Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | The Completionist

[@ColourShedProductions]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is simply 'the' game I've put more hours into than any other game I've played in the whole my life. I distinctly remember one playthrough where I got to I think 98.6% completion, but never 100%. And it's a tall order to say the least.

[@Gigaheart]

Witcher 3 would like a word with you.

[@toni5158]

Hey man I loved your reviews on gta games

[@tazinboor3913]

I love you dude I’ve seen lots of your videos again recently! Great to see you on this video.

[@hgdyicmg]

Hi

[@dylan9784]

beats my current 98.4% i’m stuck with now

[@fcrfortes]

This is an amazing game that was never meant for completion, I think. Just for always having something to do whenever you played it. That was what made it so special.

[@codyvettori]

hours spent in the casino got me good at blackjack

[@andyspendlove1019]

I think this is the best way to put it.

[@laron1231]

My brother always hands me the controller when it comes to driving flying and boating schools which was annoying lol

[@bigsmoke4592]

yeah if you try to get all the sprays and clams and stuff to 100% it, it will be hell searching for them. they are something you find randomly while fooling around

[@coryhamilton936]

I highly disagree. All 3 games in the trilogy were meant for completion way more so than gta 4. Only playing the story you get a great game. Going for 100% completion you see every side of san andreas which makes it the greatest game of all time.

[@MrSquaky]

I'd never thought he'd complete this game. Big kudos to the Compeletionist hes' a real one

[@kilomillensimus9379]

This dude is out here playing games I love in ways I've never been able to.

[@piotrstrukiel3479]

@@kilomillensimus9379 let's see him complete Arcanum (Steampunk crpg ;P)

[@gtaworld1808]

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[@gretelsgooch1676]

This is actually a cakewalk compared to most games he does

[@MrSquaky]

@@gretelsgooch1676 getting all gold in driving school is definitely not a cake walk.

[@lunch_trey]

Some of my favorite moments from this game include: - Base jumping off a skyscraper and opening my parachute at the last possible second - Parking my car on the Las Venturas Freeway and watching the ensuing pileup happen - Turning on the Infinite Ammo cheat, donning a jetpack and raining bullets from my dual SMGs down on the people below like a batshit super villain

[@lagginswag]

Jumping off Mt chiliad on a BMX bike and pulling the parachute too.

[@lindboknifeandtool]

Screenshot ting this for later lol

[@yasselb478]

I used to activate a cheat that bassicaly just boosts your bunny hops with a bike and I remember just spending hours trying to jump across buildings with the bike for hours. Was so fun

[@billyspencer7325]

I had a turbo button that I used for the sprint so you could go infinite and made you super speedy on the BMX haha

[@theoroderick782]

Did the 1 and 3 as well this game blew my mind with how open it was back in 2012

[@Jonkin715]

As a child who was a teenager in the 90s, this game was a dream come true when it came out. No matter the game's shortcomings, it will always has a special place in my heart.

[@JJMomoida]

Right there with you. While there are plenty of open world games to choose from nowadays, those kinds of games felt so rare to me back then, especially since I lived in a third world country, where genre selection was already limited. I remember San Andreas just blowing my mind with how much stuff you could do in it. I liked that you could change how CJ looked by eating a lot or working out or whatever. That kind of customization, while meager by today's standards, I imagine, really made the game stand out to me.

[@someonerandom8552]

I’m a 90s kid. This game was my childhood. Luckily my parents were pretty clueless as far as gaming was concerned (they thought it was all just “kids stuff.”) So they got it for me when I asked lol

[@co2_os]

Ur old haha

[@casedistorted]

Oh yeah it came out when I was in high school. Perfect game for that time. Too bad it didn’t age very well though.

[@casedistorted]

@@co2_os I am also old, 36 now. I was in Hs when this game came out. You’ll be old too one day ❤️

[@outphase78]

I understand how the game can come off as overwhelming nowadays but people have to know that back then, we didn't have the vast amount of video games as we do now. I feel as though today, we're so pressed for time to play and experience so much because not only games are bigger, we're full grown busy adults. When GTASA came out, many of us were kids, teens, and young adults who had the time to get lost in everything without the amount of distractions we have today. I believe the game was designed to just get lost in and you can come back to play whenever you want, definitely not to be completed in one sitting lol

[@ultramagnus1275]

👍👏

[@BigSleeveLess]

I was 23 when this dropped and I didn't have the time then to complete it

[@TheBlueboy7777]

Its really is an open world game.

[@buggytheprophet1017]

I was born and raised in Brazil, 60% of my english knowledge comes from this game, no joke, thx to this game, I wanted to learn english so I could understand what they were saying, and experience the game understanding what they say

[@SkyChaser-]

Gta miranha edition?

