bit-tech Shopping: Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Second Edition (Xbox)

Rating: 8

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Strengths: lots of stuff to do and vehicles to steal and drive

Weaknesses: more of the same old GTA gameplay, no real new innovations

Summary: Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is a open sandbox game for the xbox. If you have played the previous versions of GTA then you will be very familiar with this game. Every iteration of GTA always has the same open box concept where you can hijack various vehicles that range from cars, trucks, motorcycles to roam the land to planes and choppers to explore the skies and speedboats and jetskis to cruise the seas. This game is no different but what makes it worthwhile is that since it is the latest iteration of the GTA series, it will thus have the largest areas to explore and the highest selection of vehicles and weapons to utilize. It also has more activities and varied events for you to do such as burglarizing into people?s homes, participate in bike and marathon races, and even eat food and work out in various gyms. Although this game is more vast, I still did not feel it is any more fun to play than the past GTA versions. Bigger does not necessarily mean better always so if you were finally bored of just jacking different vehicles and driving like a madman through traffic, well, this game is more of the same except there is more open spaces to do it in. I would still get this game just for the immense variety of different activities you can participate in, so get it if you are a big fan of open sandbox gameplay.