Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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  1. RainbowDashie13
    Jan 25, 2013
    7
    What happens when you take a good game and make it godly? That would be the case of Vice City, the follow-up to GTA III. Rockstar took the game and remade it into nothing but awesomeness fixing all the issues the previous game had and even adding to it. All the problems I had personally with the previous game are long gone and the new additions that I never knew I wanted are incredible, soWhat happens when you take a good game and make it godly? That would be the case of Vice City, the follow-up to GTA III. Rockstar took the game and remade it into nothing but awesomeness fixing all the issues the previous game had and even adding to it. All the problems I had personally with the previous game are long gone and the new additions that I never knew I wanted are incredible, so let's talk about what Vice City has that GTA III doesn't and how Vice City just does everything better than it. The main character this time, Tommy Vercetti actually has a personality unlike the character from the previous game who always kept quiet and nodded his head whenever someone told him to do something, Tommy on the other hand is a really good character with a sense of humor who isn't afraid of anything and will always tend do the most insane **** you'll ever see. The missions this time around are a LOT more fun and aren't as frustrating as the missions in GTA III that would sometimes just make you tear your hair out. The missions are quite challenging sometimes but they are great and even if you fail, you'll always want to try again till you succeed because you'll always be waiting to see what else this game has up it's sleeve, and let me tell ya, this game is just full of surprises in it's excellent storyline. The guns this time are actually affective, you can actually aim with them and the crosshair won't lie to you like it did in the previous game, your shots with the guns in GTA III would fly all over the place and barely ever hit what you wanted it to, that's fixed in Vice City and it's really fun to use the guns, they are all great, the guns are a lot more varied now and there are also more melee weapons now, and they are gory fun! Like Katanas and chainsaws that just leave a disgusting mess full of blood and I love it. There are also a lot more vehicles in the game now, plus the addition of helicopters which are quite hard to control at first but you will get used to it and it can be a lot of fun to fly around. Another great thing about the game and it's storyline is that it's full of humor, the game has really great writing and excellent dialog, and it's actually funny whenever the writers made a joke, I laughed quite a lot myself, especially when I listened to the radio. Lazlow did a great job with the radio in this game, the commercials and stations are hilarious, they make a lot of pop culture references and they make it funny, I really enjoyed this game. I might even agree that this is the best game in the series, but there's San Andreas to compete with the game...… Expand
  2. fhouse
    Oct 5, 2012
    7
    Yes, on foot controls suck, there are some difficult missions, but nothing that can't be done for the second or third attempt. Still, this is my favourite GTA game, the 80's presentation is fantastic. (The clothes, the music.) I can 't even mention another well made game, that is set in the 80's. Younger players would probably never appreciate another GTA set in the 80's so I'm pretty sureYes, on foot controls suck, there are some difficult missions, but nothing that can't be done for the second or third attempt. Still, this is my favourite GTA game, the 80's presentation is fantastic. (The clothes, the music.) I can 't even mention another well made game, that is set in the 80's. Younger players would probably never appreciate another GTA set in the 80's so I'm pretty sure we'll never return to Vice City again.… Expand
  3. jyzman
    Feb 14, 2013
    7
    Good game, the graphics are good, but are dated now. The story-line was good, but the game needed a bit more prompting about what to do, once I got to the point in the game where you need to buy a bunch of companies it was a bit annoying trying to find which ones I needed to buy. Theres also no way to look around by moving the mouse like in San Andreas, your view stays the same as the wayGood game, the graphics are good, but are dated now. The story-line was good, but the game needed a bit more prompting about what to do, once I got to the point in the game where you need to buy a bunch of companies it was a bit annoying trying to find which ones I needed to buy. Theres also no way to look around by moving the mouse like in San Andreas, your view stays the same as the way your vehicle is facing. The aiming in this game was a little bit awkward as well. The acting was good and the characters were pretty funny too, and the game is very enjoyable, but it needs a bit of improvement.… Expand
  4. ERB
    Jul 30, 2013
    7
    One of Rockstar's most greatest game.But I put a score Of 7 because If you go near the water you suddenly lose health points.But still I consider this as a good game because game play is cool and especially when It is cheated.
  5. Mario_Luigi
    Mar 31, 2015
    7
    Like: bikes, your own business, rock band, soundtrack
    Don't like: missions, atmosphere, plot, cars, guns
    Summary: a good game, but previous part (III) is better.
  6. creptor
    Jan 2, 2011
    7
    The game is fun and has a great storyline. But the rest is the same as all the others in the GTA series. I do have to say though, It is way too easy. It is more for fun than anything else and I do enjoy the free world play and doing whatever you wish.
  7. AlexF
    Oct 9, 2009
    5
    OK at best. Mediocre graphcis. Need a wall map to know where everything is in order to play the game well. Redoing missions is a drag. Doesn't add anything over GTA III, which wasn't all that great either.
  8. [Anonymous]
    Mar 26, 2004
    6
    Overrated game.
  9. Sickmate
    May 3, 2004
    5
    GTA 3 is 400,000 times better than vice city,and 500,000 times bigger.
  10. CraigC.
    Oct 8, 2005
    5
    This game is awesome I played it with my friend and we could get girls on bikes and there were cheat codes.
  11. SambaL
    Oct 2, 2013
    6
    I loved this game back in the day on the the PS2 and spend many hours playing around in this virtual playground. The story was good, the acting great, the music and vibe brilliant, it basicly took an already awesome GTA3 and perfected it.