[@Goatbeez]

São Paulo edition

[@qiff6667]

Same

[@AlexRodriguez0407]

@@SkyChaser- existia uma loja perto de onde eu moro que vende versões modificadas do gta san andreas Uma delas tinha um mod menu que dá pra acessar apertando L2 e R2 ao mesmo tempo Perdi o disco e nunca mais achei :(

Culture victory.

[@xadow6467]

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas on the PS2 was one of my first video games I’ve ever played as a kid growing up. All the characters were all so lively and memorable. I remember my dad and I going through the internet and writing down cheat codes on a sheet of paper so we can always have whenever we need it for fun. My dad and I spent HOURS together messing with cheat codes in that game which made it very memorable for me as well. Fast forward to 2019, in my early teenage years. I wanted to play that game I’ve always loved playing growing up, and I got it on the PS4. I played throughout the story, collected everything in game and completed all the trophies. It was an experience that was really pleasant playing it once again. Completing Grand Theft Auto San Andreas felt like I finally completed my own childhood itself.

[@rekyrro9669]

"Aw shit here we go again" this perfectly describes Jirard's journey through New Game Plus

[@kylekiene779]

Lol

[@williamking5506]

And to add the nostalgia you asked for: I was born and raised in the hood, and I lived through the late 80s/early 90s crack wars. Lost a brother to it. It's amazing just how well this game captures the feel of that time, especially for a game from it's generation.

[@rizzy7766]

Remember LA Riots

[@williamking5506]

@@rizzy7766 Very well. They weren't just in L.A., the outrage spread to other cities as well. My hood was under martial law for two days, I remember walking to my first job while the Nat Guard 'tanks' drove up the streets.

[@ThaMobstarr]

Daamn man! My condolences! I assume you are out of the hood by now? Also, may I ask how it was being a white guy in the hood? I assume you grew up with people from all kinds of marginalised ethnic groups in the hood. But also amazed to hear that GTA SA did it so well.

[@vulpes6144]

To achieve true completion you need to order 2 number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, 2 number 45s, one with cheese, and a LARGE soda.

[@DanielCarpenterMusic]

Honestly, this video kind of shows the shortcomings of the completionist mindset. What made the PS2 GTA games great was that there was something in it for everyone, and everyone had their own attitudes and playstyles that they could bring to it. They weren't necessarily made for you to see everything, but for you to see everything you wanted to, and for some people that *was* everything, but for others, it was just the main story, or just having random rampages, or doing tasks. It's 100% what modern Rockstar games are missing, they've kind of crawled up their own arse giving you a 'CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE', they've forgotten how accessible and how playable the games that made them big were *because* they didn't have a curated, cinematic experience. I feel like looking back and seeing Rockstar be the anarchic 'hey, let's put this thing in there and see what happens' company is kind of bittersweet for the industry as a whole, considering they're now the billion dollar corporation that works people to death to get the horse testicle physics right.

[@nenevader25]

Amén

[@thefanman2912]

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[@stellviahohenheim]

I've put hundreds of hours into GTA:Sa and never even once did i think there's too much stuff to do in the game. He just doesn't like GTA he said so at the beginning, why force youself to review it then?

[@TheBlueboy7777]

​@@stellviahohenheim atleast he admit he doesnt like it but just to prove he is a gamer and real a completionist~ its hilarious to watch him to complain lol

[@strategist9]

More and more this channel feels like a glimpse into Jirard's growing madness, as games become so bloated and time-consuming to complete often without much going for it in the end. Hope he can complete something else more rewarding next time.

[@eyasa9448]

This is why I quit being a completionist I just realized what was the point of completing something I don't enjoy? This is why these days I'll play the story and side missions for any game however I won't go out of my way to do collectibles anymore

[@TheDapperDragon]

I keep saying it, he really should drop the complitionist, as it often hurts his opinion of otherwise great games, and makes him think better of shit games. It makes complete it ratings more special when he choses to go out of his way to complete it, rather than complete it as fast as he can, crunching himself into oblivion

[@DarkbloomVis]

Yeah I can't see myself doing what he does, pushes himself to play a game so much he eventually hates it (which he does a lot). It defeats the fun of gaming, which is the entire point.

[@casedistorted]

I wonder how he has the time to complete all these games. They’re not small feats for each game

[@dubl33_27]

@@casedistorted i 100% gta san andreas a couple of times and it took like a week or 2 weeks maximum to do it so not that long

[@deebzscrub]

For what it's worth I don't like seeing you complete these monsters because I like seeing you suffer, but because I just find it extremely impressive that you're even able to do so. You the man Jirard.

[@numbmind120]

I will never forget the winter of 2004-05 when me and my best friend James sat around beating this game. Got it as a gift from my parents when i got a PS2. The most fun i ever had beating a GTA game.

