GTA: San Andreas

GTA: San Andreas An XBox version has not been annouced. A PC version is expected after the PS2 release. Probably around six months after the PS2 release if things go like the previous releases. Here is a random bulleted list of features gathered from various articles:

• First off, San Andreas will be an entire state, not just a single city. Within San Andreas there will be three cities, Los Santos (Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco), and Las Venturra (Las Vegas).
• San Andreas will be larger than any previous GTA game by far, clocking in at four to six times larger then any of the previous games in the series.
• Moving from one city to another will be seamless as you'll actually travel through the countryside to reach each of your destinations.
• The game engine will allow for much more varied and detailed environments than any of the previous GTA titles. Graphics updates include real time reflections on cars, windows, mirrors, etc., radial lighting, soft shadowed lighting for indoor environments, and separate models for day and night for added detail.
• GTA: SA will feature interior locations for the "vast majority of the buildings." These locations will also serve as more than just a save location opening the way for "new types of gameplay" like robbery.
• Purchasing property and GTA: SA will be more fleshed out, allowing you not only to buy but also to build (probably scripted and not free form but cool nonetheless).
• GTA: SA is based in the early 90's, opening the game up for some intense gang warfare.
• As usual Rockstar will be going all out on the voice acting. No confirmations thus far, but it has been rumored that Dave Chappelle may make an appearance.
• Radio stations will still be in place and you can bet that Rockstar will use an even larger catalog of music. With three different cities to choose from we'll probably see different sets of radio stations in different cities further expanding the play list.
• GTA: SA will tie in with the rest of the GTA series, featuring cameos from previous characters and borrowing plot points to further expand the GTA universe.
• The new AI system in GTA: SA should keep things interesting with each ped reacting more intelligently to their surroundings (really this time). Peds will also have expanded dialogue. The AI system also ties into a dynamic difficultly system that changes the difficulty based on your performance, making it easier or more challenging depending on your skill level.
• Gangs, Los Angeles, and the 90's go hand in hand (in hand) and GTA: SA will reflect this with the ability to recruit a gang to accompany you on some missions. Get in a car with some of your gang members and you'll be able to take the phrase "drive-by" to a whole new level. The gang recruitment wont stop there, you'll actually get into "running and commanding a criminal organization." As always this system will be intuitive enough to avoid any troublesome micro management.
• Mini games will make a reappearance, but as with everything else in GTA: SA, they will be refined and expanded upon.
• Rather than only using missions to push the story forward, GTA: SA's plot and your location within that plot will always affect what you are doing, regardless of if you're on a mission or not. Everything you do in the game will tie in.
• Burglary will be more prominent in GTA: SA, but will require lots of skill, planning, and preparation.
• As you change your location within the game the gameplay will change along with you, allowing different activities in different locations. One example would be gambling in Las Venturra.
• There are hundreds of skills to acquire in the game and just about every mission will have you doing something new.
• GTA: SA will be the first GTA to feature the need for food. Depending on how you eat and what you do you'll see your character get fatter or thinner which then ties into your stamina meter and actually effects other ped's reaction to you (FAT BASTARD!). Getting fatter will have its consequences and will make some missions more difficult. This actually cuts both ways because you can also go to the gym and improve your physical condition, increasing your strength, speed, and changing your character model.
