Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)

Grand Theft Auto - Vice City has been out for ages now but a driving, beat-'em-up mafia-type game has never appealed to me, so despite thinking GTA2 on the Playstation was an ok game, my brother went out and bought it for himself so he put it on and I said `go on then I will have a turn` so I was sat there playing it and yes it is very addictive. From the start you play the game as a character called Tommy Vercetti and are faced with loads of challenges and situations which you must pass to move on to the next stage of the game. For each stage passed you get a cash reward and for some you are rewarded with extra 'features'. You don't have to play Vice ...  Read the complete review

GTA: Vice City™ ºººNew game or merely an add-on?ººº What constitutes a new game exactly? Ask me, and I’ll say that a new game provides a different story in a different way. What would you say? Sequels aren’t new games? New games HAVE to be original? People could accuse sequels of not being new games purely by the fact that they have a ‘2’ or a ‘3’ after their name (or in some cases, ‘11’ or ‘12’) or clones of not being new games, like First Person Shooters after the Doom and Quake era. What constitutes an add-on exactly? Ask me, and I’ll say that an add-on isn’t ...  Read the complete review

Controversy is something that will always follow computer games don't you know?, I can remember waaaaaaay back when the in-machine was the Commodore 64 - there were many people out there who claimed that this phenomenon called gaming would be the death of youth - but it still thrived, and RockStar Games have just upped it all another notch - with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Anyone whos ever been in the gaming scene will be able to tell you that Grand Theft Auto has always been about being violent, causing uproar but mainly being a playable game - the first 2 games (Grand Theft Auto 1 and Grand Theft Auto 2 - imaginative titles huh?) were to be honest not ...  Read the complete review

It's been a little while since I felt the need to write an opinion on a PS2 game, but I felt I had to put fingers to keyboard to tell you all about the most enjoyable gaming experience I have had in a long time. Most of you will have heard of Grand Theft Auto - either from the older releases, or from the occasional TV adverts for the newest edition, Vice City. And, if you've seen the adverts, you'll probably agree - that looks pretty cool. You ain't seen nothing yet! Having now completed 56% of the game and spent 30 hours doing so, I feel qualified to tell you about it, why you need it, and how to complete it.... no, I'm ...  Read the complete review

I've enjoyed playing all of the 3D GTA's but this installment remains a firm favourite of mine. You play as Tommy Verceti who has been sent by Liberty City gangsters to take care of business in Vice City. A nice touch which ties this game very loosely to its predecessor. The reason this edition stands out is because it is so unashamedly fun. I'm not talking about gameplay necessarily, but the garish colours of this pseudo-Miami, the 80's soundtrack, and the sly nods to Miami Vice and Scarface make this a tongue in cheek treat. The controls are as perfect as ever. Even without reading the manual the fingers and thumbs find all the right buttons ...  Read the complete review