What went so right?
That's not GTA5 though anon
Map design
Blackest GTA = Best GTA
>>318324079
bleck is batter
It wasn't a revenge plot.
nostalgia
>>318325427
BURRR
>>318323652
the pacing
Me being 14 at the time the game came out. Plenty of things to do to pass the time after school, lots of places to explore.
San Andreas is not actually such a great game anymore, but it definitely was 10 years ago.
>>318327468
>is not actually such a great game anymore, but it definitely was 10 years ago.
I didn't play it until last year when it was on sale on Steam along with III and Vice City.
I already had 4 for my Xbox and got V later for PC.
San Andreas is still the best GTA.
>>318323652
The Hilary Clinton controversy
>>318325427
mojos there egg beaters there
>>318328031
The best out of GTA games? Sure, I'll give you that. I've only played 1,2,III, VC, SA, and a bit of IV before dropping it (too poor for V), and out of those SA probably had the best gameplay. But I was talking about San Andreas as compared to all video games I've ever played.
I'm more partial to Vice City myself.
SA improves on previous games.. not only as an RPG, which it does well, but also with swimming, jet packs, territories, and customization beyond strict outfits and cars..
With the roleplaying dynamic of CJ -- lifting weights, status, and how pedestrians are effected -- it's as if the whole game's about exploring just whatever comes.
SA has actual consequences, like losing inventory. It's amazing starting out as nothing, as is finding backstreet pickups. Save scumming is unnecessary because of how simple dosh is from "cleaning the streets", which reinforces not only playing by the rules, but also more gameplay and roleplay.
As for characters, it has a lot of cutscenes with a lot of the main protagonists and antagonists, so their dynamic gets initiated enough to rapport, but the missions are varied enough for spicing up what seems probable.
Also, the radio is fucking magnificent.
On tone, "superficial hood" is more prone for irony than flat seriousness. The series is about humor and the facetious, so being almost inappropriate (or something bazaar) improves the theme.
>>318323652
Nothing on the 360 Downloadable version.
Controls are fucked. Timing for some of the dance shit is fucked. etc.
It's just not fun.
>>318328705
>Also, the radio is fucking magnificent.
Well it goes without saying that GTA games from III onward have elder god-tier music on the radio.
>>318328735
That version was absolutely fucked. I still had a blast getting 1000/1000 on it, though.
>>318329198
From III onward until IV, you mean.
>>318329942
This, IV and V's radios were garbage.
>>318330052
I can't bring myself to call anything with Baker Street and Danger Zone on it garbage.
>>318323652
We got to be the nigger we always wanted to be.
>>318323652
CALIFORNIA
>>318327468
I actually played and finished it this summer and I think that it held up well over the years.
>>318330256
KNOWS
>>318330515
HOW
>>318323652
You have too much fun shit to do due to the variety of vehicles, missions available in comparison with others GTAs.
The cities were great because they were vastly different from each other and you had a lot of empty terrain to enjoy your vehicles and radio.
>>318330935
Having multiple cities was great. It provided variety and actually gave the countryside a fucking purpose unlike GTA 5.
>Aaaalllllllllll myyyy exes live in Texas
>>318331624
>cruising through Red County on a Sanchez at night
>"Mamaaaaaaas, don't let ya babies grow up to be cowboooooys~"
>San Andreas was 11 years ago
I can't comprehend this. I simply can't. Take me back, dammit.
>>318332259
You can't comprehend passage of time and constant change?
>>318332360
It only felt like the other day. Before you know it, those days are gone forever and you all have are memories.
>>318329942
>>318330052
plebs. all of the soundtracks are good.what got worse was Lazlow's writing
>>318332515
>memories
11 years is a long time. I don't remember most of that period, though.
Why do you want to go back, anyway?
Fuck that one song with the whiny vocals that went "ooooohh we pretend that we're deaaaad"
>>318333009
>he doesn't like L7
>>318332980
Didn't have to worry about many things as I do now. Just went to school, hung with friends, went home and played vidya with them all night. A simpler time.
