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Here Comes The Crime
Date of Review: Nov 5, 2004
The Bottom Line: Because the game is very different from other and i think it will become the game of the year.
Hi All,
Welcome to another review on the game. Now this time the review is on shooting and killing game the best game of the year Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Friends I tried my best to wrote as much as information about the game I can hope you like it.
~~~~~~When & From Where I Buy~~~~~
I buy it from me local shop 2 days ago and now I am playing and enjoying this game very well. Hope you will get this game as soon as possible and see what's new in it. Anyways as it is the new title I buy it for only 29 pounds.
~~~~~GTA~~~~~
I played many games like Sims, Zoo Tycoon, Strong Hold, Doom, Arx Fatalis, NFS, Moto GP but these games are limited like in Moto GP you just have to race, In Doom you just have to shoot, In Sims You have To Think. Now on other hand the GTA all versions this game is very different from other in this game you have to shoot you have to kill you have to run and you have escape and you have to build strategies. Till GTA 3 this game is limited to cars only but in vice city new vehicle were introduce and now in San Andreas there is a large variety of vehicles from the cycle to the Tank.
::::::The Little Bit History Of GTA:::::
GTA: -
The First Version of GTA was release on 1996 and for the first time in games you able to go-rounds as a real criminal. In this game you work as Mafia Guy with a missions of Killing Peoples, For Theft, for dealing Drugs and for many other bad guy missions. And due to this new change in the game era many peoples are attracted by this new type of game and due to its much success after a few time the expansion pack was released with the name of Grand Theft Auto: London 1969". In this game you have to steal cars and again same mafia activities..
GTA 2: -
After A one Year of GTA with a lot of success the second part of GTA was released with some improvements of leaps etc..
GTA 3: -
After the release of PlayStation2 Rock star released its new version of GTA ("GTA 3")
With very much improvements in graphics and sounds. This game is fully 3d and for the first time GTA comes in dashing graphics and in this game there is a huge variety of cars with the radio and many other exciting features and in this game you will also enjoy the real car driving. Due to its new look millions of copies were sold over the world and the rockstar's game GTA3 Again goes in much success.
GTA 4(Vice City):-
With the huge success in GTA 3 and due to the customers demand Rockstar Decide to launch another version of GTA ("GTA4: Vice City). In this game many new features were introduced like Bikes, Boats, and Airplanes etc. and again due to its new and exciting feature this game also became the game of year and earn lot of success. But one of the major aspects of Vice City that assured it's success was the 80's soundtrack that was used to great effect This was probably one of the most popular aspects of Vice City as it complimented the story that was set in the mid 1980s. Artists featured on the soundtrack were no strangers to the listener with people like Michael Jackson and Bryan Adams.
GTA 5(San Andreas)
After 2 year with the lot of success in Vice City Rockstar launched the biggest game of History GTA: San Andreas. In this game there is a huge map. And there are many missions consist of killing, Delivering, Painting, Hurting and Cashing. Each time you complete the missions so go further in to the story of the game and each time you have to face different difficulties and this feature make this game very attractive. If you don't want to play mission you can go here and there in a big map of San Andreas on Bike, Cars, Cycles or whatever you want to raise your skill.
And in this game you have to feed your player properly and you have to take your player to the gym to make it fit and fine.
~~~~~~Let's Start The Game~~~~
When you start the game Carl Johnson is returning to Los Santos in San Andreas after 5 years. His Family has been torn apart and his mother was murdered to make good of his family he is returning to home but in his way couple of bad cops caught his and try to blackmail him to do bad work or they will frame him for the criminal activities but he denied to do that. And then they throw him near the Groove Street and From Here the Real Game Starts.
Now from here you have to take a BMX Cycle and go to your home. To ride to the cycle again like previous version you have to press triangle button. So here we go now you have to build your skill in cycle by riding and cycling and doing different types of stunts so when you just jump on the cycle the icon CJ appears on the radar and your first mission is to reach your home. And to reach home you have to start paddling your cycle to do that you press the X button and to speed up your cycle you have to tap the X button fast and in the mean time you can perform many stunt like Wheelie etc. To do wheelie you have to press down button. Wheelie on cycle is bit easy and you can earn enough money by doing that. Anyways the controls are same like the basic brakes are by Square button and so on…
So you just have to go to the CJ's Icon and when you reach the CJ icon you meet your first friend Big Smoke and from here your First Mission Starts.
