Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas coming to the Xbox and PC

Dups. · Post by **Dups.** » June 30, 2004, 5:12 pm

http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/gr ... 232p1.html

First revealed in January of this year, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is all set to hit the PS2 in October 19th (potential delays excluded) here in the U.S. and later in 2005 on PC and Xbox.

We all assumed it will seeing how GTA3 and GTA Vice City came out on the xbox and pc eventually. It's good to have reassurance!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » June 30, 2004, 5:44 pm

Enjoy it 6 months after the rest of us are done with it. Do you like sloppy seconds in other areas of life?

Dups. · Post by **Dups.** » June 30, 2004, 5:50 pm

Only when it's free

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 22, 2004, 2:13 pm

Checked GTA-San Andreas out on the PS2 last night. GTA fans will like it for sure. It has the same easy to use controls with upgraded graphics.

PS2 gets the props for getting this game first but as with GTA 3/Vice City, XBox will look and play the game better. I am much more comfortable with using the triggers for gas/breaks than pressing a button or tapping it rapidly to speed up.

You start out a little lower in the pecking order. I got capped while cruising with the homies on my bicycle. There's a little more customization. You can go to the barber and get a new do. I can't afford corn rows yet!

Good GTA entertainment. I'll pick this up when it's released for XBox.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » October 22, 2004, 4:21 pm

Shit, it's already out?

later

noel · Post by **noel** » October 22, 2004, 4:24 pm

It's not out until the 26th. Winnow is experiencing it early through the miracle of the Internet.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 22, 2004, 5:10 pm

Ah yes, you can buy clothes in this one as well and change them in your bedroom.

I beat up a pimp to verify that blood flys off the face after you get them on the ground and start kicking them in the head (20 Xs). You don't have easy access to a crow bar this time either. More stuff to buy and earn to make the game interesting.

The graphics are very nice. I didn't mean to downplay them because of the PS2 factor. You'll still like them.

Although I don't like the PS2 controls, you can pop wheelies and bunny hop etc on your bicycle. The physics are little better as is the interactivity with the environment as you can scale fences and have a little more freedom to run around.

I have found no way to pull up my pants so my underwear doesn't show.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » October 22, 2004, 5:16 pm

Actually, I was just basing it on the article that Dups posted which says, barring delays, it was released on the 19th. Since today is the 22nd...

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 22, 2004, 5:32 pm

More improved sales figures inc!

noel · Post by **noel** » October 22, 2004, 6:19 pm

I believe it was a month and a half ago that they announced the delay.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » October 23, 2004, 8:14 pm

and?

it was also announced a month and a half ago that Cadbury sales on diet soft drinks were up while the remaining industry's diet soft drinks remained level or were down. Either you are aware of it, or you take what's presented to you at face value if you don't read any additional info.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 24, 2004, 1:14 am

Relax Sparky. That wasn't an affront. I've been following the game for quite a while and I was trying to save you a trip to EBgames only to be disappointed when the game doesn't come out for another week.

There's an excellent site for all the latest GTA:SA news that I've been reading: http://www.planetgrandtheftauto.com

They have some nice mods for some of the older games as well.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » October 24, 2004, 10:41 am

They (EB) called me yesterday and said it had come in and would be available for pickup after 7 tommorow night.

XunilTlatoani · Post by **XunilTlatoani** » October 24, 2004, 11:05 am

Yea, the local EB games here is pretty good about getting the pre-orders fulfilled the night before the release date too...I can't wait to get my hands on this game!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » October 25, 2004, 11:18 am

Hopefully, EB is going to ship the day they get the game. They're usually pretty good about that, so hopefully, I'll have the game this week.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 25, 2004, 1:32 pm

I'm not a GTA expert and didn't have much time to play the game this weekend but I was pretty proud of getting my gang colors, beating up my first pusher, and buying my first set of expensive hightops. I feel the gang has accepted me and that I'm one of the homies. I haven't spent a dime on prostitutes yet.

This game would be a 10/10 if the controls were a little better. I get frustrated doing a drive by. The trailing camera does some funny stuff at times and during a car chase it makes it hard to follow.

People that have always played this game on the PS2 will be fine with it but if you've played the upgraded XBox release of GTA3 and Vice City then you'll probably not be happy with the controls.

The game does a good job with the cut scenes and character development. The city is well done. I got broadsided by a freight train crossing the tracks. The chances of that train hitting me at the right time had to have been pretty low but that's what makes GTA cool.

