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"Vice city- A little disappointing?"

I must say that, having played Vice city for a few hours on my friends PS2 (perhaps not the best way to judge a game, admittedly) I felt that Vice City didn't really live up to the standard set in the first one. Not that the scripting or characters were worng, it just has a bit of an odd feel to it. It has some cool new features such as the helicopters, motorbikes and new weapons, and some good Old Skool 80's tracks but it feel very different to the old game. Firstly, i feel it was a mistake to set it in the eighties as the retro feel is vastly overplayed, and the colour scheme is to bright and distinctly camp. I don't know wheter its me being fussy, but i did grow rather attached to the sound track in the previous game, and although there are some brilliant 80's anthems the speech on the radio is far less funny than before. Overall city design has also taken a bit of a step backwards, i don't like the fact that the city is already so accessible, as i felt getting new bits, and new features as you progressed was a large part of the fun.

I suspect i am just being picky, and i admit i will be straight down the shops on the day of PC release ( ten years time if i am lucky), It just didn't feel right to begin with, but i suppose that was probably because i haven't played it long enough. When i start playing i will more than likely become hopelessly addicted, but at the moment i am probably trying to convince my self it didn't feel as good as the last one to make the wait easier!

The only thing i'm disappointed at is the lack of a PC version. If it were out by christmas, they'd get a lot more sales than leaving it 'till after the new year.

GasMask wrote:
> Hm, I did think the colours were abit silly

Quite realistic for 80's Miami... hell, even Miami 2002! :-)

Hm, I did think the colours were abit silly, and the city was silly too. I dont like the new radio and stuff.

The bikes are class though. I'd still pay £40 for it at the end of the day mind you..

There was too much hype. Hype kills games. The same concept applies to movies. They hype them up and you are disappointed.

I hate the whole industry

Same. At first, I thought Vice City was crap, but then you notice small things and then big things and suddenly it's back to ruling again.
And you don't play disappointing games for a couple of hours, do you?

I don't think Vice City is any worse than GTA3, but it loses some impact because - at the end of the day - "it's been done".

GTA3 was original and quite groundbreaking in what it achieved, whereas Vice City is more of the same, but improved. Therefore, Vice City doesn't have the same over-all impact as GTA3.

That's what I reckon, anyway.

Ashley wrote:
>I don't know wheter its me being fussy, but i did grow rather attached to >the sound track in the previous game, and although there are some >brilliant 80's anthems the speech on the radio is far less funny than >before.

Nah, I agree, it's less funny, but there is some decent music. In GTA 3, on Chatterbox, Lazlow and his guests had me in stitches everytime I 'tuned in'. Even simple things like the ad's were funny, but the comical side of the radio has been been ditched a little for the more musical approach.

the shame is you can't swim.

If anything, it's easier as you go on, especially in terms of the Police.

I also found Vice City very 'narrow' when I first played it, but it definitely grew on me. I'd say it's better, but you have to get into it first.

It's great, better than GTA3 but GTA1 is still the best in the series.


...In my opinion.