Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Multi-city state with RPG stats and gang territory set the ceiling for sixth-generation open worlds.

Released 2004 Developer Rockstar North Publisher Rockstar Games Platform PlayStation 2 Genre Open world Era Broadband & the console shooter

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Survival Needs Clock ~~1980~~Branching Skill Tree ~~1996~~Faction Reputation ~~1997~~Seamless Streaming Open World ~~2001~~Persistent Minimap / Radar ~~2001~~

The Grand Theft Auto series in this dataset

1997

Grand Theft Auto ~~1997~~

2001

Grand Theft Auto III ~~2001~~

2002

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City ~~2002~~

2004

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ~~this page~~

2008

Grand Theft Auto IV ~~2008~~

2013

Grand Theft Auto V ~~2013~~

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