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pres_madagascar 05/29/20 6:38:44 AM #1:	Yeah?? Yes No Yeah?? - Results (6 votes) Yes 33.33% (2 votes) 2 No 66.67% (4 votes) 4 Yes imo --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939875699] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote> Yeah?? Yes No Vote View Results Yeah?? - Results (6 votes) Yes 33.33% (2 votes) 2 No 66.67% (4 votes) 4 Show Voting Form Yes imo </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wii_Shaker 05/29/20 6:39:48 AM #2:	Pretty much, yeah. No planes in GTA4 was some straight bogusness. --- "He busted in, blessed be the Lord Who believe any mess they read up on a message board" -MF DOOM <cite>Wii_Shaker posted [p:939875718] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Pretty much, yeah. No planes in GTA4 was some straight bogusness. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Killmonger 05/29/20 6:41:17 AM #3:	Lol @ Just Cause 2. <cite>Killmonger posted [p:939875748] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Lol @ Just Cause 2. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/29/20 6:43:06 AM #4:	Killmonger posted... Lol @ Just Cause 2. With mods on pc it's still a fucking blast. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939875780] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Killmonger posted... </cite> <quote>Lol @ Just Cause 2.</quote>With mods on pc it's still a fucking blast. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Statical_Pork 05/29/20 6:43:42 AM #5:	Saints Row is just San Andreas for juggalos <cite>Statical_Pork posted [p:939875787] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Saints Row is just San Andreas for juggalos </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 05/29/20 6:44:01 AM #6:	Killmonger posted... Lol @ Just Cause 2. That hookshot action was hightier. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:939875791] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Killmonger posted... </cite> <quote>Lol @ Just Cause 2.</quote>That hookshot action was hightier. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/29/20 6:44:02 AM #7:	Wii_Shaker posted... Pretty much, yeah. No planes in GTA4 was some straight bogusness. I'm replaying San Andreas for the first time in a decade right now and I still enjoy it a lot. It's dated for sure, but it still holds up and is great fun. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939875792] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Wii_Shaker posted... </cite> <quote>Pretty much, yeah. No planes in GTA4 was some straight bogusness.</quote>I'm replaying San Andreas for the first time in a decade right now and I still enjoy it a lot. It's dated for sure, but it still holds up and is great fun. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Statical_Pork 05/29/20 6:45:27 AM #8:	Also JC2 even without mods is incredible <cite>Statical_Pork posted [p:939875821] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Also JC2 even without mods is incredible </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wii_Shaker 05/29/20 6:45:43 AM #9:	pres_madagascar posted... I'm replaying San Andreas for the first time in a decade right now and I still enjoy it a lot. It's dated for sure, but it still holds up and is great fun. Agree. Sometimes I'll start a new game and jump the airport gate with the uzi glitch and just fly planes. --- "He busted in, blessed be the Lord Who believe any mess they read up on a message board" -MF DOOM <cite>Wii_Shaker posted [p:939875824] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>pres_madagascar posted... </cite> <quote>I'm replaying San Andreas for the first time in a decade right now and I still enjoy it a lot. It's dated for sure, but it still holds up and is great fun.</quote> Agree. Sometimes I'll start a new game and jump the airport gate with the uzi glitch and just fly planes. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thebatz 05/29/20 6:45:50 AM #10:	no. saints row 2 isn't even the best game of the series. it's 3 and spider-man 2 the game is one of the best sandbox games --- Toronto Maple Leafs <cite>thebatz posted [p:939875826] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>no. saints row 2 isn't even the best game of the series. it's 3 and spider-man 2 the game is one of the best sandbox games </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/29/20 6:45:58 AM #11:	Statical_Pork posted... Saints Row is just San Andreas for juggalos Lol no. Saints row 1 was mediocre as fuck, but saints row 2 was fantastic. Saints row 3 and onward leaned too much into the whacky shit, saints row 2 was great because it was grounded. It was whacky and crazy shit happening in a grounded world, which made it so fun. Saints row 3 you were practically a super hero, and in saints row 4 you literally were a super hero. