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  1. JonasH.
    Apr 27, 2008
    8
    This game is alright, but nothing new from older titles, really. It quickly becomes boring and repetitive, and the port isn't especially well made. That being said the gameplay value is pretty high, and some of the side-missions and additions are somewhat entertaining, although seemingly forced on the gameplay, rather than blended in.
  2. May 23, 2016
    8
    Fun game with frustrating control dynamics! Loved the mayhem in stealing police cars, ambulances and fire trucks and crazy action taking on gang bangers and cops. Disliked the fixed missions which were way too hard to complete and if you make a small mistake you fail entire mission and cannot move on. Love the open world of exploring, gyms, eats and customize clothes, cars and weapons.Fun game with frustrating control dynamics! Loved the mayhem in stealing police cars, ambulances and fire trucks and crazy action taking on gang bangers and cops. Disliked the fixed missions which were way too hard to complete and if you make a small mistake you fail entire mission and cannot move on. Love the open world of exploring, gyms, eats and customize clothes, cars and weapons. Great story and characters well done. Graphics not bad even today as this was for PS2 over 10 years ago and still decent with fun game play! Very nostalgic 90s hip hop and rap soundtrack was awesome to listen to while cruising! Expand
  3. Dec 11, 2011
    8
    For me, GTA games are about driving, vehicle variety, weapon variety, mission variety, and exploration. In other words, I play these games for the gameplay. That being said, I find San Andreas to be the greatest GTA game of all time. The driving is probably the most important aspect of a GTA game. It's what you're going to be doing most of the game. Yes, you can walk on foot, but most ofFor me, GTA games are about driving, vehicle variety, weapon variety, mission variety, and exploration. In other words, I play these games for the gameplay. That being said, I find San Andreas to be the greatest GTA game of all time. The driving is probably the most important aspect of a GTA game. It's what you're going to be doing most of the game. Yes, you can walk on foot, but most of the time missions require you to drive to your destination, and it's not always just a mile or so away. And even once you arrive at your destination, half the time the mission is going to require that you drive anyway. So if the driving doesn't work well in a GTA game... Well what does? There goes a massive portion of the game down the toilet. But like I said, this isn't the case for San Andreas. It has the best vehicle variety we've seen in a GTA game so far - Cars, airplanes, motorcycles, motorbike, bicycles, helicopters, boats, jetpacks, tanks, etc. each of which having their own advantages in differing situations. For example, a bike is slower in general, but you are able to bunny hop when you're on the bike so it is good for hopping over fences to get away from cops. Motorcycles have a very high acceleration (short term speed), and a decent top speed, but you won't have the defense that a car provides. I could sit here and explain each vehicle type in detail but it would be useless - Bottom line, the vehicles are widely varied in this game. Now as for the actual driving mechanics, this game went for the unrealistic, fast paced style GTA game. GTA IV went with a slower, more realistic style. Well, I mean I'm playing a video game. I don't expect it to be realistic. That adds nothing to the game for me, but the change between the driving mechanics in San Andreas and GTA IV did in fact slow the gameplay down severely. It only did negative. I don't think they're going to go back to the old, unrealistic but fun style of GTA games. San Andreas is probably the last good GTA game. Also, the difficulty level of this game was amazing (referring to the missions). It is without a doubt the hardest GTA game, and although there are a few silly, problematic missions where things are hard for reasons obviously unintended by Rockstar, these very few negatives are severely overshadowed by the massive amount of positives. So let me sum it up - It provides the best challenge, it has the best mechanics in a GTA game, and it has the most variety. What more could you ask for? Expand
  4. Nov 9, 2011
    8
    "GTA: San Andreas" was a great free-world open sandbox game. You can try all sorts of weird gags and beat kick-ass missions with your black homies. However if you don't want to suffer glitches and tweaks that often happen, try "GTA: Vice City".
  5. May 19, 2012
    8
    Gta San Andreas in PC, is fun, huge and graphically great, but the controls issues makes this version of the game worse than the PS2 version. It haves the same things as the console version, and even with better graphics, but console version is a lot better. Still, it is an impressive game. (8.8)
  6. May 11, 2012
    8
    The GTA series have gone back far. But till now 2012 Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is still my favorite game of the series. Why? Because you felt free, more free then its then the others.
    The only reason i gave an 8 is because of its graphics, I know it was made 8 years ago but still, I reckon they still could be a bit better.
  7. Aug 11, 2013
    8
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    is a very good game, for my opinion.
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  8. Jan 9, 2016
    8
    I used to play GTA SA on both the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox. It was great. I could list down reasons why GTA SA is great, but you should know why this game is great. But this review is going to focus on the "PC vs Console version" subject.