[@Total2Gamerz]

It s insane how many things they packed into this game. Before i got internet at home i had no idea about a lot of side activities and finding every collectible was downright impossible , and trust me as a kid i really tried to complete these things, not because i didn t have any other game to play, but i think what drove me to complete these things is just not knowing what the reward was. But the gta where i sunk the most hours is definitely vice city stories on the psp, damn i played through the story of that one for tens of times , but never actually managed to complete it because i couldn t find the last 9 baloons , and i tried for hundreds of hours literally bombarding the city with the attack elicopter. Man completing these games would have been a whole lotta easier nowdays

[@ros9764]

I remember when i played this game as a kid i didn't speak English yet i still played it a ton and had fun because all i had to do was just run around and press random buttons most of the time. The hospital spawn street is cemented into my brain. I wasn't *that* type of guy but i remember having friends who'd just search for the cheat codes online and write down on a notebook their favourite codes. Great times

[@andreasottohansen7338]

same. this is one of the reasons my english is as good as it is.

[@D0omC0okie]

Right next to the skatepark with a free bmx? 👌🏾

[@Moe_GC94]

What is crazy to me looking back at it today is that this game already has SO much content, Story elements and atmosphere, and yet - it could have been nearly double in size, Story length, features and mechanics - proven by the amount of cut content left in the games coding and files. That's insane!

[@calamorta]

And nearly 20 years later of hardware improvement we still have open world games that feel smaller and less vivid than GTA SA.

[@oops6876]

“How should we draw Jirard as the main character for this one? We could-“ “JUST GIVE HIM A BIKE.”

[@drandescancelled2825]

They could've make him wearing a white tank top

[@pearlydewdropsfall]

Playing the GTA games back in the day with my best friend who was also my neighbor are some of the greatest memories of all time. So many hours spent just doing nonsense, crashing into pedestrians, exploring the cities, getting in high speed chases…. Unforgettable.

[@homerman76]

I will always respect Jirard's willingness and ability to complete so many games. A lot of people question my own desire to complete games when they get to be frustrating and tedious, so it's always nice to remember that I'm not alone in that desire. As painful as some games are to complete, the feeling of getting that sweet sweet 100% is always great (even if sometimes that feeling is more of a sense of relief over getting it done 😂

[@arcane5413]

GTA SA is definitely my favorite out of the 3D trilogy it has so much content (That even Gta 4 or 5 didnt/dont have) and a part of why GTA SA is great to me is because it was one of my first video games i remember playing. I remember getting into a car listing to ice cube rap and running over pedestrians just to spawn at the nearest hospital. Using cheat codes that i still somehow remember today I was able to make GTA SA mine to run around and cause chaos in

[@jdawg6389]

So much more RESPECT for him after seeing everything he did in this game.

[@betcheck]

Having only one copy of the game on PS2, after having played it intensely and frequently for 3 years, my cousins, my sister and I had to find a way to play all together and to pass the controllers between us a little faster. So we invented timed challenges to be completed in 2-player cooperation, the duo that managed to do so with the best time would win. For example, there was a challenge that consisted of entering zone 69 (4 stars), stealing a plane, landing on Mount Chilliad, and then reaching the San Fierro container ship, all without using any other code than the ammunition code. The good old days.

[@doomzilla3568]

Aw sh*t, here we go again! And this time, Jirard is taking in the biggest entry of the gta trilogy and my personal favorite growing up, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas!!!!

[@Sandman_Slim]

The most frustrating of the pentology.

[@mfirdanhb]

@@Sandman_Slim but ain't repeatable

[@glassfanatic6691]

Man this game brings back so many great memories. I don't even remember how my brother and I got my hands on this but we did and we enjoyed it so much. Even just biking around on the BMX. Unfortunately he passed away last year but thinking about some of the times we had blowing up cars and speeding away from fleets of police officers will always make me smile.

[@travissmith5739]

Sorry to hear, a friend told me that eventually u can bunny hop houses. I did not believe until I was bunny hopping houses!

[@klutz47]

I'm sorry for your loss, but atleast he's sleeping in peace, remembering times he and you had.

[@glassfanatic6691]

@@klutz47 thank you for your comment 🙏

[@MrDrBoi]

I will always remember the commercials for this game with Welcome to the Jungle by Guns n Roses playing in the background. Such an amazing game that is so much more than its memes!

[@VegaGameplayz]

I can’t stress enough how cool this channel is. It’s like walking into a museum of video game history.

[@edelgardian]

Completing this game really is a nightmare, which is a shame because I had such fond memories of the game growing up. My nostalgia has been warped trying to complete it.

[@AllegrettoCrescendo]

This video was like therapy for my middle school self, all the things I wanted to say about the game back then-- trauma and all. It was only exasperated by the lack of games available to play as a young teenager with no money, so you can bet we tried to squeeze every last bit of content out of our games. All that time spent with that RC helicopter... all that time spent commuting to hidden jumps after failed attempts... all that time looking for bigfoot...