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939875830] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Statical_Pork posted... </cite> <quote>Saints Row is just San Andreas for juggalos</quote>Lol no. Saints row 1 was mediocre as fuck, but saints row 2 was fantastic. Saints row 3 and onward leaned too much into the whacky shit, saints row 2 was great because it was grounded. It was whacky and crazy shit happening in a grounded world, which made it so fun. Saints row 3 you were practically a super hero, and in saints row 4 you literally were a super hero. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/29/20 6:46:45 AM #12:	thebatz posted... no. saints row 2 isn't even the best game of the series. it's 3 and spider-man 2 the game Saints Row 3 was way too try hard and steel port is a horrible city. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939875845] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>thebatz posted... </cite> <quote>no. saints row 2 isn't even the best game of the series. it's 3 and spider-man 2 the game</quote>Saints Row 3 was way too try hard and steel port is a horrible city. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/29/20 6:48:49 AM #13:	Wii_Shaker posted... Agree. Sometimes I'll start a new game and jump the airport gate with the uzi glitch and just fly planes. I'm playing it on mobile and it's surprisingly great. The rc shit and mini games are made stupid easy due to mobile, and once you resize and fiddle with the control layout, you can get it to be quite fine. I just got to the part where you get the jetpack, and have been flying around in that while on my lunch break at work lol. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939875884] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Wii_Shaker posted... </cite> <quote>Agree. Sometimes I'll start a new game and jump the airport gate with the uzi glitch and just fly planes.</quote>I'm playing it on mobile and it's surprisingly great. The rc shit and mini games are made stupid easy due to mobile, and once you resize and fiddle with the control layout, you can get it to be quite fine. I just got to the part where you get the jetpack, and have been flying around in that while on my lunch break at work lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Statical_Pork 05/29/20 6:51:24 AM #14:	I should replay SA. I had the ps2 classics version on PS3 but I have no idea if redownloading that now would be the same version or the one with the chopped soundtrack and shit, since its delisted. what a hell of a great game, though. Goddamn. <cite>Statical_Pork posted [p:939875925] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>I should replay SA. I had the ps2 classics version on PS3 but I have no idea if redownloading that now would be the same version or the one with the chopped soundtrack and shit, since its delisted. what a hell of a great game, though. Goddamn. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/29/20 6:53:13 AM #15:	Statical_Pork posted... I should replay SA. I had the ps2 classics version on PS3 but I have no idea if redownloading that now would be the same version or the one with the chopped soundtrack and shit, since its delisted. what a hell of a great game, though. Goddamn. Just FYI, the version you can buy now on mobile, ps4, pc, and Xbox one, is the "remastered" version with cut soundtrack bits, but also dramatically easier rc missions and mini games. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939875963] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Statical_Pork posted... </cite> <quote>I should replay SA. I had the ps2 classics version on PS3 but I have no idea if redownloading that now would be the same version or the one with the chopped soundtrack and shit, since its delisted. what a hell of a great game, though. Goddamn.</quote>Just FYI, the version you can buy now on mobile, ps4, pc, and Xbox one, is the "remastered" version with cut soundtrack bits, but also dramatically easier rc missions and mini games. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Statical_Pork 05/29/20 2:25:05 PM #16:	Oh Im aware. I want the og experience, with all the rage I felt the first time around lmao. <cite>Statical_Pork posted [p:939892625] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Oh Im aware. I want the og experience, with all the rage I felt the first time around lmao. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 05/29/20 3:00:42 PM #17:	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Red Dead Redemption 2 are the best open-world/sandbox games ever, IMO, for different reasons. the former for its freedom of gameplay & physics, and the latter for how fully realized its world feels. --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:939894400] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Red Dead Redemption 2 are the best open-world/sandbox games ever, IMO, for different reasons. the former for its freedom of gameplay & physics, and the latter for how fully realized its world feels. