Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

[ThaSaltCracka]

Anyone else pumped?

27 days!!
http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/

http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/screenshots/images/screen_17.jpg

[jagoff]

Man this game is gonna be off the chain!!! I don't have enough time to clear bonuses and play this game so something has gotta suffer!! Damn you Rockstar Games!! Damn you straight to hell!

[wacki]

Yup, I am.

Does this mean you are going to be a mexican this time?

[ThaSaltCracka]

naw, you are a brotha. But there are a bunch of hispanic gangs and asian gangs in the game. Plus you get to own your own casino, and gamble!!!!! No Hold 'em though, but video poker. Plus depending on your status, you may or may not be a high roller.

And unlike past versions, you can actually swim in the game.

[mmbt0ne]

I'm going to get absolutely nothing done once this game comes out. And I'm 100% ok with that.

[ThaSaltCracka]

yeah, I have pretty much accepted this as well.

[TylerD]

Like you wouldn't believe. It will be the biggest video game of all time.

I don't know whether to take just the Friday off work or the Friday and the following Monday.

A bit sad? Probably. Do I care? Not in the slightest.

[ThaSaltCracka]

it comes out on the 26th here, what about in the UK?

[nolanfan34]

Here's a really stupid newbie question that you'll all laugh at. So, I only have a PC, no game console. I bought GTA3 back a couple of years ago, but at the time didn't have a gamepad or joystick.

And it was WAY too hard using the keyboard. I got stuck on a level where you had to use a gun, and I kept getting blown away before I could kill the guy who I was chasing after.

Anyway, I finally bought a gamepad controller so I could play NHL 2002. Would it be worth going back and playing GTA3 again? And Vice City? I'm assuming it would be a lot easier with a controller, vs. the keyboard.

The saddest part is I'm only 28, and used to be pretty good at Nintendo games....i just can't keep up with these new games and all of those buttons. /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[ThaSaltCracka]

[ QUOTE ]
Anyway, I finally bought a gamepad controller so I could play NHL 2002. Would it be worth going back and playing GTA3 again? And Vice City? I'm assuming it would be a lot easier with a controller, vs. the keyboard.

[/ QUOTE ] Yeah totally worth it. You'll be playing them for a while so enjoy! Do you have an X Box or a PS2?

Do you have VC yet? If not, I would probably just play GTA3 until San Andreas comes out for the PC then buy that.

[TylerD]

Was meant to be 22nd, but as you probably know it was pushed back a week, so the 29th.

[ThaSaltCracka]

is it gonna be edited for the UK like it is in Australia?

[TylerD]

No

[ThaSaltCracka]

good, that means tities, blunts, forties, and violence for you!

[wayabvpar]

I only see mention of the PS2 version....is the Xbox version coming out at the same time, or will be released later? PC?

[ThaSaltCracka]

yeah it'll be PS2 first, then probably PC about 4-5 months later, I would guess. They haven't announced if it will come out on X Box, yet, but I imagine it will come out some time later. It took about 2 years for Sony to finally allow Rockstar to release GTA3 and VC on X Box.

[wacki]

Last I heard, Sony had another 2 year deal with rockstar.

[Eihli]

I didn't have that much fun in the previous GTA's, but I'm more into FPS/RTS than anything else.

[nef]

I find the mouse to be a much more precise control for "shooting" than a controller.

[Ryner]

I really hope they go easy on the "gangsta" aspect of the game. If it's too stupid I might not be capable of enjoying it as much as I'd like to.

[nicky g]

It's going to be the same game as the last two with knobs on. Exciting, but not quite the biggeest event in video game history.

[The once and future king]

If it is going to be such a great game its a crying shame you have to play it on the near obsolete PS2 unless you want to wait an extra 2 months/2 year for it to come out on a platform with some actual graphical abilty.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Ryner, the game will be gangsta, but also quite country. Go check out the official website.

