Features in SA - GTA

You can do certain stealth kills with melee weapons, each weapon having a different animation. E.g. with a knife you impale the blade into their necks.

CJ actually has his own crib in Orange Grove

Peds can sleep and also you can do stealth kills while they are sleeping too

You can visit shops, markets and drug related businesses in Hashury

You can play basketball by yourself or take on other people

There are pubs in the country towns

Angel Pine is the size of 2 Vice City Blocks

There is a motel up on Mount Chiliad

You can also add artistic designs on your car at TransFender

You can now power slide with the handbrake, and not so stiff and quick like previous GTA’s.

Not only does your car's structure get damaged, but modifications made on your get bent and wrecked too.

You can fly 3x higher then in VC

Gambling is a stat and is increased based on your maximum bets

You can only play at some tables if you are a high roller

Recruiting gang members depends on your respect level

Ridable bicycles and you can do some tricks such as bunny hopping

Will be set in Las Venturra(based on Las Vegas), Los Santos(Based on Los Angeles), and San Fierro(based on San Francisco) The 3 cities of San Andreas! Each district is bigger then Vice City.

Police can chase you on Motorcycles now.

There will be some countryside setting.

Linerunners will have trailers.

There are ATVs in the game.

You can dual-wield some weapons now.

You can drive an agricultural seeder and other farm vehicles.

Overhauled graphics engine means crisper quality, realistic shadowing and reflections, and independent day- and night-time models

Tons of fully-rendered interiors

Eating, though not required to live, will affect your physique and will be necessary for stamina. You must eat to stay healthy and maintain stamina. Being thin will help in some ways while other things might require you to be fat. You can buff up!

Restaraunts; Different types that will affect your body and weight differently. In other words Junk food all the time will make you fat.

You know you can eat already! But did you know that eating too much will make you fat? Some missions are more difficult or possibly not doable if you are fat. Also, if you don't eat for long periods of time you will get skinny and weak. When CJ is "hungry" a message will be flashed on the screen

You can go to the gym and get fit

When overweight, you will waddle like a Penguin, become slow, sluggish and out of breath quickly. You will also throw up your food if you eat too much. Reactions will also be proportionally slower

Fully operational casino

The city directly affects your characters progression, abilities, and even appearance

Appearances of past GTA characters

Well known voice acting talents

Increased AI and NPC recording sessions

Missions will adjust to suit your skill level so everyone can progress the story. In other words if you become stuck on a mission, the game will slightly adjust to accomodate you so you can advance the storyline

Four-person drive-bys in some missions

Your actions while not on missions reflect your position in the storyline

Ability to rob houses as an R3 side mission

Improved Manhunt-like targeting system

New melee combat animations

New weapons, more variety, revamped old weapons

Improved car handling

More modes of transportation

Training will increase Stamina, Fitness, Body-type, driving ability, fighting, etc.

Different consequences for working out/not working out. And not just the obvious ones like getting fat getting you ridiculed and losing stamina. Lifting will bulk you up and make you stronger but also slow you down.

Carl can attack enemies from behind, after hiding and sneaking through the shadows.

The city reacts to your characters health and appearance. Peds will call you fat, etc.

Carl's ability to swim and the length of time he can stay underwater for depends on his fitness and how often he practices swimming.

Members of The Orange Grove Families wear green clothes.

The Ballas gang members wear purple clothes.

Models will include up to 50% more polygons than Vice City.

Bicycles move forward when the X button is held down, but tapping it will make the player travel faster.

Carl can roll to the side during combat on the press of a button.

Players can now pivot the camera around the car, in order to gain a better view.

A choice of haircuts are available, from shaven/bald heads to 'Afro' style cuts, Jheri Curls and Corn Rows.

Not only can players choose new hairstyles, but choices of beards and other facial hair will be at their disposal.

On sitting down in Reece's barber shop, players can scroll through a list of haircuts, previewing each one. Some cost up to $500 to apply to the character.

The map is 'America Shaped', and Los Santos is less than a quarter of it in the bottom right corner.