    Now, so many years later, i thought i'd revisit this digital Miami on my netbook and i have to say it still holds up pretty well. Sure the graphics    I loved this game back in the day on the the PS2 and spend many hours playing around in this virtual playground. The story was good, the acting great, the music and vibe brilliant, it basicly took an already awesome GTA3 and perfected it.

    Now, so many years later, i thought i'd revisit this digital Miami on my netbook and i have to say it still holds up pretty well. Sure the graphics are outdated and the gameplay can feel a bit clunky but it is still acceptable seeing it's such a great classic, while this time round i would be able to be a lot more accurate aiming and shooting with a mouse.

    But unfortunately the controls are more or less a disaster. The game is just as i remembered it but even though i'm playing it on the PC now it still feels like i'm playing it on the PS2. That can't be right. In other words, a bad port.
    Aiming with the mouse for instance doesn't feel as smooth as you would expect, and to make matters even worse the vertical sensitivity of the mouse is not affected when adjusting the overall mouse sensitivity so that while panning from side to side will work as you set it, looking up and down will throw your view all over the place with the slightest movement of your mouse. And I understood it's been like that for years too and Rockstar has not even bothered fixing it. What a fail.
    Same goes for the widescreen option by the way. Yes, there is a widescreen option this time round but they even managed to screw that one up. The gameworld itself adjusts to the widescreen ratio fine but the HUD on the other hand does not and just gets stretched. Not only that, aiming is affected by it as well. To be able to hit your target with widescreen mode on you'll have to aim at his/her feet and slightly to the right of him/her. Only way to fix it is to turn widescreen off again.