Has anyone played this on both the PS2 and PC versions of Vice? Are the controls easier on the PC? If it's released around the same time for PC and XBox, I may go for the PC for the ease of mouse aiming and free motion.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 25, 2004, 1:38 pm

The PC controls in VC were FPS style. W-A-S-D with mouselook. The problem with the PC was controlling the helicopters and motorcycles because you had to set up additional keys to control the pitch and unlike with a joystick, to maintain a pitch you had to tap the keys instead of just holding the joystick at a specific angle (hope that was clear).

IMHO, the real advantage of playing it on a PC is 1600x1200. It looks fantastic on a PC.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 25, 2004, 8:36 pm

Cast:

Jonathan Anderson .... OG Loc (voice)
Clifton Collins Jr. .... Cesar (voice)
David Cross .... Zero (voice)
Ben Davis .... (voice)
Chuck D. .... Fourth Right MC (voice)
William Fichtner .... Ken Rosenberg (voice)
Peter Fonda .... The Truth (voice)
Kid Frost .... T-Bone Mendez (voice)
Ice-T .... Madd Dogg (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson .... Frank Tenpenny (voice)
Faizon Love .... Sweet Johnson (voice)
Young Maylay .... Carl Johnson (voice)
Mc Eiht .... Ryder (voice)
Charles Q. Murphy .... Jizzy B (voice)
Chris Penn .... Eddie Pulaski (voice)
Hunter Platin .... Ran Fali (voice)
Armando Riesco .... Officer Hernandez (voice)
Shaun Ryder .... Maccer (voice)
Sarah Sido .... (voice)
James Woods .... Mike Torreno (voice)
James Yaegashi .... Wu Zi Mu (voice)

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » October 25, 2004, 9:48 pm

noel wrote:Relax Sparky.

No problem Sportex.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » October 25, 2004, 10:48 pm

sam jackson is in the game? im sold more than i was before

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » October 25, 2004, 11:04 pm

The line was 60+ deep at EB tonight at 7. I couldn't get my hands on it tonight.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 25, 2004, 11:22 pm

Just picked it up.

Never before have I been to an EBGames where there was a line through the mall. Rockstar Games is going to be able to print their own money after they're done selling this on all 3 platforms.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » October 26, 2004, 12:06 pm

My shit shipped this morning. As long as the fucks at UPS don't lose it, I should be runnin bitches and doing drive bys on Friday.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 26, 2004, 1:56 pm

masteen wrote:My shit shipped this morning. As long as the fucks at UPS don't lose it, I should be runnin bitches and doing drive bys on Friday.

This game is crying out for online capabilities. I'd beat up your pimps and steal your hookers! Masteen Killa and his crew...chugging Colt 45's and playing some dominoes in the crib...along comes Winnsta X with a car loaded full of Uzi packing homies...

noel · Post by **noel** » October 26, 2004, 2:42 pm

I played the game last night for about 3 hours.

Rockstar has really outdone themselves this time. The city, and the myriad of activities you can do is incredible. It has more content than most MMOGs on the market today. The graphics are incredible. The voice acting is the BEST of any video game, ever.

There is SO much to do. Minigames galore. Play basketball, work out. This morning I was playing a Dance Dance Revolution type game with a low rider where you had to make the car dance to the music. Working out is neither annoying or tedious. It doesn't take long to make yourself a bad motherfucker, and it's very easy to maintain. There are plenty of hairstyles, clothing styles, etc. for any look you'd want.

The ability to recruit a few of your homies to drive with you to a mission and have them just open up from the window of the car when a rival gang member is on the side of the street is pretty damn cool.

The only things I don't like... I don't really like the camera. It seems to lag too much, and sometimes zoom in too close when I don't want it to. This makes targetting a real pain in the ass, but it's something that I'm working toward getting used to (I'd kill for a mouse and mouselook). The good news is that for the most part, you don't have to target anymore. You can just look in the direction where the bad guys are and hold R1 and they'll be targetted. I've played both GTA3 and GTA:VC on the computer, and though that interface had it's problems, I prefer it, and the PS2 controller is taking some getting used to.

One word of advice that I learned the hard way. Not really a spoiler, but I'll tag it anyway:

[Show]: Just because you CAN get some homies together to drive with you on every mission, doesn't mean you SHOULD. They'll shoot at anyone that's not in the Grove St. gang, and that can cause you a lot of unwanted trouble if you're not careful.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 26, 2004, 2:50 pm

noel wrote:
[Show]
Just because you CAN get some homies together to drive with you on every mission, doesn't mean you SHOULD. They'll shoot at anyone that's not in the Grove St. gang, and that can cause you a lot of unwanted trouble if you're not careful.

[Show]: I learned that early when I went into the fast food place and the homie with me broke out a gun and tried to rob the place. I'm not sure if that part was scripted or not but I would have preferred to eat my pizza without having to run from shotgum blasts right afterwards.

