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San Andreas set to revolutionise the GTA series | | Matt Jessop from Melbourne, VIC, Australia says (22/Sep/2004): | As you all probably know, GTA: Vice City is countless people's favourite game, and San Andreas will, without a doubt, be even better. San ANdreas will have three cities the size of Vice City, plus countryside, desert and sleepy mountain towns between the cities. Apart from the gigantic game area, San Andreas will have countless new features, such as eating to survive, excersise to get fit and muscly, tatoos, haircuts and more. AI will also be greatly improved. If you become too fat, pedestrians will laugh at you and your gang will sneer. If you are fit and wearing gang colours, the gang will respect you and women will be attracted to you. The main character can also swim, a welcom feature that was sorely missed in the previous games. The aiming system has also been improved, adding manual aiming rather than the automated aiming system of the last games. New vehicles have also been added, most notably the bicycle, which you can do drive bys in. The bicycle also has interesting AI, so you must practise riding it to become faster and more agile, and obviously if you are fat you will not be able to go very fast because you would quickly run out of steam. There are countless other new features but I have explianed the ones I can currently think of.
So far, San Andreas looks like it will rock the world with its fantastic gameplay and freedom, but we'll all just have to wait and see.
| Best GTA ever Best game ever Best time I ever had | | Graham Fisher says (28/Oct/2004): | GTASA is the best game. The world in GTASA is the most detailed world I ever saw. The missions are so cool I. This game is a big improvement from the GTA franchise. The weapons are really cool. I could play GTASA for ever and not
get bored. When I got the game I looked on the back of the box I yelled I saw 1-2 players I was amazed. Hey but can someone tell me how the hek do you play multiplyer.
| this game is really fun. funner than halo | | Piggsy from New Smyrna Beach says (8/Nov/2004): | This is a review of the biggest game this year possibley the best, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is so funner than the other GTAs. And it's funner than halo and Manhunt I admit.
Storyboard: Very well crafted, I like how it all fits together. The city limitation is well created and the characters are lively and colorful. The game is more serious than the others but still humor is the needle in the hay in this game.
Gameplay: The gameplay is on and off. It's better than the one of Vice City with less glitches and skipping yet SA still has its problems. There are some brief pauses while driving at top speed and there are some glitches. I like the 'see farther' touch R* added.
Sound: The sound is fair. Occasionally while traveling you'll here random gunshots here or there but the gun shots are lighter and more mellow than the ones in Vice City. A 9mm alone sounds like a little crack instead of a booming clip. All and all it's good.
Weapons: Weapons, ahh, the gamers weak spot. From boquets of roses to digging shovels the weapon selection is awesome. I love it.
Cars: Cars,cars, and more cars. I liked the car modding touch R* added, and being able to 'Pimp your ride is a good concept. The car selection is 3x the one is Vice City.
Overall: San Andreas is sure to melt the gamer in their shoes. heh heh 10/10.
| BEST GAME EVER!!! | | A gamer from Houston, Tx. says (30/Dec/2004): | Yeah, that guy has no idea what he's talking about. The mission's are too hard...If they were too easy you'd be bitching about that. I'd rather them be challenging, then simple as $#< remove me > at !. The gun's are awesome...Straight-up...This game has come alot since it started, and it's only getting better. If you dont like this game, there's something wrong with your brain! The map is huge, and I love that. The pedestrians (although they piss me off at times) are cool. The car's are 10 times better. Graphic's are 10 times better. Music is 10 times better. I don't see what you little bitches are whining about.
| This game kicks Halo's ass | | Twink* from Las Vegas says (28/Oct/2004): | Yes its true. This game kicks ass. After playing it for only about an hour so far, I can say that it beats Halo by a long shot. The map is...HUGE. And I have noticed so many new on foot features..such as climbing high walls, and the fist fighting is so much better. This game totally rocks. Soooo many new features... It was made close to perfection, the only thing that wasn't perfect were the graphics, but you can't have it all, right? Well if you love good graphics go to your ps2 main screen(without the game in)and press triangle. then go to graphics or something and press triangle again, then change graphics style from standard to smooth. there you go!
Climbing walls and fences by pressing square, a new auto aim system that also indicates the enemy's health by color codes. Green- Full life, Light Green- Minor health missing, Yellow- Medium health missing, Dark Yellow- Needs to pay more attention on blocking or running than punching or gunning, Red- Enemy is almost dead, Black- RIP.....
