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Desov2's Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PS2)
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| [September 21, 2010 12:16:27 AM]
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So for my final entry, I just want to talk about how radical the mindset is of our protagonist, Carl Johnson. He respects his family and wants to protect them and found out how his mom got killed. He is very protective of his "homies" and his family; yet, outside of those people, he couldn't care who he kills. It kind of blows my mind that a person could have absolutely no qualms about doing ANYTHING illegal, outside of he is tired, and yet he still thinks he is doing good things like cleaning up the streets. CJ is down for stealing, illegal street racing, gang-banging, drive-bys, attacking the national guard. The list goes on. If CJ ever had a moral compass, it broke and was thrown into the ocean never to return.
But at the same time, I really don't blame him, the police are dicks. The latest mission involved them telling us that there is a train filled with guns and ammo for us at a time. We go there to steal it and what do you know, every other gang in town is there. Talk about a set-up. The only thing about CJ that even begins to impress me is that he is actually kind of health conscious ironically. Out of all the things he does, he actually takes care of his body. The game recommends working out and eating often and he is always yelling at Ryder about his drugs. I just find it funny.
It is strange how messed up a person can be, and yet you can still find that bit of light in them. Really, CJ is just a guy with a horribly misguided sense of justice.
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| [September 19, 2010 04:06:34 PM]
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So the last time I played, I started in the middle of the place where the last person was playing so I didn't see the beginning of the game. Today, I just got the game for 15 dollars so I could play it on my comp. Anyways, the beginning surprised me. CJ is just in a taxi and gets pulled over my cops for no real reason, pin a murder on him, take all his money for no reason, and then throw him out of a moving car in the middle of enemy gang territory. Ouch. No wonder there is no respect for the law in San Andreas. The law is a dick.
Really, it is all about a matter of trust. Since the law is untrustworthy, the only people that a person can trust are his friends and family. Thus, gangs are created to survive the streets. Ironically, this just causes the law to hate them even more. It's a really vicious cycle. People except the law to not be so hateful, so when that fails, where are they suppose to turn?
I believe that scene was made so that the player loses respect for the law in the game and thus makes them more open to doing things like drive-bys, theft, and murder. Most people in an normal society would not want to run around a city blowing everything and shooting down pedestrians. It is kind of out of their moral standards s bit; however, give them a legitimate reason, say it is the only way to survive, and that makes a person much more willing to cross that moral boundary into what most people would consider evil.
It doesn't really help that the penalties for any crime is incredibly low. All you lose is your weapons and your free to go. It doesn't matter whether you just accidentally bumped into a police car or you went on a homicidal rampage and genocide the entire city. You lose your guns and are free to go.
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| [September 19, 2010 12:22:34 AM]
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So I played GTA:SA for the first time yesterday. I was familiar with the sandbox gameplay, but not the story at all. I was kind of surprised, but at the same time, not really. This was quite possibly the most stereotypical game I have ever played. Every African-American in the game that I have met (including the player Character, CJ) is a thug who runs around and kills people for little to no reason.
My favorite part of one of the earliest missions was when I was, "cleaning up the hood," by beating a crack dealer and a customer to death and then going to their crack den to smash in the heads of 4 gang members, some addicts, and 1 hooker for good measure. Now I am all for cleaning the streets and so forth, but damn. That's really extreme. Note to self: don't live in San Andreas.
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