• Targeting and control in third person games has always been an issue, but Rockstar has some interesting solutions that have yet to be revealed. Dan Houser's advice is to play the shooting levels in Manhunt to get any idea of what they have in mind.
• Character control will be more varied, allowing for swimming, multiple combat stances, and attack styles.
• GTA: SA will feature a "s---load of weapons" all of which will reflect the real world weaponry of the early 90'. All the weapons in the game will have their own unique feel and you'll also be able to double up on the pistols using one in each hand.
• Animation will also be refined with rag doll physics and location based hit detection.
• The vehicle physics engine has been further tweaked but nothing specific was mentioned.
• New forms of transportation will be introduced in San Andreas, but the only one mentioned was the bicycle. Apparently you'll be able to speed up by mashing buttons. Ahh the days of Track and Field :) ...
• You may or may not be able to build and/or run a casino. Gamespy is reporting that Rockstar has yet to confirm or deny this feature regardless of what is being reported elsewhere. Casino's will be in there, but the player involvement with them is still any ones' guess.
• Rockstar is still being quoted as saying GTA:SA will be four, five, or even six times bigger then any of the previous games in the GTA series. They also repeat the report that there will be some sort of mountain in the game and it takes a one minute game time helicopter ride to get to the top. They also mention that you may be able to ride your bike all the way down.
• Gamespy confirms that GTA:SA will definitely be set in the early 90's
• Graphical improvements include, impact animation, rag doll physics, independent day and night models for extra detail and more realistic lighting, Manhunt style gameplay with different approaches to different missions (stealth, run and gun, etc), and new Manhunt style targeting system with better indication as to how much damage any given target can take (it's beginning to sound like Manhunt was a proving ground to test out some of R*'s ideas for GTA :) ). GTA:SA might also include real time reflections on cars and other surfaces, realistic shadowing using radial lighting, and six times the draw distance of any of the previous games in the series.
• No load times for outdoor settings, but moving indoors will incur a modest load time.
• New vehicles include bicycles (you're rumored to start the game with a bike) and other off-road vehicles like a quad-runner. It's also rumored that cops will have the added ability to grab on to your car and we might also see some CHiPs style motorcycle cops joining in on the chase.
• GTA:SA will feature a new and improved driving system that is rumored to net us more control and realism. Rockstar is all about balancing fun and realism so this should be an improvement rather than a hindrance.
• Swimming will finally make an appearance in GTA allowing you to swim away from any vehicular mishaps. This should be a welcome addition as long as they don't go nuts with the swimming missions.
• Gang warfare will make up about 15% of GTA:SA's gameplay.
• As mentioned previously you will be able to perform robberies (house robberies and otherwise) but with serious consequences.
• GTA:SA will be adding to VC's ability to change outfits by adding the ability to change hairstyles as well. If you end up with a bad haircut then you can expect to hear some trash talk from the peds. This goes along with the fact that peds will react to your appearance with appropriate insults or compliments. Just like changing clothes in VC, changing hairstyles in SA will help you lower or eliminate your wanted level.
• Once again, you can get fat or fit in GTA:SA, which will directly effect your endurance in the game.
• The peds in GTA:SA are supposed to be smarter this time around. I know, we've heard this exact same line before, hopefully it's for real this time.
• Music will obviously be a big part of GTA:SA and you can bet that Rockstar's preference for Sony's PS2 will net them access to Sony's music licenses.
• GTA:SA may be packaged on a single, dual-layered DVD to eliminate any disc swapping.
• Check the rest of Gamespy's article for more on GTA:SA's cities, characters, and background info. The one major note is that Salvatore Leone will make an appearance in GTA:SA but his role in the game is currently unknown.

