San Andreas First Impressions
 

I am very, very, very impressed with the game. But there are some control issues I would like to touch on. I am used to drivng with my d-pad, so it's a whole new game for me. The health(eating and getting fat stuff) has not been a problem as I thought it would be. As of now, I haven't completed but 6 or 7 missions, I have really been into the exploration of Los Santos. I found some shortcuts, that i will most definetly use.
I will add more in about an hour, gunan head back to the game.


-post ur impressions

So how is going man?? what`s the viechels looks like?? usual?, and the chicks??
is the man cool??

I'll have to wait for two more days, but I'll get back with you on this one :deal:

round 2
 

To me, i think I have encountered nothing but new vehicles. They look a bit alike, but definetly new vehicles all together. I am now a firm believer this is the best game I've ever played. Rockstar even beefed up the language in the game. Uhmmmm.....

I'll post more during study Hall- gotta head to school.

Ok- I want some impressions dangit!



I've just gotten home from cross country practice, and I'd like to post before i get on the game, because i'll be there for a while.
What kind of gear has everyone gotten on, i went with a trucker, camo pants and the green hoodie. and a beard. and ive robbed three houses successfully. I love this game..............love it ok good bye for a couple of hours

The game is very customizable compared to vice but the story for vice took me in more, and vice didnt have the compression problems that i noticed that San Andrea's has, certain points seem to "lag" up due to them not doing the compression like it was in vice but it is still a neat game.

There is only one thing I wanna know.. What about the grafics?? Is it good like Vice cite`s??

HEY WAIT A MINUTE!!! How it can be a multiplayer???? :cussing: :roll: :confused:

I haven't gone in depth with my research on multiplayer, but my hypothesis is that you can play two player on the mini-games, not the actual game itself, and the graphics are a beefed up a bit more than vice city, an dIm agreeing hyuuga in that the story isn't as captivating(yet) as that of vice city. Perhaps i've been doing to much exploring, perhaps not. But one things for surem I'm gunan stop typign and go play.

is it just me, but does officer tenpenny sound as if he is being voiced by samuel l jackson?

My First Impression: My Doormat Is Sure Missing This Gam @Tm - Amazon dispatched it today but I better get it tomorrow :(

I won`t buy my ten games untill this game is avaiable in Egypt :(, You guy just make me excited every day I come here :yell: :D

8 hours and counting until I grab my copy, my first impressions will be up tomorrow, I CANT WAIT!!! ahhh, its to crazy.

Do you know what I mean now :(

huge isnt even the word

I got lost 4-5 times while out on "joyrides"

I couldnt find my way back to the missions (cj's home) took me awhile to realize the S stood for Smokey and not for south lol

and I accidentally rode a bmx bike onto the freeway :X
nuff said

Has anyone tried swimming yet? i'm still waiting for my copy of the game but i been waiting since iheard news of it and i'm going CRAZZZZZZZZZZZY, GUESS I CAN WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. aare the police really tougher than in the past installments?

I got my game this morning and played it for 5 hours now, I’ve still got no where in los santos its that big, I’ve cruised and cruised done about 7 missions and CJ, sweet, smoke and ryder are really cool they fit they part well.

My favourite thing yet is able to customize CJ, I’ve got tattoos, new clothes, and been training in the gym and learnt new moves, the whole of idea of upgrading CJ is no hassle at all, just made it so much better, I still cant get my head round the fact the game so big, and I’ve only discovered hardly any characters, my best transport up to yet is the BMX, it's so fast and good for you at the same time, take shortcuts, up to yet I haven’t found many cars all of them are the same average cars, I got a banshee and that much better than VC version, so yeah my first impression this games a real winner yet I’ve haven’t even scratched the can yet is to big I keep getting lost when I go outside my hood, oh well its damn fun and slick.

Apart from the fact that this is gonna take me weeks to do the missions (cos I wanna explore the land) - this game is HUGE!

The vehicles, textures, graphics etc are better than Vice City and it makes the game a whole better experience.

The music fits with the game but its not all rap (Radio X is my favourite station @tm).

The whole game is so much more fun and enjoyable to play and I need to play more...

Laters!

police are tougher i notice...I tried swimming to the blocked off section in the begginging of the game and I automatically got 4 stars and died tryin to swim back. The lights on the cop helis really do blind you so you cant see where the f your going and the bike cops (ala Chips) shoot on sight, even if its only one star.

swimming is nice though you need to build your lung capacity to do any good diving because you'll have to come up for air (i drowned once)

Yeah the swimming is a good feature, I was doing about 100mph on my pcj 600 and it hit a fence I flew 30 yards into a canal I thought in grand theft auto old fashion style crap I’m going to drown start back at the hospital, but no I could swim, a brilliant feature but about time to. :)

Also under the water you can find stuff, I saw a motorbike (dirt bike) just rusting away at the bottom, I wonder if you can find corpses and any goodies?