[@thecinematicmind]

The memories of this game in 2004 was unforgettable.

[@Unofficial1998]

James Wood as Mike Toreno is literally the best thing in San Andreas. Toreno may deliver funny lines, but can also be scary as hell when he is serious, as seen in the mission "Hijack." Doing missions for him was a blast aside from the mission "N.O.E." but overall I enjoyed the interactions between CJ and Toreno. His best lines come from when CJ is too fat to do one of his tasks or when you take your time buying the Abandoned Airfield where he progressively calls you, telling you to learn to fly or else your brother will be meeting "Horse Cock Harry" in prison.

[@Zeitta7]

I didn't own this game, but my best friend at the time did. So I would go over to his house every day, and we would go to town, beating the story, playing side quests, blowing up everything we could before getting wasted, and most importantly the cheat codes. THAT IS WHAT MADE THIS GAME MAGIC, everyone had a note book filled with cheat codes, it was built in hacks, it gave people a god complex.

[@rompevuevitos222]

That one friend with a printer who could get the cheats with the PS2 controller icons The rest of us just had to write them down The magic of booting up the game and taking out the sheet like if it was a real document

[@ryz8]

i had the cheats memorized. i actually can still remember a few of them. the jet pack was an incredibly useful cheat for travel haha.

[@agayweirdo5404]

I owned the game myself and it helped me from not killing myself from the ages 10-12.

[@tximinoman]

Whenever a friend was over at my house (or I was at some friends house) and we were playing this game, we used cheatcodes to make it more fun. I memorized the guns and health cheats as well as the jetpack one, just from using them. About two or three years ago, I plugged in my old PS2 and played GTA: San Andreas for the first time in probably a decade. I still remembered the cheats. But the weirdest part wasn't that I remember them, is that I can't write them down because my hands remember the cheats but my brain doesn't.

[@amd1273]

The game is so much more fun without cheating. Escaping a high 4-6 star wanted rating without cheating was an accomplishment, it's lame just putting in a cheat code. Same thing with weapons, just find all spray tag locations and you will have weapons at your safehouse. That's just me though, I like a challenge

[@silverchaired]

Even though I was born in 2005, San Andreas is the game I think about when asked “what’s your childhood video game?” My dad modded our original Xbox and San Andreas was the only game on it. My brother and sister would play it all the time and I would just watch them, and when they went to bed I would sneak on to have a turn. Never completed San Andreas, but I have the fondest memories of messing around with the cheats and finding the Easter eggs around the map

[@karbengo]

I played the game on PS2 when it first released, It was a ton of fun back then, but kid me couldn't go past the couple of final missions, so I couldn't finish it. Today, as an adult, I played the classic PC version to 100% completion in december 2021. Over more than 100 hours of play, lots of highs, some lows, but I went trough it all, and I had an overall blast. Also, I am not a native english speaker, so re playing the game now that I am fluent in english allowed me to finaly enjoy tons of jokes and puns that flew by me as a kid. This game is a gem and i fully intend to play it again this year, with the addition of mods to further improve the experience. This game still holds up to this modern age, and if there are mechanics you feel are outdated, like for instance the lack of a weapon wheel GTA5 style, there is a mod to suit all your needs.

[@hostileenvironment6107]

After playing games like last of us pt 2 and RDR2 I know I need a heavily modded playthrough to really enjoy the game. IMO just so many dated mission types, Namely that motorcycle one when you are chasing buddy on the motorcycle. Glad I bought original SA on PC before cheap ass take two. Took it down.

[@Fnatic2010]

I am also in same situation. I played Vice City when i released but couldn't find a way to unlock more missions in the 2nd island. Also I didn't knew English back then so I remember nothing about the story. Hope to finish it one day after I finish my playthrough of Vice City Stories

[@fffrrraannkk]

A friend brought over GTA 3 for PS2 right after it came out. I had never even heard of it. The game changed everything for me in regards to gaming. It was the first time I felt like I was in a large living world. Up to that point there was nothing else that could do what it did. It certainly brought in a new era of games. I still listen to The Scientist from time to time when I go for a drive.

[@SaraBlade]

I just love how drastically different your competition experience is from mine. In fact I thought Vice City was the worst to complete and San Andreas was the easiest out of the trilogy. Its probably because everytime I did play before I completed it I was always finding something new that I enjoyed doing. Like the missions you unlock after you do the driving school. The only reason I even knew those existed was because of a guide I got with the game but didn't really use until way later. I didn't even have much of a problem with the ambulance missions. With Vice City those missions were just terrible for me. But in San Andreas I found that if you start the mission in one of the smaller towns north of Los Santos it does two things. The first thing is most of the people you need to pick up would already be just right there in that small town. The second is if they did spawn out of town it didn't matter because the game gave me so much time and I didn't have to enter the city which meant I could just go off road if I wanted to to finish it even faster.

