Lordani_66 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 What I have noticed in "The Introduction" (special 20 minute video made in San Andreas engine to explain the storyline of GTA SA, that was added to PS2 collector's edition) is that some models were re-used from the game and were meant to represent different people than they were supposed to show in the original game. And I am not taling about your generic peds, no, I mean models that were unique in GTA SA, for example: Officer Pendelbury: Is clearly just a more pale, blonde version of officer Hernandez: The guy that T-Bone and Toreno were beating up in San Fierro (guy on the right): Is clearly a mexican gangster, friend of Cesar Vialpando in the beginning of Los Santos portion of the game: Who knows, mayne there is more? Anyone ever found this out? I think it's pretty cool and mysterious, I know these are not teh same people, and only the models are the same (or slightly altered), but it feels like as if GTA SA was a movie and these people (actors/models) were just playing different roles. UltraGizmo64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markusizr Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 officer Hernandez model in sa looks like a cesar Lioshenka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordani_66 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 6 hours ago, markusizr said: officer Hernandez model in sa looks like a cesar Noooo, their models are clearlydifferent. GTA SA has this graphics style where actually a lot of model faces are very similar but I wasn't talking about this in my OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Femme Fatale Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Yeah, I noticed. The latter is kinda funny cuz the character looks like a tough badass in the mission he appears in, but R* shatters that personality by using the exact same model for the supposed snitch that T-Bone beats to death. Maybe it was a "favor" for the players who instantly hated him. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Busta Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 And the Andre the gun dealer from the "gray imports" mission his skin tone just turned black and one of the two brothers which appear in some cutscenes like Maddog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratha Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Yeah I remember thinking the same when I first saw pendelbury. The devs were just cutting corners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxSites Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) Interesting, they probably didn’t feel like making new models for something like this and they knew that very little people would notice. Edited February 26, 2019 by FoxSites lil weasel and Evil empire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jt Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 On 2/24/2019 at 11:33 AM, markusizr said: officer Hernandez model in sa looks like a cesar It's quite the same texture but with diferent style and model but same face. On 2/24/2019 at 11:33 AM, markusizr said: officer Hernandez model in sa looks like a cesar Here it's texture compararison of textures Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny1 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 They probably did it just to save time. The Introduction was most likely being made near the release date and I doubt they would want to spend the time and effort to make fully original models for one or two scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
