Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas uses three cities, character stats, gang wars, and open crime for CJ's return home. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.0 / 10
About this game
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas uses three cities, character stats, gang wars, and open crime for CJ's return home. World scale, systems, freedom, and character arc are influential, while cities, missions, vehicles, music, and growth are vast. Shooting, camera, checkpoints, and controls are dated, and xbox loading, visuals, and late missions add friction. This assessment covers the catalogued release. This description covers the original xbox release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas uses three cities, character stats, gang wars, and open crime for CJ's return home.
World scale, systems, freedom, and character arc are influential, while cities, missions, vehicles, music, and growth are vast. Shooting, camera, checkpoints, and controls are dated, and xbox loading, visuals, and late missions add friction. This assessment covers the catalogued release. Overall, its main strengths are World scale, systems, freedom, and character arc are influential; Cities, missions, vehicles, music, and growth are vast. Its material limitations are Shooting, camera, checkpoints, and controls are dated; Xbox loading, visuals, and late missions add friction. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- World scale, systems, freedom, and character arc are influential
- Cities, missions, vehicles, music, and growth are vast
Weaknesses
- Shooting, camera, checkpoints, and controls are dated
- Xbox loading, visuals, and late missions add friction
Who it is for: Players who value world scale, systems, freedom, and character arc are influential and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect shooting, camera, checkpoints, and controls are dated and xbox loading, visuals, and late missions add friction.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Cities, missions, vehicles, music, and growth are vast; Xbox loading, visuals, and late missions add friction. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension World scale, systems, freedom, and character arc are influential; Shooting, camera, checkpoints, and controls are dated. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Cities, missions, vehicles, music, and growth are vast; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original xbox release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Shooting, camera, checkpoints, and controls are dated. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
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- Publisher
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- Release date
- 2005
- Platforms
- Original Xbox
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Story-drivenMain Story 100 Hours or MoreThird PersonModern SettingOpen WorldDriving and RacingShooting3D Graphics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
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- Perspectives
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Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2005
- PlayStation 2Worldwide2004
- Xbox 360Worldwide2014
- Original XboxWorldwide2005
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