wraggster
December 11th, 2013, 22:57
Grand Theft Auto's PS2/Xbox era swan song, San Andreas, is making its way to iOS tonight.http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles/1/6/4/0/6/2/0/138679802821.png/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/70
Priced at $9.99 (about £7), this mobile port of Rockstar's sprawling open-world variant of Los Angeles sports enhanced graphics with improved lighting and character models. Furthermore, it offers three different control schemes, with virtual analogue sticks, support for made-for-iOS controller attachments, and context sensitive button prompts that only appear when you need them.You'll also be able to use your own customised soundtrack by creating a playlist entitled "GTASA", then launching the game and selecting the radio station "Mixtape".Android, Windows Phone and Kindle versions of San Andreas are still on the way.Last time Rockstar ported a GTA game to mobile with Vice City, it was met with mixed results. "This ongoing quest to force the GTA series into touch-screen play, replicating multiple joypad controls via transparent buttons, feels like a wasted effort when we could be seeing what Rockstar's boundless imagination and ambition could do with a game specifically designed for this sort of platform," wrote our Dan Whitehead when he mildly recommended the port in spite of its foibles in his App of the Day (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-10-app-of-the-day-grand-theft-auto-vice-city) writeup.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-11-gta-san-andreas-is-coming-to-ios-tonight
Priced at $9.99 (about £7), this mobile port of Rockstar's sprawling open-world variant of Los Angeles sports enhanced graphics with improved lighting and character models. Furthermore, it offers three different control schemes, with virtual analogue sticks, support for made-for-iOS controller attachments, and context sensitive button prompts that only appear when you need them.You'll also be able to use your own customised soundtrack by creating a playlist entitled "GTASA", then launching the game and selecting the radio station "Mixtape".Android, Windows Phone and Kindle versions of San Andreas are still on the way.Last time Rockstar ported a GTA game to mobile with Vice City, it was met with mixed results. "This ongoing quest to force the GTA series into touch-screen play, replicating multiple joypad controls via transparent buttons, feels like a wasted effort when we could be seeing what Rockstar's boundless imagination and ambition could do with a game specifically designed for this sort of platform," wrote our Dan Whitehead when he mildly recommended the port in spite of its foibles in his App of the Day (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-10-app-of-the-day-grand-theft-auto-vice-city) writeup.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-12-11-gta-san-andreas-is-coming-to-ios-tonight