Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)

Directors:

Dan Houser
Navid Khonsari

Writers:

Dan Houser (written by) &
James Worrall (written by) ...

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A family tragedy prompts a man to return home, only to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which he must regain control of the streets before it gets even worse.

Plot Keywords:

Corruption | Drug Dealer | Leg Ripped Off | Black Suit Clad Killer | Corpse

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Young Maylay	...	Carl 'C.J.' Johnson (voice)
Faizon Love	...	Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice)
Yolanda Whittaker	...	Kendl Johnson (voice) (as Yo Yo)
Clifton Powell	...	Melvin 'Big Smoke' Harris (voice)
MC Eiht	...	Lance 'Ryder' Wilson (voice)
Jas Anderson	...	Jeffrey 'OG Loc' Cross (voice) (as Jonathan Anderson)
The Game	...	Mark 'B-Dup' Wayne (voice)
Big Boy	...	Barry 'Big Bear' Thorne (voice)
Eugene Jeter Jr.	...	Emmet (voice)
Ice-T	...	Madd Dogg (voice)
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Cesar Vialpando (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice)
Chris Penn	...	Officer Eddie Pulaski (voice)
Armando Riesco	...	Officer Hernandez / Pedestrian (voice)
Cynthia Farrell	...	Catalina (voice)

Also Known As:

GTA 5 (UK) (working title)
GTA: San Andreas (International: English title) (short title)
Grand Theft Auto 5 (UK) (working title)
San Andreas (International: English title) (short title)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:AO (re-rating) (2005) | USA:M (original rating) (revoked: 2005) | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA (edited version: 2005) | Ireland:18 | USA:M (revised version) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Sweden:18 (PEGI) | Australia:MA (original rating: uncut) | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16 (censored) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Poland:18 (PlayStation 2 version) | UK:18 | Australia:(Banned) (re-rating: 2005)

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

The mission "Saint Mark's Bistro" has CJ travel to Liberty City to deal with the Forellis at the restaurant of the same name. The restaurant exterior is faithfully remodeled from Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The name of the Turismo sports car is misspelled on the packing for the miniature version of the car in Zero's RC Shop.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Carl Johnson: [voiceover] After five years on the East Coast, it was time to go home
[a previous phone call is heard]
Carl Johnson: 'Sup?
Sweet Johnson: Carl, it's Sweet.
Carl Johnson: Whassup, Sweet, what you want?
Sweet Johnson: It's Moms... She's dead, bro.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bubble (2005/I)

Soundtrack:

Amos Moses

Probably the biggest game ever made (at least it is for 2005)

Talent, that's the first thing I want to say, to be able to make so much in 1 year must take a lot of talent and dedication, and to make fun out of so much must take even more talent.

Look at other games like Half-Life 2, that game took Valve 6 years to make and it is a lot smaller than San Andreas, Valve might have some laid back lazy developers who take their time. I think Rockstar and Valve are about the same size of company and even though Valve made a new engine for Half-Life 2, you would expect it to take less than 6 years to be made, same is true for Doom 3.

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is probably the biggest game ever made.

After Vice City and Liberty city you'd think they might run out of passion, ideas, or powers. I mean don't they get tired of making such a huge game every 2 years, Valve and id Software will probably not release a new game for the next 6 years and Rockstar releases such a big game every 2 years.

Apart from it being insanely great game and a lot of fun, this game is HUGE, I can't think of any game bigger than this when I write these lines, you have 3 big cities, connected by big country side and deserts with a lot of nice areas to find in the desert and the country side.

Other games of 2004 and 2005 like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Far Cry Battlefield 2, are all big games, but none of them is as big is San Andreas.

And none of them allow you the amount of gameplay opportunities as San Andreas allows you to play, you can be everything you want, a cop, a medic, a firefighter, taxi driver, thief, pilot, pimp, train driver, construction worker, gambler, gangster, lover, valet. You can also change your hair, put tattoos, change your clothes, eat, exercise, and much more.

I salut to Rockstar for having such a great talent, skill, dedication, and nonstop art passion and motivation.