GTA:SA 1st review + FULL tracklists...

Wertz

OK pulled most all of this off of 3 different fansites I regularly visit.
SA goes on sale in US tomorrow and OPM has given the title 5/5.

Co-Op Mode - 2 player rampages: either in a car or on foot. The screen is not split. There are also many other two player features, presumably gambling games and the minigames basketball and pool.


Use your camera to take pictures of things and save them to your memory card
You must spray over a possible 100 other opposing gang tags around the cities with your own gang sign and a spraypaint can, for a part of the 100%
Oysters are the equivalent of the underwater hidden package, find them all for a reward
Horseshoes also need to be found, (speculation: maybe the new hidden package)?
Full radio listings, to be posted shortly (See other thread on here)
The addition of girlfriends in the game, who'll you'll have to please to get something in return
There is dancing in the game, DDR style, which is used to impress dates
You learn to parachute (either from a plane or base-jumping) from a flight school
There are hovercrafts, and even a forklift
Play poker, craps, blackjack, wheel of fortune, or slots

The annoucement of the following voice actors:

Carl Johnson - Young Maylay
Sweet Johnson - Faizon Love
Ryder - MC Eiht
Cesar - Clifton Collins Jr
Kendl Johnson - Yo Yo
Zero - David Cross
OG Loc - Jonathan Anderson
Frank Tenpenny - Samuel L. Jackson
Maddog - Ice T
The Truth - Peter Fonda
Wu Zi Mu - James Yaegashi
Ran Fali (Farlie) - Hunter Platin
Mike Torreno - James Wood
Maccer - Shaun Ryder
Eddie Pulaski - Chris Penn
Officer Hernandez - Armando Riesco
Jizzy B - Charlie Murphy
T-Bone Mendez - Kid Frost
Ken Rosenberg - William Fichtner

OK and now for the full tracklisting: have to say I predicted a few of these myself going by the time period the game is set in, but some of the other stuff is surprising, very pleasantly surprising

Master Sounds 98.3
DJ: Johnny "The Love Giant" Parkinson

1. Charles Wright - Express Yourself
2. Maceo And The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)
3. Harlem Underground Band - Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba
4. The Chakachas - Jungle Fever
5. Bob James - Nautilus
6. Booker T And The MGs - Green Onions
7. The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park
8. Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants
9. Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
10. James Brown - Funky President
11. James Brown - The Payback
12. Lyn Collins - Think About It
13. Lyn Collins - Rock Me Again And Again
14. Maceo And The Macks - Soul Power 74
15. The JBs - Grunt
16. War - Low Rider
17. Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
18. Sir Joe Quarterman - So Much Trouble In My Mind


Playback FM
DJ: Forth Right MC

1. Kool G - Road To The Riches
2. Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up Kane
3. Spoonie G - The Godfather
4. Masta Ace - Me And The Biz
5. Slick Rick - Children's Story
6. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
7. Eric B And Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
8. Rob Base And DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two
9. Gang Starr - BYS
10. Biz Markie - The Vapours
11. Brand Nubian - Brand Nubian
12. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Breakdown


Bounce FM
DJ: The Funktipus

1. Zapp - I Can Make You Dance
2. Kool And The Gang - Hollywood Swinging
3. Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
4. Rick James - Cold Blooded
5. Maze - Twilight
6. Fat Back - Yum Yum
7. Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets
8. Ronnie Hudson - West Coast Poplock
9. Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
10. George Clinton - Loopzilla
11. Dazz Band - Let It Whip
12. Cameo - Candy
13. Ohio Players - Funky Worm


K-DST
DJ: Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith

1. Foghat - Slow Ride
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
3. Heart - Barracuda
4. Kiss - Strutter
5. Toto - Hold The Line
6. Rod Stewart - Young Turks
7. Tom Petty - Running Down A Dream
8. Joe Cocker - Woman To Woman
9. Humble Pie - Get Down To It
10. Grand Funk Railroad - Some Kind Of Wonderful
11. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
12. America - A Horse With No Name
13. The Who - Eminence Front
14. Boston - Smokin'
15. David Bowie - Someone Up There Likes Me
16. Eddie Money - Two Tickets To Paradise
17. Billy Idol - White Wedding


