Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Launch

The first of this year's AAA titles has launched, and the first reviews are in. Gamespot, IGN, and OPM all have looks at the game, and it sounds great. If you want to keep track of the pool-shooting race track driving everything-under-one-roof extravaganza, the GameRankings page is available as well. When you play the game this week make sure and tune in to WCTR News to catch Anchorman Richard Burns, TV's Wil Wheaton. More seriously, reviews aren't the only thing the developers are looking for. Commentary regarding Take Two Interactive's slipping stock is available on CNN Money's Game Over.

Awesome!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm planning to run out to the store and steal it as soon as soon as I can, even if I don't own a Playstation 2.

And TV's Wil Wheaton? Excuse me! I think you mean Slashdot's Wil Wheaton [slashdot.org]! Is he the first Slashdotter to do voicework for GTA?

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Rally Driving?

[fembots]

catch Anchorman Richard Burns

So we can finally drive world rally championship cars in GTA?

Study?

[Grayden]

GTA: San Andreas, Halo 2, and Half-Life 2 all coming out within a short span?

Man my GPA is screwed.

Los Angeles - Compton (LAC) Add-on on its way!

[Anonymous Coward]

If you think this is great, you should see the LAC Add-on, it offers simultaneous multiple weapons firing (two handed gang bang drive by style) and many other goodies! Due out in April (a buddy of mine is a designer at Rockstar Games).

Re:Awesome!

[jr87]

no he meant fark's Wil Wheaton :-P

Re:Awesome!

[Anonymous Coward]

> > No! Piracy is bad and wrong and sends you to hell. Stealing, however, is just fine.

> But, but... Piracy IS stealing!!

Technically yes, but only at sea, and even then only without a commission from a recognized sovereign nation.

Re:Awesome!

[Anonymous Coward]

But, but... Piracy IS stealing!!

Yes. But do it like Robin Hood. Steal and give it to the poor (i.e. me) :)

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Wake me when the PC version ships...

[Anonymous Coward]

ZZZzzzz...

Re:New Features

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess it's just something else to do to pass the time. You know, depth.

So you are saying that they couldn't program enough depth in the game (as in missions, story line, etc) itself? Maybe they need to add an arcade in the game which the character can play on when the player is bored of the story line. I heard Dance Dance Revolution is good.

Re:GTA Source

[TykeClone]

You could have GTA3:Grand Forks! And you replace the fast cars with tractors and cows! Think about it - you could be a "cattle rustler".

Eating?

[KenwoodTrueX]

LOL, you have to eat? Whats next, having to go the bathroom?=) AH MY BLADDER METER IS FULL!

Free Flat Screen HERE! [freeflatscreens.com]

Re:New Features

[smclean]

In diku muds you don't really die if you don't eat, you just lose the ability to regenerate your hit, movement, and mana points. Same with thirst.

God, did I really just bother pointing that out?

Goddamn Job!

[glowimperial]

My roommate is playing this right now. And I am working what may be a 16 hour day. By the time I get home the controller is gonna be stuck to her hand and I won't get to play until she passes out from exhaustion.

Re:Awesome!

[Hatta]

When you play the game this week make sure and tune in to WCTR News to catch Anchorman Richard Burns, TV's Wil Wheaton.

Dick Burns? Maybe Wil's spent too much time, uh, recovering health.

Re:Awesome!

[Anonymous Coward]

Dick Burns? Maybe Wil's spent too much time, uh, recovering health.

You mean recovering from his penile burns?

Re:Goddamn Job!

[kin_korn_karn]

...I won't get to play until she passes out from exhaustion.

Well that all depends on what you want to play, doesn't it :D

Re:Good indeed

[e2d2]

I just read one from "Evil Jesus" which makes me want to buy it:

"I was a young neoconservative Christian and general admirer of George bush.....until I played this game!"

COUNT ME IN!

Innovative!

[Thud457]

Just what I want, all the drudgery of real life!

Oh well, at least I can still beat up and rob hookers, right?

Re:First AAA title?

[iabervon]

I see what GTA:SA has to do with AAA [aaa.com], and maybe Sims 2, but Doom 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004?

Re:New Features

[shawn(at)fsu]

See this game is actually promoting good health. Almost balances out all the wanton death and destruction...

Re:Reaching out to Rockstar

[MustardMan]

I never noticed any of these issues in the xbox version. I know there was a bug in the ps2 version, where if you completed certain quests to get items to appear at your savepoints, those items wouldn't appear at savepoints you bought after completing the quest. This bug was fixed on the xbox version also. Perhaps it's worth waiting the extra year for the xbox version to be released.

Note to people who are about to attack me for using an xbox: i software modded it to run linux and play mp3s illegally downloaded off the internet, so im not an MS fanboy. Get off my nuts.

Re:Innovative!

[Anonymous Coward]

Better yet: beat up, rob, kill, cook, and eat the hookers. Covers excercise, money, and food all in one clean series of button presses.

Re:Innovative!

[Anonymous Coward]

Just what I want, all the drudgery of real life!

Oh well, at least I can still beat up and rob hookers, right?

Like you said, drudgery of real life...

Re:New Features

[3terrabyte]

heheh. I'll give you 10 xp for that, and a quest point.

Re:New Features

[athakur999]

I heard there will be an expansion pack were you not only have to feed your GTA character, you also have to purchase various household items with various stats such as "Hygiene", "Environment", etc. and your GTA character will have several meters showing what his mood is related to each of these values. If your GTA character's mood falls too far, he will simply refuse to pop a cap in someone and instead make a puddle on the floor and/or set himself on fire.

Confused...

[TiggertheMad]

I'm a little fuzzy on this. If I commit copyright infringment on the high seas, with a comission from a sovern nation, am I cool or what?

Re:Hey! Don't worry!

[PedanticSpellingTrol]

if your computer is only 10x as fast as a PS/2 [digidome.nl], I doubt you'll be able to run it anyway.

Re:Confused...

[vettemph]

am I cool or what
No, you're not cool, just legit. :)
What he was trying to say is "If you're employed by George W. Bush, you can relieve entire countries of their arms and oil without repercussion.

Re:Empowering

[paganizer]

I guess I'll just have to wait for the "not a wigger" mod before I play it.

Re:Some interesting game behavior...

[SlashdotOgre]

Also, it's interesting to note that since the clock goes at 1 game-minute per real second, several traffic lights take 15-20 minutes. Man, that's awful. Yep, it's definitely LA.

WHERE ARE YOU WIL?

[Wraithlyn]

"And TV's Wil Wheaton? Excuse me! I think you mean Slashdot's Wil Wheaton!"

Captain's log, stardate 3.14159265

Ensign Crusher has been missing for nearly 6 months, which has been confirmed by the lack of entries in his personal log [slashdot.org].

Tomorrow, I will instruct Commander Data to assemble an away team to look for our wayward ensign. He's probably hanging out with that Traveller nut again.

Still not Admiral. Riker may be sexier than me.

End log.
_________

Seriously though, he's probably staying away from Slashdot because of all the lame Star Trek references.

Re:Is it just me or is Everyone a racist

[Bulldozer2003]

I also doubt you look like the marine in Doom3 or are an MIT professor like Gordon Freeman