Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4324 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 129 out of 4324
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  1. tobinISawesome
    Jul 7, 2015
    3
    this game has such a great story witch is why its so dissapointing. this is a clunky floaty buggy game with missions doing stuff ahead of its time if you dont know what that means it means that nothing works!!!!! flying driving racing and swiming all suck balls! and that is a slap in the face to fans of the games before it and who are playing san andreas because incase you didnt know grandthis game has such a great story witch is why its so dissapointing. this is a clunky floaty buggy game with missions doing stuff ahead of its time if you dont know what that means it means that nothing works!!!!! flying driving racing and swiming all suck balls! and that is a slap in the face to fans of the games before it and who are playing san andreas because incase you didnt know grand theft auto is all about swimming shooting driving and racing and flying. now the music is awesome though and fits the setting of the 90s well. but thats about it all the characters are stupid and poorly voice acted and that makes the main one that you play as even worse. CJ will say the N word call people **** and harm people witch i normally would have no problem with but in this game its trying to say that it makes you hard core and trust worthy to your gang. guys come on are you for real here when your going the un funny intense rout you cant do this to your game! side attractions are pointless and have you lifting waits with quick time events and you have to do all of this if you are wanting CJ to be able to run for more then 5 seconds. you also have to eat food in this game to keep CJ strong and healthy. this game is like akward mother simulator take care of precious CJ or he turns into a no good fat fake OG its so stupid. this game is not the greatness we have seen in the other games i cant beleave i hate this game so much when i play the others hours a day to kill time in my summer. but i cant beat the game and there is no other fun to be had. the others were like if you did not like the story well go do all this other funn stuff rampaging movie theaters golf and so much more!!! go buy the others there great but this gets a 3 out of ten i give it credit for having an awesome story and for about 4 hours of fun at first. but if you want to see the state of san andreas go play gta V.… Expand
  2. carnivorCactae
    Jun 24, 2017
    4
    Reviewing the STEAM-Version in 2017:

    San Andreas didn't age well. The trees, the sky, the water and the textures look like a muddy mess! For whatever reason small patches that were included in the Retail-Version (like dirt on the cars and better visibility) aren't in the Steam Version. They also cut out many music-tracks due to copyright-bs! But the by far WORST part is the    Reviewing the STEAM-Version in 2017:

    San Andreas didn't age well. The trees, the sky, the water and the textures look like a muddy mess!

    For whatever reason small patches that were included in the Retail-Version (like dirt on the cars and better visibility) aren't in the Steam Version.
    They also cut out many music-tracks due to copyright-bs!

    But the by far WORST part is the hostility towards modders!

    The structure of the engine and the source-code are so convoluted and packed behind barriers, that modding is like stabbing yourself in the arse multiple times with a rusty knife!

    To say it simple:
    Modding for GTA San Andreas is a pure waste of time and ressources!

    Did you wonder why you only see maybe 2 Videos of a modded HD GTA San Andreas on Youtube and even less tutorials for modding?

    Its because modding this hostile software is a pain in the d***!

    You'll need at least 2 seperate programs to insert mods and before that you'll need to convert the whole game into an early non-steam Version and pray that it will even start!

    The process of converting can f*** up important core-files of your game, so its possible that you'll have to reinstall the whole mess again,
    and if you are one of the few lucky ones, inserting the mods can create graphical glitches
    or it just doesn't do it at all.

    And don't forget: All the external programs to make your GTA SA look like one of these high-polished YT-modder-videos
    are incompatible among themselves!!!

    So if you want HD-walls and that one particular remodelled muscle-car: Never gonna happen!

    You ever wondered why there are thousands of mods for Half Life, Doom, Quake and even GTA V ?

    Because the Programmers didn't hide their source-code behind a feck-you-sign like a underpaid worker in the love-business in paranoid-land!

    The game itself is plagued by clunky driving and flying-controls (mouse-steering isn't disabled by default!!!).
    You would guess they did at least get that right in a game mainly revolving around driving and shooting, but no.

    The Main Character is out of breath after 5 seconds of running and you'll have to go weight-lifting with QTE's to run a second longer.

    Also it lacks funny and extreme characters like in GTA IV and V!