>Playing this game
>just dicking around
>can't decide on what to listen to, constantly changing radio stations
>dad walks in
>decide wctr isn't doing it for me
>go to master sounds
>dad asks what I'm doing
>not paying attention to what song is on
>it's THAT song
>hfw
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ0CCh2rg5sYes, I've masturbated to this song.
>>318331950
>Well I love a rainy night
>>318333339
>tfw always remember this track while going to the gym in Ganton
Oh, I worked up a sweat alright.
>>318333237
Those were simpler times indeed. I didn't have to support myself and only had to go to school on weekdays. Good stuff. I hope you don't lose too much sleep worrying over things that are out of your control.
>>318333796
Thanks, friend. You too.
>>318331624
>>318331950
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SCjV-us9b0
>>318328705
I miss the headshots. GTA 5 really lacks the violence of the ps2 era.
Reading about the things that were gonna be in the game as the release date got closer was amazing. From the small things such as pedal bikes to the major like there being three cities. What a special time.
>Last played: 25/12/2014
It's a yearly tradition for me to start up a new save in November/ December and try to complete the story before Crimbo.
I just can't get fed up of playing this game. I just can't!Now I just need to play it at any time other than early winter.
>>318335370
>tfw remember reading you could hunt deer and sling it in the back of a truck to sell it in a nearby town
Funny how the idea of swimming and pedal bikes in a GTA game got me so fucking hype as a kid. Changing your character's hair, tatoos, more detailed clothing options, customisable vehicles, eating, going to the gym, etc. It was such a huge step from Vice City.
>>318334398
They did gorey bullet impacts in Max Payne 3. I don't understand why they didn't include them in GTA 5, along with the superior gunplay.
Guys, will Eurotruck Simulator 2 give me the same feels as San Andreas? I just want to cruise and feel them comfy feels,
>>318323652
The way you were stuck to roofs of cars like glue was amazing. I would always get on the roof, shoot a bullet, and watch as the NPC drives all the way throw san andreas. Fighting cops while they chased the car was always a fun time, and felt way better than the mandatory rail segments that were in the game.
>>318339398
>....Until the car you were on crashed and it threw you off in half a second.
why are the country stations always the best? Is it just because I'm European that I love country?
>>318338937
absolutely. Download some music/podcasts and prepare for the comfy
>>318339893
The trunks of trucks pretty much prevented that from happening.
>>318340354
Lol i just turned on the perfect handling cheat. Prevented 95% of crashing.
>>318340354
that mission
that james woods
that whole part of the gameflight school
>>318323652
It's the sweet spot between RPG and traditional GTA, was one of the first mainstream games to do something unique with its story, and is really fucking fun.
Has Rockstar ever put out any shitty games?
>>318333009
The one that I hated the most was the shitty radio edit of Freebird. Freebird is only memorable because of the guitar solo, and hacking it off is the worst thing you could do.
>>318340509
Would that help with an NPC that freaked out because cops were chasing it? Never tried it.
>>318340801
the fuck, I don't remember that. So they just ended on the endless repetition of AND THIS BIRD YOU CANNOT FREE?
that's disgusting
>>318341036
It fades out just as the solo starts.
>>318340801
My friend played the 360 port of the game and said that this was always playing on K-DST. I think its because the radio is glitched in that one.
>Tfw newer versions of the game have some of the songs removed.
>>318340971
It does. It affects NPC's as well. Basically makes it extremely easy for them to dodge obstacles,making it virtually impossible for them to crash.
>>318330052
>FlyLo Radio
>Garbage
kill yourself
>>318343083
>a single radio station
Pff
PS, a lot of it is garbo
>>318328735
oh my god literally just the fact that you could only lock on aim OR standard aim made me flip the fuck out and just get a new disc of the xbox version
>>318335370
breaking into houses was what got me
I'm going from playing SA on a PS2 to soon playing V on a built PC. What should I expect?
>>318328735
Radio stations are glitched, there's a lot of skipping in the songs. Is this just me?
>>318344771
lmao how its literally impossible to manual aim as long as there's at least one person near you.
>>318323652
Big Smoke
>>318323652
Chracters you could actually give a shitr about. GTA IV continued that trend just for GTA V to drop that ball.
