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[SteadyEvo]

Good memories playing on my slim ps2.

 

[matty3092]

Crazy its been 20 years. What Rockstar was able to squeeze out of the PS2 was insanity. Also PS2 versions effects are so good shame that versions effects arent in any other port (without mods)

 

[Robb]

Not my favorite, but still very good.

 

[Celcius]

I never played this one but I’ve always heard good things about it. Is that newest port still trash?

 

[Mr Hyde]

Haven't played this since it came out in 2004. It had great cast of characters. Carl, Big Smoke, Tenpenny and Pulaski, the crooked cops, Kent Paul. Portraying the rough hoods of Los Santos and partake in gang activities made for a fresh setting in the GTA universe. It was such a stark contrast to Vice City's neon colored Miami Vice inspired mafia portrayals.

 

[Hookshot]

Got about 3/4 round the map before I dropped off it. If anything it was too big to really get to know like 3 or VC

 

[West Texas CEO]

Still the best GTA game.

Incredibly ambitious for its time, and only released two years after Vice City, lol.

Imagine that .

 

[Rudius]

Now that is a game!

 

[Parazels]

Never liked this game, to be honest.

 

[ReyBrujo]

San Andreas was more polished but Vice City was the pivotal point for the series. It's kind of Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom thing where one was mostly revolutionary and the other was mostly evolutionary.

 

[digital_ghost]

Have fond memories of 3 and vice city with my best friend.

Don't remember playing this one.

Mom was pissed i was playing them as a kid.

 

[TheRedRiders]

Greatest GTA game, and one of the greatest games of all time.

Spent countless hours after school playing this, and I remember I was stuck for weeks on the CJ, Big Smoke and Train mission...

Ah good days.

 

[Rush2112]

I was playing WoW and half life 2 so i missed this game. Is it worth playing?

 

[amigastar]

Ah, awesome, awesome Game. The radio stations made GTA games always so alive.

 

[noob smokes]

GOAT game anyone says otherwise can suck on my 9

 

[IDKFA]

Crazy. I remember buying this and a new mini PS2 on launch day when I was 19.

20 years prior to the launch of this game, it was 1984 and I was swimming in my dad's nut sack.

Amazing how our perception of time changes as we age.

 

[Fahdis]

Take me back. I miss my dad

 

[NeverYouMind]

Greatest GTA game, and one of the greatest games of all time.

Spent countless hours after school playing this, and I remember I was stuck for weeks on the CJ, Big Smoke and Train mission...

Ah good days.

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Game really elevated open worlds on the PS2 with character customization, crouch walk/roll, climbing, and swimming mechanics. The shooting mechanics got a major upgrade as well. It is too bad it lost all narrative momentum in the sticks and San Fierro and did not get good again until after the dreaded flight training in the desert. Still, replaying the first part in Los Santos and last part in Las Venturas is entertaining to this day.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

I was playing WoW and half life 2 so i missed this game. Is it worth playing?

Yeah 20 years ago.

 

[Hrk69]

PS5 pro mode when

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

game came out around the time that rap was on a renaissance peak

 

[Moses85]

 

[saintjules]

I'll have to give this one a chance. Though nothing beats III imo.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Last GTA I played, outside of 5 or so hours of GTA Online.

 

[Ian Henry]

Classic

 

[Slaylock]

 

[amigastar]

I'll have to give this one a chance. Though nothing beats III imo.

Yeah, i have a special relationship with GTA III since it was my first 3D GTA. I've played GTA 1 back in 1997 and it was my favorite game but GTA III was something special also.

 

[R6Rider]

I still remember doing the 100% run for this. I think I still have the save file on a memory card some place.

So many great memories with this game.

 

[The_Observer]

Best GTA ever.

 

[Bloobs]

I somehow never liked it. Maybe I was burned out after VC. From the OG trilogy I liked 3 the most. But 4 is my favorite.

 

[Kabelly]

I've been playing this properly for the first time on PC (the original not the crappy remasters) and I'm actually surprised at the amount of things you're able to do. Didn't know you can get more turf in "gang wars". You can take out CJ's girlfriend which is normal but one date she asked to go for a drive by. I was shocked lol. I knew about the working out to get more muscle but there is a stark visual change when you do change your body. You can reply to people as well which I thought was a gta 4 development. A lot of interiors. Still haven't even got past the first main island yet.

 

[Labolas]

My favorite GTA.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Bro, this insight is crazy!

Rockstar were real programming bad-asses back in the day.

What happened since then? Feminism?

How did the DE end up as such a mess, given the technical brilliance of San Andreas?

 

[West Texas CEO]

Obbe-Wan, talk to us!!

 

[SJRB]

Came to post this. This man's X account is a goldmine for random oldschool GTA programming decisions, problems and solutions.

Some extreme creativity and talent on display back then, so good.

 

[bender]

The last great GTA game.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Ive never been a GTA gamer (it always chugged at sloppy frame rates probably at 20-30 on console), but have always respected the gigantic scope, production values, and huge radio songs they do.

 

[nnytk]

One of those games that really left a mark for me, so damn immersive for its time. Loved it.

 

[BennyBlanco]

What a memorable game. Back when rockstar was actually edgy.

 

[MujkicHaris]

GTA: SA and DQ VIII got me interested in game development. The game that changed my life forever.

The best GTA. Period.

 

[Represent.]

Fucking insane to think Sony had these games as timed exclusives on PS2. What a dominant generation from them.

 

[nial]

Played it a lot, still didn't like it. Fuck GTA in general.

Fucking insane to think Sony had these games as timed exclusives on PS2. What a dominant generation from them.

They were coming to other platforms like 6 months later, I do wonder if people back then bitched about moneyhats as much as these days?

 

[nial]

Fuck GTA in general

That said, I'll probably end up buying GTA 6 anyway. FOMO is a bitch, man...

 

[NeverYouMind]

They were coming to other platforms like 6 months later, I do wonder if people back then bitched about moneyhats as much as these days?

I like my PS2 but for multiplatform releases it was usually the worst of the lot.

 

[AndrewRyan]

Enjoyed the gang system where you capture territory by tagging walls and growing your crew.

 

[SJRB]

Even to this day, and having seen the full map rendered and in great detail the map for San Andreas still feels unbelievably huge. When I think back on San Andreas the first thing that comes to mind is driving endlessly around the map, felt like you could drive around for hours.

Actual magic how they created that sense of scale on such a tiny area.

 

[YCoCg]

Such a shame that if you want to play it today Rockstar push that trash unreal remake instead.