From: archang@sfu.ca   
      
   Kendrick Kerwin Chua   wrote:   
   >About the cultural context? I'll say only that it's nice to see that   
   >people who kill for a living still might live by some kind of code of   
   >honor, however twisted. One of the things that bugs me about Grand Theft   
   >Auto is that the characters don't seem to have any dimensions beyond greed   
   >and self-aggrandization. In Yakuza, the immersion in Japanese culture   
      
   	I've played through 95% of GTA:SA's story missions so far and   
   there was some attempt to give CJ and his home LA gang more depth, but it   
   really feels like a shallow ripoff of the 90s movies SA is obviously   
   influenced by.   
      
   	I think of GTA3 as more of a deliberately humourous piss take on   
   gangster cliches, so the similar lack of depth isn't as much of a problem   
   there.  SA has more interesting gameplay with a better on-foot   
   targetting system, planes, motorcycles, and allies.  Plus, even though NYC   
   is my favourite city in the world, SA's versions of LA, SF, and Vegas are   
   more compelling than GTA3's version of New York.   
      
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