GTA Soapbox

[Guest]

In my opinion, if R* were to give Claude a voice (if ever at all), then I believe he would've been voiced by their very own Renaud Sebbane because not only he did the mo-cap work for Claude (citation needed), but after listening to his voice work on Barry Stark on VC's VCPR, I think his voice would fit Claude really well.

 

Random fact: Claude's SA rendition, both the cutscene and in-game models, comes with complete facial animation bones, including mouth movement. But they're never really used apart from maintaining the "static" face expression Claude always has.

Edited May 11, 2021 by Staunton Assassin

[Keano]

San Andreas is the greatest video game ever made in my opinion. Vice City is a very close second and on a different day, may even take number one.

[String]

1 minute ago, Keano said:

San Andreas is the greatest video game ever made in my opinion. Vice City is a very close second and on a different day, may even take number one.

These two are really something else no, I hold these two in very high regard as well, Vice City is my favorite GTA and I dont play too many games so probably my favorite game too but sometimes I feel I prefer San Andreas. But the thing is these two made me feel something not many other games have made me feel and I chalked it down to nostalgia but I see so many like you and I share the same opinion of Vice City and San Andreas that I also think, there's got to be something special in these two!

 

tangentially related but its really nice to see Vice City and San Andreas get paired as two great games, rare is the fan who will say IV is the greatest video game but V is a close second and may take number one on another day. 

[Jokeman123]

49 minutes ago, Keano said:

San Andreas is the greatest video game ever made in my opinion. Vice City is a very close second and on a different day, may even take number one.

Imo i think it's RDR2 is but SA is there as well. I have yet to play VC lmao, i will tho

[Keano]

On 5/11/2021 at 10:23 AM, Jokeman123 said:

Imo i think it's RDR2 is but SA is there as well. I have yet to play VC lmao, i will tho

RDR2 is up there at least in terms of protagonist and storyline. 

[Jokeman123]

Off- topic but i'm about to play VC for the first time lol

[String]

10 hours ago, Jokeman123 said:

Off- topic but i'm about to play VC for the first time lol

You are about to face the most important decision in GTA history

Spoiler

which vehicle to pick when you get control of Tommy, Admiral or Faggio??? 

 

But yeah, have fun man! VC has its own special charm and though other GTAs have improved on it a lot, I find its story unmatched in the GTA series in terms of being a power fantasy  

[Keano]

17 hours ago, Jokeman123 said:

Off- topic but i'm about to play VC for the first time lol

You are in for an experience! What console are you playing on? I recommend PS2 or PC if you want the soundtrack without having songs removed in later versions.

[SM-W]

 

 

[Jokeman123]

4 hours ago, Keano said:

You are in for an experience! What console are you playing on? I recommend PS2 or PC if you want the soundtrack without having songs removed in later versions.

I'm on the PC version

[LowTierDude]

Why do (mostly indonesian, russian and brazilian) san andreas graphics modders like adding anachronistic cars and sh*t in the game so much. I s2g theres always like a laferrari or a modern day beamer suv in these videos. Aint the game set in 1992 mfer

Edited May 21, 2021 by DownInThePMs

[Guest]

11 hours ago, DownInThePMs said:

Why do (mostly indonesian, russian and brazilian) san andreas graphics modders like adding anachronistic cars and sh*t in the game so much. I s2g theres always like a laferrari or a modern day beamer suv in these videos. Aint the game set in 1992 mfer

Exactly. Mods that break a game's lore or outright ignore it really don't appeal to me, honestly. I mean, if you love a game, then find the formula that made you love it and improve upon it so that game becomes even more fun to you.

 

Take the Max Payne modding community for example, like 99.99% of the community is literally full of weird mods like Matrix or Kung-Fu or whatever that don't even comprehend the lore of the game it's made for. I haven't seen a single mod that keeps either MP1 or MP2 as original as possible and/or attempts to fix any of the bugs in the game, and that's exactly why I began my Fixing The Payne "remastering project" back in 2016 which I aim to resurrect soon.

Edited May 21, 2021 by H-G

[JetNormalGuy]

11 hours ago, DownInThePMs said:

Why do (mostly indonesian, russian and brazilian) san andreas graphics modders like adding anachronistic cars and sh*t in the game so much. I s2g theres always like a laferrari or a modern day beamer suv in these videos. Aint the game set in 1992 mfer

Just buy one of those bootleg copies of the game, Faggio's replaced by shopping carts, Admirals replaced by f*cking Dacia Dusters and Oceanics turning into a sports car, sh*t is ridiculous.

[The Green Goo]

On 5/17/2021 at 12:20 PM, Jokeman123 said:

Off- topic but i'm about to play VC for the first time lol

 

 I wish I could experience it again for the first time, but with updated physics and controls. 

[Americana]

Almost every mod is like that, modders always add unnecessary crap.

 

I hate mods.

[Mattineu]

On 5/21/2021 at 11:32 AM, H-G said:

Exactly. Mods that break a game's lore or outright ignore it really don't appeal to me, honestly. I mean, if you love a game, then find the formula that made you love it and improve upon it so that game becomes even more fun to you.

As a modder myself, i agree with you, those mods that add anime charcters, superheros, hyper modern cars and those GTA Brasil/Indonesia/Russia mods as well are some downright jokes that stain the couple of lore friendly mods in the community.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Mattineu said:

As a modder myself, i agree with you, those mods that add anime charcters, superheros, hyper modern cars and those GTA Brasil/Indonesia/Russia mods as well are some downright jokes that stain the couple of lore friendly mods in the community.

