The land of unlimited possibilities!

Let's get it straight to the point: San Andreas is probably the best GTA by all! (Well I have not played GTA 2 and GTA 1 only alluded to, but I have GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA 4 played out).

Well, anyone can say. But why is that I think so?

The deciding point is the incredible variety. It is easy to do everything.

I will limit myself here primarily on the game content and only briefly on the graphics and control, because I think the content is in this game, the most important.

I will also try to keep the whole as objectively as possible.

So here we go ...

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Let's start with the character. At the beginning of the story one is worn rather thin and run down with a white undershirt and a well for several years at a stretch jeans. But it does not stay that way, because:
- There are gyms: here you can harden his body until it is as wide as a cabinet, by treadmills increases one's fitness (ie how long you can sprint) by weights etc. its Muckies. The endurance can be had by simply running on the road increase.
- In Tattoo shops can be can stand the whole body, from chest over arms to the back
- Hairdressers allow a "create" the most amazing hairstyles: Rastas, African, ... and also there are different beards.
- By eating increasing its fat content. And that can take on enormous proportions until one is round like a ball. But be careful! Do not overeat at once! Because otherwise your body gets rid of on the spot even from just consumed. Nevertheless, you have to eat regularly, otherwise you lose more and more fat, and finally his long training phase muscles! But do not worry, there are not just burgers and pizza, but also salads. For a snack zwischendruch there are also vending machines.
- By Swimming / Diving is further increased his fitness and diving also be lung volume, so you can dive longer.
- Furthermore, there are 3 different fighting styles that can be learned in the gyms of 3 cities (from Streatfight, about karate to boxing).
- Is it enough to slowly walk around you with euern old clothes? Then from one of the many shops. Of which there are several chains that sports offer hip-hop and fine Small Dung and correspondingly different degrees burden your wallet. Good looks will be even deserve! In any case, there is something for everyone. Here no wishes remain unsatisfied. Also glasses, hats / caps / hats and shoes there.

But the world of San Andreas is great and who would want to have running all the time?
- Who wants to be not only on foot is the most diverse means of transportation. Since initially was called the bicycle. Later you will find but different cars, from rust buckets over terrain and sports cars, tow trucks, tractors, campers, Standbuggies and many many many more. There are also a few goodies like a VW hippie bus or a monster truck, also the A-team-mobile, karts and for the militants a pretty tank. Who is dear to the waterway for which there are fishing and speedboats otherwise remains swimming ... But the air you can do unsafe: here you can choose between Harrier jets, single-engine propeller aircraft, helicopters, private jets or large Select commercial aircraft and therefore a drive of three airports (2 Civilian and Military a).
- Then there's the driving schools and flying schools, because cars, motorcycle- and boating needs to be learned, just like flying with aircraft and helicopters. In the different schools to learn the slalom driving, 180 ° - and 360 ° turns, stunts, flying and landing of different companions and aircraft. In addition, may aggravate after many hours driving on a bike or motorcycle your skill, which you are no longer so often fall out of the saddle in risky driving maneuvers. For very dedicated student, there are also medals from bronze to gold that can be achieve by particularly good times or precise landings. Incidentally skydiving with precise landings to learn also.
- Who discovered a special vehicle that finds it place in one of the many garages where the vehicles are stored.
- Who else wants to adapt something to his wishes his vehicles, which can let off steam in the Tunig Stores: new rims, plant, color or nitro, everyone can find what. There are also special lowrider shops where you can install "springs", the "bounce" lets your LowRider.
- Oh, there also would be the train that you can times faintly invaded by itself to Faren through the area.
- A small drawback in my opinion is that you can not go as a passenger taxi and train.

