GTA: San Andreas; from the leak to retail

Tusky

GTA : San Andreas is up for download on many warez sites. I know I havnet got it ......

What are your opinions...on this ???
( this isnt just a thread to tell you that its brilliant and how I love it mucho mucho )

And before any of you anti warez heads jump down my throat I have already bought a legit copy which should be coming in my letterbox this Friday.

Creamy Goodness

most games when they hit "gold status" they get leaked.

halo 2 is available
GTA:SA is available

half life2 will be available in whole soon aswell.

once a game goes into mass production you get an employee (from the disc maker place) sneeking out a copy and then it's up on the net.

the problem is now with these highly anticipated games GTA:SA, Halo2, halflife2

they seem to make the news more often

Retr0gamer

Was bound to happen. The temptation of the dark force will be strong if i don't get a copy on release day but I think i'll survive.

RobertFoster

too much hassle...downloading, chipping...meh

*waits until 29th*

I want to get GTA on the GBA this friday, that should keep me busy

Retr0gamer

Forgot about the new 2D GTA for the GBA. Well if I can't get GTA on the 29th the GBA version will more than do me for a week.

jesus_thats_gre

According to some forums, its not actually a leak..

RobertFoster

then what is it? some marketing ploy?

KdjaCL

RobertFoster wrote:

then what is it? some marketing ploy?

heh heh


Its the US version thats out and with every major leak making big news, i think its there to heighten the issue to parnets and people who pay the bills.

Odd thing is in US people are mostly scared to download anything as they do get screwed over it.

kdjac

Koji the frog

sounds good, do you know when ll be available the PC version of this new GTA?

quarryman

according to the newsgroup forums its the real deal. some people are saying its pr0n. either way, its all good.

Ave

I wish my PS2 was chipped.

jesus_thats_gre

The game has already been shippped to stores in Amercia.

Rew

quarryman wrote:

according to the newsgroup forums its the real deal. some people are saying its pr0n. either way, its all good.

Nope its legit been available for 24 hours or so at least.

HL2 should be available soon, as will the GBA version of GTA (im amazed it habst been put up already). All the othe GTA games were all pirated prerelese and all the ones to follow will be as well.

quarryman

Rew wrote:

Nope its legit been available for 24 hours or so at least.

i think genuine is a better word

Placebo

download massive file, unzip, burn slowly at 1x.
**** that, infact **** paying 60 euros.

i cant be bothered with games anymore, il buy it when i see my friends playing it though, temptation.

Optikus

Dose anyone know its release date on PC and if the PC version has been leaked yet?

Ciaran500

The PC version hasn't been made yet.


Normally the PC version releases around April.

Retr0gamer

There is a solution. Buy a PS2.

snappieT

Ciaran500 wrote:

The PC version hasn't been made yet.


Normally the PC version releases around April.

Alternatevely get a PS2 emulator for your PC

Retr0gamer

And play it at less than 1fps. I think not. And thats the best case scenario. I doubt theres a PS2 emulator that will even run it.

monument

Rockstar has responded to the leak with the following statement: "Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software are aware that an illegally obtained version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and images from the game and manual have been posted to various sites."

"The proper authorities are investigating the theft and are continuing to investigate all possible leads to ensure there is no further dissemination of our creative content. Downloading, possession and distribution of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, including making the game available on the Internet, is theft."

"We take the theft of our intellectual property very seriously and we are and will continue to diligently and aggressively pursue this matter. If anyone finds information on websites with links to unauthorised downloads, information, scans or videos, please contact us at piracy@rockstargames.com."

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=5055

Dancing_Priest

So, are there any reports of what its like out there yet?

Tusky

Dancing_Priest wrote:

So, are there any reports of what its like out there yet?

Its fekkin deadly.

Optikus

Has anyone actually used a PS2 emulator, if so do they work and how well?

LegacyUser

Tusky wrote:

Its fekkin deadly.

Come on, throw up a review. what do you think of it?!?!?!?

Tusky

cheesedude wrote:

Come on, throw up a review. what do you think of it?!?!?!?

I will once Ive played it more, fekkin college I havent been able to sit down with it yet for any decent ammount of time.

Retr0gamer

Optikus wrote:

Has anyone actually used a PS2 emulator, if so do they work and how well?

www.zophar.net

There are emulators there but they will tell you exactly what I said earlier in the thread.

KdjaCL

Retr0gamer wrote:

www.zophar.net

There are emulators there but they will tell you exactly what I said earlier in the thread.

Indeed ,not muc point atm, some games worth buying this one of them , now all i need is PS2 and i laughing.

kdjac

quarryman

played it last night for a bit:

camera's a bit strange after playing the PC version of vice city for so long.

graphics are the same really, ok.

world looks huge.

nice addition of stats and uprgades. haircuts. running keeps you slim, eating makes you fat. like morrowind, the more you use a skill the more it improves.

cars seems faster.

real ghetto feel and atmosphere, very L.A.

all i can think of at the moment...
also, i will be buying the game when it comes out.

Kiith

if i had broadband and a chipped Ps2, i'd download it. but i'd still buy it on friday.

also, is it actually 3 times as big as Vice City.

balkieb2002

With 3 cities (each meant to be the same size as vice city) looks like 3 times the size as VC plus all the country-roads in between!!

Is it true that its a dual-layer dvd?

