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Great review man, inspired me to revisit it after all these years! Also, San Andreas was the first GTA game I forced myself to complete without using one cheat code, that was a big step for me at the time 😆
I just realized how many times Cj commits treason in this game -Stole from a military storage unit and kills weekend soldiers -Broke into Area 51, killed soldiers and steals a 60-million-dollar jetpack because his hippie friend wants it -Use aforementioned stolen jetpack to attack a freight train transporting top secret government hardware and steal mysterious green jar of goo of possible extra-terrestrial origin, because again, your hippie friend wants it -Broke into a military ship and steals a goddamn fighter jet and uses it to destroy spy ships -Broke into a military compound in Las Venturas to steal a military helicopter, to steal an armored van so you can use it to steal from a casino I fucking love this game
I remember being blown away by the lack of loading screens between islands and just the ability to fly miles above the clouds. For a PS2 game, it was insane
@@RatedRRaj Just Cause hit around the PS2 time with a way bigger map without loading screens if I remember correctly. Not like I wasn't blown away by SA by any means.
Another detail about Ryder not being meant to die, is that all his missions were genuinely ‘for the hood’. Everything you did for him would help out the grove. Whereas everything you did for smoke turned out to be some sort of trap or ambush.
When CJ finds about smoke betraying them, he didn't even mention Ryder cause the third balla model from introduction movie was replaced with Ryder and also when we kill him in pier 69 his dialouges were reused as the main reason of rockstar eliminating him was because his voice actor left.
I think it would’ve been way more impactful if Ryder had been shot in the back by Big Smoke as his heel turn, rather than just “oH hE kNeW aBoUt ThE gReEn SaBrE”.
its probably because he needs secrecy. Remember, Toreno told CJ to get Cesar to help him once but not to tell him anything about it. Its government business, its too dangerous for CJ to risk it considering he knew how powerful Toreno is.
He tried, but Sweet didn't wanna hear about it, when you release sweet from prison he tried to tell him about the casinos and stuff and sweet responded with " what have you done for the hood?" and when CJ tried to argue back that the hood dragged him down he told him "you sound just like Smoke now"
He probably knew Sweet wouldn't have been happy with it. I'd imagine he'd rather have a gruesome dead than living thanks to CJ covering up for Tenpenny
I love how when we first meet Woozie, he only turns to CJ after he spoke. Really subtle but nice insinuation that he's blind. His entire character is golden. Like, he's the real blind representation. His condition gives him some limits, yes, but mostly he's just as capable as any other guy.
Yeah, people infantilize or underestimate what blind folk can do and this mf runs both a gang and casino. Although I wish I saw more of Zero after the heist, he wasn't asshole/incel type of nerdy.
@@themudpit621 I mean, yeah. He came from a wealthy Chinese family, obviously he grew up with better facilities to accomodate his condition, but it's quite impressive nonetheless.
Can’t believe this was 18 years ago. I was 10 when this came out and played the absolute shit out of it every day after school. I’d have friends sleepover and stay up all night going on crazy killing sprees trying to see who could stay alive the longest. This brings back some serious memories from the good old days.
Same age. I remember on weekends being up all night on AOL instant messenger asking my friend how to beat certain missions, then running upstairs to finish them. Spending hours flying around in stolen planes listening to KDST and RadioX
I'm just now realizing how old this game is. I was only three when it came out but I remember playing it back in elementary school, never even doing missions, but just going on killing sprees like you said. I came back to it a couple years ago and it just brings up so much nostalgia from being a kid.
San Andreas is one of the most replayable games for me. It has its issues and some parts that drag, but I just love the world and setting. The massive scale of the map still impresses me despite understanding the tricks at play to make it feel larger. I think the map is one of the best laid out in the entire GTA series and I love the details to it
I think one of the things that grew on me so much in this game is the friendship between CJ and Cesar. I love how confrontational they are at first but then later it’s revealed Cesar is one of the few people that actually cares about the Johnson family and a lot of the people CJ thought were his friends actually weren’t. I loved all the missions with him in San Fierro.
I'm playing through again for 100% but this time I'm doing everything you can for 100% before doing any story missions. I was at like 11 or 12% complete before even starting the first mission. I've been actually watching the cutscenes again though which I haven't done since I played this game the first time as a kid. My girlfriend's been watching me play and asked me about the Cesar guy. Told her "yeah basically everyone in this game you help in the beginning except for this guy and your brother betrays you." It's actually really cool how well this story is written and how long it takes to beat just the main story even in today's standards this game takes a long time to beat and the story is really good.
San Andreas is my favorite game of all time. I've beaten the game 100% several times before but this is the first run I've ever done where I'm doing as much as realistically possible for 100% before doing any main story missions. I had all 100 tags sprayed, all stadium missions complete, taxi and pimping missions done, 150% health and armor from paramedic and vigilante done, fireproof CJ from firefighter missions, stole planes so much my pilot skill is halfway done, all guns hitman. The city courier missions done, chilliad challenges beat, BMX and NRG-500 done, all before I started the first mission. IDR what else I did before the first mission, but in the process my bicycle, motor bike, and driving skill along with respect were maxed out before I even started the first mission lol. It's made the main story super easy but it's been fun cos as I unlock new stuff like truck driving for example it gives me something new to do until I get as far as it will let me untill I do the main mission again. I just got to San Fierro and beat the zero missions. Literally can't do any side missions now until I get to las Ventura's.
NVM just started the 555 we tip mission and forgot the valet side missions have to be done for %100. A long with delivering 30 specific cars later in the game to the docks for 100%. Literally always something to do in this game lol
44:16 The way CJ yells "Holy Shit!" while watching chaos unfolds is so priceless. It's a small detail you could miss easily. And practically, also my first reaction when I first saw Catalina in this game.
Fun fact about the gang territory is that if you're in a vehicle that has missions attached (emergency vehicles, taxi, broadway) u can activate the mission if your territory is being raided and it stops it. Cancel the vehicle mission and go back to your business. I just beat SA on ps4 this summer again and it still works.