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KillerKhan420 05/29/20 3:04:46 PM #18:	Yes those are the best and wackiest types of sandbox games out there. --- "I know how the business works because I'm a wrestling fan"-hulkhogan1 <cite>KillerKhan420 posted [p:939894591] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Yes those are the best and wackiest types of sandbox games out there. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 05/29/20 3:07:05 PM #19:	San Andreas feels pretty tiny compared to modern games, but JC2's world is still impressive IMO, as well as all the shit you can mess around with --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg https://imgur.com/8kjZU <cite>eston posted [p:939894710] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>San Andreas feels pretty tiny compared to modern games, but JC2's world is still impressive IMO, as well as all the shit you can mess around with </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Statical_Pork 05/29/20 3:09:15 PM #20:	Can you even call RDR2 a sandbox though? Its more like a theme park lol. <cite>Statical_Pork posted [p:939894824] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Can you even call RDR2 a sandbox though? Its more like a theme park lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 05/29/20 3:11:16 PM #21:	Probably unpopular opinion, but Crackdown 2 was a blast --- Ten million dollars on a losing campaign, Twenty million starving and writhing in pain. Vicious_Dios Original - https://tinyurl.com/y9fpdoll <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:939894944] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Probably unpopular opinion, but Crackdown 2 was a blast </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 05/29/20 3:12:54 PM #22:	Statical_Pork posted... Can you even call RDR2 a sandbox though? Its more like a theme park lol. tbh, I don't even know the difference --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:939895028] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Statical_Pork posted... </cite> <quote>Can you even call RDR2 a sandbox though? Its more like a theme park lol.</quote>tbh, I don't even know the difference </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eston 05/29/20 3:56:46 PM #23:	RDR2 felt like it fell just short of being a sim --- http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i215/estonc/grizzly_bear_chairs_2.jpg https://imgur.com/8kjZU <cite>eston posted [p:939897149] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>RDR2 felt like it fell just short of being a sim </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/30/20 1:13:59 AM #24:	boxington posted... The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Red Dead Redemption 2 are the best open-world/sandbox games ever, IMO, for different reasons. the former for its freedom of gameplay & physics, and the latter for how fully realized its world feels. Open world=/=sandbox. To be fair. Sandbox games are open world, but not all open worlds are sandboxes. A sandbox game is an open world game that gives you a ton of tools and options to create your own fun outside of the actual missions and activities. They're games that are fun to just fuck around in. Breath of the wild is definitely sandbox, RDR2 not so much. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939921180] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>boxington posted... </cite> <quote>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Red Dead Redemption 2 are the best open-world/sandbox games ever, IMO, for different reasons. the former for its freedom of gameplay & physics, and the latter for how fully realized its world feels.</quote>Open world=/=sandbox. To be fair. Sandbox games are open world, but not all open worlds are sandboxes. A sandbox game is an open world game that gives you a ton of tools and options to create your own fun outside of the actual missions and activities. They're games that are fun to just fuck around in. Breath of the wild is definitely sandbox, RDR2 not so much. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/30/20 1:14:47 AM #25:	eston posted... RDR2 felt like it fell just short of being a sim It's realism is a serious detriment to the game tbqh. It becomes a chore after a while, considering how goddamn long the game is. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939921208] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>eston posted... </cite> <quote>RDR2 felt like it fell just short of being a sim</quote>It's realism is a serious detriment to the game tbqh. It becomes a chore after a while, considering how goddamn long the game is. