c/d s/d: the GRAND THEFT AUTO series

Mount Chilliad and the "back o beyond" = WOW.

Best so far is the scene w/the hardass chix0r from GTA3 - that scene where you turn up & she's holding a knife to the guy's throat, and in fact all her dialogue is really, really funny.

Weird long-running problem I'm getting with SA is that the people - pedestrians, characters, anyone except CJ, in fact - keep going semi-invisible, like to can only see their outline, or 1/2 the vectors or whatever. Kind of difficult to snipe @ baddies, plus it detracts from the atmosphere somewhat. Any ideas?

I note:
name of airline - Juank Air
name of car showroom - Wang Cars
name of fancy hotel - vank hoff

the coders' dedication to peurile jokes and only-just-double entendres is admirable.

Mainly though, I noticed a really freaky thing last night - I was having CJ walk through the streets of SF, when I needed to go for a pee, so I just left him standing on a street corner while I went off. When I came back, the POV on the computer screen was languidly wandering back and forth, occasionally pausing on some interesting thing that was happening - a cop chasing somebody, someone getting out of a car, and suchlike. From time to time it would zoom in on something particularly interesting. Pretty much what you'd be looking at if you were standing waiting on a street corner. A woman in a skimpy top walked past, and the POV zoomed in on her breasts! I was like WHOA what the FUCK!!??

When out at night in the "back o' beyond" area I've seen a, I dunno a foo fighter(?)/ufo type thing zoom past really quickly, followed shortly thereafter by a WW2 fighter plane. That's pretty weird.

See also: the name of every single horse when you go betting.

I was once horsing around on top of Mt. Chilliad, trying to climb it just by walking up it. I was on the other side of the mountain, the side that faces the highway when I was aiming for a clearing. FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, the biplane/cropduster comes crashing toward me, skidding across the clearing and bursting into flames. I got knocked back halfway down the mountain myself, but it was definitely moments like that in the game that endeared it to me so much.

I liked this bit. Made the game more immersive or even realistic, as CJ would just kinda stand there and lapse into his "idle" stage. Either by boredly looking around, or singing Rod Stewart before catching himself.

While jumping off that huge ramp in the desert the other day I jumped off the bike before hitting the water and CJ screamed "WHAT THE FUCK!" Awesome.

Started playing drunk on Saturday, random killings = uber classic!

I aslo noticed, when it was in idle/ogle/perve mode last night, that the female pedestrians' breasts jiggle up and down as they walk. Such dedication.

michelle the driving school girl likes her fat men yes, i never got very far with her as she also likes a stylish man.

i've killed millie, been dumped by Denise, about to be dumped by barbara and katie, and haven't even had a sniff from helen or michelle.

its worth keeping katie and barbara though, just don't bother answering the phone when they ring.

I'm so good, I don't even know anyone's names (aside from Millie, my ride-or-die ladyfriend). I have a helluva time showing Dildo Girl a good time, though - fuck a RATM soundtrack. Also, aside from showing the San Fierro Chick a good time by driving like a jackass, I dunno what else she wants.

yeah, to state the point again, I like how all the girlfriends CJ can get tend to enable his worst tendencies. Esp. the hispanic psychotic chick: "PEEEEEEEEEEEG"!

has anyone noticed how wildy the Vortex hovercraft can explode? It's a challenge just to stay alive if you end up upside down in one of these and have to get out quickly before the thing violently erupts and sends you hurtling to your death 100 yards down the road. Fun though.

GTA:SA "Tampa"

IRL Corvair Monza

Tampa

Parked Locations:

Spawn Locations:

*Bayside Marina Parking Lot, Las Venturas
*Parking Lot west of the jefferson hotel in jefferson/glenpark, Los Santos

the stop on the road trick is best for when you revisit the complete Zero missions and then its just a bonus timed mission with random appearing couriers.

i just laughed my ass off playing it at lunch time. i was causing chaos on the freeways again and was in bulk when i saw a car biff out and drive off at full speed with some guy still stood on his roof in a ready to fight stance.

-- \(^o^)/ ([email protected]), December 9th, 2004 10:15 AM. (Adrian Langston)

but its not as good a game as SA, especially in that saving a game does not kill yr cop rating.

OTOH, parachuting out of that black ops C-5 was quite something.

The desert scenery up around verdant meadows is the best bit of the game so far for me.

I remember when you could fly helicopters in Vice City, it was amazing to see how small the location actually was, and how cleverly it was laid out, to make it seem bigger than it actually was. Not the case in San Andreas though, eh? I got up in a Lear Jet lookalike, and Wow, the size of the place. I tried to fly the learjet under the garver bridge, and of course crashed it into the sea.