San Andreas Saturday kicks off!

[Harryz]

San Andreas Saturday kicks off!​

'tis that time again fokes and this week - IGN focus on the city of San Fierro.

In fact, Rockstar told me personally just yesterday that there will things in this game that people won't even discover until long after it's come out -- things that the gaming press won't get to cover at all to keep them a total surprise
- IGN.com

- You can find all different kinds of people in San Fierro - homeless people, Starbucks Yuppies, and the aforementioned hippie-types.

- Garcia was described as "one of the most hostile areas there can be". It is believed to be the main location for international drug trade.

- The Cobra Martial Arts Dojo offers a weight set, a treadmill, and a Japanese sensei. When talking to the teacher, a dialogue box appears, and you have the ability to say what types of skills you would like to learn. Although - in order to do this, you must first defeat him in unarmed combat!

- The sensei's primary strength appears to be teaching 'kicks'. (His moves included front kicks, roundhouses, and drop heels). The sensei demonstrates each move seperately, and talks you through what buttons to press, when's the best time to use them, and so on. You can replace these new skills with skills that you have already learned, and literally, create your own fighting combos.

- In San Fierro, you'll find more locations for unique stunt jumps than any other area of the map.

- One mission involves teaming up with Kendal's boyfriend, Cesar, and stealing some cars from Otto's Autos at the Fierro Bay. Once the vehicles have been stolen, the two race through winding streets and busy traffic, inspired apparently, by the famous Steve McQueen movie, Bullit. The mission ends when the pair arrive at their new garage, simply known as 'The Hub'. Cesar introduces Nitro.

- The nitrous feature can be used to increase car speed, by a varied amount. Unfortunately, this feature is only available for certain vehicles (depending on that vehicles properties). You can add these Nitrous Oxide kits to your mod garage, and decide how much you want to use. The cost depends on how big the bottle is, and how many charges you want in them. Once it has been purchased, a 'canister graphic' will appear at the rear end of the vehicle, and the more nitro thats purchased, the bigger the visual becomes. The most powerful upgrade is known as the N20(incredibly fast). The nitrous is activated using the 'Circle' or R1 button. Once it has been activated, you can go at incredible speeds, and drive through destructable objects that aren't destructable had you been going at a normal speed. Each boost lasts about 10-15 seconds, and it takes approximately 60 seconds to re-charge. Once moving, the aforementioned blur effect and glowing blue-flame tailpipes are visible.

- Every vehicle has been "built and rebuilt from the ground up". ie, each vehicle has completely different properties. For example, one vehicle may best be suited to long journies, while another could be best suited to driving in hilly areas.

- Mod Garages are located all over the state. In garages known as Transfender and Wheel Angels, users will be able to upgrade their exhaust pipes, front and rear bumpers, roofs, wings, and wheels and also a brand new paint jobs. You as a player, have the ability to mix and match different options, to customize your vehicle.

- You can decide whether to have an open roof, closed roof, and you even have the ability to increase the bass of your car stereo!

- Wheel Angels specialises in doing mods for street racing, whilst a garage in Los Santos specialises in creating high-end low-riders.

- Taxi & Ambulance missions have returned. You can also tow cars in erm, 'car-towing missions', whether they want to be towed or not!

- Another mission involved Carl working for Wuzi Mu (See our characters page), leader of the local triad group. Carl has to free some refugess from a tanker in Juniper Hollow. In this particular demonstration, the helicopter was shot down on the way to the tanker, and Carl was forced to swim. Carl can improve his swimming ability by doing it more often. In this mission, Carl can hide in darkened corners, and use 'silence' to his advantage - if you make a lot of noise, your enemies will spot you, and attack.

- When CJ is in the shadows, his location on the mini-map will turn 'blue'. A fixed part of the storyline causes CJ to get spotted by his enemies, and hell breaks loose. CJ comes face to face with 'Snake Head', who is carrying a katana. He also happens to be the one who kidnapped the refugees. He hands CJ a katana, and the two must battle.

Related Links
San Fierro Preview
New Screenshots

Enjoy!

 

[Fat Tony!]

Must buy......now!

 

[Gorgon]

PC Version next year,

Must buy the pc version

 

[Loke]

Nice info! Thanks!

Some new screens here.

 

[DigiQ8]

Must Buy Both Versions

 

[h00dlum]

I want this game...nooooW!! Actually im more hyped about this than i am about HL2..

 

[DigiQ8]

w00t it will release after 2 weeks right ?

