In the year since incredible was released, a lot of unbelievable software has come and gone for the PlayStation 2. Metal Gear Solid 3, God of War, Shadow of the Colossus, and Devil May Cry 3 have all pushed the limits of our imaginations with their excellent concepts and mechanics, and have continued to set standards and expectations as to what a videogame should be. Of course, that left us with an interesting question: 'With the release of in the midst of this summer's 'Hot Coffee' scandal, how does IGN's 2004 Game of the Year still hold up?' The answer, not surprisingly, is still 'enormously well.' Though the game itself doesn't feature anything new by way of content, bug fixes, or storylines (with the exception being that the buried 'Hot Coffee' mini-game has now been removed), it's still an excellent experience -- and other than a few extras that have been added outside of the software, it remains unchanged. With that in mind, we present below a modified version of the original review that ran more than a year ago with a couple of specific changes. PS2 Classics GTA: San Andreas PTMG Edition. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas PTMG Edition PS2. ![]() ![]() One: the overall opinion of the piece has been skewed a bit to reflect the high quality software that's been released since, and Two: we have now added mention of the bonus extras included in the special edition package. I'm not going to beat around the bush. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is among the best PlayStation 2 titles I have ever played. It's larger than most of the biggest RPGs, has more story than the heftiest adventure titles, and has almost as many mini-games as Nintendo's Mario Party. Additionally, it has a production value that's second to none, boasts faithfulness to '90s source material with an eerie accuracy, and provides more hours of entertainment than all the previous Grand Theft Autos combined. In short, it's a terrific unending masterpiece of a game -- and one that will never fall victim to an over-exaggeration of its lofty status. It's still one the defining pieces of software for Sony's successful sophomore system, and it's almost impossible to imagine a PlayStation 2 library without it. Now I realize that with a statement like that, I leave a lot of expectations on the table. Immediate questions from longtime GTA players (and haters) will no doubt surface regarding what kind of problems San Andreas must have. Does the framerate still stutter? Is pop-in and draw distance still an issue? Are there any collision quandaries or other graphics-related bugs? Are the sound effects still tame by other action game standards? Does the AI ever have stupid moments or not perform the way you'd want it to? And is it true that there's absolutely no form of online play whatsoever? To be honest, the answer to all those questions is a definite yes. But an even better question to ask (and one that has a lot more of a direct impact) is, 'Do any of the issues explored above really detract from the overall experience?' In a word: No. But how is that possible? Isn't that a significant number of concerns for one game to handle? Sure it may sound like that's the case when they're all clumped together like that, but in practice it's almost completely unnoticeable. For starters, the frequencies at which the graphical hitches mentioned above appear in comparison to when they don't is so lopsided, I'm left unaffected. Additionally, there's literally so much to experience in the single-player game that the lack of online functionality isn't missed at all (while the minor sound effect kinks and other presentational issues get completely dwarfed by everything else the game does right). The big curiosity, of course, is just what is it that San Andreas does so right in the first place? To be brief, it's the first game I can ever remember that asks players to wonder 'What can't you do' as opposed to 'What can you?' Close Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PTMG Edition v2.1) PS2 ISO (PAL)| 3.1 Gb This is the latest version of the PTMG modded version of GTA San Andreas for the PS2. This is NOT just the mod, but the game with the mod applied to the game. I personally attached the mod to my original PS2 rip of the game and have played the game on my PS2 with SwapMagic 3.6 and it works just fine:) If you don't know anything about this mod then use your old trusty Google search engine:) If you are a fan of GTA then you really need to check out this cool mod:) Brings life back to San Andreas:) Confirmed working with SwapMagic 3.6 A word of caution - When the game starts with you on the street, do NOT jump on the bicycle, you MUST PRESS R2 AND UP TO ACTIVATE THE MOD, if you do not then THE GAME WILL FREEZE AND YOU WILL NEED TO RESET YOUR PS2! PASS: witchfinder ALL MY UPLOADS ARE VIRUS/SPYWARE FREE AND ALL HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY TESTED BEFORE UPLOADING!! NO EXCEPTIONS! CAN'T COMPLY?
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