New screenshots and features of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

[Harryz]

The screenshots can be seen here, at GTAGaming.com.

New features, from PlanetGrandTheftAuto.com:

• Swimming in the game won't be a big part, but you can climb out of your car window if you go into water
• Wheelies can be performed with bikes
• To pedal a bike, repeatedly tap (X)
• For the game's opening, you arrive from Liberty City at the airport where Frank Tenpenny and Eddie Polaski (two corrupt cops) pick you up. Instead of taking you home, they drop you off in a rival gang territory where you must get the BMX bike and get away.
• Car-jacking has an even more sinister and threatening vibe than before.
• "The only loading times in GTA:SA are slight pauses when entering buildings."
• Different hair styles that people on the streets will make remarks about
• People will treat you by the way you dress and look.
• The game will be five times the size of Vice City.
• Compared to Vice City, draw distance has doubled in
• Urban areas and is four times as far as in rural areas.
• Tumbleweed is present in the desert.
• The auto-target system has been improved in that targets are green (healthy), yellow (below average health) and red (near death).
• The "Well-Stacked Pizza Place" restaurant returns from Vice City.
• The cops are very reminiscent of the California Highway Patrol (CHiPs) and ride on motorcycles.
• Cops can hold on to the back of your car to try to catch you.
• LSPD (Los Santos Police Department) helicopters are present and look like the Maverick helicopter from Vice City.
• More cars and pedestrians on the screen at the same time
• The game is so big that it needs a dual-layer DVD (in case you want to learn).
• Police helicopters can aim their blades near the ground to stop your car or cut you up.

 

[Stormy]

So bigger levels and a bike :/ somthing to look forward to.

 

[Bio]

It will at least be much better than the other ones.

 

[Razor]

Is Lazzlo coming back as well?

 

[Frank]

*wanks* Mmmm...

 

[thehunter1320]

i'm going to assume that you are black in this game... great... more shite for the white man... "why is the main character of GTA:SA black, huh? you racist?!"

 

[DarkStar]

• Cops can hold on to the back of your car to try to catch you.

Wow...I've only seen a cop do this once. Are these cops made out of liquid-metal perhaps?

 

[CrazyHarij]

Wow this seems awesome.. hope it wont be PS2 exclusive.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Wow...I've only seen a cop do this once. Are these cops made out of liquid-metal perhaps?

We can only hope their arms do not form into very shiney golf clubs (Simpsons reference )



It wont be PS2 exclusive, but i bet we will ahve to wait a year or 6 months like with the other two games.


This sounds like a really cool game though, its going to have all the great features from the other two and more. Just like Vice City had all the great features from GT3 and more. Rar....I sound like a 10 year old linguist.

 

[Sui]

yay, non-linear, pedestrian bashing violence has never been so damn fun!!!

 

[Rico]

Sounds like another cash-in game.

Wow... you know how many times I wished I could be black and ride a bike with an afro in Vice City? /sarcasm

Yeah! A ton of new features that change gameplay completely! Oh wait, no they won't, it's just the equivalent of adding a couple of new weapons and skins to a game and calling it an expansion.

Blegh... I have nothing against the GTA series but these kind of developer cash-ins make me sick. The worst part is that a lot of people will actually buy the game and encourage them to keep pumping them out as fast as they can.

 

[scribblehead]

one word.: Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

 

[kidrock450]

GTA:3 was amazing since it was the first 3D gta engine. Vice city got borning since it was the same as GTAIII basiclly but with shitty gangs.

They really need something shocking and eye popping to get me hooked on this game or its just gonna be another vice city.

I read in a preview you get to work out in the gym and eat food. ( aka you walk into a little purple circle and you automaticlly work out*

 

[ailevation]

Depending on what you wear you get different treatment. Let's hope you guys know how to dress, then get some hood props.

 

[Pressure]

I dunno what's wrong with some of you people, this game is gonna be one of the best games ever.

 

[Raziaar]

The two things that jump out most in my eyes is the draw distance, and the size of the maps.

 

[DropnonE]

Since you're a brother in this game, do you have a mother who slaps you silly? Can you pimp out your own hoes and make money doing it? Do you have to put lotion on your ashy knees/elbows every so often? Can you get revenge on the white bastard policemen who threaten and mistreat your people... ok, i know we can do this one. What about sports? Can we beat every other race by leaps and bounds in sports or at least have some crazy running stamina unlike the pale slow white kids in the other games?
If the answer to any of these is no, then it's not worth play'n.


Eminem doesn't rap.. he just talks fast... just to let you know, so that you don't think the white man is better at a black thing.

 

[Adidajs]

Sounds like another cash-in game.

Wow... you know how many times I wished I could be black and ride a bike with an afro in Vice City? /sarcasm

Yeah! A ton of new features that change gameplay completely! Oh wait, no they won't, it's just the equivalent of adding a couple of new weapons and skins to a game and calling it an expansion.

Blegh... I have nothing against the GTA series but these kind of developer cash-ins make me sick. The worst part is that a lot of people will actually buy the game and encourage them to keep pumping them out as fast as they can.

personally i love gta. if they only added new maps and new stories, i'd probably still get it. It's such a fun and addictive game.

 

[blahblahblah]

I guess Rockstar determined that they lost the shock value of blowing a civilian's head off. To boost the shock value of GTA:SA they decide to add a racial element to the game.

I hope nothing bad comes from this game. I am sure it will be fun though, I just hope it makes it on to the PC.

 

[Rico]

I'm sure black people are better than everyone at everything dropone, specially at sports like soccer and Rugby eh?

Must avoid racial pun...

Drop the race thing, its stupid and makes you look like whiners. Go to Venezuela and see what racial equality is like, it's a beautiful thing and you don't have black OR white people bashing each other on the basis of color.

