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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

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

80s 62
destructive 56
fun 52

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:

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POPULARITY: PC PLATFORM

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

“Not so epic. VVVVVVVV”

created 29/OCT/2009

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

“80s, baby.”

created 21/SEP/2009

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

“\o\ Second GTA game i played...i didn't play it much either.”

created 12/SEP/2009

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC) by: ThePirate54

“Great Sandbox. My fav. GTA of all tme i love the 80s and the Mobster feel”

created 19/AUG/2009

MidgetKing played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 05/AUG/09

“Just compleated all rampages, nothing special.”

created 06/AUG/2009

MidgetKing played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 03/AUG/09

“I stole 3 more tanks and got the title hit man title. Damb, i now have 11 tanks!”

created 03/AUG/2009

MidgetKing played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 02/AUG/09

“Out of post-story-line boredom, I stole about 7 or 8 tanks in a row! If that doesn't make me a bad-ass I don't know what will! I had the perfect stratagy. I went to the print-works and shot all cars...”

created 03/AUG/2009

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PC) by: redman223

“This game was great, I loved the Scarface atmosphere and the story and gameplay were all top notch. The 80s music was perfect in this game and I recommend it highly to anyone interested. ”

created 21/JUL/2009

Maxton played Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on 22/JUN/09

“Completed a few missions, slaugthered thousands of bystanders. Was fun”

created 22/JUN/2009

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

“So fun! This was my introduction to the GTA series. Great atmos, music and graphics. Slightly annoying combat controls, though.”

created 31/MAY/2009

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

“Embarrassing to say, but Vice City was the first Grand Theft Auto game I played. It was a lot of fun, but had an abnormally low replay value for me for a sandbox/open-world game.”

created 21/MAY/2009