This makes me want to play GTA games. I never finished one and last played Vice City back when I would rent games in the age of that being a thing.
But this makes it sound like San Andreas is actually pretty based.
They’re good games but I wouldn’t get my hope up too much as per political messages. They have their moments but it is also just a lot of “this beer is called piss”
i really dug it, even some of the mechanics that others found dumb/tedious. i liked doing the workout shit so i could make my dude completely, borderline-upsettingly jacked (and demolish people in a fist fight), and i liked the gang territory mechanic of being able to take over neighborhoods with gang wars. then my dudes would spawn on the corners, wearing colors. if the cops came into an area where i was strong, my guys would start lighting them up which was helpful when trying to finish something because your guys shooting cops doesn’t give you additional wanted stars. also, i could recruit them to run around and ride with me, shooting cops or rivals.
i also liked how each big city had a fighting style you could learn with its own combos. probably the san francisco-style dojo was the most useful, because you could do a roundhouse and take down multiple enemies, but the las vegas style was funny because you could knock people down and then sit on their chest and repeatedly bash their head in.
See, that all sounds awesome lol
lol, it was. i pre-ordered it and took vacation at work so i could play the shit out of it right when it launched.
after every early mission i would check the gym until i finally unlocked it and then minmaxed my guy into a total beefcake territory. max strength, zero body fat. like a pro-wrestler on HGH.
it made cut scenes hilarious.
i was pretty disappointed when they took that feature out of GTAV. and how they reset your clothes in GTAV periodically, and more or less keep your appearance within some guardrails. i like tweaking my appearance in those games. in San Andreas at one point i was running around barefoot in cargo shorts, no shirt, and had a light blonde mohawk. like some background character from a Mad Max flick.
i have a real fondness for games that let me lean into the custom character cut scene phenomenon:
Middlesidetopwise is kinda a tool, unfortunately. I used to really like his videos until he had a livestream where he was just such a fool, trashing everyone who didn’t toe his radlib line. He also used to go get into fights with people on TikTok despite not following anyone, so he was actively searching for trouble.
Ah, dang. Didn’t know about that, just found this video really.
He has some really good ones on there, even with that.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