America... sigh...

PS: All rappers do is say stuff fast, anyone can make rhymes but can they make good music? can they play instruments? Black Eyed peas I can respect, "P. Diddy" or "Poo daddy" or whatever his name is today is a sorry excuse for an "artist".

 

[DarkStar]

Since you're a brother in this game, do you have a mother who slaps you silly? Can you pimp out your own hoes and make money doing it? Do you have to put lotion on your ashy knees/elbows every so often? Can you get revenge on the white bastard policemen who threaten and mistreat your people... ok, i know we can do this one. What about sports? Can we beat every other race by leaps and bounds in sports or at least have some crazy running stamina unlike the pale slow white kids in the other games?
If the answer to any of these is no, then it's not worth play'n.


Eminem doesn't rap.. he just talks fast... just to let you know, so that you don't think the white man is better at a black thing.

You better be able to pimp some f*ckin' hoes. That would be sweet. I'm not too hot on your lotion reference though.

 

[Mr.Reak]

I hope this game has KKK in there, as a rival gang, so I can do driveby on my bicycle, shooting those white hoes left and right, while doing circles around light up cross.

 

[burnzie]

I dunno what's wrong with some of you people, this game is gonna be one of the best games ever.

yeah, what the hell is wrong with you people, im lookin forward to this more than HL2 at the moment :O


*burnzie runs from torch and pitchfork weilding members of of the forums*

 

[kidrock450]

I hope this game has KKK in there, as a rival gang, so I can do driveby on my bicycle, shooting those white hoes left and right, while doing circles around light up cross.

Yeah I could have made a comment about black people having to do drive bys on bikes becuase they cant afford cars. but i wont because I will probley be banned for it. :thumbs:

 

[burnzie]

Yeah I could have made a comment about black people having to do drive bys on bikes becuase they cant afford cars. but i wont because I will probley be banned for it. :thumbs:

hmm i think that counts as saying it :|

 

[Pressure]

I've already preordered the game. Now I just gotta wait until it comes out.

 

[Harryz]

Erm, just because the main character is black, doesn't mean the majority of who posted have to bring the fact up that he is "black." So what if he is?

 

[lans]

Better have a good story and multiple choices. Think RPG. You could be a gangsta or a cop...the possibilites....

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Erm, just because the main character is black, doesn't mean the majority of who posted have to bring the fact up that he is "black." So what if he is?

Well, he's black and a gang member and apparently needs bling in order to influence people while he's commiting repeated theft and murder.

That could be seen as a somewhat negative stereotype, as well as the standard Rockstar glorification of social ill.

I do look forward to GTA:SA, but I hope that this one is more like GTA3 than like Vice City.

 

[Raziaar]

Homer: Woo! You the man Carl! I believe you can fly!
Carl: Boy, I am so sick of everyone assuming i'm good at basketball because i'm african american.
<Carl does an amazing spin in midair as he goes for the basket, slamming it in and breaking the backboard>
Carl: Go Carl! Go Carl! It's my birthday, its my birthday! Sweetpea! You got mail baby!





(I dunno if he said sweetpea, but it sounded like that. lol <shrug>)

 

[Raziaar]

Well, he's black and a gang member and apparently needs bling in order to influence people while he's commiting repeated theft and murder.

That could be seen as a somewhat negative stereotype, as well as the standard Rockstar glorification of social ill.

What, and the white guys from the previous games weren't seen as negative stereotypes? Give me a break, why does something have to be a worse stereotype just because it has to do with the color of someones skin.

Fact of the matter is, there are gang members of every nationality and color pretty much. Hispanic, Caucasion, Italian, Chinese, Japanese(Yakuza!), french, you name it. Its a fact of life... disturbing, but it is.

Heck, there are even american indian gangs out there.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I didn't say those were my views. Just that that's what everyone else is thinking.

Still, there's no way that this game isn't going to bring up race issues.
And, sadly, white gangs and criminality is generally unacknowledged to the point that it's not a stereotype yet.

I had fun with the GTA games up to now, but the crappy chinese/haitian/etc. accents and other things almost messed that up for me. I stopped playing Vice City 1/2 way through for that same reason. Their biggest problem was that they skirted racism by making every race an unlikeable bundle of stereotypes.

 

[Raziaar]

Still, there's no way that this game isn't going to bring up race issues.
And, sadly, white gangs and criminality is generally unacknowledged to the point that it's not a stereotype yet.

Isn't that in itself a stereotype? lol. The fact that the white man isn't seen as violent. There's many numerous 'white gangs' anyways. You have the KKK, some redneck gangs, and several others. All very serious.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

That's kinda my point. How many of them show up in GTA?
There were some white criminals, but they were vastly outnumbered by criminal minorities and immigrants.

 

[Quek]

Huh... I have never been interested in any part of GTA. I see we will become a black man in the new game

 

[Recoil]

I hope the fighting is more dynamic and not all that stiff like in GTA3 and VC. Especially drive by-/out-of-ze-car-shooting.

And no word about multiplayer, hu? :/

 

[Korgoth]

This really doesn't look all that great. I like the GTA series but, I mean, come on.. They've added a bmx bike, woohoo! blah, I probably won't even bother

 

[Direwolf]

This really doesn't look all that great. I like the GTA series but, I mean, come on.. They've added a bmx bike, woohoo! blah, I probably won't even bother

I'd suggest anyone criticising the game actually read something about it. :upstare:

 

[Gorgon]

I can't wait for it to come to the PC.

PC version coming next year .....

 

[DarkStar]

Well, he's black and a gang member and apparently needs bling in order to influence people while he's commiting repeated theft and murder.

Please don't say "bling" again. It makes my ears bleed.

BLING: 1997-2003 R.I.P.