The Stealth Hippopotamus: BEST SOUNDTRACK ON A GAME EVAR!!

I wish I could buy all the talk radio and advertisement from the GTA games.

You can extract it from the game, plenty of guides out there showing you how

Anytime you hear any song, someone should be getting royalties. I wouldn't be surprised if they started charging people every time they play an album in their living room.

Mugato: Yeah, I can see that. Music is about record companies getting paid, motherfarker.

FIFY. Michael Jackson wouldn't be able to collect those checks anyway, unless he pulls a Thriller.

I bought this, but had to use a cracked version to play on win 7.

Maurice Chavez for the win. Also id love to hear that redneck he had on his show thoughts on Obama's re election, besides still needing that river.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: BEST SOUNDTRACK ON A GAME EVAR!!.

Only the Metal songs. The rest sums up the 80s: Coke, hairspray, shoulder pads, and farking Neon everywhere.

Mugato: Yeah, I can see that. Music is about getting paid, motherfarker.

Isn't GTA:Vice City like a decade old though?

GTA:VC

seems a lot longer than ten years but it has been 10 years.

/have always loved the soundtracks. in between missions I like to sit in the vehicle and listen to the radio stations.

I think VC was the best out of the whole series. San Andreas felt like MMORG grinding. GTA 2 was okay, but the guy never talks.

I really can't imagine how GTA V can do anything new. But hopefully the one thing they bring back is you can go into a Pay n Spray to get rid of your Wanted Level whether or not the authorities saw you go there. The best car chases I've had is zooming around with a six star level and trying to get to a PnS before I'm killed.

skinink: I think VC was the best out of the whole series. San Andreas felt like MMORG grinding. GTA 2 was okay, but the guy never talks.

I really can't imagine how GTA V can do anything new. But hopefully the one thing they bring back is you can go into a Pay n Spray to get rid of your Wanted Level whether or not the authorities saw you go there. The best car chases I've had is zooming around with a six star level and trying to get to a PnS before I'm killed.

I can still remember almost every mission and mini-games from III and VC but never bothered to finish San Andreas or IV, it seemed like they sucked all the fun out of the game.

skinink: I think VC was the best out of the whole series. San Andreas felt like MMORG grinding. GTA 2 was okay, but the guy never talks.

Agreed! Vice City had the best references, best soundtrack, and a good story line. San Andreas was way too much travel time, and like you said, grinding. Anything GTAIV is just the same mission over and over. I think the RPG element is what needs to be explored, but not the way he dresses, could care less. I would want to start as a driver, become a dealer, hire other dealers, buy properties that have certain advantages (casinos, "icre cream trucks" etc) to the plot line, and grow a criminal empire, but the way that the player wants to create it, not through a linear story line. Have the goal be something simple like earn $100 Billion with lots of criminal ways to get there. Start out doing missions that build connections with pick pockets and dealers, and at the end start building connection with growers from other countries. Have an opportunity to buy a yacht, but not just one that sits there or you can drive around, have the option to hire a captain and send it to south american to pick up a coke shipment. Same with planes, submarines, etc. Have missions that gain friends in the police force, the military, and washington. But have it be significant, for example maybe it makes it harder to get more stars, so that missions that would have created a 6 star situation now only create 2 stars so they are now playable.

Really looking forward to GTAV.

zez: skinink: I think VC was the best out of the whole series. San Andreas felt like MMORG grinding. GTA 2 was okay, but the guy never talks.

I really can't imagine how GTA V can do anything new. But hopefully the one thing they bring back is you can go into a Pay n Spray to get rid of your Wanted Level whether or not the authorities saw you go there. The best car chases I've had is zooming around with a six star level and trying to get to a PnS before I'm killed.

I can still remember almost every mission and mini-games from III and VC but never bothered to finish San Andreas or IV, it seemed like they sucked all the fun out of the game.

The Ballad of Gay Tony was the best part of GTA:IV. Hopefully they add more "end game" stuff in 5.

What the hell happened to the license? As has been mentioned the game has been out for years now. Was there an expiration date on the license for the song? If so, can't they just re-up on it real fast? They gotta yank the game? Also, when is Sony going to do something that doesn't make me want to punch them all in the neck repeatedly?

Meanwhile those who pirated the game are playing happily and giggling to themselves. Another nice job by the entertainment mafia..I mean industry.

Eltardo: What the hell happened to the license? As has been mentioned the game has been out for years now. Was there an expiration date on the license for the song? If so, can't they just re-up on it real fast? They gotta yank the game? Also, when is Sony going to do something that doesn't make me want to punch them all in the neck repeatedly?

The game had its 10th anniversary two weeks ago. Seems like the license was 10 years then? I wish it would always be in-perpetuity. The soundtrack is integral to a work like this or WKRP in Cincinnati. Expiration of the license is a time bomb that destroys the integrity of the work. If in-perpetuity terms are unreasonable, they shouldn't be. The songs become more valuable because they're in a soundtrack like this. The music industry are idiots for thinking they need to get paid again in situations like this.

zez: skinink: I think VC was the best out of the whole series. San Andreas felt like MMORG grinding. GTA 2 was okay, but the guy never talks.

I really can't imagine how GTA V can do anything new. But hopefully the one thing they bring back is you can go into a Pay n Spray to get rid of your Wanted Level whether or not the authorities saw you go there. The best car chases I've had is zooming around with a six star level and trying to get to a PnS before I'm killed.

