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I got all the facts you can find

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 21
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

OK, We all know that GTA3 was probably the greatest game ever,but prepare to be amazed because Grand Theft Auto:Vice City will blow your minds.I've tried my best to dig up some info on the game and this is what I got so far.
1.There will be 40 weapons including the classics from GTA:3 and about 29 new weapons.These include machette,chain saw,revolver,golf clubs,2 different shotguns,more rifles,katanas,knives,meat cleavers,screw drivers,tear gas launchers,brass knuckles and machine gun w/ tripod
2.There will be 120 vehicles ranging from taxis to golf carts what i think will be really tight is the helicopter.Also you will be able to ride motorcycles and do wheelies with them and also i heard you can shoot your uzi in front of the bike so you can shoot up ahead.And you'll be able to wear inline sk8s
3.Tommy Verchitti is the main character and will actually be able to talk!
4.Pedestrians will have over 8,000 dialogue lines.And Gangs will walk in groups,and so we can have it a little better the cops will chase pedestrians and gangsters.
5.We have all been waiting for this to happen!Interior locations such as discos,bars,clubs etc.
6.There will be a new targeting system that helps us kill the person we want to kill so singleing out a person will be a hell of a lot easier.
7.You can jump out of moving cars!(thank goodness because i hated always flying off a cliff to quik in GTA3)
8.there will me more radio stations i think there will be a bit over 10 of them.
9.Also what i think is a cool feature is you'll be able to cut locked car doors open with a chainsaw or baseball bat.Also you will be able to shoot the air out of tires.
10.The atmosphere is much better with improved graphics.Palm trees and the general atmosphere will be more "friendly" than Liberty City's dankness and darkness.
10.And lastly Vice City will be 2x to 2.2x as big as Liberty city
Well that is all i have been able to find on Vice City.Just remember Vice City comes out on the 29th so make sure you get it because this will probably be the best game of all time!!!!

Behold the future of gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Whatever you think of the subject matter -- I happen to enjoy it, but I know there are plenty who flinch from it -- "Vice City" is a revelation: Go (nearly) anywhere. Do (nearly) anything. Ignore the game's script and create your own game. "Vice City" is a digital sandbox in pastels with an top shelf '80s soundtrack. Literally hundreds of hours of gameplay are buried in this package, with a dizzying amount of options concealed beneath deceptively simple gameplay.

Want to follow the main storyline? That's in there.

Want to unlock side quests that let you go off in different directions and feature side games? That's in there.

Want to steal cars? That's in there.

Want to roam the streets (and beaches) of Vice City, mugging tourists? That's in there.

Want to roam the streets (and beaches) of Vice City, tackling muggers when the cops are chasing them for reward money? That's in there.

Want to race cars and motorcycles for prize money? That's in there.

Want to play the game like a platform game, collecting hidden surprises and jumping along increasingly difficult platform areas? That's in there.

Want to cruise the strip, picking up prostitutes? Amazingly, that's in there, too.

Some day, every game will feature this amount of depth, particularly of the sort where very simple behaviors for computer controlled characters build up to complex responses in the actual game (like gang members and rent-a-cops having running gun battles in the local mall). "Vice City" is stuff with countless amazing minigames (fly an RV helicpoter through a construction site to blow up a building!), but it's the overall depth that's the really amazing aspect of the game.

Want to see what all games will be like one day, and perhaps ruin yourself for other games in the meantime? Run, don't walk, to pick up any version of "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City."

"Vice City" gets the highest possible recommendation for all adult gaming audiences.