TIPS & Tricks

GTA Vice City Tips & Cheats		Contents Tips Maps PC Cheats PS2 Cheats GS Codes
Tips
I created three forum topics devoted to VC tips. To submit a tip, just post it to the appropriate thread. Please read the first message in the thread before posting. Mission Tips - (Anything from a full mission walkthrough to a useful tip on how to accomplish a particular mission. This includes robberies, timed, and side missions (taxi, paramedic, fire, pizza, vigilante, etc)). Miscellaneous Tips & Tricks (Anything from how to do a stunt, where to find a helicopter, item locations, or just random fun things to do in Vice City.) Observations & Glitches (Anything from Easter eggs, to weird ped comments, game glitches, in-game references to other games in the GTA series, or anything that really isn't a tip but you think needs pointing out.) Please post all your questions in the following thread. Questions & Answers - (Post any questions you have here, or answer someone else's question if you feel so inclined. Please do not post questions in the tip threads)
Hidden Package & Stunt Locations
MrSlayerJenkins created maps showing the locations of the hidden packages and the unique stunts. GameSpot has a more complete selection of maps with locations for just about everything in the game. Hidden Packages Unique Stunts
PC Cheats
Enter these codes during regular game play. Enter again to turn off the effect. Rockstar recommends that you do not save your game with any cheat codes active. If you do save, I suggest using a different save slot and then reload to test for problems. I do not have any information on a money cheat, but I will post it assuming one is ever found. Cheat Code Effect Player Cheats THUGSTOOLS All Weapons #1 PROFESSIONALTOOLS All Weapons #2 NUTTERTOOLS All Weapons #3 PRECIOUSPROTECTION Full Armor ASPIRINE Full Health ICANTTAKEITANYMORE Commit Suicide YOUWONTTAKEMEALIVE Raise Wanted Level LEAVEMEALONE Lower Wanted Level DEEPFRIEDMARSBARS Tommy Gets Fatter PROGRAMMER Tommy Gets Skinnier CERTAINDEATH Tommy Starts Smoking Character Skin Cheats STILLLIKEDRESSINGUP Change Clothes CHEATSHAVEBEENCRACKED Ricardo Diaz LOOKLIKELANCE Lance Vance MYSONISALAWYER Ken Rosenberg ILOOKLIKEHILARY Hilary King ROCKANDROLLMAN Love Fist Guy 1 WELOVEOURDICK Love Fist Guy 2 ONEARMEDBANDIT Phil Cassidy IDONTHAVETHEMONEYSONNY Sonny Forelli FOXYLITTLETHING Mercedes Vehicle Spawning Cheats PANZER Rhino TRAVELINSTYLE Bloodring Banger 1 GETTHEREQUICKLY Bloodring Banger 2 GETTHEREVERYFASTINDEED Hotring Racer 1 GETTHEREAMAZINGLYFAST Hotring Racer 2 THELASTRIDE Romero's Hearse ROCKANDROLLCAR Love Fist RUBBISHCAR Trash Master GETTHEREFAST Sabre Turbo BETTERTHANWALKING Caddie Other Vehicle Cheats WHEELSAREALLINEED Invisible Cars BIGBANG Blow Up Cars SEAWAYS Cars Hover Over Water MIAMITRAFFIC Aggressive Drivers AHAIRDRESSERSCAR Pink Cars IWANTITPAINTEDBLACK Black Cars COMEFLYWITHME Low Gravity HOPINGIRL Girls Get In Your Car LOADSOFLITTLETHINGS Sports Cars Have Big Tires AIRSHIP Boats Can Fly GRIPISEVERYTHING Perfect Handling Weather Cheats ALOVELYDAY Sunny Weather APLEASANTDAY Partly Cloudy Weather ABITDRIEG Very Cloudy Weather CATSANDDOGS Stormy Weather CANTSEEATHING Foggy Weather Miscellaneous Cheats ONSPEED Everything Is Faster BOOOOOORING Everything Is Slower LIFEISPASSINGMEBY Speed Up Time FIGHTFIGHTFIGHT Peds Riot NOBODYLIKESME Peds Hate You CHASESTAT Media Level Meter OURGODGIVENRIGHTTOBEARARMS Armed Peds GREENLIGHT Set All Traffic Lights Green FANNYMAGNET Tommy Groupies (they attack whoever you target) CHICKSWITHGUNS Girls Carry Guns
PS2 Cheats
