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Vice City Stories: What a story!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 46 / 47
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As in my other video game reviews, you will find absolutely no spoilers here, so read on.

Rockstar once again have outdone themselves with their long-awaited title, but it was worth the wait! So, let's cut to the chase:

Graphics:

Awesome! This time around, you will actually tell a difference between night and day. When the night falls, you will see beautiful street lights and store signs all around you, resembling a Miami night filled with lights.

Controls:

Great news! If you played Liberty City Stories, you already know the controls, as they are unchanged. So keep playing where you left off, instead off spending hours learning the controls.

Gameplay:

What can I say...this time around, Rockstar took all the best features from previous titles and combined them here and then added some more. There is so much to do, but I will not spoil it, but believe me, you will be busy for a while. Here is a brief overview of some features:

Swimming: Don't worry about falling into water and dying by accident, just swim back to the shore!
Cops using motorcycles(this wasn't implemented in original Vice City game)
New Vehicles: Rockstar listened and included the most vehicles into a title than ever before, including water and flying vehicles.
Weapons: new weapons implemented, including a silencer add-on.
Annoyances Removed: When arrested or wasted, you can now pay a bit more to get your weapons back.
Revenues from your businesses/empires are deposited into your pocket right away at the end of the day! No more waiting a day and running to " $ " icon to get your payouts.

Sounds:

This is why this game is such a great value: You get 105 different 80's songs from various radio stations, which is about 25%-50% more radio songs than previous averages. Once again, you will be treated for sexually-oriented humor on radio shows and hilarious commercials. If you are a fan of a radio as much as you are of a game itself, you will not be dissapointed!

Bottom Line: If you are a GTA fan, you will love it. If you aren't, you will learn to love it. This could arguably be Rockstar's best title of the series.

Hours of Fun and a Familiar Setting, I Love It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 35 / 36
Date: November 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories is an enjoyable video game. If you don't have a Sony PSP and you are a fan of the Grand Theft Auto Series, you may want to pick up a PSP to play this game. Vice City Stories is an extension of the 2002 hit game Grand Theft Auto Vice City. The game takes place two years before the original Vice City with different lead characters. This time around you will be playing as Victor Vance. Vance is a military man, frustrated with his career looking to make a little extra cash. Surprisingly it's his supervisor Martinez who hooks him into making a little cash on the side via crime.

If you played and enjoyed Grand Theft Auto Vice City, you should like this game. Afterall, there is no place like home. The map is not identical to the first game but it's very similar. Some of the businesses you remember from the PS2 game have not yet been built but there are a lot of new businesses and the roads are slightly different in some area. There is also much more time spent on the military base near the airport, as your first save house is Vic's barracks on the base. For this game you start out on what is known as the second island. When driving along you hear the familiar message about bridges closed. Road blocks block access to the other island, but you can access Starfish Island from the beginning of the game.

The first few missions are simple enough. The main character Vic can swim for a short amount of time and the first mission has him swimming to shore and then delivering a package. The next mission you will be paying a visit to Phil Cassidy (a character from Grand Theft Auto Vice City), and helping him with some problem some people.

Rockstar Games did not push the Grand Theft Auto series further with Vice City Stories, so don't look for a lot of new features that didn't appear in San Andreas, the most recent game in the series. GTA Vice City Stories is basically a new adventure in a familiar setting.

The game looks gorgeous and quite cinematic on the PSP system. The soundtrack is awesome with all of the previous stations returning and a few new ones. The vehicle handling is awesome. I had a few issues with targeting as far as shooting but I got better with that. Playing the game you rely on the left analog pad a lot. On the PSP the pad is not raised off of the system. This caused my thumb to get sore a lot quicker than it ever did than when I played a game on the PS2.

Overall, GTA Vice City Stories is everything you loved about GTA Vice City in a portable system with a great soundtrack and a new storyline. I had absolutely no complaints with the game. I love the free roaming that GTA Vice City Stories provided in no time I was wandering around finding hidden body armor. I will say that the game is much better than Liberty City Stories, a lot of improvements have been made. This game will provide you with hours of fun.

Worth it just for the soundtrack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: December 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is pretty much worth [...] for the soundtrack alone:

Remember those awsome radio stations from vice city? They`re back and better than ever!

ah, the hilarous commercals.....good times

ha ha, how can i forget this one: not only does Phil Collins best song (and my favorite song of all time) In The Air Tonight make an appearence but Collins HIMSELF does a cameo!!!!!

but than of couse you got 104 other songs to listin to. And who can forget the DJs?!?

The soundtrack MAKES THIS GAME!!!!

great fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this is a great game. the missions are hard to beat, espesially one where you have to carry crates out of a storehouse before a bomb goes off but this game is on par with the ps2 versions. graphics are great and the controls are excellent. however, I would have liked to see more stations on the radio and a greater number of songs. overall this is money thats well-spent.

Back to the Future!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

GTA Vice City Stories is a magnificient PSP game that anyone over 25 will enjoy the music and cars. It starts off pretty slow but suddenly picks up after several missions compared to GTA Liberty City. I just completed the entire game after completing all missions and still play it for fun. I love riding around town and getting my having the police chase me. This one is a keeper in my opinion.

awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

all of the rock star games are the best, and they have lived up to their heritage! It was even better that I recieved it really quickly.

GTA Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: March 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game screams PLAY ME!!! If you are a GTA fan i suggest you pick this up.

Excellent game :)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

WoW guys I'm so suprised with this game I thought it'll give me less details through playing the game I like the music in the game too :)

Great game, good story, long playing fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After having heard so much about GTA and never having played one, I had to get a GTA game when I got my PSP. I am not disappointed at all. The game reminds me of the old Police Quest PC type games, but then on the other side of the law.
The game tells a story and takes you from mission to mission. The missions are waved into the story, and that is done very well.
It is very entertaining. The language is rough, so maybe not for the younger, also some images are quite explicit. Nevertheless a two thumbs up and I recommend this game.
Cons: it is not easy to save a game.

everybody is there a game series better than grand theft auto

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

from what i hear yes there is not other game series better than grand theft auto. and now its portable it has awesome weapons, very creative missions, and there ary many hot cars. but the thing is. are the graphics good on the ps2 and on the psp well my opinion is yes. the graphics are no doubt good and in the begining of the game you start as an army person but u getting fired anyway on the 3rd mission this is when it gets fun u start killing everybody u see from a mile away. i have to say i play it just about every other day. to give u a little heads up the last mission called "last Stand" u kill the army general u were working for in the begining of the game. so any GTA fan out there a must get. at first i never played it before so i just happened to go on a vaction to florida to see my mother she told me there was a walmart near-by so i brought my psp to florida (so i can play it on the airplane) and i bought GTA vice city stories and on the ride back i was playing until my hand got soar and i was tired. so to make a long story short a must get for any GTA fan and u not sure if u dont like it or not go rent it at blockbuster u can decide from there. so this is one of the top PSP games out there in psp games out right now (loved the game).

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