    -Cheats are easier to do and remember. -You cannot walk anymore. If I press W (WASD controls) CJ starts jogging, on a controler, I can
    I used to play GTA SA on both the PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox. It was great. I could list down reasons why GTA SA is great, but you should know why this game is great. But this review is going to focus on the "PC vs Console version" subject.

    -Cheats are easier to do and remember.
    -You cannot walk anymore. If I press W (WASD controls) CJ starts jogging, on a controler, I can slighly press the joystick and CJ walks.
    .Better graphics, but it actually makes the game alittle worse on some occations. I prefer the PS2 graphics, since on the PC, you can see the outer rims of people and it makes the characters feel alittle... animated.
    -Cycling has bad controls.

    Overall: Theres nothing to the PC version, other than the fact that I can use a mouse, but the game itself has gotten worse.
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  9. Jul 15, 2014
    8
    I played San Andreas when I was a kid. Back then I didnt do any missions I just fooled around. I didnt think that game even had a point beside shooting cops and running people over. Now I have played game and got through its very long storyline ( bearly ) .

    My thoughts about story missions are mixed. I play and then 10 great missions come along, but then there comes mission so bad I
    I played San Andreas when I was a kid. Back then I didnt do any missions I just fooled around. I didnt think that game even had a point beside shooting cops and running people over. Now I have played game and got through its very long storyline ( bearly ) .

    My thoughts about story missions are mixed. I play and then 10 great missions come along, but then there comes mission so bad I thought Rockstar didnt even test those missions. Some are hard to the point of not being able to pass them, which is a serious shame considering how fun it is to play.

    Shooting mechanics are ok, but enemy AI is so dumb even for 2004 that makes shootouts scary easy compared to non shooting missions. Choice of weapons is solid , but your best bet is to take mp5 and kill all enemies in matter of seconds.