Legend Enter these codes during regular game play. Enter again to turn off the effect. Rockstar recommends that you do not save your game with any cheat codes active. If you do save, I suggest using a different save slot and then reload to test for problems. I do not have any information on a money cheat, but I will post it assuming one is ever found. Feel free to ask questions, post feedback, and that sort of thing in the cheat code discussion thread. I've just been informed that most, if not all the cheats listed here were originally hacked by The GFCC. U = Up D = Down L = Left R = Right T = Triangle S = Square X = X O = Circle L1 = L1 L2 = L2 R1 = R1 R2 = R2 Cheat Code Effect Untested or Unknown R, R1, U, L2, L2, L, R1, L1, R1, R1 ??? R2, O, U, L1, R, R1, R, U, S, T ??? R1, R2, L1, L1, L, D, R, U, L, D, R, U ??? R2, O, U, L1, R, R1, R, U, S, T ??? O, L1, D, L2, L, X, R1, L1, R, X ??? Player Cheats R1, R2, L1, R2, L, D, R, U, L, D, R, U All Weapons #1 R1, R2, L1, R2, L, D, R, U, L, D, D, L All Weapons #2 R1, R2, L1, R2, L, D, R, U, L, D, D, D All Weapons #3 R1, R2, L1, X, L, D, R, U, L, D, R, U Full Armor R1, R2, L1, O, L, D, R, U, L, D, R, U Full Health R, L2, D, R1, L, L, R1, L1, L2, L1 Commit Suicide R1, R1, O, R2, L, R, L, R, L, R Raise Wanted Level R1, R1, O, R2, U, D, U, D, U, D Lower Wanted Level O, X, L1, L1, R2, X, X, O, T Ladies Man Character Skin Cheats R, R, L, U, L1, L2, L, U, D, R Change Clothes L1, L2, R1, R2, D, L1, R2, L2 Ricardo Diaz O, L2, L, X, R1, L1, X, L1 Lance Vance O, R2, D, R1, L, R, R1, L1, X, L2 Candy Suxxx R, L1, U, L2, L1, R, R1, L1, X, R1 Ken Rosenberg R1, O, R2, L1, R, R1, L1, X, R2 Hilary King D, L1, D, L2, L, X, R1, L1, X, X Love Fist Guy 1 R1, L2, R2, L1, R, R2, L, X, S, L1 Love Fist Guy 2 R, R1, U, R2, L1, R, R1, L1 ,R, O Phil Cassidy O, L1, O, L2, L, X, R1, L1, X, X Sonny Forelli R2, L1, U, L1, R, R1, R, U, O, T Mercedes Vehicle Spawning Cheats O, O, L1, O, O, O, L1, L2, R1, T, O, T Rhino U, R, R, L1, R, U, S, L2 Bloodring Banger 1 D, R1, O, L2, L2, X, R1, L1, L, L Bloodring Banger 2 R1, O, R2, R, L1, L2, X, X, S, R1 Hotring Racer 1 R2, L1, O, R, L1, R1, R, U, O, R2 Hotring Racer 2 D, R2, D, R1, L2, L, R1, L1, L, R Romero's Hearse R2, U, L2, L, L, R1, L1, O, R Love Fist O, R1, O, R1, L, L, R1, L1, O, R Trash Master R, L2, D, L2, L2, X, R1, L1, O, L Sabre Turbo O, L1, U, R1, L2, X, R1, L1, O, X Caddie Other Vehicle Cheats R1, R2, L1, L1, L, D, R, U, L, D, R, U Car Speed x2 R, R2, O, R1, L2, S, R1, R2 Cars Hover Over Water R1, X, T, R, R2, S, U, D, S Weird Wheels R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, S, T, O, T, L2, L1 Blow Up Cars R2, O, R1, L2, L, R1, L1, R2, L2 Aggressive Drivers O, L1, D, L2, L, X, R1, L1, R, O Pink Cars O, L2, U, R1, L, X, R1, L1, L, O Black Cars R, R2, O, R1, L2, D, L1, R1 Low Gravity T, R1, R1, L, R1, L1, R2, L1 Perfect Handling Weather Cheats R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, D Sunny Weather R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, T Partly Cloudy Weather R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, S Very Cloudy Weather R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, O Stormy Weather R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, X Foggy Weather Miscellaneous Cheats O, O, L1, S, L1, S, S, S, L1, T, O, T Speed Up Time T, U, R, D, S, R2, R1 Slow Down Time D, L, U, L, X, R2, R1, L2, L1 Peds Riot D, U, U, U, X, R2, R1, L2, L2 Peds Hate You O, L1, D, L2, L, X, R1, L1, R, X Media Level Meter R2, R1, X, T, X, T, U, D Armed Peds R, L1, O, L2, L, X, R1, L1, L1, X Girls Carry Guns

