GTA: San Andreas

[CheapJon]

can't belive that there is no thread about this game (couldn't find any when i searched for it).. it's really a great game.. okay it was like 2 years ago it was released.. maybe it's just me who liked it
there is a lot to talk about when it comes to this game so we can talk about it in this thread

[Neemo]

It's fucking huge...after 6 months of not playing I've recently got back into it...Right now I'm at the first mission in Los Venturas...the FLying lessons sucked bigtime!!!

[zosobob6]

san andreas wasnt my favorite of the GTA games.  i didnt like the whole gangsta theme of it.
and some of the missions were just pointless.   but that exists in every GTA game.

the mission i loved was when you had to drive a motorcycle onto a moving plane, kill some guys, plant a bomb
then jump out and parachute to the ground.   that was sweet.

[Izzy]

I seem to have lost my copy - been looking for weeks....

Its truly amazing as a game - the sheer size - and on one disk? Shows how lazy virtually every other games programmers are!

I thought the soundtrack let it down big time - in Vice City it was full of biting satire, but San Andreas seems to have overlooked that this time, Lazlow appears for about 30 seconds! The track selection leads a lot to be desired - set in 1992 and no Nirvana or Pearl Jam - and Welcome to the jungle instead of an Illusions track?

Cant wait for the next one and i can only imagine how good the graphics must be on the pc version...

[Neemo]

Vice city was my favorite of the games...i just picked up liberty city stories and it's actualy quite refreshing to have a GTA that is slimmed down again.

but back to Vice City....like Izzy said the songs were way better and the DJ's were better and the stations had the feel of real DJ's...San Andreas just feels like some dudes reading dialogue off paper in a studio

[Hammy]

I made the fatal mistake of buying this game at university.  All we ever used the Ps2 for was multiplayer stuff and just messing about, so in all the time i've had it all we ever did was put all the cheats on and go round killing and having fun, was cool for that, being able to swim made this real cool, and the cheat for driving on water, haven't touched the game in about 6 months, i may actually try and do some missions because on the previous 2 games i really enjoyed them and the missions, i also bought libert city stories a few weeks back bought the piss poor graphics has kind of held me back from playing to much, seems like a cheap cash-in.....

[Neemo]

i also bought libert city stories a few weeks back bought the piss poor graphics has kind of held me back from playing to much, seems like a cheap cash-in.....

well in fairness it was made for the PSP so they prolly didn't wanna sink too much in in case the system flopped...I haven't really played it but the little i did it was kinda refreshing to go back and just play a simple game again and it was like visiting an old freind by seeing and driving thru liberty city I almost wanna go buy the first 2 games again and play them all in chronological order

[Drew]

It's fucking huge...after 6 months of not playing I've recently got back into it...Right now I'm at the first mission in Los Venturas...the FLying lessons sucked bigtime!!!

You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get thru the flying stage the first go around. That was probably the hardest mission for me.

[anythinggoes]

It's fucking huge...after 6 months of not playing I've recently got back into it...Right now I'm at the first mission in Los Venturas...the FLying lessons sucked bigtime!!!

You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get thru the flying stage the first go around. That was probably the hardest mission for me.

the roof top mission where you shoot the little toy planes with midi gun still cant do it to this day

[Neemo]

It's fucking huge...after 6 months of not playing I've recently got back into it...Right now I'm at the first mission in Los Venturas...the FLying lessons sucked bigtime!!!

You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get thru the flying stage the first go around. That was probably the hardest mission for me.

the roof top mission where you shoot the little toy planes with midi gun still cant do it to this day

after many sessions and cursing i managed to do it

[Drew]

the roof top mission where you shoot the little toy planes with midi gun still cant do it to this day

after many sessions and cursing i managed to do it

Hahahaha.....I still can't beat the toy planes mission!!! LOL.  I let my brother have a shot at it and he beat it on his first try.

But it took me many sessions and alot of cursing to beat flight school though.

[Tj]

I bought it back when it came out and I spent ages on it, I did a few missions but eventually I got fed up so I just messed around with it for a few weeks, during which my brother completed it. If I'm playing it, I still mess around most of the time  but I started a new game a couple of months ago and I completed it. Well...I say completed, but there are stupid little things like collecting the horseshoes that I haven't done 

There are so many funny things you can do with San Andreas, and loads of funny things that just happen. This morning I saw an FBI car on top of a dome-shaped roof...

