Undeniably cool, it was also slick and heavily stylised. They still fought and they still drank, they just looked like freaks, and if the blame can be pointed anywhere it's got to be at the door of Miami Vice, an MTV-style cop show hybrid that made Jan Hammer a household name. I remember watching the transformation of gay-bashing lager-swilling thugs into style icons with pink cardigans, no socks and, most disturbing of all, back-perms. It's Easy To look back and laugh, but the '80s were truly screwed. You can expect more of the same from Vice City, along with new vehicles, a larger playing area and some seriously whacked-out shirts.

It was both, with brilliant gameplay, anarchic humour and a vast city that appeared to live its own life. GTA III is one of our favourite games of all time, not to mention killing off the argument about linear vs freeform games in a single stroke. Penniless and on your own it's time to start taking on new missions and generally tearing the place a new arsehole. Fearing reprisals, your boss Sonny Forelli sends you to Vice City, but it turns out to be a set-up. Stupidly, the authorities believe you've been rehabilitated and let you back into Liberty City. Another smart addition is the taxi that waits outside a police station or hospital, always ready to take you back to the last mission if you're busted or wasted.Īfter stealing cars, killing police and blowing up rival gangs in GTA III you've been festering in maximum security for a few years. Highlights include a murderous rampage with a buggy on a golfĬourse, protecting your crew in a Haitian drug deal and brutally carving through traitorous gang members with a chainsaw. You'll still be able to complete the taxi, police and ambulance missions of the previous game, along with the all-new pizza deliveries. Vice City also manages to improve on the mission variety in GTA3, even adding indoor locations such as cheesy nightclubs. You can also steal various boats, remote-controlled vehicles andīest-of-all, helicopters, which give you fantastic views of Vice City as well as allowing you to slice people up with the deadly spinning blades.

There are far more vehicles than before, including the long-anticipated addition of motorcycles, which let you zip in and out of traffic and throw you off painfully if you crash. Vice City follows the exploits of lead character Tommy Vercetti - voiced by Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta - as he begins his rise to the top of the criminal tree.

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