experience that on your own. It’s a real cutup! All in all, this game is way too overhyped and really doesn’t offer anything as far as a game. Instead of a good storyline with good character development we just get a lot of smoking pot, cussing, and meaningless BS. I understand that Rockstar was trying to make a more realistic environment for the new GTA, but how many 'F-word's' and 'nigga' can you put in the game before anyone get tired of hearing them? This game sucks! Don’t buy it. You might want to rent it for giggles, but in general Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is HORRIBLE! Maybe Jack Thompson SHOULD sue Rockstar Games, for making a bad attempt at a great franchise. I actually heard this was to be the last GTA game for PS2. Well, you went out a loser, Rockstar. GTA: San Andreas 6 out 10 stars. ------------ About the author Eric Schomburg: Visit http://www.geocities.com/schomburg2002. The website is about my novel, One of a Kind, a story about a young boy who possess the powers of the natural elements. Email: schomburg2002@yahoo.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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