I think this is the greatest single player game currently available. The diversity of gameplay is absolutely staggering, as is the size of the game world. San Andreas represents the absolute pinnacle of production value and cutting edge game design. This really feels like a title whose creators set out to make the best game they could imagine -- they gave far, far more than what they could've gotten away with, and that is truly appreciated. San Andreas honors and incorporates too many great game design principles to count -- it is filled with echoes, of almost every classic title in videogame history.