Gadgetory

hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy grand theft auto san andreas is finally out per Android there were a few bugs on release day which was kind of a pain but it's all over now and it's time for us to take a closer look if you've played Grand Theft Auto before then you know what kind of gameplay you're in for for those unfamiliar with San Andreas it's an open-world game where you play as an ex gangbanger named Carl who returns home after the death of his mom to get some vengeance on the people who killed her the game is mission based and it is open-world so you essentially just cruise around until you're ready to do things and then you go do them you'll have cars bicycles motorcycles guns and sometimes some NPCs at your disposal as you go through the game you can also buy houses visit businesses pick up hookers and all the other things that give GTA hits unique charm in the Android version nothing has really changed the graphics were given a slight bump to suit the resolution of newer displays and of course the controls have been adapted for touch screens but we'll touch more on that here momentarily aside from the adaptation to mobile this is the same game everyone enjoyed back in 2004 the touchscreen controls take a little while to get used to and they are a tad clunky you could choose between analog flick controls and on-screen buttons if you so choose eventually you get used to the touchscreen controls but it never quite losses that clunky feel in the game the left side of the screen is typically dedicated to movement while the right side is dedicated to action buttons you can also control the camera with the right side if you need to according to the support page any Bluetooth or HIC complaint controller including the mogul controller should also work fine if you end up experiencing framerate issues or if you want to really push your device you can also tweak things like resolution frame limiter targeting mode visual effects draw distance shadows reflections and a lot more to either help boost the performance or make the game look better it's your call so here's what we liked the game itself is long and huge it is open-world with a lot of side missions along with the regular story so there is a whole bunch to do way more than your average Android game we really like the flexibility with the game controls and settings having three kinds of on-screen controls plus full controller support is nice and giving the gamer the ability to tweak the settings to their taste is always preferable the mobile specific tweaks really help make the game more enjoyable things like updated graphics and cloud save support hit most of the required marks for what makes a mobile game good there are no actual in purchases in this title some speculate that the reason it carries the tag in the Google Playstore is because it takes you to rockstars website freak and then buy merchandise but we assure you there are no in-app purchases in this game and here's what we didn't like so much there are no play games achievements or any play game support at all it doesn't hinder the game all that much but it is a big-name Android game and we would have liked to have seen it more integrated with the growing Android gaming culture there are points where the game loses framerate even on the latest flagship devices so you will likely have to play this game on something other than mac settings to keep it running smooth all the time lastly the on-screen controls are clunky and y-you do eventually get used to them there's never that 100% totally comfortable feeling if you have a controller we highly recommend that you using Rockstar really put a lot of work into this port with the graphical settings all the various control settings the updated graphics and more they've done pretty much everything a developer can do to make a console game look and play great on mobile it has a few problems sure but nothing we would consider to be a deal-breaker we've seen some people balk at the idea of spending $7 but you have to remember that this isn't 200 levels of Angry Birds it's a full console title with side missions a long campaign and a full open world for you to explore it's the kind of stuff we've been asking for since gaming started being a thing on Android this game was won $60 brand-new and all they're asking for it now is $7 and we simply can't imagine a scenario where that isn't a good deal once again i'm joe hindi the android authority app guy don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel and check out these social media links below if you're gonna be hanging out for a minute we have a couple of awesome video suggestions right over there finally don't forget to check out the written companion in the video description thanks again for watching and have a wonderful day