Los Santos under the sun, baggy sweatpants and a whole state to take back, street by street.

When the community decides on gut feeling, no thinking, San Andreas lands ahead of 96% of games, on few votes, to be confirmed. And the detail backs up the aura. The fun, that game you start for five minutes and drop at 3am, ahead of 82% of titles. The sound, those legendary radio stations, ahead of 89%. The art style too, ahead of 82%. Where it slips a little is attachment, below the middle, and the controller feel, under average, slightly dated sensations its sequels later sharpened. But the whole thing breathes a game you never forget.

Against modern open worlds, San Andreas keeps a lead where it counts: the energy, the humor, that soundtrack stuck to your skin. The driving and gunfights have aged, true, but the playground stays enormous.

So who is it for? For you if you love getting lost in a living city, stacking up nonsense to a perfect radio station, rediscovering a classic that still hits. Far less if you want modern controller feel and flawless polish.