Official GTA: San Andreas Thread

[Hired Hitman]

The October 2004 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly has a small preview of life in the countryside of San Andreas. Much of the information is already known, but here's an exerpt from the magazine regarding the soundtrack (these songs were released in the past, but not confirmed):

Death Row Records recently confirmed Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride" and "Nuthin' But a G Thang," as well as Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice" for San Andreas' soundtrack.

- Gtagaming.com

[deathtrap]

Imagine driving around to something like Sliver or Enter Sandman

[DS]

"Let Me Ride", "Nuthin' But A G Thang", and "Gin & Juice".
:cool: Called that stuff a mile away.

[DaveWadding]

Death Row Records recently confirmed Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride" and "Nuthin' But a G Thang," as well as Snoop Dogg's "Gin & Juice" for San Andreas' soundtrack.



That's just like Suge.

[Savio]

old news

[Requiem]

This needs to stay at the TOP of the page! :mad:

[Penner]

sippin on gin and juice

LAID BACK

[Hired Hitman]

Laid back indeed, those cops on bikes look fun to ram (H)

[House of Pancakes]

Oh man, I can't wait for this game.

[Jonster]

Well you're gonna have to :p

[Hired Hitman]

Oh Man, I can't wait for this game.

... Shut up, Jonster :p

[DS]

Tomorrow is a big day. Updates from both Gamespot and IGN and the first information on the soundtrack.

[Y2Ant]

:o!

[Hired Hitman]

I expect alot of RnB & Rap Music.

[Optik]

Eh the press-release of soundtrack information today was a big let down.

[Jonster]

Link?

[DS]

Both IGN and Gamespot have updates about the country side up. They put in a lawn mower you can ride this time.

[Hired Hitman]

lawn mower :D

[Requiem]

You'd better be able to run people over with it and have blood spray out the side..

[el fregadero]

Because that is so easy to do with a mower.

[Requiem]

So they should make it hard to do, but I still want to see blood spraying out the side if you run them over..

[deathtrap]

Misery.

[Hired Hitman]

When you kill someone and they are laying on the ground THEN you should beable to run them over with a lawn mower :D

[Ninti the Mad]

While you guys keep yourselves all antsy at this game, I will be in some other topic taking it easy because the game is going to get here either way. :cool:

Stop making yourselves anxious. :foc:

[Hired Hitman]

Getting Anxious is fine with me :foc:

[Optik]

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031618171.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031618890.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031619656.jpg

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http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031623468.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031624890.jpg

[Optik]

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903034137720.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031624187.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031622765.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031621906.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031621250.jpg

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/540/540757/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040820055813870.jpg

[G]

Cool.

[Optik]

G, your daddy should of made you a facial. :|

[G]

k

[el fregadero]

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031621250.jpg

LOL

[Hired Hitman]

http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/544/544428/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-20040903031624890.jpg

I will be jumping off highways with that :cool:

[Optik]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914983_20040903_screen004.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914983_20040903_screen009.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914983_20040903_screen008.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914983_20040903_screen006.jpg

[Dorkchop]

I'm thinking that this game will go down as the greatest game in the history of any console game after the NES.

[Optik]

Pretty sure these ones haven't been posted...

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914983_20040903_screen001.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20040821_screen001.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20040821_screen002.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20040821_screen003.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20040821_screen004.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20040821_screen005.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20040821_screen006.jpg

[RoXer]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20040821_screen001.jpg
[/IMG]

:wtf: Is that Shaq?

[AareDub]

:wtf: Is that Shaq?

I wondered the exact same thing.

[Hired Hitman]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/reviews/914983_20040903_screen001.jpg
If you are able to bury people... :lol:

[deathtrap]

Banshee:D

I'm a bit concered about the people, they look a bit rough. I think it may be just the screens but still, that's my only qualm

[TheNamelessOne]

Well I kinda get the jist of this game now.

Crime not working for for ya? Join the NBA. Don't like the idea of that? Start a farm instead.

[Hired Hitman]

Freedom to do anything.

[Jonster]

I'm thinking that this game will go down as the greatest game in the history of any console game after the NES.
Which game on the NES?

[Dorkchop]

Which game on the NES?

Burger Time. Hahaha, no. I said that because you can't really compare NES to these new systems. Their are a lot of old school gamers that would vote some of those old games, like Mario 3, Mega Man 2, and others. In conclusion, I don't know how to say what I really want to say. I also like chicken fingers.

[Hired Hitman]

why don't you just say best game on the Playstation 2 so far? :-\

[Dorkchop]

why don't you just say best game on the Playstation 2 so far? :-\
Because that would have been a lot betetr and I don't think before I speak. :'(

[Optik]

Because that would have been a lot betetr and I don't think before I speak. :'(

I can tell. :(

[Hired Hitman]

Because that would have been a lot betetr and I don't think before I speak. :'(
:D :y:

[The Mask]

http://www.gouranga.com/nf-screenshots-gtasa-index.htm

quite a few screenshots there, some i haven't seen here.

[Scarface]

Can't be bothered to read through all this to see if someones asked about it.

So anybody got any plans for what their CJ will be wearing?

I figure mine will be wearing long shorts with a black hoodie. Probably bald, unless they put the haircut Will had in fresh prince in the game.

[Hired Hitman]

Probably ...

http://www.gouranga.com/images/gtasa/sa-097.jpg

[DS]

Here's some quick notes. You can start fires, that includes forest fires. You can also dig a shallow grave with that trusty shovel.

Here's some stuff from GamePro

- What you can carry in home invasions depends on your strength and time in gym.
- You can negotiate a price with the fence on stolen items.
- You will seemingly have the ability to jack the trams in San Fierro.
- You will see ruins in San Fierro from the 1989 Earthquake.
- Lombard road and the Trans-America tower are in the game.
- Cops chase peds in high speed chases and helicopters can even get involved. These chases can result in your death however.
- Helicopters seem to be avaliable in San Fierro.
- You can speak to pedestrians using dialogue boxes, similar to those seen in Role Playing Games.
- Climbing will be similar to the climbing in Tony Hawks Underground.
- Hints that the player will be able to steal trains and even skateboards.
- Angel Pine is the size of two Vice City blocks.
- It would appear there's no limit on how high you can fly.
- You can fly for minutes in a straight line without coming into contact with a town.
- CJ's mobile will help you get back on track if you get lost.
- A complete day takes 24 minutes to pass. Exactly the same as previous games.
- You can view your health in the stats page.
- It should take the average gamer about 130 to 150 hours to complete using a strategy guide.
- Each main city has an airport with vehicles to jack.
- The game might be open from the begining or it might not. Rockstar are still deciding on this.

