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i finally got san an (for pc) about a month ago

finished the missions on it and now am extremely bored with it for some reason

ohh yea - bout 67% completed too

just wondering if anybody feels the same way - ie finished the missions and then cant really be bothered finishing it further

i reckon it tells something about the games - i reckon a game like san an should be a little less complex and then like only have the last mission available when the game will be completed 100%

like the last sweet mission only available when the completion of that mission will mean you complete the game 100%

yea.............

what do ewes people reckon

(im just really bored at the moment - finished uni and now cant be bothered working but i dont have anything to do at home and i have to work to pay off my car!!)

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I'm over the series since half way in Vice City. Sure the games are big but they got repetitive after about 10 hrs of game play (mission or freeplay). Plus once you can figure out the AI (which isnt much) there is no more fun. Better spend your time playing online games, at least you play with real people.

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get a job mate, get rid of that excel! :P j/k

I've got GTA:SA on PS2 and I haven't played it for a while so I'm not sure what % I've done but I'm up to the first mission on the 3rd island. I'm not gonna go over to Las Venturas yet until I finish a few other things in San Fierro (like photo ops) and even Los Santos (havent gone over all the other gang tags for one). The last thing I remember doing to waste time (instead of doing missions) was doing up cars at Wheel Arch Angels.

I can't answer your question for GTA:SA, but when I finished the last mission in GTA3 I stopped playing the game cause I couldn't be f**ked doing all the little missions etc which make up the 100%, thats why with San Andreas I'm trying to finish all the side missions on the first two islands before I move on to Las Venturas.

Either way, it's given me hours upon hours of entertainment, I think it's an awesome game.

BTW, have you noticed those cars (forget the name) that look like R32s (with no spoiler and with R34 tail-lights)? And ones that look like 180SX, Supra, 300ZX etc? Or is it just me? lol

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yess...manage gf's between driveby's - i like that!!

ohh yeah - i no what u mean cogs

there's one car that looks like a 350zx - and it is almost called one too!!

and that car that looks like the r32? - very uncanny likeness

in the 4th island theres a car that looks like the old beamers - wedge shaped front and double round lights on each side - very cool

ohh yea - cogs, check out www.g-unleashed.com for all your vice city, san an, gta3 and liberty city information and hints and blaa blaa blaa

ohh yea - u no how u do the gang wars thingo that u have to get other gang terrertories thingo - there is one terretorie in san fierro - after the 'golden gate bridge' there is a small town with the boatshed where u do your lessons - there is a terretory there - but u cant see it on the map!!! cool huh

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I love this game, only out of the ps2 at the moment because of Pro Evo 5. :D

It does step down a level after the story is completed, but instead of trying to do all the mini missions at once I go drifting with the 32. :) I have done all the tags, about 20 oysters & all the horseshoes, and 2 photos. :D

100% with the first girlfriend, the crackwhore s**t one, she's annoying. I love CJ's comments to his girlfriends when they talk shit. For real baby? :lol:

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I got this game the day it came out and started playing. I was lovin it until the girlfriend, gang turf wars and exercise bs just started annoying the f*** outta me. Put the game away within 2 weeks of getting it and have never had the desire to play it again :)

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It aint that bad, first gf shit me (cause was too busy so kept losing progress) so I just stopped going there for awhile, just do that when your ready, get 100% then you dont have to see the bitch again. Turf wars dont last forever and at first you have to go to the gym a fair bit but once you get 100% muscle you dont really have to go back that often. You know you wanna plaaaaaaay :D

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i have just got full into the gambling side of it, like in the dragon casino thing..

if only it was like real life.. save ur progress before u go in, and if u lose all ur money, load ur save and try again :D

but yeah, its a fkn awesome game, theres sooo much to do!

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I used to love this game on Xbox, I've finished about 99.5% of it and can't find the last 0.5% that I'm missing! The only thing that I haven't done is all the unique jumps; I have one left and can't be stuffed going through them all again just to find the one that I've missed. But I've read on the net that you don't need to do all the jumps to complete the game 100%. Also I can't excersise at the gym anymore! It always says "You've worked out too much, come back tomorrow" even though I haven't been to the gym, or done too much swimming or running before hand. A glitch perhaps?

"Me fail english? But that's umpossible!"

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I got this game the day it came out, and ive since clocked over 150 hours on it. ive got 80% on it because I cant be f**ked finding all the clamshells, horseshoes, photos, hidden jumps, tags ect. Its just such a big game ive been able to get that much time in. that said, im am extremely sick of it now and really need a new game. I was getting so bored with it that ive got drifting down to an art with it.. elergy and clover are the best cars for it..

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BTW, have you noticed those cars (forget the name) that look like R32s (with no spoiler and with R34 tail-lights)? And ones that look like 180SX, Supra, 300ZX etc? Or is it just me? lol

Guess what? Nearly EVERY car is based on real life cars. There's Chevys, Fords, Holdens, Nissans you name it. Yeah there's a R32, I can't remember which car it is but if you have the PC version of it I can upload my text file which contains all the car names changed to their real life names so when you play it says the real names instead of the SA names.

Some I can remember:

Banshee = Dodge Viper RT

Turismo = Ferrari F40

Cheetah = Ferrari 512

If you don't believe me check for yourself. :)

Turismo:

http://www.gta-series.com/it/sanandreas/ve...uto/turismo.jpg

Ferrari F40:

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/enzo-ferrari/photo.../F40/F40-28.jpg

Search for car images on google of these cars if you want more proof. Banshee is easy to tell. Cheetah, too... since I can remember them. :rofl:

Anyone interested in the conversion to the real car name's text file?

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