Grand Theft Auto Vice City looks like a great game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 23
Date: September 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, Grand Theft Auto 3 was a spectacular video game. Every feature about GTA 3 was amazing and groundbreaking.In my opinion, it was one of the best games of all time.
Grand Theft Auto Vice City looks to be even better.I saw 26 screenshots of it on the internet and it looks awesome. Some of the confirmed details are as follows: you will be able to shoot out cars tires, you will be able to induce damage on vehicles with a baseball bat, you will be able to enter around 50 buildings, you will be able to change your outfit, plus you will be able to use new weapons such as an M-60 macinegun and a knife. In the game there are approximately 120 vehicles and around 40 weapons compared to GTA3's 11. Plus, there are 4 main islands and 3 hidden islands that you have to reach by helicopter or airplane. Yes, you can navigate a helicopter and airplane in the game. You can also ride motorcycles which look to be beautiflly created in the game.
The game itself is going to be released on October 29th, 2002. The strategy guide on the 15th of October. Some rumors of GTA Vice City are listed: the ability to swim, the ability to enter taxis and buses without stealing them, and shooting fishes while they are in the water.
All in all, this game looks and sounds quite great with 9 hours of radio station music and talk and possibly 8,000 different things pedestrians say. So if you liked Grand Theft Auto 3, I would reccomend obtaining a copy of this once it is released.
Of course, I can't give this game a rating of 5 stars, since I haven't actually seen the game in action yet. I already have my copy pre-ordered. I suggest you pre-order a copy of it unless you want to have a really hard time in stores finding or you have to wait until after Christmas to get it.
Anyway, sounds like a great game, thanks for taking the time to read my review.

A Must Get!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 21
Date: October 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game will be, let me put it 'Outstanding'. Vice City is about 2 times bigger then GTA3 with a bigger arensal to go along with. 40 weapons compared to GTA3'S 15. Enhanced graphics with more polygons which means sharper cleaner graphics. In Vice City you have the freedom to enter over 50 interior locations around Vice City and even create conversations with the pedestrations. The AI is tweaked and now peds will be skating, talking to each other, gangs now are in groups, lay on the beaches, and even sit on benches. This never occured in GTA3. Pedestrains look alot more realistic compared to GTA3 due to increased polygon usage. Rockstar tweaked the engine and enhanced the frame-rate a bit also. You will be able to pilot helicopters and even fire out the side of them. You will also be able to drive motorcycles and even pop some wheelies with the tap of your analog stick. The Cop AI has also been tweaked, now the cops with chase other criminals, lay spike strips, police and SWAT can even grapple out of a helicopter. With over 9 hours of 80's music, including Flock of Seagles, Hall and Oates, Kool and the Gang and much much more.If you loved Lazlow, the host from Chatterbox from GTA3, he is returning and will be the host of Vice City's V-Rock station. There will be over 100 vechicles ranging from a golf carts to boats to flyable helicopters. You will be able to shoot out the tires of cars, and shoot out the windows of cars. I hope my review helped you.

Here is information from the official Vice City website

Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s.

Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a long stretch in maximum security, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old boss, Sonny Forelli. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself.

From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile as Grand Theft Auto returns to the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system this October. Vice City is a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, and is the most varied, complete and alive digital city ever created. Combining non-linear gameplay with a character driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with delights and degradation and are given the opportunity to take it over as you choose.

As a major gateway to South America and the Caribbean and attracting migrants, Vice City is brimming with diverse characters, so there's a friend for everyone. It is a sociable place and the new guy in town is sure to meet all manner of friendly people in the sunshine capital of America. Athletes, pop stars, real estate developers, politicians, trailer trash, everyone is moving to Vice City to find out what makes it the number one growth city in America. But, as Tommy quickly finds out, trust is still the rarest of commodities.

Vice City offers vehicular pleasures to suit every taste. For the speed enthusiast, there's high-performance cars and motorbikes. For the sportsman, a powerboat or a golf buggy lets you enjoy the great outdoors. For those that need that sense of freedom and escape, why not charter a helicopter and see the beauty of Vice City from the air?

As the party capital of America, you would expect your ears to be seduced by a host of sultry melodies and pumping beats, but the city is truly rocking. You'll be AMAZED as you sweep through Vice City's FM dial. If you are feeling like trouble, you can tune into some driving rock, or some crucial electro, or maybe you want to slow down with some sweet soul, and there will always be some great romantic anthems if you want to really take your mind off things.

For the action man, or outdoors type, there's tons of fun things to do and adventures to be had... guaranteed. For the secretive or creepy type, Vice City is full of surprises, a place where you'll constantly be surprised by the vivacious, fun-loving types who live there and the things you can discover.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is the most diverse and ambitious piece of interactive entertainment yet created. The game is developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

-EvilLordFurbyClock

Another game of the year? Perhaps.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Vice City is like an expansion pack on steroids- it's still got the GTA III framework, but there are a TON of additions and revisions. The game is long, features quality voice acting by the likes of Dennis Hopper, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds and Jenna Jameson, and has a fast-paced and involving plot.