Hahaha~ i wish i did that, that very helpful but i prefer not cuz i wanted back then to increase the color density of my territory its like increasing your influence and more gang will spawn, but yeah its annoying and worthless because my gangs is useless in gunfights even their weapon is shtty lol....but atleast it will regenerate my money fast so stayed long before i go to the country side, ya know lol i didnt know that cheat code exist, i played and finish this game in ps2 with no cheats i cant count how many death i had...damn i remember the mission how to fly...its super hard its a nightmare! How many times i swear back then lol i love this game its nostalgic.
GTA San Andreas has introduced me to so many things. All kinds of music, movies, and much much more. I’ve been playing this game since I was in high school and I can seriously say this is one of my favorite games of all time. San Andreas is a masterpiece!
For everyone getting annoyed by the Big Smoke train mission, you should know that Smoke literally has perfect aim, you're just driving too close to the train so he can't get a proper shot at any of the Vagos.
I always went up the ramps that appear a bit down the tracks on the left that go up to a small building, get off the bike, jump on top of the train, then kill them myself. You have to do it a bit quick though cause there's an overpass that will knock you off the train a bit further ahead.
… people get so close that Smoke shoots the train? And then complain about it? Is that serious or are you making it up? I never had problems with the mission. I liked chasing the train and tried different things. Like many (at least I assume I’m not one of the few) I just jumped on top with the bike and gunned them down myself. I really has to lose the train somehow to fail it.
The secret couchplay multiplayer was kind of fun when I was a kid. Messing around exploring the countryside attacking area 51. Tho it was annoying how you had to stay close to each other.
There was a cool glitch where if the second player got a katana & kills CJ you can play with a headless CJ that gushes out blood when driving. Hilarious finding this out randomly as a kid
It still feels huge. It was unreal. Had a bigger feel than gta 5 due to 3 cities split by countryside and the clever way the draw distance and things popped into view. Due to console limitations. Plus the fog.
Like it felt so expansive to the point where I felt like we were seeing glimpses of the future for the franchise, I mean my god the scale that the map had was so ginormous, it's no surprise, people such as myself spent countless hours on it for years and years
I spent an entire 2 week school break beating this game I don't think I left my room..I still try to relive the joy it gave me through recent playthroughs but it's never quite the same.
I was obsessed with this game back in the day but its only now that i realize what an absolute star studded cast this had. Samuel L Jackson, Chris Penn, James Woods, Peter Fonda, Ice-T, Charlie Murphy, David Cross, William Fichtner, Axl Rose, Danny Dyer. I always knew that they had some big names in every title but as i went down the list proper i was blown away at some that i didnt even realize when i was 14-15 playing, like Axl Rose a radio host or Peter Fonda as The Truth. Thanks for making this, it was an awesome trip down memory lane! Well done sir!
GTA Should all be set in the past. GTA 4 did current time perfectly. GTA 5 did current time as a meme which didn't age well. They should do gta 6 in the 80s but nope another current day meme. Sadly i dont think rockstar will ever be able to recreate a game like this.
@@Catalanskrrthe entire damn game was hyperbole satire on American culture as a whole. Every. Part. Vice city glorifies the Scarface fantasy, SA glorifies gangbanging, 5 glorifies American idiocy. Made by a European Company btw. The whole game was literally just Rockstar talking shit about American culture while having no idea about any of it, same for red dead 2. Big part of why I don't like the modern games, rather than glorify they ridicule.
@kronicOverseer that's kinda the point of gta... San Andreas and vice city are very exaggerated and ridiculous at times. They're all good for different reasons
I did not expect to see a clip of my CJ mod for Yakuza 0 in this one. I was already enjoying watching the video but that bit made it even better! Great work on making such awesome content, I love your videos!
I heard the line so many times and just now realized how funny it is when Ryder was stickkng up the pizza place: "Ryder, not this again" "It aint me fool"
I hear a song on the radio and start singing to it. My husband knows now instead of asking "You know this song?" He just says "You know this from GTA or Guitar Hero right?" And I say, "YEP." 😆
Why would they hide it? The industry back in the ps2 era didn't had this shitty obsession about secret projects and hiding stuff that happened during development. Specially since dev cycle was lightning fast.
i recently noticed during the intro cutscene when the cops drop cj off you can hear the murder of the police officer they’re framing him for come through the radio, further indicating tenpenny and pulaski are dirty. Small detail tbh, i don’t know how i didn’t notice until now
Great video! That supply lines mission gave me flashbacks 😂😂 when should I expect a GTA 6 trailer video? Your comment on Claude and Catalina being the inspiration for Jason and Lucia had me intrigued. 🤔
I always thought Tenpenny leaving Pulaski to kill you was him letting you live and getting rid of Pulaski at the same time. I think he has a little respect for CJ at least more than for his lackey Pulaski.
I don't really think tenpenny ever intended to kill CJ before he dealt with Smoke. CJ kills smoke, tenpenny kills CJ, his fellow officers are also dead, no loose ends.
@@unsoundmusic8348 Nah, he wanted to keep doing business with smoke, they were making major money, the only reason tenpenny takes the the money and flees is because of the riots which were caused by him being acquitted for some of his crimes. He didn't plan on betraying smoke imo.
I really hope this video and your channel blow up. You put so much work into your videos and the quality is remarkable for a RUclipsr with less than 10k subscribers. Thank you man!
My favourite game ever. Nothing will ever ever top this masterpiece. The map, for me, is still perfect, not only in variety, but also in size. It still feels huge when cruising from Los Santos to Back'o'Beyond. Let's not forget all the mysteries surrounding this game; Yeti, UFO's, the ghost girl in the desert, Leatherface, the mysterious phone call near the aircraft graveyard, the ominous blue lights from the church where you steal the harvester... This was more than a game, it was a world of its own. I know the map better than my hometown lmao. The radio stations, the absurd number of side activities... The orange and purple sky that makes you feel like you're in California. While GTAIV has grown a lot on me after initially hating it, it lacks the wackiness and variety of San Andreas. Best game ever!!