Streets will glow orange due to the harsh sunlight.

During a four-person driveby, each character can have an independent target, and a car health meter is displayed on screen to show the damage which has been inflicted on the car.

Achievements made during a mission will affect what leisure options are available to CJ.

While targetting an opponent, the camera will move to just above CJ's right shoulder, giving the player a better view of the action. Holding the target button longer will aim towards the opponent's head.

Draw distances are confirmed as being 2x higher than Vice City in the urban areas and 4x higher in the rural areas.

Streets are now much more full, with the feeling of 'emptiness' from Vice City now completely gone. There will be an endless stream of other cars for CJ to steal.

The legendary mountain has been named as Mount Chiliad, and is over half a mile tall.

Rivers, beaten tracks and cliff top roads criss cross what can be described as the largest object in any Grand Theft Auto game, ever.

A female character from a previous game will return, lodging in a forest cabin which CJ will come to use as a hideout.

One mission involves Carl and his unnamed female accomplice travelling to a Dillamore gas station, attempting to rob the office, but being hampered by the bullet proof glass recently installed by the owner. Instead, Carl and friend steal the fuel tanker which is sitting outside. One twist is the fuel tank trailer isn't connected to the front, so Carl must connect the two. Once an escape has been made, players must take care not to jack-knife the vehicle on the treacherous rural roads, all the while being chased by the owners of the gas station in their cars.

Combine Harvesters will be included and you are able to control them.

Mobile Hot Dog Vans will be present.

The police helicopter will include a spotlight which can be shot out.

Updated versions of the Walton, Voodoo, Sabre, Sanchez, Patriot & Linerunner (with or without trailer) will be present.

A 4x4 vehicle (four wheel drive) will be incorporated in the rural areas, allowing players to traverse the bumpy terrain with ease.

For the ultimate driver, a monster truck, will allow for the crossing of extremely difficult ridges, bumps and even shallow rivers.

You will start to see clouds when you reach a certain altitude on Mt. Chiliad.

There are tunnels and lots of foliage on the mountain

It is possible to attach and detach the trailer on the back of large trucks

The M-16 Assault Rifle makes a comeback as the M4

The Monster Truck does not have a hand brake, but rather the ability to switch to 4x4 steering mode, which gives the vehicle an extremely small turning circle which is great for navigating through the trees in the country side.

The Monster Truck also has the ability to drive through shallow rivers thanks to it's raised body.

Players will have to be very careful when driving the Gas Tanker as it will Jack-Knife very easily.

You can purchase Tattoos for CJ

You can climb over fences giving you new levels of freedom

Camera Confirmed with unique set of controls

You can do trucking missions as a side quest with certain conditions such as taking no damage or meeting a deadline. Failure to do so results in a reduced fee.

Parts of the Cities unlocked as you progress

Many enterable interiors, far more than Vice City.

Interiors will be more interactive, not just "Save Points"

Inbred locals and other degenerates will give you missions in the countryside.

Countryside will have farms, rolling fields, rivers, forests, deserts, hills and tumbleweeds

SA will have as many as 16,000 Unique textures and buildings

Mount Chiliad is the single largest structure in the game. It is about 1/2 Mile high and it has tunnels, trails and cliffs

If you include 12 small towns the game will actually have 15 Cities.

Los Santos has a bright and gritty feel, the weather is hot and has occasional bursts of rain. San Fierro will be foggy. Las Venturras will be bright with harsh lights reminiscent of the Vegas Strip.

Orange Grove in Los Santos is reffered to as "The Grove" by residents

In Vinewood you have landmarks such as Cathay Theatre, the Walk of Fame and the Vinewood sign.

The most affluent area of Los Santos is Rodeo

The mansions and Estates in Los Santos are situated at the tops of Vinewood Hills.

SA wave effects are more realistic and react more accurately to weather as will be evidenced by physics of boats.

Pedestrians will be far more sophisticated and each will have roughly ten minutes of dialogue. Also you might see things like Peds walking hand in hand and will react when you get between them

Gang member AI far more advanced now. During "down time" they will be gathered together, smoking, drinking, having conversations, greeting each other and just chilling.

