Summary

don't get mad, but i think this game was better than San Andreas, even though I gave San Andreas a 5 out of 5, if there was a 6 out of 5, i would give it to Vice City.

Sound

great voiceacting, probably the best i've ever heard, great gunfire, great everything when it comes to sound.

Gameplay

absolutley perfect, not a wrong thing about the gameplay. i think the best thing about Vice City is the radio station VCPR. it is so freakin' funny, but after you hear it a hundred times it loses it's touch, but it still is pretty funny.

Summary

Vice City is an excellent follow-up to the classic GTA3. It gets right many of the things that made GTA3 a great game and even improves on several things. The game offers another fairly large area to explore with the added attraction of tropical scenary. Like GTA3, there are a wide variety of missions to complete and an interesting cast of characters. In general, Vice City is an improvement of GTA3, though GTA3 had a better storyline and fresher feel. Overall score: 4 1/2 stars.

Sound

Great voice acting. A wide variety of good (and not so good) 1980s music. Sound effects like car engines, weapon fire, and so forth are convincing.

Gameplay

Vice City feels alive and has dynamic day-and-night cycles. There is always something to get into and you can do many things in whatever order you prefer. In particular, the new features include buildings that you can actually enter, a greater number of places to save the game, more clothing options, and a few more weapons (like chainsaws and helicopter guns). You can buy your own businesses which can turn a profit, and you can fly helicopters, in addition to driving cars and boats. The problems I encountered in Vice City were minor, but still annoying. The save-game system is my biggest complaint. You should be able to save the game at least once in the middle of some of the tougher missions. The story and missions were much like some of those in GTA3; however, they didn't seem as tied together as the ones in GTA3. Finally, while the new mode of transportation (flying) is on the surface a welcome addition, I found helicopters to be very difficult to fly and land, at least with a gamepad. Also, the problem of getting out of a boat without falling in the water and drowning is as bad as it was in GTA3. Overall, the controls (I used a gamepad and a mouse) work well together.

Summary

I put off buying GTA:VA because after recently getting a new Ubercomputer, I wanted to buy games that I could max out for graphics. So, despite the majority of rave reviews, I listened to those who said Vice City was a crappy port from platforms that didn't fully utilize a PC's capabilities. I was wrong. I should have got GTA:VC as soon as I set up my new PC. It's just plain fun. Escapism after a hard day's work. Yeah, there's better player details on games like UT2003, but the city that is Vice City is absolutely stunning. The weather effects, the day/night cycles, the sheer size of the city and your freedom of action make this an excellent game when you want to forget about work, tests, or family. If you lived your youth during the 80's -as I did, cough, wheeze- the tunes from the radio stations, the neon colors, the loafers with no socks, all will make you sigh and remember those times. If you're an intelligent gamer, who values gameplay over pure eyecandy (though GTA:VC is still a very pretty game), then don't hesitate as I did, pick this title up as soon as you can.

Sound

The vehicles sound great. I know Ray Liotta one an award for voicing Tommy, and in general the voice acting is held in high regard, but I'd don't know... I haven't played enough yet to judge the voices, though that aspect of gaming is important to me. I want proper, believable drama. I can't believe how many hundreds of reveiews mention that sound isn't really that important to them. The crowning glory of Vice City, though, is the actual authentic 80's tunes you can listen to while driving around, with an easy interface option to put your own favorite hits in the game. Oh yeah! Sting and the Police, while I'm running over cops!

Gameplay

Game play is excellent, the amount of streets and buildings to explore promises you won't actually play the main plot of the game, that's how wonderful this fully-fleshed city is. As one reviewer mentioned, the controls for your character, Tommy, are a bit clunky and I agree on this. The vehicle physics, however, are top notch. If you're on a bike it will actually rock back and forth on it's shocks when you brake. Brake too hard and you'll slide and make skids. I've played the game 6 hours already and I haven't yet followed the plot, I've just been crusing around the city with Flock of Seagulls blasting out my stereo. The feelings I get from this game are blends of Miami Vice, Scarface, Taxi Driver and The Godfather. There's tons of mods out there and I've downloaded a skin that has Tommy looking like a tattooed Japanese Yakuza. Yeah, there are some embuggerances that affect game play. There is an occasional pause as the game checks for your cd, and the chicks walk funny, but once you're playing the cd checks are trivial (on a good pc), and the shakey-bummed tarts actually contribute to the game's character. I've long awaited a game where I could escape, and do whatever the crap I want. Honestly, this game comes together perfectly. If you're a gamer in my age group (30's), then I highly recommend GTA 3: Vice City.