[el fregadero]

130 hours with a strategy guide? :eek:

[Jonster]

Holy crap.

[Astley316]

i hope it is open from the start, first time i get one of these games i just drive around for forty minutes

[DS]

If it was opened from the start, you'd be driving around for 4 hours.

[DS]

Also, probably the worst news that this game has come out with is:

The game has been delayed.

That's right, the new release date is October 26th in North America and October 29th in Europe. There's no word on Australia's date yet but being October 28th in the first place, I'm going to say it will be a good guess the first week of November.

[DS]

After that I don't know if this information is good (it is) or bad (because it will make you more anxious) but here it is: the first info on Las Venturas.

- There are plenty of casinos to gamble in, like the V-Rock Casino, styled like the Hard Rock Cafe. Other Casinos include "The Visage", "Pirates in Men's Pants", "Caligula's Palace" and "The Pink Swan".
- While in a casino, there are a variety of minigames available to play, such as Blackjack, Video Poker, Wheel of Fortune, Slots and Craps.
- Elvis Presley impersonators are present in Las Venturas for a little bit of drunken humor.
- The famous Las Vegas cowboy sign is included in San Andreas, but features Avery Carrington (of Vice City Fame) instead.
- A giant Candy Suxx statue adorns the exterior of one of Las Venturas' buildings.

http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lasventuras1.jpg
http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lasventuras2.jpg
http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lasventuras3.jpg
http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lasventuras4.jpg
http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lasventuras5.jpg
http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lasventuras6.jpg

[Hired Hitman]

:love: :love: :love: :love:

I don't mind about the push back, it's only another week. :)

[Dorkchop]

http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lasventuras6.jpg

Suge Knight?

[TheNamelessOne]

This game is going to make me orgasm.

[Hired Hitman]

I wish they would add another city to their website already :rant:

[DS]

Funny you mention that. They are adding San Fierro up soon.

http://www.cluckinbellhappychicken.com/

http://www.fearitdoit.com/

[Hired Hitman]

That cock-a-doodle-do song is kinda cool :D

[Hired Hitman]

DEATH : Go RIGHT NOW and kill the first person you see. You will notice that death is not really so very bad.

DARIUS FONTAINE is a genius!

[el fregadero]

Sprunk

[Hired Hitman]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/jamessibley/sig/gtahistory.jpg

GTA History 101

[Penner]

:y:

[Savio]

He exposes lies and saves lives. Be afraid no longer.

These are some lies that have been spread
by people with no interest in helping you.

DARIUS FONTAINE™ IS A CON MAN WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING.
Not quite true. DARIUS FONTAINE™ is a fully-qualified gardener,
with a gift for personal development, especially his own.

DARIUS FONTAINE™ MAKES YOU SLEEP WITH YOUR MOTHER.
Only in a very select number of cases.
DARIUS FONTAINE™ is a strict Freudian, you see.

DARIUS FONTAINE™ ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO COMMIT MURDER.
Not so. DARIUS FONTAINE™ frees people from fear. There is a difference.

DARIUS FONTAINE™ ONCE MADE A MAN JUMP OFF A CLIFF,
KILLING HIMSELF IN THE PROCESS.
Unfortunately, complicated psychological treatment is a game of percentages.
It is definitely the case that the man in question has not once complained of vertigo since.

DARIUS FONTAINE™ HATES RELIGION.
CORRECT! Just checking to see if you are still reading. RELIGION IS FOR WIMPS WHO ARE UNREASONABLY SCARED OF THE FACT THAT LIFE IS COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS AND POINTLESS AND THE RESULT OF BILLIONS OF YEARS OF CHANCE. Why do people find this depressing? The fact that we are collections of atoms waiting for the sun to go out should be celebrated!

[Hired Hitman]

You are our 'Savior' :lol:

... ah, I'm going to go lay down for a while.

[Savio]

???

[DS]

- There are now underwater missions
- When using a powerful weapon close-up it will remove the body part completely
- If you ever get lost, you will receive a phone call on your Cell Phone to put you back on track.
- There could be kids in the game, it also has ‘make a quick getaway on some kids bike’ and ‘There is so much going on. Cars, bikes, citizens, gangs, kids’. Then remember there is an amusement park.
- There is a mention of CJ being able to surf, but it’s not confirmed
- You can do certain stealth kills with melee weapons, each weapon having a different animation. E.g. with a knife you impale the blade into their necks.
- CJ actually has his own crib in Orange Grove
- Peds can sleep and also you can do stealth kills while they are sleeping too
- You can visit shops, markets and drug related businesses in Hashury
- You can play basketball by yourself or take on other people
- There are pubs in the country towns
- Angel Pine is the size of 2 Vice City Blocks
- There is a motel up on Mount Chiliad
- You can also add artistic designs on your car at TransFender
- You can now power slide with the handbrake, and not so stiff and quick like previous GTA’s.
- Not only does your cars structure get damaged, but modifications made on your get bent and wrecked too.
- You can fly 3x higher then in VC
- Gambling is a stat and is increased based on your maximum bets
- You can only play at some tables if you are a high roller
- Recruiting gang members depends on your respect level

How Turf Owning Works:
To take over turf you go to enemy territory and start taking out the rival gang. After you survive a couple waves of attacking, the turf now belongs to OGF, and as such they will start spawning on the street. Every now and then someone from a rival gang will try to take the turf back...So you got to scrap together a posse and defend it.

[Hired Hitman]

Sounds great.

