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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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Nå†ßu© wrote:
> Simon, question :D
>
> Can you travel in taxis without driving them this time? Same with
> buses?
Yeah you can. You know when you die during or get busted during a mission, and end up at the police station/hospital, and then to restart the mission you gotta get a vehicle then head all the way back to the guy he activated the mission! Well now, as you leave the police station/hospital there is a taxi waiting across the street which you can get in, without stealing it, and the drive will take you back to location of the guy you need to talk to to restart the mission! No, you don't sit there as he drives you through the city, you just get in, then get a black screen with the words 'Taxi' in the bottom right corner of the scren. next thing you know, you'r there! woohoo. Busses? Hmmm, as for getting ina taxi or bus in general gameplay, don't know. everytime i've got up to a taxi and pressed the 'Triangle' button, Tommy has just stolen the car ;-)
But judging by the way the screen goes blank when you get into a taxi as described above, i doubt you can ride in one unless you nick it first.
> Simon, question :D
>
> Can you travel in taxis without driving them this time? Same with
> buses?
Yeah you can. You know when you die during or get busted during a mission, and end up at the police station/hospital, and then to restart the mission you gotta get a vehicle then head all the way back to the guy he activated the mission! Well now, as you leave the police station/hospital there is a taxi waiting across the street which you can get in, without stealing it, and the drive will take you back to location of the guy you need to talk to to restart the mission! No, you don't sit there as he drives you through the city, you just get in, then get a black screen with the words 'Taxi' in the bottom right corner of the scren. next thing you know, you'r there! woohoo. Busses? Hmmm, as for getting ina taxi or bus in general gameplay, don't know. everytime i've got up to a taxi and pressed the 'Triangle' button, Tommy has just stolen the car ;-)
But judging by the way the screen goes blank when you get into a taxi as described above, i doubt you can ride in one unless you nick it first.
Simon, question :D
Can you travel in taxis without driving them this time? Same with buses?
Can you travel in taxis without driving them this time? Same with buses?
Nomino wrote:
> Your last sentence sums you up perfectly!! I love winding people up
> and seeing how they respond in defence, boasting along the way!! So
> you've got a testing machine?...OK then!!
Hmm, fair enough. I also like a good wind-up so if that's what It was, then fair play to you Nomino – although at no point did I boast about anything. I tend to stick to facts only. However, I can't help but think you started out being quite serious, and then realised how stupid you looked and went for the old classic, 'oh, it was only a wind up'. But hey, lets give you the benefit of the doubt in this instance shall we. It was all wind up, and as such it was utterly hilarious :-/
> Oh, and I lost count of the number of times you wrote "LOL".
> Are you some kind of demented Laughing Hyena or something? It
> certainly sounds like it. Maybe you should seek help?
Well no, not a laughing Hyena, although I could be demented, who knows ;-)
Yeah there was a lot of LOL in that post, but reading through your post my sides were splitting! It was so very lame I couldn't help but laugh so much. I honestly couldn’t believe that you posted a message that would make you look such a prat, but then again, kids never cease to amazing me.
> Thanks for getting my word count up!! :o)
The pleasure was all mine dude! I wasn't the one who came outta’ it all looking like a muppet ;-)
For the record, I have
> owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the
> US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
First off I don’t believe you had VC before the US release (or even now) for a second. Not because it’s inconceivable that you could get it, but if you already had the game, then why didn’t you start talking to me about it? If you where already playing it, then surely you would have wanted to chat about VC and what it was like, rather than try to slate me for lying about having the game! Just doesn’t make much sense really.
However, lets say for the sake of argument you did have it before the US release!
That means that after all that posturing about pirate software, you are nothing more than a thief yourself. How's that for irony!
Been as VC was released in the US first, the ONLY way you could have got a copy of the game earlier than that was if you work for a games mag, website or know/work at RockStar/DMA! Not saying you don't as I don't know you, but I would have to say that all of the legit explanations are highly unlikely. Review code pf VC was VERY tricky to come by, I know as I couldn't get one anywhere - and even PSW only had 1 copy for a few days! Arrrr, a pirate me thinks! So what mod chip you got then? ;-)
> Your last sentence sums you up perfectly!! I love winding people up
> and seeing how they respond in defence, boasting along the way!! So
> you've got a testing machine?...OK then!!