Meryl, the "Robbing Uncle Sam" mission requires you pick up the crates with the forklift and put them in the truck. Position the forklift near the crates, use the right analogue stick to lower the forks and then scoop up a crate by moving towards it. Raise the forks again with the analogue stick and put it in the truck.

To avoid getting fat, exercise a lot and use the treadmill in a Gym. So long as you only eat when you're injured, you'll be fine. I find the treeadmill loses fat a lot quicker then the bike.

The stats screen shows a statistic called "Pearls Found", so I guess you can find pearls down there.

Did any one find the tank yet :D ??
About the camera.. didn`t you try to edit informations in the Options.. you might find something about the Camera stuff, otherwise it will be realy annoying in the hard missions :shame:

the pearls looks like oysters...iv found only one

theres one right after you finish the mission of when your sent to ammunation and then to reclaim the purple area

its in the small watering pond in that area.

and you build stamina by running alot or by using the bike in the gym (the farthest from the door)

Yeah, I meant to say Oysters, not Pearls. Sorry. :blush:

Also I haven’t found a secret package yet, I’m sure they have been replaced by that spray can tags you have to do saying "grove street 2 life"

Im also annoyed about the sound track, I don’t find anyway near as good as Vice cities, I like Rap alot but its always on repeat (same songs over and over) God damnit, I find it like that anyway.

The maps yellow dots are annoying to find and mission names on the map, e.g. R for ryder, I always have to use the special target to equip


***UP AND COMING SPOILER DO NOT READ IF YOUR NOT ON THE Madd Dogg MISSIONS***

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I’m stuck on the mission where you have to go to MG mansion and go to his studio and rob the tapes, (stealth mission, I looked all over the mansion and couldn’t find the studio anywhere, any help or tips would be appreciated, thanks.

Madd Dogg's mission huh? Okay, this from memory, so sorry if it's not accurate.

It's on the bottom floor, just after the bar I think. There's a dark room with rows of albums in it, and across the hall is the recording studio. It's actually really simple to find. As you leave the bar area, you'll go right, down a small corridor. The darkened album room is on your left. Go in and out the door on your right. There's a guy facing away from you to your right. Knife him and you'll be stood next to the door to the recording studio.

And yeah, the soundtrack sucks in my opinion, apart from a handful of tracks.

And the tags thing, I'm not sure about. I have 11 and I didn't get a powerup or anything like packages gave you. So I don't know.

Sound tracks!! Is this when are you playing or only when driving a car??

Me and my little sister play multi player all the time lol..im pretty far on it.. on prgression made Im 24.06% which is crazy cuz i play every day like all day that shows how big it is...ive already seen back stabbers and all this junk...on multiplayer u can play pool,rampages, and when u get your girlfriend denise you can go to her house and go on the lil red house and the 2nd player can free roam as her..so i guess there is multiplayer free roam but u have to stay close to each other..

Anyoen who's gotten to the first break in mission where u steal the weapons, can u help me find th eblack van to do this. Ive gotten riled up looking for it.

well theres one across the street from the gym in los santos..

yeah the multiplayer is really fun. I was well chuffed when i found out bout it. Im on the maddog mission with the tapes as well, iv only had one go so far cos i had to go out, will go try again in a bit.

The soundtrack is not as good as VC, my fav song on there has to be Welcome to the jungle tho.

Also when driving you have to use the left anologue stick, and when you move it up and down the camera moves up and down, so if when turning you accidently move it up or down the camera can end up anywhere. Apart from that, best game on PS2 for me.

Hey man thanks, but I did it before no problem before, I like them stealth mission adds more spice to the GTA series.

Yeah the camera angle is a real problem it turns to slow and when you stand up on your bike you cant see where your going, I’m not changing it as I always you that camera angle, just why have they left it like this?!?

i dont have to use the right analog to drive..? so i never mess up with camera angles..i dont know what you guys are talking about.

Ive been trying to figure out what kind of multiplayer action there is, is it just mini games for multiplaer, or stuff liek runnin around the city?

well like I said i dont know if this has happened to you or not i dont think it did ro u would know this..but when you get a girlfriend(denise) you can go to her house and when she is home theres a lil red thing on her doorstep..go on it 2 player hit start and the 2nd player will be her..now you can free roam with each other but you cant stray that far away from each other..she can do anything carl can...and you can do rampages im pretty sure..and i you can play pool in the bar..those are the only multi player things i have found out..

Tip for you, when you turn your car, 90, 180, 360 degree whatever, the camera cant keep up so hit R2 and L2 together (look behind button) the camera will automatically switch to the car view, still a pain is the ass though. :P