>>318345865
GTA V didn't have a single likable character. I don't know how they managed it.
>>318345965
>Not liking Lamar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko2jueHvdy8
Why San Fierro is so comfy, /v/?
>>318346108
He's a retarded nigger. Why would I like him?
On the first part of the journey...
>>318346187
because los santos was the first city and you get used to it quickly and las venturas is barely used in the storytime
>>318323652
when you left space for big smoke to get a good angle to shoot the guys on the train instead of hugging the train, failing the mission, and crying about it on the internet en masse.
What went so right?
>>318346802
the city feels like an actual city. You can turn off your UI and just walk around or take the train and it feels so natural. A lot of quirky hidden spots like that one pub that's not marked on the map.
>>318346187
Seriously
I would love to see San Fierro in hd
>>318331950
>>318335370
>>318340354
>>318346187
I'm so glad that we've all had such congruent experiences with this game, it's a testament to how great it is/was. And I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who loved just driving around in the boonies listening to K-Rose. The best vehicle for this is the Wayfarer, btw
When you leave Los Santos and realize how large the map actually is.
>>318325517
But half of the begining is about finding out who killed CJ's mom and near the end you hunt down tenpenny and pulaski.
>you will never see all of the state of San Andreas in HD
>>318347313
No.
>>318347451
>What GTA V should've been.
>>318347084
I know Rockstar has been bullshittin about there not being any near future updates for single player content, but I don't doubt they're working on something big
>>318347084
As long as it's not set in modern times.
>>318347704
>Let's keep making them online updates. Single player content doesn't get us money.
>>318347451
>>318347681
Needs more rural hick towns, and a Hoover Dam rip off.
>>318346802
Vehicle fisiks, cuzin.
>>318347681
>Implying the 360 could have handled all that
lmao
>>318347936
>best selling game
>not wanting to btfo new games after 3 years with new map
>>318346929
GTA IV's Liberty City is still my fav overworld. Sure there weren't tons of interiors but it's just fucking cool to walk around it, and also Alderney. Even the street names were great
>>318348062
It already has it.
>>318348290
>Not wanting 10 fps/crashing on random parts of the map on 360
Lol nah son. This would've been Next Gen/PC exclusive.
>>318348602
It had more interiors than GTA V.
>>318323652
SA has the worst story and protagonist of the series. A lot of the side activities were boring, pointless or half baked. The sound effects are awful, especially gunfire. It's a pretty good game, but one of the weaker entries in the series.
>>318348863
inb4 replies
>>318348863
Correct opinions: the post.
Does the pope shit in the woods?
Everything up until this mission. Seriously, I couldn't progress any further because of this fucking shit. Never beat the game.
>>318323652
Dat soundtrack
>>318330565
>>318330603
>>318330720
>>318348863
>>318349373
You do realise that Zero's missions aren't required, right?
>>318349373
Isn't this mission optional though?
>>318349373just taxi around the toy plane on the road and shoot, you dont have to fly at all
>>318349373
Zero's missions are completely optional, and even if they were required, that mission isn't hard at all.
>>318348863
(You)
>>318349373
That mission is easy. You just suck.
>>318349373
LAUNCH
THE RED BARON
I've played quite a bit of vidya and San Andreas is easily in my top 6 favorite games of all times.
It is still the same magical game as it was on release.
GTA V was good game, but it lacked the incredibly strong writing San Andreas has. You just fucking get sucked into it.
>>318348863
underrated post
gta 3 was the best gta
>>318345965
I liked Franklin, not as much as CJ though. Franklin's story is sort of anti-CJ anyway. Big dreams, distance from ghetto, mean while CJ sorta comes back to it at the start of the game?
GTA V on PC with everything maxed looks fucking stunning. Definitely my favorite game release in ages.
>>318350827
CJ goes back to it, but during GTA:SA he distances himself from it again while he establishes stuff like the garage in San Fierro and Woozie's casino. Then Sweet gets released from prison and you have to go back to the Grove for some fucking reason.
>>318349373
That's an optional mission you retard.
>>318351981
I should replace SA to see how his and Franklin's story mirror/don't mirror each other.
