spots you ignored in los santos | san andreas world tour 

That comment about the "warmness" of San Andreas was spot on. No other game captured that scorching hot summer afternoon feeling as well as San Andreas, you can almost feel it through the screen.

level designer: slaps together a simple alley pretzel: but what is LORE of this alley???

i had to laugh at the intro talking about the wonder of experiencing a world for the first time and the police are just opening fire on people and then the gang pulls up

Panopticon means a 360 degree vantage point. Usually used in a prison setting with one tower looking over a ring of cells. Place is a hill, you can look around. Panopticon. That's the most logical explanation I came up with.

It's not available at the start but I love that the airports work. If you go to the airports you can buy a ticket and fly to the airport of any of the other cities.

9:52 Just think, those pedestrians are forever trapped in a fishbowl version of that interior's "outside world". Spooky.

GTA SA has genuinely one of if not the best open world out of all videogames imo.It's big(especially by 2005 standards), and the attention to detail was insane. Even to this day i sometimes boot up original SA PC version just to relax and drive around the map. Not to mention said map can be fleshed out even further with mods. This game truly was ahead of its time and will forever have a special place in my heart.

"There's a sense of wonder, and (gets shot) discovery, as you experience..." perfect timing 💀💀

6:53 "wrapping around someone whose clothes are burning"

From time to time RU-vid algoritm doesn't suck. I'm glad i discovered this channel

Thank you for using footage of the original PS2 version, it adds so much to the video, a sense of warmness and nostalgia... It's exactly as I remember it looking, there's nothing that puts me off more than people using footage of the unmodded PC version or God forbid, the Definitive Edition. Native PS2 resolution and 4:3 made the video an absolute pleasure to watch, it really does just put you back to the moment you were experiencing those games as a little kid on the PS2...

13:38 - dude probably only eats MREs so he doesn’t need a kitchen

One thing I have noticed from these games, especially GTA 3. Is that the maps are very unfinished. Lots of...nothing. Not like real life nothing, but no details whatsoever. I'm currently making a GTA 3 map mod, and loads of the game is half baked.

San Andreas wasn't the first game I ever played, nor the one I've logged the most hours in. Nor is it the game I'd consider my personal favorite, nor even within my favorite genre. And yet, when I think about the greatest video games of all time, this one stands above, in the top 5, top 3, maybe even number 1. If someone who's never played a video game asked me what's so great about this medium, I would point them to this game. The world of San Andreas was more immersive than its prequels, and really was a magnum opus for the series. And I think the world in this game outshines open worlds in games that have followed it. The places you showed, where the developers added details that don't matter to gameplay but serve only to flesh out the world and make it seem more real, are a big part of that for me.

4:3 aspect ratio appreciated. brb going to get my CRT to watch this video.

Your videogame world tours are always so relaxing, nice! The more I explore the map, the more I get how dreamy and weird it truly is. What struck out to me on my last playthrough was the housing sizes. Some buildings in Los Santos were just copy pasted, but their size was reduced. Meaning you have some houses where the doors are not even big enough for CJ to enter lol. On the opposite site, some were made bigger and look so out of place. There is so much of such unrealistic details and I love it

I randomly got recommended this video within 60 seconds of it coming out. I’ve never seen your channel before but this was awesome. I’m gonna binge your other content now lol. Great video

Googled the "MYM 710" plate from the bar and accidentally found a website with 50 plates from different USA states, and one of the was a high quality photo of that same plate, probably the original picture for that texture, pretty neat that something so random got imortalized like so

"Diabolical" is not the word I was thinking you were going to say in regards to the TV placement, but it's perfect 😂

7:35 oh boy you'll love the first island of vice city (2002)

One of the many reasons I loved RP servers on San Andreas Multiplayer back in 09-14 era was how differently they made you look at the world of SA. We used to get together at The Green Bottle to drink. Any house was buyable and I owned several around LS that in single player are nothing more than scenery. The car dealerships were stocked, neighborhoods had real friends that interacted together, even the first business I ever owned was a gas station in Vinewood that I'll never forget how to get to.