Sounds like you have the same issues with the camera and controls. I really wish there wasn't an exclusive deal with Rock Star and PS2 over GTA games. I hope they're getting a lot of money for holding back all that extra cash Rock Star would get by releasing to the PC and XBox at the same time...they will get most of that money eventually but maybe not all that they would have gotten with a simultaneous release.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 26, 2004, 2:53 pm

Winnow wrote:
[Show]
I learned that early when I went into the fast food place and the homie with me broke out a gun and tried to rob the place. I'm not sure if that part was scripted or not but I would have preferred to eat my pizza without having to run from shotgum blasts right afterwards.

[Show]: That part is scripted, but I took my homies to the Low-Rider competition which is like a DDR thing. I had just finished making peace with the Mexicans when I got in my car, and the two jackasses I had with me pop out of the windows and start shooting the Mexicans.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that's having issues with camera control and movement control.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » October 26, 2004, 5:29 pm

I have been having a lot of fun with it, I am at the part right now where

[Show]: you have to go kill the gang members and hijack the train full of shit and throw boxes off the train into the car. I got thru it on my first try, then when running from the cops, i had to go to the spray shop, and realized I didnt have enough money to get my car painted, then the cops killed me, and now I havent been able to do it again.

Changing camera angles has been a bit of a pain for me too, but thats about it.

My ps2 was broken so I went out and bought one of the new compact ones since I had paid for this game.

Gamestop(formerly funcoland) had this game for release after 6pm last night, I got there early and there were only about 5 others, but by the time 6 rolled around and I walked out with my game, there were probably 50 people waiting outside.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » October 26, 2004, 5:50 pm

Language in this game is horrid, don't even think about playing this around children or easily offended people.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 26, 2004, 5:52 pm

But extremely accurate to the time period/culture.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » October 26, 2004, 6:05 pm

Whachu niggas talking bout? I'll fuck you up.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 26, 2004, 7:05 pm

If you haven't already, a fun thing to try is:

[Show]: Get a big truck so you can hop on the roof and climb over the big fence to get into the airport. Take the Dodo hanging around out there and try to leave the first city to see what happens.

REAL Spoiler:

[Show]: When the 4 stars kick in a fighter jet comes along and starts shooting at your plane...with missiles.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » October 26, 2004, 8:15 pm

God damn this game is fun. Right off the bat there is a ton of things to do. Missions are pretty varied and are actually fun. The voicework ROCKS in all sense of the word, yes, prepare to be hit by a shitfest of f-bombs. and im definatly liking the manhunt targeting system.

noel · Post by **noel** » October 27, 2004, 4:15 pm

This game rocks SO much ass!
Non storyline spoiler to follow:

[Show]: For those looking for a parachute - Stop by Downtown Los Santos. On your map, look for a completely circular building by a major highway. That's it! Head over to there, and go inside the side of the building (there's a yellow marker). Go up, get the chute, and jump off the side! O opens the chute.

Also, for tons of fun, either drive a bmx/motorcycle, jump with it, and dismount mid-air, and pull the chute. Action movie style.

Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME? I can't believe they thought to put this in.

[Show]: Or, get the chute, and head to the airport. Get in (either by hopping in through the 'Only certified pilots only' gate, or getting a ramp truck, and ramping in), and steal a plane. Get as high as you can, jump out, pull the chute, and watch the plane crash into the city, causing mass chaos.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » October 27, 2004, 6:57 pm

Quick question to see if anyone has caught this yet, since I don't want to use the strategy guide.

I was told that there is a little white house you can go to for 2 player mode, The dude that told me this tried to explain to me where he was talking about but I could not find it.

Thx for any info

Acun · Post by **Acun** » October 27, 2004, 10:13 pm

How about getting a 4 man gang? Ive earned enough respect for it, but I cant seem to get the guys together. I want them to join me so I can take over more Ballas territory but I cant seem to get them to join me...

Anyone have any suggestions?

noel · Post by **noel** » October 27, 2004, 10:42 pm

Target them with R1. Press the up arrow on the directional pad.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » October 28, 2004, 3:37 am

by the way, i found the two player thing.

[Show]: if you look at the map and see where big smoke's house is, the roads on the map kind of make a few connected squares, if you go just north of the northwestern corner of those roads, there are a bunch of white crack-house looking buildings that are fenced in , and next to one of them is a little red two person icon, you step on it and the second player presses start and you can choose a few things to do.

You can also kiss the second player person, I am not exactly sure what purpose this is supposed to serve, but if the second player chooses the hooker i suppose you can have some fun with it.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » October 28, 2004, 5:21 am

spoiler to that spoiler

[Show]: the girl that lives in that house eventually becomes your girlfriend after a couple of missions.