Gang tactics to get you out of their territory will be more sophisticated. Sometimes attacking you full force and sometimes waiting for you to get deep into their area before ambushing you. Gang members will incorporate much more varied tactics like complex strategies to catch you by surprise and lure you into a trap. Also, each gang has its own unique styles

You can hire your gang members to help you with your dirty work based on your respect

Vastly overhauled GTA III engine

New Streaming and rendering techniques have been used

Radial lighting is being used for more realistic shadowing effects

Real Time refections will be used on mirrors, windows and cars

Soft Shadow lighting will be used in interiour locations

Independent models of every structure in the game will be used on every structure in the game

New fighting techniques can be learned at gyms

Basic tutorials used in the game's first missions

Swimming abilities will be dependent upon your "Stamina" which you will build up in various aspects of the game. You can crawl out of a car that has fallen into the water

Right Analog stick will be used to bounce your Lowrider around

The only loading times in San Andreas will be entering buildings

35-50% more polygons than Vice City

CJ and his gang will be able to take over parts of the map, like "RISK". You will need to maintain your own home turf though.

You can customize CJ's skills like Driving, fighting, clothes, possessions, weapons skills, character, relationships and your gang

Distant objects will have far less "pop ups". This is because distant objects will be drawn as one, even though separate, and will be drawn independently only when you get closer

You already know the map will be bigger than Vice City but the storyline in San Andreas will be roughly three times as long as Vice City

Carl will gain experience both with specific vehicles like bikes as well as weapons, the more times he "uses" or drives them

While running, the right analog stick can be used to control CJ's point of view

Mission accomplishments will effect which "leisure time" missions/activities are available

There is an intricate freeway system in Los Santos similar to that of Los Angeles and is somewhat represented in a screenshot showing part of the Freeway.

Among the various flyable vehicles you will have a Full Winged Dodo which you may remember from GTA III was not a vehicle you could fly

The rural areas take a considerable length of time to cross by car.

The transition from City to Countryside and back again is very gradual, creating more realism in the envireonment so it isn't like an unrealistic, sudden change

New and improved Police AI

People (peds) will act according to their social status. So a group of gang members will act differently than say a Farmer. This will cut down on the "Ped repetition" of III and Vice City. The peds will show a much wider variety of behavior patterns than ever before in GTA games, not to mention a much improved AI

There is a BMX bike race down Mount Chiliad which sports a perilous course and forces you to jump many obstacles on the way down. Your competition will also try and knock you down to take you out. You will be able to use the same tactics on your opponents

