Tuesday 19 January, 2010

So as this assignment comes to a close I have come to realize that there is so much to this game that I have barely even made a dent on any progress to completing the actual game. I have been involved in the drive-bys of the rival gangs; driven around finding other rival gangs tags on the walls and tagged over them; and have improved my look by eating healthy (which seems to be really expensive just like in real life) and working out. I have gained a lot of respect so far and have made a good amount of money. I have found that while beating people and shooting them is fun it is much more efficient to just run over any of the other gang members that you can. This kills them a lot faster and you don’t even have to get out of the car. Trying to find out where to go is a challenge as well. Next to driving the navigation is extremely difficult but not impossible as I learned that memorizing is the best bet after watching my little brother play for some time I learned the layout of the streets so once I played things were just a little bit easier. As far as the overall game goes it’s a very entertaining game which poses a lot of moral questions. For instance is it really wrong to kill a drug dealer or is causing so much suffering in the community by getting people hooked on drugs? Is it really so bad that CJ is killing the rival gang bangers that shoot at him every time he drives down the street? One may argue that CJ is moral because he is causing greater happiness then harm by killing these people and even saving lives.

Interesting observation about eating healthy. Some people have argued that SA has a lot of social commentary in that aspect as well. If you're poor and live in a bad neighborhood, you can't even have access to healthy foods!