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Get the most out of the game !!! |  A gamer from USA says (31/Oct/2002): |
If you want to get the most out of this game, you should get the Official Strategy Guide.
Complete maps serve as the best visual reference for Vice City and help gamers find everything. Tactics on all the odd jobs, extra missions, Unique Jumps, and Rampage Challenges. Comprehensive vehicle coverage giving gamers a virtual showroom of every sweet ride available. Secrets revealed including, hidden packages, tips for opening up new vehicles and locating extra power-ups. Exclusive cheats are revealed, plus a few more surprises!
This Signature Series guide will feature a special cover treatment, exclusive content, and a giant poster!
| A Wonderful Game of Wit, Cunning, and Bloodshed | | Ian King from Dearborn, MI USA says (11/Jan/2003): | GTA3 was a monumental title that took a flegling PS2 and turned it into the biggest, baddest platform around. Ever sence, gamers in record number have flocked to this series for good reason. The Rockstar team is devoted to briging us more of what we want along with the subtle nuances found only in the best games around. GTA:VC will not dissapoint any fan of the series, but for thuse of you who haven't played GTA yet, play GTA3 first. GTA:VC literaly blows the doors of the old one.
The latest GTA leaves the gloom and grime of Liberty City behind, insted going to the sunnier and even seedier land of Vice City. The new city with all it's lights, lead, and ladies may belittle players at first, but you will soon be on your way to ruling all of it. However the road is full of bumps and twists, the plot of the latest GTA is nearly as twisted as the criminals you will be working for. On that road though are some of the best looking sports cars around, rarley will you find yourself settling for a station wagon.
As new and creative GTA3 was, GTA:VC improves vastly upon it, even though many things have been duplicated. Things like Taxi missions, hidden packages, and Ammu-Nation can be found in VC. There are plenty of new things to do, like airplanes and helicopters. You'll get used to them fast and wonder how the heck you ever did without them. Weapons are as useful as they are plentiful. Each one never seems to be out dated or just not useful. Even though the old sniper rifle and pistol will gather dust after their more powerful counterparts arrive, well, that's what pedestrians are for.
One of the best traits of GTAVC is the overwhelming diversity. There are so many things to do that you may have to make a list! Everything from the landscape to the incredable and funny diolague is spot on. That's another improvement. GTA3's radio was innovative and it's cinemas were superb, but GTA:VC has put them to shame. 80's style. An overwhelming number of 80's songs ranging from really good to ludicrisly cheesey add immencley to the ambiance. The cinemas, commercials and talk radio stations are brimming with houmor, though some people may not catch some of the 80's refrances.
GTA:VC is simply a wonderful game any mature gamer must own. Everything about it is simply perfect. Though some glitches exist, they can easily be avoided by the wise gamer. This is a game that has gone above and far beyond the call of duty. Thank you Rocksatr, this game rocks; 80's style. GTA3 was a monumental title that took a fledgling PS2 and turned it into the biggest, baddest platform around. Ever since, gamers in record number have flocked to this series for good reason. The Rockstar team is devoted to bringing us more of what we want along with the subtle nuances found only in the best games around. GTA:VC will not disappoint any fan of the series, but for those of you who haven't played GTA yet, play GTA3 first. GTA: VC literally blows the doors of the old one.
The latest GTA leaves the gloom and grime of Liberty City behind, instead going to the sunnier and even seedier land of Vice City. The new city with all it's lights, lead, and ladies may belittle players at first, but you will soon be on your way to ruling all of it. However the road is full of bumps and twists, the plot of the latest GTA is nearly as twisted as the criminals you will be working for. On that road though are some of the best looking sports cars around, rarely will you find yourself settling for a station wagon.
As new and creative GTA3 was, GTA: VC improves vastly upon it, even though many things have been duplicated. Things like Taxi missions, hidden packages, and Ammu-Nation can be found in VC. There are plenty of new things to do, like airplanes and helicopters. You'll get used to them fast and wonder how the heck you ever did without them. Weapons are as useful as they are plentiful. Each one never seems to be out dated or just not useful. Even though the old sniper rifle and pistol will gather dust after their more powerful counterparts arrive, well, that's what pedestrians are for.
