Bell... amen!! I'm a big GTA fan and San Andreas is better than I had hoped! I'm only about 7% of the way through it, but it just gets better and better. I would say one of the best games I've ever played!
What a great environment - definitely NOT for the kids. The violence is supreme and random. The gangs are vicious and the whole map (friggin' huge) is so alive! You can talk to pedestrians, you can goto the barbers, get tattoos, outfit yourself in designer stuff, modify cars and more! (My Low-rider has the 10x Nitrous kit, which is crazy)
Bell, notice when your driving skill gets better, you don't get so much of the motion blurring at top speed? Very, very cool... and what other game can you get where you run around with your Desert Eagle skill at "Gangster"?
Have you tried two-player?? I did with a friend and we kicked butt! There's a hidden two-player icon/prize just north of Big-Smoke's house, in some ruins/rubble. Great fun!!
I
can't wait for it to come out on PC, though. Apparently it's not due out until third quarter, 2005.
It's cool on my 52" TV and Pro-Logic system, but the graphics aren't as good as Vice City is on my PC (P4/3.06, 1gb RAM, 256mb FX5600 Ultra and 5.1 sound).