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Well, after getting GTA Vice City last Wednesday, I have so far clocked up about 8-9 hours play, most of which was this weekend. Just didn’t have time in the week with work and all! To be honest it would have been more but Tony Hawk 4 is very distracting indeed – the levels are huge and very well designed! Anyway, I never really played GTA3 much, but have no problems proclaiming Vice City to be the best PS2 game this year – here are a couple of reasons why. DON’T WORRY, NO SPOILERS…
1) Motorbikes – the handling is excellent, from the nippy mopeds (called ‘Faggio’) to the more power PCJ 600 they are all amazing! And nothing beats popping a wheelie down the main beachfront ‘strip’ of Vice City.
2) The in game music. Whoever had the idea to license real 80’s songs should be made a director of RockStar – utter genius. Driving through Little Havana while listening to ‘Cars’ by Gary Newman, or ‘Atomic’ by Blondie, or even ‘tempted by the fruit of another’ by Squeeze (I think) is just soooo cool.
3) The radio stations. Vrock is pure class, with Lazlo doing his best to sound like a hard drinking, fast living rocker, the guy is just as funny as he was in GTA3. Plus Fernando Martinez is back, he has his own radio show on a station called Emotion – some good songs on here and he’s still trying to sell the same ‘love’ (or pimping) ideals as before!
4) Being able to buy new property. I have just bought a plush two-story pad in the Southeast of the city, complete with pool and garage. You can also buy a nightclub (called the Malibu club) and a strip joint. Not allows to buy these yet, and haven’t got the cash anyway. ;-)
5) The new weapons. Far to many to mention, but the screwdriver, katana and hammer are all cool. The hammer is also very good for smashing up cars! The guns a also cool, and with an assault rifle you can use a first person view to take enemies out. Weapons like guns and stuff can be bought from Ammunation, and the more household style weapons can be bought from a shop called ‘Screw this’ – class!
6) THE CHAINSAW! Wow, cool or what. Only had this once, you are given it quite early on in the game as asked to go a take someone out with it (saying no more so I don’t spoil it) and you keep it after the mission. Unfortunately I got busted and lost it. However, it’s just so cool man. You can’t take limbs off as I initially thought, but you can take heads of and once you’ve downed someone, you can attack them on the ground! Tommy plunges the chainsaw into the guy lying on the ground in a flurry of blood and sparks as the chainsaw rips through the person and onto the tarmac. Amazing stuff.
7) The missions. Much better than GTA3, with more variety and some clever tasks. Fly above the city in a chopper, which your mate (Lance Vance) is flying, while you attack with the huge gat gun is a good example of how varied the missions are.
8) Being able to go inside shops. Go into a fast food restaurant and buy a meal to boost your health. Go into the shopping mall and take out some shoppers with an Uzi, go into the nightclub and cause some trouble. Very cool.
9) Speeding along on a motorbike and then bailing off the back then watching the motorbike speed on into a group of pedestrians! The same can be done with cars and if you get the car on fire first, the ensuing explosion in the midst of a crowd is so sweet!
10) The loading sequence! Before you even get to the game, the titles or even the intro, RockStar North’s class really shines through. The initial load sequence will being memories flooding back to anyone who ever loaded a game on a C64 back in the day. And I never thought I’d see the phrases - ‘Press play on tape’ and ‘searching’ again! Just wait guys, it’s sooo cool!
The only problems are a few issues with the spooling of the textures from the DVD, if you drive through the city fast and have a radio station on, the game can have problems loading the texture in quick enough and you even get a ‘loading’ message sometimes as the game catches up. Doesn’t really spoil it, but annoying non-the-less. But this could be because I have a US import – dunno! Hmmm, and other than that I guess you could say that there aren’t enough gun/hardware shops, but that’s being very, very picky ;-)
Any questions, that you’d like to know, fire away.
A truly great game! RockStar, you should be saluted. A job very well done.
1) Motorbikes – the handling is excellent, from the nippy mopeds (called ‘Faggio’) to the more power PCJ 600 they are all amazing! And nothing beats popping a wheelie down the main beachfront ‘strip’ of Vice City.
