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GTA : San Andreas Gone Gold?

Posted by Zonk on from the more-thugs-for-your-dollar dept.

Thanks to still_sick, who alerted us that GTA: San Andreas has probably gone Gold. From the Inside Gamer Article: "Arguably the most anticipated game for the Playstation 2, GTA: San Andreas is gold. In a report confirmed by Inside Gamer Online's own Steve Dotolli, GTA: San Andreas is finished and looking great. GTA: San Andreas is the latest in a series of Grand Theft Auto games that only became popular when GTA 3 came out for Playstation 2. "

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  1. GTA 3 Started it all? by Plake · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Um, from the post it mentions that GTA was only popular since GTA3, I'd have to differ. I've been playing the series since it was first avaiable for the PC back around 98.

    Here's the quote I'm taling about: "GTA: San Andreas is the latest in a series of Grand Theft Auto games that only became popular when GTA 3 came out for Playstation 2."

    Also, here's the link to download GTA1, it's a classic game over at Rockstar now!
    GTA1 Download.

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  2. Re:Wasn't popular until PS2? by Anonymous+Cow+herd · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ugh, playing GTA 1 & 2 was torture. You could see that there was a great, fun game in there, lots of great mission types, extra stuff to do around town, humor & writing. What really killed the enjoyment for me though was the forced top-down perspective... this really handicapped you when you got up any decent amount of speed, because you're almost guaranteed to wang into another car before you have time to react, even.

    Having hardware powerful enough to allow for a good-looking city from a 3rd person chase-cam really opened up the game for me. Additionally, the in-game cinematics and story were alot more coherent and drove the story much better than previous incarnations, while retaining the open-endedness that was available in the previous versions as well.

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  3. Re:My Mom, GTA and TA by C0rinthian · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When I was playing the Sims, I got bored one day and tried killing a sim off. I put them in a small room with no windows, removed the doors, and waited. That was one of the most disturbing video game moments I've experienced, and I never did it again. GTA (and most games for that matter) don't carry the same effect. The characters, while entertaining, are not realistic, and their interactions follow suit.

    You kill someone in GTA, they hit the ground and money pops out.

    Kill a Sim, and you watch them suffer and beg for assistance, until they finally die in a puddle of their own urine. Then their family mourns them.

    Thats a significant difference in how death is portrayed. Blood != realistic. If anything, the deaths in the Sims is much more accurate than just about any game out there.

  4. Re:Uh huh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    GTA3 (pc) came out after GTA3 PS2.

    And there's popular and popular. You obviously don't understand that the best selling PC games sell 1/10 what the best selling PS2 games do. And GTA/GTA2 were by no means best sellers on the PC.

    While GTA: Vice City on PS2 has netted about a billion in revenues.