Posted by mkush
Fairplay m8 multiplayer VC :-D i'll check that out cheers
Posted by Dj Boyi
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For wappers,
Thursday 13th May 2004
E3 2004: UPDATED: GTA: SAN ANDREAS - FIRST PLOT DETAILS!
Not many, but some. Here's what you'll be up to on PS2 this Autumn
11:44 Who is Carl Johnson? Is he the guy on the BMX in the first set of GTA: San Andreas screens released yesterday? Or the guy posing in front of his open top low-rider?
Whoever he is, he's in trouble. Five years ago Carl escaped the urban hellhole of Los Santos, San Andreas - a city packed to the rafters with Hollywood hustlers, reclusive millionaires and dirty dealers. But now, Carl's mum has been murdered and, as he returns home to try and hold his family together, he's framed by a couple of bent cops.
San Andreas is set to be a far larger game than either GTA 3 or Vice City, since SA is actually an entire state. We've heard about three cities so far - the aforementioned Los Santos as well as San Fierro and Las Venturra, and there will be open countryside between each one!
Lead character Carl has a family, too, so we could be looking at a much more intricate plot as he struggles to save them and clear his name. Building interiors are now much more detailed, and you can commit burglaries as well as gamble your hard stolen cash away in casinos. A new stamina meter means you need to stop off for junk food every now and again to keep your energy up, plus you'll be able to recruit your own gang as back-up.
Add to that a classic early 90s West Coast setting (musically, think G-funk, grunge, the classic years for Detroit techno) and we could be looking at another potential Rockstar classic. GTA: San Andreas is due for release in the UK on October 22nd.
Stephen Fulljames
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This game sounds like its real..............BIG!
Posted by Dj Boyi
And heres a confirmation list for those of you who may have missed what we will be able to do in this upcoming classic
Taken from www.gta-sanandreas.com
Confirmation (R*= Rockstar Games,GI= Game Informer)
General Information
The new GTA game will be called Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Confirmed - R*
The new GTA game will be released on October 19th in USA and October 22nd in the UK and Europe. Confirmed - R*
The new GTA game will be Sony PlayStation2 Exclusive. Confirmed - R*
The Official Game Description can be read here. Confirmed - R*
Characters
In the new GTA game you play as Carl Johnson. [This Guy] Confirmed - R*
Characters from the past will return. Confirmed - GI
The City / Map
The game will take place in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas. Confirmed - GI
The three cities from above will be named Los Santos, San Fierro, and Las Ventura in the game. Confirmed - GI
Each city is the same size as Vice City. Confirmed - GI
The entire game will be about Four to Six times bigger than Vice City! Confirmed - GI
San Fierro will contain hills and will be more driving based. Confirmed - GI
You can drive from Los Santos, through the countryside, up a mountain and into San Fierro, then onto Las Ventura. Confirmed - GI
Driving through the desert will be vibrant and alive with weird things to see. Confirmed - GI
Buildings
There will be a lot more buildings with open interiors. Confirmed - GI
Graphics
The graphics engine has been tweaked. Smog will be present in LA, and real-time reflections on cars, windows, and mirrors, as well as new techniques like radial lighting, which allows for more realistic shadowing, and soft-shadow lighting for interior levels will be present. Confirmed - GI
Everything in the game now has independent models for day and night to give better lighting and shadowing. Confirmed - GI
GamePlay
The game will have rag-doll physics, or “impact animation” in Rockstar's words Confirmed - GI
In the Las Ventura city, you will be able to buy and build a casino and then run it. Confirmed - GI
You can then gamble your money in the casino. Confirmed - GI
You need to eat to retain your stamina. If you eat too much fast food, you become fat and pedestrians mock you for being fat. You also run slower. To remedy this, you can go to a gym to exercise. Confirmed - GI
You can now rob homes. The robberies will require skill and planning, however. Confirmed - GI
You can recruit gang members and use them to do four person drive-by’s. Confirmed - GI
Weapons
Your character can dual wield pistols and potentially other weapons. Confirmed - GI
The choice of weapons will match the weapons of the early 90's. Confirmed - GI
Vehicles
There will be pimped-out lowriders, and 90’s versions of some GTA3/VC cars will return. Confirmed - GI
There will be bicycles. Confirmed - GI
Artificial Intelligence
Enemy/pedestrian AI will be greatly revamped and they will think more logically. You can't beat someone to death in broad daylight and not have people notice and react. Confirmed - GI
Your enemies will be smarter, which will make robbing houses take a lot of skill. Confirmed - GI
Music
There will be a rap station, but there will be a variety of other stations as always. Confirmed - GI
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Hope Fernando is in it again
Posted by wapchimp
looks good:
Posted by Dj Boyi
Cheers
im really looking forward to this one 
Posted by wapchimp
Me 2 it looks and sounds wicked
Posted by Dj Boyi
3 cities! 4-6 times bigger than before! Build a casino! then go in it! Wicked!