The fact that you need just a little fat makes me kinds of uncomfortable because my character is 'built' to last in fights, and he doesn't gain a little bit of weight.
Eat too much, you'll get fat. If you are skinny, don't eat too much or you'll throw up.
House Break ins, be vwery vwery quiet and make sure that you hurry up while being silent.
Bike Riding, the bikes are fun but a bit slow moving... Maybe it's just that my character isn't fit to run too fast.
I've played this game for less than 2 hours and I'm only about 5% done! No cheats for more respect, weapons, armor, or anything else. Cheats make the game suck...
If you spray paint your car when the police are chasing you, DON'T COMMIT A CRIME UNTIL THE FELONY STARS STOP FLASHING.... Or else....
Swimming is great but not a great method for trying to escape the police with 3 or more stars.... The helicopters eat away at your life! No sharks yet, but when I roam, I'll check.
Voice overs, like a dream come true. In the later parts of the game you could try to guess which stars are actually voices in the game!
Missions, they are really hard but really fun, I dont care If I die in them, It just makes the game londer to beat, most of them are really fun.
Music, the music kicks ass, you can listen to Hip Hop, Hard Rock, Classic Alternative Rock, Country, Pop, good Bands/Artists such as Foghat, David Bowie, WAR, Guns N' Roses, Rage Against the Machine, 2Pac, Cypress Hill, and more.
Graphics, I've seen better, but these are great graphics for the Grand Theft Auto Series.
Trust me, this place is HUGE and I've only explored 1/13 of it at the most.
lol I would say more but I am too anxious to go back and play. ;)
| OHH YES,THID GAME ROCKS!! | | MINION30 from Mississippi,USA says (3/Nov/2004): | This is the best game ever made to me.yall are crazy too,the graphics are so much better than vice city..i mean look at the engine..i almost beated the games.because i unlocked all the cities and now i just play around.its cool.theres so much to do out there.now i'm selling my vice city and gta 3,there a waste now,too me.
something tells me that ive seen sharks on this game,right at the fares wheel.i like it that your black for some reason.
| Good/Bad | | Eric from Chicago, USA says (15/Nov/2004): | GTA:San Andreas is no doubt one of the best games around. It has truly lived up to all the hype. The environment is ten times bigger than its predecesors, and there are endless side missions that you can do. One of the best things about the GTA series is that many of the cheats and codes are very much simular in every version of the game. The bikes are also a great addition to the game as well, a little hard to control, but nonetheless great.
However,the GTA series is getting a little redundant. After all GTA has grown popular due to its explicit nature, but there is a certain degree of vulgarity that is just over-the-top. I think San Andreas is a prime example of that. I mean every other word is a motha***** this and a motha****** that. It was cool in Vice City for the simple fact that it wasn't repetitive. He would say a curse word every now and than just to give the feeling of being "Bad". Now I can't tell if I'm playing "Menace to Society" or "Boys in the Hood". I am highly disappointed with the lack of originality that this game has. For the next game don't base it off of a thug movie, it gives us blacks a pretty bad name.
| The Best Game Yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | jimmy boy from tebay says (4/Nov/2004): | It is grate I love it It kick ass the best thing is U can do wat u want you have your own jarraf I like it because U can drive around on tractors and combine harvesters It is good because U can be fat or skinniy person U can eat food
| SECRETS OF THE GAME | | A gamer from milferd,MI,usa says (6/Dec/2004): | Have you ever wondered what else is in the game ill tell ya.Go to a airport and get in a plane go north and dont staop untill u ??? on the cornner of your screen.DO U WANNA KNOW Y ITS CALLED ??? BECAUSE ITS A SECRET ISLAND but the only thing is the pridistrians will attack u and ull get a 4 star wanted lvl but if u r 100% complete u wont get any stars but the people will still attack. THIS ONLY WORKS IF U BEAT THE GAME 100% wanna know wat u can buy on the island? U CAN BUY 4 houses and 2000-11000$$ worth in cloths. BUT BE WARNED THE PEOPLE[pradistrians] HAVE AK-47 M16s GRENADES AND ROCKET LAUNCHERS.
wanna know another thing that needs 100% COMPLETION.go to the 4th island and go in the desert. there will be a ridge the shape of a head with a beard looking thing and go to the top.U SHOULD SEE A SKELETON HOLDING A RIFLE but IF U GO THERE BETWEEN 12-1 AT NIGHT HE'LL SHOOT AT U AND MIGHT KILL U IF U DONT RUN!!
| CHEATS!!! | | Gaming Master from USA says (28/Oct/2004): | Here are some cheats for ya all:
All Weapons #1
Press R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up
All Weapons #2
Press R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Down
All Weapons #3
Press R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left
Max Health, Ammo, Money
Press R1, R2, L1, X, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up
Floating Car
Press R2, L1, Right, Left, Up, Down.
