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GTA: San Andreas Radio and Soundtrack

Posted by Zonk on from the possum-cooks-up-pretty-good dept.

crashnbur writes "Rockstar has updated their Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas web site with new information about the game's soundtrack and the in-game radio stations! Two versions of the soundtrack will be available Nov. 23 -- one 2-disc set of selected tracks, and the massive 8-disc boxed set! Rumor has it we'll hear in-game news and weather breaks just like real radio. Audio samples are available on the web site, and a full track listing is expected this Monday, October 18. But no word yet on Lazlow..."

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  1. well.. by hookedup · · Score: 1, Interesting

    if it's anything like the last ones, it'll be great.. too bad more games couldnt have good quality music in them..

    1. Re:well.. by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Interesting

      "if it's anything like the last ones, it'll be great.. too bad more games couldnt have good quality music in them.."

      Well.. it is a little pricey to license a bunch of popular songs for a game. I think I remember reading a blurb about Vice City that said they spent a significant amount of money on the tracks in that game. I got the impression that it isn't typically a developer's first choice.

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  2. A nice change that music is the hype by Red+Moose · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's obvious now that a good soundtrack does probably more for a game than good graphics. Everyone knows that the gfx won't be much better in terms of tech c/t Vice City as the PS2 has been pushed about as far as it can.

    So it's a refreshing change that the hype around GTA: SA is about it's music and not that it has 6 trillion teraquads of polymorphic bitmaps.

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