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G4M3R

Apr 20 2005, 03:35

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G4M3R

Apr 20 2005, 03:36

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The IGN preview also reveals that the game is set to be released on a single DVD, rather than multiple CDs.

Anaron

Apr 20 2005, 03:38

The cars don't look as shiny as they look on the PS2 version of GTA: San Andreas. The whole game looks smoother, thanks to anti-aliasing. I'm going to get this game once it's out.

bfoos

Apr 20 2005, 03:41

Sweet. I can't wait for the PC version. I wish more publishers would put there games out on dvd. In this day and age, most people should have at least a dvd-rom drive anyway, and putting games out on 3 or 4 cd's is rediculous.

|Benjamin|

Apr 20 2005, 06:18

Wow, this looks so much better than the PS2 version. Can't wait to play this. Nice find.

Koolslacker

Apr 20 2005, 06:24

QUOTE(|Benjamin| @ Apr 20 2005, 02:18)

Wow, this looks so much better than the PS2 version. Can't wait to play this. Nice find.

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Of course, any game would look better on PC than PS2.

panacea

Apr 20 2005, 06:46

QUOTE(Jaded1 @ Apr 19 2005, 22:41)

Sweet. I can't wait for the PC version. I wish more publishers would put there games out on dvd. In this day and age, most people should have at least a dvd-rom drive anyway, and putting games out on 3 or 4 cd's is rediculous.
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ditto

man my 9700 non pro, 512mb and 2.4 p4 are starting to show its age in modern games.
hopefully it can play this one good though (vice city was looking awesome on my setup)

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But unlike the previous entries in the series, San Andreas also has a huge number of extra features and side games--like changing your appearance, learning to pilot a boat or helicopter, playing basketball, and even dancing--all of which will appear intact in the PC version.

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If you want, you can simply drive across the entire length of the state of San Andreas, which is roughly five times the size of Vice City, without hitting a single loading screen.

NICE, i like

lunamonkey

Apr 20 2005, 06:53

What are those tall coney things? Are they a copy of something that's real in LA?

Sartoris

Apr 20 2005, 07:10

QUOTE(lunamonkey @ Apr 20 2005, 01:53)

What are those tall coney things? Are they a copy of something that's real in LA?
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Yeah, I forgot what though.

mistical

Apr 20 2005, 07:15

Looks so nice, will be buying it when it comes out, it's so hot. Of course it's going to look better then the PS2, just obvious reasons why.

A. Kaladis / nw_raptor

Apr 20 2005, 07:23

Looks great!

Amen, DVD!

Bhav

Apr 20 2005, 07:37

wow looks amazing. and it's great it'll be on dvd. all games should be on dvd now...regardless of people that don't have dvd drives, cos it's just annoying to change discs so many times.

RGSPro

Apr 20 2005, 07:39

sweet

iczman

Apr 20 2005, 07:42

ha i was just thinking about this today, and i was wondering when will they release the pc version.
the screens look nice, though i already beat it on ps2, dunno if i'l have time to play it again on pc.

Smurfy

Apr 20 2005, 07:44

QUOTE(IGN)

The game itself takes less than ten seconds (with a 3.2 GHz P4 and 1GB of PC3200 on the laptop), outdoor/indoor transitions are instantaneous, and cutscenes load whip-smart.

So not the best video card required, finally a game I want that doesn't require an upgrade of some sort.

Long

Apr 20 2005, 07:51

Hopefully it'll run on my Geforce MX4000 or even Intel Extreme Graphics 2 :-"

A. Kaladis / nw_raptor

Apr 20 2005, 07:52

^ GTAs were always like that

And hey, my Ti4400 will be able to cope with it!

x-byte

Apr 20 2005, 07:53

I really likted the previous GTA versions but San Andres doesn't interrest me one bit.. I hate the "gangsta" theme of the game, mabye it's because I hate rap music.. I don't know. The game look OK but I don't think I would be getting it though.

Andy4life

Apr 20 2005, 07:53

QUOTE(Sir Gawain @ Apr 20 2005, 18:10)

Yeah, I forgot what though.
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Those coney things are a relica of a piece of artwork that is in the suburb of 'Watts' in South Central

Can't believe they've actually put them in... thats awesome!.. i cant wait..

ne1 know of the system requirements...

lunamonkey

Apr 20 2005, 08:06

^ Cheers Andy. They look cool.