Blow Up All Cars
Press R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, L2, L1.
Commit suicide
Press Right, L2, Down, R1, Left, Left, R1, L1, L2, L1.
Clear Weather
Press L1, L2, R1, R2(2), R1, L2, Triangle.
Improve Car Handling
Press Triangle, R1, R1, Left, R1, L1, R2, L1.
Invisible Cars
Press Triangle, L1, Triangle, R2, Square, L1, L1.
Cars drive on water
Press Right, R2, Circle, R1, L2, Square, R1, R2.
Pink Traffic
Press Circle, L1, Down, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, Right, Circle
Black Traffic
Press Circle, L2, Up, R1, Left, X, R1, L1, Left, Circle
Dodo boats
Press R2, Circle, Up, L1, Right, R1, Right, Up, Square, Triangle
Pedestrians go Crazy
Press Down, Left, Up, Left, X, R2, R1, L2, L1
Pedestrians Get Weapons
Press R2, R1, X, Triangle, X, Triangle, Up, Down
Get a bounty on your head
Press Down, Up, Up, Up, X, R2, R1, L2, L2
More Aggressive Drivers
Press R2, Circle, R1, L2, Left, R1, L1, R2, L2
Respect upgrade
Press R1, R2, L1, X, Left, Down, Right, Up during game play.
Raise wanted level
Press R1, R1, Circle, R2, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left
Lower wanted level
Press R1, R1, Circle, R2, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down during game play.
Perfect handling
Press Triangle, R1, R1, Left , R1 , L1 , R2 , L1 during game play.
Faster cars
Press Right , R1 , Up , L2 (2), Left , R1 , L1 , R1 (2) during game
play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Rhino tank
Press Circle (2), L1 , Circle (3), L1 , L2 , R1 , Triangle , Circle
, Triangle during game play. A message will confirm correct code
entry.
Spawn Bloodring Banger
Press Down , R1 , Circle , L2 (2), X , R1 , L1 , Left (2) during
game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Ranger
Press Up , Right (2), L1 , Right , Up , Square , L2 during game
play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Hotring Racer #1
Press R1 , Circle , R2 , Right , L1 , L2 , X (2), Square , R1 during
game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Hotring Racer #2
Press R2 , L1 , Circle , Right , L1 , R1 , Right , Up , Circle , R2
during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Romero
Press Down , R2 , Down , R1 , L2 , Left , R1 , L1 , Left , Right
during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Stretch
Press R2 , Up , L2 , Left (2), R1 , L1 , Circle , Right during game
play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Trashmaster
Press Circle , R1 , Circle , R1 , Left (2), R1 , L1 , Circle , Right
during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Spawn Caddy
Press Circle , L1 , Up , R1 , L2 , X , R1 , L1 , Circle , X during
game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Pedestrians riot
Press Down , Left , Up , Left , X , R2 , R1 , L2 , L1 during game
play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Pedestrians have weapons
Press R2 , R1 , X , Triangle , X , Triangle , Up , Down during game
play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Slow down time
Press Triangle , Up , Right , Down , Square , R2 , R1 during game
play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Speed up time:
Press Circle (2), L1 , Square , L1 , Square (3), L1 , Triangle , Circle , Triangle during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Slow motion:
Press Triangle , Up , Right , Down , Square , R2 , R1 during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Fast motion:
Press Triangle , Up , Right , Down , L2 , L1 , Square during game
play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Cloudy weather:
Press R2 , X , L1 (2), L2 (3), Triangle during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Foggy weather:
Press R2 , X , L1 (2), L2 (3), X during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Stormy weather:
Press R2 , X , L1 (2), L2 (3), Circle during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Very cloudy weather:
Press R2 , X , L1 (2), L2 (3), Square during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Sunny weather:
Press R2 , X , L1 (2), L2 (3), Triangle during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
Very sunny weather:
Press R2 , X , L1 (2), L2 (3), Down during game play. A message will confirm correct code entry.