Nicky G, they are adding/improving a lot of things, I would say this game is totally worth checking out.

Once and Future, have you seen the trailer? The graphics look amazing, and thats on a ps2!! You're right about it being a system on its last legs, but they're are about 5 huge games still to come out on the PS2 before it kicks the bucket.

[nicky g]

"Nicky G, they are adding/improving a lot of things, I would say this game is totally worth checking out."

No fear, I definitely will. But I just don't think it's going to be particularly ground-breaking.

Regarding the PS2 being clapped out, do they have plans for a replacement in the pipeline?

[ThaSaltCracka]

Nicky G,
Have you been reading about all the different things in this new addition? Someone at Rockstar basically said you can either be a good or bad character in this game. Which basically means you can make money legally or illegaly. You can even actually break into people's houses and rob them. Not to mention that your charcter changes. He can either be fat, skinny, or buff, depending on what you eat and what you do.

I have heard a new PS3 will probably be unveiled at next years E3, so my guess is Christmas 2005. Microsoft and Nintendo(yes Nintendo) have also hinted at having a new system ready by late 2005 as well.

[jagoff]

TSC-
The PS3 will be unveiled at next year's E3! I have heard Microsoft is scurring to beat PS to the punch by releasing their console months, possibly years, before PS. The Xenon (Microsoft's new console) is going to be a modified Apple G5 (coincidence I think not!). That's the pineapple gist!

[ThaSaltCracka]

Look for all tree to put out systems at about roughly the same time. Which ever one is first will be anyones guess, but I think they all want to be first.

[PhatTBoll]

I guarantee Sony will be first. The PS3 was already in the development stage before the PS2 was even released.

[jagoff]

Ehhh, not from what I read! Microsoft loves to beat people to the punch. The "release" date for the Xbox2 is around the end of 2005, but that may be pushed earlier. Also, they are planning to release Halo 3 about the same time that Sony releases the PS3!

[ThaSaltCracka]

[ QUOTE ]
The "release" date for the Xbox2 is around the end of 2005, but that may be pushed earlier. Also, they are planning to release Halo 3 about the same time that Sony releases the PS3!

[/ QUOTE ] There is no release date. They are still developing the new X Box. Halo 3 won't come out for a while. It took them almost 3 years to come out with Halo 2. What makes you think they could have a new one out with 2 years, which would be the latest the PS3 would be coming out.

[PhatTBoll]

What you read in some magazine or website and what I know from personal connections are two very different things. In case you haven't noticed, Sony is pretty good at beating the competition to the punch also.

[jagoff]

I am just reporting what I have read in mag's like Game Informer. I have no idea if anything they say is true but they claim to have talked to someone at Microsoft. Why you being so salty about this? Oh that's right you are the Salty Cracka!

[ThaSaltCracka]

there is a lot of speculation on both systems. I wouldn't be surprised to see both Microsoft and Sony unveil something new at E3 this year.

Believe me jagoff, you'll know when I am being salty.

[jagoff]

Mucho speculationo! I can't wait to see what the future consoles hold! It's is gonna be off the chain!
No matter how the consoles keep bettering themeselves I still find myself booting up the ol' N64 and running some missions on Golden Eye! Who woulda thunkit?

TSC- Your saltiness will be trumped by my hampster-style!

[ThaSaltCracka]

[ QUOTE ]
TSC- Your saltiness will be trumped by my hampster-style!

[/ QUOTE ] Why don't you just go jagoff.

[jagoff]

Touche! /images/graemlins/ooo.gif

As a famous hip hop poet once said "we can handle this like gentlemen or we can get into some gansta [censored]" The gansta [censored] being a race to 25 in gin rummy! "Have it your motherfaqin way then"


Yeah I am lame! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[ThaSaltCracka]

LOL /images/graemlins/grin.gif
Snoop is that poet.

He might be in the game, others rumored to be in the game are Ice Cube and Ice T.