Story — GTA SA / Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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This is a complete story of the GTA: San Andreas. If you don’t want to spoil the more thrilling moments in the game, then don’t read any further! It will help you especially in the case, when you’ve just finished the game, and you’re more confused than you were clicking the New Game button 🙂
A) Introduction (Anh Hai Le)
The game is, unlike Vice City, situated into another country. You keep at disposition the whole state. The game take place in the 1992, when a black man named Carl Johnson is getting back to Los Santos town. He is stopped by corrupt policemen on the way from airport. They don’t shoot him, they take his money, and throw him from the car during the drive. The only thing around, that you could call vehicle, is a bike. When he gets home, he’ll find out that his mother has been murdered, other family members are dead and the whole gang is falling apart. The cherry on this cake is that the same corrupt policemen will blame him from the murder. But Carl is hard guy and decides to take the destiny into his own hands. He wants to get reputation, friends, family, clear his name and at the end take a control of the whole San Andreas.
B) Story (Michal Deus)
1. Los Santos
Big Smoke has been waiting at your house with a gun in his hand. At first he wants to kill you, but then he recognizes you and takes you to a cemetery, where your mother is interred. Once there you’ll find also the rest of your friends and family, or what remains of them. You’ll go for a short ride around the city with Ryder, who’s your friend. You’ll meet Old Reece barber, who knew your mother. You’ll also try to break into a shop, but you’ll soon discover that you should earn bigger money by another way.
You’ll meet your brother Sweet on the second day, and head over to the enemy’s area belonging to the Ballas gang. Re-spray few notices, kill some gangsters and – last but not least – smash the seat of a drug baron.
At the end you’ll help your brother in a gun battle, but that’s normal in family.
You are now in a garage, where a special car with hydraulics is waiting for you. You’ll take part in a really cool contest. You’ll win it by jumping your car according to music. As soon as you win the bet, you’ll meet with friend Caesar. He’ll let you in on some of the problems of Los Santos and you’ll show him that you’re still a good driver, because you’ll win a smaller illegal race.
When you are home, you call Ryder, who wants you to rob an army base with him. But first, rob the villa of a soldier, where you can find lots of ammo and other. Then assail a train with some other stuff, and at the end, visit the base in question. Everything is ready, but for what? Nobody knows, except for Ryder.
The last friend you didn’t do anything for is Big Smoke. He’ll ask you to go and get Jeffry out of prison. He is mad at a guy, who squealed on him. So go and take him down.
Although it was an exhausting day, Smoke won’t let you relax and give you another guest. You should go to “visit” a drug boss, but he’ll unfortunately run you away. So you must chase him and … well you know, what to do. The last guest is quite easy, take down a bunch of guys on a train and kill a few mafiosi in a hotel. That’s the end of the busy day.
Now, Jeffry will ask you for your assistance with someone, who has begun to call himself OG Loc because he wants to be a rap star. Crazy. At the moment, he works as a cleaner in a fast food restaurant, so I’m not sure how far he will rise up the fame ladder. However, he has no money and without it, he’ll only be able to rap at home, in the bathroom! So, you’ll visit a beach party, steal the hi-fi and speakers. as well as some cases, get rid of a rap competiton and steal a few well-known rap lyrics from Mad Dog. Jeffry, meanwhile, will start publicising himself. He doesn’t need to clean out toilets now, but he does need help taking out some stinking trash.
He’ll invite you to a party where the Ballas gag will rush you. It seems that a war has started. Now we know what Ryder needed those weapons for.
You’ll receive other tasks from corrupt police officers you met at the beginning. You don’t want to work for them, but your reluctance may mean a return to jail, and you really do not want to be there again. So you’ll have to burn down gang headquarters, which causes problems, but there will be a little girl left behind. From now on she is your friend. Well, it is something at least. The second mission is a little bit more demanding, but nothing that you can’t do. You’ll shoot down a few Ballas’s and mafia members, as you have done before.
