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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Action/Action Adventure

RELEASE DATE

13/MAY/03

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Violence

DEVELOPER

Rockstar North

PUBLISHER

Rockstar Games

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

PlayStation 2, PlayStation 2, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/grand-theft-auto--vice-city-ibm-pc-compatible, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/grand-theft-auto--vice-city-playstation-2, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/grand-theft-auto--vice-city-ibm-pc-compatible-1, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/grand-theft-auto--vice-city-playstation-2-1

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

80s 87
fun 80
destructive 76

DESCRIPTION

Grand Theft Auto returns to the computer platform with a new city, theme, and an assortment of enhanced features. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City offers the same go-anywhere style of play as its violent, M-rated predecessor but with an area twice as large as Liberty City to explore in a completely different setting.

Inspired by the look portrayed on television's stylish crime drama Miami Vice, the game takes place in the 1980s with criminals wearing pastel-colored suits, bikini-clad babes relaxing on sandy beaches, and palm tree-lined streets bustling with motorcycles, cars modeled after Ferrari Testarossas, and more. Players can now enter buildings like hotels or discos and walk through hallways to visit rooms.

Players can embark on a series of missions to build a reputation or simply explore the city, hijacking one of 120 vehicles (including motorcycles) and wreaking havoc on foot with an arsenal of 40 different weapons. The targeting mode has been refined once players leave their vehicle, with the camera taking a fixed position behind the character's shoulder and an auto-targeting system based on priority and danger level.

The change in vistas has resulted in new types of pedestrians populating the streets, including roller skaters, joggers, and different gang members. The AI has also been retooled to account for greater variety in pedestrian movement as well as gang behavior. Now gangs are designed to act independently of players and will fight with citizens or steal their cars. The police will also respond to these incidents, and may attempt to engage in high-speed pursuits with gangs as players go about their own business.

Features exclusive to the PC version include the ability to edit the lead character's appearance and switch to a radio station that plays MP3 files stored on the computer. Perhaps the biggest change is the improved visuals, now optimized specifically for high-performance systems. Players will be able to view the game with new 32-bit textures, longer viewable distances, and support for multiple display resolutions. Furthermore, players can watch replays of the last 30 seconds of action and then e-mail them to friends. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Action/Action Adventure
RELEASE DATE:

13/MAY/03
TOP TRAITS:

open world, Tommy vercetti, Vice City
DESCRIPTION:

Grand Theft Auto returns to the computer platform with a new city, theme, and an assortment of enhanced features. Gra... more

players 1,578

followers 9

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POPULARITY: PC PLATFORM

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pleas game start by: Mohammadazhar

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC) by: RHINO1117

“LOOOOOOW Graphic and physx”

created 21/FEB/2012

backtracker played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 23/JUN/11

created 24/JUN/2011

magila played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 07/JUN/11

created 08/JUN/2011

RotTeufel played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 20/JAN/11

“Vercetti is back, fùck yeah!!! Best storyline GTA game!!!”

created 21/JAN/2011

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC) by: Nikitoswin

“Much more better than Liberty City”

created 24/NOV/2010

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC) by: DarkOnistar

“I played Vice City and it was one of the most interesting games of the GTA series; because of the setting and the storyline. It was one of the first GTA games where you could fly a helicopter if I remember and it was also one of the GTA games I...”

created 15/SEP/2010

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC) by: Zeaks

“violent char and nice cities”

created 19/AUG/2010

The Rockstar sale on Steam by: SouZou

“Steam is selling this enormous pack of Rockstar games for $42, and it's probably the most tempting thing ever. I honestly rented most of these titles rather than bought them, so I don't have...”

created 27/APR/2010

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC) by: Legault

“Vice city was the first GTA I ever saw someone playing and about the third I actually played. The atmosphere is a bit less mob then before and a bit more ...Miami but it works out pretty fine. + Sandbox. The thing I like the most is the high...”

created 09/MAR/2010

Narzack played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 27/NOV/09

“I spent a few hours trying to beat the Gun Runner mission, and then I got stuck on another one. BAHHHHHHH”

created 28/NOV/2009

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“It's the one for the crazy paramilitary guy. He wants you to go knock off the gunrunners and steal their cargo. You have slam into their vehicles, get out and grab the guns, and then murder a billion dudes of faggios.”