One of the best traits of GTAVC is the overwhelming diversity. There are so many things to do that you may have to make a list! Everything from the landscape to the incredible and funny dialogue is spot on. That's another improvement. GTA3's radio was innovative and it's cinemas were superb, but GTA:VC has put them to shame with style. An overwhelming number of 80's songs ranging from really good to ludicrously cheesy add immensely to the ambiance. The cinemas, commercials and talk radio stations are brimming with humor, though some people may not catch some of the 80's references.
GTA: VC is simply a wonderful game any mature gamer must own. Everything about it is simply perfect. Though some glitches exist, they can easily be avoided by the wise gamer. This is a game that has gone above and far beyond the call of duty. Thank you Rockstar, this game rocks; 80's style.
| BEST GAME IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!! | | Hyperonic Hellstorm from Burbank says (27/Jan/2004): | Grand Theft Auto 3 made a brave step into the 3D world and did it with a bang. it was one of my favorite games and i still play it today. but today i am playing the sequel to this hit. this game uses the same game engine as gta 3 but improved slightly. grand theft auto : vice city. i am reviewing the ps2 version and also as the seperate version of the game (not the double pack, that was changed a bit).
gameplay - 10/10 - you have total freedom. that is what makes a game good. if you want to take that car and kill everyone inside you can do it! if you want to take that car and drive over a cop to stir up trouble, you can do it! if you want to blow up a helicopter you can do it! and now you can fly helicopters and drive motorcycles! the helicopters are a little hard to drive at first but you get the hang of it real quickly. also the motorcycles can take to some used to, as well. rockstar did a very good job to make you feel like your doing this in the '80s also! people dress and say things like they would in the '80s. cars look like they are from the '80s. and also, with the music but i will get to that later on in my review, though. also there are tons more missions in this game then gta 3. you can also buy properties and get money from them. it's kinda like monoploy meets scarface. also there are many improvements like shooting tires and people through the windows. and speaking of tires, the police have adapted spike strips which can be a pain.
story - 7/10 - you start off as a mafiosco soldier, tommy vercetti, who just got out of jail. his old boss, sonny ferelli, knows there will be trouble if people see him around so him and his mafia "committee" decides to send him to vice city with some money and get the drug business started in the south. tommy takes two thugs with him and meets with the mafia contact, ken rosenburg, who is a "shmuck of a lawyer".
all four get in a car and head for the vice city docks to arrange the deal with the drug providers. they show up in a helicopter and a guy steps out with a brief case of cocaine. tommy and him are about to make the deal with a team of gunmen comes out and starts shooting. tommy runs back to the car and jumps through the window as ken rosenburg drives away. and that is where vice city starts...
graphics - 8/10 - when i played gta 3 for the first time i had to yell "holy crap this game looks good!". vice city did it too me, as well. only this time it was more like "holy crap! they improved the graphics just a little bit!" yes, vice city made some improvements to the graphics like cars. they have more detail plus the reflections of the miami-like sun on the car looks great. although, there are times when driving on the road you go faster then the game can keep up. the roads will sometimes have holes in them, trees will be missing, buildings will disappear, and simple stuff like that. it isn't a big thing at times but it get quite annoying when being chased from the army and all of a sudden your like "holy crap?! where's the bridge?!" and you think you are falling in the water but really the bridge hasn't loaded yet. also the game tends to look blurry and it can hurt your eyes. but besides that, the game looks great with lots of visuals,And It is the best game,now buy it! :)
| One Friggin Great game | | Jeramy from miami ,FL says (3/Apr/2003): | I love the first person view the game is so much more intence like that and you see stuff you otherwize would have missed (IE The peple you rin over stick there hand out for you to stop b4 they screem for there life). The handleing of the cars seems more realistic in first person too.If you are really skilled you can play the cinamatic camera wich is very smooth but harder to play.The grafix are good not great but considering the prosses load the game creates awlready its very good.Apart from the occational glitch the game was very well constructed with an on the fly loading system much like the DC games but with a much further span.Now onto the gameplay factor.so you dont like shooter games grab a car dont like racing games then go hold up a store theres not much you can do in this game.Go pick up a hooker and watch your car start rockin dont like cars well then get a PCJ 600 (a motorcycle)and your pimp suit and try a few diff radio stations and eventually you can get a hooker on the bike.Also with your pimp suit you can get a bj she will bend down and everything.You got an awsome aray of REAL wepons cars that are modled after real cars and some senary that looks much like what it was modled after miami beach (why do i know this cause i live on miami beach)This game is not ez but its got something for all my girl sux at video games but she loves this one and though the missions are to hard for her she can still have fun robbin peeps right crashing her car into a cops bailing out and watching em blow up. The sound is awsome aside from the espinosa station every radio station has something to injoy the espinosa is even funny but i dont know enough spanish to enjoy it i just hear the cussing every so often. Sound effects are great each car has a unique sound to it wether it be the way it changes gears or the sound of the stronger horse power motors or even the big busses and semi's that accauloly sound like a desil engine.They took there time in the recording studio ive been playing for months and i still hear peds say new things.The wepon sound effects are great the dull thud of your fist to the cracj of a bat or the clank of you brass nuckles.Replay value is way up there the highest i can think of there so much to do hidden missions regualar missions ect.To sum it up this game will make you feeel like a criminal.Every aspect save for rape is available its up to you what you do in this strange little world.Dont forget that rainy weather henders driving a little so stay in your mansion you stole from the drug lord and watch the rain from you balcony.
