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This isn't the proof of concept thread, it's the greatest game thread so there's your answer as to why people are stating SA as their preference. While GTA3 was a great game in its own right, as the trilogy moved through, Vice City and on to San Andreas the general consensus is that they kept on building and improving the game - although it does seem close between VC & SA. Since people are preferring to put the GTA Series in as one entry since it's quite possible it'd have 4/5 entries (is GTAIV looked at more fondly now, bar cousin phone calls?). GTA3 was very much the proof of concept in how it all goes together and has been refined fantastically as time goes on. Maybe some who missed it at the time will overlook it since it was during the latter part of the trilogy that the series really came to life but because those games that followed on from it were so ridiculously good it doesn't come to the forefront as easily. That would be why a series entry seems to be the easiest way to do GTA the justice it deserves! For what it's worth, although it's slightly too early for this discussion my favourite thing in the GTA games was in 2 when you were playing the various factions off against each other. I know it's more story based now so understand why it's taken out but damn I miss that

All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!

I still have fond memories of cruising Grove Street in a lowrider, listening to "Hood Took Me Under" and "How Could I Just Kill A Man". 3 and VC were fine, but I don't have the lasting memories of those like I do with San Andreas. They were good, and they were fun, but SA was the one that really got me to care. I didn't have that investment in the characters in 3 or VC, because they were all these OTT bad guys.

I think San Andreas is the best GTA game, and possibly the best ever. GTA V obviously surpasses it in a number of ways like mechanics, graphics and overall world detail that couldn’t realistically have been on a PS2 game, but San Andreas was just so fucking good. The mission variety is incredible, whether you’re shooting up the hood, heisting a casino, burying someone alive in a portable toilet, jumping out of planes on to other planes, sneaking around a rappers mansion to steal his rhymes or trying to shoot down RC planes with a minigun (fuck that mission btw), they were all just so fun to play, and so much more memorable to me than any other games missions. The characters were amazing, larger than life and brilliantly portrayed, whether serious like Officer Tenpenny and Mike Torino or ridiculous like OG Loc and The Truth. The interactions and relationships between the characters were great. The dynamic between CJ/Sweet/Smoke/Ryder and the big plot twist. They gave you a reason to give a shit about the random characters, like Madd Dogg, Woozie, Zero etc. Even Officer Pulaski. I remember 11-year old me feeling so good about myself when I rid the world of that bastard (though that may just be because it took me a while to complete the mission). Then there’s the cameos from Salvatore Leone, Claude, Ken Rosenberg and Kent Paul. I could go on about the map seeming massive even though it’s smaller than GTA V, the variety of the cities and landscapes, the vehicles, activities like street racing, driving/flying school, dancing, basketball, etc., the character customization, the fun cheat codes, the amazing soundtrack and so on, but we’ve all played it and you all know the deal. I think the thing that really seals it for me is that it's fucking hilarious. San Andreas is the best As for anyone who disagrees:

Because personally it seems a bit silly to put 4 versions on the same game into the discussion. GTA III is the most important since it was the first and was the blueprint and changed games. But GTA-SA to me was the last iteration that added 'stuff' (swimming, push bikes, car customisation, proper aeroplanes, player customisation driving/flying school? etc.) and had improved upon the previous iterations in a significant way. The way I think of it is if they remastered every version to have the same graphics but kept everything else the same, SA is the version I'd want to play. It had the best soundtrack and besides the underwater stuff I don't think they've added anything super significant since.

Damnit. I caught the first one but not the second >_>

Truly a beautiful place

Most innovative ≠ Greatest San Andreas took GTA 3, tore out its flaws and put it in a far more epic and enjoyable package than III and Vice City managed. It wasn't just an open world game, it was a downright adventure. This very sub-forum was literally born out of everyone trying to discover stuff in San Andreas.

We'll just have to play Memphis up front instead. Oh wait, he's busy putting in MOTM performances and scoring from the halfway line for Lyon.

That sound you hear is LNW Route hurriedly rearranging their railway engineering works to ensure that they clash with that fixture...

Bet the City fans can't wait to get shafted by getting a shit kick off time on a Sunday.

To be fair to Jose 3 points were never on the cards in this match.