| This game is the best | | Someguy from Ontario,Canada says (6/Nov/2004): | You might of heard some people bringing this game down cause of halo 2 which is comin out in a few days well all i have to say is that the first halo sucked and the second will probaly suck too San andreas is one of the best games i have ever played you can do almost anything u want gamble,eat, modify cars and thats just the start as progress through this game u will notice that thing are more detailed and also people who says this game sucks probably have not even played it yet or are just mad that they dont have a playstation 2 to play it on
| This game is awesome! | | Magister from ... says (14/Nov/2004): | This game is awesome. a lot of good missions, cars, planes, helicopters, boats, bikes, motorbikes, and Easter Eggs. I love the missions, especially the one were you have to save the drunken madd dogg from killing himself. Makes me laugh every time he dies. My god! I thought I knew a lot about this game, I only scratched the surface. I’m trying to find something bad about this game but I can’t find any thing. Now of course it's going to have its glitch moments but nothing is totally perfect. This really brings the realism of gang life to life. One huge state, three major cities...an almost unlimited amount of customization. This is a game that will go down in history for just about everything you can imagine. If you don’t like this game.... don’t play it! I’m not saying that if you don’t like this, you don’t like video games because if you didn’t like games you wouldn’t have played this in the first place. this is the most phenomenal game in the most phenomenal series by the most phenomenal developer ever! I don’t think rockstar will ever stop making great games.
Here are some cool rumors on this game
Bigfoot - I don’t know about this. The person who made up this rumor said he was just playing around...so...
Mystery phone booth - Confirmed, a phone booth In the desert will appear, when you pick up the phone nobody answers.
CJ moms ghost - FALSE! Her picture is in the Johnson home. That is all.
Ghost Cars - Exists. Go in Back o Beyond and go to where the two horseshoe looking things on the map, go on the left one to see a battered up glendale(car) drive down the hill.
Another, a ghost in a battered up Clover(car) or a Sadler(Truck) will follow you on the interstate right near back o beyond and pull over and get out and punch Carl a few times then drive off. (Only on Foggy nights)
UFO - Confirmed, Sometimes you can see UFOs in Area 51, 53 and 69.
Piggsy - Confirmed, Piggsy from Manhunt IS in the game. He is around Mt. Chiliad and uses a chainsaw and only comes around at night.
Falling Plane - TRUE (Small propeller planes crash around the desert at random.)
World War II Plane (Curtis P-40 Warhawk) - TRUE (Called The Rustler)
Alien Radio - Currently FALSE! (Only a ped will mention it)
Four-Armed Freak from Manhunt on Mt.Chiliad - Who the hell thought up this one??? False!
Blinking UFO in the Sky - FALSE! Currently proven not to be a UFO. It is, infact, a Jet.
Jaws - Confirmed, the famous shark "Jaws" is in the game and eats Carl when swimming
Loch Ness Monster - Currently just a rumor.
Desert Calvary Ghosts - Confirmed.
| GTA San Andreas as good as Halo 2? | | SAM from Worcester,England (West Midlands says (1/Dec/2004): | Halo 2 has the best graphics in any game at the moment, the gun fire looks so realistic and you can ride in a number of vehicles.Gta is a brilliant idea, you can drive in anything, shoot, kill anyone.The weapons range from a flame throweer to a rocket launcher, the missions are quite hard but here are a few CHEATS.
Get money, armour & full health:R1,R2,L1,x,Left,Down,Right,Up,Left,Down,Right,Up.lower wanted level:R1,R1,circle,R2,Up,Down,Up,Down,Up,Down.
| Best GTA Ever | | Nick Filipas from Oregon, USA says (6/Nov/2004): | The coming holidays, you should really write down "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" as one of your presents. Even Santa would be playing this.
GTA: SA is the best GTA ever made. Bigger. Badder. And more stuff to do. The game itself is HUGE and you wouldn't get tired. There's just something you could do, and then another and then another. The story of SA is pretty solid. CJ has just come back from living in Liberty City, his friends are going down due to gang wars and his mother is dead. The city of SA is going downhill from gangs, drugs and other disasters. If not bad enough, your charged with murder and cops are looking for you, which sends you to journey through-out the entire state of SA.