The First Missions Starts When Big took CJ to meet his brother and sister and to see his mother grave and in the mean time a car comes and the people in car start firing on all on CJ's Family You, your brother and Big Smoke must escape from them back to the Grove on your BMX bikes encountering on coming vehicles and gunfire from your adversaries the Ballas gang. The initial missions of the game seem boring but as you progress after 1 or 2 missions you will be engulfed in the storyline.
~~~~~~The Game~~~~~~
In this game there are lot of changing in the game Grand Theft Auto Series. The main aspect of this game is the statistics of the player. And you can view these state any time in the game play by pressing the L1 button. The headings of statistics are
Respect
Stamina
Muscle
Fat
Sex Appeal
And you should have to raise these meter with by doing different kinds of activities.
:::::Respect:::::
The first meter is the respect meter which shows your repute and it will increase when you complete a mission and on completing each mission you have got the message of Respect with the mission passes message and you have to pass many missions to raise that meter because on each mission you passed the meter will raise a little bit.
:::::Stamina:::::
This meter shows you how much stamina you have I mean how much you can run, swim or cycle continuously. In the Start of the Game your stamina level is very low you will tired very soon after a little running , swimming or cycling. To raise you stamina you have to go to the Gym regularly or you have to exercise bike for a long period of time.
::::Muscle::::
This mete shows you how powerful you are and how powerful you can attack your opponents. And it also shows how much you can resist the attack and again to raise this lever you have to go to the Gym and you have to build up you muscles by pick up weights and by boxing etc.
::::Fat:::
The meter show your fat and it depends upon your eating. And you have to eat properly so you will not go fat and the most amazing feature of the game is that if you eat to much your player will vomit.
:::::Sex Appeal::::
Sex appeal is how much you appeal to the opposite sex to raise this meter you have to shape your body by going into the gym and you have to do proper hair cut according to new fashions and new cloths and tattoos. Also this will increase your shooting and some other skills.
And the Other major thing in this game in Its very very big map and its consists of three cities The cities are Los Santos based, San Fierro based and Las Venturas. The cars in the game is almost same as Vice city and also it has some other bikes and scooters and so on. In this game the interesting feature is that you required skill to drive the car in start your skills are bad so your car handling also bad to improve your skills you have to drive as much as you can.
There are other forms of transportation featured in this game other than cars and motorbikes are Train and Air Planes as I told you that the map is too much big so sometime you have to travel via airplanes to reach the other places.
::::::Wanted Level:::
In this game there is same wanted level you have decrease that level by hiding by escaping by picking up the stars and by cheats and also again the other feature is that you cant enter the airport if your wanted level is raised and in this game it is much difficult to lower wanted level then vice city.
::::::Health Level:::
The Health Level in this game is changed in last version it is in the form of digits but in this game it is in the form of meter and when you are hurt you have to raise it by eating, resting and health icons.
::::Relationship and 2 player game::::
The most amazing and enjoying feature of this game is sex appeal statistic, When you passed some of the missions of the game you will find some life saving missions to save girl from the fire and the she became your girlfriend and also you will go with her on date. And through this your relations ship meter will go higher.
Also here another interesting feature is of 2 player game when you make your girlfriend and then you drive with her to her home and then from here press L1 and now you can play 2 player game as the girl is the second player of the game.
::::::Food & Drinks::::
The most of the interesting feature of the game is its food system. The food controls your fat meter and life meter. And you have to eat is such way so you will no go fat and it also effects your sex appeal meter.
There are 2 points where you can eat and they are
Pizza Point
Burger Point
And you can get the drinks from 24/7 shop or from the dancing clubs.
and every meal and drink will cost you something and it vary with different types of meals and drinks.
