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GTA San Andreas is kinda trash
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harry mason 1989
Banned
What a terrible opinion
Gta sa made the series popular worldwide
I know vice city did great numbers
But sa was on whole different level
Gta sa made the series popular worldwide
I know vice city did great numbers
But sa was on whole different level
Lukaku's First Touch
Member
If only this one wasn't remastered by complete trash team. Needed a full remaster like GTA 4 does.
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
It's still okay, even today. "Definitive" collection is hardly the best way to replay this classic.
What's shocking to me is that there are only 4 years between the release of San Andreas and GTA IV.
What an amazing technological advancement in such a short time.
What's shocking to me is that there are only 4 years between the release of San Andreas and GTA IV.
What an amazing technological advancement in such a short time.
PeteBull
Member
ps2 vs x360/ps3 as a base platform, man, every gen back then meant huge improvements, i bet if it launched as crossgen like most of new games nowadays it wouldnt look/feel anywhere close as good(gta4)
Edit: For comparision ps2 gpu= 6,2 gflops vs ps3 gpu= 230 gflops so x37 jump in gpu power alone even if u dont count architectural improvements of all kinds.
ps4 gpu 1,84 tflops vs ps5 gpu= 10,2 tflops so only 5,54x jump =/
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Carmen Winstead
Member
People really getting crazy in this forum discrediting the best games of all time.
Last week someone opened a thread saying Resident Evil 4 is trash and this week it's GTA SA turn.
What it's gonna be next week? Super Mario 64?
I thought there weren't that much under 18yo in here...
Last week someone opened a thread saying Resident Evil 4 is trash and this week it's GTA SA turn.
What it's gonna be next week? Super Mario 64?
I thought there weren't that much under 18yo in here...
tommib
Member
It’s the new edgy thing to do. You should do one as well.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Not gonna read the replies because you're gonna get shat on for it, but you're pretty much on the money, and I've played a LOT of SA since the day it came out.
It was a blueprint for Rockstar to see what they could achieve. At the time, the stuff you could do in this game was absolutely mind-blowing. People at school didn't believe that there were 3 full cities with tons of woodland and desert in between, or that you could eat and get fat, and work out and get buff. It sounded like shit that the weird kid made up, but it was all true... and none of it really serviced much of anything. As you say, they threw shit at the wall to see what stuck. There's a reason they never kept the fat/muscle mechanic in any other game and that's because it just didn't add anything interesting, everybody trying to actually play the game just spammed the gym until they were ripped and then that was that.
VC is a much tighter overall package. 3 was the (legendary) groundwork, but VC took that and refined it to a fine edge. SA is a fantastic game which is a little bit too big for its boots.
But "kinda trash" is clickbait nonsense. You nearly had an okay thread going but I bet it's just 2 pages of "look at this loser!"
It was a blueprint for Rockstar to see what they could achieve. At the time, the stuff you could do in this game was absolutely mind-blowing. People at school didn't believe that there were 3 full cities with tons of woodland and desert in between, or that you could eat and get fat, and work out and get buff. It sounded like shit that the weird kid made up, but it was all true... and none of it really serviced much of anything. As you say, they threw shit at the wall to see what stuck. There's a reason they never kept the fat/muscle mechanic in any other game and that's because it just didn't add anything interesting, everybody trying to actually play the game just spammed the gym until they were ripped and then that was that.
VC is a much tighter overall package. 3 was the (legendary) groundwork, but VC took that and refined it to a fine edge. SA is a fantastic game which is a little bit too big for its boots.
But "kinda trash" is clickbait nonsense. You nearly had an okay thread going but I bet it's just 2 pages of "look at this loser!"
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Carmen Winstead
Member
Nah, guess I'll wait 10 years and then just call TLOU, Bloodborne and The Witcher 3 garbage games.
Oh wait, people are already doing that.
Mephisto40
Member
It may not have aged well, but I played it for weeks straight when it first released, it was the best game ever back then
tommib
Member
You lost me at The Witcher 3. Sorry, brother.
Half Life 2 is trash! Metroid Prime! Pure Shite .. how am I doing ?
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Carmen Winstead
Member
Rendered Tangent
Banned
I can only go by my experience playing it on PS2 when it first came out, and I loved it.
I thought the story was enjoyable, it was funny, the graphics were good, it played nicely.
For me, it's the best GTA ever made.
My list goes as follows:
(Best to worst)
1) GTA SA
2) GTA 4
3) GTA VC
3) GTA 5
5) GTA 3
I haven't mentioned Chinatown Wars or GTA London and the other top down early games but they were all good in their own way.
I thought the story was enjoyable, it was funny, the graphics were good, it played nicely.
For me, it's the best GTA ever made.
My list goes as follows:
(Best to worst)
1) GTA SA
2) GTA 4
3) GTA VC
3) GTA 5
5) GTA 3
I haven't mentioned Chinatown Wars or GTA London and the other top down early games but they were all good in their own way.
newtypepilot
Member
SA is trash? LOL WUT that is some fucking bait. It may not have aged well but at the time it set the bar for open world games.
Rockstar did a huge disservice to the game with that failure of a remaster edition.
Rockstar did a huge disservice to the game with that failure of a remaster edition.
