The touchscreen controls are a compromise, but you’d have to assume that anyone downloading a nine-year-old PlayStation 2 game on an iPhone knows what they’re getting themselves in for. San Andreas is also the first time the idea of changing your character’s role-playing style stats emerged, although the more organic system in Grand Theft Auto V works much better than spending tedious hours (well, minutes) in San Andreas’ gyms. From playing pool and basketball to burgling random houses and, for the first time, flying real planes it’s obvious that this was the inspiration for Grand Theft Auto V in terms of more than just location. Grand Theft Auto IV’s more grounded (read: boring) missions were a direct reaction to San Andreas’ uncaring attitude to plausibility and realism but in hindsight San Andreas’ attitude makes for far more fun. The early part of the game finds you trying to restore your gang’s past glories but quickly diversifies into stealing jetpacks and jump jets for the most spurious of reasons. In terms of story you play the role of gangster ‘CJ’, who returns to the city in 1992 after his mother is killed. No one’s going to be mistaking this for Grand Theft Auto V, but they may need a second glance as the two games are set in the same fictional state and Los Santos and the surrounding area is meant to be the same place in both games (sort of, Rockstar now consider the PlayStation 2 era games to be in a different continuity to Grand Theft Auto IV and V so they’re not exactly the same).Īlthough it’s physically smaller than the newer games San Andreas is still the biggest in terms of scope, with three major cities and all the countryside in-between. Rockstar said on its website that it plans to celebrate the anniversary in Grand Theft Auto Online, promising commemorative clothing and liveries, and teasing “some unusual activity occurring in and around Southern San Andreas.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (iOS) – GTA V’s daddy The release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is timed with the 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto 3’s original release on PlayStation 2.
The collection is also coming to Android and iOS devices in 2022.
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC (via the Rockstar Games Launcher), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X in 2021. Rockstar’s collection promises “across-the-board upgrades including graphical improvements and modern gameplay enhancements” for all three games, “while still maintaining the classic look and feel of the originals.” Rockstar promises more details in the coming weeks, and warns that it will begin removing existing versions of those classic GTA games from digital retailers next week.
The trio of groundbreaking GTA games will collected as Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, and will feature improved visuals and other enhancements.
Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas are being updated and re-released on modern platforms later this year, Rockstar Games announced Friday, confirming a series of leaks.