    As for the world and its many side missions, I guess they are okay , typical gta stuff, nothing more nothing less.
    Story and characters are mostly great. Apart from CJ ( who I found little irritating and Thruth ) . Story is pretty one dimensional and if there wasnt entertaining journey between first and last cutscene it would be pretty bad.
    Music in game is pretty horrible ( if you are not in the rap ) so thank god there is user track .
    Controls work, in most cases. Sometimes CJ wont get on bike for whatever reason, but that didnt happen to often.
    Companion AI like enemy AI is terrible. Most of the times he will run around the car like idiot while you are being chased which may end up in him being dead and mission failed. There comes another big issue , when you die all your weapons are gone , which is terrible detail and costs you a lot of time.
    Game world is big but some areas like woods and desert may feel little empty , but since this is a 10 year old game it isnt that big of a problem. Some pop ins are noticeable and sometimes can mean a police car spawning whitin 2 feet of you which can be really irritating. Graphics also cannot be that great because its such a big world , but they could separate fingers ( it look really stupid )
    All in all its very big game with incredibly long story line and hand full of both great and extremely irritating missions , but its still an experience worth having.
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  10. Jan 15, 2015
    8
    This game is awesome graphics not bad its a old game i can forgive it gameplay awesome A.I. not bad vehicles awesome very cool cheats this game is awesome
  11. Feb 26, 2020
    8
    Great grand theft auto game, but at this point GTA games got more serious, I loved the playfulness of vice more.
  12. Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Aceptable port a PC del Clasico de Rockstar Games.
    Contiene mejores texturas que en ps2 pero encontraparte le falta algunos efectos graficos que tenia la version de ps2.
    Y por de defecto esta capado a 25fps (se puede desabilitar pero no es recomendable)
  13. Aug 7, 2016
    8
    This game - one of the best in GTA Series. This game maybe not better, than GTA 4, but still one more good. Good storyline, good characters, good missions and... **** BIG OPEN WORLD FOR 2004.
  14. Jul 22, 2021
    8
    good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good
  15. Jan 3, 2018
    8
    Hikaye = 9
    Oynanış = 9
    Grafikler = 7
    Sesler = 8
    Keyif = 7
    Atmosfer = 7
    Süre = 7
  16. Sep 20, 2018
    8
    I started GTA:SA several times but never finished it. But I loved it every single time. Tons of stuff to do, catchy story, great gameplay, good world design, excellent soundtrack. And the fun I had with cheats!
  17. Jun 28, 2023
    8
    its gta sa. nothing more needs to be said ///////////
  18. Jul 21, 2022
    8
    Сан интересный, культовый, механически крутой но... не мой. Никогда с ним не сталкивался ранее, и пускай игра действительно объективно лучшая в 3д вселённой как игра. Однако, на мой взгдяд в игре как то всего слишком много, что с одной стороны круто безспорно, но вот как и бывает со швейцарскмм столом,ты можешл всё это есть, но возьмёшь только что то по вкусу.Сан интересный, культовый, механически крутой но... не мой. Никогда с ним не сталкивался ранее, и пускай игра действительно объективно лучшая в 3д вселённой как игра. Однако, на мой взгдяд в игре как то всего слишком много, что с одной стороны круто безспорно, но вот как и бывает со швейцарскмм столом,ты можешл всё это есть, но возьмёшь только что то по вкусу.
  19. May 9, 2020
    8
    Oh yes, this game can be marked by legend. She brought so much, it was a real revolution in the GTA game series. Three complete cities with their links to real cities. An interesting story, time, the hero is forced to go from Los Santos directly to the city of freedom! At one time, this game made a lot of noise! Even so far, tens of thousands of people play their multiplayer. This is myOh yes, this game can be marked by legend. She brought so much, it was a real revolution in the GTA game series. Three complete cities with their links to real cities. An interesting story, time, the hero is forced to go from Los Santos directly to the city of freedom! At one time, this game made a lot of noise! Even so far, tens of thousands of people play their multiplayer. This is my favorite. 8. Expand
  20. Jul 1, 2021
    8
    Good game. Nostalgic for me. Spend like tons of childish time in this game charing shoot the Ballas so strong 8 here
  21. Aug 25, 2020
    8
    The father of old games is the best game we can count. Since the graphics industry is not important to me, it is a game that I recommend you play.
  22. Jun 14, 2021
    8
    В своё время это была революция, которая точно заслуживает своей оценки, за такой открытый мир
  23. Jul 25, 2021
    8
    Good Game ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  24. Mar 12, 2021
    8
    I played it maybe 10 times, The best driving game, also amazing map, missions, story...
  25. Mar 13, 2021
    8
    Güzel oyun. Tavsiye ederim. Oynanması gereken bir oyun. Bu tarzı sevenler kesin sevecektir.
  26. Apr 22, 2021
    8
    I think this is the best game of the GTA series. Everything is so good for its time.
  27. Sep 27, 2021
    8
    Без сомнений это лучшая часть серии. Это то за что мы полюбили серию GTA, но лишились всего этого в следующих частях. Атмосферно с небольшим перевесом она обходит Vice City.
  28. May 29, 2021
    8
    This game is a legend. Very fun and very enjoyable. It's technically a legend for the year it came out. And it's unplayable now because it's technically outdated. But it was a beautiful 76 hours
