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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the latest game in the world-renowned Grand Theft Auto franchise. The game features several new elements and revolves around three cities--Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), San Fierro (based on San Francisco), and Las Venturas (based on Las Vegas). Each city is relatively the size of Vice City--making it clear what the magnitude of the game is. Some of the new elements in this game include four-person drivebys, house break-ins and robberies, character abilities such as eating and swimming and more. The visual effects have also been improved with things like real-time reflections, fully rendered interior environments, and new camera controls. The storyline, set in the early 90s, centers on Carl Johnson, a man who escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas, five years ago. Now Carl's got to go home, and on his return to the neighborhood, he is framed for homicide. Not Final Cover.
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Take Two Interactive Software, Inc., headquartered in New York City, is an integrated global developer, marketer, distributor, and publisher of interactive entertainment software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation®, PlayStation®2, Xbox™, Nintendo Game Boy Color, Nintendo GameCube and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The Company publishes and develops products through various wholly owned subsidiaries including: Rockstar Games, Rockstar North, Gotham Games, Gathering of Developers, TalonSoft, Joytech, PopTop, and Global Star. The Company maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Copenhagen, Milan, Sydney and Auckland. Take-Two's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This guide covers most thing you'll need to know when playing the game. It covers all of the missions but often tells you useless info that the game tells you anyway.
However, it is very good at telling you where all of the hidden things are for those of you that want to get 100% completion. It also gives you the information on the food you eat, clothes you can wear, your haircuts and tatoos and how these effect your stats (respect, fat and sex appeal.)
It also comes with some helpful maps, much better than the one that comes with the game and the in-game map, which is often vital for getting to places. It also explains the odd jobs that are required but the game does not tell you.
Overall, I think this guide is vital for anyone that owns the game as it will make it a much more fun game to play and you will be able to get the maximum out of it.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think this was worth the price - certainly beats going to all the FAQ websites to find what you need about San Andreas. The mission walkthroughs are just that and don't offer much in the way of hints for those frustrating *cough* supply lines *cough* missions. The book is really good for side missions and hidden stuff which is what I really wanted it for. I would have to agree with thecrimsonshortone about the San Fierro photo ops - the map and thumbnails don't match whatsoever, not even close. Plus some of them are wrong. One of them states take a pic of the save the whales mural. But in the game, the brick wall is blank, its the Hashbury festival sign you have to capture instead. It's nowhere near as bad for the Horseshoe locations in Las Venturas - but some of the screenshots include stuff like stairs and bushes that must have been removed from the final version of the game to stop the PS2 from having an emotion engine overload.
Overall, it's a worthy purchase, but you will still need the odd trip to gamefaqs.com
Overall, it's a worthy purchase, but you will still need the odd trip to gamefaqs.com
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...the way I see it is this. For the first time there is a strategy guide you could seriously beat someone to death with. This is a seriously meaty work. Full colour pictures, maps, item catalogues. In GTAIII and Vice City we could say that all things come with time, eventually you will see everything even if you don't actually finish the game (because of insane jumps and races usually). In San Andreas, on the other hand, if you don't have some help... well, you might miss something.
The book is as comprehensive as its forebears and this will be of great relief to players (or should that be playaz?) like myself who sort of got their head aroud Los Santos over this release weekend and then despaired of ever finishing this Final Fantasy-esque behemoth of a crime epic.
Essentially this guide will help you manage your stay in San Andy and if you don't want spoilers don't read the important pages. But for those like me who don't fancy hide and seek to get the tags, oysters and horseshoes. I quite like getting to know the city by doing a 'hidden object' review. So I don't have a problem with using the guide.
Trust me, you'll need this if you're planning on having a life in addition to a copy of GTA:SA
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Great cheat guide
I think that it is a great cheat book, it tells me were everything is and what cheat codes to use.
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Kw Hone
GTA San Andreas
ahh yes this game, i played it so much that i keep dreaming of it... i have played it many many times and was never able to finish it, so now i finally decided to buy the guide,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Thiago Silva
GTA SAN GUIDE
An excellent guide that covers all of the basic needs in GTA Sanandreas. It covers all the snapshots, horsehoes and spray tags. Read more
Published 12 months ago by CB
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Statagy Guide
Arrived on time and in good condition, and if you loved the game but could never achieve 100% completion or if you wanted to know about any hidden extra's then this is the book... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Tiffer
Generally Useful
In general terms I have found this a fairly essential piece of kit to get the most out of GTA: San Andreas. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2008 by Northern Warrior
Helpful
It's a good idea to buy this book, it`s really helpful and it tells where everything is, I really liked it.
Published on 18 May 2008 by Renata Murari
Awful
I love Grand Theft Auto, I managed to complete San Andreas to 100% despite this guide.
Basic sections, such as the photographs that need taking in San Fierro are wrong, the... Read more
Basic sections, such as the photographs that need taking in San Fierro are wrong, the... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2008 by J. M. De-baecke
Its good...but there are a few flaws
As the title says, this guide is great in most parts, BUT one thing which can really annoy, is the section on the 'Photo-ops' in San Fierro, where the locations which are numbered,... Read more
Published on 11 July 2007 by M. Bennion
Can san andreas be any better? With this book it is
I took one look at this book and it was amazing. It cracks the lock that makes this game hard,Lots of detailed maps to tell you where all the secrets are and brilliant mission... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2005 by Mrs. A. Nichols
Full of omissions, errors... in a word, shoddy.
The producers of computer games as well-respected and successful as the Grand Theft Auto series should really have better sense than to licence out official companion material to... Read more
Published on 12 May 2005 by "mrblack43"
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