 

[DarkStar]

This is coming out pretty soon here right? What's the release date on this sucker again?

 

[Harryz]

w00t it will release after 2 weeks right ?

19 days.

 

[Kangy]

Mrh.

This actually managed to peak some interest in this for me. What did anger me was a (roughly 10 year old?) kid whining, fake crying for his Mum to pre order this.

He didn't he even pronounce it right.

"I want GRAND FEFT AUTO!!!"

Geez, however good this may turn out to be, it doesn't justify that.

 

[Adrien C]

Is any one more interested in this game than Half life 2 ?

 

[CrazyHarij]

Awesome, I can't wait for this game. I love the two pictures of Carl where he's fat in one and muscular in the other; they really give you an idea of your possibilities in the game.

 

[Harryz]

Is any one more interested in this game than Half life 2 ?

No, but its my second most anticipated game.

 

[Alig]

Is any one more interested in this game than Half life 2 ?

Before i read this. No. Now i've read this. Yes.

I didn't know Rockstar was going so deep into the game, and 5x the size of Vice City?!! wowzor!. This game's going to bring me hours and hours of endless fun over all the other GTA's which was generally just fun for going on rampage's.

Although i did like GTA2's(was it?) gang reputation where you'd have like Yakuza reputation etc...and would be shot if you entered their area with minus reputation. I hope this one bring's it back.

 

[Sui]

must fix existing PS2 or buy a new one... must... fail exams in order to play this...

 

[nutcrackr]

Please come out of PC soon, sounds awesome

 

[Harryz]

must fix existing PS2 or buy a new one... must... fail exams in order to play this...

Same, I have to get my PS2 fixed too.

 

[Alig]

Please come out of PC soon, sounds awesome

Think GTA:SA is staying Exclusive to PS2 for 6 month's, then they can start releasing it on Xbox/PC/GC (if it will run on that). It's down for a November release for PS2 i think so don't expect it on PC till May 2005.

I'm buying it on PS2 and PC like i did GTA:VC

 

[Pressure]

Think GTA:SA is staying Exclusive to PS2 for 6 month's, then they can start releasing it on Xbox/PC/GC (if it will run on that). It's down for a November release for PS2 i think so don't expect it on PC till May 2005.

I'm buying it on PS2 and PC like i did GTA:VC

October 26th my friend, not November.

 

[Shakermaker]

Gamespot has a new preview, 5 pages long. This was a part I especially liked:

"One of the notable spots in San Fierro is Cranberry Station, the local stop for San Andreas' own Brown Streak Express. While not the fastest way around the state, the Brown Streak Express offers a scenic ride that's a nice change of pace from the typical rat race. You'll be able to climb aboard, kick back, and watch the scenic countryside of San Andreas zoom by your window. But, while this novel reminder of simpler days is nice, you can spice up your trip courtesy of a special minigame. To start the game, hijack a train when it stops at any of the stations. If you're wondering how you hijack a train, we say to you: "It's GTA. How do you think?" You'll simply run up to the engine, yank the engineer out, and go! Once you're in control of the train, press R3 to begin the freight train challenge."

What's next; hijack a plane?

 

[Pressure]

Gamespot has a new preview, 5 pages long. This was a part I especially liked:

"One of the notable spots in San Fierro is Cranberry Station, the local stop for San Andreas' own Brown Streak Express. While not the fastest way around the state, the Brown Streak Express offers a scenic ride that's a nice change of pace from the typical rat race. You'll be able to climb aboard, kick back, and watch the scenic countryside of San Andreas zoom by your window. But, while this novel reminder of simpler days is nice, you can spice up your trip courtesy of a special minigame. To start the game, hijack a train when it stops at any of the stations. If you're wondering how you hijack a train, we say to you: "It's GTA. How do you think?" You'll simply run up to the engine, yank the engineer out, and go! Once you're in control of the train, press R3 to begin the freight train challenge."

What's next; hijack a plane?

I believe there are jumbo jets in it .

 

[The Silhouette]

Think GTA:SA is staying Exclusive to PS2 for 6 month's, then they can start releasing it on Xbox/PC/GC

Wrong, Its coming out only for PC in 6 months, but XBox will have to wait a year AT LEAST, thats what Rockstar said. It will never see light on GC, its to not a GC Style game with funnny colors, mushrooms, princesses, plumbers, and funny lizards.

 

[TerminatorT850]

Can't wait to play it on PC. Man this is one hell or diverse game. It has everything

 

[Pressure]

It's like a frickin' rpg game now, I love it .