Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

RenderWare's Grand Theft Auto San Andreas was the much anticipated follow-up to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Set in a spoof of 1990's San Francisco called San Andreas California, the game follows the exploits of a protagonist named Carl Johnson as he reconnects with his homeland gang. Like other previous GTA versions, GTA San Andreas features daring single player action and driving possibilities. The ESRB Rating Board declared the game adults only, and this rating switch led some distributors to suspend sales.During the course of game play, Carl has run-ins with a vengeful brother named Sweet, a dirty cop named Tenpenny, and traitors from his gang. The world of San Andreas is richly detailed and features 1990s soundtracks. Several metropolises are connected by the Brown Streak Railroad, and the designer's recapitulation of the 1992 world of incendiary politics is a dark commentary on American race relations at the time.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas even has riots recalling the race riots that seized Los Angeles following the Rodney King trial. Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar North collaborated to develop a copy of the game that received a mature rating from the ESRB board. This copy, known as the Cold Coffee version, sold well. However, the so-called Hot Coffee patch also did brisk business with adults.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas can be played on a Windows based PC, the Xbox, or the PlayStation 2. Other future Grand Theft titles include Sin City, Bogota, Tokyo, and Grand Theft Auto VI.