As the past GTA's, you can still steal cars, helicopters, boats, and you can ride a BMX bike (ever thought of drive-by shootings on a bike?) You can pick what kind of person CJ should be, a fat-looking guy or ripped at works-out at the gym. You can start a riot and have the people start to blow up everything, and even have men with you to fight your enemy gang.
Plus with side-missions and mini games, SA is known to be the best GTA yet with tons of adventure. Could this be the best game of all-time?
| awesome game | | elliot from Brusly, Louisiana says (27/Dec/2004): | This game is the one-in-a-million type. It has the free-roaming feel like its' predesessors, but expands on it to three whole CITIES! This gives loads of exploration to add to the fun. Also, the options of stat improving give it major points. Another plus is the whole fact of YOU CAN SWIM! All of these are good, however there are still some of the technical glitches, like the slow loading of some obsticles and the somewhat fluxuating AI, that could bog down the game. However, that doesn't mean they'll be noticed as you pump 5 rounds of buckshot into an unexpected ped and run around in a car with only a t-shirt on. Overall, this game is a rare gem that all should have. My score is a ten.
| DRIV3R just when you thought you won | | ricky james from The Streets of LA says (9/Jun/2004): | I have actually played this game.. so don't think this review is based on previews or all of that (e3 baby)
Well I would imagine that 25 to life and this would be big competitors since they both have to do with the ghettos... but GTA:SA really grabbed my attention with its unique car jacks, drive-by shootings and INTENSE AI!!! the computer aint gonna be a push-over... you have to be prepared. THESE PEOPLE JUST COME TO UR HOUSE AND SHOOT YOU DOWN!!! but really, this game aint all perfect as with most games. IMO i thought these people were stereotyping the life of a ganster (i know how it feels) I mean in LA the sky is orange!! During the whole Rodney King Riots the sky wasnt orange... too much smoke for orange. And the fact that they did not capture THE FEAR it was in those times... When i grew up there I was SCARED OUT OF MY MIND... The peope at Rockstar is trying to make the life of a gangster look fun.. (well it is a game thats suppose to be fun) but in reality not a lot of people would just take out there guns and do all that. Everything a person did was perfectly planned out.. but in GTA:SA you just got out wiht ur fellow gangsters and go crazy.... WELL all of that negative review was because I'm biased since i lived through this time.. but all in all... REALISM doesnt make this game.. the FUN FACTOR is all that matters.. and thats something this game has
| YO HOLMES - YOU WANNA GET ALL GTA ON YA BUTT ? | | mr mulie from Hatfield, UK says (11/Nov/2004): | So let get this straight -
The principle of GTA series is to cause as much havouc, kill loads of people with osma's wet dream of an arsenal, build up a criminal empire and do not feel guilty once its all over ?
Hmmm - first GTA - brought a new standard - chaos
Second and the london expansion pack brought us the touch of coolness.
GTA 3 - blew the bloody doors down (god bless its soul) with a big fat cigar
Vice City - not only blew the bloody doors down but did it high on Coke, style and all round sexiness
and finally San Andreas....hmmmmmmmm...verdict ?
Well I take it you've heard the joke - Missing Wife and Cat. Reward for the Cat. Well in this case not only the reward but several pints of blood, a free hand job behind the bike sheds and a pint of what ever your drinking.
To put it this way - you have to work your way up to make it in the world of crime and street life. Huge, dazzling, awe inspiring and god damn hard - it makes me want to be the only Asian dude in Herts UK to grow an Afro and break some rhyme like OG Loc.
True Crimes of LA - bah !
Driver 3 - who ? what ?
The Getway - go back to school !
oh and by the way - like Madd Dog says in on of the levels - Tanner your $#< remove me > at ! what were Refractions thinkin off ?
GROVE STREET RULES !!!!
| multiplayer cheat | | Daniel from alturas california usa says (29/Nov/2004): | What can i say...this game is awesome...for multiplayer.....go to big smokes house....face directly in front....from that point go right &jump/climb everything in the way until you get to a red icon with a few people nearby....but remember this does not split screen, so you will have to stay in the same area together...
| Attention everyone!! You're now entering on a new era of Computer Entertainment! | | BradTheWorst from Luanda, Angola says (2/Jan/2005): | _ GRAPHICS 8/10 _
! Good Things !