>the main character is a nigger
>the entire supporting cast is filled with niggers and spics
>white people are nowhere to be seen except as the stereotypical nerd or the stereotypical corrupt police officer
SO PROGRESSIVE
>>318330280
I played the game for 6 years and never found that
>>318347451
GTA 5 was a lie
>>318349550
>>318349598
>>318349663
>>318351995
I think this might be different between versions. I have the original xbox version, and I'm pretty sure that it's required in it.
>>318349550
On ps2 I always had to complete them
>>318349598
>>318349663
>>318351995
No, the missions Definetly were required. I had done everything possible and he was the only one left to do missions for. Had the ps2 version. Check for yourself
>mfw listening to SF-UR while jumping off the hilly roads, as if they were ramps, near Woozie's in San Fierro
CAN YOU FEEEEEL IIITTTTTTTTTT
https://youtu.be/N04mX-Zyr1U?t=23m56s
>>318353114
>>318353363
kill yourselves
http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Missions_in_GTA_San_Andreas
>>318353478
I wasn't able to pass on ps2 without doing his missions either
>>318353114
>>318353363
No it isn't.
http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Supply_Lines...
Exploring underwater was pretty cool.
>>318353478
>>318353707
>several people saying they had a particular experience
>lol no you didn't retards!!!!!
>>318354372
>people provide proof of the missions not being required for mission progression
>continues to be in denial about their wrong memories
Are you autistic, senpai?
>>318354615
literally a memory from the past year or so, you fucking memer. and a fan-made wiki is not proof.
>>318354689
Ahh so you are autistic. Makes sense desu
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=do+you+need+to+beat+zero%27s+missions
>>318354948
>typing actual full questions into google
are you 60
>>318355250
>changing the subject
That's all I needed to hear, senpai.
>>318355340
i'm not gonna capture footage of me playing or some shit for you, like i even have a save at that point, but i guarantee that the game has made people complete zero's missions. there's even a yahoo answers i saw earlier where two people of the three that submit answers are like "yeah, it sucks but you gotta do it," which ok, it's yahoo answers, but it's actually evidence for something, rather than a lack of evidence for something, which is all you've gone off of.
but yeah, I'm not going to keep arguing because you're not going to be moved. so
>typing actual full questions into google
are you 60
>>318356015
>yahoo answers is ok
>not a wiki
>I'm not going to keep arguing because you're not going to be moved
>still replies anyways
Keep digging that hole, senpai.
>>318346108
Lamar is a self-insertion character. In comparison to CJ and Niko he is incredibly bland.
The only thing that makes him sympathetic is that he gives as little of a fuck about the midlife crisis of Michael and Trevor as the player.
It's literally 'Two and a half men' just less funny.
>>318346802
Likeable relatable characters (in the main campaign). All of them were fantastic.
Jacob in particular. The game was a great story about friendship and forgiveness.
>>318353363
you fucked up man. The reason why you didn't have any more missions was because you had to raise your swimming/breathing stat past 25% to unlock the next mission in the game
>>318356473
>The reason why you didn't have any more missions was because you had to raise your swimming/breathing stat past 25% to unlock the next mission in the game
The marker for that mission from Woozie still appears.
They probably didn't see the blue skull at the Pleasure Domes Club for Jizzy's missions.
>>318356473
>Tfw forced to dive in and out of water for like 20 minutes straight just to raise you're lung capacity.
>>318356610
the marker appears but you can't do the mission. While the zero mission you can do but don't have to so you get stuck in that part of the game. Happened to a few friends of mine.
>>318355250
Why am I laughing so hard.
I'm shocked this thread was actually okay and only like 2 people called CJ a nigger and brought up stupid SJW stuff, nobody even brought out the "GTA 4 is bad" meme
>>318323935
this
map and vehicles
>>318323652
Everything. It's a perfect game.
>>318345169
Disappointment
>>318331950
>driving a truck along city outskirts
>A Horse With No Name starts to play
That feel...
>>318338937
yep, but play MP with some friends and relax or get mad at retards who I'm amazed even knew how to install the mod
>>318345169
5 is a great game, don't get me wrong, but it just feels... empty. All the peds are the same with seemingly no life in them, AI is fucking retarded, and the story is very linear and predictable.
