The GTA San Andreas 360 port holds up well with reworked textures and a Carl Johnson as endearing as on PS2. The sandbox freedoms still thrill and the radio soundtrack keeps its evocative power years after the original.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player18+
Description
Xbox 360 version of GTA: San Andreas by Rockstar North and Rockstar Games, June 2015. CJ Johnson returns to Los Santos to avenge his mother across fictional 1990s California. Three cities and suburbs, fully customisable character and varied activities. HD version of the 2004 PS2 classic.
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
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Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Three cities, deserts and countryside recreated with astonishing breadth, bathed in a nostalgic Californian light of the 90s. The coherence of the world and the teeming animation give it a life at every moment. This visual direction, vast and credible, redefined the scale of the open world.
A reflection of the early 1990s on the West Coast, the game rolls out an anthology of hip-hop, G-funk, soul and rock of striking authenticity. Each radio recreates the atmosphere of an era with rare accuracy, from gangsta rap to funk classics. This gigantic licensed selection remains one of the most striking in video games.
Back home after his mother's death, a young man finds himself swept up in gang wars and police corruption. A vast fresco on family, loyalty and social ascent, the tale embraces a whole era with unprecedented scope. Funny, brutal and surprisingly sincere, it has stayed cult.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Roaming an entire state on foot, by car or by plane, improving your character and chaining missions and zany side jobs sets up a pioneering freedom where every corner of the map calls for a new project. Customizing and exploring reward curiosity. The port shows its age, but the immensity of the playground and the density of activities make every session hard to wrap up.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Three cities, their countryside and deserts form one of the vastest playgrounds of the PS2 era, here restored in HD. Beyond CJ's revenge, you bulk up the character, take over gang turf, gather a hundred collectibles and stack side jobs, driving schools and hidden challenges, a profusion that earns this landmark its reputation as a generous marathon.
Technical info
💾6,5 GB📅07/06/2015
Published by Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (Xbox 360) price, value & rarity
Under the pretext of climbing the criminal ladder, you borrow other people's cars, lose the police and settle every dispute with gunfire, all across open cities built for chaos. The game makes no secret of its irony, yet the thrill of total freedom makes you accept, without flinching, a daily routine of crimes chained together with a slightly guilty grin.
Is Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas still worth playing in 2026?
An HD port of Rockstar's monumental open world, San Andreas unfolds an entire state of three cities and countryside, where CJ's rise blends gangs, varied missions, driving, customisation and total freedom. The scope of the world, the wealth of activities and the 90s social satire stay surprisingly vibrant. The port alters some music and the handling shows its age. A landmark of video games for fans of criminal sandboxes and nostalgics of the GTA golden age.