2) The in game music. Whoever had the idea to license real 80’s songs should be made a director of RockStar – utter genius. Driving through Little Havana while listening to ‘Cars’ by Gary Newman, or ‘Atomic’ by Blondie, or even ‘tempted by the fruit of another’ by Squeeze (I think) is just soooo cool.
3) The radio stations. Vrock is pure class, with Lazlo doing his best to sound like a hard drinking, fast living rocker, the guy is just as funny as he was in GTA3. Plus Fernando Martinez is back, he has his own radio show on a station called Emotion – some good songs on here and he’s still trying to sell the same ‘love’ (or pimping) ideals as before!
4) Being able to buy new property. I have just bought a plush two-story pad in the Southeast of the city, complete with pool and garage. You can also buy a nightclub (called the Malibu club) and a strip joint. Not allows to buy these yet, and haven’t got the cash anyway. ;-)
5) The new weapons. Far to many to mention, but the screwdriver, katana and hammer are all cool. The hammer is also very good for smashing up cars! The guns a also cool, and with an assault rifle you can use a first person view to take enemies out. Weapons like guns and stuff can be bought from Ammunation, and the more household style weapons can be bought from a shop called ‘Screw this’ – class!
6) THE CHAINSAW! Wow, cool or what. Only had this once, you are given it quite early on in the game as asked to go a take someone out with it (saying no more so I don’t spoil it) and you keep it after the mission. Unfortunately I got busted and lost it. However, it’s just so cool man. You can’t take limbs off as I initially thought, but you can take heads of and once you’ve downed someone, you can attack them on the ground! Tommy plunges the chainsaw into the guy lying on the ground in a flurry of blood and sparks as the chainsaw rips through the person and onto the tarmac. Amazing stuff.
7) The missions. Much better than GTA3, with more variety and some clever tasks. Fly above the city in a chopper, which your mate (Lance Vance) is flying, while you attack with the huge gat gun is a good example of how varied the missions are.
8) Being able to go inside shops. Go into a fast food restaurant and buy a meal to boost your health. Go into the shopping mall and take out some shoppers with an Uzi, go into the nightclub and cause some trouble. Very cool.
9) Speeding along on a motorbike and then bailing off the back then watching the motorbike speed on into a group of pedestrians! The same can be done with cars and if you get the car on fire first, the ensuing explosion in the midst of a crowd is so sweet!
10) The loading sequence! Before you even get to the game, the titles or even the intro, RockStar North’s class really shines through. The initial load sequence will being memories flooding back to anyone who ever loaded a game on a C64 back in the day. And I never thought I’d see the phrases - ‘Press play on tape’ and ‘searching’ again! Just wait guys, it’s sooo cool!
The only problems are a few issues with the spooling of the textures from the DVD, if you drive through the city fast and have a radio station on, the game can have problems loading the texture in quick enough and you even get a ‘loading’ message sometimes as the game catches up. Doesn’t really spoil it, but annoying non-the-less. But this could be because I have a US import – dunno! Hmmm, and other than that I guess you could say that there aren’t enough gun/hardware shops, but that’s being very, very picky ;-)
Any questions, that you’d like to know, fire away.
A truly great game! RockStar, you should be saluted. A job very well done.
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Nomino wrote:
> So tell us something that hasn't already been said in magazine reviews
> or other websites. Face it, you don't own this game yet, and are just
> ripping off comments from other sources in an attempt to make others
> jealous...very sad indeed.
LOL @ Nomino! Like I care what you think nerd! LOL
Errr what do you wanna’ know then, I did say in the original post, if you have any question then shoot! So ask something you reckon hasn't been said, something that you need the game to know - although hasn't *everything* been said about this game. LOL
Why would I want to try and make anyone jealous, everyone will have the game by Friday - it's not like I had it months in advance, just a week or so. And why is it so hard to believe that I have an import version, anyone can go down to Computer Exchange and get the USA version. Damn pricey, but you can do it.
Just face the facts, I got an import and I have the game. WOW so what. You will have it on Friday, if your mummy will let you! LOL
Hey I was only trying to answer by Q's people had in the run up to the UK release! Sheeesh, some people!
