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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar North

2006•Racing•PEGI 18

Taste attributes: actionadventurebusinessdetectiverobots/ai/spacesexvehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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Boxlist takeHeightened and sweeping: a very fast racing game, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

75 / 100

239 ratings

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About This Game

The PlayStation Portable follow-up to Rockstar's monumental handheld entry in the series, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. As in Liberty City Stories, this game ventures back to the location of the second PS2 game.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Vic Vance is a corporal in the U.S Army. He is a man who came from a poor family, with his brother suffering from fever and another lazy brother, and he is trying to make money for his dysfunctional family. He just arrived in Vice City in 1984 and he is now stationed at Fort Baxter. He arrives at the office of his supervisor, Sergeant Jerry Martinez, a corrupt officer of the Army who is a drug smuggler. He instructs Vic to manage a drug deal. Vic arrives on the buyer's yacht, but they are ambushed by unknown assailants who blow up the boat, leaving only Vic alive.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureBusinessDetectiveRobots/ai/spaceSexVehiclesAll consuming questComplex relationshipDeep rivalryFighting evilSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leads

Keywords

MotorcycleBloodyMurderDrugsOrganized crimeDeathBmxStreet racing

Details

Developers: Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar North
Publishers: Take-Two Interactive, Rockstar Games
Released: 31 October 2006
Series: Grand Theft Auto
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 2h rushed, 2h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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