Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

The Good
um jogo que fez parte da minha infãncia, zerei ele novamente adulto e continua maravilhoso

The Bad
não tem muito o que reclamar, é um jogo antigo e entregava muito para a época

The Bottom Line
um otimo jogo, recomendo jogar, principalmente agora que vai sair o gta 6

The Good
Realism, size and scope - GTA:VC could just be, the biggest, most detailed and realistic virtual world created in a computer game. Bigger and better than GTA3, Vice City screams 80s from every pore. From the beach to ghetto, from the 80s cars to vesper scooters this game has been well researched, well put together and done with a healthy infusion of humor. It's graphically improved with high poly-counts and more detailed animation and buildings can now be entered and explored. There are more realistic options available - change of clothes, purchasing of property, other outlets for weapons of destruction; this game has a lot of options to get through!

The other stand out feature is the sound. First the acting is top-notch with the likes of Ray Liotta give voice-over to the main characters. Sometimes the script is a little cough hacky cough but for the most part it's heart is in the right place. Second is the soundtrack which includes a whole bunch of 80's radio stations with officially licensed tracks including artists like Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash and the inevitable Michael Jackson. Music ranges from Latino Dance to Rap to Jazz to Pop or Rock. There's hours of radio to enjoy, including chat stations and lots of very 80s advertising. Last but not least there's the sound effects - which are awesome as well. I particularly like the chainsaw.

You'd think adding all this content to the game would be enough work in itself, however Rockstar have also out done themselves by adding a series of sub-games to complete. There are too many to list however they include Remote Control car races, dirt bike challenges, destruction derbies, stealing specific sets of cars, street racing... the list goes on. This game has some serious replay value.

The Bad
Unbalanced difficulty - in GTA3, the missions generally got harder slowly and stayed that way. However in the GTA:VC, the missions ramp up in difficultly much quicker, however there is never any middle ground. At any one time the missions available are either really, REALLY, difficult, or quite easy. This can be frustrating and the really hard missions can take quite a number of attempts to find the winning strategy which means that you spend a lot of the time not feeling like you are progressing.

Frame-rates - although the graphics are a step up from GTA3, you can see the PS2 starting to struggle with the amount of detail displayed. It's not too bad, but if you leave GTA:VC and play something else, the lower frame-rate is immediately noticable. On the upside, it doesn't vary all that much, given more on screen, but is quite low to begin with.

Auto targeting - the auto targeting system does not work at all on large groups of adversaries. I remember a mission early on in the game where you had to blow up two cans of oil in order to destroy a bunch of trucks - the catch was you were in the middle of a violent protest with security guards and disgruntled workmen. The only way to effectively target the the cans of oil before being killed was to walk right up to them. Problem is when they explode - they kill you! There should at least have been a option to disable auto target temporarily for automatic weapons.

The Bottom Line
The most open-ended gaming experience available.

The Good
EVERYTHING about this game is great. If you've played GTA 3 this will be a walk-over. Missions can be quite hard, but the cars, motorbikes, choppers, scooters, buggys, trucks, and the plane are brilliant, the varity of models, and colours is outstanding, the size of the place is massive, the buildings you can go into are amazing. The possiblitys are endless. The weapons you can carry make for a bit of fun, fists, brass knuckles, golf clubs, uzi's, bazookas, to name a few!! The mindless violence possiblitys are infinite.

The Bad
Sometimes the graphics can let you down a bit, having a patch of sky instead of a road can be quite annoying sometimes, but turn a quick 360, and everything's back to normal.

The Bottom Line
A definite must have, not to be neglected from wish lists. Just enjoy, go crazy.

The Good
The obvious is the action. Getting chased around by cops, the SWAT team, and the military has never been so entertaining. The depth of story was excellent, it felt as though you were actually a PART of the game, and not just some guy (or girl) playing it. The freedom to walk up to a jogger and beat them to a pulp, or to steal and drive any vehicle, or just go wandering around the city for a while is a definite plus.

The Bad
They need to add an option to talk to people. I wanted to go to the clubs to hook up, not just to kill everybody. Aside from that, I have very few complaints. This game is bound to be remembered for ages and ages. It's a classic, and a landmark achievement in video games.