I like to think that smoke was waiting for sweet to go to his moms Home after the funeral so he can kill him. This explains the líne "You picked the wrong house, fool". Also, it's explained that the drive by that killed cjs mom was intended to kill sweet, so this makes sence
I appreciate the hard work for this quality content man! I hope you'll cover the spinoffs such as Vice City Stories, Libery Stories, and Chinatown Wars.
I come from a rural area and it was so cool driving around in trucks and stuff in the countryside. My dad was a teenager at the time set in the game and thought it was cool watching me play around in a time he was familiar with. He loved the music too
One of the few videos i watched back to back that's this long, excluding podcasts. The nostalgia trip was so much i feel it in my chest. Amaznig. Subbed
That entire homecoming sequence is iconic and probably the best part of the best game in the series. Smoke, in particular (I will always hate him for his selfish betrayal of The Grove and my mom) has an unforgettable intro.
This game was so ahead of it time it was crazy... To this day I played every console release of it and platinumed it twice. Vice city is also very dear to my heart.
Amazing video as per usual, it’s nice to just sit back, relax and remember all these missions all those years ago! Definitely recommend GTA VCS & GTA LCS if you’re a fan of the series like i think you are.
I just wanted say, I'm new to your channel. Literally found it a few days ago and have watched all your gta retrospectives. You are great, I like the way you're structured and how you explain everything. Great work!
Hey. Found your channel by happenstance. Your mix quality was great, the review was palatable even with its length, and I enjoyed your personal and objective opinions about the game. It gave me an appreciation for GTA SA I never had. You deserve a break in January.
Honestly this game was the most complete GTA game/story ever made. Yeah, some of the subsequent games had great bells and whistles (fun gameplay features), but the vibe and spirit of this game was equal to Vice City. I'd argue the story was slightly better because it was more intricate and you really felt how hard CJ worked to truly take over and be both legit and a gangster. Even as a kid, I didn't feel the need to rush through the game and could take my time to enjoy it. And yes, WOOZIE was my favorite friend of CJ's.
San Andreas had alot of messages and points to keeping your family and your neighborhood on the right morals and principles in life. It showed what happens when you get to much money and power, it will make you so crazy things. But my point is, i feel like the creators we’re trying to push a message
Great video! This is the game I have more hours on, I completed this game main history more than 25 times, and to 100% completion more than 5 times, as I played in multiplatform, including mobile eheheh. Just to say that the second asset mission on Zero, where you complain about running out on fuel, you don't need to throttle everytime, you can simply accelarate a bit and then let go so the plane can glide, which does not uses fuel. I hope you continue the good work! Cheers!
Great retrospect for an amazing game I love how you called out Torino being a government agent flooding the streets with drugs with taxpayers dollars then sarcastically say that would never happen in real life things like that make the game a masterpiece replayable it's a shame what they've done with the definitive Editions
Great video! This will always be my favorite gta. I just finished a 100% playthrough of SA last month after years of not being able to run the game on modern hardware. (Thanks to TGIM for making that possible) It was like being high on drugs, good times! 😂
Just finished the video a year after its release, and a few weeks from the release of the first GTA 6 trailer. I wonder where will we be 20 years from now! I hope youre preparing that video! hahah One thing that I always remember from that game are the awesome radio stations. Really good track selection, and also famous hosts, like Axl Rose. It all felt really alive, because as you progressed in the story, the radio hosts would mention it somehow, I remember that being such a nice feeling!
This was a great video wow. Thank you. Your view counts on your videos are really awesome for the amount of subs you have. Your channel is a perfect example of good quality videos. I could definitely learn a thing or two from you.
one of the best games ever made. i play through it at least once every year. i'm such a mark for that game i bought the switch release day 1, played the absolute crap out of it, and LOVED EVERY SECOND. i also have it on android, where i've played through it more than once. i bought a bluetooth controller just for that game so i could play it "portable".
I'd like to point out something you missed about the Cluckin' Bell mission. Big Smoke's order is so large because he's buying time for the Ballas to catch up to them.
Man, you really caught me off-guard with that Sekiro Big Smoke duel near the end, Was laughing my ass off good on that one haha! Here, have my like and sub for a nice retrospective and memeing two franchises in the same video. Cheers!
I think that people know how good GTA SA is, that's why they don't analyze it or somebody analyze it saying it's bad for easy views. As for the story, as far as I've seen on the Internet, everything that was cut due to lack of memory on one CD is nothing but a tragedy, and yet again whenever I play GTA SA everything gets better and I remember why I live and that life is cool sometimes.
I absolutely love the writing of GTA4 and yes GTA 5 sold a crap ton and earned millions but San Andreas is legendary in the entire gaming history and the future of gaming as well, that game is an emotion
in many ways this game has yet to be topped. its atmosphere, characters, customizable protagonist, licensed soundtrack (all genres represented perfently), story and most importantly atmosphere/vibe come together to form an unmatched experience
I've seen a lot of people up the english speaking north have Vice City as the game that really takes them back, with the colours, music, atmosphere and all. I'm pretty certain San Andreas is that for latinamericans. Myths everywhere, people being hearthbroken over Smoke and Ryder, having a large variety in music to fit any taste, mods for whatever you could imagine, RUclips series about the game with the Loquendo text-to-speech app. My favourite GTA and one of my favourite games in general
1:17:52 aww, you left out one of my favorite jokes from the game: "What does it look like I'm made of, pudding?", CJ's delivery of that like just kills me every time. Anyway great video!
Ill never forget picking this up when it came out. I was the only person in my friend group eith a good job, n picked up a copy for us all to play n share. We was 12 deep gathered around a buddies 1980s crt in one of those wood enclosures, gettin our minds blown. Nearly 20 years on, and of that group of 12, I am the only one not dead or in prison. If only life was as simple as 12 young ppl anna ps2.
