Sam Houser of Rockstar Games, who had a huge hit with GTA3 at the time, decided to make it a story about an American slum with a black protagonist. It is a game based on the soulful story of black people in the slums of the 80s and 90s.
When it first came out, ‘black people were only portrayed as criminals’, and on the contrary, ‘there is no way a black protagonist would be successful.’ It is said that there was a lot of controversy both inside and outside the country, but the protagonist of GTA San Andreas, Carl Johnson, is still the number one black character in American games due to the unprecedented success since its release.
The characters are black + orphan + disabled + Asian + illegal immigrants, and the story synergy is so good that it remains a masterpiece.