The Bottom Line
If you're into action and crime, this one's for you. I have to say that this is one of the very few games in which the point is to be the BAD GUY, and to get away with it! Very fun, and addictive. A good rental, but a GREAT buy. I don't think you can even do everything there is to do in the game with a week rental.

The Good
Lots of things about that game are good, where shall I start?

The 80s feel it's very good, I found myself driving along Vice City and listening to all kinds of 80s music in the radio while gazing at the luxurious neon lights that ornate the city by night, and I said to myself: "Is that a time machine?", needles to say that I was very pleased with the overall atmosphere of the game, from the buildings to the music.

Most of the missions are very fun to play and they aren't repetitive at all, one of the missions towards the end (the one of the bank) it's one of the best missions in a GTA game, it's great.

The graphics are also good, quite realistic and immersive but they weren't a great improve from GTA3.

The engine improvements are also very good, I liked to fly over the city and seeing all the buildings.

The Bad
I found myself swearing a lot while playing the remote control helicopter missions, they are unnecessarily hard and take too much time to get used to them in my opinion, luckily there are just two or three of them.

Also, I missed an option to see the cut-scenes or replay a completed mission.

The Bottom Line
Drive by night while listening to Cutting Crew or have a relaxed evening while flying aboard an helicopter over Vice City and listening to Jan Hammer, in other words get immersed in the 80s.

Lots of amusing missions and hours of playing, a must have!

The Good
This is good all around with action, racing & driving all in one game instead of buying 3 games. Its all in GTA Vice City with none stop action. This game has a all star cast Ray Liotta of Goodfellas, and the supporting cast is voiced by Dennis Hopper (Speed), Gary Busey (Slapshot 2), David Paymer, Danny Trejo, Luis Guzman (Traffic), and Jenna Jameson (porn star).

The Bad
There are some small bugs in the game. The AI is some what off.

The Bottom Line
Jameson is in the the game as Candy Sux, Also hookers. with fast cars and big guns what more could you want.

good graphics good cast good play-ability good replay-ability good cheat codes/ cheat to win! good story line good sound & music

The Good
The game is very fun! It's set in the 80s and the music is totally accurate to the time era. Lots of guns to choose from, lots of cars, its great! The missions are OK and the side missions are very cool! The "Vigilante" missions are fun as well as the paramedic missions. There are many properties to buy. The soundtrack is great! This game should deserve 5 stars! But unfortunately its not quite good enough for 5 stars....

The Bad
The game is frustrating at times and has some or shall I say major bugs. The games loading time is slow... And the pedestrian A.I. attacks you for no reason sometimes. The games missions are somewhat "impossible". At least a few of them are. The gangs are hard to evade as well as the cops. The games is super strict on shooting people and such as 1 shot to a pedestrian causes you 2 stars. The games physics are weird.... As if you flip in your car it starts doing strange things....

The Bottom Line
Good Game! It's awesome and I would totally recommend this game to others!

The Good
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is one of the games that has helped push video gaming into the mainstream consciousness. While some of the attention has been placed on the game's mature themes, the lion's share has been a positive focus on the unique gameplay (unlike some past "violent games" like Night Trap and Mortal Kombat).

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is not a true sequel to Grand Theft Auto III. Rather, it is a sort of "new campaign" - it uses the same game engine as GTA3, but is not a mere expansion pack. Rockstar has confirmed that not only is there another similar "side-sequel" in development, but there is also a TRUE sequel that will bear the name Grand Theft Auto IV. Therefore, anyone referring to Vice City at GTA4 is incorrect.

Vice City is a free-roaming 3D game in which players cruise a fully-modeled city (patterned after Miami circa 1985), taking on missions from various employers. The game features a somewhat linear storyline, but there are tons of optional side-missions that aren't required to complete the game's storyline. Most players will play through the majority of the side-missions. Best of all, if there's a storyline mission that is just kicking your butt, there's another mission to go play, and you can come back to the hard mission later.