A must have for ps2 and cpu owners if you get a ps2 this game makes it worth having trust me i know one person who didnt like it and i showed him more of the game then he thought wuz there and now he loves it to.
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| Cheats | | Jess Gorin says (4/Apr/2005): | HERE ARE LOTS OF CHEATS for PC
THUGSTOOLS ~ Weapon set #1
PROFESSIONALTOOLS ~ Weapon set #2
NUTTERTOOLS ~ Weapon set #3
ASPIRINE ~ Restore health
PRECIOUSPROTECTION ~ Gain/restore armor
ICANTTAKEITANYMORE ~ Kill self
YOUWONTTAKEMEALIVE ~ Increase Wanted Level
LEAVEMEALONE ~ Decrease Wanted Level
FANNYMAGNET ~ Female actors follow player
CERTAINDEATH ~ Tommy smokes a cigarette
DEEPFRIEDMARSBARS ~ Player model changed to fat
PROGRAMMER ~ Player model changed to skinny
STILLLIKEDRESSINGUP ~ Player model changed randomly
CHEATSHAVEBEENCRACKED ~ Player model is Ricardo Diaz
LOOKLIKELANCE ~ Player model is Lance Vance
MYSONISALAWYER ~ Player model is Ken Rosenberg
LOOKLIKEHILARY ~ Player model is Hilary King
ROCKANDROLLMAN ~ Player model is Love Fist rocker #1
WELOVEOURDICK ~ Player model is Love Fist rocker #2
ONEARMEDBANDIT ~ Player model is Phil Cassidy
IDONTHAVETHEMONEYSONNY ~ Player model is Sonny Forelli
FOXYLITTLETHING ~ Player model is Mercedes
PANZER ~ Spawns a Rhino Tank
TRAVELINSTYLE ~ Spawns a Bloodring Banger
GETTHEREQUICKLY ~ Spawns a Bloodring Banger (alternate)
GETTHEREFAST ~ Spawns a Sabre Turbo
GETTHEREVERYFASTINDEED ~ Spawns a Hotring Racer
GETTHEREAMAZINGLYFAST ~ Spawns a Hotring Racer (alternate)
THELASTRIDE ~ Spawns a Romero's Hearse
ROCKANDROLLCAR ~ Spawns a Love Fist Stretch/Limo
RUBBISHCAR ~ Spawns a Trashmaster
BETTERTHANWALKING ~ Spawns a Golf Caddie
BIGBANG ~ Explodes nearby cars
MIAMITRAFFIC ~ Aggressive AI driving on
AHAIRDRESSERSCAR ~ All cars become pink
IWANTITPAINTEDBLACK ~ All cars become black
COMEFLYWITHME ~ Flying cars cheat
GRIPISEVERYTHING ~ Vehicle handling improved
GREENLIGHT ~ All traffic signals green
SEAWAYS ~ Cars hover over water
WHEELSAREALLINEED ~ Only car wheels visible
LOADSOFLITTLETHINGS ~ Some cars have big wheels
HOPINGIRL ~ Actors get into player's current car
ALOVELYDAY ~ Weather sunny
APLEASANTDAY ~ Weather overcast
ABITDRIEG ~ Weather very overcast
CANTSEEATHING ~ Weather foggy
CATSANDDOGS ~ Weather stormy
LIFEISPASSINGMEBY ~ Time compression (speeds up game time)
ONSPEED ~ Time compression (alternate)
BOOOOOORING ~ Time expansion
CHASESTAT ~ Shows Media Level
FIGHTFIGHTFIGHT ~ Actors all attack (riot cheat)
NOBODYLIKESME ~ Actors attack player
CHICKSWITHGUNS ~ Female actors armed
OURGODGIVENRIGHTTOBEARARMS ~ All actors armed
CHASESTAT ~ Show media level (when 2+ stars):
| Best game ever. | | Thomas H from Washington, USA says (7/Mar/2004): | GTA4 is thee most ULTIMATE game that rockstar has ever created.
