Callam001 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 For a long long time I've wanted a San Andreas HD. So Imagine how happy i was to find out that rockstar was releasing one as part of their 10th anniversary. I've been eagerly anticipating this game for the last few days. Today finally came and I went to buy it. I noticed it was £2.99. Alarm bells started to ring "why is this £2.99". Skeptical about it I proceeded to start the game. From the get go I was dissapointed. I was expecting enhanced visuals, more detail and such, instead I found they made the original graphics slightly better. Moving on to when officer tenpenny and cj are in the police car, in the cutscene the car was juddering backwards and forwards. This was a sign of things to come!, further on I noticed more glitches, audio cutting out during a cutscene, disappearing buildings etc. Now my biggest problem is with the control scheme.. it's atrocious, trying to zoom, aim and shoot (RT + B + right anlog stick) is an absolute joke, I found myself nearly dying before i could evem aim. I'm very dissapointed with this game. Will they update the controls? fix the glitches?, give us better visuals?, your guess is good as mine. To say this was to celebrate their 10th anniversary it is a complete joke. It feels like they've done the least amount work possible on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XoNiNjAlEoNoX Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 this is San Andreas HD, it's in 720p. if they've done a remake then they surely would have announced it a lot earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Jawbreaker Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Graphics whores need not apply . Same sweet game play for those of us who savour a quality game . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyR74 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 The fact that this game was announced two days before it was to be re-released tells you that this wasn't going to be a big deal. They said 720p, improved visuals. San Andreas would take a long time to re-master to today's standards. If you ask me, they're just re-releasing it on the store for the people who never got to pick it up when it was an Xbox original title. We get some achievements, and the graphics are bumped up a tad. The controls were never really that great, and 10 years later, they are definitely showing their age. I'm sure they can fix the audio bugs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerchronic Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 The car judder on that scene is there on every version, orig xbox and PC, I've played it enough times to remember. The control scheme is the original, it wasn't good then and why I guess it or changed later, going back took me a min but you get used to it. The audio cut I got to, new one to me. It was never meant to be upgraded though, it's HD not remaster. The wording is key but it's far from the first game to so it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Warren Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Anyone else had issues with the audio completely stopping and occasionally the screen will look mirrored and will distort ? :S Will Rockstar Games update this or has it been the same for the IOS version ? The price is still worth it though, no matter what issues it'd have! Looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahatma Andhi Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You can change the targeting settings in the menu (Menu > Options > Game) and set it to Lock-On. Still awful having to hold right trigger and hit either left trigger or B to fire, but the manual aim is wretched and makes it unplayable. As for the rest, well, I was never expecting an HD remake. I was expecting San Andreas that doesn't have black bars at the top or bottom when playing on an HD screen. That's what we got. If you want better, you'll have to sacrifice achievements for graphics and get it on PC. The audio does cut out in places, which is a bit annoying, but as I always have subtitles on (my girlfriend seems to think it's a good idea to put the washing machine on whenever I start playing a game), it doesn't make it game-breaking. I'm a few hours in to it now having met OG Loc, and I'm loving it. 10 years is a long time and it's definitely showing its age, but I adored this game the first time around when I was 21. For me it's a nostalgia fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarvu Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It's a shoddy port. They happen. You can, however, fire with LT rather than B. Like in the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickmassacre Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You expect to much. it is 720p if you tried playing the original san andreas, which i still have and sometimes do on the 360 you will tell the difference, the original version only takes up half your screen. there is improved draw distance. if you wanted san andreas to look like gta v you have a long wait. it's 2.99 it's a classic game, i love it bugs and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmTheDude360 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Its exactly what I was expecting and am perfectly happy with it. Its full screen HD, has achievements and half the size of the XBO version. And £2.99. Yes they could have updated it, modernized the controls etc but that would have been an entirely different project. Its doable but they probably dont want to spend the time and effort doing it. What I would like to see though is a 15yr Anniversary edition for the XB1/PS4 with several BRays filled to the brim with the entire collection recompiled using their new GTA5 engine. I could die happy. Heres some SA and VC Mods for the PC version to give you an idea how how better it could look. [ame= ] [/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up6pxiS4bVY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up6pxiS4bVY[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stray Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Post them here if you have issues with the game...