  29. Aug 19, 2021
    8
    Great open world game at that time with nice storyline and gameplay which was an masterpiece , improved in many aspects than vice city .
  30. Oct 25, 2021
    8
    круто афроамериканцы и банды и вся эстетика улиц в этой игре , грву стрит клевА
  31. Nov 7, 2021
    8
    Геймплей - 7/10
    Графон и визуальный стиль - 8/10
    Сюжет - 10/10
    Саундтрек - 8/10
    Общая оценка - 8/10
  32. Nov 15, 2021
    8
    GTA TRILOGY - monkey sh*t!
    GTA SA - best game!
    Cockstar remove original GTA SA from store, greedy bastards, ok. Do you think I'll pay $60 for Trilogy? Ahaha, NO!
    I'll download original SA from Russian torrent with mods, it looks better than your piece of sh*t 2021
  33. Jan 14, 2022
    8
    Ratings for the time period it came out
    Story : 8
    Gameplay : 8
    Graphics : 8
    Fun Factor : 8
    Environment interaction : 7
    Sound effects : 8
    Overall Immersion : 8
    There's no such thing as a perfect game
  34. Mar 19, 2022
    8
    The interface is wonderful. You have so much information immediately available to you. Google Maps always has a minimap in the lower left corner, which gives you a good overview of the area. Getting information about people gives you a clear, clear window. Hacking offers a menu with easily recognizable icons, so you always know what your button presses will do.
  35. Jun 22, 2022
    8
    Для меня это наверно лучшая часть серии, особенно хорошей она была на момент выхода
  36. Oct 18, 2022
    8
    When it came out it was a masterpiece and delivered many hours of interesting gameplay. But for my opinion the game didnt age well.
  37. Jun 9, 2022
    8
    Игра понравилась, но для меня она не стала легендарной. Вторая часть игры мне даже было скучно проходить.
  38. Sep 28, 2022
    8
    greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
  39. Nov 17, 2022
    8
    Культовое дермо.
    До сих пор играбельное дерьмо.
    Кайф.Дерьмо.
  40. Feb 4, 2023
    8
    the game has a lot of problems nowadays i had to plug a keyboard into the laptop during car duty but it was nice in the year you could do whatever you want in the city
  41. May 4, 2023
    8
    This game let you do everything you want and it's amazing. The story mode it's great, the gameplay also great. the improvement from Vice City it's noticeable. A real classic.
  42. ChristianH.
    May 9, 2009
    7
    The good parts of SA are the most of the missions, the excellent world, the great animations (not counting the extremely ugly graphics), the soundtrack and the voice actors which are making this game favourable, if there weren't many aspects that prevent this game to be one of the greatest of all time. These aspects are: The graphics are riddiculously and unbelievably ugly, for 2005, The good parts of SA are the most of the missions, the excellent world, the great animations (not counting the extremely ugly graphics), the soundtrack and the voice actors which are making this game favourable, if there weren't many aspects that prevent this game to be one of the greatest of all time. These aspects are: The graphics are riddiculously and unbelievably ugly, for 2005, and the graphics are soo dorky awkward programmed that it WILL stutter even today on an extremely decent machine where I get on everything turned up max. 50 FPS (without Frame Limiting). This states that it was a very rushed PS2-to-PC conversion. IF done well, this could have been prevented. Next are the vehicles. While I do like the driving behaviour of some vehicles, most vehicles drive so awkward and unresponsive that I would almost threw one keyboard/gamepad after each other against my wall since the controls are so poorly executed that sometimes you get, combined with terrible collision detection, you hit the very very near edge of a stone and will get flipped over, ruining everything. Same goes for the flying controls which I think most people agree, are completely a pain in the ass. At the flying school missions, after days of getting nothing right, I quit the game there and never got any further than that in the game because of the controls. Also the game consists of many components (dining, training, RPG-system) which on the first look looks impressive, but being in the game for some 10,20 hours they appear poorly executed and could aswell be left out without the player missing anything. Someone was not thinking completely to the end here, especially the RPG-system which feels unnecessary as it is in the game, Rockstar didn't even try to implement it well. As for the conclusion this is very close a good game, but many aspects where ruined and all partially ruined aspects add up to the point that prevents the game from being one of the best games of all time. But the extremely great animations combined with the brilliant voice actors and the great soundtrack make me to some point ignore the game's flaws as stated above. Expand
  43. ScottT.
    Jun 7, 2005
    7
    Though the game is great so far. I have already found that the game crashes my system. When it happens the system reboots itself. I bought the game today and it has crashed the pc twice now.
  44. GiancarloB.
    Sep 26, 2005
    7
    OK game. could have been beter and theres nothing really else to say. the story lacked a baic plot but it makes up in the great fun driving around the city blowing things up theme.
  45. GogiV.
    Jul 31, 2006
    7
    Some guys here are saying that ATMOSPHERE was better in Vice City than in SA. It's because Vice City is placed in the 80s. That's the only reason. 80s music has catchy melodies, which make people relaxed, there is 80s feel everywhere in VC. SA is hybrid. Mixure of new age and transition from the 80s to 90s.
