Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Difference between revisions

{{/infobox}}'''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''' is a [[Rockstar North]] developed [[GTA III era]] game, and so has references to storylines and characters from  both [[GTA III]] and [[GTA: Vice City]]. It is the only game so far set in the fictional state of [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]], consisting of three cities: [[Los Santos]], [[San Fierro]] and [[Las Venturas]], and includes vast expanses of countryside, forests, and a desert as well as a mountain. The game is set in [[1992]], and centers around the return of [[Carl Johnson]] (also known as CJ) to his gang (the [[Grove Street Families]]), and their subsequent return to power.

Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in his hometown, Los Santos, San Andreas. Now, it's the early 90s, and he's got to go home. His [[Beverly Johnson|mother]] has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. On his return to the [[Grove Street|neighborhood]], a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of [[San Andreas]] to save the remains of his family and to lead his [[Grove Street Families|gang]] to conquer the streets and ambush the [[Ballas]].

The game has received widespread acclaim for its technical achievements and free gameplay. However, it also received widespread criticism - initially due to its "gangster" elements, which include drugs, prostitution, and murder; but later due to the discovery of disabled interactive sex scenes, nicknamed [[Hot Coffee]], which could be re-enabled using third-party mods. This led to the re-rating by the [[ESRB]] of the game from Mature to Adults-Only until a second version, with the sex scenes fully removed, was released.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hpZAsCokQ0 GTA: San Andreas Trailer 3 on YouTube]