::::::Gym Work::::
After eating to make your character smart and cool you have to go to the gym to do some exercise. And there are two types of workouts and they are
Muscle Building
Stamina Building
To build your muscle you have to pickup weights and there are 10 level of weights and to build up your stamina you have to do workout on exercise bike and treadmill.
and after getting some stamina and muscle you can go for the boxing training where you can learn so punching and attacking practice and it will raise your attacking skills
:::::::Gaming & other Shops:::
Apart from Gym and food there are other shops like gaming area, hair parlor, clothes shops and tattoo shops. You can go to gamer areas to play different types of game and this is very interesting feature that you plays games in the game. And you can go to the saloon for you haircuts so can look cool and you have to go to tattoo shop to create tattoos on your body and it will increase your sex appeal meter.
::::::Gang Creation:::
As Carl Johnson is doing all risky activities he requires some backup and when you go further in game you make different friend and they start joining you and your gang and also this gang creating is also the new feature in this game.
::::::Weapons:::
The weapons you will get to use in the initial city of Los Santos will vary depending on the mission your doing and how far you have progressed in the game. The first few weapons at your disposal will be pistols and melee weapons like pool cues and fire extinguishers. As you progress in the story the gun shops like ammunition will be available to you where you can purchase guns like pistols, SMG's, machine guns, shotguns, armor and hand grenades. All these will cost you a fair bit of money. And also you can get the weapons by cheats.
::::::Swimming & Climbing:::
In the pervious version of this game whenever you jumps into water you drowned and you died but in this game you will not die because this character know how to swim. And your swimming depends upon your stamina level. And also you can stay underwater with the help of your lung power and you can swim both on and under water and this feature I really cool and make this game more attractive.
And another feature of this game is of climbing walls in this game you can climb walls and escapes from your enemies instantly.
::::::Other Activities::::
when you are not playing any missions you can try some mini games like you can go the the pool and you can you to the gamer area to play games you can enter into truck races, you can go to dance clubs and you can do much more.Many missions in this game are varied and have a lot of longevity value, missions like stealing a combine harvester from a bunch of stoner farmers will keep you amused for at least a few minutes
Sometimes the missions can get quite difficult but after a few attempts you will get the hang of it. If for example you fail a mission and you attempt it again and it involves a trip then you can just get into the car again and if the trip skip icon appears you can skip the car journey to the destination. In some cases the journey is just to update you on the storyline.
and the LA Expo centre which is what I think it's called is also in the game. The LA Expo centre for people unfamiliar is the location for the annual Electronics Entertainment Expo "E3" which is the biggest computer gaming show in the world.
As expected with the huge area of the City of Los Santos there are a lot of missions that will occupy your time, due to this fact I've only just left the City and reached the missions in the countryside of Los Santos so I don't have much experience of the other 2 cities featured in the game but I'm sure that shouldn't hinder this review of the game. In the countryside of Los Santos you will see hillsides and mountains, which gives the area a realistic feel.
~~~~~~~Cheats~~~~~~
Now many cheats are available on internet like health, ammo, armor, and many more and interesting features of cheats in this game is that you can also repair your car of vehicle with the help of cheat just enter the vehicle which required some repairing and apply the health cheat and your car also recover itself with your player. There are many other cheats and these will help you when you are on very difficult mission.
~~~~~~~~Graphics & Sounds~~~~~~~~
In this game the graphics of the game is very much increased the polygon of the object are increased which make the object and the whole game more smooth and attractive. The Graphics in this game is little bit dull and they are not bright as bright in the Vice City but anyways in overall the graphics are very enhanced and you will like it very much.
The most separate feature of this game is that it provides you series of radio stations and you can change them on your choice in San andreas there are 10 radio stations. In overall the sounds of the game is great and the sounds quality of the radio stations vary with the different models.
~~~~My Opinions~~~~
I suggest this game to everyone who have Ps2 because this game is the best game in the history and I think this game will also be selected for the game of year. So all of friends get the copy of it as soon as possible and enjoys the new features of the new series of GTA.
Hope You will like My Review. Please Rate it Well because It took more than 4 hours to write all this information.
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Jahanzeb Hassan
