Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Difference between revisions
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== Storyline == | == Storyline == | ||
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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 get back 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 the homicide of a [[Ralph Pendelbury|police officer]]. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and take control of the streets. | 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 get back 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 the homicide of a [[Ralph Pendelbury|police officer]]. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and take control of the streets. | ||
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== Gameplay == | == Gameplay == | ||
[[File:CarlJohnson-GTASA.png|thumb|left|100px|The [[protagonist]] of GTA San Andreas, [[Carl Johnson]] (CJ)]] | |||
San Andreas is similarly structured to the previous two games in the series. The core gameplay consists of elements of a third-person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open environment in which to move around. On foot, the player's character is capable of walking, running, swimming (the first GTA game in which diving is possible), limited climbing and jumping, as well as using weapons and various forms of hand to hand combat. Players can operate a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, trains, tanks, motorcycles and bicycles. Players may also import vehicles rather than steal them. CJ is Grand Theft Auto's most customizable [[Protagonist|protagonist]] due to the possibility in-game to change his clothes, tattoos, hairstyle and even his body mass in which he can be fat, skinny or muscular. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas also reintroduces over-the-top-gameplay seen in games such as [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]. | San Andreas is similarly structured to the previous two games in the series. The core gameplay consists of elements of a third-person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open environment in which to move around. On foot, the player's character is capable of walking, running, swimming (the first GTA game in which diving is possible), limited climbing and jumping, as well as using weapons and various forms of hand to hand combat. Players can operate a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, trains, tanks, motorcycles and bicycles. Players may also import vehicles rather than steal them. CJ is Grand Theft Auto's most customizable [[Protagonist|protagonist]] due to the possibility in-game to change his clothes, tattoos, hairstyle and even his body mass in which he can be fat, skinny or muscular. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas also reintroduces over-the-top-gameplay seen in games such as [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]. | ||
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==Game Information== | ==Game Information== | ||
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==Other releases== | |||
===Playstation 3 release=== | |||
On December 11th 2012, Rockstar announced that GTA San Andreas had officially been released on the PlayStation Network, making the game available for players on the PlayStation 3 platform. | |||
===GTA San Andreas Mobile Edition=== | |||
On November 26th, Rockstar announced<ref>http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/51870/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-mobile-coming-this-december.html</ref> that much like the two games preceding it, a mobile version of GTA San Andreas will be released "for select iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle and Windows Mobile devices" in December 2013. | |||
==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
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==External link== | ==External link== | ||