General:
Well finally the day has come, for San Andreas to hit the stores. Nearly 7 months after Vice City, the anticipation continued to grow. Would this game live up to its expectations? You bet your ass off. Sadfully nothing can be perfect. The game does have its minor slowdowns, and graphical glitches here and there - But let me not try to put your hopes down. They are so minor that you would barely notice (maybe). On a much lighter note, 'San An' has tons of improvements, and features that adds hours upon hours of playability. With the addition of mini games like Basketball, Pool, Racing, Mountain Biking - and not so "mini games"; House Robberies, Sky Diving and Drive-by's. As most of you would know, the new added features include;

• Reflections on Cars, Windows, and just about anything else that can reflect your character.
• Improved Lighting effects along with different weather effects (Smog)
• New Terrain: Mountains, Deserts, Valleys, you know California stuff
• Different Transportation: Bicycles, Quad Bikes, Jets, Swimming
• Ragdoll effects aka Impact Animation
• Statistics: Including Stamina Meters, Lung Gauges, Respect stats, Weapon proficiencies
• Dual Weapons capability, based on your weapon proficiency (the more you use it, the better you get at it, and eventually being able to use two of those single-handed weapons)
• Enhanced A.I
• Two Players?! On some occasions, you can engage in a two player part of the game (for Rampages, etc)

Size:
Once again, the game gets larger. The game is approximately four to six times as large as the previous games in the Series. San Andreas has 3 cities to visit; San Fierro, Los Santos and Las Venturas. In between the cities is a country side to make up like intermission for what will come up next.

Appearance:
The Graphics have gone through as much improvements, as the the rest of the game. Here is a short list.

• Structures: Much more buildings that you can enter. Improved architectural designs. and the sounds are just as good as you would
• Lighting Effects: Different lighting for day and night (as in Vice City's beach, with all the colorful lights). And finally the Trail Effect is gone! And yes, I know you could'a turn it off ^_^
• Scenery: More types of terrain/environments, including Valley's, Deserts and a Country Side
• Sounds: From the Radio (with the traditional Rap, Rock, Country and Talk Stations) to the Gun Fire, some of the best things to bless the Series. The Dialogue has also been improved in its own ways. A little better and worse than Vice's, from using a different type of sound system.

  (More to come soon)
  BACK to GTA Main