[@gavfitzpatrick]

Same here I thought SA was the easiest completion of the trilogy, if you got bored of doing something you could always start something else and come back and finish it later. unlike GTA 3 where you had to do the ambulance mission before you even started playing the story missions at the very start of the game. Same with the rampages, every time you got to a new island you had to do the rampages before starting any missions on that Island

[@Tepiloxtl]

I think this is in part in how Jirard (and me, too!) are completionists to the core and from the bone marrow. I think while 3 and VC are the great game to "tick off activities" in, San Andreas just shines in just what you said, fluid gameplay where you leisurly jump from activity to activity and always find some hidden shiny gem, until you finish it off, hundreds of hours later. This to put bluntly, one could write a long discourse about it. Despite that, I still find San Andreas to be the pinnacle of game design of its time, and to this day, one of the best of titles ever made, and I come back yearly to finish the whole trilogy all over again. Over 20 years later, and its still as captivating and great as it was at release. I've put a reservation on Steam Deck, and I can't wait to take it on a spin with these games when I get my hands on it, this or next year, I can't imagine how it will play "on the go" (except I can, because of PSP releases of LCS and VCS, and later Vita ports of original trilogy!)

[@Leron...]

Jirard's commitment to what he does is absolutely inspiring

[@toni5158]

My favorite game of all time I have completed it twice this is gonna be interesting to watch

[@Tomiply]

I maxed out nearly all the skills just by playing the game normally. Never felt like a hassle to me. Then again, I was a kid who didn't have any other games to play, and I didn't do it just because I HAD to complete them. Also, sure, you might think it's too much, but 99% of people don't GRIND like crazy in big games in order to make a video. People take their time, and even the few who decide to do everything, do so over a long period of time.

[@1YoungRoyalty1]

This games definitely seems like hell for a completionist, but if you don’t necessarily care about completing everything, especially in one sitting, the amount of player choice and realism is fantastic. To me at least. There are so many features from San Andreas that I wish was in GTA V

[@titleloanman]

I think what a lot of people circling back might either not know or have forgotten from that era is that it was very in vogue to make completion an overwhelming task. The view at the time wasn’t necessarily that the completion itself meant anything - it was that it represented “running out” of content. So making completion take 200 hours instead of 100 hours was largely a positive, pretty much no matter how you went about that. That’s why so many games from about 98-2008 devolve into horrific grind-a-thons. It was intentionally fluffed to maximize amount of content, not to make a rewarding completion experience.

[@Duuu93]

This ps4 version is the definitive edition for GTA San Andreas. It keeps all the stuff that only has in the original ps2 version with a bump on the resolution.

[@ChillaxingJay]

San Andreas was my favorite GTA game as a kid and still is. I 100%'ed both GTA III and Vice City but I gave up doing that for SA. Kudos to you man for taking on a monumental challenge and pushing through.

[@keithdeibert2978]

This game completes so naturally. Some of the collectathons are better than the mid game story

[@TheCaWaLa]

Rockstar’s open worlds are generally great fun to 100%, often as you’re actually playing the story

[@themadtitan7603]

The earlier Rockstar games had weaker plots so completing the open-world content a lot of the time was more fun than the story missions.

[@liamhealy4511]

@@themadtitan7603 not San Andreas. The story is the best in the series

[@WhoopsISuck]

Makes it all more the pity that the gang warfare is locked out for that middle, tho. Mid game is perfect ‘pop on a podcast and cruise’ gameplay

[@themadtitan7603]

@@liamhealy4511 I said weaker not weak and I think GTA IV might have the best story personally or at least the most consistent, because you don't go from a grounded crime story to stealing a jetpack from Area 69 all of the sudden.

[@RECALLAUDITS]

I first played this game when i had to share a room with my older brother. He thought he was black, he liked rap/Eminem, smoked weed all the time with his mates, he had a collection of bongs on the window, so it was like having my very own Grove Street member in my bedroom 😂 I remember how he made his CJ, it would always be an afro, white tank top, green face rag, green pants, chains.

[@catfishandbass8680]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas... The most content of ANY game I have EVER played in my LIFE. 10/10 game. Not even an exaggeration.

[@CreepyUncleIdjit]

I got to agree with you there. One of the biggest reasons GTA IV was such a disappointment to me was that it was a huge graphic upgrade but a major feature downgrade. Like the song on K-ROSE says, one step forward and two steps back.

[@dunkelstevenson4413]

@@CreepyUncleIdjit I was so disappointed with the missing vehicle customization, the lack of character customization, the fact semis couldnt carry trailers, and not having any fun rural areas, my least favorite gta map since the 2d games

[@CreepyUncleIdjit]

@@dunkelstevenson4413 I think I had more fun playing Liberty City stories than GTA IV.