Yeah, and these "mods" spawn comments like the one made by @Americana above your post. The worst case of such lore-breaking "mods" has to be this "GTA MyriadMarie" TC someone made:

 

 

Apparently, this thing has spread to various other modding sites and now it has like 100 different versions.

[LowTierDude]

Some of the mods are kinda funny though

 

 

[GhettoJesus]

Modders add unnecessary sh*t? Explain this masterpiece then.

For real though I never understood modding, especially anachronic one. I too enjoy driving a 2015 BMW in 1992. But the weirdest mod for me will always be the white CJ mod.

[Yinepi]

On 5/24/2021 at 7:27 AM, Americana said:

Almost every mod is like that, modders always add unnecessary crap.

 

I hate mods.

All mods or just real car mods? I can understand not liking non lore-friendly vehicles. I never download them, but ones that are lore friendly are okay in my book.

Though in honesty all mods whether lore friendly or not look like f*cking ass in SA. I don't have this problem with 3, VC, IV or V though. That lighting just sucks in SA. SA is the only GTA I stopped modding out of downright disgust for the way things look.

Edited May 28, 2021 by Yinepi

[Guest]

After comparing the over-crossing scenes between IV, TLaD and TBoGT, I'm wondering to myself: What if R* reused the base IV game's assets in the episodes like IV Johnny model in TLaD, IV Luis model in TLaD/TBoGT, the fat old white biker from "No Way on the Subway" as Jim Fitzgerald in TLaD, the unused/unfinished chopper bikes in IV actually being in TLaD, no radio station playlist changes... the differences are many, I could go on. Basically imagine how TLaD and TBoGT would've looked if R* never touched the base IV assets at all and actually used them instead.

Edited June 12, 2021 by H-G

[CynicalMexican]

On 5/24/2021 at 8:32 AM, Mattineu said:

As a modder myself, i agree with you, those mods that add anime charcters, superheros, hyper modern cars and those GTA Brasil/Indonesia/Russia mods as well are some downright jokes that stain the couple of lore friendly mods in the community.

And? Do they harm anyone?

 

So what if there are some wacky mods out there. Let people play the way they want to play.

[Guest]

It's sign of creativity, there's no boundaries in modding, no matter how weird it is.

[String]

I'm such an idiot lmao

 

all this while I thought this artwork

 

was of Phil Bell

only today I realized it was Mikhail Faustin 

 

[Guest]

On 6/13/2021 at 5:39 AM, CynicalMexican said:

And? Do they harm anyone?

 

So what if there are some wacky mods out there. Let people play the way they want to play.

Most of the GTA games that can be modded are set in the past where stuff like modern-day supercars and anime stuff makes no absolute fncking sense to even exist. It's weird to see CJ talk on a 1992 cellphone while driving a 2015 sports car.

 

On 7/11/2021 at 7:46 AM, Wayne Kerr said:

I'm such an idiot lmao

 

all this while I thought this artwork

(image)

 

was of Phil Bell

only today I realized it was Mikhail Faustin 

 

Apparently, R* made IV's artworks before designing the actual 3D models of the characters, that's why they're so outright inaccurate.

[CynicalMexican]

On 7/10/2021 at 11:51 PM, H-G said:

Most of the GTA games that can be modded are set in the past where stuff like modern-day supercars and anime stuff makes no absolute fncking sense to even exist. It's weird to see CJ talk on a 1992 cellphone while driving a 2015 sports car.

 

And? I've modded GTA San Andreas (with many personal assets) to look like it takes place in the year 2001. The mods that "makes no absolute fricking sense to even exist" for me actually makes the game look as I want to. If someone wants to add modern cars and re-do the game to look like it takes place in present day, they have every right to do so.

[Guest]

On 7/11/2021 at 11:57 AM, CynicalMexican said:

 

And? I've modded GTA San Andreas (with many personal assets) to look like it takes place in the year 2001. The mods that "makes no absolute fricking sense to even exist" for me actually makes the game look as I want to. If someone wants to add modern cars and re-do the game to look like it takes place in present day, they have every right to do so.

Of course they have the right to do that but at least keep the game cohesive and consistent. As I said in the previous page, if you love a game, then find the formula that made you love it and improve upon it so that game becomes even more fun to you. The real thing about modding is to expand on the original game and introduce new content that fits right into the game's lore, as if the developers themselves made it.

[CynicalMexican]

On 7/11/2021 at 11:07 AM, H-G said:

Of course they have the right to do that but at least keep the game cohesive and consistent. As I said in the previous page, if you love a game, then find the formula that made you love it and improve upon it so that game becomes even more fun to you. The real thing about modding is to expand on the original game and introduce new content that fits right into the game's lore, as if the developers themselves made it.

At the end of the day, to each their own I suppose. One man's trash is another man's treasure

[Guest]

I don't see anything wrong with driving a tesla cybertruck with my homie Godzilla who managed to fit inside the car while shooting sh*tass and the ballas.

[Zello]

On 7/10/2021 at 10:46 PM, Wayne Kerr said:

I'm such an idiot lmao

 

all this while I thought this artwork

 

was of Phil Bell

only today I realized it was Mikhail Faustin 

 

 

 

Get out of my sight or I f*cking kill you!!!!!