Good depth of play, for adults.

It is always bad form to criticize the subversive nature of games, but there it must be emphasized that the trivialization of drug trafficking, prostitution and murder of innocent people are the heart of the game. Slay a nobody in the middle of the streets and snatch some tickets among a pool of blood are commonplace in GTA San Andreas.
This warning, we must recognize that this game is a fun point of view, very successful. You can move freely in three huge cities and an extensive campaign. The proposed missions are varied, leaving discover a rare depth game. Depending on your mood, you can go exploring for hours, by car, motorcycle, bicycle or on foot, not to mention the boats and planes. You can get on with the gang war to increase your territory and your income. This will require you to buy weapons, body armor. You can still get on with everyday crime, which will force you to flee from a more or less intense police depending on the severity of your actions and make up your car to escape the wanted poster. You can also follow the missions assigned to you, ranging from burglary homes for car racing through the protection of your gang, each new mission is a new surprise with renewed playability, this advancing the general history . These missions are enriched by numerous enough side quests.
One can quibble over graphics may slightly older and handling a bit slow to take to hand, but it's details to compare a game that is constantly renewed and continues to surprise the player even after dozens of hours.
The automatic improvement of the character based on his actions is a great idea, the latter increasing its muscles, its ability to effectively use a particular weapon, driving a particular gear, swimming, snorkeling, running long as and when it resorts to such actions.
The "realistic" appearance is relative: you can kill your opponents with a bullet to the head while you can cash a dozen shots; "death" will be sanctioned by a simple reappearance at the exit of the nearest hospital; an "arrest" is invariably concluded by a reappearance in front of a police station.