graphics are much better then gta3 and much more interesting plot.
I absolutly love this game. I hear people talking about how the graphis are to gory, or how the plot stinks, or how its to short?
#1 Who minds a little blood here and there? Its absolutly realistic. I love it when you have a chainsaw and when you cut people up, blood goes everywhere. Or in the middle of a shootout bullets fire non-stop. Is it really that bad? It would happen in real life. I mean if you take a chainsaw and cut off somones head whats going to happen? Blood, thats right, BLOOD.
#2 The plot is absolutly fantastic. Usually you have 3-5 people you do missions for right? Dont get me wrong, gta3 was great how you could meet other people and do missions for them, but gta4 kicks there ass in that catagory. Would you think that one day you are working for (For example) Diaz, doing missions, earning money, then the next thing you know you kill him and take over his mansion. Who would do such a thing? A backstabbing prick! Survival of the fitest. And once again i have to say how much reality this game has. In real life would you work for one of the biggest/richest man and town and not even think of taking over buissness? Well you do that and much more.
#3 People who say this game is short are not paying attention to there % number. Sure the missions seam tough and finding the hidden pachages are rouch. But when you do that is seams over right? WRONG. you have much more to do, RC races, Assests, Jumps, Rampages, taxi missions, pizza boy missions, vigilante missions, and much more! it takes months maybe even years to even get close. I'v had this game for 10 months and play it right when i get home to when i fall asleep and still only have 83%.
There is only one thing wrong with this game (or something to make it better). You cant go inside your Hideouts, why would it be a hide out if you can only hide in the garage? It would be sweet when ur being chased by the cops and the only safe haven is ur links view hotel and you climb up the stairs and sniper people out until its clear enough for a pay n spray.
One more thing to add, later there coming out with a new gta, its called sin city, thats right sin city, as in LAS VEGAS.
| Steal, kill old people and do drugs what more do you want!!! | | ROSKY FUTURE FRANTIC from England says (5/Aug/2004): | A lot i hear you say but never fear coz this game delivers the goods and in some style. Firstly the graphics. XBOX has the best graphics around but you would not think it after playing this game. Stunning is an understatement. Evrything is realistic to a point but there are things like blowing people heads off and they still be able to walk for a few seconds and stuff like this that keep the game fun. The gameplay is easy to get into and it want be long before you are killing masses of people ( mission 3 to accurate!!!! ). Best features of this game are the ability to fly helicopters ( even ones with rockets and machine guns ), You can drive super fast bikes and even tanks. I found however that the hidden packages idea a bit of a chore ( for those who dont know what this is hidden packages are little icons that when you get every 10 you get a prize like a new gun or in somecases a means of transport ) It took me a good 5 hours to find them all ( this is without a guide ). THe missions are constructed very well and the idea of buying plases in the town like the clubs, strip clubs, mansions, houses, cab firm, printing works, studio, condos and car showrooms etc is amazing because you can earn money through these businesses. The prblem i found with this games is that if you are good at it you can complete the story based missions in about 4 hours. however there are the odd mission for the businesses you buy but i have completed every mssion in under 7 hours. this by the way only gets you 50 percent of the game. you have to do things like rampages ( killing spree ), all the jumps, collect hidden packages, colect cars for the cab firms, rc racers, street racers etc. This game is damn neer impossible to get 100% even with a guide book.