[Penner]

What he said ^^

[RoXer]

No new info for 2 days? :mad:

[Hired Hitman]

No new infomation :(

[DaveWadding]

kind of an interesting note...

their putting out GTA Advance for GBA on the same day as SA.

[Hired Hitman]

Yeah, major inflow for Rockstar and their gang

$$$

[Innovator]

game looks badass

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>This is gonna be, like, the best game ever.</font> :drool:

[JJ Moore]

This just in: My manger was at a conference this week and was able to PLAY a tester of GTA :drool: also the PC release date will be for Christmas 2004! :)

*rep me good :shifty:*

[el fregadero]

Why? Nobody gives a shit about what your asshole manager did.

[Hired Hitman]

serious?!? December 04?!!!!!!!

that is great news (if that is true ;))

[JJ Moore]

Yeah my manager *now works at game* went to a conference last week, told me about it! :drool: I can hold out for 2 months, no need to go buy a console just yet ;)

[JJ Moore]

Why? Nobody gives a shit about what your asshole manager did.

That makes 2 of us, but he was able to give me useful info :cool:

[Hollywood Red]

According to every other source, the PC release date is much closer to this time NEXT year.

[JJ Moore]

Well all i've heard is that it should be out 2 months after the release of SA. Maybe they will announce a PC release date in 2 months or actually release the PC version then.

[Hollywood Red]

September 09, 2004 - Buried (somewhat) in Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive's third quarter 2004 financial results is mention that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is indeed planned, and expected to be released in the third quarter of 2005.

To take that out of Business Time, think approximately a year from now.

Of course, most of us guessed a PC (and Xbox) version of San Andreas would be released eventually, but thus far Rockstar had not said anything officially. As is often the case, the desire to provide accurate information to investors trumps the desire to keep gamers on the edge of their seats, panting for knowledge.

Interestingly, the financial report did not mention an Xbox version of the latest Grand Theft Auto. However, we have little reason to doubt that the massively-anticipated (and generally massive) sequel will make its way to Microsoft's console as well.

Stay tuned for more on San Andreas PC as details come in.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/546/546270p1.html

[DS]

The PC release isn't for Christmas 2004. If anything it will be more like Christmas 2005.

[JJ Moore]

September 09, 2004 - Buried (somewhat) in Rockstar parent company Take-Two Interactive's third quarter 2004 financial results is mention that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is indeed planned, and expected to be released in the third quarter of 2005.

To take that out of Business Time, think approximately a year from now.

Of course, most of us guessed a PC (and Xbox) version of San Andreas would be released eventually, but thus far Rockstar had not said anything officially. As is often the case, the desire to provide accurate information to investors trumps the desire to keep gamers on the edge of their seats, panting for knowledge.

Interestingly, the financial report did not mention an Xbox version of the latest Grand Theft Auto. However, we have little reason to doubt that the massively-anticipated (and generally massive) sequel will make its way to Microsoft's console as well.

Stay tuned for more on San Andreas PC as details come in.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/546/546270p1.html

Cool! well it's more then likely it will be announced in 2 month's officially from Rockstart then or something, who knows

[Optik]

Have to agree with DS here. Anybody remember how long it took for GTA and VC to go to PC? Basically, don't hope for any version of SA to be available for anything but PS2 for awhile...

[Hollywood Red]

Did you not read the article I posted that says just that? o_O

[Optik]

Nope

[Ogen]

Anyone starting to think Rockstar may have bitten off more than they can chew with this is. I mean if it all works it'll be the 2nd best game ever and all ( behind the CM series ) but I've a bad feeling about it.

[Drakul]

if they do the best they can on this one i doubt we will see a good GTA after this until PS3

[Hired Hitman]

Where else can they go?

They have already used up their classic city names, all that is left is to expand into world travel. (I mean travel from one country to another)

[DS]

They aren't bitting off more then they can chew. They have had to move to a whole other CD format because it was too much for the regular discs. If they did that and weren't putting all this in they would be stupid. And they are not stupid.

[el fregadero]

Anyone starting to think Rockstar may have bitten off more than they can chew with this is. I mean if it all works it'll be the 2nd best game ever and all ( behind the CM series ) but I've a bad feeling about it.
Just wait for it to come out, it will be worth it.

I have no idea what a CM series is, but I bet it is terrible.

[Astley316]

CM series is Championship Manager, basiclly managing an english football team highly addictive to most football fans, you either love it or hate it, there is no in between for cm

[Drakul]

The CM games just seem like glorified spreadsheets to me :-\

[Y2Ant]

I like Championship Manager, but I get bored of it pretty quickly, I don't love or hate it :o

[DS]

The official site has been updated and now has screens and movies and even the 2nd trailer of San Fierro. It's being hit hard right now but when I can I'll post the screens.

[DS]

After watching the trailer all that comes to mind is this game is going to be fucking amazing.

[DS]

http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/juniper_tanker.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/juniper_jizzys.jpg
Jizzy's Pleasure Zone
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/juniper_gantbridge.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/juniper_binco.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/sanfierro_medical.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/sanfierro_alexs.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/sanfierro_cluckinbell.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/sanfierro_hashbury.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/sanfierro_stadium.jpg
Home of the 69ers.
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/sanfierro_thefarm.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/downtown_windy.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/downtown_bigpointy.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/downtown_valet.jpg
Valets :love:

[el fregadero]

lol Jizzy's Pleasure Zone

[DS]

http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/garcia_zeros.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/garcia_rifa.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/garcia_cobra.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/doherty_garage.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/doherty_cranberry.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/doherty_wang.jpg
They didn't cut anything off there...it's Wang Cars.
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/doherty_transfender.jpg
lol that gets me every time.
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/doherty_paynspray.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/easter_xoomer.jpg
This has been brought up before Vice City but with all these new RPG style elements I think it's a greater chance then ever that you may have to pay for gas. Not saying this is because they probably would have announced that already as it would be a big change in the gameplay but still...anyways more pictures...
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/easter_danang.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/easter_aircraft.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/easter_drydock.jpg
Skaters hang out.
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/easter_import.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/angelpine_chiliad.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/angelpine_ammunation.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/angelpine_whetstone.jpg

[Hired Hitman]

:drool:

That guy in the Gunshop looks gay ;)

[Drakul]

hey in the pic after the Cluckin' bell one theres a shop called Hippy Shopper.I'm not sure about anywhere else but we have Happy Shopper here.Possibly another pointless little easter egg for Dundonians.

