GTA San Andreas PC/Xbox

[Alkaola 18]

Date: 6/6/2005 12:07:35 PM Author: thatmonkeysim well i cant wait for tommorow i got a copy already reserved for me!! yay!

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you got more luck than me , i have to wait 3 days longer

 

man why they just don't release it on the same day just to show america is always faster and better?

[sloppet 3]

I can't wait till I'll get my hand on my copy of this game! It'll be really great and on 100% better then the previous version of it...

[LightWarriorK 4]

Date: 6/6/2005 12:07:35 PM Author: thatmonkeysim well i cant wait for tommorow i got a copy already reserved for me!! yay!

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Man, I have such a dilemna.... As an adult with an actual job and responsibilities now, I'm finding it harder to justify purchasing games.  Usually it's a cost issue, or a time issue, but now....

 

Either

1) Get GTA: San Andreas tomorrow

 

or

 

2) Finish my Graduate Thesis

 

The Thesis has to be DONE by August, and I've got a lot of work left to do.  I'm worried that I will be too absorbed in GTA:SA to be able to finish on time.  Also, if I wait, it's an extra incentive to finish quickly.

 

The kid in me (still a very large part) screams out to get it, cuz it'll be 2 and 1/2 months before I get it if I wait until the Thesis is over with....

 

[thatmonkeysim 8]

Date: 6/6/2005 3:56:39 PM
Author: LightWarriorK

Date: 6/6/2005 12:07:35 PM Author: thatmonkeysim well i cant wait for tommorow i got a copy already reserved for me!! yay!

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Man, I have such a dilemna.... As an adult with an actual job and responsibilities now, I'm finding it harder to justify purchasing games. Usually it's a cost issue, or a time issue, but now....

Either

1) Get GTA: San Andreas tomorrow

or

2) Finish my Graduate Thesis



The Thesis has to be DONE by August, and I've got a lot of work left to do. I'm worried that I will be too absorbed in GTA:SA to be able to finish on time. Also, if I wait, it's an extra incentive to finish quickly.


The kid in me (still a very large part) screams out to get it, cuz it'll be 2 and 1/2 months before I get it if I wait until the Thesis is over with....

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man thats a thoughie... make sure you choose wisely!

anyway... i was too late to get over to the GameSpot tonight before Rush Hour so i decided not to go but im going first thing in the morning tommorow... I CANT WAIT!!

[frogface 354]

im getting it on my birthday

which is on friday, day of the european release

[Alkaola 18]

i got it tomorow

[TeKKeNForever606 0]

Sure, graphics are nice but for a console developed game like GTA:San Andreas, it's not like Rockstar developed any special Direct X 9 lighting and transform for the PC version. It's simply just a console port. Sure, maybe with the right setup you can get higher resolutions and some antialiasing but the fact of the matter is you're just looking at textures developed for PS2s Emotion Engine and GPU, without any engine enhancements, it's like paying a PS1 game with Bleem. You're gonna get some graphical enhancements, but it's not going to blow you away like Doom 3 did. Besides, San Andreas is old news and the PS2 version will always have the edge over everyone else becuase of the release date timeframe. Sure, mods are fun and add life to a game but you will never see a Rockstar developed expansion pack for the PC version. Same deal with Vice City when it was release for PC and Xbox, if you don't own a PS2, you're just playing last year's rehash on a different format.

[lakeyboy 12]

I might give this thread a boost.

I had been waiting ever since the PS2 version came out in 2004 until June 10, 2005 for the PC Version. I don't have a PS2 or a XBOX and I already had GTA III & Vice City on PC. I got it on June 10 (The australian release date. 3 days after US release date) I installed it and it is awesome. It runs great on my P4 1.6, 768 ram, 128mb radeon 9100 & 16x dvd drive, 1280 x 1024 x 32 resolution. Just put Visual effects on low (you can't tell the difference) and about 5 bars of draw distance.

One question though, does any SimTrop Members know how to mod San Andreas?

[MayorVieira 1]

As I said before in this topic, I was a bit reluctant on buying GTA SA, since Vice City was a letdown in every possible way (no improvement whatsoever compared to GTA 3... and the 80's feel got old really fast).

However, I decided to get SA for the Xbox last Friday. Let me tell, it's the most fun I've had with a game in a long time. Right now I'm at work and I just can't wait to get home to play it...

 

Despite the limitations (the huge size of the game world and the PS2 processor), the game is at least decent looking. Weather effects have been improved, like rain, fog and especially the great looking heat wave coming from the tarmac. The buildings are greatly detailed from the outside, and are even better on the inside (and now there are plenty of buildings you can enter).

 

As for the gameplay, that's where the game is really strong. It feels like you can do anything a real person could do in a real city. Eating, working out, swimming, playing arcade machines, getting new tatoos, hairstyles or clothes, playing basketball... and I just have played the game for 2 days so far.

 

Oh, I can't forget to mention how great additions the BMX and other bicycles were to the game... better than the motorbikes were to VC.

 

[K_m_H 0]

Ordered it over the internet a few hours ago. I will probably have it by tomorrow, weee

[LightWarriorK 4]

The biggest improvement to the game on the PC is the Graphical Details and Draw Distances.  Far superior to PS2 and XBox.

The biggest downside on the PC is trying to drive and fly with the keyboard.  Very Frustrating

[Viddy0125 0]

Date: 6/20/2005 11:02:00 AM Author: LightWarriorK

The biggest improvement to the game on the PC is the Graphical Details and Draw Distances.  Far superior to PS2 and XBox.

