monsterjamp Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) I never really had the time to play GTA SA much. When I did play it was at my friends house after IV was released. And it looked like IV lost a lot of features from SA. It would be cool if someone could list all the features SA had that IV didn't. I tried googling this but no one said the whole list I tried to search for a topic like this but couldn't find any. I am still finding about more and more features that SA has. List them all please I don't care if they are pointless or not. Edit: I'll Start Vehicles -Planes - -Hydra: Launch Missiles, Hover, Really Fast - -Most other planes: Good for stunts and cruising -Bicycles -Car Modifications - -Nitrous - -Cool Designs on Cars - -Variety of Rims -Drive Trains -Jetpacks -Functioning Airports - -Buy Plane Tickets - -Enter Without Cops on Your Back -Schools (The Fun Kind) - -Driving - -Flying - -Boating - -Motorcycle School -Unique Veichles - -Low Riders - -Tow Trucks - -Monster Trucks - -Trailers - -Go Kart - -Vortex - -Street Cleaners Things to spend your Money on/Ways to get money -Gambling - -Negative Money (Resulting in Loan Sharks Hunting you down) -Buying Property -Burglary Missions -Tattoos -Haircut -Side Missions - -Paramedic - -Firefighter - -Freight - -Trucking - -Pimping - -Quarry - -Courier - -Taxi Still Organizing -Stats - -Dual Wield Guns - -Get better accuracy - -Exercising - -Be fat - -Be muscular -Huge Map -Swim Underwater -Classic 3 Era Things - -Wanted System - -Cars auto explode when upside down. -Parachutes -A good variety of clothing -Fun Cheats - -Super Punches - -Riot Mode - -Jetpack -Stadium Events -Interactions - -Operate Cranes - -Talk to Peds Edited July 5, 2012 by monsterjamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ killed Ryder Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 -Parachutes GTA IV had parachutes (Ballad of Gay Tony). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterjamp Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 -Parachutes GTA IV had parachutes (Ballad of Gay Tony). I'm talking about the original IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ killed Ryder Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 -Parachutes GTA IV had parachutes (Ballad of Gay Tony). I'm talking about the original IV. Although I love San Andreas, I see no reason to complain about IV. IV also had great features, such as taking cover, friend activities, chasing most wanted persons, shooting birds, choices to let some character live or die etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterjamp Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 -Parachutes GTA IV had parachutes (Ballad of Gay Tony). I'm talking about the original IV. Although I love San Andreas, I see no reason to complain about IV. IV also had great features, such as taking cover, friend activities, chasing most wanted persons, shooting birds, choices to let some character live or die etc. I like IV I'm not complaining I just want to know all the features that were in San Andreas since I didn't get to play it that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ killed Ryder Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 -Parachutes GTA IV had parachutes (Ballad of Gay Tony). I'm talking about the original IV. Although I love San Andreas, I see no reason to complain about IV. IV also had great features, such as taking cover, friend activities, chasing most wanted persons, shooting birds, choices to let some character live or die etc. I like IV I'm not complaining I just want to know all the features that were in San Andreas since I didn't get to play it that much. Oh yes... Glad to see you're not one of those haters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterjamp Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJK Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? Exercising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butch3r Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. Edited July 1, 2012 by Miamivicecity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterjamp Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. That's more of an opinion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butch3r Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. That's more of an opinion though. I wasn't being serious. Hence the smilie, but I do think SA's story is crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrrhic Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. That's more of an opinion though. I wasn't being serious. Hence the smilie, but I do think SA's story is crap. I think San An has a better storyline than any other GTA, maybe except for III coz I like starting off little and ending up on top of the city. Just a matter of opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butch3r Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Maybe "crappy" was a bit harsh, but never really been a fan of the story. Way too mix and match for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyBlack Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. Oh you... Anyway on with the list! Gambling. And the ability to have a negative amount of cash, at which point the casinos would send loan sharks out to "talk to you about your debt." In other words - hunt you down and kill you. Fun Cheats. If I remember correctly IV just had basic cheats like vehicles, health, weapons, wanted level. But none of the crazy ones from SA like super punches, the various theme cheats, riot mode, and all that good stuff. Stadium Events Driving, boating, flying, and motorcycle schools Paramedic, firefighter, freight, trucking, pimping, quarry, and courier side missions. And endless vigilante and taxi missions. In IV you only had a limited amount available before you were prevented from doing them anymore. Functioning Airports. You could purchase flights to fly between each city. Cars that blew up when you shot their gas caps. Unrealistic, but still a feature. Cranes you could operate. Trains you could operate. Ability to respond to ped's comments. Alright that's all I can think of for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbojohn Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. Says a guy with a GTA IV era pic as his profile pic... Oh and you miss that classic GTA feature. Cars explode when upside down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceeinstein Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) maybe except for III coz I like starting off little and ending up on top of the city. You have completely misunderstood the game. Edited July 2, 2012 by spaceeinstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterjamp Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. Oh you... Anyway on with the list! Gambling. And the ability to have a negative amount of cash, at which point the casinos would send loan sharks out to "talk to you about your debt." In other words - hunt you down and kill you. Fun Cheats. If I remember correctly IV just had basic cheats like vehicles, health, weapons, wanted level. But none of the crazy ones from SA like super punches, the various theme cheats, riot mode, and all that good stuff. Stadium Events Driving, boating, flying, and motorcycle schools Paramedic, firefighter, freight, trucking, pimping, quarry, and courier side missions. And endless vigilante and taxi missions. In IV you only had a limited amount available before you were prevented from doing them anymore. Functioning Airports. You could purchase flights to fly between each city. Cars that blew up when you shot their gas caps. Unrealistic, but still a feature. Cranes you could operate. Trains you could operate. Ability to respond to ped's comments. Alright that's all I can think of for now. Thx for the big list. I have a question though in IV can't you keep doing Vigilante by pressing "Current Crimes"? And I'm going to organize this list soon since the list is bigger than I thought it would be. Makes me frown at all the potential that was tossed aside. I really hope most of these come back in GTA V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Butch3r Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) Says a guy with a GTA IV era pic as his profile pic... So what's your point? Even though I don't really like the story in SA that post was just a lighthearted dig. Opinions are a powerful thing . Anyway yeah in GTA IV you can keep doing Vigilante missions by pressing "current crimes". Edited July 2, 2012 by Miamivicecity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterjamp Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 ^ Thx Again. Anyways I'm wondering about possible Easter Eggs in San Andreas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakerhead. Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 For vehicles, you forgot to add the Go - Kart and Vortex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senex Iunior Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Makes me frown at all the potential that was tossed aside. I really hope most of these come back in GTA V. ...not wasted potential, more like useless features in Liberty City. Of the "features" on that list, the ones that were actually interesting or useful within reason are limited to: -Bicycles -Car modification -Body and clothes customization -Assets -Swimming underwater -Fun cheat codes Huge map, unique vehicles, and wanted system were all in IV. Planes would be absolutely useless in Liberty City where half the city is composed of skyscrapers and where the city really had no open/"free" space like the desert, jetpacks would be extremely out-of-sync with the IV tone (but would make a good cheat code), the stat element in San Andreas sucked big time, was easily cheated, and was more of an inconvenience, dual wielding is unrealistic, a plane ticket to fly across a city is just about damn dumb, the crane is practically useless... And so on and so forth. Most of those "features" were really unrealistic, really useless, or really unnecessary in the first place, let alone if they were carried over to IV. Admittedly, I would sell my soul to replace the sh*tty Friends system in IV with the riot codes, but anyone calling the crane a "feature" implies that it was useful in the first place. IV had its flaws, but so did SA. (That over-the-top BS would really, really wear thin on my nerves if Rockstar had done it with another game and begun to mimic its mentally-deficient clone, Saints Row. It was good for one game, and that's it... perhaps the same is also true of IV's hyper-realism. A healthy balance would be nice... insanity within reason. That's what I'm hoping for in V.) Edited July 3, 2012 by Senex Iunior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnyBlack Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Thx for the big list. I have a question though in IV can't you keep doing Vigilante by pressing "Current Crimes"? Yes I was wrong. I was thinking of that Most Wanted side mission in IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ killed Ryder Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Cars explode when upside down... That feature was annoying and unrealistic... It made your car blow up too fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterjamp Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Updated list. I'm pretty sure I'm missing a lot of unique vehicles ... I can't really remember all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomZoom Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 IV missed a lot of things that GTA SA had. A huge map A restricted area parachutes planes and also CJ is the most customizable player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th3MaN1 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 (Didn't read the whole topic) -hiring GSF members -The Tank+the SWAT tank -A lot of restricted areas -The fact that SA had 2 states to explore:San Andreas and Liberty City(I know LC in SA was made for a mission,and that there's no activity in LC at all,but still,you can explore it but only with cheats thou') -Vehicle driving skill -Minigun?(Probably not a feature,but still,SA had it) That's all I could think of(for now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senex Iunior Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 IV missed a lot of things that GTA SA had. A huge map A restricted area parachutes planes and also CJ is the most customizable player IV's Liberty was a huge, living city, unlike the massive dead spaces in SA. LC felt more alive than the whole state of San Andreas... The airport's runway was restricted, so... wut? I already addressed why planes would be a colossally bad idea in IV in an above post, aside from a potential 9/11 controversy. @Th3MaN1: As someone already said, TBOGT addressed a lot of the superfluous "features" that no one cared about when they were in SA. Parachutes, the APV, the M249 (not a Minigun, still THE BEST as far as weapons go though), and gaudiness were all redone. (OMG GOLD GUNZ R TEH SHT LOL) In fact, these "features" in TBOGT were drastically improved over their III era counterparts. IV had two states, too: Alderney and Liberty... and Alderney could readily be accessed. The skill system was just a useless, easily cheated waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th3MaN1 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 IV missed a lot of things that GTA SA had. A huge map A restricted area parachutes planes and also CJ is the most customizable player IV's Liberty was a huge, living city, unlike the massive dead spaces in SA. LC felt more alive than the whole state of San Andreas... The airport's runway was restricted, so... wut? I already addressed why planes would be a colossally bad idea in IV in an above post, aside from a potential 9/11 controversy. @Th3MaN1: As someone already said, TBOGT addressed a lot of the superfluous "features" that no one cared about when they were in SA. Parachutes, the APV, the M249 (not a Minigun, still THE BEST as far as weapons go though), and gaudiness were all redone. (OMG GOLD GUNZ R TEH SHT LOL) In fact, these "features" in TBOGT were drastically improved over their III era counterparts. IV had two states, too: Alderney and Liberty... and Alderney could readily be accessed. The skill system was just a useless, easily cheated waste of time. Yeah but I took some time to scroll trough the entire topic,and this is about the original IV,not it's DLC's.But you're right,TBOGT had most of those.But i'm still missing the Hydra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeezoo999 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Anyone know any features that I missed? A crappy, uniteresting story. That's certainly something from SA not present in GTA IV. كيف احمل حرامي سيارات اي في Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbojohn Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Says a guy with a GTA IV era pic as his profile pic... So what's your point? Even though I don't really like the story in SA that post was just a lighthearted dig. Opinions are a powerful thing . Anyway yeah in GTA IV you can keep doing Vigilante missions by pressing "current crimes". LOL, ignore my coment, I misunderstood what you said. I thought you were saying that GTA IV had a crappy story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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