I've played III, and Vice City, and blacks get portrayed as they are in all 3. There is no glorification to it, San Andreas just focuses more on them. Focus =/= glorification. If anyone sees glory in getting shot up for an ounce of crack, then they probably should live in such a neighborhood for humanity's sake. It's just a game where you play a role of a 'reformed' black 'gangsta'. I play many games with roles, some appeal to me, others don't. Some are so far removed from everyday reality that it's hard to even picture oneself as them.  If I ever get a PS3 or other system that carries it, I will probably get IV. Yeah, I don't think the GTA games glorify Blacks at all, not even the one with the Black main character. If anything they make fun of them, they accused the game developers of being racist because in GTA: Vice City, the main character was an Italian and he was allied with what seemed to be White Cubans and his enemies were the Black Haitians, you'd go around shooting up Haitians throughout the game:D And the main guy(Tommy Vercetti)'s partner in the game, a Black guy named Lance Vance turned out to be a back stabber in the end and you had to kill him:cool: Plus Vercetti never liked the nig in the first place, he only teamed up with him because he was obligated. That game had alot of cries of racism by the nigs. And in San Andreas with the black main character I don't see it as glorifying the black ghetto culture at all, it makes fun of it more than anything. Makes them look as stupid and criminal as they are.