Barakov
Gold Member
Amory
Member
I think people just heard about the issues with the definitive releases at launch and think they’re still that way.
The DEs are absolutely fine now, I’m not understanding people who say “well you’re just not playing it on ps2 so you can’t judge”
Also I get peoples objection to my use of “kinda trash”. I meant it as tongue in cheek but I pretty clearly explained my thoughts on the game in the OP and I’m not seeing many people argue against them.
I said I liked the game when it came out but it aged badly, in my opinion worse than the others. You had to be there
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
I play games to enjoy the gameplay first of all. So, filler or not, missions that give me gameplay are more than welcome.
Again, it's about gameplay and they are "essential" if they give me good gameplay.
Amory
Member
So what side activities introduced in San Andreas would you say had good gameplay? Pimping, where you drive 2 girls from one side of the map to the other 10 times to meet clients? The quarry side missions where you get to fight with the clunky bulldozer and crane controls? Girlfriend dates? Diving for oysters? There’s a lot of bloat here that, in my opinion, is not great gameplay.
To be fair I think all the races are pretty fun, especially the flying time trials. The trucking side missions are pretty good too. And the gang territory fights are ok I guess, I just wish there weren’t so many of them and that they were easier to trigger.
calistan
Member
That mission was shit, but SA is still the only GTA game I played through more than once.Made it to this mission and never touched it again.
The radio stations, learning to fly, starting trouble with my homies and watching them all get mown down by the police...
Guilty_AI
Member
TW3 is definitely overrated af. I've no clue how people can play that and call it "an amazing rpg". TLoU too, particularly in terms of the story, though at least looking at the context of its release you can sort of understand why it got so much attention.
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rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
I remember lowrider, gyms, basketball, dating being bad/boring.
Soodanim
Gold Member
I was ready to call OP names for this week's contrarian thread, but I do agree with some of what was said. In my most recent playthrough (PC, patched to perfection) I did side content if I felt like it, but mostly stuck to the main missions and the vehicle schools (for the great unlocks). I don't fully agree with the main mission points though, as not all missions can be top tier, and buying houses for a save point is the point. It's the PS2, what can you expect?
I did 100% it on release, but even with printed maps it was tedious. I would never ever do that again. OP is spot on there. There's lot of little things that aren't really worth your time, but that's the beauty of choice.
I did 100% it on release, but even with printed maps it was tedious. I would never ever do that again. OP is spot on there. There's lot of little things that aren't really worth your time, but that's the beauty of choice.
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
thats commendable but it comes at the cost of the actual mission design and story falling off a cliff once ryder gets arrested. now all the iconic SA chars are replaced with this weird boring cast of people that aren't even mentioned by most casual GTA players and no one remembers, the missions get progressively less fun and more frusturating, and there comes a certain point where you start to have more fun with the open world than the actual story. I hope you like driving for like fuckin 10+ minutes straight in a story essential mission, only for that same mission to be even MORE pointless driving.....
yes gta is an open world game but it's not a pure sandbox, there's a story and a reason for why everything exists and if you cant progress through it (because it becomes lame and fucking boring) whats the fucking point
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TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Nah, fam.
It's your opinion that is trash. Like stinky-ass trashmaster trash
It's your opinion that is trash. Like stinky-ass trashmaster trash
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
It takes place in Florida. The tallest "mountain" in Florida is a medium sized moderately sloped hill that you could walk up in ten minutes.
deeptech
Member
How the fuck are they shit by modern standards? Modern standards if anything make them even better as modern games are low effort trash... mostly.
GreatnessRD
Member
You watch your whore mouth this instance!
And OP, you also watch your whore mouth this instance! I don't know what they put in the drinks these days to have y'all trippin' like this. Ion like dat!
San Andreas kinda trash. The madness I see on the interwebs these days.
fart town usa
Gold Member
Negative. Blaring K-Rose while outrunning cops in the countryside is peak gaming.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
turns out not every video game that came out 15+ years ago is automatically flawless and there's such a thing as
DIFFERENT OPINIONS :O
Maybe instead of complaining about the people who make these types of threads, you explain exactly why these games are cult classics to begin with. Encourage meaningful discussion. That's the main reason why we're here and not some cesspit like twitter with a character limit
Puscifer
Member
Can I just say how wild it is that this now considered the things that make Red Dead Redemption 2 great even though it's boring as hell.
Carmen Winstead
Member
poodaddy
Member
I already explained earlier.
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
I'm not going to post in this thread. It would give OP too much validation for his lame opinion.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
... you literally just did
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
stn
Member
Like any older game, it will be subject to criticism over time in case any of its mechanics age poorly. Thing is, when I think about older games I try not to compare them to modern games. There are a ton of older games which were classic at the time that have flaws which are more obvious now.
Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark - camera and/or controls aged poorly
Metal Gear Solid 1-2 - ditto
GTA 3/VC - combat aged poorly
Having played San Andreas this year, the gunplay still needs work. But it is what it is. Game is still amazing.
Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark - camera and/or controls aged poorly
Metal Gear Solid 1-2 - ditto
GTA 3/VC - combat aged poorly
Having played San Andreas this year, the gunplay still needs work. But it is what it is. Game is still amazing.