****Oh actually, unless I actually had the game, how would I know about the very cool retro RockStar loading sequence! or has this been said elsewhere?****
> So tell us something that hasn't already been said in magazine reviews
> or other websites. Face it, you don't own this game yet, and are just
> ripping off comments from other sources in an attempt to make others
> jealous...very sad indeed.
LOL @ Nomino! Like I care what you think nerd! LOL
Errr what do you wanna’ know then, I did say in the original post, if you have any question then shoot! So ask something you reckon hasn't been said, something that you need the game to know - although hasn't *everything* been said about this game. LOL
Why would I want to try and make anyone jealous, everyone will have the game by Friday - it's not like I had it months in advance, just a week or so. And why is it so hard to believe that I have an import version, anyone can go down to Computer Exchange and get the USA version. Damn pricey, but you can do it.
Just face the facts, I got an import and I have the game. WOW so what. You will have it on Friday, if your mummy will let you! LOL
Hey I was only trying to answer by Q's people had in the run up to the UK release! Sheeesh, some people!
****Oh actually, unless I actually had the game, how would I know about the very cool retro RockStar loading sequence! or has this been said elsewhere?****
Nå†ßu© wrote:
>
> And I feel sorry for your kids Nev :O
They love me heaps - well at least that's what they say when I get the belt out ;-)
>
> And I feel sorry for your kids Nev :O
They love me heaps - well at least that's what they say when I get the belt out ;-)
Just make sure you get rid of all your screwdrivers before Friday Nev ;)
Oh and Simon (You dont mind me calling you that do you, its just that your other name is too hard to spell :D) Can you actually swim in the swimming pools or do you drown. I here you cant swim but surely you can go in the pools?
Oh and Simon (You dont mind me calling you that do you, its just that your other name is too hard to spell :D) Can you actually swim in the swimming pools or do you drown. I here you cant swim but surely you can go in the pools?
Nå†ßu© wrote:
> Just make sure you get rid of all your screwdrivers before Friday Nev
> ;)
>
> Oh and Simon (You dont mind me calling you that do you, its just that
> your other name is too hard to spell :D) Can you actually swim in the
> swimming pools or do you drown. I here you cant swim but surely you
> can go in the pools?
No that is fine! and in future i'll change my nick so its easier for you to write ;-)
Yes and no. Tommy can't swim, so if he falls into the sea, your dead - as with GTA3.
However, you *can* go into swimming pools and other such small, enclosed water filled areas safely - the reason, they are all only knee deep :-D
> Just make sure you get rid of all your screwdrivers before Friday Nev
> ;)
>
> Oh and Simon (You dont mind me calling you that do you, its just that
> your other name is too hard to spell :D) Can you actually swim in the
> swimming pools or do you drown. I here you cant swim but surely you
> can go in the pools?
No that is fine! and in future i'll change my nick so its easier for you to write ;-)
Yes and no. Tommy can't swim, so if he falls into the sea, your dead - as with GTA3.
However, you *can* go into swimming pools and other such small, enclosed water filled areas safely - the reason, they are all only knee deep :-D
KR wrote:
> i really want this game now
You are not the only one.
Ah well only another 3 more days to wait. :D
> i really want this game now
You are not the only one.
Ah well only another 3 more days to wait. :D
Reynolds wrote:
> Ah well only another 3 more days to wait. :D
Hehe....under 64 hours till (hopefully) it's in my PS2! That's assuming the postman turns up at about 9am, otherwise I'm on a hunt for him!!! :D
> Ah well only another 3 more days to wait. :D
Hehe....under 64 hours till (hopefully) it's in my PS2! That's assuming the postman turns up at about 9am, otherwise I'm on a hunt for him!!! :D
Heh, or it gets sent to the wrong address meaning free GTA Vice City for someone :D
I jst wanna no if its way better than gta3 or jst a few changes which make it a little better,jst tell us everythin u no.
nearly here :D i have pre ordered it, and it is definetly coming out on friday, so i will have it 100% then
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