What do wenns times is boring?
- First, there are the usual taxis, police, fire and ambulance missions. There are not a lot of promises, except that you go just people from A to B, arrest, provide the hospital or delete must and all as quickly as possible.
- It continues with various events such as the triathlon, which takes place only on a certain weekday instead. In this it goes from Los Santos (Los Angeles) with swimming going on, then you pedaling you along the way and ended all in San Fierro (San Francisco), which is a pretty long way!
- Who has reached Las Venturas (Las Vegas) may also try at the gaming tables and slot machines: from roulette to blackjack is as good as more.
- Then there are the night and Barleben. Go dancing, billiard games, food, or well ...
- ... Because there is still the scantily clad women at the roadside. Exactly also available! Hold on a next and they will offer you their services. Driving on a backyard and well, the rest should be clear ...
- Or how about just once a camper to Schneppen a tractor or a Harley and ride through the hinterland, because of which there are in addition to the 3 major cities varied enough. Forests, villages and deserts, everyone will find their very own cookies! (Again, there is some "secret places", but more on that later).
- Who seeehr lot of time, which can set a friend Also, of which there are six in number. Take them out to dinner, bringing with her flowers, which can be found (and can use her as a weapon) at gas stations, play Go Billiards and acquires their goodwill. because some offer you not only mattresses sports, but also for example, that you may keep your weapons after the arrest. Who calls his girlfriend a "self", may also get started in co-op and jointly make the city unsafe.

San Andreas, however, is not just a secure patch:
- So arm yourselves! In weapons shops you can find everything from pistols to grenades and rocket launchers. Yes for some Ungeziever you have to go up the big guns ...
- ... To Besispiel for the different bands, because the cities are shaken by gang warfare. Take your weapon in hand and conquered all areas to finally have peace!
- And that makes her best not alone! Search you your buddies standing around everywhere, invite them to join you and ride with them or runs through the area looking for trouble!
- If you, the "normal" weapons to be too boring, you will also find a samurai sword in Los Santos, or knives and for Zahrt strung, Blumensträuse.
- With knives you can incidentally crouched on targeted people Stalking you from behind and then silently convey to the afterlife.

This is all well and good, but where I am here?
In San Andreas! Where?
There are 3 islands and each 3 large cities plus renovation and Hinte country which are connected by bridges:
- The cities are modeled on the renowned US metropolitan Los Angeles (Los Santos), San Francisco (San Fierro) and Las Vegas (Las Venturas) and offer as the originals accordingly different. In Los Santos there are many Latinos (and Latinas ...), hip-hop, gangster, lowrider, gang warfare and the typical "light" and the dust in the air. San Fierro is immediately recognizable by its steep streets and the trams. And Las Venturas, clearly shines through the huge hotels and casinos.
- But it is not only in the cities. Because the region is just as terrific. Forests, mountains, deserts, villages, small towns, farms. it is worth just once to grab a vehicle and explore the hinterland or to look at it by plane from the air. One discovers so few special places, such as quarries, refineries, etc. Again, there are some goodies, like Area 51st
- To enter the islands, however, you have only a certain point in the story have reached. As long as you have immediate manhunt 4 star and you will chased by the cops (despite Cheat these stars do not disappear!)

But wait a minute, what about the story?
In San Andreas is about a "Black" (which is the correct term? If not, sorry!) Who comes to the death of his mother from Liberty City. Only stupid, that he is there annoyed by kurrupten cops and his old friends also pull down him again in the swamp of crime, drugs and crime. And so are you getting in literally your way through gang wars, meet drug dealers, old hippies, corrupt cops, drug-addicted loser, Casion- and trading bosses. The story guide you through the 3 islands and their cities and eventually to inale back to Los Santos. More I would not tell you. But the journey is definitely exciting and amusing in its own GTA style.

But now enough of the contents, but still short on gameplay, graphics, sound, etc.

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The controls are very catchy and who has already played Vice City or GTA 3, should quickly come to grips. With a little practice, it is also easy to fly planes and helicopters take off and land. And my tip: skillt your motorcycle through frequent driving ability, so as not permanently to tilt out of the seat. Also visited the driving schools. You must not get the gold medal everywhere, but it opens up a few possibilities with the various vehicles and aircraft. In addition, you should definitely umbedingt a / s controller / GamePad pick. PS3 controller can be the way to connect with software and cable to the PC (just check out Google for the search software).

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Today certainly not out of date, but then wonderful! But who buys today such a game, should not expect great graphics. It's just an old game. Building Poppen on when you get closer and then take only really take shape. Otherwise, there are day and night cycles, and even weather effects! Of course, the detail and the physical realism can not be compared with GTA 4 and similar titles. So you can for example, at very high speed driving around curves, etc. But in my opinion, must in GTA title of realism does not slow given his (GTA 4 my opinion was to be realistic for a GTA title).

