S tier, 10/10. I played the PS3 version as I had heard it has check points. I know it is regarded as worse than the PS2 version as it has less atmospheric lighting but after playing GTA 4 I think that checkpoints are invaluable in GTA main missions. San Andreas is regarded as one of the best GTA games and open word games in general and despite not playing it in the preferred way I honestly agree with the praise it gets and think it is one of the best games ever made.
It do have several problems with the game, San Andreas, more than any other GTA game felt like such a long game to get through. Not in a bad way, just that it was an effort to play it and nothing else. I did have a break, playing other games instead but I did feel the length of the game allot, especially near the end.
There are a few objectively bad and dated aspects to the game in my opinion. The graphics are obviously dated, some characters look really blocky. The waypoint system doesn't have a guiding line so navigation is a bit more difficult. Cars stop really unrealistically, shooting is very dated and allot missions are unbeatable without using the lock on setting.
The positives easily outweigh these flaws however. The world of San Andreas Is honestly incredible. The detail put into each location is astounding. You can enter and interact will all kinds of shops, there are many side missions and activities to do that are nearly all fun, I don't really like the RC flying or dancing. The world is littered with interesting vehicles, items and weapons to pick up. I just had fun roaming around to see if I could find anything interesting. There is an experional selection of weapons in San Andreas and with my favorites being the chainsaw, katana, asualt rife and desert eagle.
The missions and story are smaller in scale than other GTA games but are more interesting to me personally. Mainly because of the incredible characters. CJ is probably my favorite GTA protagonist next to Niko. You have the iconic big Smoke, Sweet, Cesar, rider, theTruth, woosie the incredible James Woods as Michael Torino and amazing Danny Dyer as Kent Paul, who should have been in the game muuch more. You even have legendary actor Samuel L Jackson as Officer Tenpenny, my favorite villain out of any video game. There are so many other characters I'm sure I've forgotten, just such an incredible areay of interesting characters.
Despite it's flaws San Andreas is just so fun and the world is so detailed it is honestly worth playing at least once as it perfectly encaptures everything about the GTA games for me personally. A game that is worthy of all the praise it gets and worth playing at least once to see if you like it or not.
It do have several problems with the game, San Andreas, more than any other GTA game felt like such a long game to get through. Not in a bad way, just that it was an effort to play it and nothing else. I did have a break, playing other games instead but I did feel the length of the game allot, especially near the end.
There are a few objectively bad and dated aspects to the game in my opinion. The graphics are obviously dated, some characters look really blocky. The waypoint system doesn't have a guiding line so navigation is a bit more difficult. Cars stop really unrealistically, shooting is very dated and allot missions are unbeatable without using the lock on setting.
The positives easily outweigh these flaws however. The world of San Andreas Is honestly incredible. The detail put into each location is astounding. You can enter and interact will all kinds of shops, there are many side missions and activities to do that are nearly all fun, I don't really like the RC flying or dancing. The world is littered with interesting vehicles, items and weapons to pick up. I just had fun roaming around to see if I could find anything interesting. There is an experional selection of weapons in San Andreas and with my favorites being the chainsaw, katana, asualt rife and desert eagle.
The missions and story are smaller in scale than other GTA games but are more interesting to me personally. Mainly because of the incredible characters. CJ is probably my favorite GTA protagonist next to Niko. You have the iconic big Smoke, Sweet, Cesar, rider, theTruth, woosie the incredible James Woods as Michael Torino and amazing Danny Dyer as Kent Paul, who should have been in the game muuch more. You even have legendary actor Samuel L Jackson as Officer Tenpenny, my favorite villain out of any video game. There are so many other characters I'm sure I've forgotten, just such an incredible areay of interesting characters.
Despite it's flaws San Andreas is just so fun and the world is so detailed it is honestly worth playing at least once as it perfectly encaptures everything about the GTA games for me personally. A game that is worthy of all the praise it gets and worth playing at least once to see if you like it or not.