  46. Jan 12, 2013
    7
    I've played the game since it came out and here I am deciding to finally review it in 2013. Though the PC version gets a 7 from me, the PS2 version gets a 9. What's not to love about San Andreas? You get all types of missions and side-missions, a huge world to explore, a very good story and downright excellent characters. As a bonus, you also get the RPG elements that spice up the gameplayI've played the game since it came out and here I am deciding to finally review it in 2013. Though the PC version gets a 7 from me, the PS2 version gets a 9. What's not to love about San Andreas? You get all types of missions and side-missions, a huge world to explore, a very good story and downright excellent characters. As a bonus, you also get the RPG elements that spice up the gameplay and really help you out in the long run, such as having longer periods of running/swimming, weapon dual-wielding and building up an NPC gang that can follow you wherever. It's a gamer's wet dream. Alright, now onto the downsides. The PC port is pretty bad. I'm not complaining about graphics being improved or anything for the PC, but Rockstar always gets lazy when it comes to PC ports. Look at GTA IV for example. The in-game settings don't stay the same every time you launch the game. You have to disable/enable the "Frame Limiter" option just to get certain game elements to work - and things like that usually make me quit playing a game outright and forever, but this game redeems that with the tons of positives. Apart from the PC issues, you're gonna come across those moments where a mission is insanely too hard or the AI doesn't work the way it should and it screws you in the end somehow. These are the same things you encounter in the previous games like Vice City and GTA III. Do these things break the game entirely? Not really. But can these things frustrate you greatly? Yes, very much so. Overall, if you're an old time gamer or a person just becoming a gamer, play this game. Just do it. Oh, and guess what? This game has two multiplayer mods known as San Andreas Multiplayer and Multi Theft Auto where up to 100 players can play on the same world. Be sure to play that too. Yes, both of those multiplayers are still being played. Expand
  47. Apr 14, 2013
    7
    Este juego capaz no sea mejor que su antecesor Grand Theft Auto Vice City (por lo menos para mi), pero posee mas libertad que los juegos anteriores, una buena historia (aunque tiene bastantes misiones innecesarias) y los personajes tienen un excelente voice acting. Los gráficos para la época no eran tal vez la gran cosa, pero la gran cantidad de contenido que tiene este juego esEste juego capaz no sea mejor que su antecesor Grand Theft Auto Vice City (por lo menos para mi), pero posee mas libertad que los juegos anteriores, una buena historia (aunque tiene bastantes misiones innecesarias) y los personajes tienen un excelente voice acting. Los gráficos para la época no eran tal vez la gran cosa, pero la gran cantidad de contenido que tiene este juego es impresionante, lo que cuesta de tiempo completarlo al 100% es bastante, aunque el sonido no esta tan bien desarrollado que digamos, los disparos parecen pedos por alguna razón, pero no importa, el juego lo recomiendo bastante y se divertirán mucho con esta entrega. Expand
  48. Jul 1, 2013
    7
    No other GTA game can beat GTA San Andreas! It has the most replayability, provides the most fun (jet packs!!!) and you can do much more than just drive from mission to mission. There are a bunch of side activities and other fun stuff you can just mess around with. Meanwhile, other (and more recent) GTA games are busy with serious stories and serious characters and realism and BORING!!!No other GTA game can beat GTA San Andreas! It has the most replayability, provides the most fun (jet packs!!!) and you can do much more than just drive from mission to mission. There are a bunch of side activities and other fun stuff you can just mess around with. Meanwhile, other (and more recent) GTA games are busy with serious stories and serious characters and realism and BORING!!! The graphics aren't great and I find the PC controls to be a bit weird but the fun is still there! 7/10. Expand
  49. May 27, 2014
    7
    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a great game. Even still in 2014 with IV and V out. But the game is filled with game breaking glitches, poor aiming, poor graphics/character models (even though that the game is 10 years old) and lots of features that are unfortunately useless.
  50. Mar 23, 2015
    7
    If you like GTA, it is worth the investment. I use to love GTA games when I was younger. Now though, I am more of a dark souls genre addict. If you are looking for a super easy game that takes little tact do it up. It is classic GTA, not much more to say about it.
  51. Jul 11, 2020
    7
    Grand Theft Auto San Andreas has a huge open world, tuns of side activities, rpg elements. It's one of the biggest game of its time. There are so many opportunities you'd be unable to find in another games. The main things in the game are done worse than in Vice City. The game is unnecessarily long. It seems like the developers put more effort in the size of the game than what makes theGrand Theft Auto San Andreas has a huge open world, tuns of side activities, rpg elements. It's one of the biggest game of its time. There are so many opportunities you'd be unable to find in another games. The main things in the game are done worse than in Vice City. The game is unnecessarily long. It seems like the developers put more effort in the size of the game than what makes the game a game.