K-Jah Radio West
DJ: Marshall Peters & Johnny Lawton

1. Black Harmony - Don't Let It Go To Your Head
2. Blood Sisters - Ring My Bell
3. Shabba Ranks - Wicked Inna Bed
4. Buju Banton - Batty Rider
5. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
6. Dennis Brown - Revolution
7. Willie William - Armagideon Time
8. I Roy - Sidewalk Killer
9. Toots And The Maytals - Funky Kingston
10. Dillinger - Cocaine In My Brain
11. The Maytals - Pressure Drop
12. The Pliars - Bam Bam
13. Barrington Levy - Here I Come
14. Reggie Stepper - Drum Pan Sound
15. Black Uhuru - Great Train Robbery
16. Max Romeo And The Upsetters - Chase The Devil


CSR 103.9
DJ: Philip "PM" Michaels

1. SWV - I'm So Into You
2. Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin
3. Samuelle - So You Like What You See
4. En Vogue - My Lovin'
5. Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way
6. Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
7. Guy - Groove Me
8. Aaron Hall - Don't Be Afraid
9. Boyz II Men - Motown Philly
10. Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
11. Today - I Got The Feeling
12. Wrecks 'n' Effect - New Jack Swing
13. Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel


Radio:X The Alternative
DJ: Sage

1. Helmet - Unsung
2. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
3. Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
4. Danzig - Mother
5. Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
6. Primal Scream - Movin' On Up
7. Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
8. L7 - Pretend We're Dead
9. Ozzy Ozbourne - Hellraiser
10. Soundgarden - Rusty Cage
11. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
12. Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
13. The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
14. Alice In Chains - Them Bones
15. Stone Temple Pilots - Plush


K-Rose
DJ: Mary-Beth Maybell

1. Jerry Reed - Amos Moses
2. Conway Twitty And Lorretta Lynn - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
3. Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin'
4. Juice Newton - Queen Of Hearts
5. Asleep At The Wheel - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read
6. The Desert Rose Band - One Step Forward
7. Willie Nelson - Crazy
8. Patsy Cline - Three Cigarettes In The Ashtray
9. Mickey Gilley - Make The World Go Away
10. Ed Bruce - Mamma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
11. Merle Haggard - Always Wanting You
12. Whitey Shafer - All My Exes Live In Texas
13. Eddie Rabbit - I Love A Rainy Night
14. Statler Brothers - New York City
15. Statler Brothers - Bed Of Roses


Radio Los Santos
DJ: Julio G

1. Too Short - The Ghetto
2. 2 Pac - I Don't Give A F**k
3. Compton's Most Wanted - Hood Took Me Under
4. Dr Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang
5. Dr Dre - F**k Wit Dre Day
6. Dr Dre - Deep Cover
7. Kid Frost - La Raza
8. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
9. The Doc - It's Funky Enough
10. NWA - Alwayz Into Something
11. NWA - Express Yourself
12. Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
13. Ice Cube - Check Yo Self
14. Easy E - Easy-Er Said Than Done
15. Above The Law - Murder Rap
16. Da Lench Mob - Guerrillas In Tha Mist


SF-UR
DJ: Hans Oberlander

1. Jomanda - Make My Body Rock
2. 808 State - Pacific
3. The Todd Terry Project - Weekend
4. NightWriters - Let The Music Use You
5. Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
6. Maurice - This Is Acid
7. Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It?
8. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
9. Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey
10. Ce Ce Rogers - Someday
11. Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend
12. Frankie Knuckles - Your Love
13. Joe Smooth - Promised Land
14. 28th Street Crew - I Need A Rhythm
15. Raze - Break 4 Love
16. Fallout - The Morning After

Too many to pick out, but Soul2Soul, Stone Roses, 808 State, Soundgarden, and Tupac make it for me straight off the bat. Like VC, others will prolly grow to be favourites as I play the game, but for now I have my playlist...

All I can say is roll on Friday...

Optikus

Sounds ****ing brilliant, i like the addition of the girlfriends and the gambling sounds pretty cool also... not to mention the bad ass tunes aswell, childrens story by slick rick has to be my favourit for that line up.

tman

my god :eek:
some amazing choices as far as the radio playlists are concerned. SF-UR looks tight

Tusky

Thats hardly a full review...but thanks anywho.

i_am_dogboy

Damn it why didn't they try do something with the multi player, can you imagine driving around smashing into your friends like the old days of GTA, that was my favourite thing about GTA2.....it does seem like a good game though, and rockstar north really can't do much wrong....maybe the PC version(if it happens) will have proper multi player.

Optikus

i_am_dogboy wrote:

Damn it why didn't they try do something with the multi player, can you imagine driving around smashing into your friends like the old days of GTA, that was my favourite thing about GTA2.....it does seem like a good game though, and rockstar north really can't do much wrong....maybe the PC version(if it happens) will have proper multi player.

err...There is a multiplayer patch for VC on the PC.

