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Feb 12th, 2009 at 00:46:41 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (XBX) |
Entry #2
As I continue my campaign of destruction in GTA, I get even further into the plot. As a get introduced to new characters and begin missions, I see how much there really is to do in this game. You can work out, get haircuts, change clothes, have a girlfriend, and so much more. This game is much more advanced in regards to the openness and ability to do missions or activities that are not exactly attached to the plot of the game. The story is based in the nineties, and there are many stereotypes, actions and ways of dressing and speaking that can be linked to this decade. As I go through the missions they continue to get more difficult and longer. I continue to get stars and it creates almost an annoying addition to the missions because I have to escape the police that are chasing me over and over again. The map of San Andreas is enormous. This is one of the problems I have with the game because it is almost too big.
The storyline continues to get deeper and CJ continues to act in my eyes, more and more immorally. Even though I am controlling his actions I do not feel as though I am responsible for the way he is acting, because it is not real. But, too look at it through CJ’s eyes, doing these things help him out in his life. He sees it as his only way to succeed in life because unless he kills, steals, and works with drugs, he will either be killed or end up in jail.
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Feb 12th, 2009 at 00:30:21 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (XBX) |
I have played almost every installment of Grand Theft Auto, (the one I have not is the first) and this is one of my least favorites as an overall game. The game opens with a new character, a young black man named Carl or CJ. You start off driving back to your house in San Andreas because you have found out that CJ’s mother has died. You are pulled over by the police who appear to know CJ from earlier in his life. They speak to him about the role he used to have with drugs when he lived in San Andreas when he was younger. He tells the police that he is done with drugs and is completely clean.
Although I felt that I wanted to get through the plot a little bit, I wound up getting into my old ways and just causing destruction (while using cheat codes) because I am already familiar with the plot. This is where I realized that this is why players enjoy this game so much. Even though there is a very long and deep plot in the game, there is still the opportunity for so much more.
This game can be considered very immoral. It has subjects from violence to stereotypes and even sexuality. It is basically encouraged to do things that are considered immoral and illegal in our society. As I dove deeper into the plot it seemed that CJ was acting on what his friends wanted him to do and what he thought they would want him to do. If you further examine the game you can use the social contract theory because it is as if the society makes these rules through the violence and corruption in the city even though it may seem immoral to us in our real life society.
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