    The graphics are bad for a 2004. MGS3 or H-L2 have a lot better ones. The biggest and also the weakest entry in the series.
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  52. Feb 9, 2019
    7
    This game aged horribly, i'm not saying it's not playable as now,it is, definitely worth playing a lot more than any other game made by Rockstar recently, because it's actualy entertaining and doesn't have forced realism for sake of appealing to normies,still the game is far away from being flawless.
    Storyline is bit cliche but it's not as painfuly boring like GTA V or generic and
    This game aged horribly, i'm not saying it's not playable as now,it is, definitely worth playing a lot more than any other game made by Rockstar recently, because it's actualy entertaining and doesn't have forced realism for sake of appealing to normies,still the game is far away from being flawless.
    Storyline is bit cliche but it's not as painfuly boring like GTA V or generic and redundant like RDR 1.5.
    Graphicaly the only good looking things in the game are vehicles and some buildings, character models and pretty much rest of the environment looks dated and dull, weather effects looks decent, not great but decent.
    Soundtrack is ok, unfortunately they cut out many music-tracks due to copyright-bs!
    Gameplay is good, the game HAS gang wars and some activities that actually affect your game, giving you some bonus stuff, money ect.Not just some garbage looking car with some greenlights on it. And suprise,suprise! The game isn't easy beyond belief.
    Car physics is ok, they actually drive like a different cars, cars ARE destructible and actually take damage, unlike GTA V non existent physics and nearly impossible to destroy or damage cars.
    The game has big modding community, mods are really creative, and also really fun!
    For about 10 minutes...
    But unlike GTA V, the game isn't hostile towards people with mods.
    6,5/10
    Far from being the best game ever made, it's definitely better than GTA V and RDR 1.5, but this isn't really saying much.
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  53. Apr 6, 2020
    7
    Its unfortunately my least favorite gta but its not even bad. Its pretty much ok, nothing more nothing less
  54. Feb 1, 2021
    7
    Сюжетка тащит,обновленные катсцены плюс кастомизация,отдельное 10 из 10 радио волны.Но особо не цепляла в отличии от предыдущих серий.
  55. Mar 14, 2022
    7
    Por que sempre faço download dessa desgraça todo ano??? Todo dia a Mixmods tá lançando mods muito foda para esse jogo, e vem a merda da Tec Cu e fala "aiiiin MODDERS APELAUN", GTA SA é muito bom, SAMP e MTA só melhora a experiência do jogo. O problema é que GTA SA original de PC é uma bosta porque fecha depois de um tempo jogando.
  56. Jun 22, 2023
    7
    GTA San Andreas takes players on a retro crime-filled journey, packed with ambitious features and an expansive world. While it boasts an impressive scope and memorable moments, it falls short in certain areas, leaving room for improvement within the iconic franchise.
  57. Kaneelschep
    Apr 24, 2006
    6
    Got the pc version. The controls absolutely suck big time. How could they think of it.. steering with the mouse? yeah sure.. it just makes you hit shit when firing or braking with it. flying a modell airplane is just not done. driving a motorbike is so frustrating with all the shit that you can and will hit. all it gives me is hartproblems. especially missions were you have to shoot guys Got the pc version. The controls absolutely suck big time. How could they think of it.. steering with the mouse? yeah sure.. it just makes you hit shit when firing or braking with it. flying a modell airplane is just not done. driving a motorbike is so frustrating with all the shit that you can and will hit. all it gives me is hartproblems. especially missions were you have to shoot guys off bikes. I empty guns on then and nothing happens. and smash into everything. Every time I want to give it another chance but I end up almost smashing my keyboard shouting I will never play it again. Do love the hugeness of it. and really want to play it. though I will probably not anymore out of frustration. such a let down after vice city wich I loved. Expand
  58. AnonymousMC
    Jul 28, 2007
    6
    Graphics are not the best but with such a large city you just have to cut down on certain things.
    The storyline is pretty cool and fun.
    It starts pretty easy and fun but some missions that comes later was horribly hard.
    So unless you are a hardcore gamer on GTA then you are gonna need a trainer in those upcoming missions.
    Otherwise it has gameplay variety which is great.
  59. Apr 4, 2014
    6
    yes the graphics need alot of work but i kinda like it . expects no good strippers in the game . play Gta 4 instead peace
    Grade B+
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  60. Nov 2, 2019
    6
    Grand Theft Auto San Andreas игра моего детства но какую её добавили в Steam и в Рокстар лаунчер я сожилею что купил в Steam, это хреновое отношение к покупателям.
    Только из-за того что игра плохая в этиз сервисах даю 6/10 а так игра на 8/10.
  61. Dec 18, 2021
    6
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  62. May 20, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story starts good and becomes boring right after you first leave los santos. They feel like busywork and fillers. It is just toooo long. Last return to LS missions are cool though. Villains are cool and memorable. Wish game gave us an option to spare one of them.