    So when it comes down to it a great game gets a mediocre port to a platform where it should've shined even more. It is pathetic honestly.
    Don't get me wrong, i can still take pleasure out of GTA Vice City, but not as much as i'd hoped. Very disappointing Rockstar.    … Expand
  12. ColeYote
    Mar 6, 2013
    5
    I might be slightly spoiled by having played IV, San Andreas, Saints Row 2 and 3 first, but I feel it's just not as good as those are. Several of the missions would be impossible without cheats as far as I could tell, there's some brutal padding between the 3rd last and 2nd last missions, the audio quality was kinda meh, and for a sandbox there's surprisingly little content. I beat theI might be slightly spoiled by having played IV, San Andreas, Saints Row 2 and 3 first, but I feel it's just not as good as those are. Several of the missions would be impossible without cheats as far as I could tell, there's some brutal padding between the 3rd last and 2nd last missions, the audio quality was kinda meh, and for a sandbox there's surprisingly little content. I beat the game in about ten hours. Compared to the 20-45 I spent beating each of those other games, that's a little lacklustre. On the bright side, it's fantastically written, as is par for the course with Rockstar.… Expand
  13. VK0218
    Jul 15, 2013
    5
    Arguably, the best part of this atmosphere of the Grand Theft Auto series is one. Wonderful memories tie in with the engine száguldással while Michael Jackson yells on the radio.
    Compared to the excellent visuals for his age, but also in the emerging positive for me. The tasks are boring to me, and unanimous, the side missions towed and pedestrian behavior is very annoying. The artificial    Arguably, the best part of this atmosphere of the Grand Theft Auto series is one. Wonderful memories tie in with the engine száguldással while Michael Jackson yells on the radio.
    Compared to the excellent visuals for his age, but also in the emerging positive for me. The tasks are boring to me, and unanimous, the side missions towed and pedestrian behavior is very annoying. The artificial intelligence is terrible at 1-2, and the juice of media vehicles horrible management.    … Expand
  14. Superior
    Nov 22, 2016
    5
    The game shows it's age.

    + Idea
    + Storyline

    - Gameplay
    - Graphics

    This game was once good, but except for nostalgia it doesn't have much to offer anymore.
  15. Tagirix
    Jul 7, 2016
    5
    My personal opinion is different from yours. I don't like GTA: Vice City and consider it to be the worst game in GTA games. I didn't like the story at all, I didn't like the setting, I didn't like the city, etc. My choice is GTA: SA (and nah, I am not black). Compared to SA, it hasn't such athmosphere. Well, if you disagree with my opinion, I am not angry.
  16. Izoeros
    May 11, 2022
    7
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  17. TimA.
    Jul 17, 2003
    7
    This game is better than the previous one, but there is a lot to improve for the graphics! It's good but not that good......
  18. Dalek
    Jul 10, 2009
    7
    I thought that this game was ok, I was really excited when I got it. It was fun at first but then it got harder and the thing that pulled me down is that little helicopter mission to bomb the construction site. Sort of hard on a laptop that may not have Num lock keys. The graphics could had been a little bit better and more things to do.
  19. Mike
    May 14, 2006
    7
    I liked this game, but it was the same as GTA 3 not much difference in terms of grpahics.
  20. Nuker
    Jan 25, 2016
    7
    - Good: Tommy Vercetti, difficulty, varied missions
    - Mixed: story, atmosphere/mood
    - Bad: bugs, flying, map, mission tracking, ui

    Good game, aged pretty well. Driving is very fun and missions are varied. The only bad things in this game are bugs and glitches, flying is also very annoying. Mission tracking doesnt exist and map is pretty bad. Overall i would recommend even now, in 2016. :)
  21. Shadow1
    May 21, 2016
    5
    This game was born in 2003 as Simpsons Hit and Run , but Simpsons Hit and Run much better than Grand Theft Auto Vice City because I rate Simpsons Hit and Run on 10 of 10 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City on 5/10 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories much better than Vice City . Compare with Simpsons Hit and Run . Graphics in Vice City about as in Simpsons Hit And Run , but storyline in GtaThis game was born in 2003 as Simpsons Hit and Run , but Simpsons Hit and Run much better than Grand Theft Auto Vice City because I rate Simpsons Hit and Run on 10 of 10 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City on 5/10 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories much better than Vice City . Compare with Simpsons Hit and Run . Graphics in Vice City about as in Simpsons Hit And Run , but storyline in Gta Vice City sucks compared with Simpsons Hit and Run and in Vice City can't swim , but in other GTA Games can swim . 5/10… Expand
  22. SrPepe
    Oct 29, 2017
    7
    No me dieron ganas de seguir jugándolo la verdad, es un buen juego, pero personalmente no me llamó la atención como si lo hicieron otros títulos de la saga.
  23. dandalis
    Jan 21, 2020
    7
    Amazing game for its time, still is, but the flaws of the PC version kept my ultimate enjoyment back
    in some ways.
    The 80's setting is lovely, the licensed soundtrack is legendary, the story is very enjoyable, characters are pretty well written and interesting, with solid voice acting to boot. Love the Scarface inspiration for Tommy's character arc. The 80's Miami based open world    Amazing game for its time, still is, but the flaws of the PC version kept my ultimate enjoyment back
    in some ways.