[@amd1273]

GTA 4 had some moments. One thing I absolutely hated was the friendship dynamic where you would repeatedly have Friends calling you to hang out or girlfriend's. If you declined the whole"like scale" would go down. It was one of the stupidest things I'd seen in GTA games. Plus it irritated me the platinum was unobtainable do to online trophies that were no longer possible to get

[@amd1273]

@@dunkelstevenson4413 vehicle customization was the best part of San Andreas. GTA 4 just didn't make sense, no customization, no property to buy, money was useless in that game like GTA 3. I like the story but other than that I found GTA 4 just disappointing. Could have been better

[@RPGtourguide]

San Andreas was a fun time back in the day. I remember my brother’s friend brought his copy over and we goofed around on it all the time. Plugging in cheat codes, seeing how long we could survive with max stars, daring each other to do random things. It was a good time. It would be a long while after that when I even touched the actual story. I can imagine taking the completionist route to this open a game would be frustrating. Well done for taking on that challenge!

[@matzmilan7780]

This was my favorite game. There were a lot of mysteries and urban legends. I remember my friends from school telling me how big foot appeared on some places of San andreas. Playing with my best friend at the time multi-player was epic. I loved everything, comleting story, or just traveling through the map. Finding new places while traveling...the feeling of discovery that I have never felt with other game.

[@danielhergert7446]

the grumpy lobster staring over the shoulder during the rant was some great comedy while Mr. dragonrider was falling apart

[@mgiebus1869]

I used to spend hours getting my garage and outfits right. Then I'd give a pedestrian the camera and have em take pictures of me. Shout out to Jirard for playing the real game and not that cash in definitely not edition

[@garuelx8627]

You never realize how rewarding 100%ing this game is until you pick up a minigun with infinite ammo. I basically wiped the Ballas and Vagos off the face of the Earth.

[@dspsblyuth]

You needed a minimum to take out those busters?

[@garuelx8627]

@dspsblyuth nope, but it sure was fun turning the remainder of them into slurry with it.

[@chuck600]

@@dspsblyuth it's extremely useful for gang territories, 14 can be done in less than 15 minutes

[@jdoggsoxfan33]

This was my first GTA ever. The amount of afternoons I spent with my best friend just exploring and doing devious stuff in San Andreas will always hold a special place in my memories.

[@soyeons.vegetable.supplier]

This video is exactly what I needed to see.. I'm about 100 hours into my first playthrough of the game, getting close to the end, and feeling weird about how much stuff I'm skipping as someone who tends to be a completionist (not dating all the girls, not finishing the trucking missions, races, etc.). Glad to get confirmation that I can, in fact, skip some things and move on with my life and not feel guilty fomo anxiety about it. Thank you for all your pain and suffering

[@lovesbela]

I absolutely loved this game, so. many. hours. playing this. the customization, SWIMMING! the map size, the story, was so interesting to me when I was younger when I wanted to just chill id take CJ on a motorcycle and just ride.. mainly in the "back o beyond" and up the mountain, listening to "dts" or "radio x" then dating the different girls, going to the casino? everything is so much fun. there is so much to name but for me, this was and is one of my favorite games to play.

[@ty_sylicus]

You are not kidding sir, this game 1,000% BLEW MY MIND back in the day. Unlike Jirard though, I knew my limits and never pursued 100% or more here. GTA: SA is more about the journey than the destination my dudes.

[@turkicnomad5632]

Rockstar knew the stories that they wanted to tell right off of the bat. And they were dedicated enough to build the engine for it. That’s the artistic drive I live for.

[@paulbell3682]

Rockstar did not build the RenderWare engine. Criterion Games did.

[@VitorCaetanoNH]

GTA is a franchise that definitely wasn't created thinking that someone would want to do everything on it. I think they just add a bunch of stuff so you can always have something to do, not for you to necessarily do all of it

[@callmepsycho3132]

The trilogy…is complete. Some might even say… The DEFINITIVE Trilogy.

[@soxxieproxducer]

Me: has to be up for a important meeting at work in 6 hours.. Me seeing this: oh well it can wait

[@JAYDOG1337A]

I actually really love that line "ah shit, here we go again", it's like he's acknowledging just how much we play the game, I must've finished this game at least a few dozen times.

[@Ray25689]

In my personal file, completion means that I get as many special vehicles as possible without cheats, like an indestructible hydra. Where "as possible" includes every garage, even the ones in the 3 impounds. Quite a pain in the ass tbh, the usual 100% is just a neat little side quest there

[@themadtitan7603]

Correction: GTA 3 came out in 2001, 3 years before San Andreas and Vice City came out 2 years earlier.

[@walsh451]

in the terf war bit there is a tiny slither of enemy terf that you can hardly see on the map, its designed so you always have to protect your terf. But if you walk that side walk and kill the enemies when they come you can capture it and never have to defend them again

[@travisspencley-smith7905]

I would stay up late on school nights and weekends for this game. So much value in this game. My whole childhood!!!!