Damn, the feels are very strong here. I have beaten that game like 20-30 times, have done everything there is to do here(except those modes, cheats and other stuff that I just wasn´t able to do, because didn´t know them). But I have done everything there is to do in that game, even at 1 point created my own missions. Like going somewhere and then killing people or escaping from the cops/ driving from point A to B for some time and so on. At one point I even knew all of the map, every damn place. That´s how much I had played it. Have found all of the shells, tags and so on side missions(but it took a loooot of time to complete everything). I can´t even explain how much I love that game. And that´s the only GTA I have beaten. In Vice City I had struggles at one point and stopped playing around the middle of the story and also have played 3 and 5, but very little. Somehow they weren´t so interesting to me. But that game is just perfect. I think it wouldn´t be exaduration to say that I must have spend maybe like 10 000 hours in it, if not more. Had played it since I was around 10, till about few years ago(now I´m 29). Like a whole 2 decades and it never got boring. Well, sometimes it got boring, but that´s where I started doing my own missions and things and there was always something new to be done.
still the best gta game ever made i replayed it multiple time over different console and many years and still find it engaging and funny the chrchters are the best ever written cj, big smoke tenpenny the truth i still remember every single one of them compare to the last gta where i can remeber only trevor and only becasue he is an insane psyco
I never took ryder insulting CJ as hostile, its like old friends insulting each other but because they like each other, sometimes sweet is bothered for it but its more like that ryder is high and propably doesn't know how to speak other than insulting as he is a gangster after all, the fact that he "turned" on CJ is just rockstar his character doesn't protray that nor this actions.
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Can you upload the original Saints Row 1 from 2006
It just beat this game 3 weeks ago for the first time lol
Vielen Dank für all die Arbeit die du in das Video gesteckt hast. 🤝🏻
Great review man, inspired me to revisit it after all these years! Also, San Andreas was the first GTA game I forced myself to complete without using one cheat code, that was a big step for me at the time 😆
I beat the game on pc first, then on ps2
I own the trilogy remaster on switch and it just sucks compared to the original. It’s sad.
I just realized how many times Cj commits treason in this game
-Stole from a military storage unit and kills weekend soldiers
-Broke into Area 51, killed soldiers and steals a 60-million-dollar jetpack because his hippie friend wants it
-Use aforementioned stolen jetpack to attack a freight train transporting top secret government hardware and steal mysterious green jar of goo of possible extra-terrestrial origin, because again, your hippie friend wants it
-Broke into a military ship and steals a goddamn fighter jet and uses it to destroy spy ships
-Broke into a military compound in Las Venturas to steal a military helicopter, to steal an armored van so you can use it to steal from a casino
I fucking love this game
Those missions are for Toreno, a CIA agent which is a US federal agency so it's not exactly a treason.
@@SHVRWK jesus you people are evil.
@@SHVRWK He would certainly frame it as that whenever it helps him though. Didnt he do something similar at the end?
Sorry he had a difficult childhood
All with the best soundtrack ever. Literally introduced me to country music. All those damn long ass drives lol.
I remember being blown away by the lack of loading screens between islands and just the ability to fly miles above the clouds. For a PS2 game, it was insane
Was the same in GTA 3, vice city as well
For 32 MB RAM technical masterpiece.
@@purpledrank2922There was loading going from one part of the map to another in vice city. The scale of SA is way beyond that of 3 and VC
Yes, this game was *WAY* ahead of its time…
@@RatedRRaj Just Cause hit around the PS2 time with a way bigger map without loading screens if I remember correctly. Not like I wasn't blown away by SA by any means.
Another detail about Ryder not being meant to die, is that all his missions were genuinely ‘for the hood’. Everything you did for him would help out the grove. Whereas everything you did for smoke turned out to be some sort of trap or ambush.
Really man? How about the biggest detail ever? He's the logo of the game app on PC
When CJ finds about smoke betraying them, he didn't even mention Ryder cause the third balla model from introduction movie was replaced with Ryder and also when we kill him in pier 69 his dialouges were reused as the main reason of rockstar eliminating him was because his voice actor left.
@TheGlassesPro CJ isn't a vago remember
I think it would’ve been way more impactful if Ryder had been shot in the back by Big Smoke as his heel turn, rather than just “oH hE kNeW aBoUt ThE gReEn SaBrE”.
@@hellomate2405 That's OG Loc but sure
The fact that CJ didnt tell him about all of the dangerous shit he did just to free him is crazy considering the fact that sweet was shitting on him
its probably because he needs secrecy. Remember, Toreno told CJ to get Cesar to help him once but not to tell him anything about it. Its government business, its too dangerous for CJ to risk it considering he knew how powerful Toreno is.
@@wasabi5338 he could literally just saying he went through the deepest places of hell just to help him
He tried, but Sweet didn't wanna hear about it, when you release sweet from prison he tried to tell him about the casinos and stuff and sweet responded with " what have you done for the hood?" and when CJ tried to argue back that the hood dragged him down he told him "you sound just like Smoke now"
He probably knew Sweet wouldn't have been happy with it. I'd imagine he'd rather have a gruesome dead than living thanks to CJ covering up for Tenpenny
It's because the writers didn't think that far
I love how when we first meet Woozie, he only turns to CJ after he spoke. Really subtle but nice insinuation that he's blind. His entire character is golden. Like, he's the real blind representation. His condition gives him some limits, yes, but mostly he's just as capable as any other guy.
Yeah, people infantilize or underestimate what blind folk can do and this mf runs both a gang and casino. Although I wish I saw more of Zero after the heist, he wasn't asshole/incel type of nerdy.
Any other guy 'blessed with unbelievable good fortune'.
@@themudpit621 I mean, yeah. He came from a wealthy Chinese family, obviously he grew up with better facilities to accomodate his condition, but it's quite impressive nonetheless.
Rockstar represented everyone without having to draw extra unnecessary attention to make a point.
@@standard-carrier-wo-chanNot to mention that the fucking blind guy races against you
Still my favorite Grand Theft Auto game
Still playing it (along with the other 3-D Universe) GTAs on my PS2. Never tire of the classics!
Because its the best
as story, there was never made a game that was better....
My favorite game period
It can't be beat
Can’t believe this was 18 years ago. I was 10 when this came out and played the absolute shit out of it every day after school. I’d have friends sleepover and stay up all night going on crazy killing sprees trying to see who could stay alive the longest. This brings back some serious memories from the good old days.