Wertz

Tusky wrote:

Thats hardly a full review...but thanks anywho.

Agreed, but OPM's got copywrite on it for now I think. By the time the full version is allowed to be plagiarised, most of us will already have played it.
Maybe someone will scan the pages in on one of the sites but since the yanks'll all be playing from tomorrow on, I doubt it...

Makaveli

Nice soundtrack yet again.
Good few of them already in my VC mp3 playlist.
Playback FM is the best imo.

Is there any chat stations?

KdjaCL

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/914983.asp

Day before release and not one review out, odd that normally this would have everyone going "oh its ****e no review copies sent out" but Rockstar get away with it on merit of class games.

kdjac

balkieb2002

Radio:X The Alternative looks the definative choice for me although i might play Radio Los Santos to get me in the mood

Would Radio Los Santos mean that certain stations are only available in certain parts of the country? would be kinda cool to pick up different station depending what city your in but could also be a bit annoying if ya liked only one particular station.

I would also hope that theres some sort of funny station ala K-Chat from vice city...

Wertz

balkieb2002 wrote:

Radio:X The Alternative looks the definative choice for me although i might play Radio Los Santos to get me in the mood

Would Radio Los Santos mean that certain stations are only available in certain parts of the country? would be kinda cool to pick up different station depending what city your in but could also be a bit annoying if ya liked only one particular station.

I would also hope that theres some sort of funny station ala K-Chat from vice city...

There's definitely a chat-station. I'll look for a link/evidence in a bit...

On the subject of radio stations only being available in certain parts of the map: it's not going to work like this, but they have some new system which means there'll be different DJ intros for EACH track, depending on when/where it comes on, weather and news bulletins (regularly) and some other innovative stuff.

PaulHughesWH

I bet they've done a real ham German accent for the SF-UR DJ... it should be hilarious! Anyone heard anything about earlier release dates? Although it's probably at the discretion of the supplier...

Wertz

Reading a few things about earlier release dates: as far as I know NDA means retailers simply can't sell early, at least in europe.

Some US suppliers are selling it from 9pm onwards tonight, but only due to some loophole.

I've re-checked Amazon, and they still have 29th as send out day for pre-orders

Retr0gamer

err...There is a multiplayer patch for VC on the PC.

Its not great. There are no pedestrians or cars on the roads.

SantaHoe

There is dancing in the game, DDR style, which is used to impress dates

LOL, you can't be serious?
Sounds hilarious tbh.

Nice to see some Dre in there aswell.

i_am_dogboy

Optikus wrote:

err...There is a multiplayer patch for VC on the PC.

I played the VC multi player, and it wasn't all that well made, some of the weapons didn't work, there wasn't much to do.....What I would have loved to see was just like the single player without the missions, and a few people smashing each other up.

I'm not saying the game will be bad without multi player, but it would be better with good MP. Anyway......is anyone else excited about the prospect of a forklift?

Retr0gamer

If its half as good as shenmues forklift i'll be happy.

The problem with the mp patch was that there would be too much info going between the two machines with regards to the spawning of random objects. If they sort that out and i'm sure rockstar north could it was work brilliantly. Halo 2 just goes to show how great co-op is.

RasTa

O thats looks good
The Reggae station looks class
The Roses, Primal Scream and some Bowie... excellent

Just reading a review of it on IGN it got a 9.9 and sounds freakin amazing
Here

SantaHoe

Retr0gamer wrote:

If its half as good as shenmues forklift i'll be happy.

Agreed, that was great fun.

jesus_thats_gre

www.gamespot.com and www.ign.com have full reviews

Stormfox1020

/me repeatdly masturbates furiously to the very thought of the game coming out on friday .........

KdjaCL

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/914983.asp

Sweet god why do i belive them scores but the HL2 scores make me "yeah right"
Oh well only a another 8 months to go.

/me hatches plan to steal PS2

kdjac

mr_angry

Sounds like its going to be a cross between Leisure Suit Larry, The Sims, and some good old fashioned GTA action. Gaming overdose time...

As if CS : Source wasn't enough already... :rolleyes:

delly

I think i'll be tuned into radio Los Santos or Radio X. Excellent

/edit spelling radio wrong once is bad, but twice.....

Tusky

IGN Review -

9.9

Gamespot Review -

9.6

balkieb2002

I always check out IGN scores espec for PS2 games as i think they give fair review of games, if a games good they'll tell ya if its crap they give it a crappy score, same goes for gamespot review (though i rather IGN over them)

Thats why i'm still in shock @ the review score and am currently reading through the reviews to find out where it losts all those points