Ciaran500

The images are still smaller than a standard dvd (4.7gb)

quarryman

Kiith wrote:

if i had broadband and a chipped Ps2, i'd download it. but i'd still buy it on friday.

also, is it actually 3 times as big as Vice City.

its hard to tell but that sounds about right, at least twice the size anyway.

the map is excellent. allows you to zoom in and out etc but much more detail.

the fps seems crap to me though. maybe its because i'm more used to the vice city at 60fps. the ps2 doesn't seem to handle the game brilliantly and can get a bit sluggish.

tman

quarryman wrote:

the fps seems crap to me though. maybe its because i'm more used to the vice city at 60fps. the ps2 doesn't seem to handle the game brilliantly and can get a bit sluggish.

heh. i knew the previews were lying about the "silky smooth framerate"

think i can just about bear to wait until the pc version is released now

tman

a list of voice actors used in the game (not sure how legit this is...)
i've slapped a couple of spoiler tags on in case people don't want to find out about returning names...

Carl "CJ" Johnson - Chris Bellard aka Young Maylay
Sean "Sweet" Johnson - Faizon Love
Kendl Johnson - Yo Yo Melvin
"Big Smoke" Harris - Clifton Powell
Lance "Ryder" Wilson - MC Eiht
OG Loc - Jas Anderson
Mark "B Dup" Wayne - The Game
Barry "Big Bear" Thorne - Big Boy Emmet - Eugene Jeter
Jr Madd Dogg - Ice T
Cesar Vialpando - Clifton Collins,
Jr. Officer Tenpenny - Samuel L. Jackson
Officer Pulaski - Chris Penn
Officer Hernandez - Armando Riesco

Catalina - Cynthia Farrell

The Truth - Peter Fonda
J-I-Z-Z-Y B - Charlie Murphy - RICK JAMES, BITCH!
T-Bone - Kid Frost
Mike Toreno - James Woods
Woozie - James Yaegashi
Su Xi Mu (Suzie) - Richard Chang
Ran Fa Li (Farlie) - Hunter Platin
Zero - David Cross
Kent Paul - Danny Dyer
Maccer - Shaun Ryder

Ken Rosenberg - Bill Fichtner

Salvatore Leone - Frank Vincent

Maria - Debi Mazar

Johnny Sindacco - Casey Siemaszko
Jimmy Silverman - Gary Yudman
Bettina - Noelle Sadler
Jethro - John Zurhellen
Dwaine - Navid Khonsari
Millie Perkins - Orfeh Barbara
Schternvart - Danielle Lee Greaves
Denise Robinson - Heather Alicia Simms
Michelle Cannes - Vanessa Aspillaga
Helena Wankstein - Bijou Phillips
Katie Zhan - China Chow
KDST DJ - Axl Rose
Modern Hip Hop DJ - Julio G
Classic Hip Hop DJ - Chuck D
Grove Street Families Gang - Solo, A da Business, Vincent Lomax, Gregory Johnson, Ricky Harris
Ballas Gang - Donnie Anderson, Michael Ralph, Ricky Harris, Darreck Burns, Derrick Edmon

Optikus

tman wrote:

heh. i knew the previews were lying about the "silky smooth framerate"

think i can just about bear to wait until the pc version is released now

Think i'm just going to wait for the PC version to... have PS2 but it at my moms house and my younger siblings kinda think its theirs now, its been there so long.

Retr0gamer

Plenty of low brow rappers but some great ones in there as well. Great to see Sammy, Ice T (who if you look at Law & Order SVU is quite a good actor), Axl Rose and Chuck D in there.

Younger siblings are there to be bullied. Make use of them before they get bigger than you like my younger brother.

balkieb2002

The leak sounds like there something missing, like half the game. It coming out on a dual layer dvd so size-wise it should be bigger than 4.7gb at the minimum. An example was Star Ocean 3 which is also a dual layer game but comes in at a whopping 8+gbs. Wouldn't suprise me to see a second dvd SA release or else one of the illegal copys suddenly stop working half-way through the game...

jesus_thats_gre

Seemingly it has absolutely everything in tact..

Ciaran500

Where did you hear its coming out on a DVD9?


The images I've seen were about 2.5gb and I've been told its the full game with nothing missing.

tman

Ciaran500 wrote:

Where did you hear its coming out on a DVD9?


The images I've seen were about 2.5gb and I've been told its the full game with nothing missing.

rockstar mentioned that they had too much material to fit on a single layer disc... that could have just been them talking **** though

balkieb2002

It been in the GTA feature list for a while was also mentioned on eurogamer a few months back linky, there more info on it through googling as well, though i'm not sure if they've changed there minds in the mean time.

quarryman

rarred its 2.5
unrarred its 4.6

i've been playing it for hours and haven't found "half the game missing" yet.

balkieb2002

as i said i don't know as i don't have the game, only saying what r* had said before. If it is only one dvd then great compression for that size of a game to fit on one disk.

CyberGhost

snapscan1212p wrote:

Alternatevely get a PS2 emulator for your PC

show me one!

CyberGhost

anyways, they will get their money! don't worry!

Optikus

CyberGhost wrote:

show me one!

They don't work properly apparently..... its seem your edit button dosen't either.

WellyJ

The game is indeed FULL and the exact USA retail release. Im 78 percent through the game and have to say although at times the ps2 really struggles to keep up with whats going on the game completely KICKS ASS. Really takes the series to a whole new level. You guys wont be disappointed.

Soundtrack owns too, especially Rage against the machine - Killing in the name of. SWEET

WellyJ

jesus_thats_gre

Seemingly the music has been compressed down and this allows the image to be only 4.6gb in size..

WellyJ

Any compression was done by Rockstar themselves, the release is the exact one thats available from tuesday in the USA. Its 4,394,304KB and fits perfectly on a DVD5/DVDR. Thr dvd9 rumours are completely unfounded trust me.

WellyJ

CyberGhost

Optikus wrote:

They don't work properly apparently..... its seem your edit button dosen't either.

what? what edit button? what did you mean? seriously, I didn't get the sarcasm!

*edit* just edited this post! it works fine!