Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 17+

My first experience of GTA was GTA IV on the Xbox with Nico Bellic. I remember thinking that it was (at the time) just the most fun game ever...it ticked all the boxes, with storyline missions, side quests, a good story & importantly HOURS (days!) of game play.

Anyway, I’ve been without the Xbox for some years and missed the experience; I never thought GTA would transfer onto the phone but I decided to give it a shot a few weeks ago. I was NOT disappointed with this. Playing as CJ and manoeuvring out of the ghetto, with the usual mix of bent cops, shady types, treacherous allies...it’s just brilliant. The three different cities on the map, the variety of vehicles (the flight! Though I can’t say I love the plane missions!)...it’s just so rich, so fun & so engaging. I’m in a second play through now and have found things I didn’t the first time.

Easily 5* - I wish the other GTAs available were as good as this one!

So there has been an update to the controller compatibility and it’s broken the use of the Xbox controller Bluetooth compatibility on IOS, I am using an Xbox one controller and I have noticed a few things have stopped working since a recent update, opening the map you can’t press “Select” because there is no select button on an Xbox controller and pressing the same little button doesn’t do anything, the old controller layout was perfect where you could press Y or Triangle to open the map in the menu, it’s also not nice playing with your old controller layout, then mid way through having to get used to your new layout that doesn’t function with my controller. This is an issue I’d only assume this is across the Xbox one controller board, you guys should make it so your game recognises what controller is being used, call of duty has that input, why can’t you? I get that it’s a new game maybe and things are being tested etc but it can unfortunately make the game unplayable and it’s a shame because I played GTA SA when I was a kid on the PS2 and so far the game has been perfect for me till now. Please fix the settings menu for more controller compatibility for my good old memories needs!!!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼😢😢

The driving is just awful. The analog stick is totally unresponsive, missions like the driving school were hard enough on PS4 with a proper controller on this it is impossible. Made it to San Francisco now stuck with 4 different mission routes. I am stuck simply because the touch screen controls make it so I cannot do any 4 of the missions I need to advance. On one I am expected to drive behind 4 bikes and “grab” packages off them - except the touch screen is so unresponsive this is impossible - for some reason the package grab button is above the analog stick so you can either direct the bike or perform the task but you can’t do both at the same time. Drive bys are also basically impossible too for this reason as you either accelerate or drive, I don’t have three hands so I can’t accelerate, drive and shoot at the same time. The targeting system for shooting with a touch screen makes this game worse than the Vice City port, it hinders rather than helps. The racing missions take hours because the driving controls are awful. Because the analog stick only appears when you touch the screen it can take forever to activate it.

This used to be one of my favourite games of all time but they have managed to ruin it for me.