Same age. I remember on weekends being up all night on AOL instant messenger asking my friend how to beat certain missions, then running upstairs to finish them. Spending hours flying around in stolen planes listening to KDST and RadioX
I'm just now realizing how old this game is. I was only three when it came out but I remember playing it back in elementary school, never even doing missions, but just going on killing sprees like you said. I came back to it a couple years ago and it just brings up so much nostalgia from being a kid.
Me too, I was 10. My mom was a manager at a Walmart and somehow got it a week early. Was so happy.
You would have loved the 90s. But yes this was towards the end of the golden age.
18 Years..crazy. longer than when the games takes place and when it was released 😕
San Andreas is one of the most replayable games for me. It has its issues and some parts that drag, but I just love the world and setting. The massive scale of the map still impresses me despite understanding the tricks at play to make it feel larger. I think the map is one of the best laid out in the entire GTA series and I love the details to it
Literally the best experience ever. Story mode was on point now it's just about online bs and getting money to spend on nothing cool lol
While i dont think San Andreas is perfect, where exactly does it drag?
@@PetrMajka Toward the end I feel some of the LS missions get a little too drawn out. I still enjoy the game as a whole though
Other than some annoying ass missions, it’s the best gta game
@@Cash19980 I agree, the game has some clunky parts but overall it's just such a great world and characters
I think one of the things that grew on me so much in this game is the friendship between CJ and Cesar. I love how confrontational they are at first but then later it’s revealed Cesar is one of the few people that actually cares about the Johnson family and a lot of the people CJ thought were his friends actually weren’t. I loved all the missions with him in San Fierro.
I'm playing through again for 100% but this time I'm doing everything you can for 100% before doing any story missions. I was at like 11 or 12% complete before even starting the first mission. I've been actually watching the cutscenes again though which I haven't done since I played this game the first time as a kid. My girlfriend's been watching me play and asked me about the Cesar guy. Told her "yeah basically everyone in this game you help in the beginning except for this guy and your brother betrays you." It's actually really cool how well this story is written and how long it takes to beat just the main story even in today's standards this game takes a long time to beat and the story is really good.
San Andreas is my favorite game of all time. I've beaten the game 100% several times before but this is the first run I've ever done where I'm doing as much as realistically possible for 100% before doing any main story missions. I had all 100 tags sprayed, all stadium missions complete, taxi and pimping missions done, 150% health and armor from paramedic and vigilante done, fireproof CJ from firefighter missions, stole planes so much my pilot skill is halfway done, all guns hitman. The city courier missions done, chilliad challenges beat, BMX and NRG-500 done, all before I started the first mission. IDR what else I did before the first mission, but in the process my bicycle, motor bike, and driving skill along with respect were maxed out before I even started the first mission lol. It's made the main story super easy but it's been fun cos as I unlock new stuff like truck driving for example it gives me something new to do until I get as far as it will let me untill I do the main mission again. I just got to San Fierro and beat the zero missions. Literally can't do any side missions now until I get to las Ventura's.
NVM just started the 555 we tip mission and forgot the valet side missions have to be done for %100. A long with delivering 30 specific cars later in the game to the docks for 100%. Literally always something to do in this game lol
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The way CJ yells "Holy Shit!" while watching chaos unfolds is so priceless. It's a small detail you could miss easily. And practically, also my first reaction when I first saw Catalina in this game.
the popularity of San Andreas all across eastern europe all the way up until 2010's was INSANE
San Andreas: Multiplayer was just fantastic though
@@jackgardner9341 good old Samp, I used to play the cops and robbers server
@@ezyyze7526 c5 lscnr :D
@@aldin8228 crazybobs cnr :)
I basically grew up on it. After 15 years I just actually finished the story last month xD
Woozie really is a gem and he never fails to get a laugh out of me
Woozie ain't got nothing on truth😂tbh
Woozie and toreno are my favorite characters. I honestly felt the writing in sa wasnt as good as vice city but those guys make up for it.
MISSION PASSED:
RESPECT +
Woozie was by far the most endearing and likeable character.
I live how his bodyguard moves the goal for him when he’s playing putt putt.
San Andreas is a masterpiece. Unforgettable game.
Fun fact about the gang territory is that if you're in a vehicle that has missions attached (emergency vehicles, taxi, broadway) u can activate the mission if your territory is being raided and it stops it. Cancel the vehicle mission and go back to your business. I just beat SA on ps4 this summer again and it still works.
I've been playing this game for 18 years and I never knew that. Thanks a lot, man!
@@DeadPixel1105 no prob
Wish i knew that back in the days. I could have saved alot of time
Whoa!! I wish I knew this all these years!!! Thanks
Hahaha~ i wish i did that, that very helpful but i prefer not cuz i wanted back then to increase the color density of my territory its like increasing your influence and more gang will spawn, but yeah its annoying and worthless because my gangs is useless in gunfights even their weapon is shtty lol....but atleast it will regenerate my money fast so stayed long before i go to the country side, ya know lol i didnt know that cheat code exist, i played and finish this game in ps2 with no cheats i cant count how many death i had...damn i remember the mission how to fly...its super hard its a nightmare! How many times i swear back then lol i love this game its nostalgic.
GTA San Andreas has introduced me to so many things. All kinds of music, movies, and much much more. I’ve been playing this game since I was in high school and I can seriously say this is one of my favorite games of all time. San Andreas is a masterpiece!
It was a true game of American culture
I remember playing GTA 2 when I was pretty young thinking it was so much fun. Little did I know it was going to turn into these deep 3D games.
For everyone getting annoyed by the Big Smoke train mission, you should know that Smoke literally has perfect aim, you're just driving too close to the train so he can't get a proper shot at any of the Vagos.
@L I knew this as a kid (Like 7 years old), not because of game knowledge no it's basic physics
I always went up the ramps that appear a bit down the tracks on the left that go up to a small building, get off the bike, jump on top of the train, then kill them myself. You have to do it a bit quick though cause there's an overpass that will knock you off the train a bit further ahead.
