Advantages: The freedom, the music, the variety, the characters, the story, the size, the vehicles, the script, everything.
Disadvantages: The graphics are pretty good, but not brilliant. This is due to the mammoth size of the game.

...Intro: Oh My God is what I say when I get asked about GTA: San Andreas. I think it is the best game of all time, my friends think it is the best game ever, and all the official and unofficial magazines agree. This is one of the rare few gems that netted itself a 10/10 from the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine. (Only 8 games out of many hundreds have achieved this feat.) There is so much to talk about and do in the game and it is almost unbelievable that Rockstar have fitted so much just onto one disk. This review is very long, and feel free to read just the section you are interested in, or however much you want. Hope it's not too boring. Key Stats: Name - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Set in - Early 1990's Locations - The game spans over 3 cities, with countryside and desert in between. (See the 3 cities section for more info... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Durability Is Amazing
Disadvantages: Graphics

...Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is easily in the top ten games of all times. It is such a good game from start to finish, The stories great, the new feeatures are out of this world, the map has grown rapidly from the last one and durability is brilliant as this will take a long time to complete and therefore is good value for money. San Andreas is unbelieveable popular, the game was sold out everywhere in england the day the game was launched. This game was eagerly awaited for months and months, and im not suprised. Rockstar have clearly put some time in to this game and tried to make the game better quality since the last one which was 'Vice City'. Grand Theft Auto has always been a good game to buy even the very first one which was 2d but very effective. Here i am going to tell you about the areas of this game which will inform you... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: It has many different challanges to suit different people from killing gang members to having dancing competitions
Disadvantages: The game area is very large with little buildings that you can get into which can be a little tedious.

...a tough mission. There are also many more Grand Theft Auto games available, which I have not yet tried. Look out for these. They include Liberty City Stories, vice City and more. The San Andreas is also available as a classic, platinum (secret 2 player mode) or as part of a trio with Vice City and Grand Theft Auto 3 (This is on special offer on play.com for just £17.99 so is the best deal) My advise is certainly don't judge it until you have had a go as this is what I did, but now Im never off it! Its a great game and appeals to a wide audience.... Read review

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Advantages: Superb Absolutely Brilliant!
Disadvantages: very violent, not suitable for under 18s

...this and if you want to buy Grand Theft Auto-San Andreas the cheapest place to get it will probably be "gamestation" on the pre owned section expect to pay between £8-£12 happy gaming ; P... Read review

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Advantages: Long life with wide range of missions
Disadvantages: Not much to do when completed

...San andreas, the fifth game in the Grand theft auto series was expected to be the best rockstar game yet before it cameout, and it certainly lived up to expectations in my opinion. although now it is not often talked about because there isnt much to do anymore. you are CJ. a johnson brother who left the hood a few years back. since your departure your mother has been killed and the streets of los santos are full of drugs, you have to clean up the streets by doing various tasks for your gang members, some corrupt cops, and many other crazy characters. Gameplay is brilliant. Very easy to understand and funny at times. A wide variety of missions and sub-missions will keep you entertained for a few months. but only a few months. once you have completed the game, there is nothing else to do really but go around killing people, which can get... Read review

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Advantages: shooting, violence, driving, storyline, and lots of missions to do
Disadvantages: very long game lol

...and deliver cargo to each station in a set amount of time. If CJ does not do it in the allocated time then the mission fails, also CJ can derail the train if he goes to fast along the rails. When in the train mission useful information is displayed on screen such as speed and distance to next station. --------------The Police---------------------------------------------------- In Grant Theft Auto San Andreas you will encounter the police every time you do something wrong. For example if you run some one over or shoot them more than likely the police will notice and a star will appear on your screen to indicate that the police are after you. If you have only one star then the police will not be too agreessive towards you, but if you have 4 or 5 then they will have helicopers, lots of vechicles and be shooting at you with machine guns, also... Read review

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Advantages: Huge World, New Mechanics, Tons of Vehichles, So Much To Do, Graphics, Music, Multiplayer
Disadvantages: Some Small Glitches, Pop-Up

...Rockstar seemed more than a little hesitant to reveal much information when Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was first announced. I'm not really sure why, as they seemed all too willing to release tons and ton