Can't wait for the next part. San Fierro always felt a bit out of place in the game for me. Los Santos and Las Venturas have tons of missions, things to do, highly detailed environments, and San Fierro always was this weird middle stop with few missions, few locations and weirdly empty streets. All I really remember from San Fierro is the airport, big mountain, hilly streets, and infuriating rc plane missions. That whole place is like a dream inside a dream.

It sounds insane but through SAMP (San Andreas Multiplayer) I estimate I def have over 1000 - 2000 hours in this game and I have been to pretty much every location described here a million times over. Theres no video game map I know more by heart than this and even through that you managed to show me some new stuff I haven't noticed! I especially loved you going through some of the interiors and discussing the details of the decorations. Your comment about the game having warm colors and feeling warm really hit me in the feels - the whole video brought back so much nostalgia to "the good old days" when I'd come home from school and log onto the Server and just get lost in the world, the connections I've made and the experiences I've had is something I couldn't explain even if I tried. The microcosm of things that happened and memories made for so many people which is now just lost to history makes me sad but also really glad to have been there. Either way, I had just had to get that off my chest after watching this - Thank you so much for your videos!

sense of warmness and discovery (gangland shootout)

Your manner of speech and humor are so older millennial, it's not a bad thing or anything, i just couldn't help but notice it as the video went on. I love world exploration videos like this, so this was a great watch

The mish-mash of low and hi-poly assets in the Definitive Edition are kind of hideous when you look at them up close. The original had such charm to it. The DE games are full of assets that make no sense, too, like OG Loc albums in Vice City, when Loc would have been like ten years old.

The PS2 graphics made me realise how devoid of atmosphere the base game is on PC. Somehow Rockstar always manages to ruin its PC releases, GTA IV being a great example. The contrast in the PS2 version and the warm glow and everything which just captures you in this world is gone from the PC version. Although I have modded mine to look identical to the PS2 version so there's some saving from that after all.

This game in particular, doing this was a hobby in middle school. The cabins and wilderness near Mt Chiliad were so spooky at night during a foggy weather pattern.

I love the filter of gta san on ps2, it makes the game so beautiful and gives such a different dimension good video man, +1 sub! 👏🏻👏🏻

One of my favourite little towns from GTA SA was Palomino Creek. Used to hang out there a lot for some reason.

GTA SA is like a fine wine. I find myself coming back to it every so often. I like the way the colors and weather effects work to create an authentic experience in that you can almost feel the weather.

I love everything about this video. Your commentary and voice managed to take me back and feel as if I was in those times again

GTA SA was actually meant to feature skateboard just ike Bully later did. BMX is closest to trick and jump tool in final GTA SA.

Despite the themes of violence and many other malices, it has a sense of belonging, a feeling that whenever you play, it welcomes you into its chaotic world. I personally grew up with CJ, and for better or worse, it shaped how I see the world. This game taught me the uneasy side of life, the side people tend to hide, the things that would make you sick, and yet, it's still part of life in the end. I recently got the chance to experience LS, LV, and SF irl. What surprises me the most, is how well GTA:SA captured the vibe of each city, and for better or worse, how the people living in it go about their lives. To me, at least, GTA:SA is like that cozy spot that we can always visit to relax for a while, reminisce of days long gone, and forget life if only for a moment. People may scorn me for growing up with such a violent game, alas, it's still a part of me that to this day I never regret. I hope you all share my sentiment towards this masterpiece, I understand I just happened to grow up at the right time as this game's release, and yet, I still feel like there's a greater power, fate if you may, that lead me to this game.

Hi Pretzel, greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷! I discovered your channel a month ago and I really love your videos, I can sense passion when you're narrating them, and overalls I find this kind of approach quite interesting and leads me to do the same whenever I play something nowadays. Your videos are excellent, keep up the good work!

3:29 Cerberus mural from Manhunt

Las Venturas, once you get to do a video on it, has several places that the players typically ignore, that I think the devs created and then completely forgot about as well, such as the golf course in the northwest, the suburbs in the very south of the city, and the industrial areas in the east.

John Rockstar is my favorite Indie game developer.

This video came out after a rough week, exactly when it was needed. This was some comfort food for the soul, thanks for this relaxing and nostalgic tour! I can't wait for the next installment!

3:09 Yes actually, because the pool minigame supports two players on the PS2 version, so I would go in there to play that with people.