    Best game ever made?
    Not by a long shot!    … Expand
  3. Snowpiercer
    Mar 2, 2015
    3
    Nice work, Rockstar. After your last HD pack, you ruined the game forever. Not to mention that many fantastic songs were cut out of the game making this experience even less enjoyable now. I don't think anyone should buy this game now.
  4. iddqd4
    Jan 19, 2018
    4
    Этот текст здесь для того что бы оценка отобразилась в моем профиле.
  5. WesM
    Feb 6, 2008
    0
    This game sucked major. The graphics were something to be desired and there were too many glitches/bugs. As for the story line, IT WAS POINTLESS! And the dialog, wtf with that!? Who calls their mother "moms" all the time, and what kind of black trash would be lowlife enough to call their own kind a "nigger"? This game fails hard.
  6. HougM.
    Nov 3, 2007
    2
    The story, the overall composition and many details would make this game a masterpiece...if the steering and viewpoint issues would ruin everything! The cars behave ok, only the lagging viewpoint behavior lets you run over everything. But the planes, which become a crucial thing on several missions make the whole game a disaster. They are so uncontrollable, they annoy you like hell to the The story, the overall composition and many details would make this game a masterpiece...if the steering and viewpoint issues would ruin everything! The cars behave ok, only the lagging viewpoint behavior lets you run over everything. But the planes, which become a crucial thing on several missions make the whole game a disaster. They are so uncontrollable, they annoy you like hell to the point where you don't want to play on. GTA:SA is just one more example of a game ported absolutely care- and loveless to the PC, lurking the bucks out of those PC jerks for nothing.… Expand
  7. MorganL.
    Jan 28, 2008
    2
    This game is a poor translation of a console game. The graphics are ugly, the controls and physics are worse and the camera is blare witch mess. The mini games are just button mashing exercises while the camera points everywhere except the direction you are going. Not that you are missing much; the graphics are washed out and sparse. Unlike other GTA titles the hoods' lack any This game is a poor translation of a console game. The graphics are ugly, the controls and physics are worse and the camera is blare witch mess. The mini games are just button mashing exercises while the camera points everywhere except the direction you are going. Not that you are missing much; the graphics are washed out and sparse. Unlike other GTA titles the hoods' lack any personality or flavor.. Skip this one until the next real PC version of the GTA franchise comes out.… Expand
  8. Andy
    Jul 13, 2005
    4
    This game is much, much worse than it's predecesessor, Vice City. The graphics are below average, if not ugly compared to other new PC games. This was something I knew to expect, because PS2 is a pocket calculator compared to a up to date high end PC. The drawing distance is good, but the buildings and characters look very bad. -2 points. The other frustrating thing are the controls This game is much, much worse than it's predecesessor, Vice City. The graphics are below average, if not ugly compared to other new PC games. This was something I knew to expect, because PS2 is a pocket calculator compared to a up to date high end PC. The drawing distance is good, but the buildings and characters look very bad. -2 points. The other frustrating thing are the controls on PC. I do have a joypad, and still they suck big time. Even when I'm using the joypad, the game expects, that I *simultaneously* use a mouse AND a keyboard. Don't the developers know, that a human being has only two (2) hands. Doing the most difficult tricks with the PC is a bad joke. - 2 points And then there's there are the camera views, which are very sloppy work. -1 points. Music is much more worse than in Vice City. -1 points. The Gangster theme compared to Vice City's Miami Vice / Scarface theme is lame and boring. The plot, btw. is a illogocal mess ridden with boring cliches. -1 points. The good parts? There's much to play and explore. The area is huge. The sub missions are fun. TOTAL: 4 points… Expand
  9. metacritic1
    Apr 16, 2011
    0
    Rockstar games are anything but rock stars. All their games are really bad, especially the gta games before and after Gta 3, their only good game. This game, Gta:SA, has terrible graphics, lame cut sequences, idiotic missions with vague instructions, many of which are made impossible by the game. Eg, park the car, you start to park the car and some other car comes up behind you and won'tRockstar games are anything but rock stars. All their games are really bad, especially the gta games before and after Gta 3, their only good game. This game, Gta:SA, has terrible graphics, lame cut sequences, idiotic missions with vague instructions, many of which are made impossible by the game. Eg, park the car, you start to park the car and some other car comes up behind you and won't move back and many other such complications. The cars are extremely bad as they are bad to look at and take damage very easily unless you move them very slowly. In game driving is terrible unless its a cycle. I am only writing this review because I am very upset that a bad game like this has a metascore of 94 from the so called critics. It deserves barely 54.… Expand
  10. XakepUebitsche
    Sep 11, 2005
    0