Closing coments. Those looking a for a lasting game need to own this, tose looking a fun game need to own this and those who like to kill everything and everyone ( in the gaming world mind ) need to own this. is a must own for evey one.
| GTA:VC, One of the best games EVER MADE!!! | | Edward Martin from Hookstown,PA,USA says (12/Jan/2003): | Alright, im here to prove my point. This game rocks!!! Some of you may still prefer GTA3, but this game has some stronger points. Some of the little things: Boats sink when blown up! Some people have roller blades etc. There are a lot of new things, different clothes, asset properties, helicopters, FLYING planes! and motorcycles! Some stunt ramps have been made for motorcycles and them only, plus, the cheat codes are good too. car's can drive ON WATER-L1-O-R1-L2-SQUARE-R2. It is so cool, the tires turn on there sides and hover over water. The police have gotten better at thir job, the duck behind their cars, lay out spike strips, and blow out tires.
There are also more cars, my favirite car is the Sentinel XS, because of the loud hard compress engine. One of the only problems is that with the better driving on, cars tend to really flip out, LITERALLY! The graphics are just...WOW...Clear and sparkling oceans, the fire isnt just like an orange blob as in GTA3, you can blow heads off of people...even when they are DRIVING!! I thought it was pretty funny that you can actually talk in this game, like some of the quotes were: "Honest cop, it was that guy over there","I was with your wife last night", and "If you don't like my driving, GET OFF THE SIDEWALK!!."
The asset properties are great, you get extra money off of them: Output:
Boat Yard: $2000
Malibu club: $10000
Inter Global Films: $7000
Cherry Popper Ice Cream: $3000
Pole Position Club: $4000
Print Works: $8000
Sunshine Autos: $4000
Kaufmann Cabs: $5000
Vecetti Protection: $5000
I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| give me a break | | A gamer from new york, usa says (4/Jul/2003): | i had often heard of the "great gta" so i decided to try it out. well, this is what i got. my mom always says to be nice, so im actually gonna thank vice city for all of my time that it wasted. first off, thank you rockstar for making the ugliest game on the face of the planet, usually i like my games to look similar to the gorgeous zelda wind waker or metroid prime, but you showed me how wrong i was. also thank you for making a conrtol setup that was made to make me die, i loved it :-). and also, thank you for making this game repetitive as all hell, veriety would have just spoiled it all for me. there are a ton of things to do, but they all involve either killing sombody, finding somthing, or racing. WOW WHAT VERIETY!! did i mention how much i loved the graphics, they were so incredibly disgusting and grody that i could only play for 5 min. at a time before having to throw up, the horribly still player animations, the most pixelated characters ever, and glowing blood were great.
ok, enough, sorry mom but i just cant take it anymore. this game is the worst game i have ever played in my entire life. its obvious that nobody else who rated this game on this site have any idea on what makes a game great. nasty graphics, and poor play control, and killing do not make a game good, sorry. if you want to kill somthing, get an xbox and kill in style with halo, or if you want the ultimate gaming experience, with the best game ever, get a gamecube and metroid prime. sorry ps2 owners, your system is underpowered, outdated and missing good games, and it will continue to die with rubbish like vice city on it.
| We have a winner! | | Jesse from Texas, USA says (5/Nov/2002): | First of all, damn everything that I was expecting...Rockstar pulled through. Let's begin with graphics, a much better improvement...though still a little blocky, there are way more things to see in Vice City. The buildings are better detailed, the light effects are out of this world, and the vehicles are a sight to see. I believe the frame rate is much improved over the last game in the series...notice how Tommy's shirt flaps in the wind while riding the motorcycle...cool! The sound is great, if you have surround sound or a decent system the sound is just flawless...Let's move on over to lifespan, there are a lot of things to do in Vice City, more missions, more side missions, more mayhem and killing, so I would say this game is totally replayable time after time. This game is so fun to play, you will never get bored. A lot of new factors contributed greatly to this fine piece of software...Tommy talks, there are actually places for you to buy and earn money from, earning money is more realistic, there are tons of vehicles including boats and helicopters...which is a blast to fool around with. The greatest addition is the motorcycle and doing stunts with them...whoa what a thrill. The game is more vulgar than the previous game, so that is why little kiddies are not suppose to be playing the game (that is why it is rated M for MATURE) so there that subject is closed. All in all Rockstar has done it again and has not disappointed one bit. I still play GTA III and will still be playing GTA: VC. Rock on Rockstar!
