SAN ANDREAS, BEEEYOTCH!!!

[Jumper Bones]

12 hours....oof...it's killing me....

[Jumper Bones]

It's....amazing.......wow.

good thing I have an easy couple of days of no work, I'm gonna be busy

EDIT -

Run, don't walk, to buy this game. Probably the best PS2 game on the platform. My only complaints are minor graphical issues, but this game is HUGE - I think 10 times the size of all of Vice City. The soundtrack alone is great, classics like NWA, Cypress Hill, Dr Dre, Ice Cube, Bell-biv-devoe, wrecks'n'effect...yeah.

[FNG]

I haven't done anything school related since this game came out.

[dipstik]

my roomate has been playing 24/7. He actually talks about the game like it's real life. The other day we were getting dinner and he was like "I can't wait to go to the gym after this, and then I'm gonna go try and get me some new chains" and im just sitting there like "what the fuck are you talking about? You never go to the gym." until I finally realized "I" and "CJ" were the same person.

Sweet game though, it's come pretty far from the original....

[FNG]

ha! I can relate to that. I was sitting on the couch in my pajamas drinking a beer while tapping X with the other hand to "excercise" at the gym.

-edit- FYI: Charley Murphy is the voice of Jizzy

[vinzclortho]

Is the game worth buying a playstation2 for? I can't afford to buy a ps2 just for GTA San Andreas, but I also don't want to wait an entire year or whatever to be able to play it on Xbox. What is different from Vice City? Are there motorcycle cops in this one? I have read some of the stuff on IGN.com and my friend Ben back home loves this new installment and it sounds cool. But what is really different between this one and Vice City?

[Jumper Bones]

Differences:

- Between 8 to 10 times larger than all of Vice City
- No interruptions for loading as you drive, game reads off of DVD constantly and all loading is done in-between missions
- All sounds and weapons updated
- Motorcycle cops, bicycles, skateparks, you can now eat to gain health after being shot...cops are a whole hell of a lot meaner too, I can't stay alive past 3 stars
- Highways / Interstates and mountains between cities
- Flyable airplanes, instead of just helis
- I consider it more challenging. There are two missions I can't get past right now
- ability to customize your look, beyond just your clothes, in the forms of tattoos and haircuts, plus your overall physique from what you eat / how much you work out. It all plays a part in your "respect", which I guess is like your criminal rating from GTA3 and Vice City, and it's easier to manage than it sounds. It's pretty cool.
- Oh, and missions generally pay out in "Respect" more than they do in money
- New vehicles

I really like it. I also agree with what IGN said - "Best game on the PS2, ever". My only complaints are minor graphical issues, like not being able to turn off the trails blurriness like you could in the first two games, and when you get going really fast your vision gets super-blurry. Makes driving motorcycles a bitch!

Your call if you want to wait a year...but also consider that the new PS2 mini (not the PSP) is even smaller than the GameCube. Super, super, super-portable - I may pick one up myself considering how much I travel, and how fucked up my TV/theater wiring is. IGN has a video on their site that showcases its overall size, it's seriously small but still plays the same.

[Game Over]

ive been playing it a lot too, suaper fun. but I think it is sold out for a while, I could be wrong. I cant find a copy, so I'll be playing my friends.

[FNG]

Try Toys 'R' Us. I picked a copy up there the night after it came out. I was so depressed when Circut City & Best Buy were sold the fuck out. Apparently people just don't think of TRU for violent video games. Another difference is that this one uses a full compliment of swear words: Fuck, Shit, Bitch, Nigger (black on black use).

Vinz, if any game is worth buying a PS2 for, this is it. Check out a CD Warehouse or someplace that might have used PS2's. Or you could go Ebay style too.

[vinzclortho]

I just can't man.

a) I'm way too lazy

b) I can't afford it right now plus I gotta focus on finding a job. If I get GTA in here....let's just say it would be a bad situation when the rent is due next month.

I mean hell, I got Halo2 coming out next week which is totally going to fuck my world up. The LAST thing I need is to have Halo2 AND GTA.

[dipstik]

I just can't man.

a) I'm way too lazy

b) I can't afford it right now plus I gotta focus on finding a job. If I get GTA in here....let's just say it would be a bad situation when the rent is due next month.

I mean hell, I got Halo2 coming out next week which is totally going to fuck my world up. The LAST thing I need is to have Halo2 AND GTA.

Don't be such a goddamn pussy. Just go buy the game.

[vinzclortho]

Don't be such a goddamn pussy. Just go buy the game.

you are in college right? have your parents buy it for me.

actually that just made me think of a quick St.A's story. I lived in Brady on the top floor above the main door to the building and these fackin DINKS lived below us. Being wicked lazy and usually drunk, we'd just piss out the window onto the snow on the awning over the entrance. The dinks from downstairs would be like "STOP PISSING OUT THE WINDOW!!!" and I'd always reply "It's not piss! I'm draining the broth out of the ramen noodles!"

tell Brother Jude I say what up.

[FNG]

36 hours of gameplay later, and I beat the motherfucker.

[dipstik]

actually that just made me think of a quick St.A's story. I lived in Brady on the top floor above the main door to the building and these fackin DINKS lived below us. Being wicked lazy and usually drunk, we'd just piss out the window onto the snow on the awning over the entrance. The dinks from downstairs would be like "STOP PISSING OUT THE WINDOW!!!" and I'd always reply "It's not piss! I'm draining the broth out of the ramen noodles!"

tell Brother Jude I say what up.

that story is awesome. I bet thats just the tip of the iceberg of what you can say about this place....


You would have loved it after the sox won...people were hanging off that statue in front of Alumni hall spraying beer into the crowd. Multiple bonfires, fireworks...it was a good time. Oh and then of all people the Goffstown po-po showed up!

[Dexter Rutecki]

I've got a girlfriend now, she likes to do drive-bys and fight with random people on our dates. So far she'll only kiss me. You can do a two-player free roaming thing with the chick, but Mrs. Rutecki won't really do it (and the one time she tried she got us killed).
I'm so ripped--can max everything at the gym for the duration except the treadmill. Kick the shit out of the boxing guy whenever I want. Gaining respect, got a few OG's to watch my back. I've taken over some Bala territory, and am starting to kill a lot of cops.
Found a few good jumps (one huge cliff down into a little town), but so far not as good as GTA III. No super difficult missions yet, but it's early.

I'm not sure it's that much better than GTA III, just a hell of a lot more expansive. I think I'm probably close to getting into one of the other cities.