    Gameplay is dated terribly. Guns feel like toy guns and sounds are trash. Gun recoil is also trash. You start from beginning if you die(same as other 3D and 2D gta's)physics suck ass. Wanted level system is really bad and not improved. Map is not that good. It feels too empty and generic.

    But I also had fun with cheats. Which is one of the things that is not dated. You can combine cheats and do crazy sh1t. Flying cars, rocketman, riot cheat etc. It is so much fun. Going to gym and exercise or going to fast food restaurant and being fat. There are different dialogues for different body types. Clothing options(I just wish that changing cutscene didn't take hours)and customizing cars. There is also gang wars. Some gang wars are hard to provoke because some areas are too small. Many different vehicles and things to do.

    I like sa but I also don't like sa.
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  63. Jan 10, 2023
    6
    The most overrated game in the trilogy .
  64. Czar
    Jun 13, 2005
    5
    Camera control is really hard and frustrating. Cannot save where ever. Illogical events. You hit a guy walking with his mate and the mate doesn't even notice. The enemy fires at me and then the cops arrest me rather than the guy doing the shooting. Heaps of work has gone into this game but I really don't like it.
  65. SgtSausage
    Jul 10, 2005
    5
    I've sampled this game on PC. While overall it is indeed fun, it does suffer from the hasty control adaptations that seem to be common in PC games adapted from the game console environment. Those purchasing the PC version should be aware that control adaptions to a keyboard and mouse input environment fall short in this case. Severe shortcomings may greatly hinder progress when I've sampled this game on PC. While overall it is indeed fun, it does suffer from the hasty control adaptations that seem to be common in PC games adapted from the game console environment. Those purchasing the PC version should be aware that control adaptions to a keyboard and mouse input environment fall short in this case. Severe shortcomings may greatly hinder progress when controlling some vehicles in certain missions. Unless money is no object, I suggest purchasing the game at a deep discount if possible, or you may net feel you had gotten your money's worth. Expand
  66. CaptainH.
    Aug 14, 2005
    5
    Such a let down!
  67. Pamela&Lynn
    Oct 23, 2006
    5
    I like the GTA series. I've passed the game on PS2 and PC.I've had no problems on PS2 but on computer there has been a slight sound problem. My sound won't play while raining.I've tried everything but nuttin' worked.I bought a new hardware and installed a new windows... I can't seem to fix the problem.
  68. ShaneK.
    Jan 28, 2006
    5
    The game is fun, but its impossible to control the aircraft, so you cant beat the game.
  69. PukenD.
    Jun 21, 2005
    5
    Controls suck bigtime. Graphics not quite PC standards. I give it a 10 in frustration.
  70. May 18, 2013
    5
    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered to be the best Grand Theft Auto game ever by many people, disappointed me completely. First of all, the first cut scenes were good until the "Drive By" scene came up. It was hilarious, in a bad sort of way. I got on the bike and noticed how bad the controls were for PC. Like seriously, it seems like Rockstar looked at the PC port and said "Let'sGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas, considered to be the best Grand Theft Auto game ever by many people, disappointed me completely. First of all, the first cut scenes were good until the "Drive By" scene came up. It was hilarious, in a bad sort of way. I got on the bike and noticed how bad the controls were for PC. Like seriously, it seems like Rockstar looked at the PC port and said "Let's put Inverted steering with a mouse, and whatever because PC gamers are fancy. The graphics are what you would expect from a 2005 game. "The gameplay is more important than the graphics" is certainly true...... but the graphics are so bad they'll take away from the experience. Overall, if you're looking at reviews and deciding whether to buy the game or not, please don't make the mistake I made. Other games such as Sleeping Dogs are way better. Expand
  71. Jan 19, 2020
    5
    San Andreas is arguably the best game ever made, imho, and unsuprisingly, possibly my favorite game of all time, on the PlayStation 2 that is, where its easily a sublime 10/10 experience. But god damn the PC version is a mess.