    Rockstar really let us down on this one. Learn how to test your games boys. The tech support is the worst ever for any game. Seems they think console kiddies to be more important than us true PC gamers. That's the last time I deal with rockstar. Just check google for PC problems and look at their website. It seems on google everyone has porblems and the company website is onlyRockstar really let us down on this one. Learn how to test your games boys. The tech support is the worst ever for any game. Seems they think console kiddies to be more important than us true PC gamers. That's the last time I deal with rockstar. Just check google for PC problems and look at their website. It seems on google everyone has porblems and the company website is only conserned with alittle nude scene some old soccer mom's got #@%@ over. Thanks alot Rockstar your "Hottest game" let us ALL down.… Expand
  11. OldGenX'er
    Feb 10, 2006
    2
    V 2.0 for PC. Totally sucks. Non-moddable? I want my freaking money back! Game requires you do some crap moves on a computer that I see in my 10 year old daughter's PS2 games! Ummm... Earth to Rockstar... Adults don't like doing repetitive motion exercises... too much like work. it's rated mature, but has crap like this? The developers transferred this from a console game V 2.0 for PC. Totally sucks. Non-moddable? I want my freaking money back! Game requires you do some crap moves on a computer that I see in my 10 year old daughter's PS2 games! Ummm... Earth to Rockstar... Adults don't like doing repetitive motion exercises... too much like work. it's rated mature, but has crap like this? The developers transferred this from a console game to a PC game apparently without any knowledge of PC gaming. Removing the "Hot Coffee" scenes: fine with me, couldn't care less. Removing the girlfriends altogether would have been more realistic. If I was the protaganist in GTA:SA and Denise mouthed off to me, it would be entirely within character to give her a Molotov rather than flowers. But making it non-moddable unforgiveable with a PC game. Half of the fun of PC gaming is modding them or playing other people's mods. I mean, Rockstar doesn't exactly employ geniuses when it comes to the actual story writing. This wasn't even worth the reduced $15 price tag with all the bugs (patch released for fixes doesn't work for V.2, but the patch fixes those bugs - just plain stupid Release Management). Gave it a 2 just because I like running people over on sidewalks after driving home from work.… Expand
  12. SusSStaiN
    Jul 19, 2005
    2
    How can a game be called Grand Theft Auto when there is no wheel support for PC. For a game that has lots of driving involved, I can't believe Rockstar didn't have the competancy to include support for a wheel. Anyone who thought they might be hooning around the streets, "Driving" their car, will be severly dissapointed with this lame offering.
  13. PalliN.
    Jul 5, 2005
    3
    Poor programming, awful graphics, awful controls, awful camera, bad theme. This is pretty mediocre release in every way, graphics are like "welcome to 5 years ago" and did the developers even try the pc-controls? Or were they blindfolded while making the lazyass camera? And well, the whole hiphop-theme of the game is just awful idea after brilliant 80's scarface ripoff. Main Poor programming, awful graphics, awful controls, awful camera, bad theme. This is pretty mediocre release in every way, graphics are like "welcome to 5 years ago" and did the developers even try the pc-controls? Or were they blindfolded while making the lazyass camera? And well, the whole hiphop-theme of the game is just awful idea after brilliant 80's scarface ripoff. Main character is just so.. Boring? Hopefully this is the last one of the series (Vice City should've been), time to move on. Still, Not a zeropointer this time, but close.… Expand
  14. CM
    Mar 19, 2006
    1
    This game sucks. I have a top end machine, latest drivers, no probs with any other games, and this one reboots at random. Not to mention crap graphics, lame controls, and what is with the stupid bicycle mission????? Whoever gave this a high rating must be employed by rockstar and is kissing ass because for a pc this game is pure crap. Waste of $20 bucks, I'll be going back andThis game sucks. I have a top end machine, latest drivers, no probs with any other games, and this one reboots at random. Not to mention crap graphics, lame controls, and what is with the stupid bicycle mission????? Whoever gave this a high rating must be employed by rockstar and is kissing ass because for a pc this game is pure crap. Waste of $20 bucks, I'll be going back and buying a copy of Vice City for $10 at least it was fun enough to play a second time.… Expand
  15. DanteG.
    Feb 10, 2007
    2
    Horrible graphics, lazy camera. A complete disaster in game design and control. The PS2 version is a million times greater.
  16. ScottW.
    Feb 26, 2007
    1
    Pathetic oh Pathetic it is absolutely rubbish. The graphics and physics are apauling! They are making a Grand theft auto VI on 360 so I hope they make this one the best yet.
  17. SamW.
    Jun 22, 2005
    4
    Disagree with the majority here, i think it's a poor piece of 3d programming. bad points: texture corruption, very difficult control system and poor graphical quality compared to other games. I am very disppointed with this product.
  18. VitoL.
    Jul 12, 2005
    4