It’s also because the Vagos has more health than usual, so even if Smoke was perfectly accurate, he’s still take forever to kill them
For real that mission is easy to complete for me
… people get so close that Smoke shoots the train? And then complain about it? Is that serious or are you making it up?
I never had problems with the mission. I liked chasing the train and tried different things. Like many (at least I assume I’m not one of the few) I just jumped on top with the bike and gunned them down myself. I really has to lose the train somehow to fail it.
The secret couchplay multiplayer was kind of fun when I was a kid. Messing around exploring the countryside attacking area 51. Tho it was annoying how you had to stay close to each other.
That shit was the best just having it blew us away.
There was a cool glitch where if the second player got a katana & kills CJ you can play with a headless CJ that gushes out blood when driving. Hilarious finding this out randomly as a kid
I remember the first time I played San Andreas, the map felt huge!!!!! I felt so overwhelmed coming from vice city
It still feels huge. It was unreal. Had a bigger feel than gta 5 due to 3 cities split by countryside and the clever way the draw distance and things popped into view. Due to console limitations. Plus the fog.
I freaking loved the customization. Plus the side stuff like dating
@@bensmithkent22 plus the tiny small towns as well around the whole map. It’s the best game ever made
I couldn’t afford a ps2 growing up.
But went to a friends house and played.
The world felt infinite!!!
Like it felt so expansive to the point where I felt like we were seeing glimpses of the future for the franchise, I mean my god the scale that the map had was so ginormous, it's no surprise, people such as myself spent countless hours on it for years and years
I spent an entire 2 week school break beating this game I don't think I left my room..I still try to relive the joy it gave me through recent playthroughs but it's never quite the same.
Times were more simple back then lol. 4 kids in a room, eating frozen foods staying up all night. Damn it was great being a kid back then
@@Shay416 fucking around on the horrific splitscreen which made the game aids but oh so much fun
@@omarbashar9161 I'm still cussing them for removing that awful and awesome multi-player from the DeFiNiTiVe edition.
@@MyBurdenToBury To be honest they probably didn't even remove it it was just never made into it in general
@Omar Bashar Yeah true,it seems they used the mobile ports of the game which would have never included the function.
I was obsessed with this game back in the day but its only now that i realize what an absolute star studded cast this had. Samuel L Jackson, Chris Penn, James Woods, Peter Fonda, Ice-T, Charlie Murphy, David Cross, William Fichtner, Axl Rose, Danny Dyer. I always knew that they had some big names in every title but as i went down the list proper i was blown away at some that i didnt even realize when i was 14-15 playing, like Axl Rose a radio host or Peter Fonda as The Truth.
Thanks for making this, it was an awesome trip down memory lane! Well done sir!
The game voiced B Dup as well, small role but cool anyway
This mf had ice t?
@@blase9624The rapper Madd Dogg was voiced by Ice -T
Still the best GTA of all time. GTA: IV comes in at a close second, but San Andreas is just legendary.
There’s just a special kind of atmosphere in San Andreas. If they were able to kinda replicate this, I would be so damn happy.
GTA Should all be set in the past. GTA 4 did current time perfectly. GTA 5 did current time as a meme which didn't age well. They should do gta 6 in the 80s but nope another current day meme. Sadly i dont think rockstar will ever be able to recreate a game like this.
@@abrahamwashington8579 why meme? Gta 5 portrayed the modern times very well, even tho it was a bit exaggerated
@@Catalanskrra bit?
@@Catalanskrrthe entire damn game was hyperbole satire on American culture as a whole. Every. Part. Vice city glorifies the Scarface fantasy, SA glorifies gangbanging, 5 glorifies American idiocy. Made by a European Company btw. The whole game was literally just Rockstar talking shit about American culture while having no idea about any of it, same for red dead 2. Big part of why I don't like the modern games, rather than glorify they ridicule.
@kronicOverseer that's kinda the point of gta... San Andreas and vice city are very exaggerated and ridiculous at times. They're all good for different reasons
I did not expect to see a clip of my CJ mod for Yakuza 0 in this one. I was already enjoying watching the video but that bit made it even better! Great work on making such awesome content, I love your videos!
Time stamp?
@@kreevisful 27:29
Whyyyyyyyy
Aamazing
lol best part of the video
Made me pull my ps2 back out and play this game. The good old dayz
Just finished... Can't imagine the work that went into this. Thank you for walking me though these memories. 🙏🏻
Voiceover was great!
I heard the line so many times and just now realized how funny it is when Ryder was stickkng up the pizza place:
"Ryder, not this again"
"It aint me fool"
"No one else is that small, I feel sorry for yer dad!"
You can't stop me!!! (slurred as all fuck)
My roommate legit loves this game. We go back and forth between discussing GTA V and this
I hear a song on the radio and start singing to it. My husband knows now instead of asking "You know this song?" He just says "You know this from GTA or Guitar Hero right?" And I say, "YEP." 😆
The fan theory about Ryder is very obviously true lmao. Rockstar never even tried to hide it.
Why would they hide it? The industry back in the ps2 era didn't had this shitty obsession about secret projects and hiding stuff that happened during development.
Specially since dev cycle was lightning fast.
Ryder originally wasn't supposed to be a traitor
It’s very obviously false, as in the beta versions Ryder is still a traitor. Just chalk it up to classic Rockstar bad writing and mission design
@@kman9884 If it all came down to shitty writing then they also violate their own lore on Ryder. Makes no sense at all.
i recently noticed during the intro cutscene when the cops drop cj off you can hear the murder of the police officer they’re framing him for come through the radio, further indicating tenpenny and pulaski are dirty. Small detail tbh, i don’t know how i didn’t notice until now
Heey my PS2 trailer video on the intro, I didn't expect that when i was watching the video, I was shock! Good video Fuzzy, that was fun.
Great video! That supply lines mission gave me flashbacks 😂😂 when should I expect a GTA 6 trailer video? Your comment on Claude and Catalina being the inspiration for Jason and Lucia had me intrigued. 🤔
I always thought Tenpenny leaving Pulaski to kill you was him letting you live and getting rid of Pulaski at the same time. I think he has a little respect for CJ at least more than for his lackey Pulaski.