[Drakul]

http://www2.siba.fi/~ekurki/pr20021046.jpg
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/screens/sf/sanfierro_hashbury.jpg

[Hired Hitman]

could be.

"I think I will go and investigate undercover, it might look like i'm buying drugs and sleeping with hookers, but i will be fighting crime"

:lol:

[DS]

Charlay Murphaaaaaay

Gamespot says that the voice of Sweet sounds like Ice Cube in the trailer and Ryder sounds like Charlie Murphy...I can hear Ice Cube but I'm having a hard time picturing Murphy. Anyone else hear it?

[House of Pancakes]

Holy shit.

When I actually start playing this game for the first time, I'll have no idea where to start.

[Optik]

I think I may have to drop out of school for this game...

[The Mask]

shaun ryder is playing maccer

[DS]

This needed a bump and the voice actor was announced the other day. By the voice actor I mean the voice of Young Maylay who will be playing Carl Johnson aka the main character.

[el fregadero]

I was checking out that gtagaming site and it said sometimes the planes crash in the game.

[DS]

Yeah it's from an article a while back. That will be pretty sweet as long as I'm not under it or in the building it may crash in to. 4ALLAH

[Hired Hitman]

http://www.exsorbeo.com/

&

http://www.westcoastraplegends.com/

hmm... :-\

[DaveWadding]

I know Madd Dogg is supposed to be the Good Doctah...and Rochell'le is Michel'le

[Optik]

Yeah it's from an article a while back. That will be pretty sweet as long as I'm not under it or in the building it may crash in to. 4ALLAH

So random planes can fly into buildings?

[Optik]

Anybody interested in seeing new pics should go to www.gtagaming.com the front 3 pages are all pics that haven't been posted here.

[DS]

They said they fall but I don't know if they'll do it in to buildings. I'm sure if they fell in the city it would be in to a building but who knows.

[DS]

The way the territories work has been released now. There will be different color shades on the map defining the different territories. When you go to one you'll need to fire a few shots and get the gang angry in order to take it over. When that happens the map area will flash red and there will be swarms of gang members that go to attack you. Defending is the same.

You can go up to people with the OGP green outfit on and press R1 to target them and up or down on the D-pad to recruit them to your gang. Well to follow you and everything. If they accept there's an icon that appears and you can press R1 and left, right, or up on the D-pad to have them attack, follow, or defend.

[Optik]

OMG *Jizzes pants*

Just found out today my little bro has the game on reserve... :)

[xey]

I probably won't be buying this one.

I -may-, that is -MAY-, rent it, but I'm uncertain.


I love the GTA series..Don't get me wrong. But I feel like they're being disloyal changing from a Mafia format to a "Gangster" format. I'm sure that the games are still mostly Mafia-ish, but I don't know..It's a personal thing. I just feel like the series is getting crapped on by changing what's worked so well. I guess Tommy Vercetti gets old after some time, though.


October, November, December, and January seem to be hot months for games...GTA: SA, Halo 2 (HELL YES.), Inuyasha (Again with a major HELL YES.), Smackdown Vs. Raw, Inuyasha, Budokai 3, Resident Evil, Metroid Prime 2 (I think?)..Looks very promising.

[DS]

Big update. I suggest you read this.

* R* reckon that it takes 100 hours to complete the main story missions.
* Cop helicopter fly around the cities, searching for criminals even when you havent got any stars.
* Kung fu, boxing street fighting can all be learnt, once you have learnt them you can use them and mix and match between them.
* Possibility of hot dog R3 missions!
* The Gant bridge is SO big that the weather can be different on both ends.
* you have 360 degree camera control. The faster you go the less rotation is allowed - eg. go fast and you can only look left and right.
* Los Santos property costs a lot of money.
* You can drive a combine harvester into the city.
* No 2 buildings are the same (with the exception of a selection of houses in estates which would look the same in real life).
* CJ can vault over ledges one handed.
* The bulldozer will be steered by the rear wheels rather than the front.
* The riding lawnmower is the slowest vehicle in the game.
* Along with the already-confirmed katana, the golf club makes a return, too.
* The BMX and mountain bike are different in that the mountain bike has gears that are chosen automatically. Manual gear shifting is not yet confirmed.
* Just as you could stop criminals from running from the cops in Vice City and get $50, you can do the same except with putting out fires in San Andreas. The money reward amount is not confirmed.
* One animation improvement is that Carl will not only change his stance with each new weapon, but he will also change stances with the same weapon as his skills increase with that particular weapon.
* One of the ways that aircraft are more improved in San Andreas is that the crop duster can preform maneuvers such as barrel rolls, hammerheads and loops.
* Carl automatically targets enemies heads when he is at the correct range.
* The first place you find the desert eagle and the shovel is in the desert.
* Characters will respond to noise (gunshots, explosions) more realistically.
* Carl can lock onto anyone in the game (even if he isn't holding a weapon).
* Some of the time, you will be able to block (depends on the weapon that Carl is holding).
* Fires will play a bigger role than you might think. Through explosions from cars, grenades or even molotov cocktails, you could set fire to a huge portion of the map. This includes buildings, countryside and more. This can be used to your advantage, of course.
* You will be able to fire at enemies when backing up on your motorcycle or bike.
* A plow is in the game and Carl can use it to smash through buildings, flip cars and cause chaos all over San Andreas.
* There are several environmental objects that you will be able to destroy: milk crates, chain-linked and barb-wire fences, several types of plants, couches, chairs, other furniture and etc.

[TheNamelessOne]

But I feel like they're being disloyal changing from a Mafia format to a "Gangster" format. I'm sure that the games are still mostly Mafia-ish, but I don't know..It's a personal thing. I just feel like the series is getting crapped on by changing what's worked so well.
Wow. The cynics have already started to appear.