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SF_Okami 05/30/20 1:16:18 AM #26:	No, Vice>Andreas --- ~Bird Pokemon Master~ Latest Pickup: Puma LQD Cell Origin AR <cite>SF_Okami posted [p:939921268] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>No, Vice>Andreas </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 05/30/20 1:19:31 AM #27:	pres_madagascar posted... Open world=/=sandbox. To be fair. Sandbox games are open world, but not all open worlds are sandboxes. A sandbox game is an open world game that gives you a ton of tools and options to create your own fun outside of the actual missions and activities. They're games that are fun to just fuck around in. Breath of the wild is definitely sandbox, RDR2 not so much. I've got to disagree. using that definition, Red Dead Redemption 2 is definitely a sandbox. I enjoyed the main campaign, but the game gives you so much too do outside of it that you can create countless hours of adventure. --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:939921394] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>pres_madagascar posted... </cite> <quote>Open world=/=sandbox. To be fair. Sandbox games are open world, but not all open worlds are sandboxes. A sandbox game is an open world game that gives you a ton of tools and options to create your own fun outside of the actual missions and activities. They're games that are fun to just fuck around in. Breath of the wild is definitely sandbox, RDR2 not so much.</quote>I've got to disagree. using that definition, Red Dead Redemption 2 is definitely a sandbox. I enjoyed the main campaign, but the game gives you so much too do outside of it that you can create countless hours of adventure. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sonic Cannon 05/30/20 1:24:30 AM #28:	JC2 for sure San Andreas also great SR2 I'm not so sure. I would probably put the original Crackdown above it. Or maybe Saints Row 3 --- Keep it green. <cite>Sonic Cannon posted [p:939921559] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>JC2 for sure San Andreas also great SR2 I'm not so sure. I would probably put the original Crackdown above it. Or maybe Saints Row 3 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Toedysseus 05/30/20 1:25:33 AM #29:	eh i guess saints row 2 could go there. the other two can fuck off. just cause is fun for half an hour. gta pre-IV is unplayable <cite>Toedysseus posted [p:939921583] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>eh i guess saints row 2 could go there. the other two can fuck off. just cause is fun for half an hour. gta pre-IV is unplayable </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pres_madagascar 05/31/20 12:38:53 AM #30:	Toedysseus posted... eh i guess saints row 2 could go there. the other two can fuck off. just cause is fun for half an hour. gta pre-IV is unplayable Nah, vice city and 3, sure, but San Andreas is still great. --- https://imgur.com/23CCcZB https://imgur.com/32mwCo1 https://imgur.com/oqklqKC <cite>pres_madagascar posted [p:939966076] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Toedysseus posted... </cite> <quote>eh i guess saints row 2 could go there. the other two can fuck off. just cause is fun for half an hour. gta pre-IV is unplayable</quote>Nah, vice city and 3, sure, but San Andreas is still great. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 05/31/20 12:39:20 AM #31:	idk about just cause, but the others yeah --- No tears, no noise, no calls, no choice <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:939966090] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>idk about just cause, but the others yeah </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pope_Francis_I 05/31/20 12:39:49 AM #32:	Statical_Pork posted... Saints Row is just San Andreas for juggalos lol <cite>Pope_Francis_I posted [p:939966108] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Statical_Pork posted... </cite> <quote>Saints Row is just San Andreas for juggalos</quote>lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WaterLink 05/31/20 12:45:34 AM #33:	pres_madagascar posted... vice city and 3, sure Vice City still holds up imo. 3 is definitely harder to play now though but I still like it. San Andreas is by far the best obviously though. --- https://imgur.com/TFF3Nn8 Joe Burrow, the legend <cite>WaterLink posted [p:939966351] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>pres_madagascar posted...</cite> <quote>vice city and 3, sure</quote> Vice City still holds up imo. 3 is definitely harder to play now though but I still like it. San Andreas is by far the best obviously though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 05/31/20 12:47:54 AM #34:	Really the best 3 sandbox games are probably just 3 GTA games, maybe swap one out with Just Cause 2. Open world games however? BOTW is clearly the superior. --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:939966442] in San Andrea... [t:78728782]...</cite> <quote>Really the best 3 sandbox games are probably just 3 GTA games, maybe swap one out with Just Cause 2. Open world games however? BOTW is clearly the superior. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > San Andreas, saints row 2, and just cause 2: holy trinity of sandbox games?