- City design
Let me make my introduction here:
Glad you're still alive, huh? The first days you start playing this you may say something like that, and you're right, Computer Entertainment is getting better and better, so you may smile cause you're here alive, bought this game and you're watching how things goin'. I got to welcome you cause this time Rockstar shows up in front of us with another "real work", it's just like that baby we always get better in the things we love to do. It's hard to describe how good the city design is in this game, from the city lights to the greenery, the streets, the sea, the rivers and the sky, everything looks so good! And it is a massive world of three cities full of beauty! That's enough to respect this game, since Refractions... err... i mean, Reflections wasn't capable of showing to us what they should, i now consider Rockstar's SA as the leader in this department. Many people complain about the frame rate, trust me, it isn't really that bad like they say, you will play normally, you may/can start blowing cars all over the place and the framerate won't get that bad, i never noticed about a so bad framerate. Also, many people complain about things too "orange" in cities like Los Santos and Las Venturas, i gotta say that's one of the things making this game smooth! To tell the truth in Las Venturas the orange is a bit overused, and also i wonder if at 20:00 the sky is still orange in some american cities, but anyway, the game's smooth that way, the sun, the natural environments and the cities have a very nice design, i love every place, specially at night.
- Explore It, Live it!
The free camera, i really appreciate games with a right analog stick free camera, ask somebody if they never used the right analog to smell their cars after getting a new great tune up and amazing paint job. In this game there are three default camera positions and the amazing multi-cinematic cam, not even Driv3r (only one default camera position), not even True Crime comes up with this (only 3 default camera positions, but the camera goes far when you're driving). There's even a camera to take pics in the game anywhere, the first PS2 game that i bought with this feature. (Try to get used to the cinematic cam and try to put the police in your tail using it, not even Driv3r's film editor will be that fun).
! Bad Things !
- Character models
A lot of improvement has been made from GTA VC to GTA SA, improvement worth me staying with this game. But character models still aren't that good, it's a drama how most of the female characters look, even your girlfriends (You will cry during a successful eating date...). I only found two average female models in this game, the one on the cloth shops, and that one with the ponytail on the streets, at least the male characters have a really better/good design, like CJ, Ryder, Big Smoke, Cesar, etc, but a game without cool people design isn't worth too much time, specially without cool women design, True Crime is still the leader on this, so i'd say True Crime's still the most "coolooking".
- What time is it?
If there's one thing that ruins a bit the beauty of San Andreas is how fast the time goes, with so many time and weather variations if the time went a bit more slow that could be the ultimate cool deal. Let me be more specific, if you have True Crime, Snoop's free roam has a very decent flow of time, that's how SA's time and days should flow.
_ SOUND 9/10 _
! Good Things !
- General Sound
If you ask me to talk about how good the sound is in this game, you're asking me to start talking about many things, from the dispacher messages when using a police car/bike to the deep underwater waves, it's a massive world, and the sound is great, nothing else. Some people don't like SA because of "swearing". Well, i don't think there's too much swearing, in some ghetto cultures girls call each others ******* and guys call each other *************, that's not a bad thing at all, i don't mind that.
! Bad Things !
- What's not crackin'?
The previous GTA games had a better radio selection, in GTA3 we had great radio stations, even pure trance! During GTA VC we could listen to many cool radios too, like Radio Espantoso. Now here in SA the selection is a bit poor, there's too much hip hop. There's SF-UR but still! SF-UR brings some cool house and disco, and there are many other stations for rock, soul(R&B), country, etc. It isn't that bad, but the previous GTA games had a better radio selection. There are some bad things related to the sound that i really don't like: the girl from Radio X and the ultra annoying things CJ says when you make an accident.
_ GAMEPLAY 7/10 _
! Good Things !
- Traffic Experience
You will laugh many times watching things happening on the streets, specially with the traffic. For example, the roads connecting cities are more dangerous, people drives fast there, normally you'll get the chance to watch an accident, or you'll see some bike fallen in the road. If you want you can create your own chances, if you know what i mean... hey, i'm not telling you to do anything, right?
- Else
GTA San Andreas is a massive game full of fun and with a very complex gameplay, so, i need to tell you one thing: Have fun! And don't forget to learn how to play poker and blackjack, you may need that tomorrow...
! Bad Things !
