Vice City Stories is a prequel to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2 years earlier) and it is the sequel to Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Set in 1984, players take on the role of Vic Vance, an army soldier who loves his country, family, and himself. One bad decision turns everything around and he is kicked onto the streets of a tough city. He has to build an empire to survive, or be left to die. Together with his brother Lance, a drug addict, the siblings try to take over Vice City.

Just like other GTA titles, gameplay consists of third-person shooting and driving sequences in an open environment. You will meet new enemies and gangs, and old foes. The missions require you to kill with a selection of weapons, steal vehicles such as a car, a boat, or a plane, rob to make it big, or just to have fun. New features for the portable version include swimming, and side missions such as Air Rescue, Vigilante, Firefighter, and Paramedic.

Similar to San Andreas' gang wars, this title has an Empire mode. To make money, you have to take over businesses from other gangs. By attacking and damaging rival businesses, it will be put up for sale, for you to take over. With a new building constructed, you can then choose an activity such as prostitution, drugs, protection racket, smuggling, robbery, or work as a loan shark. These activities earn money and the location in the city influences the revenue.

Multiplayer is available over Wi-Fi with ten different game modes, either focusing on fighting (Vice City Survivor), businesses (Empire Takedown), racing (Street Rage), stealing/selling (Grand Theft Auto), capture the flag game types, or games centered around a single vehicle such as a tank.

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Alternate Titles

"俠盜獵車手：罪惡城市" -- Taiwan title
"GTA: Vice City Stories" -- Informal title
"GTA:VCS" -- Abbreviated title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories	PlayStation 2	$3.16
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A step back in time and a step back for the series.	PlayStation 2	Big John WV (24734)
Perfect for Misogynist	PlayStation 2	lasttoblame (393)
GTA in your hands	PSP	Mario Duenaz (32)

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The Press Says

Games Radar	PSP	2006	9 out of 10	90
Meristation	PSP	Nov 10, 2006	9 out of 10	90
3DAvenue	PSP	Nov 25, 2006		90
Atomic Gamer	PSP	Nov 06, 2006	88 out of 100	88
GamingExcellence	PSP	Jan 15, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Vortex	PlayStation 2	2007	84 out of 100	84
Yet Another Review Site (YARS)	PlayStation 2	Apr 16, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Defunct Games	PlayStation 2	May 04, 2007	80 out of 100	80
IGN	PlayStation 2	Mar 06, 2007	7.5 out of 10	75
Jeuxvideo.com	PSP	Nov 09, 2006	15 out of 20	75