    Fun, but the missions just get me frustrated, It seems like they add stuff just to mess you up over and over... Also, in some missions, like the driving class to learn car moves, some of them are almost impossible with the settings I have, I try to change my settings, and something always makes it too hard, for exm... On the move I am on now, you have too use the LeftMouseButton to back Fun, but the missions just get me frustrated, It seems like they add stuff just to mess you up over and over... Also, in some missions, like the driving class to learn car moves, some of them are almost impossible with the settings I have, I try to change my settings, and something always makes it too hard, for exm... On the move I am on now, you have too use the LeftMouseButton to back up, hold Q and E down at the same time to look behind you, then the LEFT key to turn, then the UP to stop reversing and the again to drive forward, all in 5 seconds. It is just flat out irritating, also some of those same missions the car views keep me from seeing the cones and I always hit them. And the graphics, though it does have a high setting, I have to keep it on low draw distance and low graphics for it not to lag, and I have a new pc.… Expand
  19. Bloopy
    Jul 4, 2005
    1
    The controls suck in this game, very hard to move.
  20. MandaP.
    Sep 11, 2005
    0
    Rockstar has forsaken the PC users!
  21. Danielle
    Jun 22, 2006
    2
    the controls are crap and the screen jumps and its not very clear, this shud ov been made much betta i want my money back.
  22. CoryFarmer
    Aug 2, 2006
    0
    I want my $20 dollers back.
  23. DaveW.
    Feb 25, 2006
    0
    second edition is non moddable not even worth playing.
  24. anubhav1122
    Sep 24, 2014
    0
    It not working in window 8. Why help me.... .....................................................................pls i need in window 8. How i cam do it tel me
  25. Antohny
    Jun 17, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst game associated with mafia drug dealing killing and gives you missions OF **** FLYING YOU **** MIKE TORENO **** YOU ROCKSTAR GO **** **** YOURSELF WORST GAME OF ALL TIME **** YOU… Expand
  26. Kianoosh06
    Sep 23, 2019
    0
    Stop camera movement after save
    A lot of bug. Bad gameplay
    One of bad game ibeen played
  27. Gorbunov2004
    May 12, 2021
    4
    Игра такая же как GTA Vice City но с лучшей стрельбой также появилась прокачка навыков спортзал и можно купить себе жильё. Но весь геймплей такой же как и в GTA Vice City и GTA 3!
  28. NevWave
    Sep 19, 2021
    0
    Most overrated game ever. And not the best. It's piece of garbage, thanks to stupid fans who's exalts this saint game to the sky. I'm sorry for you. You specially ignore modern games, because you don't want something new and special. Best buggy, soapy game ever. Specially wrote to ill gamers who's can't stop playing this in 2021. I passed this game 7 times main story, 100 % 2 times. IMost overrated game ever. And not the best. It's piece of garbage, thanks to stupid fans who's exalts this saint game to the sky. I'm sorry for you. You specially ignore modern games, because you don't want something new and special. Best buggy, soapy game ever. Specially wrote to ill gamers who's can't stop playing this in 2021. I passed this game 7 times main story, 100 % 2 times. I loved that game to 2015, when i played back then. But not now. It's very annoying, it's never be best game of all time and not legendary game. Too much overrated. GTA V maybe is also overrated, but so much better. But also not the best game. If this game not so much overrated i'll give 6. Story is good, music awesome. But i can't. 0 thanks too gamers who's exalts in 2021 this garbage to the sky.… Expand
  29. GravityVR
    Nov 21, 2021
    0
    Return the game to Steam!
    I loved this part with all my heart and soul, and you Rockstar just take it and remove it from the store. I absolutely did not give up your filthy remaster! How do you even know if my PC will pull this new trilogy (no)?!
    San Andreas was and remains one of my favorite parts of GTA, but you spoil that too! (appeal to Rockstar) My personal rating of the game is    Return the game to Steam!
    I loved this part with all my heart and soul, and you Rockstar just take it and remove it from the store. I absolutely did not give up your filthy remaster! How do you even know if my PC will pull this new trilogy (no)?!
    San Andreas was and remains one of my favorite parts of GTA, but you spoil that too! (appeal to Rockstar)
    My personal rating of the game is 10/10
    But until the game returns to the store, I can only put 0    … Expand
  30. MortezaMhd74
    Jan 23, 2022
    4
    یادش بخیر، سی‌جی، ایموک، رایدر، و.... علی بهترین بازی حهان باز، دم راکستار گرم
  31. Kacak321
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    Nie wiem czy to jest to możliwe to proszę o przesłanie mi się podoba mi się nie da
  32. mustafamert1918
    Apr 6, 2021
    0
    There is no sense of impact in the game, if the graphics came out like this after gta vice city, I don't say anything anymore, they should see Mafia 1, which was released in 2002, the best gta vice city
  33. RebellamyFox
    Jul 28, 2020
    0
    Take Two y Rockstar amenazaron con demandar a un modder sin una buena razón, siendo que están ayudando a hacer el juego más divertido, los mods son una buenas características de todos los videos juegos en pc y las quieren cagar con su mierda de copyright a si de fácil.

