What do you guys think about it?
For me, this is tied with GTA IV for the best Grand Theft Auto. San Andreas’ story, world and characters are great.
Still the best GTA.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas release 20 years ago today.
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Linktank@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is the right answer
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s TOO real!!!
taiyang@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ah shit, here we go again.
But really, I place it second after GTAV, but I’m biased. I was born and raised in LA but I was too young to fully get San Andreas references. But V? I live where Franklins from, work where Michael lives, and have relatives where Trevor lives. It’s not satire, it’s a documentary.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
I live where Trevor lives :(
taiyang@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good ol’ Sandy Shores. I wish it wasn’t so spot on sometimes! Not that South LA is much better.
Crafter72@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Still remember playing it back on ps2… Imo one of finest R* release and for open world genre.
But what elevates me most is the PC release with countless mods resulted off it. Did have good time playing SA-MP & MTA SA back in 2012-2015 on and off… Basically custom SA Multiplayer client that lets you connect to server and play with dozens or even hundreds of ppl within a server, met couple of friends and joined Clan that still connected to this day.
Also this game was the game that introduce me to game modding and also as game modder (made dozen of stuffs for SP and MP maps).
iconic_admin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
GTA 6 will release in another 20 years from now.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
5 already did so… maybe we’re halfway there? 10 more?
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Haven’t they said 2026 or if I just made that up
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD SIR!!!
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
…no.
TriflingToad@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ok. Pretend you are my father. I am your son. You are teaching me how to work the Nostalgia factory, and you have already taught me about the production maintenance and cost of the job. Now the next item on the checklist is what to do in case of emergency and specifically how to stop the production of cargo.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
the golden age of gaming
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Uhhhhhh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize this game actually first came out in the 1980s!
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I currently doing a playthrough funnily enough, didn’t realize it was so close to an anniversary.
I’ve been spending more time exploring and doing side activities this time around, just driving around and taking photos. It ended up being quite a surprising experience. I was surprised with how easy the game is, how fast the story moves or how empty some parts of the world are (makes sense considering when it released). Taking the world in a more touristy way was an interesting change compared to how I experienced those games before. It’s also a way of playing I’ve been trying to move towards more and more recently (doing the same with Cyberpunk as well).
I still think it’s a great game but IV and, to lesser extent, Vice City are probably my favorites as far as mainline games are concerned. IV especially as it had a nice grounded approach to gameplay with weighty movement, interactions and driving, as well as the story - it sucks most people hated this as GTAV ended up being a rather mid experience for me.
Banichan@dormi.zone 3 weeks ago
IV should have been taken out back by the shed and had two put in it’s brain.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
IV is still, and will forever be the best GTA game. Everyone complains about the driving.
Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you’re supposed to handle a car like a helium filled balloon.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Rockstar showed their thoughts about IV clearly in GTAV, I don’t think you have to worry about it anymore.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I’m still a bit mad about the trains in grand theft auto games. The early ones had trains you could actually properly interact with rather than them just sort of mindlessly going around the map being indestructible juggernauts.
I want to be able to derail and steal it.
There are indie games that support derailing trains, so it ain’t hard
Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Couldn’t you blow up the subway in IV?
pyre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
to me the best grand theft auto is 2.
I was dumbfounded when playing 3. in the game series that was unlike any other I’ve played before in terms of throwing me in the middle of an open world full of action to be experienced any way I want, some dipshit I don’t care about was holding me by the ear dragging me around town to do shit I don’t want to do. I quit playing in an hour.
now every AAA game is like this. thanks, GTA for ruining games.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
coworker took a weeks vacation t when this came out to play it. came in with the map games used to come with and got it laminated lol.
Voltage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Can’t wait to play SA again after im done with this stupid college entrance bs
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 weeks ago
I can’t believe that shit came out after I graduated high school. I feel like I played it while still in school; I graduated in 2003.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
maybe you played vice City? that shit was amazing too.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or maybe just GTA 3. That came out in 2002 I think, and was MASSIVELY popular.
mitexleo@buddyverse.one 3 weeks ago
I’m gonna play it on mobile ❤
mercano@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Such an upgrade over the previous two. Three whole cities to explore, plus the countryside. They managed to stream the world data from the disc as you moved about, so no more loading screens between islands like III and VC had. This was the first GTA where you could swim, so water was no longer a death trap, and the first to introduce skills, so you could swim further and faster as you got better.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Police chopper pilot: “Hey, I thought you couldn’t swim!”