I don't really think tenpenny ever intended to kill CJ before he dealt with Smoke. CJ kills smoke, tenpenny kills CJ, his fellow officers are also dead, no loose ends.
@@unsoundmusic8348 Nah, he wanted to keep doing business with smoke, they were making major money, the only reason tenpenny takes the the money and flees is because of the riots which were caused by him being acquitted for some of his crimes. He didn't plan on betraying smoke imo.
@@unsoundmusic8348 Exactly
No way, CJ has to die, he knows way too much, but CJ gets in so deep and gets so connected, he outplays Tenpenny.
I really hope this video and your channel blow up. You put so much work into your videos and the quality is remarkable for a RUclipsr with less than 10k subscribers. Thank you man!
I prefer 4 over 5
Because you have good taste
I like the physics (mainly driving) and game mechanics of 4 over 5… but I like the location and map of 5 more.
Agreed
Yes, I hold a fork with 3 fingers. How did you know?
V came out in 2013. I reckon by 2015 I realised 4 was superior.
My favourite game ever.
Nothing will ever ever top this masterpiece.
The map, for me, is still perfect, not only in variety, but also in size.
It still feels huge when cruising from Los Santos to Back'o'Beyond.
Let's not forget all the mysteries surrounding this game; Yeti, UFO's, the ghost girl in the desert, Leatherface, the mysterious phone call near the aircraft graveyard, the ominous blue lights from the church where you steal the harvester...
This was more than a game, it was a world of its own.
I know the map better than my hometown lmao.
The radio stations, the absurd number of side activities...
The orange and purple sky that makes you feel like you're in California.
While GTAIV has grown a lot on me after initially hating it, it lacks the wackiness and variety of San Andreas.
Best game ever!!
51:40 Boss man this is your reminder let’s get your take on GTA 6 Great vid got your self a new sub!
2:04:25 At this point in the game, you can get a ton of minigun ammo from Toreno's ranch and take over the turf easily.
Plus finish the big smoke fight in seconds
I like to think that smoke was waiting for sweet to go to his moms Home after the funeral so he can kill him. This explains the líne "You picked the wrong house, fool". Also, it's explained that the drive by that killed cjs mom was intended to kill sweet, so this makes sence
I appreciate the hard work for this quality content man! I hope you'll cover the spinoffs such as Vice City Stories, Libery Stories, and Chinatown Wars.
I hope he does too
I come from a rural area and it was so cool driving around in trucks and stuff in the countryside. My dad was a teenager at the time set in the game and thought it was cool watching me play around in a time he was familiar with. He loved the music too
Rural areas are the best
When he was showing the scene where CJ and Big Smoke was sword fighting. I started wondering if I really smoked way too much weed back in the day.
One of the few videos i watched back to back that's this long, excluding podcasts. The nostalgia trip was so much i feel it in my chest. Amaznig. Subbed
The balla that jumps in front of the car at 4:25 😂
i came to see who else noticed lmao
Lmao
This brought me so much nostalgia ! Still the greatest GTA of all time! Way ahead of its time
the best of all
That entire homecoming sequence is iconic and probably the best part of the best game in the series. Smoke, in particular (I will always hate him for his selfish betrayal of The Grove and my mom) has an unforgettable intro.
This game was so ahead of it time it was crazy... To this day I played every console release of it and platinumed it twice. Vice city is also very dear to my heart.
Great video, GTA San Andreas is my favourite all time 👍
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is home.
Amazing video as per usual, it’s nice to just sit back, relax and remember all these missions all those years ago! Definitely recommend GTA VCS & GTA LCS if you’re a fan of the series like i think you are.
I just wanted say, I'm new to your channel. Literally found it a few days ago and have watched all your gta retrospectives. You are great, I like the way you're structured and how you explain everything. Great work!
Thank you so much ❤ The commentary was perfect from beginning to end. 👍🏻 Keep em coming.
I appreciate the time and effort that went into this 🙏🙏
Thank you!! And for the super thanks too :D
Hey. Found your channel by happenstance. Your mix quality was great, the review was palatable even with its length, and I enjoyed your personal and objective opinions about the game. It gave me an appreciation for GTA SA I never had. You deserve a break in January.
Honestly this game was the most complete GTA game/story ever made. Yeah, some of the subsequent games had great bells and whistles (fun gameplay features), but the vibe and spirit of this game was equal to Vice City. I'd argue the story was slightly better because it was more intricate and you really felt how hard CJ worked to truly take over and be both legit and a gangster. Even as a kid, I didn't feel the need to rush through the game and could take my time to enjoy it. And yes, WOOZIE was my favorite friend of CJ's.
the best gta indeed
Gotta admit, this deserves a like at least. So much work, hope you could earn a penny with it
San Andreas had alot of messages and points to keeping your family and your neighborhood on the right morals and principles in life. It showed what happens when you get to much money and power, it will make you so crazy things. But my point is, i feel like the creators we’re trying to push a message
Damn... It has been 18 years? God damn.
I myself am like some 20 years only. I was like 2 years when it got released.
This went in my best long form playlist immediately
My favorite game ever! I even have a Los Santos tattoo in my arm written with the same font used in the game.
Great video! This is the game I have more hours on, I completed this game main history more than 25 times, and to 100% completion more than 5 times, as I played in multiplatform, including mobile eheheh. Just to say that the second asset mission on Zero, where you complain about running out on fuel, you don't need to throttle everytime, you can simply accelarate a bit and then let go so the plane can glide, which does not uses fuel. I hope you continue the good work! Cheers!
Great retrospect for an amazing game I love how you called out Torino being a government agent flooding the streets with drugs with taxpayers dollars then sarcastically say that would never happen in real life things like that make the game a masterpiece replayable it's a shame what they've done with the definitive Editions
Best game of all time. Beautiful video man, outstanding job
This is great content, thanks for your hard work!!
