work of art
User Rating: 9.4 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas XBOX
There have been mixed rumors about this game. Mainly bashing it because of the 'hot coffee' mod that was taken out of the second addition but overall despite the rummors this game is just downright fun. Although this game spawned the great free roam essence of games. It also plagued the gaming industry with so many street culture games that the people who made this game who were originaly somewhat of rioters in the gaming industry are now the police. This game is the only one i've played that gets street culture actually right. The peoples A.I. is decent on both ends for one thing. The story, although it takes awhile, unfolds well. And, although a little to loose, the Max Payne 3rd person style combat never gets that old with the divesity of mission objectives. From saving a homie and his girl from attacking gangstas to robbing a freight train for ammo the combat remains fresh. The only thing I didn't like is the hard to control melee fighting. Although the chainsaw was simple and fun , the fist fights get unbarebly hard against multiple opponents, especially ones armed with baseball bats. The driving segments are good, especially the mission where you chase down a guy on motor cycle that did something to your homie while he was in the clink. The humor is presented well in my opinion and the diffuculty is even on all terms. But the best part is the character management. Like The Sims, you manage hunger and money but it expands into managing your gang and enemy gangs along with going to the gym, managing your car, working on driving skills. It feels like an RPG but is obviously a 3rd person, well developed, highly addictive, very acuaretly tuned street culture game that waits for a sequel. 
