Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)

Directors:

Dan Houser
Navid Khonsari

Writers:

Dan Houser (written by) &
James Worrall (written by) ...

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A family tragedy prompts a man to return home, only to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which he must regain control of the streets before it gets even worse.

Plot Keywords:

Corruption | Drug Dealer | Carjacking | Flamethrower | Car Crash

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Young Maylay	...	Carl 'C.J.' Johnson (voice)
Faizon Love	...	Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice)
Yolanda Whittaker	...	Kendl Johnson (voice) (as Yo Yo)
Clifton Powell	...	Melvin 'Big Smoke' Harris (voice)
MC Eiht	...	Lance 'Ryder' Wilson (voice)
Jas Anderson	...	Jeffrey 'OG Loc' Cross (voice) (as Jonathan Anderson)
The Game	...	Mark 'B-Dup' Wayne (voice)
Big Boy	...	Barry 'Big Bear' Thorne (voice)
Eugene Jeter Jr.	...	Emmet (voice)
Ice-T	...	Madd Dogg (voice)
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Cesar Vialpando (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice)
Chris Penn	...	Officer Eddie Pulaski (voice)
Armando Riesco	...	Officer Hernandez / Pedestrian (voice)
Cynthia Farrell	...	Catalina (voice)

Also Known As:

GTA 5 (UK) (working title)
GTA: San Andreas (International: English title) (short title)
Grand Theft Auto 5 (UK) (working title)
San Andreas (International: English title) (short title)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:AO (re-rating) (2005) | USA:M (original rating) (revoked: 2005) | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA (edited version: 2005) | Ireland:18 | USA:M (revised version) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Sweden:18 (PEGI) | Australia:MA (original rating: uncut) | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16 (censored) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Poland:18 (PlayStation 2 version) | UK:18 | Australia:(Banned) (re-rating: 2005)

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

In the game, there is a military base called KACC Military Fuels. This is a reference to the computer club where soon-to-be members of DMA Design used to go to. It was called KACC, which stood for 'Kingsway Amateur Computer Club.' At that time, Rockstar North were called DMA Design.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The rocket launcher fires rockets backwards. The four stabilizers should be on the back, not the front, and the explosive end should be not on the back, but the front.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Carl Johnson: [voiceover] After five years on the East Coast, it was time to go home
[a previous phone call is heard]
Carl Johnson: 'Sup?
Sweet Johnson: Carl, it's Sweet.
Carl Johnson: Whassup, Sweet, what you want?
Sweet Johnson: It's Moms... She's dead, bro.

Movie Connections:

References One Eight Seven (1997)

Soundtrack:

What's My Name

An Amazing Imersive Experience

This review I'm writing is just on what i have accomplished. I have been playing this game for a total of 20 hours. I love to take it slow and really walk around and explore. The amount of detail and stuff to do, is incredible. The gameplay is as solid as ever. the story sucks you in like very little video games do these days. I have only gotten up to the second city, San Fierro. I've done a few missions but mostly I'm just looking around, I can't help it! I've been a fan of the GTA series since GTA2. The fever died down after a while though. When GTA3 came out I was amazed how they totally blew every other game out of the water. GTA3 to this day is one of my favorite games of all time, over Vice City even. this games is starting to become a huge time suck, which means this game is awesome. I'll finish this review when ever I finish it. For now, 10 out of 10!