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Rockstar Announces GTA San Andreas
Tickenest writes "According to a Yahoo-reprinted press-release, Rockstar Games has officially announced Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the latest in the GTA series. The press release continues: 'Developed by world-class designers Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be available exclusively for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system and is expected to be in stores in North America on October 19, 2004 and in Europe on October 22, 2004.'" This confirms earlier rumors of (initial?) PS2 exclusivity and possible name for this much-awaited game.
=P Seriously it would be awesome to have an earthquake in a game, I don't think any other GTA-style game has done something like that (i.e. disaster scenarios).
San Andreas? Where'd they get that name? How about Grand Theft Bicycle: Vatican
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San Andreas sounds rather based on L.A....
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy in all the galaxy...."
I.E., a perfect setting!
"A group of words expressing something other than their literal intention. Now that... is... irony!" - Bender
instead of having a generic ambulance mode, we'll have it transformed into a mode where you chase after gang fights and save the hatians lives after being injured by the evil cubans.
then in grand theft auto: los vegas, you'll deliver hatian hookers to cubans and vice versa to promote love between them and settle the gripes of the previous game by the cuban community.
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developer #1: i have an idea
developer #2: what?
developer #1: you know how no one had ever really heard of GTA 1 and 2, but 3 was a great success right?
developer #2: of course
developer #1: well, lets take the already written game engine and capitalize off it's success by making the same game over and over with different cities!
developer #2: brilliant!
developer #1: brilliant!
- tristan
I was going to moderate this, but I couldn't find -1 bitter.
Don't moderate flamebait as Troll. Know the difference or you will be Meta-moderated.
Swimming?
What kind of crap is that? Everyone knows that in the real world when you plow your car into the water, you should just sit in it until it sinks to the bottom of the ocean. You'll just wake up in front of the hospital in a few hours.
Now, if you'll excuse me I have to pop this adrenaline pill and jump on the roof of my house. I think someone left a shotgun there.
Now, to reply seriously, the #1 feature for me in VC was the property buying. I too would like to see it expanded. I would also like to see more use for money in the game - you always finish with millions of dollars you never need.
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GTA San Andreas gives new meaning to the term "shake down"
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What? GTA4 is out? How did I manage to miss THAT?
Being able to set off some explosives etc along the fault-line and CAUSE an earthquake. Not sure if it would fly in the anti-terrorist US, but it would somewhat fit in with the GTA theme of mayhem and mass-destruction.
I think this was a bad idea.
;)
It will be all too easy to find fault with this game
Ow! I told you, it was a bad pun! Bad, I tell you! Bad!
Rockstar/Id merger and Quake jokes in 3, 2, 1...
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
Libery City = New York City (Modern Day)
Vice City = Miami (1986-87 there or about)
San Andreas = (I Imagine that is Los Angeles, but when?)
19th century.
Grand theft horse-carriage, baby! Whoooo!
You can't take the sky from me...
There's a GTA game in the works for gamecube.
They haven't got the big wheel, tricycle and razor scooter models just right.
The water pistol effects are fabulous, though!
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I believe it's called parenting.
That's a common misconception. It's actually called birth control.
How about 1992 circa the riots (1992, right?). Talk about dicy driving through Watts, Compton, etc. Yeah, I like this idea a lot. I'm hired.
New lead designer Harvey Smith, of Deus Ex: Invisible War fame, has announced some changes to the GTA format.
/still bitter about DX:IW
-To better accomidate the casual player market, there will only be one car model. It will come in 196 colors, but they will all have the same handling and radio station.
-The "New and Improved" physics engine will allow players to jump their car over a mile. Crashing into a fence, however, will still ruin your ride.
-There will approximately 600 blocks to explore, each one requiring a 30 second loading delay.
-To avoid the "What do I do next?" question, the mission system will be replaced with a multiple choice plotline which will feature the same exact missions but one path will always lead through a vent.
Parenting Group officially releases "Lawsuit 2: We're back"
Developed by world-class lawyers and parents that want to blame everyone else for their children problems, will be exclusively targeted at GTA: San Andreas. The lawsuit is expected to be released in North America on October 20, 2004.
Josh
wait, you must mean like, super mario bros 1, 2, and 3?
for clarification, super mario 2 was another game, the japanese game was the exact same thing as the first one... but even 1 and 3 are the same... exact... thing
wanna go back farther? pac man, pac man 2, mrs pac man, oh boy... i could go on and on.
Runnin' On Empty
wow, first time I've seen: (Score:4, Troll)
impressive!
-B
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GTA San Andreas: Nobody's Fault But Mine
~jeff
"It's a great game, but it's not what I want..."
When my daughter was three, I would show her GTA3, as she thought the moving images were neat. I would show her how I could make the guy run around, jump and drive a car. Then I'd do something like drive off the bridge or something, which she thought was funny.
Guess it just never occured to me "hey...lets show her how I can pick up a hoe, get laid and then beat the hoe up for her money." Seemed like a bad idea to me.
I heard it was going to be GTA: Spira. You'd play as Paine after she goes insane from snorting tainted megalixer crystals. They said you'd be able to jack chocobos, do jobs for the LeBlanc syndicate and pick up lesbian hooker nuns in Bevelle.
And Spider Jerusalem from Transmetropolitan was going to be a playable character with a +7 bowel disruptor.
Or maybe I just dreamed it all.
Oh well.
--- Ban humanity.
San Andreas is ok, but it does have its faults.
Glonoinha the MebiByte Slayer
but when it comes to shooting things, nothing beats a mouse and keyboard.
That's what I thought, until I was invited on this hunting trip. Boy did I feel stupid lugging my Logitech Cordless desktop around in the woods.
What kind of crap is that? Everyone knows that in the real world when you plow your car into the water, you should just sit in it until it sinks to the bottom of the ocean. You'll just wake up in front of the hospital in a few hours.
But first things first... Wiggle your big toe.
Is it too early to sue them yet for warping my impressionable, young child's mind, or do I need to wait until the game is actually released?