Friday, January 14, 2005
I feel the need to waffle about GTA San Andreas, coz the game is rather amazing me.Why amazed?
It's the depth of the world it creates.
For sure there are missions and objectives that need to be completed to actually beat the thing, but you can effectively choose to ignore these and just 'live' in the virtual world that's been created.
The environment itself is absolutely huge, taking quite some time to travel between the borders of just one of the three sections, even on/in a fast car or bike. If you choose to walk, it can take ages. The variety of scenery or setting is extremely varied too, from your local 'hood', to the local downtown area, the beach, business parks, docks and industrial areas, sleepy little farm communities, posh communities in the hills, urban cityscapes, you name it... it's in there. Each area being populated with the relevant kind of inhabitant... the oportunities for just messing around are vast.
Then there's the things you can do, like going shopping for clothes, tattoos, getting a haircut, going to the gym, entering lowrider competitions, being a pimp or vigilante.... not to mention doing burglaries or muggings, or just plain slaughtering opposing gangs in street warfare.
Oh yeah. One of my fave features is the 'radio'. Whenever you steal a car, it plays one of a number of radio stations, and if you don't like the chosen station, you can flick trhough to find one that suits you. Most are music based, but there's this one particular 'talk radio' station that I actually sat and listened to outside of 'my house' for an hour, before it looped and started over. Very *very* funny shows.
Hell, it'd be worth buying the game just to sit and listen to the radio.
Another really funny feature is the police helicopter.
If you go on a cop killing spree, which I've done on occasion, just for the hell of it, they call up a chopper to go after you. This in itself is no big deal... but what the guys in the chopper say to each other is hysterical.
"Shoot him!"... "I can't shoot him. I'm a pacifist. Scare him!"
"If I shoot him, do I get a medal?"... "You'll get two!"
The lines are funny enough, but the tone of voice has me rolling on the floor in stitches. Very very camp.
You can even have fun just wandering or driving around and watching what people do, and the daft things that happen.
There was this occasion when I was walking through a city area, and this cop went to cross the road and got ran over by a police car. Or the time I was cruising along the freeway and a Winnebago lost control for no apparent reason, went over the barrier and crashed in some wasteland. I went down to take a look, and watched the driver trying to get out of the burning wreck.. The thing blew up, sent him flying through the air, and he landed in a bloody mess.
Ohhh.... and the multi-car pile ups are just awesome.
I happened to crash in an area approaching an airport. Cars kept coming along and smashing into my car, and each other. Then my car blew up, and as the fire spread, all the others started blowing up too.... people running around, burning, screaming, dying etc. It looked like a war zone.
Brilliant! :-D
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Steve 3:34 AM [+]
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