Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

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  • Summary: Vice City, 1984. Opportunity abounds in a city emerging from the swamps, its growth fueled by the violent power struggle in a lucrative drugs trade. Construction is everywhere as a shining metropolis rises from foundations of crime and betrayal. As a soldier, Vic Vance always protected hisVice City, 1984. Opportunity abounds in a city emerging from the swamps, its growth fueled by the violent power struggle in a lucrative drugs trade. Construction is everywhere as a shining metropolis rises from foundations of crime and betrayal. As a soldier, Vic Vance always protected his dysfunctional family, his country, himself. One bad decision later and that job is about to get much harder. Kicked out onto the streets of a city between glamour and gluttony, Vic is faced with a stark choice - build an empire or be crushed. [Rockstar Games]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. Play UK
    90
    As a PSP game this was truly exceptional. As a PS2 release it's not as technically impressive, but still represents fantastic value for money. [Issue #92, p.92]
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  2. Games Master UK
    85
    It lacks the vitality it once had, but Vice City is still one of the best open-ended worlds. [Apr 2007, p.74]
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    80
    Luckily, the standard of presentation on Stories is as high as it's ever been, from the first rate acting right down to the epoch-defining soundtrack. Try not grinning idiotically as you attempt to time a unique jump in a powder-blue convertible to the chorus of "Easy Lover."[Apr 2007, p.94]
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  4. IGN
    75
    While the game stood tall on the PSP, its PlayStation 2 port seems weak in comparison when you look at the other options on the system. It's still fun, to be sure, but it just feels like a sloppy port.
  5. GameSpot
    72
    Like Liberty City Stories before it, Vice City Stories isn't nearly as appealing as a PS2 game, but it's still got worthwhile qualities.
  6. TotalPlayStation
    70
    A crap port of a great game is still a crap port. The good game part helps, yes, but when everything about the way the game plays on the PS2 feels like a rush job, it doesn't really instill a feeling of satisfaction -- if if the game is only $20.
  7. Gamestyle
    50
    The odd moments of joy don’t warrant sitting through the rest of the tedium and broken mechanics for. This cash cow has been well and truly milked.