Posted by gforce23
@boyi Thanks for the juicy info.
Posted by gforce23
So will the metro rail be available as in gta3 for travelling between cities?
Posted by Dj Boyi
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Hav'nt heard anything about that,hope we get a railway network too tho
Posted by buckle247
hope we can drive the trains like in the original GTA, that would be great
Posted by gforce23
Man, I cant wait for this game to get released.:-)
Posted by wapchimp
@boyi. I have gta on my phone! This goboy emulator is so cool
Posted by gforce23
Hey, where did you get it from?
Posted by wapchimp
wap.my-symbian.com
Posted by wapchimp
Screenshots of GTA on my 6600:
Posted by Dj Boyi
Damn you
Cool
Posted by Dj Boyi
More info and screenshots are due on june 17,and they hav'nt ruled out 'online' gta san andreas........pls pls pls :-)
Posted by Dj Boyi
Was gonna post this last nite but esato went down sometime in the early hours
http://uk.playstation.com/new[....]5583_en_GB_NEWS&linktype=PC115
Quoted from above link;
So you want to know more, right? Make sure you buy issue #48 of the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine on 17 June, for an exclusive San Andreas blow out: all the official info and loads of brand new shots not seen anywhere else. Oh yeah baby boy, this is the big one!
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Just a month away then
Posted by 50Cent
lol the gta game on 6600 looks well fun
Posted by gforce23
The game looks washed out in the 6600.
Posted by wapchimp
@ twist.
@ gforce.
It an emaulator of the gamboy colour. Works like a dream. No sound though plus it can be a little slow and tricky to control. But hey its free.
Posted by gforce23
I hope I can play GTA on the K700 when I shall get it in a few days. Do u guys know whether its gonna be released on the mascot engine?
Posted by gforce23
I mean the java 3D engine.
Posted by gforce23
Has everyone abandoned this thread? :-)
Posted by Dj Boyi
Were waiting for june 17 mate ;-)
Posted by etaab
Sorry to sound like a mis-informed fool, but whats happening on June 17th ?
Posted by Dj Boyi
More screenshots and info :-)
Posted by etaab
Cool, i cant wait for San Andreas.
3 cities, the ability to burgle houses.. sounds like great fun !
BUT PLEASSSSEEEEEEEEE MAKE IT ONLINE ! PLEASE !
I'd just love to manage my own online GTA gang !
Gotta say it again, PLEAAAASSSSEEE MAKE IT ONLINE !
Posted by Dj Boyi
2 weeks to go for more screenshots and info,seems so far away :-l
Posted by Dj Boyi
2 days to go,hope they wer'nt tellin porky's :-)
Posted by Dj Boyi
Looking good!
Monday 14th June 2004
NEW GTA: SAN ANDREAS DETAILS THIEVED
Drive-bys, farms, haircuts and swimming all to feature in latest GTA game
15:22 Rockstar has leaked yet more details of its forthcoming crime-athon GTA: San Andreas, and by all accounts it's sounding like being the biggest underworld event in the UK since Reggie Kray kicked the bucket.
Detail certainly seems to be the name of the game, with tons of new features poised to enter the fray. Firstly, there is the importance of appearance - gamers can whisk their budding criminal off to the barbers for a stylish new cut, and depending on the outcome, NPCs will either react with approval or chortle uncontrollably (a Keegan perm should be a guaranteed winner for the latter).
There is also a considerably larger playing area, with farms, fields, rivers, forests, deserts and even a half-mile-high mountain existing on the city outskirts. No news of any banjo-strumming inbreds lurking about, however.
Elsewhere, plummeting into a river won't result in immediate death - characters are now blessed by the ability to swim. Darkened areas and shading provide hiding places for evading police, and enraged cops won't give up the chase as soon as you've sped away in a vehicle (apparently, desperate hero-types will attempt to cling onto your bumper for dear life, recalling the famous action sequence from Terminator 2).
Oh, and if you fancy yourself as something of a Tony Soprano/Don Corleone, we've also heard that there is poised to be a greater 'organised crime' aspect too, with opportunities for controlling parts of the map and making a quick buck.