| GTA: Vice City - Not bad, not good, but not bad. | | Franklin Jones from Alberta says (8/Jan/2004): | GTA: Vice City is an alright game. But there are some glitches, actually, a lot of glithches. The graphics arn't that great, they are pretty crappy if you ask me. The gameplay isn't too bad. You can play the game without doing much and you won't get tired of it. I guess there are many neat things that you can do that you couldn't do in GTA 3. In Vice City you can drive motorbikes, sweet sports cars, fly helicopters and buy a strippers club. These are only a few great things that you can do. The game has a lot of missions so it will keep you stuck to the television all day. There are also cool things that you can unlock. I'll let you figure them out on your own. But now, Vice City is getting old and you gotta buy the new games. I recommend that you people buy Need for Speed: Underground. it's a kick a$$ game. This game has it all. You get cool vinyls, decals, spoilers, front and rear bumpers, side skirts and get NOS(nitrous oxide). Unlock level three NOS to get a maximum speed burst. It's sweet. The gameplay is very fast and when you hit the nitrous button, the screen blurs just like in real life. There are many kinds of races like drag, sprint, circut, and dift. If you get your car a level five reputation, the fans will love it. I started the game with the Mazda Miata. It;s a pretty sweet car but it;s not the fastest. The fastest is the skyline. But you can't start with that car but you'll unlock it later on in the game. Well anyway, GTA: Vice City is an alright game and I recomend that you add it to your collection.
| this game makes Driver 2 look like the tellitubbies | | Joe Scorpion from Pennsylvania USA says (30/Mar/2003): | As if gta 3 wasn't good enough this A< remove me > at * kicken city simulation is the best game i ever played. there are a couple of problems though like it can't be upgraded or used in 2 player mode. it also should have four wheelers or jet skis, and you should be able to swim until your tired or gets attacked by a shark or somtin. the codes that you can just enter are awsome but you should still be able to save it without it screwing up the rest of the game. they have cool cars but they should have put real names of cars on the real looking cars, like the infernus which is a lamborghini diablo and the blista compact which is a honda civic and the rancher that is a suburban. the people at rockstar are gods to me another thing is that they should have snow and normal time set by your playstation 2. I like the missions but they start to get old so they should have an internet connection to upgrade your game just like you can on splinter cell. you should be able to play against other people on the internet, but have like a state or two connected for more people so it doesn't get crowded in the next one. and you shoul be able to see and shoot other animals than seagulls and the fish that you can't even shoot. i love how you can get diffrent outfits and go places that you normally coulden't without getting shot or attacked by gangsters or cops. the cubans really ticked me off during taxi or cabbie missions because i had 97 and only 3 fares left to get hydrolics on all taxis then they ripped me out and i had to start all over again.
| Cool Game Rockstar! | | EA SPORTS LOVER from Lake Charles Louisana says (24/Sep/2003): | This game is funny in all ways like the pedestrians,the funniest is the guy with the black hat and suit usally hangs around little Haiti ,yes that guy punch the funny idiot and he says stuff like hobo crappy and elmer come back here and he says can't you see i'm blind.anyway the other cool stuff is like wildstyle the radio station grand master flash and the furios five song the message is on there that song is funny and wave 103 is cool like kim wilde's kids in america song and corey hart's sunglasses at night oh and abc and sigue sigue sputnik and frankie goes to hollywood all those songs are very funny. you see i'm a Taurus so i'm mean shy very very playful and lazy and i hate being neat oh i'm not scared like stupid leo's are. ha ha ha stupid infogrames the won's that made thats stupid driver 2 game, is going out of bisnes see i flunk school cause im hard core like lazlow.and i hate that stupid gay on this game he says girl hater,yes i like girls i love girls but he is not girl i wish it was the law to be gay!the missions on this game or very very fun like the last one when that stupid backstabbing prick lance try's to shoot's ya up and he end's up dying ha ha that stupid idiot!and sonny foreeli or what ever his stupid name is.those stupid cops go and says stop right now when i beating people up. you should listen to the pedestrians is very funny when you here thems says stupid things like don't point guns at your elders and yo what kind of piece of $#< remove me > at ! is that?Later dogs!
| Vice City: The Best Game EVER!!! | | Tommy Vercetti from Miami, FL says (3/Dec/2003): | You've all heard of the GTA franchise from Gaming masterminds Rockstar, and you know it is the best game series of all time, the latest 3D versions being no exception. Great game, well, I'm here to rate it anyway, on everything. So here goes:
Story 10/10:
Best story your going to get on a crime sim of this scale. Absolutly amazing. It has a deep plot involving drugs dealing, theft, murder and betrail with some amazing action in between. It's the best storline yet. Just get it for the gangster plot line. Why not?
