Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Amazon.co.uk Review
There can’t be any more sure-fire a hit in the gaming world than Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Grandma may not approve, but the 143 million people who bought GTA III will be chomping at the bit for this PC version of the PS2 follow-up. Not quite a full-blown sequel, but far more than the average lazy mission disk, Vice City relocates the action of the previous game from the New York-esque Liberty City to the Miami-influenced metropolis of the title. Clearly as soon as someone mentioned Miami the developers immediately thought of Miami Vice, because they’ve gone and set the whole thing in 1986 with an incredible soundtrack featuring everyone from Michael Jackson to Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
As the game starts you take control of Tommy Vercetti (voiced by Goodfellas star Ray Liotta) who gets involved in a bungled drug deal and must set himself up from scratch as a crime boss. Unlike in GTA III, you’re not restricted to being a small-time hood any more; the game now allows you to purchase property (porn studios, strip clubs, cab companies and so on) and run extortion rackets. This cleverly widens the scope of the game while keeping the controls and gameplay pretty much the same. It also means that you still spend the majority of your time driving cars very dangerously and shooting and maiming anyone that happens to get in your way. Indeed, in most respects the game is very similar to its predecessor–the graphics, for example, are improved but hardly ground-breaking–though there are numerous minor additions, most notably the chance to ride motorbikes–which is particularly satisfying–and fly proper aircraft.
Vice City can’t be recommended unreservedly though: if you’re intending to buy this game for someone under 18, you really should think again, as it’s violent, filled with sex and swearing, and is totally and utterly immoral–which is why it’s guaranteed to sell and sell. –David Jenkins
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My friend has vice city and i think it is great. The graphics a better then Grand Theft Auto 3 and their are more missions. I would give this game a thumbs up.
Rating: 4 / 5
Grand theft auto: vice city is one of the most over rated games ever!. There is nothing new here. The driving is very un-realistic, the cars are good and fast but thats it. The police on this game is the most stuipeds ever, you can’t hide from them, you can run, are speed away in a car, but then you crash and they get you, not very good at all. You do get good weopens on here, guns. knifes, base-ball bats, ect. The graphic are good here and its the only thing on here thats great, but that it it. Grand theft auto vice city is well over a year now, and better driver in games are comming out. I can be beaten, and it has been, So vice city fans don’t go and put bad reviews about driver 3, which I think is a better game. So, vice city is a good game and worth getting and is fun, the radios in the cars, bikes, trucks, are good they have music to love songs to heavy rock songs. so all in all a good game in there are much better games out there.
Rating: 3 / 5
This game will rule. The freedom in it is great. GTA is summin’ else and shall never be matched. And now, it is coming back to it’s home on the PC.xz
Rating: 5 / 5
How can this really be an improvement on GTA3? GTA3 still is the #1 PC game, yet this one, does nothing for the previous;
the graphics look better in GTA3,
there is no sound, not even if you blow up a car in front of you,
there is no interaction between Tommy and anything else,
the view of the car is too akward, and there is little choice,
you cannot jump out of your car,
Tommy is out of breath after 2 seconds of running,
it is really hard to fight, as it takes too long for Tommy to get out a gun, and it is hard to punch someone as he starts to do a Kung-Fu type pose and stands there for about 5 seconds like it.
I have checked my system, and it runs fine, so it cannot be me.
Stick to GTA3, you wont get so frustrated.
Rating: 1 / 5
This game is a defenit must-buy.It is really good how you get to ride on motor bikes and that you can use a chainsaw and a golf club.
Rating: 5 / 5