[@andrewdunn5568]

I remember finding the 2 player icon by accident. One night me, my brother and our friend were playing around and i remembered the 2 player mode. We had so much fun with that mode. Me and brother would jump the fence to get into the airport in LS and use the jet. It only would let 1 player in it so one of us would have to ride on the wing. We would try to fly and land on the highest building in LS. Took us forever and we fell to our deaths constantly but we finally did it. Another friend and me would play satchel charge death battles and no matter how many times i would trust him he would find a way to screw me over and kill my character. We went on a cross country roadtrip from LS to San Fierro to Las Venturas. Right before we got to LV he got out of the truck and blew me up with a satchel charge. The bastard. 2 player mode was the best part for me about the original release.

[@mikehurt3290]

I love the short draw distance on the older versions cause if you start a pile up on a highway cars appear at full speed out of nowhere and then if a cop gets hit they will actually shoot down the NPC who hit them its hilarious

[@BlowWord.]

Everything he said was what made the game the most realistic & honestly a contender for greatest game of all time

[@Stjimmyrulesx]

Does anyone remember the horse betting mini game in the hick part of town where all the horses were named after horse euphemisms. Such a fun barely noticeable part of the game.

[@hankthetank8039]

My god, that rant near the end was palpable. I didn't know if you were describing video games or life for a second there. 😆

[@robobob408]

I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this video. This game has a special place in my heart, and oddly and unfortunately enough was one of my first experiences of wanting to complete a game 😅 you hit EVERY POINT that I just knew you'd hit. The accuracy of some of the most daunting tasks, with a good lot of them having little impact on the traditional "completion" requirements. And yet, in a weird classic Rockstar fashion, the level of immersion takes over and is a spectacle to get lost in, despite how FRUSTRATING IT CAN BE. TO DO. EVERY. LITTLE. DAMN. THING. THE SCHOOL LESSONS. THAT WACKY RED BARON. FOLLOWING THAT TRAIN. MAINTAINING STATS. All in the name of completion. It's a completion masochism. So interesting and hilarious at times, yet so infuriating and impossibly dragged out at others. Brilliant video as always.

[@TetraSky]

To think it was released only 2 years after vice city... and these days we get GTA 5 re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-release every year.

[@EmperorsPath]

I felt all of the pain during this video, and I never even completed the story. I got so fed up with the long travel between missions, mission starts, mission objectives that I gave up in the end. Well done!

[@johnoneil9188]

San Andreas is the game that made me fall in love with open world games and one of the games that formed a big chunk of my childhood and my modern tastes. Even if I have to admit that I never finished it due to some reason or another. I spend so much time just driving around the map listening to KDST until I could sing all the songs and knew the state better than my own home town.

[@Thundernoob98]

I remember reading about this game in Electronic Gaming Monthly and how they were talking about how cool it was that, while you go into the barber shop, Ryder would lean against the car with his foot up until you get out. My favorite part of the game was how you start out in the inner city and then are suddenly thrown into the country.

[@michaelschwartz8730]

San Andreas is still one of my favorite games. And I wouldn't recommend completing it to my worst enemy

[@someonerandom8552]

Lol same. I’ve completed the story like god knows how many times. But I wouldn’t complete it. That shit should be against the Genova convention or something lol

[@Wowwhut]

The madness towards the end is what I'm watching this channel for. Thank you for not disappointing in what I'm sure is one of the most maddening adventure yet. Keep it up big guy

[@jseeker1867]

God, I wanna take Jirard to a park and just...let him vibe there for days on end. I think he deserves it.

[@brunoramos9747]

When these games came out phones just coming out this game was a true escape in a different time

[@VGMLucifier]

Worth a replay, but is there anyone who hasn’t actively fully completed a GTA game before? The “most” I’ve ever done was GTA IV, not 100% but around 80%, takes a lot of patience, but I’d imagine GTA SA is a lot easier than that, especially the controversial remakes/upgrades we’ve seen in the past 10-20 years. I’m just in it for the story, mayhem, and cheats. 😎 Also light amount of multiplayer whenever possible.

[@r0b3rt_959]

My best score is 90% on GTA V

[@yarr_bro]

I literally have never fully completed a GTA game. GTA IV has numerous online only achievements and the classic games have monotonous glitches and coding errors that I refuse to subject myself to.