I can still remember almost every mission and mini-games from III and VC but never bothered to finish San Andreas or IV, it seemed like they sucked all the fun out of the game.

Saints Row 2 was a better GTA sequel than IV or San Andreas.

/SR3 wasn't bad. Not as good as 2, though.

You're sweet, you're shy you must admit you censor your life for your benefit. And you lose all the taste and you sit there and waste your day, your month, your year.

LordJiro: zez: skinink: I think VC was the best out of the whole series. San Andreas felt like MMORG grinding. GTA 2 was okay, but the guy never talks.

I really can't imagine how GTA V can do anything new. But hopefully the one thing they bring back is you can go into a Pay n Spray to get rid of your Wanted Level whether or not the authorities saw you go there. The best car chases I've had is zooming around with a six star level and trying to get to a PnS before I'm killed.

I can still remember almost every mission and mini-games from III and VC but never bothered to finish San Andreas or IV, it seemed like they sucked all the fun out of the game.

Saints Row 2 was a better GTA sequel than IV or San Andreas.

/SR3 wasn't bad. Not as good as 2, though.

THIS.

Bought LA Noire and SR3 a few months ago, didn't finish -- thrill is gone for those kind of games I guess.

Red Dead Redemption was the best game I ever played.

But now every time I play a harmonica, I have to pay Rockstar a royalty!

Love Rockstar Games. I'm positively wet for GTAV.

Mugato: Yeah, I can see that. Music is about getting paid, motherfarker.

Isn't GTA:Vice City like a decade old though?

it came out my senior year, soooo august 02-may 03

to answer your question, yes

plcow: skinink: I think VC was the best out of the whole series. San Andreas felt like MMORG grinding. GTA 2 was okay, but the guy never talks.

Agreed! Vice City had the best references, best soundtrack, and a good story line. San Andreas was way too much travel time, and like you said, grinding. Anything GTAIV is just the same mission over and over. I think the RPG element is what needs to be explored, but not the way he dresses, could care less. I would want to start as a driver, become a dealer, hire other dealers, buy properties that have certain advantages (casinos, "icre cream trucks" etc) to the plot line, and grow a criminal empire, but the way that the player wants to create it, not through a linear story line. Have the goal be something simple like earn $100 Billion with lots of criminal ways to get there. Start out doing missions that build connections with pick pockets and dealers, and at the end start building connection with growers from other countries. Have an opportunity to buy a yacht, but not just one that sits there or you can drive around, have the option to hire a captain and send it to south american to pick up a coke shipment. Same with planes, submarines, etc. Have missions that gain friends in the police force, the military, and washington. But have it be significant, for example maybe it makes it harder to get more stars, so that missions that would have created a 6 star situation now only create 2 stars so they are now playable.

You're looking for the "Scarface" video game. I prefer it over any GTA I've played.

FirstNationalBastard: And best of all, the music rights holders got nothing... NOTHING

The companies think that by lowering the price they somehow devalue the 'property'. It's a farking song/movie/game it has little to no intrinsic value and can be easily substituted for another; in fact these days it's pretty common to not only replace the asset but also put up a disclaimer so the viewer is perfectly aware that this was done and who exactly was being the asshole.

A great many people may only know the theme tune to Married with Children as the theme tune to Married with Children rather than 'Love and Marriage' by Frank Sinatra. It's value is as a theme tune to a throw-away sitcom (i.e. little to none).

Speaking as someone poking around YouTube and the monetization problem... this whole licensing thing needs a major overhaul; there are fast becoming too many players in the this game for the old system to cope.

I am evidently in the minority in enjoying the diversity and size of the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas world, although I did prefer the general atmosphere of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

I love GTA:VC, and GTAII and GTAIII.
I'm uninterested in GTAIV and GTAV.


Does anyone know if you've already bought the game on steam if you can still play it?

Things like this just show how dumb the RIAA is in general.

Here is a hint: Having your product show up in a form of entertainment is a PRODUCT PLACEMENT.

If I was producing the next GTA or Saints Row, I know for a fact that I would be investigating being able to purchase music that gets played on the radio in the game though a platform like the i-tunes store. It'd be an amazing way to move singles and if you went so far as to let people import their i-tunes music into the game, then you'd have a feature that consumers would actually like.

Take a little cut off the top of each purchase and bam - everyone is making money.

But no, they have to get their dicks all shiatty over music licensing in a video game because that's the only way these morons understand how to make money, using a 60 year old model.

weclock: I love GTA:VC, and GTAII and GTAIII.
I'm uninterested in GTAIV and GTAV.


Does anyone know if you've already bought the game on steam if you can still play it?

Just downloaded GTA: VC on my Steam account and it plays.... just need someway to play it with a fully functional Xbox 360 controller....

LesserEvil: It still shows up in my library....and seems to be downloading.

Perhaps it is more accurate to say that GTA:VC is "not available for sale" on Steam?

The article and headline make it seem like Valve retroactively ripped the game from everybody's team library, and that's just not true at a;;.

Good to know. I have a copy that came in that ridiculous $15 or so bundle about half a year back.

FirstNationalBastard: Once that ended, so did my CD buying days.

Thus you are a pirate. Like it or not these companies (and I'm including some video game publishers here as well) have only the one way of looking at things: If you aren't buying it then you must be 'stealing' it.

So to them as you aren't buying CD's/DVD's/DRM encumbered game you're by default a pirate, even if you do absolutely nothing to infringe upon their copyrights and licenses.

You're damned if you do (you'll be supporting their 60 year old broken business model) and damned if you don't.