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 32
  3. Negative: 6 out of 32
  1. TomTim
    Feb 17, 2019
    10
    As I already wrote about this game (only about PSP), PS2 graphics and other elements are better, but again not the level of the game at theAs I already wrote about this game (only about PSP), PS2 graphics and other elements are better, but again not the level of the game at the time of release (considering which games were released in the release year of Gta VCS for PS2) and yes, I'm talking about graphics, but so be it.
    I would like to add a few more words to my review. Gameplay and difficulty in games is better than in GTA VC, but the plot and the hero himself (more or less) are worse, but not by much.
    The new antagonists are different, but it’s a pity that Mendesam had so little time for the game (especially Diego), but the same Westerman is very good. In general, the secondary characters came out very good.
    Probably the biggest minus in the game, it's bugs, lags and similar unpleasant things in games (think about the controls on the PSP ...).
    But yes.    … Expand
  2. Ali129
    Feb 1, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories ile birlikte harika Vice City atmosferini yeniden görmek çok keyifliydi. Oyunda Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'nin açılış sahnesinde Ricardo Diaz'ın adamları tarafından öldürülen, Lance Vance'in kardeşi Vic Vance'i kontrol ediyoruz. Oyun Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'nin 2 sene öncesinde yani 1984'te geçiyor. Bu oyun Grand Theft Auto: Vice City öncesinde Vice City'deki karakterlerin neler yaptığını ve Vice City oyunundan önce Vice City'de neler yaşandığını öğrenmek için çok önemli. Hikayeden biraz bahsedeyim. Vic Vance, hasta olan kardeşi Pete Vance'in tedavi masraflarını karşılayabilmek için orduya katılır. Fakat suça bulaşmış bir asker olan Çavuş Jerry Martinez, Vic'e pis işlerini yaptırır ve Vic yakalanması ile birlikte ordudan atılır. Bu oyunda, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'den tanıdığımız Umberto Robina, Lance Vance ve Phil Cassidy gibi karakterlerin hikayesi ve 1986'dan önce neler yaptıkları da anlatılıyor. Ordudan atılması ile birlikte çete savaşları gibi pis ve kanunsuz işlere bulaşan Vic, Phil Cassidy ve Umberto Robina gibi kişilerle iş yapmaya başlar. Phil, Vic'e eniştesi Marty ile iş yapmasını önerir. Marty, eşi Louise'e kötü davranan ve hatta Louise'i kızı Mary-Beth'i öldürmek ile tehdit eden biridir, tefecilik yapmaktadır. Marty, bir süre Vic'e tefecilik işleri yaptırır, fakat Vic ile Marty'nin eşi Louise birbirine aşık olur. En sonunda durumu anlayan Marty, buna çok sinirlenir ve Louise'i genelevde çalışması için zorlar, fakat Vic gelip Marty'yi öldürür ve Louise'i kurtarır. Bir süre sonra Vic'in kardeşi Lance şehre gelir ve Vic ile birlikte çalışmaya başlar. Lance'in gelişi ile birlikte hem Vic'in hem de Lance'in başı sürekli belaya girer, Lance tecrübesizliği ve zengin olma hayali yüzünden hem kendisinin hem de kardeşi Vic'in başını sürekli belaya sokar, Vic birçok defa Lance'in hayatını kurtarır. Bu sırada Çavuş Martinez'de sürekli Vic'in peşindedir ve onu öldürmeye çalışır. Lance, çok zengin ve güçlü bir mafyayı yöneten Armando Mendez ve Diego Mendez'in özel jetine bir soygun yapar. Bu soyguna sinirlenen Mendezler, Vic ile Lance'e bu yaptıklarının karşılığında yaşamak istiyorlarsa onlar için çalışmaları gerektiğini söyler. Vic ve Lance, Mendezler için birkaç iş yaptıktan sonra Mendezler onları öldürmeye kalkar fakat başarılı olamazlar. Vic ve Lance'in işletmelerine saldıran Mendezler en sonunda Lance ve Louise'i kaçırır. Onları kurtarmaya giden Vic, Armando Mendez'i öldürür. Vic, Louise ve Lance'in yaralı olduğunu görür. Lance'in durumu iyidir fakat Louise hayatını kaybeder. Yaşananlardan sonra hem Diego Mendez, hem de Jerry Martinez Vic'e karşı saldırılarını yoğunlaştırır. En sonunda bu işi bitirmeye karar veren Vic, Ricardo Diaz'ın isteği üzerine Phil ile birlikte askeri bölgeden bir taarruz helikopteri kaçırır ve bu helikopterle Martinez'in adamlarının bulunduğu inşaata gider. Vic, helikopter ile Martinez'in adamlarını vurur. Ardından inşaata Diego Mendez ve adamları da gelir. Vic hem Martinez'in hem de Mendez'in adamlarını öldürür ve çatıya çıkar. Martinez helikopter ile gelip çatıya iner, sonrasında Diego Mendez de çatıya gelir. Vic hem Mendez'i hem de Martinez'i bu çatıda öldürür ve oyun sonlanır. Oyunun hikayesi, hikaye anlatımı çıktığı yıla göre çok başarılı ve karakterleri de çok iyi yazılmış, bundan dolayı ben hikayesinden oldukça keyif aldım. Oyunun en başarılı yanı ise görevleri ve görev çeşitliliği. Oyunda görev yaparken bir kere bile sıkıldığımı hatırlamıyorum, oyundaki görevler çok çeşitli ve eğlenceli. Oyun ana görev konusunda kendini hiç tekrar etmiyor, oyunun görevlerindeki çeşitlilik fazla olduğundan ve bu çeşitlilik eğlenceli karakterler, güzel bir de hikaye ile birleşince oyunu oynarken oldukça keyif aldım. Oynanış konusunda oyun Grand Theft Auto: Vice City ve Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'a göre pek yenilikçi değil. Oynanış genel olarak serinin önceki oyunları ile aynı olsa da Vice City ve III'te bulunmayan yüzme, yine Vice City, San Andreas ve III'te bulunmayan ağır silahlarla hızlı koşma gibi küçük fakat yararlı yenilikler yapılmış. Araç çeşitliliği konusunda oyun neredeyse San Andreas kadar başarılı, helikopterler, bazı küçük uçaklar, motosikletler, tekneler ve botlar oyunda kullanılabiliyor. Ayrıca bu oyunla birlikte seriye Jet Ski ve serinin diğer oyunlarında bulunmayan bazı araba modelleri de eklenmiş. Vuruş hissiyatı konusunda oyun günümüz standartlarına göre biraz kötü. Grafikleri bir PS2 oyunu için oldukça iyi seviyede, oyunu oynarken neredeyse hiçbir hata ile karşılaşmadım. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories kesinlikle oynaması keyifli ve kaliteli bir oyun.… Expand
  4. DavidHoltzer
    Jul 19, 2019
    9
    For me this is the third best Rockstar game i have ever played behind San Andreas and GTA 5.It had good missions, the story also was good andFor me this is the third best Rockstar game i have ever played behind San Andreas and GTA 5.It had good missions, the story also was good and i loved build those various buildings and it had all the best fun you can get from the GTA franchise.Some missions were not very good though so i'll go with 9 outta 10.… Expand
  5. evolution98
    Jan 21, 2018
    7
    The black sheep of the GTA franchise. I really love this game but it has so many flaws.