Great video! This will always be my favorite gta. I just finished a 100% playthrough of SA last month after years of not being able to run the game on modern hardware. (Thanks to TGIM for making that possible) It was like being high on drugs, good times! 😂
Just finished the video a year after its release, and a few weeks from the release of the first GTA 6 trailer. I wonder where will we be 20 years from now! I hope youre preparing that video! hahah
One thing that I always remember from that game are the awesome radio stations. Really good track selection, and also famous hosts, like Axl Rose. It all felt really alive, because as you progressed in the story, the radio hosts would mention it somehow, I remember that being such a nice feeling!
Best game ever made, hasn't been done right or capitalized on since.
This game is so good I watched the whole video before realizing it's 2 hours long!
you cant do the black project mission if cj is too fat, and the dialogue for it is pretty funny. basically the truth tells him to lose some weight
still my fav game of all time... just got my kid onto it by bootlegging it on his psvita (not sure if that's a good or bad thing)... great video!
OG Loc is the Jar Jar Binks of San Andreas
I never thought of that, but yeah: accurate.
Jar Jar could probably kick his ass though.
These videos are incredible.
Looking forward to a Red Dead trilogy of videos, bro.
Your name is bizarre! In a great way.
This was a great video wow. Thank you. Your view counts on your videos are really awesome for the amount of subs you have. Your channel is a perfect example of good quality videos. I could definitely learn a thing or two from you.
one of the best games ever made. i play through it at least once every year. i'm such a mark for that game i bought the switch release day 1, played the absolute crap out of it, and LOVED EVERY SECOND. i also have it on android, where i've played through it more than once. i bought a bluetooth controller just for that game so i could play it "portable".
How did I not know about Tony Hawk announcing GTA: San Andreas?! Those were two of my absolute favorite things on the PS2!
tony hawk underground 2 and gta sa goty 2004
I'd like to point out something you missed about the Cluckin' Bell mission.
Big Smoke's order is so large because he's buying time for the Ballas to catch up to them.
@52:20 nows ur time big bro gta6 trailer dropped
Dude just casually creates the best longform content on the platform
Man, you really caught me off-guard with that Sekiro Big Smoke duel near the end, Was laughing my ass off good on that one haha!
Here, have my like and sub for a nice retrospective and memeing two franchises in the same video. Cheers!
Amazing video and coverage of game of my childhood. Applauding the hard work!
I think that people know how good GTA SA is, that's why they don't analyze it or somebody analyze it saying it's bad for easy views. As for the story, as far as I've seen on the Internet, everything that was cut due to lack of memory on one CD is nothing but a tragedy, and yet again whenever I play GTA SA everything gets better and I remember why I live and that life is cool sometimes.
I absolutely love the writing of GTA4 and yes GTA 5 sold a crap ton and earned millions but San Andreas is legendary in the entire gaming history and the future of gaming as well, that game is an emotion
The things that went over my head as a kid; like looking for water I now know he was looking for some REAL drugs. 😂
tfw you find a smaller longform gaming channel you didn't know and they've got a huge backog
Liked and subbed
in many ways this game has yet to be topped. its atmosphere, characters, customizable protagonist, licensed soundtrack (all genres represented perfently), story and most importantly atmosphere/vibe come together to form an unmatched experience
yoo the gta 6 trailer released and im here to remind you to make a video about it as you said
I've seen a lot of people up the english speaking north have Vice City as the game that really takes them back, with the colours, music, atmosphere and all.
I'm pretty certain San Andreas is that for latinamericans. Myths everywhere, people being hearthbroken over Smoke and Ryder, having a large variety in music to fit any taste, mods for whatever you could imagine, RUclips series about the game with the Loquendo text-to-speech app.
My favourite GTA and one of my favourite games in general
Great content 👌 as always 👍
1:17:52 aww, you left out one of my favorite jokes from the game: "What does it look like I'm made of, pudding?", CJ's delivery of that like just kills me every time. Anyway great video!
Ill never forget picking this up when it came out. I was the only person in my friend group eith a good job, n picked up a copy for us all to play n share. We was 12 deep gathered around a buddies 1980s crt in one of those wood enclosures, gettin our minds blown.
Nearly 20 years on, and of that group of 12, I am the only one not dead or in prison. If only life was as simple as 12 young ppl anna ps2.
I remember the emotions this game gave me as a child, played it for years
I wish i lived in the timeline where GTA online never happened and GTA 6, 7, and 8 were already released because of it.
Damn, the feels are very strong here. I have beaten that game like 20-30 times, have done everything there is to do here(except those modes, cheats and other stuff that I just wasn´t able to do, because didn´t know them). But I have done everything there is to do in that game, even at 1 point created my own missions. Like going somewhere and then killing people or escaping from the cops/ driving from point A to B for some time and so on. At one point I even knew all of the map, every damn place. That´s how much I had played it. Have found all of the shells, tags and so on side missions(but it took a loooot of time to complete everything). I can´t even explain how much I love that game. And that´s the only GTA I have beaten. In Vice City I had struggles at one point and stopped playing around the middle of the story and also have played 3 and 5, but very little. Somehow they weren´t so interesting to me. But that game is just perfect. I think it wouldn´t be exaduration to say that I must have spend maybe like 10 000 hours in it, if not more. Had played it since I was around 10, till about few years ago(now I´m 29). Like a whole 2 decades and it never got boring. Well, sometimes it got boring, but that´s where I started doing my own missions and things and there was always something new to be done.
Love how you left a pause after saying "Pier 69" so the audience can say "Nice" out loud at the screen XD
San andreas was the background noise of half my childhood sleepovers.
still the best gta game ever made
i replayed it multiple time over different console and many years and still find it engaging and funny
the chrchters are the best ever written
cj, big smoke tenpenny the truth
i still remember every single one of them
compare to the last gta where i can remeber only trevor and only becasue he is an insane psyco
I never took ryder insulting CJ as hostile, its like old friends insulting each other but because they like each other, sometimes sweet is bothered for it but its more like that ryder is high and propably doesn't know how to speak other than insulting as he is a gangster after all, the fact that he "turned" on CJ is just rockstar his character doesn't protray that nor this actions.