[Neemo]

Well...I say completed, but there are stupid little things like collecting the horseshoes that I haven't done?

haha I'm doing that right now...45 out of 50....and yeah i use the walkthrough to get them but that's the only cheating i do...the cheat codes don't interest me

[A Private Eye]

It's a quality game, the size of it is unbelievable, it's hard to imagine a game getting bigger than that. The flying missions and toy plane missions are very hard took me a long time to do those. My favourites were the bike onto plane and parachute off mission, the casino robbery mission that takes about 20 minutes and also the mission that takes you back to liberty city I thought that was a nice touch. Also really love the jetpack but getting ti from area 51 is a right pain of a mission. The next full GTA game for PS3 is rumoured to be 7 times the size of San Andreas 

[the dirt]

Hahahaha.....I still can't beat the toy planes mission!!! LOL.? I let my brother have a shot at it and he beat it on his first try.

  I did the exact same thing. I think it took him 2 tries.

[Izzy]

The next full GTA game for PS3 is rumoured to be 7 times the size of San Andreas?

No way - that would be the equivalent of rendering an entire...well, i dunno! I'm not sure just how big San Andreas is, never tried to drive one side to the other - 50 miles across perhaps? 100 miles? Anyone know the scale used?

[A Private Eye]

The next full GTA game for PS3 is rumoured to be 7 times the size of San Andreas?

No way - that would be the equivalent of rendering an entire...well, i dunno! I'm not sure just how big San Andreas is, never tried to drive one side to the other - 50 miles across perhaps? 100 miles? Anyone know the scale used?

That's what I read it's supposedly going to be a whole country this time. I have read the size of SA somewhere but I can't remember what it is, although 32km rings a bell for some reason.

[Drew]

An entire country? Wow!!

Has anyone else heard that the next Grand Theft Auto game will be released for X-Box first, rather than Playstation?

[Hammy]

An entire country? Wow!!

Has anyone else heard that the next Grand Theft Auto game will be released for X-Box first, rather than Playstation?

May 9, 2006 - Rockstar Games announced today the next chapter in the Grand Theft Auto series, titled (surprisingly) Grand Theft Auto IV. The announcement offered little in terms of actual details regarding story and game mechanics, however, it did confirm that Rockstar North, developers of Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, are handling the latest iteration.

The only other piece of information concerns the release date. GTA 4 will ship simultaneously for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 16, 2007. In Europe, the game will ship on October 19, 2007.
 
The announcement that Grand Theft Auto IV would be coming to both systems listed above was actually a bit of a surprise. At first, this surprise was because Sony's platforms had a history of landing the franchise first, but then it was because it seemed that the game was being positioned as an Xbox 360 exclusive following Microsoft's announcement of the title just minutes ago at its E3 press conference.

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/706/706234p1.html

[Drew]

Thank you for posting the article Stoned.

[Hammy]

I'd love them to do a mid 90s UK one for the new version.....

.....i think the series needs a change of country

I'd want a proper full length version doing though, not a bollocks cash-in like GTA London

[anythinggoes]

how about france or a european country cant do london due to the getaway( which i have to say saved me getting lost in central london when i took a wrong turn)

[Hammy]

how about france or a european country cant do london due to the getaway( which i have to say saved me getting lost in central london when i took a wrong turn)

But wouldn't all the convo on the radio have to be in french then, ya know for the value of authenticity and all.....

....my french is a tad rusty

[anythinggoes]

ah yeah bummer

australia would be too like Usa looks wise

ok ireland

[2NaFish]

i loved san andreas. the stone roses guys were brilliant.

[Hammy]

ok ireland

That's cool.....I'd like that.

Shame they couldn't just pick a city or 2 in the UK, and kind of well, replicate them, give you the option of going to a man utd match with a rocket launcher and.....

[Drew]

Something I thought would be a cool idea, would be like if in the game there were two or more countries(kinda what some of you have touched on) that you had missions in but you'd have to gain a passport to get in. Kinda the same way in San Andreas where you have to beat the missions in Los Santos before moving on to San Fierro and Las Venturas.

[Skeletor]

GTA 4 will ship simultaneously for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 16, 2007. In Europe, the game will ship on October 19, 2007.

Looks like I'm buying an Xbox in 2007... it'll probably be a lot cheaper by then, too.

cant do london due to the getaway( which i have to say saved me getting lost in central london when i took a wrong turn)

I don't know if this is a language thing or whatever, but I don't understand what you mean, what's a getaway? Means of escape?

[Drew]

I don't know if this is a language thing or whatever, but I don't understand what you mean, what's a getaway? Means of escape?

I believe he's referring to The Getaway and sequel The Getaway: Black Monday.