Hmm, fair enough. I also like a good wind-up so if that's what It was, then fair play to you Nomino – although at no point did I boast about anything. I tend to stick to facts only. However, I can't help but think you started out being quite serious, and then realised how stupid you looked and went for the old classic, 'oh, it was only a wind up'. But hey, lets give you the benefit of the doubt in this instance shall we. It was all wind up, and as such it was utterly hilarious :-/
> Oh, and I lost count of the number of times you wrote "LOL".
> Are you some kind of demented Laughing Hyena or something? It
> certainly sounds like it. Maybe you should seek help?
Well no, not a laughing Hyena, although I could be demented, who knows ;-)
Yeah there was a lot of LOL in that post, but reading through your post my sides were splitting! It was so very lame I couldn't help but laugh so much. I honestly couldn’t believe that you posted a message that would make you look such a prat, but then again, kids never cease to amazing me.
> Thanks for getting my word count up!! :o)
The pleasure was all mine dude! I wasn't the one who came outta’ it all looking like a muppet ;-)
For the record, I have
> owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the
> US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
First off I don’t believe you had VC before the US release (or even now) for a second. Not because it’s inconceivable that you could get it, but if you already had the game, then why didn’t you start talking to me about it? If you where already playing it, then surely you would have wanted to chat about VC and what it was like, rather than try to slate me for lying about having the game! Just doesn’t make much sense really.
However, lets say for the sake of argument you did have it before the US release!
That means that after all that posturing about pirate software, you are nothing more than a thief yourself. How's that for irony!
Been as VC was released in the US first, the ONLY way you could have got a copy of the game earlier than that was if you work for a games mag, website or know/work at RockStar/DMA! Not saying you don't as I don't know you, but I would have to say that all of the legit explanations are highly unlikely. Review code pf VC was VERY tricky to come by, I know as I couldn't get one anywhere - and even PSW only had 1 copy for a few days! Arrrr, a pirate me thinks! So what mod chip you got then? ;-)
Flanders wrote:
> Nomino wrote:
>
> For the record, I have
> owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the
> US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
>
>
> Nomino wrote:
>
> With PS2 there are two breeds of user:
>
> 1) Law abiding Joe Public who buys all originals
> ITS HERE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2) Chip-owning tw*ts who buys nothing but backups<<<<<<< ITS HERE
>
> ----------
>
> By your own logic then you must be no .
> Nomino wrote:
>
> For the record, I have
> owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the
> US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
>
>
> Nomino wrote:
>
> With PS2 there are two breeds of user:
>
> 1) Law abiding Joe Public who buys all originals
> ITS HERE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2) Chip-owning tw*ts who buys nothing but backups<<<<<<< ITS HERE
>
> ----------
>
> By your own logic then you must be no .
Flanders wrote:
> where did the 2 go ?
I thought that was left to us to fill in :D
Yeah I'll go along with No 2.
> where did the 2 go ?
I thought that was left to us to fill in :D
Yeah I'll go along with No 2.
No 2.
where did the 2 go ?
where did the 2 go ?
Nomino wrote:
For the record, I have
> owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the
> US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
Nomino wrote:
With PS2 there are two breeds of user:
1) Law abiding Joe Public who buys all originals
2) Chip-owning tw*ts who buys nothing but backups
----------
By your own logic then you must be no .
For the record, I have
> owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the
> US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
Nomino wrote:
With PS2 there are two breeds of user:
1) Law abiding Joe Public who buys all originals
2) Chip-owning tw*ts who buys nothing but backups
----------
By your own logic then you must be no .
Echelon_vs_Lightforce wrote:
> Why do such childish people even bother posting.
>
> So why do you need a chipped machine to play an American game - which
> appears to be the basis of your (rather poor) argument? As far as I’m
> aware, a USA game will run (and this may come as a surprise) on a
> standard USA machine! LOL! Wow, now I know that might sound quite
> radical to you Nomino, but it's true! Amazing or what! No chip needed,
> just a step down converter! The wonders of modern science hey!
>
> The other way of playing games from all regions is to have a PS2 Test
> Machine - which I have. These babies play all regions, and
> pre-production code, and are the machines that all the PS2 mags have,
> and because I do a bit of freelance work for PSW, I have one. Yay
> me!
>
> Oh and for the record, you obviously no nothing about PS2 mod chips.