Graphics 7/10:
Ok, they're less than perfect, but who honestly cares? You don't abandon a great game like Vice City over graphics!!! As long as a game doesn't have cheap PSone graphics, who honestly cares? I'm not even going to include this in the reviewers tilt...
Sound 10/10:
The radio, the pedestrians, the gun noises, the cars bumping, all realistic as wot!!! Thanks to all the effort GTA hasn't sounded better!!! Great stuff!!! And the voice acting just adds to it! Tre Magnifico!!!
Lifespan 10/10:
Complete the long, deep, hard plotline, then realise you have to get all the secret packages, do the paramedic, vigilante, taxi and firefighter missions, then buy all the property. Then it'll be 100% and it's not easy by any means. Then do it all over again, honestly without using cheats. :)
Overall 10/10 (duh):
Great, nay, PERFECT game. If you haven't got it, GO GET IT NOW!!!
Rent/Buy: Buy!!! Now!!!
| it's awesome , until u beat all the missions | | Jared from northport ,florida,u.s.a says (16/Aug/2003): | Grand Theft Auto Vice City is one of the best games I've ever played in my entire life.The graphics are awesome , the cheats make the game a lot easier , and the motorcycles are wonderful.For me the game lasted 3 months.It's the only game that I wanted to play FOREVER!When I started the game I had no cheats and almost no skill except from gta3.I did like 5 missions then I had to get cheats cuz it was hard. Don't get me wrong I like a good challenge,but I rather have lots of fun and just blow peoples heads off.I suggest that before anyone plays the missions they find a motorcycle and cruz around,cuz before I started the missions I had lots of fun goin fast and crashing into stuff.The cheats help you along the way in the game,for example:If you do the phone mission where you have to get the briefcase from one of the 2 guys but can't kill the girl,if you get the briefcase and then go outside and put in the tank code . Then you can do the mission easier cuz the guys in the black cars can't get you. Over all as long as you have the cheats and memorize them by playing a lot you'll evenually learn to love the game.(Once I beat all the missions and bought everything you can in the game then it got old.I'm looking forward to gta4 and hope it has even cooler missions , and maybe they could make a special part of the game where the crashes are more realistic,like for example the car could get crunched.THE GAME WAS GREAT! Sincerly ,Jared Heisner
| Unbelievably amazeing as the last one, but with so much more. | | Spooky from Scotland says (11/Dec/2002): | This game (I know so many people are saying this) is the best game out on the PS2. Yes it may have a few glitches such as your motor bike getting stuck in the ground, loseing energy for no reason and cars disapearing. But with a game as large as this of course your going to have a few glitches. GTA4 will challange even the most experienced gamer. Their is so much to do, you have your main mission, but you can also deliver pizzas, drive taxis, fire engines and police cars. It has a very good story think Goodfellas crossed with Cassino, Heat and for that matter every other gangster movie out there. Some gamers find it dawnting at the prspect of having to look for 100 hidden packages to be able to recieve 100%, but it isn't excatualy hard considering you find most of them while on a mission or just messing about. The main attraction of the GTA serious has always been to me the fact that you don't have to do what the missions tell you to do, there are mulitipul ways to do each mission. And what other games lets you run around an enormous city doing what the hell you like with a multitude of weapons and veahicles (cars, motorbikes, hellicopters, boats and planes) at your disposal.
I love this game you will too the only reason I haven't given it 10 is because some of the missions can get a bit frusstraiting at times, the cops seem to be every where and you no longer get money for blowing up cars.
