So. Now we know. San Andreas is NOT Los Angeles, it' s a whole state. Los Santos, on the other hand is, to all intents and purposes, LA. The game' s two other cities, San Fierro and Las Venturra are based on San Francisco and Las Vegas respectively. There' ll be countryside between the three main areas, each of which is roughly the same size as the whole of Vice City. Big, in other words. Overall, the game will be an incredible four to six times the size of its predecessor.

Main character Carl Johnson is going to have his work cut out. Returning to his old haunts after five years in the Liberty City slammer, and blamed by his older brother Sweet for younger bro' Brian' s accidental death, he' ll be making his way through an early 90' s streetscape besieged by rival gangs.

The most significant gameplay changes are a new stamina meter, meaning you need to eat, and massively improved building interiors. You' ll be able to commit burglary now, or run a casino in Las Venturra. If you' re feeling less ambitious you can just gamble away your ill-gotten gains on the tables in LV.

Brilliantly, improved AI means you can recruit a gang, the Orange Grove Families, and drag members along on missions. Up to four people can complete a drive-by mission, for instance.

::Game info from unknown site - emailed form friend::

**just found the official site **
http://www.rockstargames.com/sanandreas/

You' ll be able to commit burglary now, or run a casino in Las Venturra.

You could do both of these in Vice City; there were 15 stores to knock off, and you could own various businesses, including a dance club. However, I' m assuming that there will be more to owning property this time ' round...

Can' t pull....trigger......must.....consume......che--eseburger....

LoL ya pretty much what I was wondering. I hope it doesnt turn into somethign corny liek that.

Cool info. I heard Dave Chapelle does the voice of the main character and Sam Jackson does his fathers voice... that' d be great.

So the main character is black now and not italian

Ive never really been a big GTA fan to tell you the truth. It just gets repetitive, mission after mission, gets rather dull after an hour. A good rent, but I don' t know how much more they can add to make it revolutionary.

I personally think that GTA: SA isn' t going to be as good as everyone is expecting it to be. The screenshots look more like True Crime (why??!!!) and just doesn' t look as fun as Vice City or the superior III (absolute magic and a bit harder IMO) but we' ll have to wait until october until we can find out. hopefully rockstar will see sense and make it more cartoony like the last two. come on rockstar you can do it!!!

Actually konrad, the only people that call GTA " repetitive" are the same people that only play it for an hour. GTA, especially Vice City, has some of the most diverse and expansive sets of missions that any game has ever seen. They range GREATLY, and not a soul who actually completes the games will say that they' re repetitive...they' re only repetitive if you do the same thing over and over that has nothing to do with the plot.

I don' t know if SA will be any better than the previous ones, but here' s hoping...

Ive never really been a big GTA fan to tell you the truth. It just gets repetitive, mission after mission, gets rather dull after an hour. A good rent, but I don' t know how much more they can add to make it revolutionary

I think there is much that can be added. They attempt to make living breathing worlds, and while fun- there is almost limitless potential for improvement.

Im so gonna get that game informer Kikizo talked of in the san andreas article. It definatly sounds like itll expand into a more in depth living world.

How could somebody not like GTA? Oh well, I' ll let it go

This game is looking better and better. After reading that it is comprised of 3 major cities seperated by country....I was ready to pre-order it. When I first saw the official screens I wasn' t all too impressed. But thanx to this site, I' ve seen many more and realized that it does look more impressive than vice city

Vice City is still the best to me... IF San Andreas doesn' t have 80s music then it' s a no buy for me, lol.

And thats why I love custom soundtracks for the xbox version. Got all my favorite music for one of my very favorite games.