[CheapJon]

It's fucking huge...after 6 months of not playing I've recently got back into it...Right now I'm at the first mission in Los Venturas...the FLying lessons sucked bigtime!!!

You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get thru the flying stage the first go around. That was probably the hardest mission for me.

the roof top mission where you shoot the little toy planes with midi gun still cant do it to this day

after many sessions and cursing i managed to do it

yeah mee two.. i prolly failed at least 30 times before i finished it.. prolly the hardest mission.. at least the hardest now on the top of my head.. another hard mission i think was you know when you and big smoke are riding a motorcykle and are running away from the police or maffia can't remember but it's something like that.. i found that one hard too.. but maybe only me

[Drew]

yeah mee two.. i prolly failed at least 30 times before i finished it.. prolly the hardest mission.. at least the hardest now on the top of my head.. another hard mission i think was you know when you and big smoke are riding a motorcykle and are running away from the police or maffia can't remember but it's something like that.. i found that one hard too.. but maybe only me

Is that same mission where you go into a tall office building and start shooting up al the mafia and then hop on the motorcylce in the parking deck and run thu the overflows/spillways? It was hard.

[CheapJon]

yeah mee two.. i prolly failed at least 30 times before i finished it.. prolly the hardest mission.. at least the hardest now on the top of my head.. another hard mission i think was you know when you and big smoke are riding a motorcykle and are running away from the police or maffia can't remember but it's something like that.. i found that one hard too.. but maybe only me

Is that same mission where you go into a tall office building and start shooting up al the mafia and then hop on the motorcylce in the parking deck and run thu the overflows/spillways? It was hard.

yeah that was the one i meant 

[CheapJon]

what's up witht hat "hot coffee" thing.. you know where you can fuck the hookers and stuff not fuck 'em in the car but you know what i mean.. anyone tried it?

[BlowUpYourVideo]

I'm surpised no-one's mentioned Axl as the classic rock DJ. "This song'll put hair on your chest. It certainly did to my ex-wife."   

[CheapJon]

I'm surpised no-one's mentioned Axl as the classic rock DJ. "This song'll put hair on your chest. It certainly did to my ex-wife."? ?

yeah i love all the stuff he's saying.. even though it's prolly not axl who wrote it but they are cool.. don't think i remember anything special quote right now.. but yeah he got some really cool lines

[Evolution]

It's a pretty fun game just to piss about on  I haven't given the missions a shot yet.

[CheapJon]

It's a pretty fun game just to piss about on? I haven't given the missions a shot yet.

man you gotta try the missions.. they are cool and makes the "pretty fun game" to a great cool game 

[Neemo]

It's fucking huge...after 6 months of not playing I've recently got back into it...Right now I'm at the first mission in Los Venturas...the FLying lessons sucked bigtime!!!

You wouldn't believe how long it took me to get thru the flying stage the first go around. That was probably the hardest mission for me.

the roof top mission where you shoot the little toy planes with midi gun still cant do it to this day

after many sessions and cursing i managed to do it

yeah mee two.. i prolly failed at least 30 times before i finished it.. prolly the hardest mission.. at least the hardest now on the top of my head.. another hard mission i think was you know when you and big smoke are riding a motorcykle and are running away from the police or maffia can't remember but it's something like that.. i found that one hard too.. but maybe only me

althought the one after flying the toy plane and shooting dudes is even harder...

another thing i don't bother with are the arena games...hot ring, blood ring and dirt ring....the GTA guys have a thing with their rings

[Drew]

another thing i don't bother with are the arena games...hot ring, blood ring and dirt ring....the GTA guys have a thing with their rings

I like the racing dirt rings in Los Santos and Las Venturas. Those are quite fun. But the race in San Fierro is hard and I can never win that one.

[anythinggoes]

another thing i don't bother with are the arena games...hot ring, blood ring and dirt ring....the GTA guys have a thing with their rings

I like the racing dirt rings in Los Santos and Las Venturas. Those are quite fun. But the race in San Fierro is hard and I can never win that one.

do it in the tank  you cant loose

[Drew]

another thing i don't bother with are the arena games...hot ring, blood ring and dirt ring....the GTA guys have a thing with their rings

I like the racing dirt rings in Los Santos and Las Venturas. Those are quite fun. But the race in San Fierro is hard and I can never win that one.

do it in the tank  you cant loose

Hahahahahaha! Alright, I will!!