A gang war is in full swing, and Sweet wants to return some lead at high speed to those guys who attacked your party. You’ll make a small attack, but you’ll hit the main stronghold of the Ballas gang — Glen Park. But you need to weaken them. It’s best to eliminate the leader or someone high up in the gang.
You will learn that one such member will be in the cemetery. Therefore, you and the brother with a couple of guys, will go to kill him.
It seems that the war is over and the city is now peaceful. You’ll go to the hotel to celebrate, but the party is going to be interrupted by a couple of SWAT squads. You’ll escape the police. That was close. Sweet thinks that you have been left in a very bad way by Ballas’s, therefore, he wants to shoot down a few of them in retaliation. Caesar will call you now, and you must come immediately. You will see how Ryder, Smoke, corrupt policeman Tempenny and Ballas’s are cooperating. You will notice that the brother is in danger: you’re going to help him. He gets shot and you will be caught by the police. Tempenny will take you to the countryside, where he wants from you to do a few tasks.
2. Countryside
A guy with the adversaries of the police, so you must get rid him. He’s guarded by some agents, but so what? After a while Caesar will call you, to tell you that his cousin needs a partner for some action.
You will help her rob a few businesses, but on every occasion, something goes wrong. She will fall in love with you, could she be your next girlfriend? No, no, she is different. She’s capricious, but you will see it for yourself.
You will meet a Dutch hippie — called Truth — which you need to help sneak back to his harvester, which was stolen by some other farmers. Another newsflash is that Caesar — who is going out with your sister, your brother can’t stop that through still argues about — will bring Wu Zi MUA, a gentleman from China. You’ll drive a few races, then Catalina — Caesar’s cousin — will leave you and will go away with someone else to Liberty city. You can’t do anything here either and you will help
Truth with burning some ground used to grow marijuana, then you will go to San Fierro.
3. San Fierro
As soon as you arrive to San Fierro you will set up your own service department. Just get some mechanics and that’s it. You’ll attempt to get driver’s license, buy motor show and rob some car shop.
Let’s just filch some luxury cars and sell them. That’s some real income, unlike robbing pizzerias with Ryder. Oh, how’s he going? Doesn’t matter, I don’t care about rats anymore. But sister will come together with Caesar to help you with running car-service.
You will take some photos of baddies with Caesar and pleasant Woozy (Wu Zi Mu) will tell you who those guys are. You will handle some stuff for one of them — Jizzy, but you will kill him anyway. Another from crew of baddies is T-Bone Mendez for whom you will save agent Torreno. Yes, you will work for him and government as well. Neither officer Tempenny will stop bothering you and forces you to rub out some useless guy in Los Santos and his informer.
Real battle approaches. You and Caesar will arrive at pier, bring down few enemies with the assistance of Woozie’s guys. You will finally dispatch T-bone Mendez and Ryder as well. Last remaining foe is Torreno, whose helicopter will be taken down by your innocent weapon.
Rats are gone, let’s play. You will buy a toy store and accomplish some crazy missions.
You will help Woozy in return when all is done. He’s got couple of tasks for you, which lead to elimination of Vietnamese gang messing up local traffic. So you will meet another Chinese — Ran Fa Li whom you will help to escape the city, which will bring you respect from all the Chinese mafia.
You will get an anonymous call and get invited to the cottage in desert.
4. Desert
In that cottage you are going to accomplish some mission with Monster truck. Than you will take over some truck with Caesar and accomplish other missions suddenly finding out that you still work for Torreno, who you’ve tried to kill. Anyway, you just helped him to get some important materials and he will forgive you your little vengeance. You will get your own airport than, which becomes your home.
You will move on by getting pilot’s license and again completing some missions for Torreno and your will also visit Area 51, where all odd experiments and researches are under way.:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/4164937/wallpaper_7.0.jpg)
Woozy will give you a call again, but you will be already considered as his partner and close friend and you will be invited to his new casino in Las Venturas.