- Driving physics
First, the cars seem to be made of plastic, pay attention to how badly the car will damage if you simply "touch" anything that's in front of your car. It's not real time damage, the way your car wrecks deppends on how many times you "touch" something, that was supposed to be how many times you make a real accident. One day i found myself inside a burning car after making contact with a wall using the rear part of the vehicle for 15 times in less than 7m. Comedy isn't it? Now, the other big problem is car height, the reason for almost every other driving physics problems in this game.
- Flying physics
Since all my life i never touched a so bad flight simulator, i already had lots of flight simulator games, from PC to real consoles, but this one killed it. The planes, most of them seem to be remote controlled toys, they don't feel like real planes. Now the really annoying thing is how you use fire from those things, there isn't a targeting feature for flying machines so you'll relay on the nose of your plane/helicopter, simply dumb.
- Difficulty
San Andreas isn't hard, but after reading my "Story & Sense" part you'll realise what i'm trying to say, i'm trying to say that most of GTA SA's missions really lack on sense, so, it seems weird but many missions don't really have a "difficulty". Most of the missions that appear to be hard, after being done you'll laugh, because of the critical lack of sense. I don't know if adding difficulty levels will make missions better in the future.
_ LIFESPAN 7/10 _
! Good Things !
- Interactivity
In this game, the cities "feel alive", people talking to each other, to you, things happening, reactions from the people, etc. One day i was doing a big mess, destroying everything, 5 stars, and i heard an old man a bit far away saying very loud and clear: -We love you!
- Characters
The problem here is simple, many gamemakers today try to sell games by trying to make cool characters/personalities and fail miserably, like Neversoft, Yu Suzuki, Tecmo, etc (and it's amazing how many people likes characters with so much lack of coolness, maybe cause dressing up/posing is their only friggin salvation), but Rockstar is successful in this matter. No annoying voices, no annoying characters, people really acting cool, and that's the way to go.
- Auto
There's too much thing to drive, from planes to cars (and you can mod them, most of them, and you can use NOS too), bikes and boats, and even some odd/misc vehicles. You'll meet tanks, world war planes, etc, and they shoot! If you want, well, maybe you can go around with a BMX, or maybe a Mountain Bike, no?
- Radio Stations
There's no game out there capable of facing this kind of feature GTA has too, to tell the truth, Driv3r, True Crime and Getaway can't face almost every feature/things GTA has. True Crime's selection of musics were good but GTA radio stations are more, much more, let me tell you you'll hear some of the funniest talks/quotes ever, there's plenty of music, house, rock, hip hop, man even reggae! Don't even talk about Driv3r, were you'll listen to 30 sec. MIDI loops everytime until you're kind enough to shut down the music.
- Things to make and do
Yeah, go get that girlfriend to really love you, get some territories and make your gang really respectable on the streets, practice in some schools, BUY things (clothes, properties, cars, etc), additional missions and quests (how about finding cars to import and export? Wanna learn martial arts? Find secrets! Well, if you feel the need for speed why don't you enter some racing tournament? No? Well... then, let me see, go dance! Yeah, why not? Oh, and after that? Listen, why don't you make the main missions too?)
! Bad Things !
- Story & Sense
In the beginnin it's all for your homies and moms, but then the thing just keeps going on over and over, and you'll wonder if you're a public servant, the almighty public servant who goes here and there blowing and destroying everything. The cutscenes are cool and stuff, but they can't hide the fact that almost every cutscene in the game is another excuse for one more senseless mission. In almost every missions you'll have to blow/destroy something or kill someone for other people's interests, you always seem to be the "guy with no life" in GTA when it comes to missions and i don't know why. Let's just think right, you are the owner of some great asset property like Wang Cars, it gives money daily, so why on Earth do you still have to be doing dirty works for other people? That's all pointless. But here in SA and on almost every GTA game it's just like that, you're always the guy who has to do the "dirty work", that blows the realism to hell. In the back of the cover it says something like "Go for a journey here in San Andreas until you take control of the streets", let me tell you that's just bull****, unless we're talking about the "Gang Feature". When progressing trough the story, you don't feel like you're "going up", becoming a real someone, that's what's missing, you don't get from street dawg to a real mafia boss, and THAT's what's missing, you just feel like you're always a street dawg, sometimes you even feel like a thugged busta, a wannabe gangsta playing rambo. After getting everything you want, like the ability to use planes, etc, you'll start losing interest for doing the main missions. To tell the truth, i rather watch Rockstar changin the main objectives/point of the GTA series, they need to try to do something really new, cause it's disappointin how they make an amazing virtual world and after all you only have to be a poor version of Rambo around it. But what's worst, most of the gamemakers today are afraid/not capable of trying new things, maybe they just think that what's funny here is just blowing cars all over the place and running to nowhere while the police is in your tail, my Rockstar friends need to change their ideas, the only cool thing about life isn't just gunfire, we need to find those things and make them shine, or else we'll be complaining about where they are and find ourselves using guns. It's not by anyhow how EA made TheSims, it was a great attempt and therefore successful, now i gotta ask you something, how many amazing memories TheSims brought to many people in this planet? You realize and answer. There's all the hype about GTA around many fanboys etc, but the whole "Vruum vruum, bang bang" deal make me forget/don't mind about this game for a while.
