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| From: Rockstar Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $8.99
You Save: $11.00 (55%)
New (26) Used (21) from $6.16
Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 1977
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 37136
UPC: 827307952227
EAN: 0710425371363
ASIN: B000NGWFX6
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Hand Held Mayhem at its finest! December 2, 2007
Yet another entry into the seemingly endless world of Vice City. Taking place before the events of the original Vice City you place as Vic Vance who soon after getting thrown out of the Army begins to get wrapped up in a series of criminal engaging enterprises.
The missions are incredibly diverse and numerous. The colorful characters you meet along the way are very fun. As in most GTA the voice acting is superb. The story is engaging as you begin to find yourself rooting for Vic and wondering where/how things will end.
The story mode is only about 45% of the game. The extras are fun, but sadly you don't have much incentive to finish them once the story mode is over. That's always been one of my complaints about the GTA games. The extras in the game that you need to get through to finish 100% of the game get tiresome. I've never really completed a GTA because the side missions get boring for me.
Still, this is great game that is must own for anyone with a PSP. Especially good when your bored at work.
 Even better than Vice City November 13, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This has to be the best GTA game other than San Andreas. The radio stations are probably the best of any of the GTA games. Most of the missions are centered around the western portion of Vice City, which makes sense, as in the first game, most were situated on the eastern half of the city. The side missions are the best and most enjoyable of any GTA game. My only complaint is that many of the missions are timed and/or based on how much damage your vehicle takes.
 I can see why this would be a great portable game... June 24, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
But on a console it really loses something.
Compared to GTA Vice City, this game is simply an inferior copy. One of the great improvements from Grand Theft Auto III to VC was its licensed soundtrack. Also to compare, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories had most of the original GTA3 radio with a few new songs and a new channel. For this game they only kept the worst VC channel, the Latin channel and nearly all the new music, outside of maybe two songs, is awful.
The GTA series has never really been about the story, but the laughably bad cut scenes fall flat in this one. It doesn't help that the voice acting is terrible and the characters are almost all annoying one-dimensional stereotypes.
Vice City had a number of things, like the full map or motorcycles, which the original GTA3 did not. So GTA:LCS with those improvements was a better game. In this game you can swim, but it isn't a huge part of the game. Honestly this isn't really much of an improvement. If anything the fact that it originated on the PSP means that it has a much worse engine than the original PS2 games.
Just go back and play the original Vice City, don't listen to this "story."
I missed you Vice City June 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a Grand Theft Auto fanatic and I love revisiting the cities we've seen, but with new storylines. The way that the games tie into one another through various characters gives the player a feeling of investment in their fates. "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" is no different. It is fascinating to see how the city appeared prior to the rise of Tommy Vercetti. An avid GTA fan will notice the subtleties and will catch themselves amused by them. The game is humorous and as fun to play as the original Vice City. I understand that this is a transfer from the PSP, but my only complaint is that I still would like to see the cities expand as we revisit them. All in all a good game.
Best game in the series May 25, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, now that's a bold statement, and I'm sure most others will disagree. But I myself thought that Vice City Stories for the Ps2 rivals that of Vice City as the best game (in my opinion) in the GTA series.
We travel back in time, two years before the events of Tommy Vercetti and GTA: Vice City take place. Vic Vance is discharged from the army and ends up doing odd jobs around town. His brother Lance, who we see more of in GTA: Vice City, is a coked-up maniac who tends to get Vic in worse and worse situations that Vic has to bail them both out of. Vic himself really doesn't want anything to do with drug smuggling, and some of the other things that take place. But his motivation is to earn enough money to help out his and Lance's sick little brother.
Graphically, it is very similar to GTA: San Andreas, with the people and cars having more detail, with the controls being about the same as well. This was touted as a direct port of the PSP version, but you wouldn't really know it judging by the graphics and there is zero lag.
There are more missions in this game than I really have time to play, which is awesome for people who want to sink themselves into a game for quite some time, and for less than $20, you really can't go wrong. The music in this game is great, with a ton of hits from 1984, and they did a great job re-creating Vice City.
If I was a PSP owner, I'd be a little mad that the PS2 version came out costing less than the PSP version, which at one point was around $50. The PSP version might be portable, but the PS2 version's graphics are better.
For those with Ps3's, this is a nice game to tide everyone over until GTA: 4 comes out.
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