In terms of game mechanics, you can crouch now, which is very handy for shootouts. You can enter a bunch of buildings to find hidden power-ups, minigames, or just to stick 'em up for some fast cash.

The missions branch off early on, so you'll quickly have a choice of things to do. As for the afore-mentioned minigames, there are a lot of new ones in addition to the ever-popular killing sprees/rampages and the hidden stunt jumps including demolition derbies, radio-controlled racing and shooting galleries.

In terms of vehicles, you've got a wide assortment of sports cars and powerful utility vehicles. But you also get to pilot motorcycles, speed boats, planes and helicopters! Motorcycles come into play very early in the game, the other new vehicles have to be unlocked.

Some of the buildings in Vice City are for sale- you can buy them, and they produce revenue for you each day. You can own hotels, clubs, film studios and more. You can also purchase property for your base of operations to save your game and store your weapons and vehicles in. You can choose from condos, seedy rooms behind bars, or luxury hotels with rooftop helipads.

There are a -lot- of new weapons including a chainsaw, a katana and a minigun. This time around, there's no need to enter the code for added gore- you can take off body parts right from the start. Head shots are particularly gruesome and well done.

The developers obviously spent a lot of time on the aesthetics. Everyone wears period clothing and you yourself can change outfits- it seems silly at first, but sometimes it's necessary for a mission (and sometimes it's just fun to put on a nice suit before wacking a mark). The vehicles are all from the 80s, and the extensive soundtrack kicks butt. You'll find a ton of your favorite cheese on every station.

Obviously, the GTA guys realize that there was something to that whole 'let's have an actual plot' thing from GTA III. The story this time is really nifty, very involving, and utilizes the extreme voice talent nicely. But the biggest appeal of the GTA series has always been its open-endedness, and the same holds true for Vice City. A large portion of the city, many vehicles and weapons must be unlocked through the missions in the main storyline, but you can still spend a few hours as soon as you first put the disc in running around randomly and never get bored.

As a final note, the storyline this time is a lot more risque. GTA III simply alluded to drugs and pornography at many points, Vice City revels in it...P>In the end it's a great game- nowhere near being the next generation sequel in the series, but definitely a worthy follow-up to GTA III. You might grow bored of this game more quickly if you became tired of GTA III, but it's very likely that you'll find the game appealing for awhile nonetheless.

reality vs video games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 52 / 117
Date: November 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am a 26 year kid trapped in a mans body. Ive played every game since PONG up to PS2's GTA 3 and I have to give credit where it it due. GTA 3 is the funnest video game I've ever played. When I was a kid my mother allowed me to play violent games and I've never started a fight n my whole life. These old people reviewing these games and wrting about them as "disgusting" and "bad influences" are all worries that the kids will imitate them. The kids won't if they were raised properly and taught simple basic lessons in life like responsibility for your actions and the difference between video games and reality. Rockstar is only giving the young public what it wants and the conservatives can't handle it so they rant and rave with extreme slander. But Thats all they can do while millions of kids enjoy fantasy carjackings and machinegun massacres! My kids will one day play these games too, but they will 1st learn the lesson of reality vs video games. I havent even bought Vice City yet, and I know it is gonna be hilarious, entertaining, and ultraviolently satisfying.

To the next level we go. Long live GTA

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, here it is. After much well deserved hype, Grand Theft Auto Vice City has finally stomped its way victoriously onto game store shelves, where it sits atop the sales charts, to my knowledge, having stepped on and squashed all other games to get there.

All right. First things first. Graphics wise, this thing looks phenomenal. You can now see much further into the distance than you could in GTA III, plus instead of the dark and gloomy, dank streets of Liberty City, you get a bright and vivid, beautiful homage to Miami Florida, in Vice City, a lush and brilliant looking city that gives the perfect feel of a seaside resort just waiting for all sorts of gangster shennanigans and mayhem to set the streets on fire.