- Entertainment
In this game we should play with a girl, i would give as double as the double of the attention that i give to this game if we could play with a girl, a girl like Fongling from Resident Evil Dead Aim would do, slim and with latex, those ones that you can hear while walking with their tight leather boots, i wouldn't care if we go Rambo that way, i would wake up at 5 o'clock just to wonder around and appreciate the game with the girl, because the cities are amazing. Cause i wonder why we still start playing a game like this and they force us to play as one guy only. Today, games like this shouldn't be like that anymore, we're tired of playing a game and not feeling like us, or like people in our minds/creativity, we should be able to create the characters on almost every game, or at least to "really change" their appearance, that's the big key for the lifespan, at least a well created woman is worth wondering with all the time, i just don't see the point of always wondering around with a guy, no matter if his name is CJ, Tommy or Teinner. WWE Smackdown is one of my favourite games because of that, there's the custom reality, "our little world", and the flow, for hours of playing in many days of life. (I have all Smackdowns, from 1 to 5, and i never hesitate to go buy the next Smackdowns coming out as soon as possible). I will only buy the next GTA if i can play with a nice/cool woman.
_ SUGGESTIONS _
- For the gamemakers
This is what i would like to see in the next GTA games:
. Diving moves (Like True Crime's)
. Playable characters
. A Big Cemetery (And meet the undead there)
. Underwater (Be able to do stuff underwater, missions based underwater)
. More Interactivity (Lay cool on a bed, sit, etc, keys for the lifespan)
. Game difficulty levels
. Fuel/Oil & Wash Cars
. Errors: Shouldn't punch women when stealing cars, only throw them away ; People shouldn't use horns at night, like in real life ; The mini games like dancing need a better engine, so that we can watch what's happening and really have fun, and not just stick at the controls ; Shouldn't display the machine guns when using a vehicle, the player looks stupid driving that way ; For most of the time i only see the Rockstar constellation in the sky, if there were more stars that would be some additional boost for the smoothness of the game, etc.
- For the gamers
What are you waiting for? Go buy it! Now! If you're worried about other games like this, i have all of them, and this is the current classification:
1. GTA San Andreas - 9.3 (Nothing like another amazing virtual world in your home).
2. GTA 3 - 9.0 (Buy the PC version. I'm NOT a GTA fanboy, i'm just being fair, this game is the best among the rest of the games. I prefer True Crime, so, True Crime is the best for me. But if we look at the overall main features etc, GTA 3 wins).
3. True Crime Streets of L.A. - 8.1 (This is the most 'coolooking').
4. Driv3r (Dead lifespan, and our dear Tanner won't smile).
5. GTA Vice City (It's fun, but the body structure of the persons and car architecture isn't great at all, i had it for a long time and then exchanged it).
6. TheGetaway (The sense/story, the gameplay and the features are the worst ever, don't even dare to rent).
Now you know what you need to know, and i hope Rockstar gets better at women design, that's the key for a good designer. I hope they can impress me in the future.
| guys whats up with you? | | nathan from englnad, oxfordshire, eynsham says (6/Jan/2005): | yeah the graphics arent great and they'd be better on xbox, but did you know that gamecube can actually hold better graphics than the x-box!!! so san andreas should have been made originally for gamecube. and anyway, halo 2 is a brilliant game but san andreas is better on ps2, think of it, would you rather have loads to do and be able to go anywhere, looking like you want and having the car of your choice, thats better than just having a one way thing and only getting to go in vehicles and killing some alien scum. although call of duty is the best game ever, and battlefield is the greatest game for driving, walking, flying or just randomly catching a ride in someone elses vehicle!
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