You should go back and do it. That third territory as a whole is where the best, craziest and most diverse missions are.
Let's look back: Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
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You should go back and do it. That third territory as a whole is where the best, craziest and most diverse missions are.
Sanic
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Wow this thread is embarrassing and overly negative.
diggmcbadass
Member
This thread is comedy gold.
TheThunder
Member
Going around in CJ's hood on a bike is still better than everything you can do in GTA IV.
Best GTA game, and probably best open world game yet for that matter.
Best GTA game, and probably best open world game yet for that matter.
Spehornoob
Member
Never been able to finish this game because of the horrid flying controls. I can do helicopters, but not planes. Great game though. I'm not a huge fan of the hood atmosphere when compared to the other games (Vice City and Vice City Stories have my favorite atmospheres), but that goes a bit by the wayside as the game goes on, and it allows for turf wars, which are awesome.
The III-era GTAs are all hard to go back to nowadays though. The controls aged terribly.
The III-era GTAs are all hard to go back to nowadays though. The controls aged terribly.
Easy? No.
Hard? Yes. Xpadder. If you have the patience to set everything right. I didn't.
PhantomZone
Member
When it came out i played it and i was disappointed, I finished it within 4 days and did not fail a mission (technically did not to the Zero flying missions). I found the storyline boring and predictable, however the cast was spectacular and surprising.
I have tried playing it again several times over the years but would only get up to the OG Loc intro mission before i got bored. I revisited it on pc a few months ago to get hyped for GTA V. I think it looks better on pc now than what it did years ago and certainly better than the ps2 version (the increased frame rate helps make it look more fluid when moving around).
The car physics were amazing, no better feeling taking short cuts by rolling down a hill, and still landing on 4 wheels when i reached the bottom - and still able to drive away with minimal damage.
I have tried playing it again several times over the years but would only get up to the OG Loc intro mission before i got bored. I revisited it on pc a few months ago to get hyped for GTA V. I think it looks better on pc now than what it did years ago and certainly better than the ps2 version (the increased frame rate helps make it look more fluid when moving around).
The car physics were amazing, no better feeling taking short cuts by rolling down a hill, and still landing on 4 wheels when i reached the bottom - and still able to drive away with minimal damage.
BeastLeeAdams
Banned
Couldn't get past the first mission because of the bikes. Was turned off by main character because I found the story uninteresting. Those graphics were also really bad IMO. Love GTA 4 though and somehow I doubt that GTA 5 will be the best thing ever.
Spehornoob
Member
I'm picturing Walter White saying this now and I'm finding it hilarious.
God people were so fucking stupid during that reveal. What, you can relate to a mid 40s mafia hitman who spent 20 years in prison and is now living in Miami Vice but not a black gang member? Some people must have lived a lot more interesting lives than I have then.
Strife In a Teacup
Member
The PC version looks really good. I have one of the original old copies with the hot coffee content on the disk.
Still my favorite GTA. Not sure about 5, I may get it later on a steam sale for cheap. Not at launch though, not after 4.
I'll never forget bringing this home in college. We had a save set right after the intro and would take turns breaking into the airport and stealing a plane, then flying to the other islands which would cause an instant 5 stars (6 stars?). We would see who could last the longest and since it was our first time with the game we would see new areas constantly. So much crazy shit happened each turn and it was a blast.
Coolbgdog12
Member
There was a guy in a GTA V thread for the three main character trailers and this one dude literally said something like eww he can't stand the way the black guy talks and he might just turn the volume down or something. Needless to say I quickly shut down my computer and did something else.
Best part of the game.
Never forget.
Of course after Carl Learning to Fly.
Can we have both?
WhiskeyKnight
Member
Never forget.
I just had a PTSD-level flashback.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Lol. I was stuck on that shit for the longest until I realized i was failing because I was too close on the train and Big Smoke was shooting it instead of the guys on it.
Robot Pants
Member
God. Just the worst.
Never forget.
SpookyFries
Member
Thinking you've gamed the system by parking a truck next to the wall at the airport so that you can hop the gate to steal a jet to go joyriding.....only to then be shot down by a harrier is one of those surprising gaming moments where you're just amazed and happy to be alive.
San Andreas is fifth on my all time list.
San Andreas is fifth on my all time list.
Robot Pants
Member
I see a very frustrating GAF experience in your future.
You found the story uninteresting without even bothering to do the first mission..? Huh. I can't imagine why.
Kind of makes you wonder how people will react to any current threads a decade from now does it not?
I finally beat the flying school and missions myself not that long ago. Greatest feeling of accomplishment I've had in gaming for awhile. Every god dam GTA game on the PS2 had a set of impossible missions, SA had flying school, and Zero's missions. I never beat Zero's missions, f those missions.
I love SA but some of the missions post Los Santos are such a god dam pain when failed. So much driving.
I love SA but some of the missions post Los Santos are such a god dam pain when failed. So much driving.
That1BlackGuy
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Easily my favorite 3D GTA, the only one I would put on par with the Top down GTAs as far as my enjoyment. One of the best games ever for my money and yet another classic in the line of many on the Playstation 2.
Never forget.
I've completed this mission literally almost 50 times for all my friends and family members who were frustrated to no end by it (and the vice city remote helicopter bomb mission)
Definitely the most fun GTA though VC had the better story and radio stations*
*only by a nano-whisker
I would've liked SA even more if the dating in the game would have had more depth. I still had fun with it though even if I didn't even play half of the mainline story missions.
So smexy
Are there HD prostitute texture mods too?
Yes, lets
So smexy
Are there HD prostitute texture mods too?
;P
sleeprockss
Banned
I'm still not sure which GTA is my favorite. I loved the atmosphere and open world of San Andreas but the gameplay in GTA 4 is so much better. I would absolutely love to see a remake of SA using the Rage engine.
Robert J. Sullivan
Member
You can download SAAC 1.2 here :
https://docs.google.com/folderview?id=0B4lfqq0DpUo-a05UTmUxdjlXczg&tid=0B4lfqq0DpUo-WGV0OVVTS1Z0LVk
Copy/paste this in presets.ini :
http://gtaforums.com/topic/483521-saac-ini/
Have SAAC run while you're playing and choose one of the presets (I think Xbox 360 is the same config as PS2 and Xbox 360(new) is something that looks like modern controls). If you have trouble running SAAC it may be because you're using Windows Vista/7/8, try to look up for a fix on internet.
If you're already emulating a 360 controller with your Dualshock then it should work too.
Spider from Mars
tap that thorax
The vice city mission didn't really give me any issues. The controls were shit but I managed to do it on my first or second go. Those fucking Zero missions though mang...fuck Zero and fuck David Cross, he is guilty by association.
BeastLeeAdams
Banned
I am not into the whole gangsta storyline. That is what it appeared to me.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
SA was easily the best GTA for me. So much content and so much that you can do. Put so much time into this game. Trying to make fat CJ run from the cops was hilarious.