Online is a crapshoot unless you have friends, and that's if you find a lobby without a hacker in it.
But I enjoyed it. Not as much as SA, but I still enjoyed it. I kinda prefer 4, especially with all the mods for that game.
>>318331950
>battle through airforce base
>fight my way to a harrier
>the opening chords of Free Bird start playing as the jet begins to hover off the ground
Grove street, home
This line, this motherfucking line
Where re the memorable moments in GTAV, huh ?
I cant even remember the supporting characters
>>318358475
>forgetting about Lamar
A great Antagonist
>>318358797
Thats the face of a bitch nigga.
>MFW going full guns blazing with on ballas/vagos territories with ma homies
>realize the AI is pants on head retarded and watch how my fellow comrades get brutally annihilated in seconds as they get out of the car.
>>318358954*Thats the face of a busta.
>>318358797
It's all about the voice
>>318358714
Sure Lamar but San Andreas has Ryder, Big Smoke, Toreno, Officer Tenpenny, Officer Pulaski, The Truth, OG Loc, Caeser, Zero, Mad Dogg, even Kent Paul, Ken Rosenberg and the mechanics from Vice City
Look at Johnny in GTAV or the Fed bitch Karen gf of Niko
I only remember those
>>318358475
I remember when they ruined Johnny Klebitz character just to introduce a character.
It could have been anybody else.
>>318359429
lol literally the first cutscene of him.
RIP Johnny, best GTA character and they took him out like he was a bitch.
>>318348863
i disagree with everything except the gunfire.
Vice city had different audio for each gun but in SA gun of the same class all sound the same.
>>318359815
>>318360239
Im glad I was able to roast that meth head at the end.
>A brother might stab you in the back, a woman certainly will, but a bike will never let you down
GTA V needs more Luis Lopez. They do have a Bahama Mamas in the game after all.
Also, Johnnys last words were "I messed up."
You didnt messed up Johnny, You were let down.
>>318360724
GTA IV had some good bro tier characters.
>>318361067
I thought Packie was alright and they brought him back but I honestly don't know why Brucie even exists in GTA V. He's so irrelevant.
Goddamn this thread is comfy it almost makes me want to reinstall it even though I did a play through a few months ago
>>318361352
Little Jacob and Dwayne were cool too
>>318362493
>I thought you different were,Niko. I thought you was my friend. But your just a snake like all the rest.
You goota be one cold cat to kill Dwayne.
Gangs, getting your homies, hover crafts
the desert area, the woods, music, rednecks and the general urban setting.
Johnny left that chick and hated drugs. The Lost game ended with Johnny at his most bad ass. Then without any context he is a pathetic meth head. Imagine how awesome it would have been if Trevor and The Lost worked together.
>>318364141
But instead, gets curbstomped by Trevor the first time you see him.
>>318364141
Ascended Johnny would have destroyed Trevor and so would the rest of the Lost MC.
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if everyone does these 2 steps we can all play online :D
peace
>>318323652
1992 LA
>>318364393
Thats why i picked the A ending 6 times just to watch him burn and suffer
>>318364804
Well, I still say Luis Lopez should make a return.
>>318323652
Setting, characters, dialouge, story, girlfriends, cars, clothes, missions(most of them),rpg elements, npcs conv, radio stations, and much more. Best Gta goes to...
>>318365092
Nah man tBoGT had a perfect ending.
>>318349654
>>318349779
The original PS2 release was balls hard because the fuel drained even when you were just gliding/taxiing. The Xbox release and later PS2 versions fixed that.
I just want an explanation from Rockstar why the would make the most real and deep GTA character go out like a bitch. Then have us slaughter The Lost during a large part of story and online play. Why not have us slaughter the Angels of Death?
>>318366083
Are you serious?! I knew something was wrong with that shit. lol
I had one of the original versions. But now I recently played the 360 port and that shit was incredibly easy.
>Mfw on the PS2 version, after the first time you destroy all the targets, you find out you have to fly back to the rooftop with less than a quarter of fuel.
