Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

It is the seventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series and the first main entry since 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Set in the fictional state of San Andreas, based on California and Nevada, the game follows Carl "CJ" Johnson, who returns home after his mother's murder and finds his old friends and family in disarray.

Over the course of the game, he tries to rebuild his old gang, clashes with corrupt cops, and gradually uncovers the truth behind his mother's murder.



Characteristics:

- The game is played from a third-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot or with a vehicle.
- The open world design allows the player to freely roam San Andreas, consisting of three metropolitan cities: Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Venturas, based on Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, respectively.
- The narrative is based on several real-life events in Los Angeles, including the rivalry between the Bloods and Crips street gangs, the crack epidemic of the 1990s, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and the Rampart scandal.
- A multiplayer mode allows two players to roam the world.
- The game was released in October 2004 for PlayStation 2, and in 2005 for Windows and Xbox.
- Enhanced versions were released in the 2010s, followed by a remastered version in 2021.