GTA: San Andreas; from the leak to retail

Ciaran500

The images are still smaller than a standard dvd (4.7gb)

quarryman

Kiith wrote:

if i had broadband and a chipped Ps2, i'd download it. but i'd still buy it on friday.

also, is it actually 3 times as big as Vice City.

its hard to tell but that sounds about right, at least twice the size anyway.

the map is excellent. allows you to zoom in and out etc but much more detail.

the fps seems crap to me though. maybe its because i'm more used to the vice city at 60fps. the ps2 doesn't seem to handle the game brilliantly and can get a bit sluggish.

tman

quarryman wrote:

the fps seems crap to me though. maybe its because i'm more used to the vice city at 60fps. the ps2 doesn't seem to handle the game brilliantly and can get a bit sluggish.

heh. i knew the previews were lying about the "silky smooth framerate"

think i can just about bear to wait until the pc version is released now

tman

a list of voice actors used in the game (not sure how legit this is...)
i've slapped a couple of spoiler tags on in case people don't want to find out about returning names...

Carl "CJ" Johnson - Chris Bellard aka Young Maylay
Sean "Sweet" Johnson - Faizon Love
Kendl Johnson - Yo Yo Melvin
"Big Smoke" Harris - Clifton Powell
Lance "Ryder" Wilson - MC Eiht
OG Loc - Jas Anderson
Mark "B Dup" Wayne - The Game
Barry "Big Bear" Thorne - Big Boy Emmet - Eugene Jeter
Jr Madd Dogg - Ice T
Cesar Vialpando - Clifton Collins,
Jr. Officer Tenpenny - Samuel L. Jackson
Officer Pulaski - Chris Penn
Officer Hernandez - Armando Riesco

Catalina - Cynthia Farrell

The Truth - Peter Fonda
J-I-Z-Z-Y B - Charlie Murphy - RICK JAMES, BITCH!
T-Bone - Kid Frost
Mike Toreno - James Woods
Woozie - James Yaegashi
Su Xi Mu (Suzie) - Richard Chang
Ran Fa Li (Farlie) - Hunter Platin
Zero - David Cross
Kent Paul - Danny Dyer
Maccer - Shaun Ryder

Ken Rosenberg - Bill Fichtner

Salvatore Leone - Frank Vincent

Maria - Debi Mazar

Johnny Sindacco - Casey Siemaszko
Jimmy Silverman - Gary Yudman
Bettina - Noelle Sadler
Jethro - John Zurhellen
Dwaine - Navid Khonsari
Millie Perkins - Orfeh Barbara
Schternvart - Danielle Lee Greaves
Denise Robinson - Heather Alicia Simms
Michelle Cannes - Vanessa Aspillaga
Helena Wankstein - Bijou Phillips
Katie Zhan - China Chow
KDST DJ - Axl Rose
Modern Hip Hop DJ - Julio G
Classic Hip Hop DJ - Chuck D
Grove Street Families Gang - Solo, A da Business, Vincent Lomax, Gregory Johnson, Ricky Harris
Ballas Gang - Donnie Anderson, Michael Ralph, Ricky Harris, Darreck Burns, Derrick Edmon

Optikus

tman wrote:

heh. i knew the previews were lying about the "silky smooth framerate"

think i can just about bear to wait until the pc version is released now

Think i'm just going to wait for the PC version to... have PS2 but it at my moms house and my younger siblings kinda think its theirs now, its been there so long.

Retr0gamer

Plenty of low brow rappers but some great ones in there as well. Great to see Sammy, Ice T (who if you look at Law & Order SVU is quite a good actor), Axl Rose and Chuck D in there.

Younger siblings are there to be bullied. Make use of them before they get bigger than you like my younger brother.

balkieb2002

The leak sounds like there something missing, like half the game. It coming out on a dual layer dvd so size-wise it should be bigger than 4.7gb at the minimum. An example was Star Ocean 3 which is also a dual layer game but comes in at a whopping 8+gbs. Wouldn't suprise me to see a second dvd SA release or else one of the illegal copys suddenly stop working half-way through the game...

jesus_thats_gre

Seemingly it has absolutely everything in tact..

Ciaran500

Where did you hear its coming out on a DVD9?


The images I've seen were about 2.5gb and I've been told its the full game with nothing missing.

tman

Ciaran500 wrote:

Where did you hear its coming out on a DVD9?