    The graphics looked impressive as they were    The black sheep of the GTA franchise. I really love this game but it has so many flaws.

    The graphics looked impressive as they were improved over the PSP version in terms of trails and textures. The soundtrack is really good but not as perfect as Vice City. The sound is essentially the same as Vice City but more refined. The gameplay was great and it gave us new elements such as the "Empire buildings", police bribes to retrieve your weapons after you got busted and purchasable vehicles with different effects that Vic could use.

    The story is my favorite out of the two "Stories" games. I really liked Vic Vance. It's sad that a lot of people don't like him.

    Now the bad: The AI in the game was unbalanced and felt broken at times, the weapon damage for all the guns was broken, some of the skill activities were crap and shouldn't have been extended to 15 levels, the random business wars are very irritating because the other gangs may have better weapons, many enemies spawn after you defend your business and instantly try to kill you, they may possibly go after another business again if you defend your business and go to attack a business that may be too far from your safe house or your current location in which they destroy it and you lose money, the difficulty level is terrible only in two levels Turn on, Tune In, Bug Out and Unfriendly Competition and the fighting mechanics were broken beyond belief.

    Rockstar could have bothered fixing these problems before releasing the game but didn't.

    Overall a good GTA game. The PSP version is essentially the same and has the same problems but has much worse frame rate and pop up.    … Expand
  6. Fedelca
    Sep 29, 2013
    7
    "Grand Theft Auto" aprovecha bien el tremendo éxito que tuvieron en Vice City con "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" si bien pudieron haber"Grand Theft Auto" aprovecha bien el tremendo éxito que tuvieron en Vice City con "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" si bien pudieron haber echo un mejor trabajo viniendo de Rockstar no está nada mal, por otro lado los gráficos y personajes se quedan medio pobres, pero el juego da medianamente lo que te mereces: acción viciosa y entretenida para cualquier espectador que halla disfrutado de las otras entregas de "Grand Theft Auto".… Expand
  7. WillyOldman
    Jan 22, 2019
    6
    Why is GTA:VCS on PS2 the worst GTA game for me???

    I've just finished GTA: VCS on PS2 and although I believe it is a good game on PSP I    Why is GTA:VCS on PS2 the worst GTA game for me???

    I've just finished GTA: VCS on PS2 and although I believe it is a good game on PSP I can't tell the same thing about PS2 version.

    Disadvantages:
    - so many bugs, flaws and nonsenses (Especially when you are on mission this could spoil you fun)

    - police aggression (Maybe it is just me but It felt like especially when you are on mission the police was always around hunting you - I believe sometimes it was in purpouse but sometimes it was just stupid coincidence that was ruining my game) I mention this because I didn't have that feeling in other GTA games

    - controls - especially in the beginning could be tough proposition but in the end I got used to it

    - some of the mission were super difficult!! (and from what I read I am not the only one with this feeling)- I am not super good player but I usually don't have big troubles with missions in GTA games.

    - the gang wars - sometimes you are dead before you step out of the car

    - I don't Like Lance Vance even less more after Vice City!

    ADVANTAGE!
    + soundtrack! - as in every GTA game I just love that one!

    + storyline! - not the best one from series but anyway still very catchy!

    + The dialogues, conversations, speeches, talk - good and funny as in every GTA

    + graphics/details - in my opinion similar to SA, especially the details in the game (can't say about LCS)

    + that business thing - very good idea how to earn money and have some fun via gang wars

    Maybe I could write more good things about this game it could deserveit but I am afraid I would find also more bad ones so I rather stop.
    it wouldnť be so bad except the bugs, mistakes and whatever is there in the end. But overall I'd rather choose LCS instead of VCS if should play it one more time - worse graphics but much better story, catchy missions and I kinda like Liberty City more than Vice City.
    Sorry Vic!    … Expand
  8. Kacak321
    Apr 13, 2020
    0
    To jest z nami i nie wiem czy jest możliwość zmiany w tym tygodniu w dniu jutrzejszym poziomie w

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#24 Best PS2 Game of 2007
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#5 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2007
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#5 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2007