Wow hey smash
Now while Ill give VC its props for the scarface stuff (yeah the apartment was a nice easter egg, thats what I love about Rock* they have the best sense of humour and hidden stuff), I liked the mafia in 3 better. But VC was funnier IMO, and I think thats the point most people miss when they get angry about this game. It's not meant to be take seriously, its a paradoy of itself.
Motorcycles, I LOVE 'em! Seriously w/o them VC would have sucked as far as unique jumps go. That in itself gives the game more replay value over 3.
Ting into how you said missions could be completed in differnt ways, my favourite mission from GTA3 is sayanora salvatore where you must hit him before he gets into his garage. The first few times I tried the mission I'd get blown to peieces by his goons. Then I discovered tha roof across the street...perfect sniper postion. Ive also tried it where you block his garage door with cars and then blwn him up when he arrives back at the mansion... so many ways to do the mission.
One thing that is annoying about the GTA games that really isnt fixible is how you cant replay a misson without starting a new game.
I've been lookingon some SA fansties, and it looks like the game will be HUGE.
I'll sum it up for those of you who dont know yet. San Andreas is a state(California) an there are three main cities. Los Santos (Los Angeles) will apparently have a large 'ghetto area' which will fit into the whole 'gang theme' -Im not too sure about that but what can you do? The city that is a mock of San Fransico is San Fierro, from some of teh game artwork Ive seen theres a cable car and hills in that town. The other city is Las Venturas (Las Vegas) you'll be able to build and control your own casino here reports say. Each of these cities should be roughly teh size of VC, but also between the cities there will be countryside. With smaller towns, a gas station where a mission will be featured,a desert, and a big mountain. All in all this game looks to be gigantic in scale.
@BC the RC missions are SO hard for me, it took me a long time to pass the helicopter one in VC, i dont like them and thats one thing I wouldnt mind not making an apperance in SA.