Soundwise, I love this thing. Two things stick out. First: The soundtrack is brilliant. From Judas Priest to Toto, Flock Of Segulls and so on, no matter what you play on your car radio, it has the perfect beat and feel for cruising down the streets of this lush tropical paradise while you are on your way to cause major mayhem. They even have very cool Latin music to cruise with. How cool is that? And second: Come on everybody, say it with me: YOU CAN TALK! Yee-hah! That's right baby! Tommy Vercetti (the man you play as) can talk and has a personality and real motivation for doing everything he does in the game, instead of just standing there like a complete and total jerk that doesn't say a word while some Mafia scumbag gives him orders, with a totally dumb look on his face that basicallly says, "DUH! Yes, master, yes master, hee hee hee!". It is so nice to be able to talk to the people in the city, and to hurl verbal barbs back into the faces of those jerks who almost constantly cuss you out on the freeway. Finally, poetic justice is here. Ray Liotta gives a perfect performance as Tommy Vercetti here. Phillip Michael Thomas is great as Lance Vance. Luis Guzman (Ricardo Diaz) is a hoot. All the voice acting is top knotch here and the radio commercials are good for a chuckle no matter how many times you hear them.

There are nice new features in the form of more and faster boats, motorcycles (woo hoo hoo! :) )helicopters, AND the ability to beat on cars with melee weapons, to fire through windshields to hit a target, and to shoot out car tires. Also, on a different note, the sniper rifle will decapitate a person without using one of those "more gore" codes you find plastered all over the internet. Not that I am for blowing people's heads off in real life or for using violence to solve problems. It just shows how much attention Rockstar has paid to detail here, even having Tommy yawn when he's tired or check his watch when he's bored or angry at something. I love the fact that cops don't just chase you anymore but they go after others as well as you. It makes for a nice change. But these cops react fast, so you might want to think twice about raising random hell. You have to be sneaky with it, or do less of it, or at least mix doses of freestyle mayhem in with doing the missions that this time around are much better connected to the main story of the game.

In short this thing is a work of pure video gaming genius that lives up to its predecessor AND in fact blows GTA III out of the water. Beautiful visuals and great sound combine with a very cool soundtrack and stellar voice acting to tell an engaging story of one man's quest to win at a game of winner take all in the lushly beautiful, vividly alive, and utterly deadly world that is Vice City. I love this, and I'm sure you can too if you like brilliant and thoroughly immersive interactive entertainment that makes you feel like a part of a living breathing world.

I have to say this though. Like its predecessor, GTA III, this is NOT a game for young children.It's great fun, but it is chock full of violence and the language can get pretty rough. After all, you ARE playing a notorious gangster. With that in mind, as I said, if you want to get involved in a great story told brilliantly in a beautiful location that the game really makes you feel a part of, then go ahead and take the trip on down to Vice City. I'll see you there. Peace, and God bless you.

BAck away Hilary

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: July 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hilary Clinton is a mean ass skank and she better stay away from this.After what she did to San Andreas how could you not hate her.She always talks about family values even though her husband bedded that (...).Her book was terrible and judging by her haircut I think she is a lesbian.Well anyway the game is great so buy it before Hilary stops you.

The epitome of gaming excellence

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: June 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What can I say about this game that hasn't been said a thousand times already?

It's simply fantastic. For fans of GTA 3, I can practically guarantee that you won't be dissapointed. For me, it's just about everything I've ever looked for or wanted in a video game. The sense of freedom in this game is absolutely undescribable. You really have to have played this game (or it's predeccesor) to understand what it's like. You have total and complete control over your character. Wanna go on a crime rampage and slaughter pedestrians, cops, F.B.I. agents and even the military? You can do it in Vice City. Feel like visiting a strip club, popping some adrenaline pills, or flying a chopper over some skyscrapers? Go ahead. You can do just about anything.

As I'm sure you've probably already heard, the game features a main character by the name of Tommy Vercetti (a Tony Montana esque mafioso voiced by Ray Liotta) who gets sent the Miami like Vice City after being released from prison. The drug deal he was sent to oversee goes bad and he's left to fend for himself in the city. You take over the role of Tommy and travel around V.C. doing jobs for various individuals, such as coke dealers, real estate tycoons, rogue colonels, porno directors, cuban and haitan gangs, bikers, a hard rock band of drunken, scottish bisexuals, and other savory characters that are sure to make over protective parents burn this game and bury the ashes.