"Well I know loads of stuff has been added to the game, but I am more annoyed about the changing of something that didn't make much of a difference in the first place".

[Hired Hitman]

Yeah, I mean come on, All GTA games had gangs, now you are apart of a gang instead of a loner or whatever.

[el fregadero]

People who aren't buying this game are racists.

[DS]

That's probably the stupidest thing I've heard in this thread. You are debating evening playing it because the game is gang related. GTA3 was gang related as you had to join pretty much every one in the game and Vice City is more gang then mafia. What mafia was even in Vice City? The main group was a gang.

Go play Mafia if you want that as your whole theme but when everyone else is playing San Andreas for over 100 hours just for the missions, I doubt anyone will remember you even cared about such a petty detail.

[el fregadero]

Tommy was in Vice City because of the mafia and they came down there to kill him, but other than that (so everything in the middle) it was all gangs.

[JJ Moore]

dont know if it's been said, cant be assed to find.

It will take 24 Real time hours to ride on a BMX from one end of the map to the other.

[el fregadero]

Oh my.

[DS]

That's not true.

[JJ Moore]

meh was told at a convention 3 weeks ago from rockstar north reps.

[DS]

I still don't believe it as they stated earlier it only takes an hour.

[Gonzo]

There is no point to that statistic except to prove the size of the game area. Even then, it sounds a little farfetched.

[el fregadero]

I still don't believe it as they stated earlier it only takes an hour.
Only

[DS]

Cycle from Los Santos to The Back O' Beyond would take you about 40 minutes.

Not saying it's long but shorter then 24 hours. Who would do that anyways. Get a plane, train, or automobile.

[Xero]

I still don't believe it as they stated earlier it only takes an hour.
I heard that it takes an hour between two of the cities, not the whole map... I wouldnt be suprised if it takes 2-4 hours for the whole map...

BTW, havent been keeping up as well as I should, but will there be fast travel? So you dont have to drive an hour? I mean, sure it'll be fun as hell, but with 100+ hours of main missions, I think you'll want to do a few of em quickly...

[DS]

The hour traveling is by bike. Car will get you there a lot faster. There is also planes, trains, trollies, etc. They will take you to places faster. Think of GTA3's train/subway system.

[el fregadero]

Yeah, I love GTA, but I don't think I will test out the biking across the entire map theory.

[Hired Hitman]

Seriously guys, I don't think it would take anymore than half an hour to get to one edge to the other, look at the Los Santos map on the GTA:SA website, now look at San Fierro, I would say it would take under half an hour to pass though them.

Ofcourse there is Las Ventras and a Desert to count for, but those two alone would take no more than 10 minutes to ride through straight.

[el fregadero]

There probably isn't one road that goes straight through the entire map though.

[Xero]

There probably isn't one road that goes straight through the entire map though.
And that's why we can go OFF road :p

[#BROKEN Hasney]

meh was told at a convention 3 weeks ago from rockstar north reps.

You'll learn this more as you work in Game, but the reps generally lie

[Savio]

And that's why we can go OFF road :p
Did they just add that? :drool:

[Xero]

Did they just add that? :drool:
Well, technicly, you dont have to stay on the road, so, lol... :p

[DS]

You'll learn this more as you work in Game, but the reps generally lie
Yeah that's the truth. Usually best to just wait for R*s word.

Also, Gamespot and IGN are going to update this weekend. Today I believe.

[Hollywood Red]

Odd considering I've never known IGN (or GameSpot for that matter) to update on weekends. It's possible, though.

[DS]

They've done that for every GTA update they've had.

[DS]

Ok IGN has updated with a closer look at San Fierro. I'll post the pictures then the info. Or highlights of the info at least.

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Some of those have been posted but still. Ok here comes the info...

[DS]

The town of Garcia is home of the Rifa Gang and the Cobra Martial Arts Dojo.
The sensei at the Cobra will teach you mostly kicks including front kicks, roundhouses, and drop heels. He will teach you the correct button combinations and so on.
There is remains of the 1989 earthquake in the game along with full trolleys as already stated. You can ride them like the trains to save time or hijack them.
You have a garage called "The Hub".
Only certain cars can get the nitrous upgrade.
The nitrous can be bought depending on how much you want and how many boosts. Theres a graphic that goes in the backseat of the car to show you how big it is. The N20 is suppose to be pretty fast.
Press circle of L1 for the nitrous. Usually lasts about 10-15 seconds.
You can break through destructable objects using the nitrous that you usually couldn't.
Each car type has it's own physics including the bicycles, monster trucks, and go-karts. They are suited for different situations (long trips, hillclimbing, etc.)
The mod garages (like The Hub) are located around San Andreas where you can do paint jobs, 2 color blending, top style (hard, soft, no, etc) and the size of your systems bass.
Different shops do different modifications. Wheels Angels does street racing while there is a place in Los Santos that does low riders.
Noise is the number one way emenies will spot you, so they have added stealth. Hide in shadows, crouch and walk, etc.
You walk up behind enemies and tap circle to plunge a knife into their neck or if you want to take them out from a distance, you can do so with the help of a silenced pistol. Or unsilenced, whatever.

That's it for the major points. You can give it a read if you like.

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Picture I forgot.

Article (http://ps2.ign.com/articles/556/556064p1.html) | Media (http://media.ps2.ign.com/media/611/611957/imgs_1.html)

[el fregadero]

And that's why we can go OFF road :p
Which would slow you down.

