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Crash's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (XBX)
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| [September 22, 2010 10:22:26 AM]
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I have played the Grand Theft Auto series since the first on that I had played on the original Play Station One. I have always had an interest in playing the game, and mostly enjoyed just driving around and causing mayhem. This time around I will be encountering the 4th edition of the game, San Andreas. However I will be playing this on the PC versus the controller of a console.
One of the first things I had considered was that installing the game was much of the classic themes of the previous games. The first thing that I have noticed was on the installation sequences showed of a Latino person with a bandana across his face, while also holding an AK-47. As well as himself there are also other people appearing during the install including an African-American and an attractive female both with tattoos. The consistency that Rockstar has been able to contribute to the entire series, is almost of a graphical comic book appeal when looking at the story boards. The wanting to convey of a strong appearance really sets the mood of the gamer getting a feel of how the game will proceed. Especially when showing the cop in the beginnings, as a very strong athletic figure that will be able to beat you to a pulp.
So the beginning of the game starts as I get picked up from the airport from a cab to go and bury my mother. When all of a sudden I am picked up by the 5-0, and they start accusing me of a cop murder that just took place. They let me off with a warning and then suddenly throw me into the neighborhoods that I used to represent. Trying to figure out how to maneuver around on a keyboard and mouse can be a tricky situation when you are used to controlling everything with a console controller. The first thing I was able to do once I was able to roam around was getting an understanding of how to operate a bike. You would think that it wouldn’t be that hard to do, but it is when I was thinking that I had to control it with the mouse instead of the keyboard.
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| [September 21, 2010 09:00:39 PM]
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This would be my third entry for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I have realized that the first time that I had written the first attempt was for actually an opinion. And I apologize to the reader. The problem with games like Grand Theft Auto, they start to become very repetitive and less and less interesting. When going to sit down and play the game, I had never thought about doing the missions and learning “respect” from the proper gangs in the streets. To the point where I would own strip clubs and airstrips. This is of a world that is of a virtual lifestyle that I would never want to live.
Yes money can bring happiness to many people, however it causes to become corrupt. And I would never want for that to ever happen to me or anyone that I know. Having a large chunk of change that can be granted has its risks. Such as how would the IRS not find out about this large cash deposits or purchases. It would seem strange that one day you are driving in a Geo, and the next day driving a racecar. Also the scientific ability to instantly spawn weapons, that is nowhere near possible at the moment.
It would be awesome for the possibility to instantly spawn money, cars, aircrafts, and wanted levels. That would be the true statement of a thrill seeker, but that future technology is too far away from being conquered. This would truly be the remarkable feeling of every superhero known to man. However unlike other strategy games, you don’t necessarily have the other things that you need to worry about. Such as an oncoming strike, or a nuclear attack or the fact that you are in jail and need to find a way out. However I will want for these things to happen at a later date because that would be crazy awesome.
These three settings in which I had played this game, were of a good waking up call from what I have missed. This was of the game that I would look forward to when going to a friend’s house, movies and kick-a** video games that I was never to be played in my house. However I think I will not go back to the GTA series, only because like I have said before it is very repetitive. Though there are upgrades to the different editions, the concepts are still very concrete to the original game. Lifestyle of the rich and the famous is one that can be conquered and lost in an instant whither it is in a game or in real life. The steep measures one is willing to go in a game can only go so far.
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| [September 21, 2010 08:00:28 PM]
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This entry has been edited 1 time. It was last edited on Sep 21st, 2010 at 21:01:06.
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| [September 20, 2010 05:09:48 PM]
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Upon opening Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the second time, I actually had done what I was intending to do originally. Just to drive around and cause mayhem. However this time around, I decided to use cheats so that I would be able to become an unstoppable object.
During the first couple of attempts, I had tried a different cheat for each time the began to stack the cheats making me more unstoppable and unpredictable. However with every cheat that I turned on actually made the game a bit more boring. For instance I was trying for about an hour or so to try to get to six stars, and was never able to get that high. The highest I was able to get to was that of four stars. When you have cheats on, four stars is not that impressive. When I was shooting down tens maybe 30 helicopters total with a pump shotgun where I would never run out of ammo, having them to keep having people repel off of them and to keep spawning all the time (One for the news and the other for swat), it had gotten really tiring.
When going to spawn different vehicles, it was a bit tricky. You would have to stand correctly on the street so that for example the Tanker Truck would not have to spawn in the middle of a fence and not be able to move at all. Never to spawn a dumpster truck while on a staircase, this causes for the truck to be stuck by the handrails and unable to move for about five to ten minutes. In a game where time is a matter of life and death when there is a bounty on your head. Also should point out that if you are planning to fly a helicopter or a plane, don't spawn them under trees or in confine space this will just make it crazy to take off let alone get off the ground. I had attempted this a few times before figuring this out. The second I got into the aircraft, the engine started to overheat; also since I did not know how to fly the aircraft, and soon enough I was hitting a bunch of buttons and either I would just jump out of the aircraft or I would do something to cause it to explode.
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