The database recognizes 1,746,000 software titles and delivers updates for your software including minor upgrades. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is an action adventurevideo game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 2. October 2. 00. 4 for Play. Station 2, and on 7 June 2. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is an actionadventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 26 October 2004 for. Microsoft Windows and Xbox. A high definition remastered version received a physical release for both Xbox 3. SIjKaauGU/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Gta Sa Driver Mod 1.3' title='Gta Sa Driver Mod 1.3' />Play. Station 3 on 3. June 2. December 2. It is the seventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2. Grand Theft Auto Vice City. It was released on the same day as the handheld game Grand Theft Auto Advance for Game Boy Advance. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is played from a third person perspective in an open world environment, allowing the player to interact with the game world at their leisure. The game is set within the fictional U. S. state of San Andreas, which is heavily based on California and Nevada. The state of San Andreas consists of three metropolitan cities Los Santos, based on Los Angeles San Fierro, based on San Francisco and Las Venturas, based on Las Vegas. The single player story follows Carl CJ Johnson, who returns home to Los Santos from Liberty City after his mothers murder. Carl finds his old friends and family in disarray, and over the course of the game he attempts to re establish his old gang, clashes with corrupt cops, and gradually unravels the truth behind his mothers murder. The plot is based on multiple real life events in Los Angeles, including the rivalry between the Bloods, Crips, and Hispanic street gangs, the 1. LAPD Rampart scandal, and the 1. Los Angeles riots. Considered one of the sixth generation of video gamings most significant titles, and by many reviewers to be one of the greatest video games ever made, San Andreas received rave reviews by many critics who praised the music, story and gameplay. It became the best selling video game of 2. Play. Station 2 game of all time. The game, like its predecessors, is cited as a landmark in video games for its far reaching influence within the industry. However, the violence and sexual content of San Andreas has been the source of much public concern and controversy. In particular, a player made software patch, dubbed the Hot Coffee mod, unlocked a previously hidden sexual scene. The next main entry in the series, Grand Theft Auto IV, was released on 2. April 2. 00. 8, also to critical acclaim. San Andreas has been ported to various other platforms and services, such as OS X, Xbox Live, Play. Station Network and mobile devices i. OS, Android, Windows Phone and Fire OS. Gameplay. The player driving a Banshee towards the Grove Street cul de sac in Los Santos around the afternoon. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is an action adventure game with role playing and stealth elements. Structured similarly to the previous two games in the series, the core gameplay consists of elements in a third person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open world environment in which to move around. On foot, the players character is capable of walking, running, sprinting, swimming, climbing and jumping as well as using weapons and various forms of hand to hand combat. Players can drive a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, buses, semis, boats, fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, trains, tanks, motorcycles and bikes. Players may also import vehicles in addition to stealing them. The open, non linear environment allows players to explore and choose how they wish to play the game. Although storyline missions are necessary to progress through the game and unlock certain cities and content, they are not required as players can complete them at their own leisure. When not taking on a storyline mission, players can free roam and look around the cities of San Andreas, eat in restaurants, or cause havoc by attacking people and causing destruction. Creating havoc can attract unwanted and potentially fatal attention from the authorities. The more chaos caused, the stronger the response police will handle minor infractions attacking pedestrians, pointing guns at people, stealing vehicles, manslaughter, etc., whereas SWAT teams, the FBI, and the military respond to higher wanted levels. The player can partake in a variety of optional side missions that can boost their characters attributes or provide another source of income. The traditional side missions of the past games are included, such as dropping off taxi cab passengers, putting out fires, driving injured people to the hospital and fighting crime as a vigilante. New additions include burglary missions, pimping missions, truck and train driving missions requiring players to make deliveries on time, and drivingflyingboatingbiking schools, which help players learn skills and techniques to use in their corresponding vehicles. Not all locations are open to the player at the start of the game. Some locales, such as mod garages, restaurants, gyms, and shops, become available only after completing certain missions. Likewise, for the first portion of the game, only Los Santos and its immediate suburbs are available for exploration unlocking the other cities and rural areas again requires the completion of certain missions. If the player were to travel in locked locations early in the game, they would end up attracting the attention of SWAT teams, police, and police controlled Hydras if in an aircraft. Unlike Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City, which needed loading screens when the player moved between different districts of the city, San Andreas has no load times when the player is in transit. The only loading screens in the game are for cut scenes and interiors. Other differences between San Andreas and its predecessors include the switch from single player to multiplayer Rampage missions albeit not in the PC version, and the replacement of the hidden packages with spray paint tags, hidden camera shots, horseshoes, and oysters to discover. The camera, fighting, and targeting controls were reworked to incorporate concepts from another Rockstar game, Manhunt, including various stealth elements,4 as well as improved target crosshairs and a target health indicator which changes from green to red to black depending on the targets health. The PC version of the game implements mouse chording the player has to hold the right mouse button to activate the crosshairs, and then click or hold at the left mouse button to shoot or use an item, such as a camera. The player has a gunfight with members of an enemy gang. In addition, players can swim and climb walls for the first time in the series. The ability to swim and dive underwater has a great effect on the player as well, since water is no longer an impassable barrier that kills the player although it is possible to drown. For greater fire power, players can also wield dual firearms or perform a drive by shooting with multiple gang members who can be recruited to follow the player. Compatibility Standards Hardware Software Required. Due to the size of San Andreas, a waypoint reticle on the HUD map can be set, aiding the player in reaching a destination. Role playing game features in character development. Rockstar has emphasised the personalisation of the main protagonist by adding role playing game elements. Clothing, accessories, haircuts, jewellery, and tattoos are available for purchase by the player, and have more of an effect on non player characters reactions than the clothing in Vice City.