GTA: SAN ANDREAS BIGGEST GAME OF '04.(TECH)

From: The Capital Times | Date: November 4, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Steven L. Kent Special to The Capital Times\The writer retains the copyright for this article

I look at "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," a new urban crime role-playing game for PlayStation 2 from Rockstar Games, about the same way I might view gorgeous graffiti painted on my front door. No matter how artistic this game may be, I do not welcome it.

In "San Andreas," players guide a gangster named CJ as he returns to Los Santos (basically Los Angeles) after the murder of his mother. There he hooks up with his former gang and tries to wrestle back control of his ...

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