GTA:SA First Impressions & reviews

KdjaCL

As always Eurogamer gets it own thread

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=57053

Read the review before scrolling down now

kdjac

tman

damn straight!

just about to read it now... not sure if i have the self control needed to avoid scrolling down for a quick peek at the score

KdjaCL

2 reviews 2 scores , fight the temptation.

As always excellent reviews make me wanna hug the brand new PS2 sitting under Tv .

kdjac

Tusky

I thought that first review was ****e. He talked about the problems with the game for longer then the posatives. Sure the game has many flaws but he seemed to go on about them too much. Im currently playing the countryside section and really enjoying it....although that race IS a bastard.

Tusky

shinzon wrote:

hi

first impressions are more of the same but much bigger play area, i was trying to get back to the gangs hideout after a mission and must have taken a wrong turn cause i ended up out in the stix driving a truck, eventually found my way back to the hideout after about 15 minutes


Must mention the soundtrack its brilliant, the english explorer guy had me in stitches

Gonna get back to it after my shift

Shin

Seems like more of the same for the first few hours, give it time though and loads of new things start to open up ! Specially gang territories , girlfriends and the countryside!

monument

Oh feck, was just about to read one of the reviews a half a hour ago, but just read the score and closed the browser.

monument

Again… FFS!

There were way too many treads repeating each other. (Like I’m now partly repeating my self). The small threads repeated what was in the large threads, and the large threads overlapped over and over and over and over again.

THIS THREAD IS NOW ABOUT HOW GOOD THE GAME IS, OR HOW GOOD YOU OR A REVIEW SAYS IT IS.

You can also talk about stuff that is in the game.

THIS THREAD IS ***NOT*** ABOUT HOW OR WHERE TO, OR WHERE YOU DID GET A RETAIL COPY OF GTA:SA GO HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

Swifty

Balkieb2002, I finished that mission

(the one with the absolutely classic T2 reference)

first time. All the advice i can give you is keep trying, just take out the bikes straight away as even the drivers of those can fire at you. That particular mission has been one of my favourites so far. Absolutely brilliant

And yeah balkieb I thought the exact same thing, that mansion where you steal the lyrics might become a Diaz mansion style home for you later in the game, and the Driv3r reference was quite good.. Rockstar are fairly brave to put that in!

The radio stations made me bang out a few lols again and again, the "take the utter p!ss out of everything" style writing is there again and some of the quotes are classic.

Haven't had another chance to play it since earlier on so I think I'll head off and have another blast.

TheGreatOne

Amazing piece of software..........

Picked mine up early this morning, and I do mean EARLY for a saturday morning, but so worth it.

The graphics are not amazin, nor should they be on a PS2, but they're still pretty sweet.

I cant really pick any major faults, or minor faults for that matter with the game thus far. I'm just loving playing this.

Love goin to the gym, and soundtrack rocks.

balkieb2002

Swifty wrote:

Balkieb2002, I finished that mission

(the one with the absolutely classic T2 reference)

first time. All the advice i can give you is keep trying, just take out the bikes straight away as even the drivers of those can fire at you. That particular mission has been one of my favourites so far. Absolutely brilliant

And yeah balkieb I thought the exact same thing, that mansion where you steal the lyrics might become a Diaz mansion style home for you later in the game, and the Driv3r reference was quite good.. Rockstar are fairly brave to put that in!

Yeah it seems like a classic mission with excellent set-pieces, one you'll remember for a while, only problem for me is that my shooting is all over the place with the right analogue stick, meaning that it takes ages to wipe out the latter vehicles, and i go boom fairly quick

Will keep trying it and should get it sooner rather than later.

Tusky

balkieb2002 wrote:

Yeah it seems like a classic mission with excellent set-pieces, one you'll remember for a while, only problem for me is that my shooting is all over the place with the right analogue stick, meaning that it takes ages to wipe out the latter vehicles, and i go boom fairly quick

Will keep trying it and should get it sooner rather than later.

you can change the right stick so it isnt invert controls , I find that makes it alot easier....god help you when you get to the later missions seeing as your finding this one so hard!

Im about 22.9% in. Currently in San Fierro.

balkieb2002

I haven't used my ps2 for a shooting game in ages (last shooting game i played was KillZone ) so after a bit of practice i'm sure i'll get back into the rythem (sp?) of the game. Forgot my copy of gta when i went home from collage so won't get to play it again till monday, hence my slow progress in the game

shinzon

have to say a spiffing piece of software indeed, cant play it much because of work this week but next week ill have 3 days off and ill give it a lash big time

At the moemnet ive bought the gang colours and have done a few drive bys with the gang good struff indeed


Shin

TheGreatOne

So the cheats are up, they look identical to VC's, which is nice....
http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/gta4/hints.html

Loco

looks fkin ****e

ill have to get into it more... but im not impressed so far

Stephen

there's always 1!