[A Private Eye]

I'm surpised no-one's mentioned Axl as the classic rock DJ. "This song'll put hair on your chest. It certainly did to my ex-wife."? ?

yeah i love all the stuff he's saying.. even though it's prolly not axl who wrote it but they are cool.. don't think i remember anything special quote right now.. but yeah he got some really cool lines

"Sometimes all you need to get through life is just a little patience" I liked that quote 

[A Private Eye]

Just playing the game again, another great level is when you have to destroy the building site portakabins then bury the scared foreman whos locked in his portaloo in a hole of cement 

[Drew]

- I like the Amphious Assault mission in San Fierro. Where you have to swim out to the ships without being detected.
- Stowaway (Las Venturas) mission is cool too. That's where you have to catch the cargo plane on your motorcycle before it takes off.
- Black Project (Las Venturas), where you have to sneak into the military base.
- Freefall (Las Venturas), where you have to fly the plane to catch the inbound plane, parachute and land on the private jet, kill the four people on board, and land the plane safely.


What's the mission where you have to parachute from a plane at night and land near the Sherman Damn and get inside? That was real fun too.

[Neemo]

I'm doing the Import Export thing right now

need 3 more vehicles to finish it

the BF Injection, Euro and Mesa....i can't for the life of me find the last two...i don't even think i've ever seen them yet

[CheapJon]

I'm doing the Import Export thing right now

need 3 more vehicles to finish it

the BF Injection, Euro and Mesa....i can't for the life of me find the last two...i don't even think i've ever seen them yet

i think you can find the BF injection somewhere at the beach in san fiero or las venturas...
Euro you can find in las venturas under the sphinx at the camel toe casino (the one with the pyramide) i think
and the mesa you can find at mount chiliad somewhere

 

[Neemo]

I'm doing the Import Export thing right now

need 3 more vehicles to finish it

the BF Injection, Euro and Mesa....i can't for the life of me find the last two...i don't even think i've ever seen them yet

i think you can find the BF injection somewhere at the beach in san fiero or las venturas...
Euro you can find in las venturas under the sphinx at the camel toe casino (the one with the pyramide) i think
and the mesa you can find at mount chiliad somewhere

 

awesome!!! thanks man!!!

[BlowUpYourVideo]

"Look shithead, I run through life with a sword in one hand and a burning torch in the other." - Axl "Tommy Smith" Rose

[Neemo]

"You're on the Dust...try not to shit your pants"

"this is my kinda music...this is a plaid shirt free zone people we're rock stars not lumberjacks"

"this fog is really getting on my nerves...i coulda sworn i hit somebody on my way to work this morning take care out there"

[CheapJon]

awesome!!! thanks man!!!

found 'em?

[Neemo]

awesome!!! thanks man!!!

found 'em?

I'll go looking tonight and let you know tommorrow

[Skeletor]

we're rock stars not lumberjacks"

Love the Hetfield reference

[Drew]

Welcome To the Jungle Promo Video for San Andreas:

http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/

You can view the WTTJ promo video at this site in the "movies" section. You use to be able to download the video also but I don't see where you can now.

[Neemo]

awesome!!! thanks man!!!

found 'em?

you are a saviour cheapjonday I looked for nearly 2 hours the other day for those 3 cars and gave up...i found all three in 1/2hr yesterday but when i got the the camels toe and saw the euros...it was locked and i was like FUCK!! but i drove around the building and then it was unlocked

also you know you are playing too much GTA when you see a Jeep on the way home and you think to yourself..."hey there's a Mesa...i need that to export"

[Drew]

another thing i don't bother with are the arena games...hot ring, blood ring and dirt ring....the GTA guys have a thing with their rings

I like the racing dirt rings in Los Santos and Las Venturas. Those are quite fun. But the race in San Fierro is hard and I can never win that one.

do it in the tank  you cant loose

Ok, I tried to punch in the "tank" code once I was inside the San Fierro Arena. but the car never changed from the demolition derby car to the tank.

[carlosmontana]

Hahahaha.....I still can't beat the toy planes mission!!! LOL.  I let my brother have a shot at it and he beat it on his first try.

  I did the exact same thing. I think it took him 2 tries.

damn, seems like i have to bribe some kid next door to do it for me... i'm crap at games....

[Drew]

Does anyone know if there is a website where you can view all the cut scenes from the San Andreas game?

[cotis]

I used to play this all the time until some asshole stole it from my house, still don't know who took it .

[Yesterday]

Bought it because of  Axl doing the voice work.  Turned out to be a fun game for a bit, haven't played it in a while.  You can see the hot coffee pics at Wikipedia.  I can figure out how to do the hot coffee thing, so maybe someone else can.