5. Las Venturas
There you help again with some tasks, but rival casino appears — Calligula casino. You have to get rid of it, preferably rob it. There you will meet Ken Rosenberg, Kent, Paul and Maccero. But suddenly another complication pops up — mafia gang of don Leone from Liberty City. You’ve got to do some job for them, so Woozy will have just enough time to prepare for that robbery. Even you will help him to get some necessary stuff.
Don Leone left Las Venturas and it’s your chance to rob him. It passed smoothly and bunch of money is yours. Tempenny gives you a call again but you better kill both of his colleagues to get rid of him. Woozzie’s guys will help you to take over some mansion in Los Santos. And that’s how your invasion to LS begins.
6. Los Santos
Back in Los Santos. You have new house up on the hill, from which you will lead expansion attacks to enemy territories. City is under control of Ballas and Los Vagos gangs. Your ex-gang is almost lost and brother locked up. Luckily Torreno reappears and he will set your brother free in exchange for some job. You are coming back home to reunite Groove gang.
Tempenny comes on stage again and cranks up chaos all over the city. Buildings burn, residents are plundering, police shoots everyone they spot and army barricades city exits not to let spread it out. You will clean up the streets and with Caesar and his gang capture his territory back. Than you will conquer other territories and once more your gang will become strong.
Retribution time is coming. You will hold up some party, kill loads of gangsters and finally execute Big Smoke. Tempenny tries to escape but even he will die in pursuit.
That’s how San Andreas ends up. Family all together, peace around and you can live your own life placidly.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game)
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«After five years on the east coast, it was time to go home.»
— Carl «C.J.» Johnson
The original Grand Theft Auto game had three cities: Liberty City, Vice City — and San Andreas. Rockstar Games took wide-open sandboxes to the next level in 2004 by turning San Andreas into an entire state, itself having three major cities: Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas. It also has nearly a dozen small towns, and loads of land in between them.
The game puts the player in the shoes of Carl «C.J.» Johnson (Young Maylay), a good guy, relatively speaking — a first for the series. C.J. is a gangster from the Grove Street Families who left the city of Los Santos, San Andreas after his brother Brian was killed, but is returning home after a five-year stint in Liberty City to bury his murdered mother, Beverly.
Shortly after arriving, C.R.A.S.H. officers Frank Tenpenny (Samuel L. Jackson) and Eddie Pulaski (Chris Penn) pick him up and frame him for the murder of Ralph Pendelbury, an internal affairs officer that they killed to cover up their corrupt dealings. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s also the mystery of the green roadster which performed the drive-by on Beverly Johnson, as well as corrupt elements within the GSF that want a slice of the burgeoning crack trade. Saving Grove Street, and ultimately Los Santos, from the machinations of C.R.A.S.H. will take C.J. all over the state of San Andreas, where he’ll have to rub elbows with Chinese casino owners, rap moguls, Mexican gangbangers — as well quite a few familiar faces.
Rockstar returned to San Andreas in 2013 with Grand Theft Auto V; however, this reimagined version only depicts Los Santos and surrounding countryside (hewing closer to real-life Los Angeles and its surrounding towns than to the previous fictional depiction of Los Santos), though GTA: San Andreas‘s use of small rural towns is retained.
Some elements of the original Los Santos remain, such as the Vinewood analog for Hollywood, and some shoutouts to the original game. Technically speaking, the sandbox play area for the game is actually much larger than GTA: San Andreas, though players have also noted that, conversely, it also feels smaller at the same time (perhaps due to there being only one distinct city in the new game). Grand Theft Auto IV, meanwhile, gave Las Venturas a cameo in one of its in-game TV commercials, suggesting it still exists and could someday be featured in another game, along with San Fierro.
Despite its age, it has been reported to still be one of the most-played games on PS2 to this day, largely due to being so big and having so much to do. As such, a remastered version was made for the IOS and Android systems, and later ported to the Xbox 360 (on October 26th, 2014, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the game), and then the PlayStation 3 on December 1st, 2015. On October 8th, 2021, it was announced that San Andreas would see a Compilation Rerelease alongside Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch as part of the 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, with a version for mobile devices planned for the first half of 2022.
