Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is one of the most anticipated PS2 game of this year(besides MGS 3). GTA:SA starts off where your character Carl Johnson(CJ) heads home because of his mother being murdered. CJ is heading to find out who killed her and why. Many people are familiar with the GTA style gameply. This one is just like it, but better! There are many new things that your character can do now. Your character can now swim, which is a relief instead of having your character who can do all these amazing things, yet he couldn't swim. He can hop fences which is good for getting away from the cops. You can now manuely aim, and if you get your skill up high enough you can duel wield. Just to name a few(and i mean a few) of the new features in this game. There will be alot more conversations within characters in "The Grove," which is your hideout or "hood." Whenever your doing missions and cars there seems to be more conversations while driving to your objective which is good. The radio in the car can get repetitive which is not good. There is new camera angle which is like a cop chase scene kind of view which is very cool! You can still buy houses as hideouts and come stores as well. The new addition of the bike is very cool. Whenever i can i get the bike. The citys you are in are HUGE! One of the city is the whole city of Vice City. So when you have to get somewhere it may not be as short as you want it to be, especially in the second city your in. Eating is not too much of a factor as it was meant to be. You can exercise to make CJ bigger and stronger and make him able to sprint longer ect. Its not too hard to get your guy buff. CJ can also learn different fighting styles like karate. CJ can also get girlfriends which is ok, but not like Fable or Sims 2. You'll meet some characters from GTA 3, which was really exciting! Instead of always seeing the cops chasing you all the time, you'll sometimes see them chase other people which makes it nice. You can customize your characters clothing. Also depending on your clothes will change the way people react to you. Overall this without a doubt the best GTA game to be created. Without any doubt in your mind go out and buy this!!
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