Most people have heard about the basic premise of the gameplay by now. Your character, Tommy Vercetti, gets around town by stealing cars (usually by carjacking unsuspecting motorists), and pedestrians can be gratuitously run over. Vice City law enforcement will pursue those that go on law-breaking sprees (both inside and outside of missions), making running from the police a common theme of the game. Players have a "wanted level" (1 to 6 stars), which increases as one's disregard for the law becomes more blatant. Police officers can be shot and run over, which generally serves to raise the wanted level quickly and make the player's job much harder - on that token, the game discourages cop killing. Yet, most missions involve breaking the law in some form, so VCPD will always be close behind.

With voice actors that include "real" Hollywood talent like Ray Liotta, Dennis Hopper, Tom Sizemore, Bert Reynolds, Luis Guzman, Gary Busey, Lee Majors, and a score of others, GTA: Vice City is helping to usher the days of awkward game voice acting (think Resident Evil) into the past. Though attempts at fusing real actors into video game voice acting roles has not always been successful in the past, Vice City comes out glowing. These actors truly bring the game alive.

Just as good as the voice acting is the music. Drivers in Vice City have a number of radio stations to choose from. Unlike GTA3, Vice City comes with a full block of real 1980s radio hits - from Michael Jackson to Iron Maiden to A Flock of Seagulls. The game's soundtrack has been released on a 7 CD box set, and it is a best-seller with good reason. The music does more than anything else to bring the 1980s vibe alive. Everything old is new again.

The Bad
Vice City's 3D world really pushes the PlayStation 2 beyond its capabilities. The game looks and runs much better on the PC - even Grand Theft Auto III looked much better on PC than Vice City does on PS2. The first thing to do is turn the awful "trails" graphical feature off - they're annoying (to me, at least), and turning them off helps a ton for PS2 players.

Game control could be a little better in the on-foot areas. While the car control is very good, gun combat on foot can definitely be awkward. A number of other 3rd-person games have managed to implement much more natural control schemes. Rockstar would serve themselves well to take note and rip some control ideas off.

Also, the game is not without some bugs. Though they aren't frequent, I had a few crash/freeze bugs hit me during my hours of gameplay. Reports I've read from other people lead me to believe that it's not a unique case of my game copy and/or PS2 hardware.

Some critics have dissed Vice City as being nothing more than a GTA3 rehash. While the gameplay is largely similar, Vice City comes out as a much better game, thanks to all of the production values that bring the city and time period to life. There also aren't a ton of games in a similar style - and most of the others are direct clones of the GTA formula. One must wonder what formulaic archetype the favorite genres of these critics could be reduced to.

The Bottom Line
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is one of the biggest games of the past 5-10 years. It is not a game without flaws, but its status as an instant classic is well-earned. Due to some technical limitations of the PS2, players may opt to play the game on the PC or (soon) on the Xbox. Even still, the PS2 version is where the game gained immediate fame, and it is an excellent game, worth of purchase and many hours of play.

The Good
First of all, this game's cast actually had a lot of big named actors in it. This includes Ray Liotta, Gary Busey, Lee Majors, Dennis Hopper, Burt Reynolds, Fairuza Balk, and even Miss Cleo. One good addition is the ability to ride motorbikes (which were absent from the previous installment). There are many new weapons including a screwdriver (which is pretty useless for me), swords and knives, a chainsaw, and more. I especially like the chainsaw because if you want to steal a locked car, you can just cut the door off. Another new feature is the ability to change clothes, so you're not stuck with the same outfit all through the game.

The Bad
The non-mission gameplay is almost exactly the same as GTA III, so it sometimes it feels as though I'm just playing a modified version of GTA III.

The Bottom Line
Since this does not take place after GTA III, newcomers to the series can play it without getting confused.

The Good
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 3rd person game and it feels like you're in 1986 or 1985, and you'll hop in a car or a motorcycle and you will listening to the best music from the 80s. I've always like 80s music and movies and games. I know Grand Theft Auto is all killing people and getting away with murder, but there missions to complete and after you the game, you can have some fun with this game and it's awesome.

The Bad
What I don't like about the game is that it's just too hard to beat the missions and trying to avoid the cops and everything that is about to kill you or arrest you.

The Bottom Line
This game is so good, it is a little hard but not that much, and if you are into 80s music and a lot of good stuff, give Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the PS2 or PC a try.