[@Lucky2000Zx]

I have fully completed GTA III and VC plus platinumed them since their isn’t much extra in them. I have 100% plus platinumed SA but not to the extent Jirard has with the extra stuff not required for 100% and for GTA V I just 100% and not the extra stuff for the story since lots of the trophies are based on Online and will take many years at a natural rate. I’m going to be playing GTA IV for the first time pretty soon and intending on just 100% it

[@bladeworksmaster]

For those curious about Grand Theft Auto San Andreas’ plot without having to slog through the stuff Jirard did, I highly recommend checking out the screenshot Let’s Play of this game by Jerusalem in the Let’s Play Archives! Jerusalem does a fantastic job of filling in the gaps of plot you’d never see in the game, and showing off some of the deeper secrets hidden within the game.

[@thomasbruce4990]

Jirard, you are an example of humanity. You are so sweet and so smart. And you make us feel like old friends. That being said....you said it at the top of this video, your best videos are the ones where you are suffering. I feel intense guilt at enjoying your pain! I'm so greatful to G4 for introducing me to you. Thank you for the Completionist and I thank G4 for finding you.

[@thomasbruce4990]

#Drpepper #Pizzahut

[@VitZ9]

Well he is a human, so I'd hope he is an example of humanity.

[@JKHGAMING]

First game I ever played at the age of 2. My pops had some connections so we got the game on the xbox before it released on the ps2, with the hot coffee mode unremoved... lol. This game is my literal childhood. Only game I played for 2 years and my 2nd game was scarface at 4. Lol. I started off watching my dad play the missions then I'd free roam stealing trains, drive cop cars pretending to be a cop and just driving around listening to KDST. This game has a MAJOR influence on my childhood and probably life as a whole. Freebird from KDST is still my all time favorite song. I've 100% this game 2 times but I've probably beat it 100. I've had this game on basicly every way possible, Xbox, ps2, ps3, ps4, steam and even my phone.

[@GeneralMcNuggs]

It is unimaginable that they were able to go from GTA3 to that in under 4 years.

[@anachronologist2017]

GTA San Andreas is one of those games that you remember where & when you were playing it. I played it just coming out of high school with my friends down the street. We would take turns on single player missions and before there was online, we made our own multiplayer modes, as in, "see who can last longer in a 5 or 6 star wanted level". We got competitive, and it was fun as hell. P.S. Great usage of The Soviet Connection from GTA4, one of the best theme songs of all time.

[@TurdApocolypse]

First played this in my friends basement in the mid-2000s. He had a sheet of lined paper with about 20 cheat codes on it. We didn't care for the story at all. It was all about the cartoonish levels of violence we could get up to. Flying tanks and rocket launchers. It was pure bliss

[@Alexzw92]

I’ve been playing SA since the day it came out. I finally 100%’ed the game one year ago. It took me 2 months of playing only one game to do it. I couldn’t imagine trying to complete EVERYTHING else that doesn’t even count towards 100%

[@victorpanunzio6043]

I remember playing this for hours in the cyber café with the cheat codes sheet by my side... Such a goat status game, really glad you did this awesome review!

[@oteris2924]

G--fuel puts Uncle Escobar's Nose Candy in it. This is why Jirad is so hyped, I did so much of this back when it first came out on PS2. Even all these years later I know Jirad's pain.

[@MrSmaaaaaash]

Fuckin love this game. I never thought you'd complete it because it's so big.

[@reeceaustin481]

“ALL YOU HAD TO DO IS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ!” Ohhhh the rage

[@shred_zed1]

People who do 100% speedruns of San Andreas are on another level of crazy.

[@sterbebett]

All those complains are justified, but I doubt the developers expected people to complete everything in the game, specially in one sitting; but rather try something, see if you like/enjoy it, complete it. For example, I loved the taxi missions, but never liked the vigilante missions; I know most people are the opposite, and that's OK. GTA games aren't meals, they are buffets, and you go back to them repeatedly over the years until the next installment is released.

[@Sebass2021]

When he lists off the things to do at 26:00, I’m surprised he didn’t mention the “Beat the Cock” Ironman/Triathlon event.

[@Let6me6in6]

YES!!! My favorite influencer completing my favorite game! I spent my whole senior year in High School playing GTA SA. I love this game and it will always hold a special place in my heart. Awesome video man! Love ya man and keep the videos coming.

[@ArkhBaegor]

Please don't insult him by calling him an influencer

[@peighnesshonourchign9164]

"Influencer" Lmmfgdao

[@Senko_Sans]

youre too sweet Jirard, never lose your energy man its the most beautiful thing

[@electricoj2765]

It’d be really cool if he went to complete Vice City Stories and Liberty City Stories too. The games are available on the PS2 even though they were also on the PSP, so the game is relatively small and kinda easy to 100%, at least VCS, I still haven’t gotten to 3 and LCS since I’m currently working on completing San Andreas

[@Looztherin]

I have legit had nightmares caused by the words "All we had to do was follow the damn train CJ!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinprettyman1367]

I would love to see coverage on Manhunt from Rockstar

[@johnny5805]

Loved the rant ! I think everyone who has played the game has suffered the same frustrations you so eloquently rage bomb. 🙂