Details II

Unconfirmed but printed in various magazines or well respected fan sites

There will be Supermarkets you can shop in will be in the game including El Nuevo Big O' Supermarket in Los Santos
Street Vendors will sell things like Slushies (Thrush, Mushy & Frosty are the three Slushie flavors) as well as many other vending carts.
In the Supermarkets you will have to wait on lines and supposedly there is a severed head in one so watch out!
You get to choose which Hot Dog restaurants stay in business by promoting them, destroying rival Hot Dog carts, selling your Place's dogs, etc.
Steve Scott (from Vice City) is back and a prominent player in Vinewood
Los Santos streets have names and there are street signs
Meals at Cluckin' Bell include: Cluckin' Big Filet Burger, Cluckin' Huge Double Filet, Wings-Pieces Bucket and the Fowl Wrap Burrito
Meals at Well Stacked Pizza include: The Buster, The De_Luxe and the Double De-Luxe
Meals at Burger Shot include Double Barreled Burger
Two rival Hot Dog sellers are Beef Bandit and Shaft Hotdogs
During a 4-person Drive by, each person has their own separate target. Also a Car Health meter appears on-screen
Hitchhikers can be picked up
After the logo screen loads up, a large map pops up with options for Select, Options, Audio and Display
Some "in game stats" include Distance run, driven in a car, riden on a Motorcycle, riden on a bike, weapon accuracy, etc
Some of the Tatoos you can get are region specific. For example in Los Santos you can get: Guns, Gang names and women. In San Fierro you can get: Aztec symbols, Drug art and more. In Los Venturas you can get: Cards, Dice and much more
Fighting opponents in a boxing ring will help you get better at fighting and your character will learn more moves. You can also use the Boxing ring to lose weight just like you can lift weights in the gym
Carl can now block opponents attacks (punches and kicks)
In Water, Carl will automatically tread water when you do nothing, regardless of the weather conditions
Pressing the Left analog stick forward will cause CJ to breaststoke forward with no loss of stamina. Holding down X will cause CJ to swim freestyle and that will make him swim faster, at a cost of stamina (similar to sprinting on land). Pressing Circle while freestyling will cause CJ to dive underwater. If you dive while someone is chasing you they will lose track of you. Swimming underwater will be much like swimming on top of water, using X to make CJ swim. When underwater a "Breath-o-meter" will appear on the screen and if it goes down to zero CJ will drown. CJ can get out of the water by simply swimming to shore or grabbing onto a ledge if it is low enough for him to reach from the water
While swimming underwater, the game will offer some "suprises" to the observant gamer. Carl can also steal boats while he is swimming
New San Fierro info: The Golden Gate Bridge is called the Gant Bridge; There is a place in San Fierro modeled after "Doherty" which is a town in San Francisco where a huge Earthquake hit in 1989; There is a Hippy festival in San Fierro called Hashbury & Garcia Joint Festival; San Fierro will introduce the character Cesar; There will be a Chinatown in San Fierro and the Triads will be back! This time you can do missions for the Triads and you will work for a blind guy by the name of Wu Zi Mu. One of his tasks for you is to rescue fugitives in a container, connected to Human Trafficking
There are 150 core missions
Weather will be very specific, meaning it can be rainy or cloudy in one place and sunny in another
When talking to people you have a choice of dialogue you can browse through
In some garages you can change the paint color and Varnish of your car. You can also customize it with rims, spoilers, Exhausts, Front and Rear bumbers, Roof, Wings, Wheels, etc.You can customize almost every car in the game. Most upgrades do NOT effect speed or handling in your car. The exception is Nitrous Oxide which is said to work similar to Need For Speed and/or Midnight Club. Supposedly you will get a blur effect when using the Nitrous boost similar to Midnight Club II or NFSU
Some things that are returning from Vice City: Grandparents Forever will be back! The clothing store called The Gash will make a return for your apparel shopping pleasure; Steve Scott will make a return as a Movie Producer. And though very successful it is reputed tat he is NOT happy. It is said that the reason he is not happy is due to Starkweather, who you may know as the Director in Manhunt; Supposedly he and Scott were once good friends and directed a movie called "Murder Juice" together.
Eris from GTA III will make a return. That is the company that employs Children! Remember: "Yesterday I made a Dollar!" and "My friend Joey swewed his hands together!"? from the GTA III radio commercial?
Each of the three major Cities will have their own Airport where you can Jack planes from
There are Police Impounds where your car can be impounded if you leave it on the street too long. BUT you can find the yard and steal it back!
You can steal a Tow Truck and impound people's cars, and bring them to the Impound lot, so Tow Trucks are completely functional
The San Fierro Gym is called Cobra Martial Arts and centers on Martial arts and learning new skills from Asian masters. In one segment, CJ learns a new move called the Drop Heel Kick. Apparently there are different styles of combat CJ can learn from Martial Arts to Boxing. Depending on how much you train, you will have a different style of fighting
