Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas (OUT in Oct)
It's well known already that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be
by far the biggest in Rockstar's blockbuster series of open-ended
criminal action games when the game ships
this October. Question is, what kinds of activities will you
be filling your time with as you explore a state-sized chunk of
land that features three huge urban sprawls? In recent weeks,
GameSpot was the first to bring you details on a number of key, new
features and details in GTA: San Andreas, such as the food system,
bike tricks, and gym workouts. In addition, we provided an intimate
look at the streets of Los Santos, San Andreas' LA-style capital
city. This week, though, we've got perhaps the most intriguing
update yet, and suffice it to say we can't come up with any
euphemisms for it. So let's cut to the chase and tell you all about
breaking into people's homes and robbing them blind. And after
that, be sure to stick around for details on how to swim in San
Andreas. (Say goodbye to treacherous instant death-by-water!)
Latter-day GTA games have allowed you to take on story missions as
well as some optional side missions, such as ferrying folks around
Crazy Taxi-style in taxicabs, fighting fires in fire trucks, or
requisitioning cop cars for some vigilante justice. Vice City added
pizza delivery missions, which were good for a chuckle but maybe
didn't seem like an appropriate use of ambitious gangster Tommy
Vercetti's time. In turn, San Andreas will feature what sounds like
the most intense, deepest, and most lucrative side mission-type in
the series to date: robbery.
Robbery will be a means to an end in GTA: San Andreas. That's
because money will be very important in the game, since you'll need
it not just to equip yourself with the hardware you'll need to
survive but also because it'll be the key to main character CJ's
influence and ability to move freely about the state. Unfortunately
for you and CJ, you won't automatically rake in dough each time you
complete a story mission like you did in previous GTA games. After
all, CJ's not some hired goon. He'll end up doing much of his dirty
work on account of his friends and family. Still, he'll need cash.
And to earn it, he'll be able to break into people's homes, steal
their valuables, and then sell these items to a fence.
One of the very first images released for GTA: San Andreas--the one
seen above--showed a gang of armed hoods sneaking up on a residence
in the dead of night, shotguns drawn. This image turns out to be
highly reflective of the new robbery missions in the game, which
represent a new type of "R3" mission. This means that, just like
with the taxi or vigilante jobs, you'll initiate them at will
simply by pressing down on the right analog stick when behind the
wheel of the appropriate vehicle. What's an appropriate vehicle for
a robbery? A moving truck, of course. Find one, switch places with
its driver, hit R3, and you're good to go.
List will be updated