> There is a chip that will ONLY play ORIGINAL import games - it won't
> play back ups. But hey, I’m sure you know better, after all you just
> can't tell 10 year olds anything without them thinking they know
> better LOL
>
> Anyway, at least you seem to have accepted I have Vice City now, so I
> should have guessed that the next best thing is to claim it's a copy
> or something. LOL! A sad, sad person. I really feel sorry for your
> parents (and friends, although going by your attitude on here, I would
> guess you don't really have any) imagine have to spend any amount of
> time with an opinionated prat such as yourself, oh dear.
>
> The best bit of your post....
> 'I for one don't condone piracy, and therefore if this guy has got a
> copy of the game, it will be an illegal backup. So, f***you, and f***
> anybody who disagrees.'
>
> now that is utter, utter comedy! Totally! According to this, if I have
> the game, it HAS to be an illegal copy - how on earth can you make
> such an assumption! LOL nutter! And the last line is priceless. If you
> disagree, you a wrong. LOL quality! LOL
>
> I'd guess the real reason your so unhappy about me having the game
> (and you see to be the only one who is) is that mummy and daddy won't
> let you have a copy of Vice City cause you're to young LOL. oh well,
> give it 6 or 7 years and you'll be 18, then you can buy your own copy.
> Until then, just keep telling yourself that ANYONE who has the game is
> either lying or has an illegal copy! LOL
>
> *shakes head* Sad, very, very sad! LOL
Your last sentence sums you up perfectly!! I love winding people up and seeing how they respond in defence, boasting along the way!! So you've got a testing machine?...OK then!! For the record, I have owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
Oh, and I lost count of the number of times you wrote "LOL". Are you some kind of demented Laughing Hyena or something? It certainly sounds like it. Maybe you should seek help?
Thanks for getting my word count up!! :o)
> Why do such childish people even bother posting.
>
> So why do you need a chipped machine to play an American game - which
> appears to be the basis of your (rather poor) argument? As far as I’m
> aware, a USA game will run (and this may come as a surprise) on a
> standard USA machine! LOL! Wow, now I know that might sound quite
> radical to you Nomino, but it's true! Amazing or what! No chip needed,
> just a step down converter! The wonders of modern science hey!
>
> The other way of playing games from all regions is to have a PS2 Test
> Machine - which I have. These babies play all regions, and
> pre-production code, and are the machines that all the PS2 mags have,
> and because I do a bit of freelance work for PSW, I have one. Yay
> me!
>
> Oh and for the record, you obviously no nothing about PS2 mod chips.
> There is a chip that will ONLY play ORIGINAL import games - it won't
> play back ups. But hey, I’m sure you know better, after all you just
> can't tell 10 year olds anything without them thinking they know
> better LOL
>
> Anyway, at least you seem to have accepted I have Vice City now, so I
> should have guessed that the next best thing is to claim it's a copy
> or something. LOL! A sad, sad person. I really feel sorry for your
> parents (and friends, although going by your attitude on here, I would
> guess you don't really have any) imagine have to spend any amount of
> time with an opinionated prat such as yourself, oh dear.
>
> The best bit of your post....
> 'I for one don't condone piracy, and therefore if this guy has got a
> copy of the game, it will be an illegal backup. So, f***you, and f***
> anybody who disagrees.'
>
> now that is utter, utter comedy! Totally! According to this, if I have
> the game, it HAS to be an illegal copy - how on earth can you make
> such an assumption! LOL nutter! And the last line is priceless. If you
> disagree, you a wrong. LOL quality! LOL
>
> I'd guess the real reason your so unhappy about me having the game
> (and you see to be the only one who is) is that mummy and daddy won't
> let you have a copy of Vice City cause you're to young LOL. oh well,
> give it 6 or 7 years and you'll be 18, then you can buy your own copy.
> Until then, just keep telling yourself that ANYONE who has the game is
> either lying or has an illegal copy! LOL
>
> *shakes head* Sad, very, very sad! LOL
Your last sentence sums you up perfectly!! I love winding people up and seeing how they respond in defence, boasting along the way!! So you've got a testing machine?...OK then!! For the record, I have owned a copy of Vice City even before it was released in the US...won't say how though for obvious reasons.
Oh, and I lost count of the number of times you wrote "LOL". Are you some kind of demented Laughing Hyena or something? It certainly sounds like it. Maybe you should seek help?
Thanks for getting my word count up!! :o)
I think KR's getting too excited he's thinking he heard stuff about GTA:VC but it was something about no helicopters flying on TV or sommink
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