Yup, opti is right. I pre-ordered the game as well. I'll Just Sum All The New Features up In One Post. And if you still think these are not new or good enough concepts that makes it worth a $50 purchase, then i dont what to say, except ur going to miss out on what could possibly be GOTY Material, even though Halo 2 pretty much got that award. Anyway even though OP posted some in each post, ill just sum it all up, and keep in mine that there are some more features as well, but this should be enough to prove our point.
GTA SA Basic New Features
Three cities to roam: "Los Santos" (Los Angeles), "San Fierro" (San Francisco) and "Las Venturra" (Las Vegas).
"The entire game area is approximately four to six times as large as the entirety of either of the previous entries in the series," said Dan Houser.
Expect "real-time reflections on cars, windows, and mirrors, as well as new techniques like radial lighting, which allows for more realistic shadowing, and soft-shadow lighting for interior levels," said Game Informer.
Everything in the game now has independent models for day and night to give better lighting and shadowing.
Four-person drive-by shootings.
House robberies.
Mountain(s) and Smog.
Bicycles.
"Impact animation," also known as ragdoll physics.
Stamina meter as well as the ability to stay fit or get fat.
Enhanced A.I. where every character has a "brain".
The ability to swim.
You will be able to recruit gang members to go with you wherever you want and do four-person drive-by's.
Dual weapons (dual pistols confirmed) have been implemented
GTA SA Gameplay Features
These 'in between' areas will contain their own unique characters and gameplay sequences.
San Fierro (San Francisco) contains lots of hills, and will involve a lot of driving.
There are tons of fully rendered interiors, which will involve new styles of gameplay.
Because of these interior expansions, you have the ability to rob houses.
Buying properties and making business is to expand greatly.
In Las Venturra, you are able to buy, construct and run your very own casino.
The game contains a greater level of seriousness, but still includes humour.
San Andreas will include some 'familiar faces'... some characters from previous titles.
Because of the new pedestrian modes, you can recruit members into your gang, to help you with missions.
You can conduct 4-person drive-by shootings.
All tasks, missions and side-missions have a purpose. They all contain relevance to the main storyline, and allow you to learn new skills required in missions.
House break-ins require skill and planning. It's not as easy as a car-jacking.
As you progress, new styles of gameplay are introduced.
In Las Venturra, you can gamble your well earned money.
The game will still include built in tutorials, however, there are hundreds of skills to learn, so instead of installing hundreds of tutorials, you learn these skills during missions & side tasks.
In every mission you will be doing something new.
In order to maintain physical state, Carl must eat and goto the Gym. He can become obese, and underweight. This involves a stamina meter. Too much fast food and no exercise makes Carl obese. Carl's lifestyle and physical condition will affect his stamina, and the gameplay.
You can collect missions in the countryside.
You now have the ability to swim in the game. If you drive into water, you can escape through the car window, or sink along with the vehicle! Some missions require swimming.
You can get a haircut, and style of your choice.
You can bounce your car with the right analog stick.
Carl chews gum.
The weather system has improved, and is packed with extra features.
You can 'hide' from police, in shadows and behind buildings. You can pick them off one by one, using various new techniques.
The game will still be hilarious, although seriousness has increased.
You can take over areas of the map, with your gang, the Orange Grove Families.
The game is set in early 1990s; one of the most troubled and divisive times in Californian history.
The radio will contain a mixture of different 90s style songs, aswell as some famous (older) west coast songs.
There are new styles of car-jacking.
The Setting
San Andreas is not a city, it's a state.
The city will not be set in Los Angeles, San Francsico or Las Vegas, but in all three.
The cities will contain countryside in between.
The state will contain three cities, Los Santos (Los Angeles), San Fierro (San Francisco) and Las Venturra (Las Vegas)
Each city is approximately the same size as Vice City.
Not all of the cities will be accessible to begin with.
The entire game is estimated to be 4-6 times larger than previous GTA releases.
You can travel between cities, on roadways that pass countryside.
The countryside offers a mountain.
It is possible to drive from LA, through countryside, up a mountain into San Francisco, and onto Las Vegas.
Every bit of the new map is crisp, and has a lot more going on than previous titles.
There is desert land in the game, which will be deserted. It will however, contain very interesting features.
The cities contain miles and miles of interstate, valleys, freeways, deserts, coastline and badlands. You are free to explore all of them.
The countryside contains fiels, farms, rivers, forests, deserts and hills.
The countryside contains a legendry mountain nearly half a mile tall. It takes a minute just to fly from the base to the top in a chopper, and much longer on bike.
The desert contains tumbleweed.[/
Weapons
There are new fist fighting techniques. When you target someone, green will be displayed if they have full health, yellow at half, and red if they can be killed in another shot.
Targetting systems have improved greatly. Developed from Manhunt's targetting system.
The weapons are limited to what was available during the 90s time period.
Vehicles
[Speciality vehicles can be unlocked.
New vehicles that aren't available in town, are available in the countryside, like quad bikes.
You can race in the country.
There will be new modes of transportation. BMX Bicycles.
Car handling is improved.
Hundreds of new vehicles have been added.
Edit: Eh, nvm he already convinced you ^_^.