Tommy is given a slew of weapons and vehicles to use throughout the game. From screw drivers and katanas to rocket launchers and spaz shotguns, your sure to have some fun playing with the instruments of destruction at Tommy's disposal. As for the vehicles, there's the welcome addition of motorcycles and choppers to the game along with over a hundred different boats, cars, and other vehicles. The game actually includes some of the same cars from GTA 3, just with 80s body styles. Having been a huge fan of GTA 3, it was interesting to see some of the favorites from that game translated to Vice City.

One thing about the game that I thought really stood out was the audio. The V.C. radio stations are incredibly diverse and include several hours of listening. Featuring musicians such as Run DMC , Grand Master Flash, Judas Preist, Blondie, REO Speedwagon, Micheal Jackson, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister and (my personal favorite) Slayer, the music selection is sure to offer something you'll like. The music is truly great, but the talk radio is very entertainig as well. VCPR is absolutely hilarious. The radio stations also feature characters from GTA 3 radio, such as Lazlow, Barry the nudist (extremely funny), Fernando Martinez, and Toni from Flash.

Another major step forward in the game is the ability to purchase property. Nightclubs, film studios, mansions, taxi firms, and car dealerships are all there for your purchasing pleasure. There's also a plethora of interesting characters to meet in V.C. Lawyers, dealers, gangsters, porn stars, you name it. Many Characters are voiced by celebrities such as Dennis Hopper, Burt Reynolds, Gary Busey, and, perhaps most fitting of all for Vice City, porn star Jenna Jameson. What more could you ask for?

The only real complaint I have about the game is the map. While I guess it's technically bigger than Liberty City, it doesn't really feel that way. In my opinion, GTA 3s Liberty City provided more replay value than did the setting of Vice City. From what I can tell though, not too many people were bothered by this so hopefully you won't be.

Now onto the topic that really inspired me to write this review in the first place; the mature rating. Listen, I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that 5 year old kids should be playing this game. It's full of blood, violence, sex, drugs, crime, and just about any other fun past time you can come up with. As I said, young children probably shouldn't play this game, but the idea of only people over 17 playing it is so ridiculous that it's laughable. I'll admit that I'm somewhat biased being that I myself am only 15, but does anyone out there really think that only 17+ year olds should play this? Pretty much all of my friends who have PS2s have and love this game, and some of them are even younger than I am. None of us have gone on killing rampages as a result of playing this game. If you understand the difference between fantasy and reality, then I promise that this game will not have an adverse effect on your life, except for maybe taking up substantially large amounts of your time. For those out there who would stereotype all teenagers, or even preteenagers for that matter, by assuming that just because we're young we're stupid and can't tell the difference between what's real and what's not, I truly feel sorry for you and those who suffer as a result of you blatant ignorance. To construct an entire opinion regarding a group of people based on one fact about them is wrong, and leads to completely erroneous stereotypes. I know some 12 year olds who are more mature than 30 year olds that I know. Age is not a neccessarily an indicator of maturity level.

So please, to all those who are mature, regardless of your age, pick up this game and enjoy it. And a message to the mature individuals who do happen to be younger than 17 and get hassled by the man when they attempt to buy this game, just get your parents or friendly neighborhood homeless guy to buy it for you. Don't let someone else's ignorance deprive you of a truly fantastic gaming experience.

Loving the American dream, with a vengeance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: January 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Upping the ante for just about everything that Grand Theft Auto 3 set, GTA: Vice City is undoubtadly one of the best games ever made, and an essential addition to your PS2 library. Taking place during the 80's in the Florida-esque sunny Vice City, you play as low rent thug Tommy Vercetti (voiced by Ray Liotta) performing tasks ranging from assassination missions to collecting money and loads more, while all the while you can steal cars, grease pedestrians, and blow stuff up. The graphics are much more polished and realistic than GTA 3, plus the cars handle much better while the cops are smarter as well, while there is plenty of meticulous attention to detail throughout the game. Vice City's voice cast is fantastic as well: including William Fichtner, Dennis Hopper, Tom Sizemore, Philip Michael Thomas, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzman, Gary Busey, and Fairuza Balk among others. Also, the radio stations are much improved, especially the KRock station which is a metalhead's dream come true (aside from the cuts from Quiet Riot and Tesla) and features classic songs from Megadeth, Slayer, The Cult, Anthrax, and Ozzy. All in all, Vice City is an absolute must have for PS2 owners everywhere; it is every bit what it is hyped to be and than some.

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