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GTA SA — the history of the emergence and development of the game
GTA SA is a recognized cult project in the gaming industry, each user is familiar with it and spent at least several hours inside the huge state. A great storyline, original gameplay at the time of release, good graphics by time standards — these factors contributed to the success.
Today, many players continue to have fun in the three huge cities of the state. This article contains information about all important aspects. Readers will learn about modifications of various types, plot, soundtrack and the like.
- Main story
- Main reasons for popularity
- Soundtrack
- Artwork
- Vehicle upgrades
- Different kind of content
Main story
The dramatic story begins with the arrival of CJ back in the state. He left in search of a better life and a desire to end his past criminal cases.
CJ flew to the states
He was forced to return for his mother’s funeral. Difficult relationship with his brother and the money situation forced the protagonist to step on the shaky gangster path again. He must start from the bottom to become a respected person in this underground world. Players are offered several dozen missions. Their attention is focused on the confrontation between warring gangs on the streets of San Andreas.
They have territories under their control and their own symbols. Each new mission will reveal to the player the details of the criminal situation in the state.
The main reasons for the popularity
The latest version of GTA San Andreas attracts users 14 years after its release on all gaming platforms.
The plot in the project was great, users were happy to go through it several times in a row. This is not the only reason for the popularity of the project. Developers from Rockstar Games skillfully combined the variety of gameplay with an interesting story.
Users do not necessarily need to follow a linear path through the main missions. The game GTA San Andreas became popular because of the world with the presence of three large cities — Las Venturas, San Fierro and Los Santos. Their real prototypes are New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. In megacities, users are given complete freedom of action. In addition to the main tasks, there are ambulance missions, taxi, fire service, sports entertainment, car racing. Players found content in San Andreas that they liked. Back in the third part of the series, the creators invented a simple and ingenious concept. The main character is thrown into an open world with a variety of activities, but complete freedom of action. It worked once again.
City in GTA San Andreas
After the launch, players began to look for secondary entertainment. Some were engaged in pumping CJ with the accumulation of a wardrobe, others were looking for ways to earn money, others were 100% through the project. Convenient control with a third-person view was implemented by the developers once again. The GTA San Andreas file began to be actively bought at the time of release, but it was equally downloaded on torrent trackers.
Soundtrack
The game has some minor bugs. After 14 years and the rapid development of the industry, users can find them. The technical issues pale in comparison to the voice acting. Russifier for GTA San Andreas with a professional actor’s translation will never appear online. Developers from Rockstar Games have defined a policy in this direction for a long time.
The GTA series is famous for its unique atmosphere of the criminal world with a great deal of satire. This feeling is partly conveyed thanks to the original voice acting of the dialogues.
Heroes actively use American slang in their speech. This is happiness for connoisseurs of English, and the rest of the audience is left in the dark about the essence of the next dialogue after listening to it. It was especially difficult for Russian-speaking fans at the exit. The localization of the project did not even provide for subtitles. As a result, the first translation of all remarks was made in a standard translator and became the reason for creating memes on the Internet. The developers remained unconvinced.
With the release of the project, they put an embargo on the release of any content with translation of the original dialogues into another language. For now, users should be content with subtitles or download an amateur one-voiced translation. It is added as a modification and allows you to capture the essence of conversations in dynamic moments with the passage of tasks.
Sounds in GTA San Andreas remain ideal for connoisseurs of all the subtleties of the English language.
Graphic design
The developers paid a lot of attention to the visual component while working on the project. The last juices were squeezed out of the game engine. At the time of 2004, the style struck the eye, there were no similar works in the industry, given the scope of the free world. Graphics for GTA San Andreas has become native to users and causes nostalgia, not disgust.
Time went on, the fourth and fifth parts of the series appeared, but the moderators did not forget about this project. Rockstar Games has always had a positive attitude towards copyright modifications for their games. In the fifth part, special tools were provided for them. The authors worked in different directions, including graphics. At the moment, players can significantly improve this aspect. You can download high-resolution textures for GTA San Andreas online, the main thing is to choose a reliable resource.
