R_thanatos
Member
Weird for something like GTA ( such big franchise ) i kinda expected them to actually tryto make a decent port out of it
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Digital Foundry: GTA: San Andreas HD on Xbox 360 is a mobile port
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NekoFever
Member
Tee hee.
GlamFM
Banned
LCS & VCS for PS2 were shitty PSP ports. It happened before.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Lol. I wish I could say that was on purpose.
Altered_Beast
Neo Member
Its $3.74 (US). The price alone makes the shoddy port ok. The cost-benefit is much better here than say, $40 for Angry Birds Star Wars (an "optimized" next Gen port).
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah, it's pretty shitty. But it's also $3.74. If it had been $15 as was rumored, I would have been pissed.
LCS more than VCS. VCS tried to add more content, and it did in the form of new side-missions. The PS2 version of LCS is missing multiplayer.
Both are still significantly better than their PSP counterparts - thanks to SA camera control in particular - that despite their lazy port quality, they're the current definitive versions. At least until the day both games are either fully ported or remade for PC, officially or not.
GlamFM
Banned
Still looked far worse than LC & VC on PS2.
Outside of the car lighting, which is also based on SA, it clearly did. ):
Mastah
Member
It's just an awful port:
-game freezes quite often, people have problems with starting missions, I've experienced it first hand with what, 7 missions into the game?
-stuttering not only framerate, but also cars, when they start to bounce without any reason to do so
-randomly missing sound during cut scenes
-digital analogs, so you can't control acceleration in vehicles, it's either 100% or 0
-broken free aiming, way too sensitive even on the lowest possible settings
-right trigger - aiming, left trigger - shooting = LOL
-no vibrations
-no grass, which was present in PS2, Xbox and PC versions
-also I'm pretty sure heat haze effect is removed
-awful skips on radio stations, for me it's actually making this port almost unplayable, I can't even enjoy listening to the radio, because there is not one full track or radio show, it fucking skips or loops all the time
-saves don't have time stamps - yes, really, you have to remebmer in which slot you last saved the game
-radio dies after completing missions like taxi driver or firefighter, so you have to re-enter vehicle to get it back
-something what looks like crushed blacks to the max in dark places or during nights, you just can't see shit
and there's much, much more.
Many wonder why only on X360 or why is there no official announcement - because it's fucking terrible port, which needs to be fixed as soon as possible. It's so bad even Rockstar didn't acknowledge it on their website or Twitter - there is no info about this piece of shit. Don't buy it, unless you REALLY want it. I bought it because of achievements and because it's another version of San Andreas on consoles, but even for such a huge GTA fan like me, it's a chore to play through it, not to mention get 100%.
-game freezes quite often, people have problems with starting missions, I've experienced it first hand with what, 7 missions into the game?
-stuttering not only framerate, but also cars, when they start to bounce without any reason to do so
-randomly missing sound during cut scenes
-digital analogs, so you can't control acceleration in vehicles, it's either 100% or 0
-broken free aiming, way too sensitive even on the lowest possible settings
-right trigger - aiming, left trigger - shooting = LOL
-no vibrations
-no grass, which was present in PS2, Xbox and PC versions
-also I'm pretty sure heat haze effect is removed
-awful skips on radio stations, for me it's actually making this port almost unplayable, I can't even enjoy listening to the radio, because there is not one full track or radio show, it fucking skips or loops all the time
-saves don't have time stamps - yes, really, you have to remebmer in which slot you last saved the game
-radio dies after completing missions like taxi driver or firefighter, so you have to re-enter vehicle to get it back
-something what looks like crushed blacks to the max in dark places or during nights, you just can't see shit
and there's much, much more.
Many wonder why only on X360 or why is there no official announcement - because it's fucking terrible port, which needs to be fixed as soon as possible. It's so bad even Rockstar didn't acknowledge it on their website or Twitter - there is no info about this piece of shit. Don't buy it, unless you REALLY want it. I bought it because of achievements and because it's another version of San Andreas on consoles, but even for such a huge GTA fan like me, it's a chore to play through it, not to mention get 100%.
Allez Phill
Banned
Lmao
InsaneTiger
Member
Glad I still own the original PS2 copy. Shame these companies port console games to mobile then port the mobile version BACK to console.
Jimmyfenix
Member
Jimmyfenix
Member
It can't be that hard for a company like R* to re-license the songs.
The Albatross
Member
I bought it for $3.75.... Took some screenshots.
I knew it was the mobile port when I saw the "RS" Checkmark icon which is straight from Android to turn on Vigilante mode.
Also suffers from typical GTA PS2-era pop in. Here I am flying around minding my business when a radio antenna literally appears out of nowhere and kills me.
I knew it was the mobile port when I saw the "RS" Checkmark icon which is straight from Android to turn on Vigilante mode.
Also suffers from typical GTA PS2-era pop in. Here I am flying around minding my business when a radio antenna literally appears out of nowhere and kills me.
Yeah, I bought the "remaster" on the 360 for $3.74, and found it to be really off-putting. Glad to know that my impressions are justified.
Prolly going to grab the PS2 version for $4, too.
Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
No shit. The mobile menu is the first thing you see when you load up the game. I'm glad I didn't buy it (the price was very tempting) but it looks like this is going to be the only version available on digital stores going forward thanks to the licensing issues. Thankfully I still have my physical PS2, Xbox and PC versions.
MacH1nation
Member
Wow! Can we hold back on the lazy dev stuff for a second for a learning moment? Now if this is the mobile port, something I suspected, can someone knowledgable inform me if the performance issues are related to mobile being open GL and micro sg platforms using directx? Or is this related to the engine of the mobile port? Wanting money is a given, but could any amount of time made it better?
abracadaver
Member
the low price is only available until november 10th
after that it will be 14.99
after that it will be 14.99
360 worse than mobile phones confirmed
Normally this would make me mad, but on the other hand... Rockstar knows that anything will sell with the GTA name on it. Even when it's a crappy port of an awesome game. They could literally shit in a box, write "GTA" on the box with poop and it would still sell. So why should they bother to do proper or at least acceptable work?
Buckethead
Banned
You mean you couldn't tell by the UI?