M/\TT

Apr 20 2005, 08:34

Sweet, can't wait

I love the GTA games. Great news it being on a single DVD. Changing discs is nasty!

lunamonkey

Apr 20 2005, 09:04

I found the coney things. I wish my town has some nice art in it.

http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/watts/tower2.html

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ember™

Apr 20 2005, 09:22

dang, looks great!

Sensayshun

Apr 20 2005, 09:59

QUOTE(Jaded1 @ Apr 20 2005, 04:41)

Sweet. I can't wait for the PC version. I wish more publishers would put there games out on dvd. In this day and age, most people should have at least a dvd-rom drive anyway, and putting games out on 3 or 4 cd's is rediculous.
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But I don't have a dvd burner

Means I have to get it, split it up into CD's move it across recompile it and then use alcohol 120%

But yeah, it looks ok, not as bad as VC which I thought looked horrible.

M1h4iL

Apr 20 2005, 10:07

One of the games i am most looking for, i heard many good things about it and cant wait to see how it goes in mulptiplayer just like GTA Vice City did

I just love the freedom of choice in a game like that

Damolee

Apr 20 2005, 10:17

QUOTE(Sensayshun @ Apr 20 2005, 09:59)

But I don't have a dvd burner

Means I have to get it, split it up into CD's move it across recompile it and then use alcohol 120%

But yeah, it looks ok, not as bad as VC which I thought looked horrible.
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DVD drives are under £20 now dude, good time to snap one up!!

Bring it on, can't wait for this ....see me losing many hours for this one.

killme

Apr 20 2005, 10:25

junes .......... a while away.......

Sensayshun

Apr 20 2005, 13:05

QUOTE(Damolee @ Apr 20 2005, 11:17)

DVD drives are under £20 now dude, good time to snap one up!!

Bring it on, can't wait for this ....see me losing many hours for this one.
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I have a dvd drive, not a dvd burner.
When I get it I have no way of putting it onto my other machine.
I.e. I get it, can't put it onto DVD. It'd be ok if I bought it, which I obviously will do.

Jesse Carlton

Apr 20 2005, 13:15

looks good, I'd rather play it on xbox than pc though

Jesse Carlton

Apr 20 2005, 13:17

QUOTE(Sensayshun @ Apr 20 2005, 08:05)

I have a dvd drive, not a dvd burner.
When I get it I have no way of putting it onto my other machine.
I.e. I get it, can't put it onto DVD. It'd be ok if I bought it, which I obviously will do.
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what are you going on about, why would you need a dvd burner?

The Jorge

Apr 20 2005, 13:19

Man, I have yet to play San Andreas. I can't wait for the PC version!

WarStorm

Apr 20 2005, 13:22

Im just as confused jester - why would u need a DVD burner to run GTA??

lol on a side note i just a dvd-rom drive last week! - £15.99 BARGAIN!

Sensayshun

Apr 20 2005, 13:28

To burn the DVD so that I could play it.

Code.Red

Apr 20 2005, 13:30

QUOTE(Sensayshun @ Apr 20 2005, 06:05)

I have a dvd drive, not a dvd burner.
When I get it I have no way of putting it onto my other machine.
I.e. I get it, can't put it onto DVD. It'd be ok if I bought it, which I obviously will do.
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Confused me until I thought about it, piracy?

Anyway, the game looks better, especially with the anti-aliasing going on. I'll probably get it!

The_Decryptor

Apr 20 2005, 13:33

Oh man, im going to be getting that.

Ironman273

Apr 20 2005, 13:55

QUOTE(Sensayshun @ Apr 20 2005, 08:28)

To burn the DVD so that I could play it.
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So again the question begs to be asked: Why do you need to burn it to play it?

Sensayshun

Apr 20 2005, 14:13

QUOTE(whcodered @ Apr 20 2005, 14:30)

Confused me until I thought about it, piracy?

