Respect is also an important 'ability' players can earn, as they need it to go on in the plot of the game and take more missions), and helps the player to earn money, which can be spent on cars, food (to stop the player from getting hungry), weapons, and a lot of other things. There are many missions to be taken the game as a whole has a plot, and the missions the player solves make the plot go on and help the player for his/her abilities (which are for example swimming, condition but also driving bicycles without falling from them and better shooting. If CJ loses his weapons, he can buy weapons from different gun shops (although he must pay for them). If CJ gets caught by the police he loses all of his weapons and some money and he will appear at the nearest police station (the same happens when the player dies, except he appears at a hospital instead). If the police see CJ doing crimes, however, they will chase him and try to stop him. He can get into a nearby vehicle or steal one from another person if it is being driven. Sometimes, the attacked person may fight back and try to kill the player. He can attack other people by either using hand-to-hand combat or shooting them. These are shooting, kicking/punching, jumping, crouching, and even swimming. CJ is the character who is used to play with and he can perform different moves. He is controlled using the left and right analog sticks on the PlayStation 2 controller. It is set in third-person which means the player can see the person (in this case it is CJ) on the screen.