Controversy

Critics have targeted the exploitative and violent attitude toward women in the series. Although not encouraged to do so in any of the games, players may utilize the services of prostitutes, and then subsequently rob and murder them.

The Grand Theft Auto series has been a source of considerable controversy since the release of Grand Theft Auto III. Some controversy can be attributed to publicist Max Clifford, who planted sensational stories in tabloids in order to help sell the game^[10].

The fourth game in the series, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, also came under criticism. One mission in particular, in which the player must instigate a gang war between Haitian and Cuban gangs, has been controversial. Haitian and Cuban anti-defamation groups criticized the game. Jean-Robert Lafortune of the Haitian American Grassroots Coalition is quoted as saying that "The game shouldn't be designed to destroy human life, it shouldn't be designed to destroy an ethnic group," for this and similar scenarios, including lines in the game's script such as "kill the Haitian dickheads" during an altercation between the player and a Haitian gang. After the threat for having been sued by the Haitian-American Grassroots Coalition, Rockstar removed the word "Haitians" from this phrase in the game's subtitles.

More recently, four teens in New York decided to go on a Grand Theft Auto inspired crime spree. The three teens beat and robbed a man outside of a New Hyde Park supermarket. They then went to a train station, encountering other teens they know from their high school and recruiting them. The mob, now numbering six, armed themselves with a baseball bat, a broomstick and a crowbar. They stopped a woman driving a black car, stole her cigarettes, then her car. They then smashed a van with the baseball bat they carried. Both the driver of the BMW as well as the van called the police, and the teens were arrested shortly after.

Overview

Overview

The games allow people to take on the role of a criminal in a big city, typically a lowly individual who rises in the ranks of organized crime over the course of the game. Various missions are set for completion by the figureheads of the city underworld, generally criminal, which must be completed to progress through the storyline. Bank robberies, assassinations, and other crimes feature regularly, but occasionally taxi driving, firefighting, pimping, street racing, or learning to fly an airplane are also involved as alternate adventures, which can be done at any time during the game, with the exception of the periods performing main missions.

In later titles, notably those released after Grand Theft Auto 2, the player is given a more developed storyline, in which they are forced to overcome an event where they are either betrayed and left for dead or experienced an unfortunate event, which serves as motivation for the character to advance in the criminal ladder, and eventually leads to the triumph of the character by the end of the storyline; specific examples of this are the plots for Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

The Grand Theft Auto series, belonging to a genre of free-roaming video games called "sandbox games," grants a large amount of freedom to the player in deciding what to do and how to do it through multiple methods of transport and weapons. Unlike most traditional action games, which are structured as a single track series of levels with linear gameplay, in GTA the player can determine the missions they want to undertake, and their relationships with various characters are changed based on these choices. The cities of the games can also be roamed freely at any point in the game, offering many accessible buildings and minor missions. There are exceptions: missions follow a linear, overarching plot, and some city areas must be unlocked over the course of the game.

Grand Theft Auto III and subsequent games have more prevalent voice acting, and radio stations, which simulate driving to music with disc jockeys, radio personalities, commercials, talk radio, pop music, and American culture.

The use of vehicles in an explorable urban environment provides a basic simulation of a working city, complete with pedestrians who obey traffic signals. Further details are used to flesh out an open-ended atmosphere that has been used in several other games, such as The Simpsons Hit & Run, which has less emphasis on crime or violence.

The series has courted a great deal of controversy since the release of Grand Theft Auto III. This criticism stems from the focus on illegal activities in comparison with traditional "heroic" roles that other games offer. The main character can commit a wide variety of crimes and violent acts while dealing with only temporary consequences, including the killing of policemen and military personnel. Opponents of violent video games, such as Jack Thompson, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Julia Boseman, believe that players will try to emulate this behavior, while proponents believe it provides an emotional outlet, as such actions in real life would have serious consequences.

About Grand Theft Auto (series)

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a sandbox style video game series created by Dave Jones and primarily developed by Scottish company Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games.

The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, driving, and occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements and has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. The antagonist in each game is commonly a character who has betrayed them or their organization or someone who has the most impact impeding their progress.

The series began in 1997 and currently has nine stand-alone games with a tenth one on the way, and two expansion packs for the original. Film veterans such as Michael Madsen, Burt Reynolds, Dennis Hopper, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Penn, James Woods, Joe Pantoliano, Frank Vincent, Robert Loggia and Ray Liotta have all voiced major characters in many installments in the series. The name of the series and its games are derived from grand theft auto, a term referring to motor vehicle theft. As of March 26, 2008, the franchise has sold over 70 million copies worldwide; according to Take-Two Interactive.