Stormfox1020

Yea the Just Buisness level has to be one of the most enjoyable missions in the GTA series. Tis a bitch aiming with the analogue stick after just playing Vice city on the PC. Have around 15% done and still in Los Santos. Im amazed by the size of this game im still finding new places and hideouts in los santos and thats only one city. Ive made it to San Fierro in the plane but then got shot down like a fish in a barrel. The Gang Territory's worked out really well, adds another non-linear element to the game. Anyone find any horseshoes or oysters yet? Ive found nada.

steviec

I've found one Oyster. Game definitely seems massive, I can't wait to get out of Los Santos, I made it a fair distance into the country a few times and there looks to be some great stunts out there.
So the pilots license is coming soon then? I'm on about 12% and not allowed into the airport.

StickyMcGinty

what a game. nuff said.

stayed up in me college gaff on friday to play it all evening!!

couldnt get up for 9 o clock lectures all week, but i got my arse to gamespot at half 8 on friday you bet ya!

anyone else think the first few missions, haircut and spraycans, are a bit unnessesary?

Stormfox1020

I dont think there really meant to be missions, just a hidden tutorial.

balkieb2002

steviec wrote:

I've found one Oyster. Game definitely seems massive, I can't wait to get out of Los Santos, I made it a fair distance into the country a few times and there looks to be some great stunts out there.
So the pilots license is coming soon then? I'm on about 12% and not allowed into the airport.

ya don't need a liscence

Fly Airplanes Without The Pilot's License
Normally, you would need the pilot's license in order to get into the Los Santos airport and fly a plane. But, there is a way to get inside the airport and even fly two different types of planes without ever obtaining the pilot's license.

There is a man outside of the airport in a little building who says "Only people holding a valid pilot's license may enter!". Park a car (Any car, the car does not have to be large) in front of the building that he is in. Then, jump on top of the car, and jump towards the building. You will automatically grab onto the roof of the building. Pull yourself up. From there, you can jump down into the airport and jack a Dodo or a private jet. Enjoy!

Thanx to gamespot

nesthead

what a sweet game!!

that mission pretty early on

with the incredible T2 reference

was the best so far

Playback is clearly best station imo, but none of them even come close to V-Rock. havnt listened to the chat station yet tho....

all the mini games!! the pool... the arcade games.... basketball..... lowrider..... the console in Cj's house... soo many! im sure im missing out on some.

Swifty

I've been driving around San Fierro today. God it's huge. There is a MASSIVE bridge connecting the San Fierro Island and third as yet unlocked island. It's so big.. I don't know how the PS2 can handle it.

While it is impressively big I think this also is one of the games faults though, because failing a mission can mean driving ten minutes through a huge countryside area just to get back to the start of the mission. One example of this is the current mission I'm on at the moment. The racing in the countryside. On my first attempt at it my car exploded and I was presented with the "mission failed!" message and I was left stranded in the countryside with no car and a hefty walk back to the nearest road. As mentioned in the EG review, a simple retry option would be perfect in this situation. Just a small complaint on an otherwise brilliant and very impressive experience all round.

The voice over the intercom in Ammu-Nation is absolutely hilarious.

"Women tired of contruction workers whistling in your direction? Whistle back with a high calibre assault rifle and splatter their brains all over the site!"

Classic

Chong

I am well on my way into Las venturas and its just beginning to seem to easy hope to have it finished by wednesday, so I can trade it in for Football Manager 2005.

Tusky

Im currently on the mission in San Fierro where you have to take out the curriers with the remote control plane...tis tough. any tips ?

Creamy Goodness

having played GTA3 GTA:VC and now GTA:SA there is one thing that annoys me about SA.

in the first two games you could control your character with the D-pad, now that's not possible.

now maybe it's that i'm not use to using the analouge sticks but it just doesn't feel right to me.

balkieb2002

Cremo wrote:

having played GTA3 GTA:VC and now GTA:SA there is one thing that annoys me about SA.

in the first two games you could control your character with the D-pad, now that's not possible.

now maybe it's that i'm not use to using the analouge sticks but it just doesn't feel right to me.

I'm actually quite used to the analogue stick for walking around but it was the driving that actually screwed me over, many a time i'd start the car and drive straight into another car as i was trying to steer using the d-pad. the sticks also make tricky aiming but don't mind that as plenty of practice will get me over that

I am well on my way into Las venturas and its just beginning to seem to easy hope to have it finished by wednesday, so I can trade it in for Football Manager 2005.

suppose you have 100% unlocked all the secrets as well etc so ya might as well trade it in *cough* bull *cough*

TheGreatOne

I cant understand why on earth somebody would buy a game and try to complete it in under a week, why not get value out of the game and mess about between missions and stuff like that, make it last!! Especially a GTA game.

I find it hard to believe that anybody could have it 100% completed anyway in such a short time. :rolleyes:
I'd say its near impossible, unless you play it non stop for like 3 days, which would mean your a freak. :eek:

monument

This evening's 'the Last Word' on Today FM is apprently going to talk about some new computer game...

Err… I was sure I heard the presenter include it in the contents at the start of the show – nothing came up – maybe they went over time or it’s possible playing the game all day has made me crazy.

jesus_thats_gre

If anyone is still looking for a copy, I hear Tesco got copies in this evening..