Description
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.
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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User Reviews
The Press Says
| GameZone |
PSP |
Nov 08, 2006 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| PGNx Media |
PSP |
Nov 03, 2006 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| TotalPlayStation |
PSP |
Dec 10, 2006 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| GameCola.net |
PSP |
Feb, 2007 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| GotNext |
PlayStation 2 |
Apr 03, 2007 |
  |
90 |
| Game Over Online |
PlayStation 2 |
Mar 16, 2007 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| Futuregamez.net |
PlayStation 2 |
Mar 20, 2007 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
| GameSpot |
PSP |
Nov 03, 2006 |
8.4 out of 10 |
84 |
| GamerDad |
PSP |
Dec 07, 2006 |
 |
80 |
| GameSpy |
PSP |
Oct 31, 2006 |
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80 |
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