The biggest downside on the PC is trying to drive and fly with the keyboard.  Very Frustrating

Wait till you see the flying, boating, bike and driving school later in the game. Ah well, finished the main storyline of the game, now to do all the side mission and get 100% game completion.

[MayorVieira 1]

I just reached the second city, San Fierro. It's beautiful, and it feels like it's a whole new game... and I wasn't even done knowing Los Santos... there are still places left to visit there. The game also has a well-told story.

 

I've never been so addicted to a game since Project Gotham Racing 2.

[Alkaola 18]

Date: 6/28/2005 10:12:43 AM Author: MayorVieira

I just reached the second city, San Fierro. It's beautiful, and it feels like it's a whole new game... and I wasn't even done knowing Los Santos... there are still places left to visit there. The game also has a well-told story.

I've never been so addicted to a game since Project Gotham Racing 2.

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im finished las venturas , and i almost never playing it anymore , i'm back to simcity , simcity will always be the best non bored game ever made , SA is gettting bored if you completed las venturas unfortunately

[frogface 354]

Date: 6/20/2005 11:02:00 AM Author: LightWarriorK

The biggest improvement to the game on the PC is the Graphical Details and Draw Distances.  Far superior to PS2 and XBox.

The biggest downside on the PC is trying to drive and fly with the keyboard.  Very Frustrating

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flying takes getting used to, its quite easy with the keyboard now. helicopters are a little hard though

and that flying school i can fly perfectly without it

[toxicpiano 125]

San andreas was rubbish. i had the PS2 version and quite frankly it was just awful. Yes the controls have improved and the graphics are better. also the violence is more realistic, becoming less violent. the idea of a gansta rap GTA just didnt work. it is far more of a mafia game. Vice City was a lot better in storyline and time setting. and still they can't make curves and circles properly, look at the roads. where there should be a smooth curve there is an angular attempt at a circle. even true crime which was rubbish had smooth roads.

[MayorVieira 1]

Well, who plays GTA for the graphics? If I want to play a good-looking game I go back to Doom3 or Splinter Cell: CT. GTA SA is all about gameplay... it's got basically the same visuals as GTAIII (with a few minor improvements), which were beautiful... 4 years ago.

 

So... I really couldn't care less about the smoothness of the roads in such a huge, nicely detailed world.

[toxicpiano 125]

thats not the point THE GAME WAS CRAP!

[Superstar 69]

Date: 6/28/2005 4:24:36 PM
Author: toxicpiano
thats not the point THE GAME WAS CRAP!

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Now now...no point to let your anger out on a game. Personally from what I hear it totally rocks but we all have our opinions

[thatmonkeysim 8]

im sorry to say but i think this game is one of the best games ever!!

right now im in Fierro and im having so much fun... but there is one little problem...

those Zero mission are hard as hell!!!!!! omg its just so hard to play it... well thats all im gonna say so i dont ruin it for everyone who hasnt made it that far

but still...

[frogface 354]

Date: 6/28/2005 6:37:14 PM Author: thatmonkeysim im sorry to say but i think this game is one of the best games ever!! right now im in Fierro and im having so much fun... but there is one little problem... those Zero mission are hard as hell!!!!!! omg its just so hard to play it... well thats all im gonna say so i dont ruin it for everyone who hasnt made it that far but still...

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dont bother with zero's missions, theyre not essential to continue the story so i'd just leave em and finish them later.

[MayorVieira 1]

Easy, toxicpiano... you made your point, but there's no need to get so angry. I just don't happen to agree with you on that matter. I personally found the 80's atmosphere in VC to be very shallow (just some Miami Vice wardrobe and a few songs in the radio) and quite boring after the novelty was gone... ah, those weird years... they're a time to forget.

[SimMaster 17]

Date: 6/28/2005 11:13:48 AM
Author: toxicpiano
San andreas was rubbish. i had the PS2 version and quite frankly it was just awful. Yes the controls have improved and the graphics are better. also the violence is more realistic, becoming less violent. the idea of a gansta rap GTA just didnt work. it is far more of a mafia game. Vice City was a lot better in storyline and time setting. and still they can't make curves and circles properly, look at the roads. where there should be a smooth curve there is an angular attempt at a circle. even true crime which was rubbish had smooth roads.

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San Andreas takes place in the early 90's. The music and places are perfect for that era. Rockstar did a good job.

[thatmonkeysim 8]

i agree the music was right out of the early 90's... some of the best music from that time makes me go back to the times when i was a child...omg im getting old....

[MayorVieira 1]

There are plenty of radio stations to set the early 90's mood, and they do the trick. Also, there are some hilarious radio stations (besides the talk show station that is now a trademark for all GTA games)... like the country station. It helps the countryside feel (it's always playing when you steal a car in the small cities or by a farm) and the music is enjoyably pathetic...

[villarule 2]

The controlls are really annoying, i had to change them all then i forgot them

it gets a tad annoying, nice game tho

[Superstar 69]

I admitt that the default controls suck, I had to change them all over, but I love thegame, really cool

[MayorVieira 1]

I'm not having problems with the default control configuration... the drive-by takes a while to get used to, but it's not that hard once you do.

[K_m_H 0]

I have played the game for a few weeks and I must say I can find few flaws in it. The oly big thing I hate with it is all the rap-crap on the radio. I only listen to Dust<-, Rose<- and sometimes KJAH and SFUR. oh well I shouldn't complain the game rules anyway

[halo_lover 1]

Yeah KDST!! Music doesn't get old, it just gets a little...dusty. Great station. I also like Radio X, usually I just listen to it when I get tired of KDST though.