Players can operate a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, trains, tanks, motorcycles, and bicycles. On foot, the player's character is capable of walking, running, swimming (the first Grand Theft Auto game in which diving and swimming without drowning is possible), limited climbing, and jumping, as well as using weapons and various forms of hand to hand combat. The core gameplay consists of elements of third-person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open environment in which to move around. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is similarly structured to the previous two games in the series. The protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Carl Johnson (CJ) Carl 'CJ' Johnson. CJ is forced on a journey that takes him across the entire state of San Andreas, to save his family and to take back control of the streets. On his return to the neighborhood, a couple of corrupt cops frame him for homicide.
His mother has been murdered, his family has fallen apart and his childhood friends are all heading towards disaster. Where film stars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gang-bangers. a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. “ Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas.
