Characters(strong ones regardless of gender, ethnicities – black, Asian, Native, etc., and mafias from several of them) are enjoyable and spot-on types. Steeped in African-American ghetto flavor, with their criminal activities, slang, etc.
As the others, this has a separate identity – still, this was the riskiest yet. He will have to prove himself to them, and aid them in re-establishing their old gang(fighting others for Turf, that also has to be protected you can recruit individual ones, more as you gain more Respect, to follow you and add guns to your drive-by(!) or on-foot attack), The Grove Street Families, clashes with corrupt cops(including Jackson's aggressive Tenpenny) and gain enough power to protect him and his(thus a more personal and vast take on the usual plot of these, with the usual doublecrosses and twists along the way, as well as working against someone and then later for that same person).
When CJ(Young Maylay in his debut, enthusiastic but not always sticking around) returns to Los Santos(LA, with its huge population Los Fierro is like San Francisco with its culturally rich streetscapes, and Las Venturas is like Las Vegas, full of bright signs and gambling – you can get into debt, and get whacked for not repaying!) for his mother's funeral(over the course of this, he'll learn who was involved), he finds his friends and family in disarray.