Speaking personally, I watched the first two episodes and was so appalled by the misfortune heaped upon those orphans that I haven't had the heart to continue watching. (until later this week probably)

"It speaks emoji!" This series is going to suck

DS games are completly region free, they added region locking to the 3DS.

Absolutely devastating, @Benji, I cannot bare to believe that so many people wish to watch the tragic misfortune of the Baudelaires.

Terrible, awful, ghastly news @Jericode. Not enough people looked away and A Series of Unfortunate Events has officially got a second season from Netflix.

That kid's gonna be a good GM for me. Bullpen help and a killer infielder? Championship bound, babay

List as of March 16 (67): Fallen a bit behind with updating due to business, hopefully gonna get back on track. Think I'm seven behind, shouldn't be too difficult.

I was finally able to break out my copy of Twilight Imperium... and holy shit, that game is hard to set up and play for the first time.

My next pick is What? No dammit! That was supposed to read Blue Jay Jose Bautista @New Year New Srar!

Nick Foles is returning to the Eagles on two-year deal. So, Chase Daniel to Chicago to back-up Glennon maybe? Sidney Jones reportedly suffered torn Achilles at his pro-day.

RHODE ISLAND ALL THE WAY BAYBAY Also ughh, I want to take two days off and just marathon the opening rounds like I used to be able to years back

You know you suck when you're a team from the north, and you get slaughtered by a team from the south, in a god-dang, flingin' flangin' snow storm.

Sorry but I don't buy the notion that Kerr had no choice but to sit everybody. He could've split things up and sat one or two guys the game before. They're good enough to win with two or three starters out. Just punting away a game against the team you're competing with best record for is a joke.

X-Men Legends 2 should also bee in the mix, I think. It was basically everything the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games wanted to be (though MUA 1 was pretty great in itself).

Hahaha yeah. I did. You caught me. Damn those are a lot! I remember that I used to watch Power Rangers Lost in Galaxy a lot!

You just came down to the post box without reading the thread, didn't you? Every Power Ranger(130+) dating back to '94. Every Sentai member(250+) dating back to '75

Part way through the episode Further into the episode....

Heavy Cross was huge here for a summer.

I remember the days of Napster where Ben Harper was confused for many artists. Two that stand out was 'In Your Eyes' cover version by Jeffrey Gaines, and Eagle Eye Cherry's 'Falling in Love Again'. When DJing a friends wedding, I played Bruno Mars 'Locked out of Heaven', and someone asked what Sting song was that.

LITERALLY just finished Uncharted 4. I liked it

I love that University of New Orleans made the tournament. I went to school there for two weeks before Hurricane Katrina came in and wiped out the whole city.

That is huge for us, Quinn revamped the OLine in one year. Completely turned over. And he got Lang and Wagner cheaper than what Warford and Reiff cost. This also should totally focus Quinn on defense for the draft.

Only a couple hours until they spend a couple hours revealing the tournament bracket!

Will have my first SV Pro after my Cena gets enough games thanks to that KotR win.

God I can't wait for this! It's been too long since we've had an Edgar Wright film and the cast is really good. I just hate that we have to wait until August, especially since it premiered at SXSW last night.

01. Manchester by the Sea 02. La La Land 03. The Handmaiden 04. Moonlight 05. Arrival 06. Hell or High Water 07. Captain America: Civil War 08. American Honey 09. Hunt for the Wilderpeople 10. Sing Street

Samurai Jack season premiere is streaming right now on adultswim.com.

I love the shrines in Breath of the Wild - not only do they teach you new ways to think about a problem, but they are relatively short and although some appear daunting at first, they're really intuitive.

For years I was convinced that "I Touch Myself" was by Blondie.

Breath of the Wild is fucking great. It's reminding me of my first time playing Oblivion, Shadow of the Colossus and Dark Souls.

I wish they'd stop with the Tebow stunt already.

Throwing EWR into the mix , since without it we would not be having this discussion.

Akira Tozawa Alexa Bliss Becky Lynch Cody Rhodes Matt Bloom Mickie James Neville Rusev Here you go

Wait, Jeremy Corbyn was on Robot Wars using a robot? I hand waved it away as I do with most celebrity special, but I kind of need to see this now. How can a peaceful socialist justify enslaving robots to fight for him