GTA San Andreas

delly

Since I recently bought a PS2 for burnout 3, my next anticipated purchase will be San Andreas. On the website it says PS2 only, but is this the way they release all there games, and they'll add xbox and PC later?

If it remains PS2 only, it'll at least make my PS2 v Xbox decision look a little better.

Can't wait to 'bust' a 'cap' in somebody, or to teach some 'hoes' a lesson.

Lex_Diamonds

Its been confirmed for PC alright, not sure about X-Box.

seamus

Lex_Diamonds wrote:

Its been confirmed for PC alright, not sure about X-Box.

Shouldn't be long after. It's the same chip after all, twould only require some minor tweaks.

the_obsolete

Hopefully they won't do a Vice City on it and cram too much into one disc so glitches and poorer graphics aplenty.

Miguel_Sanchez

delly wrote:

Can't wait to 'bust' a 'cap' in somebody, or to teach some 'hoes' a lesson.

Yes. Damn those gardening implements. They should all be made to pay!

tipperaryboy

Yes it will be out on PC in late 2005 (i heard that on eurogamer.net).I'd say it may come out on XBOX after that.Xbox has Halo & Halo2,& the PS2 has the GTA so both console's have there own exclusives.

Stephen

the_obsolete wrote:

Hopefully they won't do a Vice City on it and cram too much into one disc so glitches and poorer graphics aplenty.

:rolleyes:

projectmayhem

sony will fight tooth and nail to keep gta:sa off the xbox for as long as possible. their plan probably involves releasing SA around the time of the xbox2/ps3 timeframe, which makes the game pretty redudant on the xbox.

rumours are rife that rockstar have a new gta title in development for the ps3, as a launch title.

Stormfox1020

GTA: SA has been pushed back to the 29th of October now (still testing). As for the PC version itll be out around autumn 2005. GTA 4 as an launch title for the PS3!!!! :eek: /me goes down and pre-orders.

Wertz

the_obsolete wrote:

Hopefully they won't do a Vice City on it and cram too much into one disc so glitches and poorer graphics aplenty.

In case you didn't know GTASA is going to have a play area roughly 4 times that of the VC maps supposedly with only 2 halves. Lot of other nice features too including SWIMMING!!! Bikes look like fun and the new 'keep fit' thing sounds fun. Roll on the 29th...

Horsefumbler

I reeeeally would rather play this on the PC but I'm not gonna wait 10 months so i'll guess it'll have to be ps2

Explosive_Cornflake

Stormfox1020 wrote:

GTA: SA has been pushed back to the 29th of October now (still testing). As for the PC version itll be out around autumn 2005. GTA 4 as an launch title for the PS3!!!! :eek: /me goes down and pre-orders.

Ahh feck, that going to be an interesting weekend, we have about 150 pre orders for it at work. I've been telling everyone it was the 22nd.

evad_lhorg

The only reason they have pushed the release date back is because there isnt enough made to meet the demand of alll the preorders. there still wont be enough made but the week will help.

The Real B-man

GTA San Andreas me drools

rainbow kirby

evad_lhorg wrote:

The only reason they have pushed the release date back is because there isnt enough made to meet the demand of alll the preorders. there still wont be enough made but the week will help.

We're still being told to tell everyone there's gonna be one for everyone on 29/10. We've nearly 400 preorders...
*insert random Tallaght-GTA comment here*

evad_lhorg

Well what we're telling people is that it's a first come first served with the pre-orders. we dont really have as many but we have about 300. we may get that in but there are places with 700+ and I dont think theyll be getting all theirs

KdjaCL

rainbow kirby wrote:

We're still being told to tell everyone there's gonna be one for everyone on 29/10. We've nearly 400 preorders...
*insert random Tallaght-GTA comment here*

400 preorders ,they are obviously not from tallaght, most tallafornians will be hanging around Liffey Valley waiting to mug young kids for GTA then escape on the 76!




kdjac

KdjaCL

Quick Q for the game staff, how many kids under 18 have you allowed to preoroder it ?


kdjac

snappieT

Horsefumbler wrote:

I reeeeally would rather play this on the PC but I'm not gonna wait 10 months so i'll guess it'll have to be ps2

You can get genuine PS2 emulators for the PC, i'm sure you can find at least one for free, then (once you have a DVD drive) you can play PS2 games on the PC, using the original PS2 discs

You can also get USB adapters so you can plug official PS2 controllers into the PC... its just as though it was a PS2.

They do work, once you have a PC that has the min specs of a PS2, and unless you PC is ancient, this hould be OK

Krusty_Clown

snapscan1212p wrote:

You can get genuine PS2 emulators for the PC, i'm sure you can find at least one for free, then (once you have a DVD drive) you can play PS2 games on the PC, using the original PS2 discs

You can also get USB adapters so you can plug official PS2 controllers into the PC... its just as though it was a PS2.

They do work, once you have a PC that has the min specs of a PS2, and unless you PC is ancient, this hould be OK

You ARE kidding, right? :rolleyes:
While you're at it, as long as you have a a new 'java enabled' phone, you should be able to download and play Doom3 .

snappieT

Krusty_Clown wrote:

You ARE kidding, right? :rolleyes:

I ain't kidding, and for people like me (no money) that want to get the game without having to wait a year, it's the only option.

Krusty_Clown

I'm guessing that you haven't got this working so far, right?
Have a quick peek here .
Even if such an emulator existed today that allowed you to play PS2 games at a reasonable speed, you would need a 'bleeding edge' machine, not a machine that has the "min specs of a PS2".

