Before San Andreas was released, I saw the Grand Theft Auto games as this:
Getting into the shoes of a law rebel who killed who he wanted, stole what he wanted and, pretty much did what ever the hell he felt like doing. It was also about being a laggy for The Itallian Mafia, working your way up, and eventually ruling everything.
GTA3 was amazing, but then came Vice City, and GTA3 became nothing but what it really was, a prequel. Vice City had many more vehicles, land ownership, change of clothing, more interactive missions, The Main Character had more of a background, plus; he talked.
Then, when I heard about San Andreas, I was quite excited. I heard of a map three times the size of VC, weapons of sorts, statistics system, interchangable vehicles, interchangable character (clothes), and much more. So did some research and found out that San Andreas was revolved around the concept of modern gangs... This made me nearly cry... Finally Channukah came, and my mother got me SA. I played it, beat it, and everything. I loved most of it. Swimming, custom race cars, the huge maps and, let's not forget, gambling. But... It didn't feel like Rockstar's other pieces, with their "too cool for school" Mafia feel. It didn't cut it for me.
So what I am trying to say is; Bring back the Mafia.