Man you gotta do a video on half life 2

All these years and I'm still a Ryder truther. All his missions concretely benefit the gang in a way Smoke's reliably don't, he basically isn't there in the Green Saber cutscene (Nobody registers shock at his betrayal like Smoke), and he basically drops off the game until Pier 69, where he's solely voiced by reused voice lines. I almost wonder if he was supposed to stay loyal, but get killed in the police standoff prior to Tenpenny dragging CJ off to Angel Pines. That'd be a interesting conclusion to his character arc, and serve to underscore just how far the player's fallen overnight.

love this series, keep it coming!

I think Driver 3 (DRIV3R, technically) would be an interesting game to explore like this. I remember wandering around it as a child, not really understanding that it was a bad game, and being amazed with how big the world was and how many buildings/alleys/random spots I could enter and access

Fun fact: the similarities to the tony hawk games might have been intentional due to the fact that there was originally gonna be a skateboard in this game but was removed

I love how you make videos just walking around and seeing corners of games, really takes me back to when I was a child and the most mundane random thing ever would be so fascinating to me, I remember I used to walk around in los santos talking to people as if they could hear me and trying to respect traffic laws even though I gunned down about 15 people to get a car I wanted, games just hit different when you had that innocence

This guy makes me re-discover the same feelings I had as a kid for these games.

Hey Pretzel, just want to say I love your videos! Keep up the amazing work my man! 👍

Man, I remember being familiar with all of these little nooks and cranies as a kid, but now I pretty much completely forgot about them, even though I'm in the middle of a playthrough right now. Playing now almost feels like a speedrun, I already know where everything is and what to do next. Thank you for refreshing my memory.

Yesss you nailed it!! I always loved walking around and checking lil spots,and wondering what's beyond or going to that bar! I appreciate those little details, the warmness you talked about? Yeah so on point! I always loved when it rained id drive around in it♡ Oh my gosh, deffo subbed, love this vid!

Amazinggg. Loved this video, very funny overall and the ending felt very calm and emotional. Shoutouts to the spooky cabin in Panopticon too (or near it) and the toxic waste well in Montgomery

I like how you narrate and showing us spots we haven’t seen in years , props and I’m already sub , keep up the good work

Love your content bro!!!

I visited the Atrium a lot just for the armour pick up. R* did a fantastic job at setting mood and atmosphere for this game.

This video made me so happy, I wish I had a three hour version of it to watch It’s so soothing and calm, thank you

ahh the details, love it

Back in the GTASAMP days, those unused areas were used for matches of TDM. I dare say that's what Rockstar devs used as inspo for both GTA 4 and 5 Online. You had to be there.

Ngl your voice is perfect for this kind of video, interesting content that definitely deserves more views!

(Out of topic, but losely related) The bit on the small rural towns in the ouskirts of LS made me remember *MY* videogame forever home. Leeves, from Trails of Cold Steel 3. A small little town, at the outskirts of the capital. And it is exactly like Blueberry! (with much more likeable locals lol) It made me see Leeves through other eyes. A small cozy town you retire to, although i found myself there studying.

This video got a unique aesthetics. Love it!

My friends and I do that John *something* joke all the time, i love that

i used to just run around san andreas doing nothing because i couldnt beat the first bike mission on pc, the controls were too complicated for my 10 year old hands at the time, so id just explore

i love your narration and voice, great video idea!

I’ve been waiting for this!! I’m glad you used the jet pack. You should use it more and pleeeease do a long episode on San Fierro. There’s soooo much to explore there. So many places you can go into and bizarre intersections everywhere. One of the more unique cities in any game I’ve ever played.

*red county isnt los santos *after the 2nd time asking "am i stupid" i tend to lean on the yes side *the squares are weirdly car-sized *wtf did i just watch

You can reenter the interior of the guy you steal from because that mission is repeatable. They are called burglar missions.

As for the "warm filter", i tried playing SA some time ago on an older PCSX2 version... and it looked way different because the filter was missing. I wasn't sure what to make of it. It was quite cool. Should have been an option for those who prefer it like this. I was 50/50 between both filters but ended up choosing the original warm one and keeping the cool one for a future playthrough.