    The 80's setting is lovely, the licensed soundtrack is legendary, the story is very enjoyable, characters are pretty well written and interesting, with solid voice acting to boot. Love the Scarface inspiration for Tommy's character arc. The 80's Miami based open world offers a reasonably diverse and interesting sand box in which to get lost in and cause chaos.

    Where the game for me starts to give anger issues when it comes to the shooting mechanics, with mouse aiming, they're so bloody inprecise and unintuitive, it makes you fail plenty of missions, as the enemies are more than good when it comes to hitting you. Sticking to unbalanced enemy AI, Tommy's health can run out extremely fast, even with armor, there are missions where enemies just swarm you or hit you from god knows where on the map. I kinda wish the game had PS2's lock on aim as side option on the PC. Then there is also an annoying issue with mouse even working, you have to pause/unpause the game a couple of times in order for it to work, something that was evident in San Andreas aswell on PC, only in a worse manner than in Vice City. Then there is a severe graphical issue in the form of road reflections during rainy weather, they're not present in the PC version, where as they are on the PS2, nice job R*.

    Even if it can be pretty annoying at times, battling with the PC version's faults, the game is still a good fun. Though it makes me want even more to play it on the PS2 where the true amazingness of the game can be unlocked and experienced.    … Expand
  24. Jackthegamer
    Sep 15, 2022
    6
    This game is ok. Story and characters are ok. The soundtrack is awesome though
  25. AbhinavDasiga
    Sep 4, 2020
    7
    Vice city thrusts the player right into the heart of a Miami like playground where the twisting and turning narrative takes over. A fun breezy summer in the a great sandbox awaits.
  26. Moworind
    May 9, 2020
    5
    Until recently, I could not complete this game until the end, but, having mastered it, I did it. I don’t like this part of GTA, I didn’t really like the plot, for me it seemed somehow boring and banal. Good thing the plot was very small! Inconvenient management, these stupid uninteresting tasks with business. This game is worth playing only because of the amazing atmosphere of the city.
  27. ugurbugraergor
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    Bad Sides Of The Game
    Texture Problems-Sight Problems-Control Problems-Bugs-So Many Bugs-Worse Graphics than PlayStation-Bad Optimization-Little Bit Bad Voice Quality-Map Loading Problems-AI Problems
    Good Sides Of The Game Very Very Very Good Open World-So Many Vehicles To Drive-Goody Story-Tommy Vercetti-Enjoyable Gameplay I know that game is very old but I voted it for today's    Bad Sides Of The Game
    Texture Problems-Sight Problems-Control Problems-Bugs-So Many Bugs-Worse Graphics than PlayStation-Bad Optimization-Little Bit Bad Voice Quality-Map Loading Problems-AI Problems
    Good Sides Of The Game
    Very Very Very Good Open World-So Many Vehicles To Drive-Goody Story-Tommy Vercetti-Enjoyable Gameplay

    I know that game is very old but I voted it for today's world.My original score was 4 But this game is so fun for Nostalgia-Lovers.So I voted it 4.Sorry for my Bad English.Goodbye From 2020's...    … Expand
  28. bar0yka
    Dec 9, 2022
    6
    mekanikler ve hikaye hiç güzel değidi telefonda oynadım zaten .
  29. tufekciero
    Mar 12, 2021
    7
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  30. elefsar
    Apr 21, 2021
    7
    Wonderful game for its time. I had good times with it but you know, it lacks graphics :)
  31. kndr
    May 25, 2021
    7
    One of the best gta game ever! Even though I played sa more I always liked vice city more.