>>318366734
Terrible writing. No way around it. Just a terribly written game with terribly written and often irrelevant characters. Did anyone that worked on IV work on V? I cant even imagine. Surely someone would have said "uh hey... this isn't a good idea."
What an astounding fuck up. you can actually pin point the moment i stopped riding rockstars dick.
>>318366739
Yeah the only version that had the hard as shit Supply Lines was the original "Hot Coffee" version.
>>318367624
Nah, I had the original Non-greatest hits version. They were bugged too.
>>318367468
They should've had you kill Brucie instead. However he made it into the game is beyond me.
>>318361352
brucies great when you meet his brother in gay tony
I loved how when I got bored in the game, I could always just set up shop somewhere else and try a whole bunch of different new shit. The sheer number of options for things to do was incredible. I could go from gang banger to hustler to pimp to cowboy to racecar driver to pilot to jetpack-supervillain. You could set up in just one town and have adventures forever, but with all the countryside and all the vehicles, the options were too good to be true.
That, and being able to eventually bunny hop your bicycle over fences and rooftops while the cops are chasing your ass. Dat shit cray.
>>318367826
or his annoying as fucking hell brother/cousin or whatever he was.
>>318330052
Holy shit, what a pleb
IV and V radios are great as hell. V got fucking Aphex Twin
>>318368059
>>318368001
Mori, When he gets bitchslapped by Brucie in TBoGT. Lmao
>>318368001
>>318368221
Brucie could turn out to be fucking cool guy if he had somebody besides Roman to back his ass up and tell him to keep his ego in check.
>>318323652
it felt like it always had more to show you and that you never ran out of things to do
conversely gta v gives you a single city that though at first is fun to explore it quickly becomes boring and the wilderness for taking up so much of the map doesnt really have a purpose except to make the map bigger, it also suffered from the same thing gta iv did (though to a lesser extent) in that minigames aside all there was to do was instigate a police chase and die after a shootout on a rooftop mostly as a result of the larger emphasis on cover based shooting which massively limits the chaos you can cause to a small defensible area
also they made the rhino shit and im still pissed off about it
>>318346802
LC looks fucking fantastic, possibly the best location ever made on any vidya
>>318368538
I really couldn't believe the Rhinos "tires" could pop. Maybe the fixed it that shit but making it so weak was inexcusable.
A big improvement from previous game but it's lacks memorable song like Vice city.
>>318323652
They actually sacrificed graphics in favor of a bigger and more open game world. It's usually the other way around.
SA is back on psn, is it castrated like steam update version, oraz has it all songs intact?
>>318369485
Now graphics and gameplay are sacrificed in favor of "Fuck it they'll fucking buy it."
-Todd "It just works" Howard.
>>318369485
>They actually sacrificed graphics
It was better looking than 3 or VC. R* North never made a game that good looking for its day, even V looks mediocre compared to other open world game on 2010s
>>318369664
Modern SA must be castrated no matter what
>>318369846
But can anyone confirm missing songs?
>>318369080
>BREAK MAH RUSTY CHAIN
>WHEN WE PRETEND THAT WE'RE DEAAAAAAAD
>LOUISIANA WOMEN, MISSISSIPPI MAN
>PICK UP YOUR RECEIVER I'LL MAKE YOU A BELIEVER
But Fever 105 is godtierGTA IV has best Radio
>>318368538
>Crush three cars
>Rhino explodes
>We don't know what a tank is anymore.~ Rockstar
>>318369965
http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Radio_Stations_in_GTA_San_Andreas
itt
>people crying about a literal faggot jew getting killed
>despite it being natural progression for his character
>and despite trevor being goat protag
lol fair enough
>>318369846
>WTF
GTAIV was the best looking open world game in 2008, nothing comes close to it
>>318370867
Go play it again, it looks like shit. The only thing going on was the rich amount of models and physics, and even the models are not that detailed
>>318370860
Literally eat your own shit and die senpai
No online, meaning no patching meaning release product had to be final and bug free.
Greater focus on Solo content.
In comparison, GTA V is a shallow solo game and GTAO a boring grindfest multiplayer game.
