GTA: San Andreas first screens

[Gongsun Zan]

Well, hopefully they will have enough missions to cover the entire map. I mean, True Crime had a HUGE map but barely a quarter of it was used. Hopefully GTA: SA will fix that.

[TigerDriver98]

Lot of info from Game Informer is available at this site: http://www.gtagaming.com/sanandreas/gameinformer#level

Including this pic that shows the consequences of overeating in the game:

http://www.gtagaming.com/images/sanandreas...s/giscreen6.jpg

Funny stuff...

Edited May 14, 2004 by TigerDriver98

[Styk]

I'll definately be getting this game when it comes out...

[Miami Vice]

This looks awsome! I can't wait for this one!!!!

[Media 2.0]

I wonder if that'll effecct anything...like running or anything like that. And here's more screens.

[TigerDriver98]

I wonder if that'll effecct anything...like running or anything like that. And here's more screens.

According that site, yes...

"You need to eat to retain your stamina. If you eat too much fast food, you become fat and pedestrians mock you for being fat. You also run slower. To remedy this, you can go to a gym to exercise."

And also one of the things I'm most happy about... SWIMMING!!!

"There are] new things you can do such as swimming - a lot more detail and variety in the animation."

Finally the bad ass gangstas don't drown in shallow water.

Overall this is shaping up alot better than I ever thought it would...

[Guest Reaperstang]

This is exciting because GTA is the best series going right now! Easily!

[abundant]

This game looks great right now, although the bike is a button masher vehicle.

EDIT: Also, for the fat thing, some missions will be impossible if you’re fat.

Edited May 14, 2004 by cravatemark

[Johnny Latino Heat]

Great, I was already excited about this, now I'm even more. Damn, I really hope it comes out to the pc.. Probably will, but like, what? 6 months after it's released for the PS2? It was the waiting time for VC, wasn't it?

[Guest bukkake bandit]

EDIT: Also, for the fat thing, some missions will be impossible if you’re fat

I was looking forward to playing the game while being fat for a minute.

[SeanDMan]

Aw, fuck.

*gets his lazy ass to a gym so he can play the game*

[Lord Nibbler]

Screenshots

- One pic shows the inside of a house, with rendered interior environments. There is furniture inside the house.

- One shows a helicopter with it's searchlights on a runaway criminal.

- The others show how the main character can get fat, its a pic of him (fat) crossing the street with a donut shop in the background.

- One shows two other characters that are apart of the main character's crew.

- One shows a gang carjacking. Three guys with doo rag masks are carjacking other guys.

- One shows a four person drive-by.

- Another one shows a california type pimped out car.

-The last one shows the background of LA with a smog sky.

General

- The game is more serious than the others, but the elements of comedy are still there.

- A full staff of reasearch personnel at Rockstar have been studying Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Los Angeles for months to ensure that they truly capture the feelings of these cities.

Location

- The game will not take place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Las Vegas. It will take place IN ALL THREE as well as the countryside in between.

- Los Angeles will be called Los Santos, San Francisco will be called San Fieero, and Las Vegas will be called Las Venturra.

- Each city is about the same size as Vice City.

- Not all cities will be open at the start of the game.

- The entire game will be about four to six times as large as Vice City.

- San Fierro (San Francisco) will have hills. This city is more driving based.

- You can drive from LA, through the countryside, up a mountain, into San Fran, and onto Las Vegas.

- Driving through the desert won’t be empty and plain with a couple cacti... It will be vibrant and alive with weird and wonderful things to see.

- There will be a lot more buildings with open interiors.

Graphics

- The graphics engine has been tweaked. Smog will be present in LA, and real-time reflections on cars, windows, and mirrors, as well as new techniques like radial lighting, which allows for more realistic shadowing, and soft-shadow lighting for interior levels will be present.

- Everything in the game now has independent models for day and night to give better lighting and shadowing.

- The game will have ragdoll physics, or “impact animation” in Rockstar’s words.

Vehicles

- As for vehicles, there will be pimped-out lowriders, and 90’s versions of some GTA3/VC cars will return.

- There will be bicycles.

Story

- Characters from the past will return.

Gameplay

- In the Las Vegas city, you will be able to buy and build a casino - and then run it.

- You can then gamble your money in the casino.

- Your character can dual wield pistols and potentially other weapons.

- You need to eat to retain your stamina. If you eat too much fast food, you become fat and pedestrians mock you for being fat. You also run slower. To remedy this, you can go to a gym to exercise.

- You can now rob homes. The robberies will require skill and planning, however.

- You can recruit gang members and use them to do four person drive-by’s. (seen here)

Weapons

- The choice of weapons will match the time in which the era of the early 90's.

Artificial Intelligence

- Enemy/pedestrian AI will be greatly revamped and they will think more logically. You can't beat someone to death in broad daylight and not have people notice and react.

- Your enemies will be smarter, which will make robbing houses take a lot of skill.

Music

- There will be a rap station, but there will be a variety of other stations as always.

Possible chance of pac on there if its set in the 90s -

Main character Carl Johnson is going to have his work cut out. Returning to his old haunts after five years in the Liberty City slammer, and blamed by his older brother Sweet for younger bro' Brian's accidental death, he'll be making his way through an early 90's streetscape besieged by rival gangs.

B)

[cjt4ever]

Must. Get. Game.

Judging by these screens, the game is looking good. I want more though.

[FunkAsPuck]

Im really impressed.

Rockstar weren't kidding when they said the game had taking a large step forward.

I hope to god theres a rock station though.