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On foot you have unfortunately you whistle a tune itself, but in the vehicles, even on tractor and in the Harrier jet you receive a wide range of radio stations. From hip-hop, through electronics, Country / Western, Oldies, etc. In the PC version you can embed in my opinion somehow own songs.

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The missions are very diverse. Of course, much revolves around violence, but what you'd expect in a GTA title else?
There are car chases (you pursued or persecuted someone), flight and boat missions, as well as sabotage missions. In any case, a large variety is offered!
Highlights include a trip to Liberty City, a stealth mission, a hippie Mission needs to quickly get rid of his "little plant", or a survey by car of a different kind.
However, some missions are difficult and require many attempts crisp and exercise and sometimes hold the occasional frustration moment ready where you want to pepper the controller and the game in the corner. Is reinforced that feeling by the fact that checkpoints in the missions are not very or not at all available. But because you have to come through and it also re lighter missions. So do not lose heart; Practice (and patience) makes perfect!

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That the game is released at least 18, is of course perfectly justified. Of course, the violence is not depicted as realistic as in recent games with better graphics, but injected a lot of blood, it will leave Bluspuren when one passes over a person by car. Otherwise, as I said the realism is not so great so as rocket launchers leave no appreciable damage to Gegenern (they are simply whirled through the air). For sensitive souls and children, the game is still not suitable. If these do not mind violence and I think most of it will be interested in such games not mind, can be accessed; there gewaltätigere games.

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In addition one can not say much really: it's just the usual DVD case and a normal DVD.

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DVD into the drive, Startup, follow installation instructions, done! For me there was no problem (despite Vista!). If you have problems with it, I can only advise to make smart on the Internet, or to use the PS2 version, in so no installation is necessary known.

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The graphics can be combined with the recent GTA 4 course not compare and that's not appropriate for such an old game like San Andreas. So who is only on graphics, which should get better GTA 4, which also offers more realistic driving behavior and explosion effects. Compared to the older titles like Vice City and GTA 3, the graphics can be seen, however, already.

However, if more is on the content and the graphics look just as nice accessories. Is in San Andreas significantly better off than in GTA 4! GTA 4 has been omitted in my opinion, many of the activities that San Andreas in favor of graphics.

There are hardly any clothing shops, no taxi missions, no driving schools, gyms, hairdressers and tattoo shops! Only some "sports" have changed, for example, bowling and darts.

The landscape in GTA 4 is no longer as great and there are only city (Liberty City, which is modeled after New York) and no more countryside. The vehicles have declined due to the lack of rural area, so nothing with caravan, tractor and Co. In addition, you can fly on the big flight, have the super-looking jumbo jets no more aircraft; all closed! Pity! Only helicopters there are. There is a very nice ice cream truck that plays familiar music tunes.

The missions are in San Andreas significantly varied! By contrast, it is very monotonous in GTA 4: Kill this, kill those who follow Person A to transfer location as very boring over time. The tracking missions in GTA 4 also sometimes very difficult because you have to brake at all times by the more realistic driving behavior of the bike falls (there is no motorcycle skill more) and you get anyway permanently lame carriages.

On the positive side in GTA 4 compared to San Andreas that we must now ride as passengers in the taxi. Außerdm there is a great effect when one is drunk. It staggers through the streets and that ferries also falls significantly heavier (tunnel effect and wavy lines).

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Who wants great new graphics and more realistic, should resort to other titles.
However, if a vehicle ausergewöhnliche variety, variety in the missions, lots of action and Anpassungsmöglichkeuten of character and a great looking world to discover with plenty of / will, which should definitely buy San Andreas!

PS: If something does not agree from what has been said, there please post in the comments.

PPS: I've tried the possibilities of the game objectively explain. I hope it is me largely succeeded. My own opinion to make something with incorporated, unfortunately can not be avoided, but it is not forbidden for a review. So I ask for comments as: "You have no idea och", "Fan Kiddy" (1 am not Kiddy, 2. no ausschlißlicher fan of GTA San Andreas) and other comments that have nothing to do with constructive criticism to stop! About constructive criticism I would, however, be very happy. Thank you.

MfG