    la gente pide remasterizado y siquiera han echó noticias de él. Estais peor que YouTube a si que chingense take-two y    Take Two y Rockstar amenazaron con demandar a un modder sin una buena razón, siendo que están ayudando a hacer el juego más divertido, los mods son una buenas características de todos los videos juegos en pc y las quieren cagar con su mierda de copyright a si de fácil.

    la gente pide remasterizado y siquiera han echó noticias de él.
    Estais peor que YouTube
    a si que chingense take-two y rockstar    … Expand
  34. Rocco__
    Jul 7, 2020
    1
    I got given the game for free about like half a year or close to that with the Rockstar Laucher thing and... well the game is unplayable garbage, I keep having issues with the controls of the game and its annoying as **** Look Rockstar, if you want to give away one of your old games, can you at least check if they work before giving it?
  35. TiredAlfred
    Dec 29, 2021
    4
    Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and c
  36. SultanSuleyman1
    Jun 27, 2021
    3
    The game gets boring after a point. People and places change a lot and you cannot adapt to the story.
    Also, NPCs jump in front of cars. If we evaluate it according to this time, it is below average. But it can be nice if we judge it according to that time. The only good thing is its open world and free roaming. Without them, the game would not be played.
  37. Romchik6006
    Jun 21, 2023
    0
    БЛЯДЬ СУКА БЛЯДЬ СУКА СУКА НАХУЙ СУКА БЛЯДЬ ІДИ НАХУЙ Я ТЕБЕ ЗАРІЖУ НАХУЙ ІДИ НАХУЙ НІҐА Я БЛЯ НАХУЙ СУКА БЛЯ ТЕБЕ БЛЯ НАХУЙ БЛЯДЬ СУКА БЛЯДЬ СУКА ЙОБНУ СУКА НАХУЙ БЛЯ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  38. StarkAgentos
    May 14, 2022
    3
    Игра нереально сильно устарела. Управление неудобное. Игра еле-еле воспринимает мою игровую мышку. Интерфейс очень неудобный и перегруженный. Вайс Сити в наше время смотрится как-то поновее, хотя она старше.
  39. Bleep26
    Jul 8, 2023
    0
    this game has only gotten worse over the years. its laggy and takes my money, it took a 1 million dollar car away like i never even bought it, poof it was just gone. the controls cant be over lapped even when it makes sense. example: cant use the Gun wheel key and use the Ascend key as V if I wanted to. this game has many crashes and always needs to be restart. I payed $15 for this gamethis game has only gotten worse over the years. its laggy and takes my money, it took a 1 million dollar car away like i never even bought it, poof it was just gone. the controls cant be over lapped even when it makes sense. example: cant use the Gun wheel key and use the Ascend key as V if I wanted to. this game has many crashes and always needs to be restart. I payed $15 for this game and with the game play play I've received so far it should be a free game, it is truly a piece of crap game.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#2 Best PC Game of 2005
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2005
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#1 Most Shared PC Game of 2005

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 47 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 47
  3. Negative: 0 out of 47
  1. Next Level Gaming
    98
    Kudos to Rockstar for actually including gamepad support for the PC!!
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  2. PGNx Media
    97
    It will surely take up hundreds of hours to even the most casual of gamers.
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  3. ActionTrip
    94
    It is the perfect crime game.
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