[DS]

And now for the Gamespot update. Highlighting San Fierro as well.
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[DS]

Clothes you buy will be kept in your wardrobe where you can change at safe houses.
The save icon is a 3.5 floppy disk, little fun on the 90's theme.
Pressing L1 with a weapon brings up your skill status of the weapon.
There's a status bar to show the progress. Starting out CJ has Poor skills but can get them up to Gangster or Hitman.
Go to Ammu-Nation to upgrade your skills at the shooting range where you face 2 people in a race to most hits.
First round's winner is the one who can shoot out 3 targets at different distances.
Second round's winner is the one who can hit moving targets the fastest.
The final round is one target that everyone shoots at, the one who hits it most wins.
There's a double barrel shotgun that fires 2 shots in a row. It's called the Ammu-Nation Special.
If you get your skills high enough, you can dual weild that (along with others) but that means 4 shotgun shots at a time.
You'll want to go to driving school to learn new driving techniques and raise skills letting you do sharper turns at high speed or stopping faster.
4 wheeled vehicles have in-air control like the motorcycle in Vice City but slower. It helps with the pitch and turn which can "be pretty handy if you happen to take an accidental jump off a canyon, which could actually happen."
There is also a boat school to help you with that too.
As said before, there are trains that you can take and watch the scenery if you'd like. Or, since you are playing GTA, hijack it by going to the engine and pulling the engineer out. Then you can press R3 for all new Freight Mission.
There's go and stop where you have a time limit to try and stop at a little blip on the map. You can derail the train if you go to fast but if you make it, get ready for a good amount of money.

That's it for the weekend update.

[DS]

A magazine named Games had a little quote in their recent article. I'll let you read it and decide what you want to think:

There's so much more to be revealed - There's even talk of a top-secret two-player mode.
- GamesTM Issue 24

[Dorkchop]

Oh... My... God.

How the balls did they fit all this into the game? Seriously, I thought the PS2 discs wouldn't be able to have more than what was in GTA 3. It's evident that Rockstar really give the gamers what they ask... And more.

[Requiem]

I would -kill- for -ANY- type of two-player mode.... and I mean -KILL-.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Anyone played Multi-Theft Auto on PC? If it's anything like that then I will jizz more than likely

[Tornado]

meh was told at a convention 3 weeks ago from rockstar north reps.


You mean your manager was told that at a convention.

[DS]

They are using a dual layer disc so they can fit twice as much as they could on it. And I hope it's like MTA as well. :drool:

[Savio]

There's a status bar to show the progress. Starting out CJ has Poor skills but can get them up to Gangster or Hitman.
Booo he's black he should know how to shoot a gun.

[Hired Hitman]

well Every Homie has to learn, bro. ;)

[DS]

Just some quick notes:

- If you have enough respect with your Gang Members, you can take up to 8 of them with you to help out.
- In Stores like Binco and SubUrban you can also buy Watches, Hats and Neckchains.
- Remote Control Vehicle Races will make a return from GTA Vice City.

[Penner]

was that an NSX i saw

[Hired Hitman]

http://www.gtagaming.com/sanandreas/screenshots

^ Heaps of screenshots there.

[DS]

http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/lvsign.jpg
http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas/screenshots/oil.jpg

[Optik]

Just saw the new commercial, fucking crazy....

[t-man]

Should pre-order this game.

[DS]

It's done. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has gone gold and ready to be played.

[DS]

There is an article from SPOnG.com I believe that says at one point in the game you will rescue a woman who will become your in game girlfriend. That's not the good part though. The good part is that after that, co-op missions should be opened. Most of them take place in vehicles where one person drives and the other shoots but there is suppose to be a lot of 2 player mini-games as well. Don't know if this is true but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Gamespot and IGN are both putting up new screenshots tonight so they will be posted as well.

[t-man]

Two player minis-games?!?!?!?

[Hired Hitman]

that would rule :D

[DS]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/914983_20041014_screen001.jpg
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[Hired Hitman]

Check the Sonny Forelli Picture on the King :cool:

[t-man]

Yes lol. Sonny Forelli. GTA 3 .(or vice city i forgot :()

[Drakul]

both
I think

[Hired Hitman]

I remember the name Forelli in GTA3, but I think the game just said "Forelli Brothers" not a first name.

[Drakul]

no I think you had to kill Sonny Forelli.At the Bistro

[Hired Hitman]

"Mike lips last lunch"

Misty: Hey, I'm bored, when you gonna drill me.
Joey: In a moment sweetheart, I've got a little business to take care of.
Joey: I've got a little job for you pal, the Forelli brothers have owned me
money for too long, and they need to be taught some respect.
Joey: Lips Forreli is stuffing his fat face in St Marcos Bistro, so steal his
car and take it to 8-ball's bomb shop up in Harwood.
Joey: You know 8-ball right?
Joey: Once he's fitted it with a bomb, go park the car where you found it.
Joey: Then sit back and watch the whole show.
Joey: But hurry up, he won't be eating forever.

- Taken from

http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/grand_theft_auto_3_script.txt

Mike Lips Forelli
Lips Forelli
Mike 'Lips' Forelli

Whatever,

[RoXer]

I think Mike is different from Sonny though.

[DS]

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Those are the radio logos if you didn't notice. Rockstar has put up a sampler of the radio stations. I haven't listened to all of them yet but Radio X plays some Rage Against the Machine and drops the F bomb.

[RoXer]

KJAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH





I wonder of K ROSE will play Guns n' Roses.

[DS]

K Rose is the country station. So I doubt it. :p

[RoXer]

I see.

[DaveWadding]

OMG, that isn't 2Pac on the West Coast station... :drool:

[Hired Hitman]

98.3 ... That is EMOTION's frequency, Probably nothing to do with each other though :/

[Hired Hitman]

"You're back on Radio:X, I'm Sage and yes, that is my real name and if you don't believe me, then you can go fuck yourself" :love:

... she sounds like that mother Jan that was on VCPR... also the guy on Playback talks like Mr. Magic... :| , the woman that says KJAH sounds like the haitian chick in the purple dress. the woman that did the voice over on CSR sounds like the one that did voice overs on Fever.

Yeah... well they could be, I am bored :-\

[Savio]

I wonder if WCTR will have lazlow.

[Drakul]

I loved the talk shows on GTA3 and GTAVC.
I'm not sure who was better. Lazlow or Amy.

[DS]

I believe Lazlow is back.

Also, the co-op mode is false. Maybe next time.

[DS]

Gamespot has an update about the gangs in Los Santos. They say that gangs can be identified by the colors of their clothes, tattoos, and finally hand signs. They say that players will have to flash gang signs often to show respect or disrespect. Along with that you'll need to wear the clothes in the same aspect as the signs. Don't want to piss them off.