As for missions, early reports reveal that there will be one involving fleeing corrupt cops at an airport on a... wait for it... BMX pedal bike, and gamers will also be given the daunting task of steering a car while its passengers perform a drive-by shooting.
Saying this isn't the most ambitious gaming project on the PS2 yet is like saying France didn't fluke it against England in the Euro 2004 group game; i.e. a complete load of crap. Face it, San Andreas is going to be the mother amongst mothers, the videogame Tarantino would have made if he spent his younger days playing Spectrum instead of watching films.
Look out for it on PS2 in October this year (we hope).
Stephen Daultrey
Posted by etaab
I want it !
Posted by Dj Boyi
October cant come soon enough! :-(
Posted by wapchimp
Got the new PS2 mag. Huge review in there.
You are called C.J. and are in a gang with your brother.
It looks excellent. No news of online play though
Posted by Dj Boyi
Has the mag got a website to it?
Posted by etaab
Ive never been very interested in plots, where characters have names and backgrounds. I really dont care, id rather just play the game. Thats what was great about the first 3 GTA games, the main character had no name, making him you.
The games market is over saturated with game characters, Lara, Sonic, Mario, Tommy Vercetti... who cares ?
No online play in GTA:SA wont be a disaster, but it will be a major disappointment for me.
Posted by Dj Boyi
No online play for gta san andreas,
Taken from http://www.gamesindustry.biz/[....].php?section_name=pub&aid=3642
No online play for GTA San Andreas
Rob Fahey 12:07 21/06/2004
Problems with doing GTA gameplay online haven't been solved, says Houser
Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will not feature any online play when it launches on PlayStation 2 later this year, according to Rockstar creative director Dan Houser, who claims that it would be "impossible" to implement GTA online.
Speaking in an interview with Dutch games magazine Power Unlimited, Houser categorically stated that "San Andreas will not be online," going on to explain that "we would have to sacrifice too much for it."
"We have a lot of script writers working on GTA, and they use so many scenarios to build the story - it's impossible to do that in an online game, that problem has not been solved," he explained.
The lack of an online mode in the PS2 version almost certainly also rules out the possibility of online play in the Xbox and PC versions which will probably appear at some point in 2005 (although Rockstar has not as yet confirmed the existence of anything other than the PS2 SKU).
However, Houser would not rule out the possibility of the GTA franchise moving online at some point in the future - and admitted that the company has already looked into the possibilities presented by online play.
"We are thinking about it," he confessed, "but it's simply better to do the things we want to see in GTA in a single-player game. I'm not saying that online games aren't fun, but I do believe that online games are not yet ready for the immersive gameplay that GTA has to offer."
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Oh well,maybe the next one will have it,on Ps3
Posted by etaab
Ah to hell with them, they're talking tripe. If the actual fans of the GTA games can make their own GTA online mod, then why cant Rockstar ?
Who cares about the single player storyline..? everybody wants the game to go online, something id sacrifice a couple of things for. Im sorry but their excuse is just plain ignorance to what the fans want from the game, its like they cant be bothered to let it go online as they'd probably need to fun the servers..
GRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !
Posted by The Little Master
so has whos pre-ordered their copy the of GTA: San An
i have and i cant wait!!
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Posted by Dj Boyi
Not yet :-)
Posted by Dj Boyi
Here is a page with some scanned screenshots,quite a few actually
http://www.gta-sanandreas.com[....]ame=Content&pa=showpage&pid=24
Posted by etaab
Looks like the Candyman !
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Posted by Dj Boyi
Yet another screenshot,looks like a nice view too
Posted by etaab
Looks a bit too much like Vice City to me...
Give me the sprawling Liberty City any day.
Posted by Dj Boyi
But with 3 cities,each the same size as Vice City,you cant complain at that!
Posted by mmsman
gamebiz has some new info but i don't think it's very accurate, i mean it sounds kinda strange, anyway here's the link:
http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/though i like the pink mountain bike, something for mixin, lol
Posted by Dj Boyi
I know this news is a week late,but its now official,
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/
Theres a trailer for the game on there
Posted by etaab
Oh man, it looks just like Vice City..
Posted by etaab
It looks good, but like my previous post it just looks like Vice.
Also, i thought it was meant to be 3 cities in one game, where you travelled between them through country roads ? all i see on the map is the city, and a few out of town villages...
Downloading the 108mb trailer as we speak.