Basketball consists of 2 on 2
A hippy store you can shop in in San Fierro is called VW Bully
You can stuff things into the boot of your car
New conversation system, press left on the D-Pad to answer yes to questions, and right on the D-Pad to answer no.
Not only is there a Trolly system in San Fierro but you can drive them!
Alcatraz is NOT YET in the game because Rockstar hasn't seen it yet but supposedly it will be in the game once the the research is finished.
Police not only chase you out on streets but also have car chases with the AI (meaning they won't only be chasing you!)
In the Countryside there will be cows and pigs
People who live in the small towns are often drunk and funny to see and sometimes are half naked
You can do tricks with the Quad Bikes (ATV's) like wheelie's, 180's, 360's, grinding rails, etc
Riding a bike, just like running on a treadmill in a Gym, is considered "aerobic" exercise in the game and will help you tone up or lose weight
Rockstar uses Filters in Los Santos and in the countryside. This creates the contrast between the two environments. So where Los Santos looks orange reflecting the hot sun and smog, the ocuntryside looks very clear, brighter and healthier because of another filter
Confirmation of Shaun Ryder doing the voice of Maccer
DJ Pooh has been helping Rockstar write the storyline, the radio stations and the dialogue. In real life hs is a Hip Hop priducer and a screenwriter
You can buy Tobacco and cigarettes and smnoke them
The Hub is the name of CJ and Cesar's garage
The gang concept is being made far more sophisticated in this gang. You can earn the respect of one gang and then wear their colors. This will cause them to ally themselves with you but it will also cause other gangs (their enemies) to hate you and may elicit harassment from Cops who see you wearing the gang's colors and clothing
Car Jacking will be a little different in that some people will still flee from you once you jack them, but others will fight you for their precious rides! The same is true when robbing houses. You never know if you will encounter a defenseless old lady or a Serial killer type when you rob their house
Cops will be like gangs in the sense that they will have a much greater AI and will work together a lot more cooperatively to take you out. They will act in a far more sophisticated manner in taking cover, coordinating attacks and taking you down. They will use spotlights in Helicopters to temporarily blind you. They will even fire at you from their motorcycles. They will come out of the streets at you at many different angles and cops on foot can even hang onto your car, being very difficlt to shake off.
You already know about double weilding, but for some weapons that are bigger and harder to control, they will have to be used with both hands.
Gang members, NOT just peds will be judging you by your clothes, gang colors, weight, hairstyle and tatoo's and will interact with you differently depending upon these factors
As for your physique, you even have a stat for Fat levels and muscle levels
The Gym in Los Santos will teach you Boxing; The Gym in San Fierro will teach you Martial Arts and the Gym in Las Venturras will teach you dirty streetfighting.
While there are several Barber shops in San Andreas, Old Reece's is the official barber of the Orange Grove Families
It apparently will take you about 30 minutes to cycle up Mount Chiliad with a BMX bike
Among the improvements to the Targeting, players can now use the shoulder buttons to not only cycle through opponents but through various bodyparts on a particular opponent
You will have the choice of Manual or auto targeting
You can perform "Trucker" R3 missions
Foliage is randomely generated so the terrain is ever changing
No longer will you have "one moon" like in GTA III and Vice City but you will have a 30 day moon cycle
Stars and the night sky are clearer and more visible in the Countryside
Tankers are reputed to make excellent "rolling bombs". So you can start driving towards a group of enemies, bail on the Fuel Tanker and hit it with your Rocket Launcher from a safe distance to take out loads of people at once
Other new vehicles include Crop Dusters (for flying across the state) that you may be able to actually dust crops with, Bulldozers, and a touring bike called the Wayfarer (Similar to a Honda Gold Wing). Also the Banshee returns and is the same car as in GTA III, not the one in Vice City
Melee weapons like the Shovel can also be used to block as well as attack
The County of Angel Pine has a family owned Liquor store, a small Bakery, a single-screen Movie Theater and Motel named "U-Get-In"
A funny new vehicle has been added like the Baggage Handler or the Caddy. It is the Lawnmower
West of Los Santos is an RU-Haul truck stop where CJ can do 18-Wheeler Races as a side mission. For a Payoff, you cen deliver goods in the Semi-Trailer which has its own physics
Pressing square will make CJ Block
While in Flyable vehicles and "Altimeter" will be part of your HUD and display height.
You will be able to do midair tricks in the Crop Duster because of its speed and maneuverability
Chartered Airlines will be available to fly you between the three Cities. The Airline is called Juank Air

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