Anyway, the game looks better, especially with the anti-aliasing going on. I'll probably get it!
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*CLAPS*
My god you lot are slow.
If you get something as a DVD and can't burn it, and there is no network to transfer it to the gaming rig before emulating it on a virtual drive you cannot play it. Hence without a DVD burner, I wouldn't be able to play it unless I split it up into little CD disks.
I knew Neowin was full of goodies goodies who buy their windoze and everything but still......

AionXn_

Apr 20 2005, 15:58

...if you just buy a dvd drive and buy the game. you will still be able to play it with your dvd drive. im so confused

Milan -

Apr 20 2005, 16:04

i want this game sooooo bad

why the hell is the pc games alwayzzzzzz come after the ps2

pc's rule

piercehead

Apr 20 2005, 16:22

Is Sensayshun saying he's got 1 machine with DVD that he's not going to play it on mainly, and another without DVD that is his main gaming machine??
If so, he didn't really explain it well.

lunamonkey

Apr 20 2005, 17:33

No he's saying he's a warez monkey and he would need a dvd burner to play it because the downloaded ISOs would be too big for a normal cd (which would work on most games as they use multiple cds instead of dvds.)

kalizar

Apr 20 2005, 17:36

lol.. everyone is saying how amazing it looks..... if u ask me it should just be an expansion for vice city. or maybe even a mod.

MadGuy

Apr 20 2005, 18:14

QUOTE(lunamonkey @ Apr 20 2005, 17:33)

No he's saying he's a warez monkey and he would need a dvd burner to play it because the downloaded ISOs would be too big for a normal cd (which would work on most games as they use multiple cds instead of dvds.)
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Guess he doesn't know how to use Daemon Tools then

sto110

Apr 20 2005, 18:20

QUOTE(panacea @ Apr 20 2005, 06:46)

ditto

man my 9700 non pro, 512mb and 2.4 p4 are starting to show its age in modern games.
hopefully it can play this one good though (vice city was looking awesome on my setup)
NICE, i like

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yeah i have a similar setup and mine is starting to show its age also, still good for a while though, i think in about 6mo to a year ill do a complete upgrade rather then swap out parts....although i got a gig of ram which helps out a TON and i have the 2.66 pushed up to 3ghz

Sensayshun

Apr 20 2005, 20:24

QUOTE(MadGuy @ Apr 20 2005, 19:14)

Guess he doesn't know how to use Daemon Tools then

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God you lot are dense.

Computer 1 - internet, no dvd burner, no network, can't play games
Computer 2 - the one I want the game on, no internet, no network, only dvd reader.

So I get the game have to split it into cd parts burn it then move it all across as cd's.

I'm never posting a reply in a thread like this again, people just get confused.

Rappy

Apr 20 2005, 21:50

Been waiting for this to come on p.c for sometime....watching my mates playing it on ps2 made me wanna get a ps2 but held back and waited for this

Elite_graphix

Apr 20 2005, 22:10

looks nice-but the graphics look the same as vice city. hope the gameplay is better than ever- havent played/or seen it on ps2.

when is the release date?

edit:

from ign:

pecific date: June 7, 2005 in North America, with a European release following on June 10.

machima

Apr 21 2005, 14:14

QUOTE([X)

-bYtE,Apr 20 2005, 17:53]I really likted the previous GTA versions but San Andres doesn't interrest me one bit.. I hate the "gangsta" theme of the game, mabye it's because I hate rap music.. I don't know. The game look OK but I don't think I would be getting it though.
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Have you actually ever played the game? The whole gangsta theme dies off after you get out of the 1st city and it becomes something else. Sure the character still speaks ghetto but it's hardly like gangbanging is the only theme.

QUOTE(kalizar @ Apr 21 2005, 03:36)

lol.. everyone is saying how amazing it looks..... if u ask me it should just be an expansion for vice city. or maybe even a mod.
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If you ever played the game and saw first hand how insanely big the game space and missions are, you'd know how stupid you sound.

hotdog963al

Apr 21 2005, 14:27

My little brother got the PS2 game ages ago, haven't played it yet! Waiting for the PC version instead because we all know Liberty and Vice city were better on the pc than they were on the ps2!

dray_04

Apr 22 2005, 09:22

This is my #1 most anticipated game at the moment!

This will surely decrease my examination marks by at least 20%

P.S Anyone know of the recommended specs yet?