    It aged better than 3 and sa. Story is not overly long, colors are vibrant, sounds are good and music is awesome.

    Beach takes too much space.

    Wanted level system is still trash.

    When you die in mission you start from beginning.

    It is classic just like 3, sa and 4.
  32. Mr_Nobody34
    Jan 14, 2022
    7
    Ratings for the time period it came out
    Story : 7
    Gameplay : 8
    Graphics : 8
    Fun Factor : 7
    Environment interaction : 7
    Sound effects : 7
    Overall Immersion : 7
    There's no such thing as a perfect game
  33. joalllucas
    Feb 21, 2022
    5
    Esse jogo veio num pacote que eu comprei e instalei ele apenas para testar sem nenhum pretensão de jogar. Acredito que vale a pena pra você se você gosta muito de GTA ou quer reviver um dos clássicos dora da franquia. Fora isso, não vi muito que pudesse me prender nem atrair.
  34. Antohadance
    Jun 22, 2022
    6
    Нравится за лучшую музыку и атмосферу в серии, но в плане геймплея она очень скучная
  35. Menaga
    Aug 8, 2022
    7
    Recommended
    17.1 hrs at review time
    Definitive Edition from workshop
    Gameplay 5/10
    Music and sound 9/10
    Screenplay 7/10
    Technical 6/10
  36. threeoftendie
    May 8, 2023
    7
    Я недопрошел эту игру. Но я зашел в ней дальше, чем в предыдущих частях. Считаю, что это прогресс, как минимум для нее. Вообще от части к части виден явный прогресс, и если сравнить эту, скажем, со второй, то заметен не только переход от "вида сверху" к "третьему лицу", но и большее количество стволов, возможность менять радиостанции, интересный художественный стиль и сюжет, конечно же. ОнЯ недопрошел эту игру. Но я зашел в ней дальше, чем в предыдущих частях. Считаю, что это прогресс, как минимум для нее. Вообще от части к части виден явный прогресс, и если сравнить эту, скажем, со второй, то заметен не только переход от "вида сверху" к "третьему лицу", но и большее количество стволов, возможность менять радиостанции, интересный художественный стиль и сюжет, конечно же. Он подается через кинематографические катсцены, только благодаря которым, впрочем, и можно понять, за кого мы играем и каких целей добиваемся. Естественно, персонажи по наполнению те же самые, что и во второй части, ничего не изменилось, у них разве появились имена собственные, а так те же жадные ублюдки, к тому же несущие лишь ахинею. И мы все так же бегаем и выполняем грязную работу для них, якобы поднимаясь по иерархии... Хотя все это было в GTA: III. В общем, атмосфера на месте, 80-е - интересная эпоха для передачи в игре. Пляжи, пальмы, море, купальники. Ах да, возможность хотя бы переодеваться и покупать какую-то собственность действительно дают персонажу возможность приподняться. Словом, мне нет причин ностальгировать по этой игре, миссия с вертолетом далась легко, а вот дальше стало слишком сложно. Среднее качество.… Expand
  37. arllda
    Feb 6, 2023
    7
    memories memories atmosphere of this game is really good story is not very good characters have nothing special ordinary use of weapons really bad driving a car it's like driving a remote control car but in 2003 it was the only game series that did them all together
  38. Naked_Snakee
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.

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#1 Best PC Game of 2003
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
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Metascore
94

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  1. G4 TV
    100
    Best of all, the numerous bugs and glitches that brought the PS2 version down a notch have been cleaned up and eliminated, for the most part. Enemies no longer shoot you through solid walls, you no longer randomly lose health while running, and cars remain in your garage until you take them out.
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  2. CPUGamer
    100
    Side-missions are just amazingly fun.
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  3. Eurogamer
    90
    It transcends the very genre it once created.
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