Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

After completing Grand Theft Auto III several months ago, I decided it was time to play the next installment in the series, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. This time, you play Tommy Vercetti, who is released from prison after serving 15 years. The game has a 1980s Miami Vice vibe, right down to the Lance Vance character voiced by Philip Michael Thomas. As with GTA III, there were lots of great songs to listen to on the various radio stations. It’s an old game but I thought it held up quite well. Vice City is a fairly large city with plenty of locations spread across multiple islands. You can even visit the interior of a shopping mall in the downtown area. Weapon selection is nice and varied but it is the driving aspect of the game that is the main focus. Once again, there are numerous vehicles to commandeer: sports cars, sedans, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, boats, aircraft, and others. One new addition to GTA: Vice City was the ability to buy property around the city. After completing certain location specific missions, the properties start generating income.

All in all, I enjoyed Vice City as much as I did GTA III. I didn’t play every mission but I completed the core storyline missions and several side missions along the way. I own the next game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and will tackle that a bit down the road.


Lance Vance, Tommy Vercetti, and Ken Rosenberg