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10 Presentation
If you remember what it was like in the 1990s and have lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Las Vegas, then you'll be able to immediately appreciate how accurate San Andreas truly is.

8.5 Graphics
The framerate, pop-in, collision and streaming issues that plagued the earlier games are back once again, but at a far less frequent rate. The rest of the game is absolutely beautiful, though.

9.5 Sound
GTA sports a powerful 90s-era fully licensed soundtrack and a broad range of sound effects. Plus, there's great digital encoding and terrific vocal talents (Samuel Jackson!). It's all you need.

10 Gameplay
The often-chastised targeting system has been improved, the vehicle physics have been reworked, and the mechanics feel terrific. There's a wide array of gameplay styles too and its hard as hell.

10 Lasting Appeal
To complete storyline-related challenges, it'll still take you anywhere from 40-60 hours? and that's only half the game. It's five times larger than Vice City and has more sidequests than most RPGs.

9.9
OVERALL:
(out of 10 / not an average)

I've spent almost every waking moment of last week doing nothing else but playing this massive beast and have put well over 60+ hours into it. And yet despite that fact, I'm only barely hovering over the 50% finished mark (which is all you really need to complete the story), and I still have a ways to go.