(Note: This may or may not happen to all players.) Two things that happen to me lately... 1. The framerate chugs down real slow when I was getting the 50 arrests/busts achievement. Loading the game brings it back to proper framerate however. 2. And the game freezes on me when trying to start the mission "Sweet's Girl", yes, this has happened to me quite a bit, and now I'm stuck until I can find a solution to deal with this. (Also yes, there is sound issues and other stuff in-game, its not just me, it happens to all, but since its based off the mobile port anyways...) Edited October 26, 2014 by The Stray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groudon199 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 2. And the game freezes on me when trying to start the mission "Sweet's Girl", yes, this has happened to me quite a bit, and now I'm stuck until I can find a solution to deal with this. Good to see I'm not the only one having this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stray Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 You too Groudon? Oh boy, well no wonder what's up on this port, lol. Still have to find a fix on it somehow, I don't wanna start over though, even if its just a couple missions into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syn360 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I had a issue when my game wouldn't pause, I hit pause again and from there it kept pausing and unpausing and wouldn't let me drive (although everything else seemed fine) until I dashboarded and reloaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callam001 Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 I've had audio cut, buildings disappearing, lag, the police car in the cutscene juddering backwards and forwards And idk if its a glitch or not but my car always spins out for absolutely no reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Craigus Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 I've just done the mission where you go with Smoke to see Emmitt, and you do a bit of shooting practice. The hit markers are way off. I was aiming directly at the bottles and shooting from just a few feet away and nothing, had to aim slightly to the right of them to break them. Crazy. Happy to have this game on 360 with achievements and I'm going to enjoy going through it again, so not complaining too much, but sad to see these glitches popping up. Hope they are able to do something with it somehow and that they don't just ignore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjc0961 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 3 audio cuts so far (one during one of the best parts in the game, didn't get to hear Big Smoke say coughio up el weedo before I blow your brains out all over the patio ), but no freezes yet. I have cleared Sweet's Girl, no issues. Actually I had one issue, the bailing out of moving cars didn't work. I failed that OG Loc mission where you kill the manager because instead of bailing out of the speeding car, Carl slammed on the breaks and then got out. On the replay, he just did nothing and I went over the pier in the car too. Thankfully when I got out of the car it gave me mission cleared. Don't know what the fuck was up with that but at least I got past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wexsuvslim Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 i can't do the "sweet's girl" mission because the game freezes i tried three times but had the game froze all three times so i quit for a while...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteShadowMan Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 My problem with 'Sweet's Girl' is that I've died twice because this mission always gives me problems anytime I play it. Tried to reload from checkpoint, and then it freezes my Xbox. Are some of you just not able to even progress at all and it freezes the second you start the mission or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRedRoses Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Just wanted to say sweets girl works for me. Haven't had any problems so far other than some lag and texture popping which is normal, was in the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groudon199 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 My problem with 'Sweet's Girl' is that I've died twice because this mission always gives me problems anytime I play it. Tried to reload from checkpoint, and then it freezes my Xbox. Are some of you just not able to even progress at all and it freezes the second you start the mission or what? As soon as I enter the mission marker and the screen fades to black, the game freezes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edword Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 My download is stuck at 0% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stray Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 As soon as I enter the mission marker and the screen fades to black, the game freezes. ^This exactly...>_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnymite Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 1.) I noticed the voices cut out in and out of cutscenese 2.) Radio Station songs play partial and then skip. Example: Radio x song Killing in the name - Rage against the Machine doesn't even play yet it's listed apart of the soundtrack 2.) Small frame rate drops, but I guess that happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O1C0A6C8 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Here are some visual glitches that have occurred while I was playing (sorry about the snapped Youtube app) http://i.imgur.com/kQBNjzq.jpg http://i.imgur.com/VcwXCcI.jpg http://i.imgur.com/zzILWnH.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Jh38UHQ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jOtgPHV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/S0EQ4Be.jpg http://i.imgur.com/oZyn1Uu.jpg Edited October 27, 2014 by O1C0A6C8 Additional photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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