Well let me start off by saying, theres a few but not many ppl saying that the next in the GTA series is not really going to be anything different other then new missions and a new place to cruise around. Wrong. Dead Wrong. This game wraps up the series on the PS Two with one of the most mind blowing masterpiece's yet! The game as a whole has taken all genres of gaming and has a little bit of everything thrown in. The beauty of it is, it works.....perfect. The graphics in GTA:SA are alot more crisp then the previous two. The have gotten rid of trails completely giving as better over look to the game. The graphics on the PS2 are aging, we can all tell, but what GTA:SA does is draw you in with great gameplay. Yes, it does great things such as a longer draw distance etc. But overall the gameplay is what people keep on coming back to.This is what makes GTA:SA so special, in that a game that some could look on as old looking or dated, has that feel to it. Once you start, that controler isnt leaving your hand unless you want to lose you job, sleep or marriage. Don't get me wrong though, Rockstar did everything they can to squeeze out every bit of juice to make the game that more appealing and have a fresh look. They did an awesome job, it hands down looks better then GTA: VC The sound is GTA:SA hasn't changed as far as quality goes, which is a good thing, because it has always been top notch stuff. Most things that have changed in the sound dept. mostly included new gun, car and speech and of course the radio. Speech is the most focused on in SA as it was pretty good in the first two for the PS2. This time they've crammed in a ton of voice dialog which just adds to the BIG feel of GTA we all know and love. In other words, it will be awhile before you here someone yell something you just heard a few min ago in the game. I can't even begin to describe the amount of things you can do in SA apart from the single player story line, which is linear (which is fine). Although linear, there are many different paths to choose from and you can do them at your pace inbetween casuing chaos. There are TONS of extras, not just finding things like hidden packages and weird stuff like that. They've added, eating, style, speech, reputation, mini games etc. All these things mixed together make you really feel apart of the game, as you casn customize CJ as much as you can his cars and other things in his life. The game has really added some RPG elements, nothing major, but enough to make everyone's view of C.J there own creation. The overall value of this game is insane. There's so much replayability in this game i couldn't even find time to guess at how many times you'll be causing chaos in SA. Overall the game easily lived up to its hype, if not soared over it and if you own a PS2, you better have this in your collection. And if you don't be like me and buy a new PS2 just so you can enjoy this masterpiece. So go out and get it..................NOW!
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