@hatking: Controls are smoothed out quite a bit, as their related to the iOS version, I've played through a 3rd of the game already, and I'm having a blast!... no pun intended.

Played the crap out of this today. Mostly really enjoying it. Yeah, the car handling and overall shooting is dog shit by today's standards but if you played it at the time, you can get used to it again.

This version of the game seems to be based on the mobile version and it's mostly a solid port. The addition of checkpoints makes playing through this much less frustrating and more enjoyable than before. Also, if you get killed outside of a missions, you still respawn at the hospital but they don't take away your guns anymore, which is also nice.

There do seem to be some nasty bugs in this version that I would like to see ironed out though. Some of the cutscenes for me have had the audio completely cut out halfway through and judging by what others are saying, this seems to be a common occurence. I got to San Fierro today and it happened during 3 cutscenes for me. However, the most annoying thing for me is that the radio stations seem to be a bit borked. I have noticed that the radio will skip every now and again. So imagine you cruising around listening to some Slick Rick or something, and then all of a sudden, the radio skips and then you are listening to a new song! It's a really shitty glitch but you might not really notice it but I love the soundtrack for this game and that's a huge bummer. Some of the songs in the original also didn't make it like Hellraiser and Killing in the Name but most of them are still in there.

So yeah, for £3 it's a no brainer! Some annoying bugs here and there halt this from being a really great version of the game. The PC version is a pain in the ass with it's compatibility problems with newer Operating Systems and obviously the old PS2/Xbox versions really are pretty hard to go back to because of their overly fuzzy graphics. This HD update is a welcome addition and at £3, that's really generous of Rockstar, considering they used to sell the PS2 version of San Andreas digitally on the PSN store for £8.

I would really like to see GTA III and Vice City of course but I would also buy a HD version of Manhunt and Red Dead Revolver too!

@alexdaj: Man. Really wish they did this with III and Vice City. Also, kind of wish this was coming to Xbox One/PS4. I don't much feel like playing a 360 game. If I'm going to hook up an old console to play an old GTA game, I might as well plug in my PS2.

A few weeks ago Microsoft added $6 to my account because apparently I had issues using the Xbox Video service. So I pretty much got this for free!

Looking forward to seeing how this holds up to someone who has never played through it before. Kinda wish it was Vice City, though.

Also apparently San Andreas has been delisted from Steam and PSN, so they'll probably be getting this re-release soon.

Is there any reason to get this if I have the PC version? Does it look any better?

So.... bought the game. It would seem to be a steal at $3.75. But the game locks up on the mission "Sweet's Girl." Also, the audio drops out during a lot of the cut scenes. It comes back after the mission starts. I can't get the game to stop hard locking my 360 on that mission. So I guess I'm done with it.

That is your fault for already having put your 360 away. The "old" consoles still have a lot of games coming out. PS3 seems to be having yet another great year in 2015 with a bunch of RPG's coming out among other things. I will have my 360 and PS3 out until at least 2016.

I don't see why you thought it necessary to put old in quotation marks. Regardless of whether you're still using 'em or not (I myself still have my PS3 hooked up for the record; hope this port will make it over there as well) those consoles are still pretty bloody old. Even before the PS4/XB1 arrived they were long overdue for retirement considering how poorly most games ran on 'em.

@murfree: You sure you didn't use any cheat codes? The xbox original had the same problem if you passed 400 cheats entered, and I know the iOS version halved that.

In the first mission Big Smoke says "Oh, my motherfuckin' car!". Is that a Final Fight reference? I was a young teenager when I played this originally so I didn't really notice.

It's the Dragon's Lair Law being put to practice. The cost of making a game the first time is high, but then you get to rerelease that game on every system that comes after it for next to nothing. It's basically pure profit, and there is a chunk of people who will buy the same game two or three times if the price is right.

@spiceninja: No not even close.

This is still my favorite GTA. I don't much play the old 360 these days, and I figure GTA V coming out on X1 soon will scratch this itch, but I still have a soft spot for GTA:SA and will probably end up buying it just for the nostalgia. Jetpack!

Seems like some people may have played it by now. Does anybody know if the original cheat entries work for the Xbox version? Are there Cheats at all in this version?

I already have multiple copies of GTA: SA (a retail copy on disc from when it came out and a steam copy), but that's nice I guess. It was an alright game at the time.

I'm not excited for this "re-release" though. I remember the PC version being better than the console version anyway so I wouldn't be surprised if they just fix the resolution since they already have the means to do so from the PC version that already exists. So, in essence, I already have this game- twice. I don't need to buy it again.

Why did that guy seem to have so much trouble wrapping his head around the end result of a 4:3 resolution being displayed on a widescreen TV?

Anyduders know if you can get this in Australia? our store doesn't seam to have it, only the old version

I'm getting the audio cutoff in most cutscenes.

Awesome, Rockstar is unleashing its inner Capcom. What is the point of this? It's not like GTA up to that point was ever big on graphics and detail. And the controls? Sigh.....the flying missions, how I don't miss them.

This release is a buggy mess. I am not very far into it but I have experienced many issues.

• The voice audio suddenly disappears in cutscenes.
• I soft-locked the game in the 3rd mission. I was unable to move my character but it let me access the menu to reload my save.
• The game hard-locked several times when fading to black on the "Sweet's Girl" mission. This mission eventually worked after 3-4 attempts.
• The frame rate often dips into the 10-15 FPS range.

I can't get ANY of the rhythm games to work right.

I don't think the timing on the sticks or button presses is quite the same as the original. I remember these being difficult in the original and they haven't properly adjusted the game to it. Especially on the lowrider competition, most of my inputs fail even when it seems like I've done it right.

Is this an official re-release by Rockstar? I can't find any info on their site.