You'll be waiting a couple of years me thinks.. Might as well buy the PC version.

KdjaCL

Wont be a fully working working PS2 emu for a while yet, some are close but not to fully emulate commercial titles.


kdjac

Moriarty

Stormfox1020 wrote:

GTA: SA has been pushed back to the 29th of October now (still testing). As for the PC version itll be out around autumn 2005.

How does that work? VC was out for the pc less than 6 months after it's ps2 release.

snappieT

By the way, I don't actually use an emulator... I can wait. I just know of them.

I dont see any reason why a PC meeting the same spec as a PS2 wouldn't work though. And the PS2 specs aren't tremendous

PcP

A PS2 has very different architecture to a PC and so it takes a lot of processing power for a PC to properly emulate the workings of a PS2

^^ best guess, open to correction

DieHardGamer

Why would someone want to play GTA on the PC??!!
Ps2 is just as good, actually better.
Of course San Andreas will be out for the Xbox, gta3 and vice city are so why not SA! But Sony knows that if they tell everyone that its PS2 exclusive then there will be loads of PS2s jumping of the shelf this christmas. Which is a good thing... PS2 rules!!!
(By the way, Halo is coming to a PS2 near you soon)
Even though i'd prefer Timesplitters 3 anyway.

Deadwing

DieHardGamer wrote:

Why would someone want to play GTA on the PC??!!
Ps2 is just as good, actually better.
Of course San Andreas will be out for the Xbox, gta3 and vice city are so why not SA! But Sony knows that if they tell everyone that its PS2 exclusive then there will be loads of PS2s jumping of the shelf this christmas. Which is a good thing... PS2 rules!!!
(By the way, Halo is coming to a PS2 near you soon)
Even though i'd prefer Timesplitters 3 anyway.

lol oh you n00bs crack me up. Ah young n00b i was once like you, much to learn, have you
For a start Halo is property of MS so the chances of xbox's killer app appearing on a rival console is anorexic at best. Youd sooner find ken kutaragi in a 2 in a bed romp with bill gates.
And people would play gta:sa on pc for the same reason i play vice city on my pc and not my ps2.
1) graphics are wholly better than the ps2
2) controls are alot better, aiming etc is much better than the 'hold r2, pray it locks on to an enemy, and fire blindly' aiming system of the ps2
3) 3rd, and best reason, MODS. You cant get a downloadable go kart for vice city on ps2, or a real life bmw, audi, etc. Even a shopping trolley. You cant get mods like gta:libery city for ps2 (a mod that puts helis, bikes, weapons of vice city into gta3)

projectmayhem

1) the graphics aren't an awful lot better on the PC then they are on the PS2. i have both versions, by the way.
2) controls are always sleeker on a PC, you're much more involved in the murderising process. but in SA, rockstar have improved the aiming system and taken it to a whole new level... apparently.
3) i agree

Makaveli

It something that comes very much down to preference.
Personally, I hate playing GTA on the Playstation, I always have, from the first one to VC.
The PC version offers a lot more than the PS2 version, that's why I prefer. Also, I find it plays better.
Tbh, I don't care all that much about the game graphics, it's the gameplay that keeps me coming back.

the_obsolete

Plus ya can just get a plug n play joypad for your PC, so you still have that authentic console feel!

Retr0gamer

PC does have better controls but i think PS2 GTA is more of a social experience. Feels better with a few friends around a TV going for the best police rampage than around a PC.

Stormfox1020

Well when I first played GTA 3 on the PS2 I didnt give a ****e about the controls, the games was so damn good. Im hoping GTA: SA will be the same.

ShiverinEskimo

DieHardGamer wrote:

Why would someone want to play GTA on the PC??!!
Ps2 is just as good, actually better.
Of course San Andreas will be out for the Xbox, gta3 and vice city are so why not SA! But Sony knows that if they tell everyone that its PS2 exclusive then there will be loads of PS2s jumping of the shelf this christmas. Which is a good thing... PS2 rules!!!
(By the way, Halo is coming to a PS2 near you soon)
Even though i'd prefer Timesplitters 3 anyway.

Your the Fanboy that was plugging the ps2 vs xbox thread yesterday or day before. Give it up man, you eventually said "Ok they are both great consoles so game on". Do you make sweet love to yoru ps2 each night?

As for SA on xbox here's what IGN had to say about it

IGN wrote:

The next edition in the Grand Theft Auto series. The game is currently a PlayStation 2 console exclusive, but as with previous editions of the series, an Xbox edition is expected sometime down the line once the exclusivity period expires.

All a bit vague. It may happen as Rockstar will want it to. But Sony were pretty pissed off last time round so perhaps the Big S might have certain measures in place to prevent it happening again..who knows, we'll have to wait and see.

Makaveli

Retr0gamer wrote:

PC does have better controls but i think PS2 GTA is more of a social experience. Feels better with a few friends around a TV going for the best police rampage than around a PC.

I wouldn't really consider GTA a game you'd play with mates.
And as for rampages, if you're good with the Apache you can reach massive levels with it. Not something your mates will appreciate.

tman

Makaveli wrote:

I wouldn't really consider GTA a game you'd play with mates.
And as for rampages, if you're good with the Apache you can reach massive levels with it. Not something your mates will appreciate.

nah. going on a rampage to reach the highest wanted level has been a favoured "multiplayer" mode with my mates since gta1