Lol i've been looking for video like this in the past and finaly it is, thanks

Love ur videos pretzel

Just love this video!

I spent countless hours playing gta san andreas in particular, the musics on the radio, the dirty comments from the npc's, the beautiful skies of san fierro, the woods, the cars,etc Those all are engraved in my memory and they are like traveling to those wonderful times.

Haven't played this game in years and yet I still remember quite a few of the cheat codes.

You’re honestly becoming one of my favorite RU-vidrs very quickly

This game felt so vast when I was a kid, I used to explore it for hours.

I love that you always explain how you travel spot to spot. It makes the worlds feel alive.

Flying over so many strange custom billboards and unique buildings around town and completely ignoring them just to examine some square holes in a wall is the most Prezel thing I can imagine XD

Fantastic video I played this one on ps2 as a kid and sunk hours and hours into it ,lot of memories

Gonna be honest, you're videos are becoming some of my favorites. The exploration of the little known areas and exploring just the world was something my cousins, brother, and I used to do ALL the time, so seeing these videos are great to see that it was more than just me did it.

Cant get enough of these game urban exploration videos!

This game is two decades old and it's still talked about. Absolutely legendary game!

holy cow, i absolutely loved this video, i was so fascinated that i can only say i liked everything, please make the trilogy! i'll await eagerly, and i think that maybe you could also do this with games like tf2 or counter strike

When i was a kid i was fascinated about the gameplay designs, like quake arena 3 or gta san andreas. I cant quite say the word to describe it, but i can say it was like exploring a tiny doll house and wishing i was doll sized to be able to explore the stick on decorations and fake items on the many rooms.

def a different video concept or whatever it is called, it feels different watching this video, calming and def nostalgic lol. its like refreshing. the video quality and aspect ratio compared to the modern audio quality hahaha

I'd really love to see you do a world tour similar to this to a very underappreciated game called Brigand:Oaxcha

I believe that I never felt that cozy while watching a youtube video

Back then when i was a kid, GTA San Andreas and ps2 was my whole childhood. I always liked to explore the open world of this game and be mesmerized by the beauty of Los Santos, so much that i discovered a wall without collision at the Mulholland safehouse. I even spent time searching for bigfoot while avoiding the 4 star wanted level.

Every time a new Pretzel video uploads, I smile

9:50 They didn't actually recreate the streets outside, they simply rendered less of what you need to see outside. Everything out in that void has their collision as it was when they were rendered.

not positive but i'm pretty sure the airport is based on LAX, i got lost tryna find my uber at that road on top of a road before they changed where rideshares can idle back in like 2019 lmao, there's certainly a resemblance at least

Bro, I swear I thought I was the only one who actually observed these maps and sat there thinking about them and how they apply to real life and the purpose of each building and prop. It's nice to see videos like this! I hope you do similar vids on the original God of War trilogy, although these games don't have open worlds, but they do have an amazing world building and nice places.

This was me as a child and now, I love to explore these games and find weird spots, and to admire the work made by the game's artists.

Hearing the guardians of the rift track from osrs surprised me on a video like this! Nice one :D

Oh my flowering god This was my dream. Thanks so much Pretzel!!!!!!!!! You are the best. You actually listened to my request. Respect +++

I love the Radal reference around the end, even though it sounds unintentional

"Man, I just wanna be able to skate around this world." You sir just helped me unlock a memory! There was a rumor back then in school that there was a hidden skateboard in the game. I scoured the game to find this skateboard (and Bigfoot) and always thought it was somewhere in Glen Park. Someone told me I needed to do a ton of tricks on the BMX on the vert ramp to unlock it or something. I miss these silly video game rumors.

I was a kid in 1992 and it was like you described where you didn't know where you were all the time and could appreciate the small things. GTA SA brought me back to 1992.

I remember reading there used to be drinking and smoking as activities in the game, but was cut. My thought is, at some point the bar wasn’t there just for show, but was actually where you went to buy drinks for CJ.

The map in san andreas was mysteriously cool the first time you explore it, especially the bone county/Blaime County area, even though they're empty spaces with abandoned buildings, it still added a myth feel to it

"John Rockstar" like John Fallout lmao that was good

I was just wondering if pertzel would cover this. This game is so comfy