There are different "sets" within the 4 major gangs (The Orange Grove Families, the Ballas, the Vagos, and the Varrios Los Aztecas) that will either help you or not. For example, in the OGF there are 2 sets (or other gangs) that use to be a part but, because of internal conflict, split when CJ was gone. These 2 gangs are the Temple Drive Families and the Seville Blvd Families. If CJ is in trouble with the Ballas or the cops and is in this area, they will give him a hand. But sometimes, because of the conflict, may not be so much as useful as you'd like.

They also talked about some things that were in the previous games but were sometimes hard to find. That's gang fighting. I'll quote it so you can get the whole information:

"To keep things extra interesting, you'll often see plenty of action, whether you choose to get involved or not, where gang territories border each other. Drive-bys, skirmishes with the cops, and a crew of Ballas jacking some pedestrian's car and going on a rampage through the city are all sights you can expect to see on the streets of Los Santos."

That's pretty much it. Along with these new screens.

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[Hired Hitman]

what is it, under 10 days :cool:

[t-man]

Yup 9 days in the U.S. :cool: So any info on the two player mini games?

[slextremely]

Is there any info on what actors will be doing voices on this one?

[t-man]

I got no information.I wonder if Tommy is in this game?

[slextremely]

I doubt Tommy will be in it, but i'm sure someone from VC will be, Donald Love was in Vice City and he was from GTA 3.

[VJW]

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/2335/BoxBack.jpg

Has everybody seen this? It's suppose to be the back of the SA box and lots of people think it may be true since there are a few new images on it. One of the boxes toward the bottom also says 1-2 Players.

[Hired Hitman]

I notice that, that is interesting.

[Hired Hitman]

CD 1
1. The Theme From San Andreas
2. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
3. 2 Pac - I Don't Give A Fuck
4. James Brown - The Payback
5. Ronnie Hudson - West Coast Poplock
6. Guy - Groove Me
7. Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise
8. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
9. The Maytals - Pressure Drop
10. Slick Rick - Children's Story
11. Rick James - Cold Blooded
12. Raze - Break 4 Love

CD 2
1. Ohio Players - Funky Worm
2. Heart - Barracuda
3. Compton's Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under
4. Lyn Collins - Think About It
5. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
6. Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
7. Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
8. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil
9. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
10. Willie Nelson - Crazy
11. AFI - Head Like A Hole (Bonus track)


... - gtagaming.com

[el fregadero]

2. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
3. 2 Pac - I Don't Give A Fuck
4. James Brown - The Payback
8. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
11. Rick James - Cold Blooded
5. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
9. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul

:y:

[Innovator]

holy crap toots is on the soundtrack!

[el fregadero]

That can't be the whole soundtrack, though.

[The Fugitive]

400KB for a save file?!? I thought it would have been way more.

[el fregadero]

GTA III and VC were both 500.

[VJW]

I still think it's true since is shows some new screens. Either way I'm looking forward to this game a lot. I can't wait to explore the desert. Maybe it'll be creepy at night.

[DS]

I don't know what the two player is about but it looks reasonable.

[VJW]

http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/

Don't click that unless you wanna see the inside of the box and some better pictures of the box art. I know some people at a GTA Forum got pissed 'cause somebody decided to not warn people.

[Savio]

VJW was it GTAforums.com?

[VJW]

Yep. Do you post there?

[DS]

Lil Louis - French Kiss, A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray, NWA - Express Yourself, and possibly Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit might be in.

The freeway will cut your trip to more then half it would be to go cross country. Use it.

You can control every plan in the game, including private jets. Which may be possible to hold gang members depending on the size.

Only way to get health back is from food, no more of the heart icons.

You can bunny hop on a bike by holding L1 and the longer you hold it the farther you jump.

Those are all from PSM2 so take them for what their worth.

[The Fugitive]

GTA III and VC were both 500.
Wow. Learn something new everyday. :-\

[t-man]

So can you set houses on fire after you rob them?

[Drakul]

That would be fun,actually.

[DS]

I don't think so, because house robbing is like a side mission and if you set it on fire the neighbors will call the cops and you'll have a hard time getting out.

[Astley316]

Credit Game spy (http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/558031p1.html)

That 2 cd list that was posted previous, is for a special 2 disc collectors set, they still plan to release, the 8 seperate cds, like they did for vice, so i dont think thats the final list of songs in the game, perhaps just the creame of the crop

[t-man]

I don't think so, because house robbing is like a side mission and if you set it on fire the neighbors will call the cops and you'll have a hard time getting out.
YEA thats the fun part about it.

[DS]

Official site with the Las Venturas info is up.

[VJW]

Looks cool! :)

[Hired Hitman]

OMG

*goes to SanAndreas website*

[Hired Hitman]

That trailer is AWESOME

[VJW]

New pics!

http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/images/screen285.jpg

http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/images/screen282.jpg

http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/images/screen286.jpg

http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/images/screen284.jpg

http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/images/screen287.jpg

http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/images/screen283.jpg

[RoXer]

IMO, I don't think the graphics look like an improvement. It looks worse actually.


Still getting this game though.

[DaveWadding]

New pics!







http://www.gta-sanandreas-fr.com/images/screen284.jpg




WILLIEEEEEEE

[Hired Hitman]

I had a dream last night, I deamed that I went to the shops a day before it's release, so I bought a demo of the game :|, anyway I get home and there are a few modes, "options", "introduction" and "Play Demo" I click on the play demo, then it shows what happens, CJ gets off a plane, walks outside, takes a cab (as seen in the trailer) then the taxi gets stopped and they take another plane, the CJ and his mate bail out of the plane and the jet pliot swoops down and each time he does, CJ tries to carjack him from the plane (it was one of those army ones that hover) the first time he opens the door but falls into the water (they are on a platform somewhere in the ocean.) CJ swims back onto the platform and when the jet coems by again he gets in and steals the jet, it takes a few seconds for CJ to release how to fly, the gets the hang of it and lands on the platform, his mate and himself talk to the guy who was flying the jet, the guy in the jet was telling CJ about something that happened (I forget what) and it ended with all three getting in the jet and flying off :$.

one of the scenes the jet flew over had a half complete building with construction dozers building it.