    Missing effects like road reflections, frame rate can become dodgy even in 2020, the colorfulness of PS2 version has been lost in translation, some of the
    San Andreas is arguably the best game ever made, imho, and unsuprisingly, possibly my favorite game of all time, on the PlayStation 2 that is, where its easily a sublime 10/10 experience. But god damn the PC version is a mess.

    Missing effects like road reflections, frame rate can become dodgy even in 2020, the colorfulness of PS2 version has been lost in translation, some of the mechanics like swimming, diving are almost broken, mouse isnt even working and requires you to furiously pause/unpause the game multiple times in order for it to work and list goes on.

    Now i know, MODS EXIST, but im not feeling like going out of my way to look for user created fixes, in SA's case you need quite a few of them and they require 3rd party crap installed in order to work, so i can have a working damn product. Im not lazy, im just sick of this crap, with developers like R* not being able to see a bit down the road, while other developers of mid 00's did the effort. Its not even like my PC is uber modern, it still runs Windows 7, having such lazy port with just 4 years in between release of the PC version and W7 is just sad. Many people call GTA 4 the worst optimized R* game, well, let me tell you, San Andreas had it in the bag all along.

    Now the reason why im giving it an average score and not a 0/10 is because the game still can be playable and fun, its just that the crappy aspects of the port always creep their way in and do their best to ruin it.

    At its best, and by that i mean on PlayStation 2, San Andreas is a stellar game, with an awesome open world, really fun story and missions, cool characters, my man CJ and so much stuff to do, but on PC, it can, it will, be a pain out of the box.
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  72. Apr 2, 2023
    5
    To be totally honest, this was the one episode from the old-school 3D GTA series, which I disliked the most because of its annoying missions...
  73. Feb 11, 2019
    5
    Game is fine but is so overrated, like the story and characters are pretty average, the world is not a big improvement from its prequels, in fact i like Vice city more.

    Suffers from the usual rockstar gameplay which is the same with few improvements and additions in each title, its fine cause its a sand box but after vice city you dont feel amazed that much.

    5/10
  74. Oct 13, 2019
    5
    graficos:
    muy malos
    malos decente✔ buenos muy buenos historia: muy mala mala decente genial✔ muy genial jugabilidad: muy mala mala decente✔ buena muy buena opinion final: un juego sobrevalorado que tiene misiones de relleno y tiene fanboy que viven de la nostagia y creen que es un juego prefecto solo este chingado juego esta vivo por la nostagia aun asi me gusto
    graficos:
    muy malos
    malos
    decente✔
    buenos
    muy buenos

    historia:
    muy mala
    mala
    decente
    genial✔
    muy genial

    jugabilidad:
    muy mala
    mala
    decente✔
    buena
    muy buena

    opinion final: un juego sobrevalorado que tiene misiones de relleno y tiene fanboy que viven de la nostagia y creen que es un juego prefecto solo este chingado juego esta vivo por la nostagia aun asi me gusto mucho cuanto era pequeño
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  75. Jan 20, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Это игра шедевр потянет почти каждый ведропк Expand
  76. Aug 9, 2021
    5
    controls is very very bad and lots of mistakes
    for that reason the game is not played and this rockstar doesn't care
  77. Jun 18, 2021
    5
    The setting is too depressing. The game aged poorly. The gameplay is rough, never enjoyed the game
  78. May 26, 2022
    5
    Счетаю что это сильно переоценённый продукт в общем охладите своё оценивание ради Христа
  79. Jan 11, 2023
    5
    It's good game but i don't like it's atmosphere and graphics. Also campaign is too hard.
  80. May 18, 2023
    5
    Usually when i write a review on story games i review the story aspect not the graphics gameplay etc. Because when this game was being made there was great games with great stories they can't put a blame on poor story writing on 2000s game technology. A weird revange story with twists that took a good while to finish and made me question many times ''was this mission a necessity ?'' IUsually when i write a review on story games i review the story aspect not the graphics gameplay etc. Because when this game was being made there was great games with great stories they can't put a blame on poor story writing on 2000s game technology. A weird revange story with twists that took a good while to finish and made me question many times ''was this mission a necessity ?'' I normally would give 3 or 4 but for my childhoods sake its a solid 5. Expand
  81. Jul 20, 2023
    5
    the only good thing about this game is cj, plot is messy, gameplay was okay.
  82. 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.
  83. 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
  84. 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
  85. Jan 19, 2018
    4
    Этот текст здесь для того что бы оценка отобразилась в моем профиле.
  86. 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!
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  87. Jan 23, 2022
    4
    یادش بخیر، سی‌جی، ایموک، رایدر، و.... علی بهترین بازی حهان باز، دم راکستار گرم
  88. 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!
  89. 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
  90. 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
  91. 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.
  92. 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
  93. 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.
  94. 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.
  95. 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
  96. 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.
  97. 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.
  98. 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
  99. 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.
  100. 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
Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 47 Critic Reviews

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