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Sep 28th, 2011 at 02:37:45 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) |
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Sep 28th, 2011 at 02:02:00 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) |
I just finished up with my second session of playing San Andreas. After doing mostly missions during my first session, I decided I would play around for a bit and explore the free-world concept that the Grand Theft Auto franchise is best known for. I had acquired multiple firearms in a few of the previous missions, so I thought lets use them. I remembered from a previous mission we unsuccessfully held up one of the pizza parlors, so I wanted to try it without being in a mission. So after I robbed the restaurant, I went to get back in the car I was driving, before I knew it I was confronted by two cops that had already jumped out of their squad car and started shooting at me. I locked my target onto both of them and shot them with my submachine gun and got into their car. After that my wanted went up to two stars and more cop cars were chasing me. It was very easy to get away, the cars are very durable and need a serious beating to actually become non-drivable, or start on fire. Eventually I got pretty bored of just being chased so I pulled over, got in a shootout and got gunned down. I continued to roam after I got released from the hospital. Just after a while of exploring it came to me how some crimes are a non issue while anything with direct contact with the police you have problems, furthering the negative connotation the game has on cops. For example you can just run over numerous amounts of people and nothing would happen, but if you nick a cop car while driving, they will just start shooting at you. I thought this was just unbelievable.
The open world of San Andreas I thought was pretty cool though. You are given so many options for how to spend your time. You can buy new clothes, tattoos, go to barber shops, increase your strength at gyms. I thought he ability to completely personalize your traits, appearance etc was really cool.
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Sep 27th, 2011 at 16:55:59 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) |
So, I started playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the first time today. When you first start playing it starts you off in the story mode. You assume the role of CJ Johnson, who is on his way home to Los Santos from Liberty City (GTA III), because he had found out his mother was murdered. On his way to his old neighborhood from the airport, CJ is picked up by a group of cops that he’s apparently familiar with. They tell him that he has been framed for the murder of an official, and treat him with the least amount of respect possible. Eventually they kill him out of the car and CJ is forced to bike home. I find it interesting how before you even use your controller, the game gives you a strong negative feeling towards police in general. It makes you feel like they are corrupt and always against you. The other thing that I immediately picked up was the stereotype of urban black culture. CJ is dressed in just a tank with his pants sagging down, your can see his underwear. Also his neighborhood is a complete ghetto, with groups of gangsters standing on the corners, and prostitutes walking around wearing virtually nothing. I don’t know if they are trying to accurately portray that kind of neighborhood from the early nineties or they are just doing to make the game feel more like a Mature rated game.
I started following the path of the missions with CJ. There were very basic objectives to complete: such ride your bike away from your enemy, drive here and kick something up, go with Sweet to spray-paint some graffiti of your gang signs. The missions were probably geared towards helping the player learn how use the controls and get used to the gameplay. But, I also believe these missions serve as a way for the player to enter CJ’s new life, the life of being a gangster. You just become enthralled in this new culture that I continue to unwrap. I’m looking forward to some newer more exciting, because right now they are pretty boring.
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