They reduce the angularity of the polygons, tighten the color scheme, and the overall look becomes more pleasant.
After downloading, it is recommended to drive around the cities on the updated transport to assess external changes. Roads for GTA San Andreas can be modified with modifications, HD coverage contributes to the desire to test different types of vehicles. The attention of the authors did not pass animation, they can be replaced by appropriate modifications. After that, you won’t want to skip the conversations in the cut-scenes instantly.
Vehicle Upgrade
It’s no secret that people love San Andreas because of the variety of vehicles. In 2004, the ability to take control of any vehicle attracted attention, although it was not an innovation. This was implemented in the previous parts of the series. In this project, the car park has been significantly expanded. Players got access to passenger planes in GTA San Andreas, racing cars and other unique types of vehicles.
From the height of 2018, the fleet of 211 looks impressive, but I want to improve the appearance of the cars. This was done by third-party modification manufacturers.
All vehicles in the game have an abstract appearance and only superficially resemble real prototypes. This is done to save on buying licenses from official manufacturers. With the help of mods, the player can replace the entire fleet. The creators of such content have worked hard to simultaneously improve the detail using high quality textures.
SAMS OSA in GTA San Andreas
The interior and exterior are made with an eye to the original, the control has been corrected. This is an additional load of new motorcycles in GTA San Andreas with cars. There is the possibility of simultaneous replacement using packs, or the player can make installations in turn. New models can be tuned in GTA San Andreas. To do this, it is recommended to download a mod that allows you to upgrade anywhere without leaving the vehicle.
Other content
There are other modifications in GTA San Andreas with automatic installation. Files with global content replacement gained the greatest attraction among players. The first such mod is the zombie apocalypse. The authors turned the state into an area of infection with an unknown virus. Players take control of a new hero. He must assemble a team of survivors to escape from the city.
Added the basic elements of survival, such as the need to eat, drink, look for different items to help yourself. In the CIS, one of the most popular mods is considered to be «Criminal Russia». This file completely replaces the appearance of cities, adds new areas. The whole entourage is changing for Russia 90-s. This applies to the countryside, transport and attractions. Fans of the original gameplay can download the Iron Man modification. CJ dresses up as this superhero and gets the ability to fly and fire missiles.
Subsequently, corrupt cops Tenpenny and Pulaski, blackmailing Carl with trumped-up charges against him, force him to work for them, killing people who pose a threat to Tenpenny’s criminal activities. After a conversation in a police car, CJ is dumped in the heart of a crime district controlled by the African-American street gang Ballas. Since Carl represents his hometown Ganton gang, the Orange Grove Street, part of the Grove Street Families criminal alliance, the Ballas gangsters are his enemies. 
As it turns out, Caesar is the leader of Grove Street’s hostile Mexican gang, the Varrios Los Aztecas, and Sweet is strongly opposed to his relationship with Kendl. On the way back, Sweet, Big Smoke, Ryder and CJ are attacked by Ballas gangsters in a car, and they have to hurry back to their hometown on bicycles. 
It is Caesar who subsequently opens Carl’s eyes to the betrayal of his old friends Big Smoke and Ryder, who have contacted the corrupt C.R.A.S.H. and a gang of his sworn enemies Ballas. On the day that Carl finds out about the betrayal, the Orange Grove Street gang, led by Sweet, makes another attack on the Ballas. To warn his brother, CJ rushes across the city to the scene of the shootout and finds Sweet injured. Carl enters into an unequal battle with a large gang of gangsters Ballas, knowing that any minute the police should arrive at the showdown site. At the moment when the bandits are surrounded by police, the gang members run away, and Carl is left with his wounded brother. They are arrested. 
First, CJ eliminates Jizzy, then, with the help of Caesar and the Chinese Triads led by Woozy, disrupts the meeting of the Loco syndicate with the Big Smoke cartel, kills Ryder, Mendez and shoots down the helicopter with Toreno on board. It is assumed that Mike Toreno is dead, but he subsequently reappears, not as a drug dealer, but as a government agent for whom Carl works to free his brother. 