^ that was a dream, by the way if anyone is confused :D

[DS]

Just like Halo 2, GTA: San Andreas has been stolen and showing up on the internet along with the manual and covers. Going to be a hard time for game companies.

[Hired Hitman]

What is the point of doing that.. in the end aren't they loosing money?

-unless somebody from the outside stole it.. but how the hell would someone on the outside get a copy :|

[Xero]

What is the point of doing that.. in the end aren't they loosing money?

-unless somebody from the outside stole it.. but how the hell would someone on the outside get a copy :|
The game has been published, it's possible that someone works at a warehouse, stole a copy, took the pics, and ripped the game... Or they stole it from a Rockstar computer, but that's unlikely...

[Hired Hitman]

right.. well I guess that could be it. :D

anyway head on over to http://www.gtagaming.com/sanandreas/screenshots/ to see some new screenshots including a look at the new "health bar" system

[Drakul]

not sure if its been said already but theres a new trailer (3rd I have seen) and after watching it I'm a bit more excited than before :drool: (click pic)
http://media.ign.com/thumb/969/969228/gtasanandreas_101904_trailer3_qthigh_thumb.jpg (http://streamingmovies.ign.com/ps2/article/558/558417/gtasanandreas_101904_trailer3_wmvlow.wmv?wu=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.ps2.ign.com%2Fmedia%2F611%2F611957%2F vid_969233.html%3Fmu%3D%3CURL%2F%3E)

[Savio]

I hate my media player it makes it all pink.

[Astley316]

My god that trailers greate, wish we were getting it tuesday

[Hired Hitman]

parachute :cool:

[VJW]

I just hope that we'll be able to jump out of planes like that outside of missions and cut scenes. That would be so fucking sweet to do that anytime I wanted.

[VJW]

The only thing that I'm concerned about is the number of peds in the commercial. I noticed that there is barely anybody on the streets.

[Hired Hitman]

Yeah, that would own all.

[DS]

I think you can. They have a huge mountain which forced their ceiling to be raised even higher and now that you can fly every plane, you got to be able to have an escape and live. And if you can die by falling off high places now, you won't be able to just hit the ground and live.

[Hired Hitman]

I remember when I jumped out of the skimmer and only lost about 30 armor :D

[Disturbed316]

Not sure whether I'll buy this on release, just dont seem to have enough time to play such an indepth game at the moment.

[Hired Hitman]

Well I am lucky enough to be a complete slacker, so I can play this all month long. :cool:


but after a month or two it's time to get a job :'(

[The Fugitive]

Are any Australians aware of when this is being released? My local EB were clueless to when it's being released, the best they could tell me was the 29th, about the same thing as Europe. :-\

[Jonster]

I have got my friend to pre-order this for me (as I'm gonna be at his house when it's released), and if I can be arsed, I might go down to buy it at midnight.

[t-man]

I'm going to reserve a copy.

[Xero]

Are any Australians aware of when this is being released? My local EB were clueless to when it's being released, the best they could tell me was the 29th, about the same thing as Europe. :-\
I've heard Australia will get it the same as Europe... 29th...

[TheNamelessOne]

FULL CAST LIST

Carl "CJ" Johnson - Chris Bellard aka Young Maylay
Sean "Sweet" Johnson - Faizon Love
Kendl Johnson - Yo Yo Melvin
"Big Smoke" Harris - Clifton Powell
Lance "Ryder" Wilson - MC Eiht
OG Loc - Jas Anderson
Mark "B Dup" Wayne - The Game
Barry "Big Bear" Thorne - Big Boy Emmet - Eugene Jeter
Jr Madd Dogg - Ice T
Cesar Vialpando - Clifton Collins,
Jr. Officer Tenpenny - Samuel L. Jackson
Officer Pulaski - Chris Penn
Officer Hernandez - Armando Riesco
Catalina - Cynthia Farrell
The Truth - Peter Fonda
J-I-Z-Z-Y B - Charlie Murphy
T-Bone - Kid Frost
Mike Toreno - James Woods
Woozie - James Yaegashi
Su Xi Mu (Suzie) - Richard Chang
Ran Fa Li (Farlie) - Hunter Platin
Zero - David Cross
Kent Paul - Danny Dyer
Maccer - Shaun Ryder
Ken Rosenberg - Bill Fichtner
Salvatore Leone - Frank Vincent
Maria - Debi Mazar
Johnny Sindacco - Casey Siemaszko
Jimmy Silverman - Gary Yudman
Bettina - Noelle Sadler
Jethro - John Zurhellen
Dwaine - Navid Khonsari
Millie Perkins - Orfeh Barbara
Schternvart - Danielle Lee Greaves
Denise Robinson - Heather Alicia Simms
Michelle Cannes - Vanessa Aspillaga
Helena Wankstein - Bijou Phillips
Katie Zhan - China Chow
KDST DJ - Axl Rose
Modern Hip Hop DJ - Julio G
Classic Hip Hop DJ - Chuck D
Grove Street Families Gang - Solo, A da Business, Vincent Lomax, Gregory Johnson, Ricky Harris
Ballas Gang - Donnie Anderson, Michael Ralph, Ricky Harris, Darreck Burns, Derrick Edmon

Samuel L. Charlie Murphy. David Cross. Chuck D. Axl Rose. Ice T.

Holy shit it is impossible for this game to suck.

[RoXer]

Kent Paul, Ken Rosenburg, Salvatore Leon

[TheNamelessOne]

Lazlow isn't on there, but hes definatly in the game.

Something to do with the V-Rock Hotel and Casino or something.

[el fregadero]

Sam Jackson, Chris Penn, Charlie Murphy, David Cross, Axl Rose, Chuck D.

:drool:

[Hired Hitman]

Samuel L. Jackson :eek: he is the man!

[Hired Hitman]

Salvatore Leone and that guy was worried about no mafia.