The images I've seen were about 2.5gb and I've been told its the full game with nothing missing.

rockstar mentioned that they had too much material to fit on a single layer disc... that could have just been them talking **** though

balkieb2002

It been in the GTA feature list for a while was also mentioned on eurogamer a few months back linky, there more info on it through googling as well, though i'm not sure if they've changed there minds in the mean time.

quarryman

rarred its 2.5
unrarred its 4.6

i've been playing it for hours and haven't found "half the game missing" yet.

balkieb2002

as i said i don't know as i don't have the game, only saying what r* had said before. If it is only one dvd then great compression for that size of a game to fit on one disk.

CyberGhost

snapscan1212p wrote:

Alternatevely get a PS2 emulator for your PC

show me one!

CyberGhost

anyways, they will get their money! don't worry!

Optikus

CyberGhost wrote:

show me one!

They don't work properly apparently..... its seem your edit button dosen't either.

WellyJ

The game is indeed FULL and the exact USA retail release. Im 78 percent through the game and have to say although at times the ps2 really struggles to keep up with whats going on the game completely KICKS ASS. Really takes the series to a whole new level. You guys wont be disappointed.

Soundtrack owns too, especially Rage against the machine - Killing in the name of. SWEET

WellyJ

jesus_thats_gre

Seemingly the music has been compressed down and this allows the image to be only 4.6gb in size..

WellyJ

Any compression was done by Rockstar themselves, the release is the exact one thats available from tuesday in the USA. Its 4,394,304KB and fits perfectly on a DVD5/DVDR. Thr dvd9 rumours are completely unfounded trust me.

WellyJ

CyberGhost

Optikus wrote:

They don't work properly apparently..... its seem your edit button dosen't either.

what? what edit button? what did you mean? seriously, I didn't get the sarcasm!

*edit* just edited this post! it works fine!

monument

Ok, could everyone stop admitting to breaking the law here…

Please report your crimes to your local police station, and email Rockstar at piracy@rockstargames.com – proving both of them with your name and address, as well as a phone number probably help.

WellyJ

Im buying the game on friday, just wanted a sneak preview of it. I always buy games i like once i've checked em out.

No harm done, i also own every incarnation of GTA (Gta1,2,3,VC) so rockstar can kiss my hairy ass

Explosive_Cornflake

WellyJ wrote:

Im buying the game on friday, just wanted a sneak preview of it. I always buy games i like once i've checked em out.

No harm done, i also own every incarnation of GTA (Gta1,2,3,VC) so rockstar can kiss my hairy ass

Don't forget GTA: London!

Lenny

I like cheese,

WellyJ

haha,

Agreed, more of an addon really though than a Game in itself, but now that you mention it i did buy it for PS1 and it stank.

impr0v

WellyJ wrote:

Im 78 percent through the game

You have it 78% completed? When did you get your special advanced pre-release copy? I thought there was like 125 hours or so of playing time, with a strategy guide.

78% = 97.5 hours, playing 8 hours solid a day = 12 days

Are my calculations all off, is the claimed 125 hours pure fantasy, or are you an exceptional talent?

WellyJ

31 Hours in and im 79.83 percent done.

Dont listen to what developers say about how much playing time there is in games. Its an estimate and probably based on some halfwit's attempt at completing the game.

And i wouldnt say im an "exceptional" talent but i love the GTA series and am pretty good at it. Also the time quoted involved lots of unnecessary gameplay and if i had just done the missions alone im sure the time would be even less.

Bottom line. Everyone will take different times to complete the game dont listen to Rockstars biased estimation. They are also the ones who said its on DVD9 and that is BS.

WellyJ

jesus_thats_gre

WellyJ wrote:

Any compression was done by Rockstar themselves, the release is the exact one thats available from tuesday in the USA. Its 4,394,304KB and fits perfectly on a DVD5/DVDR. Thr dvd9 rumours are completely unfounded trust me.

WellyJ

Seemingly they have been compressed by whoever ripped the game. Seemingly its common enough on DVD9 games..

nesthead

hmmm..... still havent pre-ordered..... what are my chances of having one on fri...?

WellyJ

jesus_the_gre

Sorry but thats simply not true. I know this as a fact, there are scene rules and release groups cant release games with downsampled audio and not mention it in the .nfo with the release. The game is the exact USA retaill version
Peace
WellyJ