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Makers of ambitious Rockstar '3D universe' GTA San Andreas mod cease development themselves

The makers of another long-running GTA San Andreas mod have pulled it offline themselves amid the ongoing crackdown by Take-Two.

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annoyedgamer953d ago

I wish nobody would buy the upcoming remasters but we all know they will sell like hotcakes.

XxINFERNUSxX953d ago

I'll just torrent the PC versions once they release them. I have all the GTA's on PC for free. I'm going to post the torrent links right to Take-Two and say what can you do now? Nothing that's what, I'm taking everything 🤣

Profchaos953d ago

And you know who that behaviour hurts? The PC community remember the mid 2000s when everything was only on console because of piracy was a giant problem on PC before steam became the giant it is today devs were ignoring the PC because everything was cracked and distributed online before the official release date.

It's why crysis bombed financially despite so much praise the priacy numbers were giant. Now if just half of those who pirated the game just brought it legally we would of got a crysis 2 that wasn't designed around a linear console game experience and watered down like 2 was

It really took the rise of digital store fronts to give people a legal and affordable way back to PC gaming for publishers to fully embrace of again.

So if you think piracy is ever the answer remember your the reason why crysis 2 sucks and the reason why we have such harsh DRM like denuvo or custom DRM like rockstar built for rdr2.

Vegamyster953d ago

Profchaos

I don't like the Crysis argument because despite piracy the 1st game on PC is the best selling games in the franchise and the CEO himself said it was still a success, they were originally pissed at piracy numbers and claimed if their games were on console they would have sold something like 4x as much which didn't happen.

"Cevat Yerli: Well, commercially, we had hopes that were not met. But the real expectations were actually met. As a developer we made a profit, so we're happy." 2008

https://web.archive.org/web... http://uk.pc.ign.com/articl...

Regardless you shouldn't pirate, like you said it gives devs an excuse to use crappy DRM.

x_xavier_x953d ago

You are the epitome of a spoiled, entitled child.

annoyedgamer953d ago

Same. Not a dime goes to these corporations.

roadkillers953d ago

Two wrongs don't make a right. As this is the case, I hope TakeTwo gets punished with low sales, but what you are doing IS a crime.

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XxINFERNUSxX953d ago (Edited 953d ago )

They should have uploaded everything as a torrent and then stop. Then Take-Two can't take anything down 😀 I just a tweet to them directly. "For trying to take down the GTA San Andreas mod , your games from the past and future will be torrented for free on PC. " 🤣🤣

Skuletor953d ago

They would have been torrented regardless, in fact jailbroken consoles games have torrents for isos too, I see them all the time when I torrent movies

Profchaos953d ago

Corporate giants are just bullying their most dedicated fans that spend their time prolonging the life of their hands and realistically could of actually generated a small number of sales

JohnGibreci953d ago

This is so sad tbh. Modding community expanded this game so much. Rockstar doesn't care about gamers, they just care about money.

Profchaos953d ago

Rockstar know it and have historically embraced the community however this is take two their parent company waging war and Rockstar lost dan Houser wginwas probably pro community so who knows at this point it's gross and if they are so scared of the modding community putting the remaster at risk the remaster must be of pretty low quality because these guys are just hobbyist and if they can make a better product for free than you put millions into something's wrong.

neutralgamer1992953d ago

So many of original members of R* have left this is Take two and their Greed nothing less nothing more. I wish they would all leave and start a new studio. They are way too talented your be not releasing games often. If they were to become free agent every publisher would go hard after them simply because they are so talented and they can still make GTA but under a different name

annoyedgamer953d ago

Some of the former guys did start a new studio. I forgot the name though.

annoyedgamer953d ago

Rockstar has been gutted. Its just a shell now.

JohnGibreci947d ago

Yeee. They also recently announced GTA V... AGAIN LOL This is third time they announced the same game, say "Improved graphics, AI" but it's the same game. It blows my mind tbh, but they are still doing good and making billions of dollars every single year.

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Ex-Rockstar Dev Finally Explains Why Small Planes Randomly Crashed in GTA San Andreas

Former Rockstar Games Technical Director Obbe Vermeij has finally revealed why some planes would randomly crash in GTA: San Andreas.

Profchaos10d ago

This fly by feature was on the cutting room floor due to the random plane crashes and it's one of those things I'm so thankful made it into the final version as these random fly by and crashes make the world seem more alive on the extremely limited PS2 hardware you needed everything you could possibly get in a open world to convey that feeling.

And accross hundreds of hours of gameplay I probably died around 3 times as a result of these fly by failures but I loved every time it happened

isarai10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

It made the world feel more human, and honestly kinda insane that even today with all these open world games, almost no one can capture that like R* even when compared to their ps2 games

Skuletor9d ago

Lol, I remember those. I vaguely remember dying from one crashing into my car once too.

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I Played GTA San Andreas Nearly 20 Years Later. It Didn’t Go Well.

GL Staff writer Shaz takes you through his frustrating experience playing through one of Rockstar’s most coveted titles, GTA San Andreas.

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shinoff218356d ago

I read about half the article. Dude get over it. At the time of release it was epic as fk. Still my fav gta. Sorry it didn't hold your hand more and the story wasn't up to your 2023 2024 standard. I thought the story was fun. Nothing much else to say just like the article.

andy8556d ago

Platinumed it a few months and loved it. Still as good as when I played it 20 years ago. I'm sure people with these opinions aren't fans

Knightofelemia56d ago

If you can't find the PS2 port it also did appear on the original Xbox. When the game came out back then it was a big release. But I mean playing the game on an ipad to me that's not fully enjoying the game. Too small of a screen for my liking I'd rather play the game on a bigger screen.

GoodGuy0956d ago (Edited 56d ago )

I got the remaster on sale on Steam only to be greeted by the rockstar launcher and forgot my username and password linked to my steam. Then one thing after another with emails and accounts, I had to have proof etc that my Steam account was legitimate...I just quit after that and refunded the game. Looks like I'll just get it on console at some point. Good lord...

V is the only GTA game I've ever beaten which is sad lol. F**k rockstar and their DRM crap.

CDbiggen56d ago

This happened to me and my Ubisoft account. Extra launchers are just not worth the hassle.

franwex56d ago

Played on iPad?? Why not just play on PS2, or Xbox versions? Shouldn’t a game journalist have access to the best selling console ever made, and one of the biggest releases on that console?

If it’s too much trouble there’s emulation solutions.

shinoff218356d ago

I just went through a closet in the house. Had a nes, snes, genesis, n64, 3 ps1s, 5 ps2s, 360. I don't know why I have 5 ps2s.

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Inside The Development Of GTA San Andreas

After GTA Vice City, development began on GTA San Andreas at Rockstar, and the game became a lot bigger than anticipated.

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