Grand Theft Auto Vice City

• Set in the 80s
• Potential, glamour, and corruption
• More freedom of movement than ever before.
• Gangs are much more intelligent in this game, and so are pedestrians – don’t agonize, you’ve got all-new moves and weapons to face them with
• There’s also a much wider selection vehicles — boats, motorcycles and more New camera angles like the over-the-shoulder view

Product Description
Following the success of Grand Theft Auto, developer Rockstar North takes gamers on a tour of a new city in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. With new sights, new characters, new (ahem) affair opportunities, and even a whole new ’80s themed era, players can indulge in more criminal fun than ever before. Vice City features more unrestrained locations, and over 120 vehicles ripe for the picking such as exotic cars, motorcycles, luxury yachts and planes. The soundtrack boasts three times the tunes compared to the previous GTA, and features countless ’80s hits. Over 40 different weapons ensure effective firepower and grant enough variety for stylish defensive measures (samurai sword anyone?).Amazon.com Review
How huge is this game? Even publicists for other sports meeting end up talking about Vice City when they call our office, babbling in the same helplessly intoxicated way that afflicts everyone who plays it. The achievement of Vice City (which, as everyone knows by now, is set in the 1980s and offers an all-new, Miami Vice-inspired tale) is not only that it manages to live up to an absurd level of expectation, but that it takes the game places that fans of its predecessor Grand Theft Auto 3 never dreamed of, and that it achieves this astonishing level of innovation without losing anything that made GTA3 the bestselling PS2 game of all time.

After a brilliant homage to the era of the Commodore 64 in the opening credits, the first thing you’ll notice is the improved graphics, which are smoother and more detailed, and–with effects like neon lights reflected on rain-polished streets, and intense Florida sunlight–have a lush, tropical look that immediately gives you a strong sense of place. The architecture is more fabulous by tenfold, with art deco buildings, high-rise hotels, and believably seedy back alleys. The control scheme is essentially the same as in GTA3, but the cars handle much better, and in pedestrian mode there is a new bow go. You will have access to quick, splendid-handling cars straight away, as opposed to GTA3 which made you unlock the second island before you could get your hands on any respectable wheels. This game has such riches to offer that there is no need to be chintzy with the vehicles.

Cops are more vigilant this time–minor offenses like whacking innocent bystanders will more often than not get you a two-star wanted level–and are harder to elude (though they still can’t seem to climb stairs or negotiate sharp turns). So while free-roaming exploration is as fun as ever, there is more incentive to go the missions instead of randomly raising hell. Not that that’s a terrible thing: even bone idle criminals like myself (in GTA3, I would rather toss hand grenades into traffic than follow instructions from some rude Mafia boss) will be quickly caught up in the plain characters and hilarious, fascinating tale, in which you play an acid-washed-jeans-wearing thug named Tommy Vercetti. Where in GTA3 missions were blocky, schematic affairs only nominally connected to the tale, this time tasks go the tale briskly by the side of and skillfully blend cinematics and game action. For example, there is a scene of a character throwing Tommy a gun, at which point you are suddenly thrown back into the action and must make an instant choice about whom to trust and what to do.

There are more, and more detailed, indoor environments, including a hotel, police station, and mall (a slight downside to this is that some of the more elaborate indoor environments require load times). The layout of the city, with tons of backyards, narrow alleys, and fire escapes, encourages creativity when eluding pursuit, as does greater access to rooftops. Get your dirt bike up the fire escape and a whole new world of action is possible, including… well, use your imagination.

This overview barely scratches the surface of the Vice City experience, its colorful explosion of music, clothes, combat, and brilliant voice acting, not to mention the plot twist midway owing to the game that changes the very nature of the game itself. Though it was the outrageous, amoral violence that got all the press, the essential genius of GTA3 was its intoxicating blend of script and open-finished action. In Vice City this is–to use a cliché that is for once apropos–taken to a whole new level. –David Stoesz

Pros:

• Astonishing, innovative gameplay
• Godlike attention to detail
• Opportunity to guide on the beach at midnight listening to the Human League’s “Fascination”

Con:

• More load times

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