While the auto-aiming system remains as troublesome as ever and some of the missions you'll have to complete can be amongst the series' hardest (particularly the train-chasing sequence with Big Smoke, and Zero's maddening RC helicopter escapades), but a new checkpoint system allows for immediate retries after a failed mission. When it comes to that campaign, San Andreas is a bit less of a hassle than it used to be. It's worth noting that this is the first Xbox version of San Andreas to incorporate Achievements, so if notifications and meta-points happen to give you additional motivation, you might find additional reason to explore, experiment, and complete the campaign.

Most extracurricular activities are quickly introduced and rarely overstay their welcome, save San Andreas' insistence on making CJ's health reliant on side activities like working out and visiting restaurants. The range of activities also runs the gamut while the running, gunning, and driving of previous GTAs is still at the heart of San Andreas, the amount of physical activities, minigames, and gambling just a short drive away is still impressive today. Carl Johnson's adventure has plenty of betrayal and redemption, but there's plenty of good-natured ribbing amongst friends as well as offbeat interactions with some of the city's weirder inhabitants, like a weak-willed hardcore rapper and a conspiracy spouting hippie. Just about every Grand Theft Auto since the series went 3D attempts to mix emotion with carnage and comedy, but none has nailed the balance as well as San Andreas.

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