| yes xcellent game,but betta off waiting 4 GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS | | Hidden girl [again] from COVENTRY,ENGLAND,EUROPE says (2/Apr/2004): | ive already reviewed yeah i know but there are other things i missed on my first VC review.anyway there are allso things like CHEATS for this game and i can give u weapon cheat 1 R1,R2,L1,R2,UP,LEFT,DOWN,RIGHT,UP,LEFT,DOWN,RIGHT do this cheat and u will get shotgun,pistol,flamethrower,sniper-rifle,brass-knucles,tec-9 uzi,baseball bat.If u want wep.cheat 2 and 3 go on 2 GAMESREVOLUTION.com.ive allso got the armed pedestrians cheat were u can give them weps. GTAIII wepon cheat is better in VC the code is R2,R1,X,TRYANGLE,X,TRIANGLE,UP,DOWN with this`the inocent ppl will be able 2 attack eachother with TEC-9,GOLFCLUB,TRUNCH[the melee weapon the cops use is well as thier pistol],PISTOL check out a cheat web-site if u want other horrible pedestrian cheatz.i only rit this rev. bcuz ime bored and i missed some other contents on my previous rev..but theres a game im waitin 4 thats right its GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS and its arriving in U.S.A in 19th OCTOBER 2004 and in 22nd of OCTOBER 2004 its arriving in EUROPE if u want other info. on GTA SIN CITY [if its true that it will ever hit a shelf] or on GTA SAN ANDREAS go on to www.rockstargames/grandtheftauto.com well anyway thanks 4 reading my 2nd review on grand theft auto vice city..sorry stationplay/console monkey 4 not saying much about GTAVC ce-ya lata and use my cheats if u have got the game and hope u try that website b-bye.
| the best game on ps2 so far!!!!!!! | | JON from USA says (1/Jan/2004): | I thought this game was cool. the graphics was ok they were not the best i seen. but the hunting of helpless people was fun but i hated the cops they need a killing or two which i did he he he...the people are funny and I like the hunter but so dose everybudy. the cars are nice but some of them suck. if anybudy thinks this game is gey than you suck because its hard to make a whole city good graphics. the loading would take so much longer than it is if the whole city was good graphics. but it would be cool if it was.i liked the head poping that was cool but the just dissapear a wanted a head rolling game but all well. the drugs that make everything slow is cool because you can beet the crap out of people and push cars a long ways fast that was cool.i liked the way the missons are though i dont like driving places when im timed and i hate saveing poeple they allwase die on me. i loved brown thunder i i killed so much people on that one. but what sucked is that can't swim the water is poisenes to tommy. i like v-rock the other music sucks though
| What are you talking about? | | Nathan Detriot from Fort Smith, Arkansas says (15/Nov/2002): | Why do people not like a game simply because it is difficult? I wish people would quit complaining about the cops being too hard to deal with in GTA: VC. I think the difficulty for the police is still too LOW! For example, let's say while im driving home from work tonight, i run every single stoplight in full view of the police. Or say i weave in and out of traffic on the highway at high speeds, barely missing other cars. I would quickly be pulled over and arrested. In GTA you can run as many stoplights you want to, ramp off a parking garage, or run full speed into a building, leaving your car a burning hulk in the middle of the sidewalk without any involvement from the police. Of course the cops are going to beat you up and arrest you if you hit somebody, or shoot your gun in public, or punch a cop. Their job is to react when you do something wrong. And besides, the cops are SUPPOSED to be hard to get away from. Rockstar totally blew me away with the level or realism in this game. This is just a small reason why i believe GTA: VC is the best game i have ever played. The realism and atmosphere in this game rivals no other. You almost totally believe that you are the character you control. And of course if you want to cheat you should. GTA is fun, but it is more fun with the chainsaw. If you want to play a fun, easy game go dust off Duck Tales for the NES.
| A cut above the rest...for now... | | Cyst from NYC, USA says (23/Dec/2002): | This game signifies the future of gaming and what to expect as the norm in terms of game size. Past great hits like FF7 and even classics like Zelda, all have one thing in common, depth. Vice city offers exactly this along with a very high fun factor rating to make it a great gaming experience. The graphics are amazing considering the scale of the living environment built around you. The playability is great for this game and everything that you need to do to survive can be done with little to no effort. The missions are challenging if you play it straight up, meaning no cheat codes. However, as someone mentioned earlier, the main plot line does disappear and you lose intrest as more time is invested in the game. You often find yourself more involved with the side stories and missions rather then the main story. Although these side missions are great, I would prefer them intertwined with the main and give it a sense of belonging in the game. There are a few downfalls in this game, but none that can even come close to out weighing all the good. I guess it all comes down to this question: is it worth your money? I'd have to say yes...
graphics: 9
playability (controls): 9
plot line or story board: 8
Creativity(tidbits and misc. add-ons): 10 + .5!
over all this game gets a 9 1/2. Fantastic game and a must have for any mature gamer.
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