Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Jewel Case)

by Rockstar

Product Features

• Return to the decade of big hair and pastel suits as you explore the massive urban sprawl of Vice City
• Gorgeous graphics and a much larger game world -- reflective surfaces, realistic shadows and buildings you can enter
• Multilevel gaming environments and more challenging missions in the great non-linear GTA style
• Gangs are much more intelligent in this game, and so are pedestrians - don't worry, you've got all-new moves and weapons to face them with
• There's also a much wider selection vehicles -- boats, motorcycles and more New camera angles like the over-the-shoulder view

Product Details

• ASIN: B000NP9HJW
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,996 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Welcome to the 1980'sProduct InformationThe phenomenon that started on the PC with a commitment to expansive non-linear gameplay irreverent humor and unparalleled action has gone on to become a household name worldwide.  Welcome to Vice City a huge urban sprawl stretching from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto a town brimming with delights and degradation.Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a long strength inside Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old boss Sonny Forelli.  But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous hedonistic metropolis of Vice City Tommy is set up and loses everything.  Sonny want his money back but the biker gangs Cuban gangsters and corrupt politicians stand in his way.  Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead.  His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself.Product FeaturesExpanded ControlsPlay in mouse-look 3rd person view or classic Grand Theft Auto console.  Plus integrated support for all major gamepads and joysticks.Optimized GraphicsPushed to the limit to take advantage of the latest PC hardware.  With massive viewable distances texture resolutions bumped up from 32-colors to 32-bit color with billions of shades and game resolution to scale as high as your monitor can support.Player SkinsMuster your artistic prowess to create your own player skin.  Add to Tommy's 80's couture wardrobe or create a whole new original spin on the character itself.Enhanced AudioEAX 3.0 audio immerses you in the sounds in the city and a new MP3 radio station lets you broadcast your own music over Vice City's airwaves.ReplayAt any given time watch a replay of the last 30 seconds of the game and mail your unbelievable gameplay sequences to friends to watch.Windows RequirementsWindows 98 98SE Me 200 Pro with SP3 XP SP1Pentium III 800 MHz / Athlon or 1.2 GHz Celeron / Duron processor12

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars This game rocks!!!!, November 28, 2007

By 

Dwight Hine (Indiana,Usa) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This game rocks especially on the pc some people may disagree but the graphics look so much better. Not only does this game rule over the Ps2 version you can modify it easily, like add new cars in the game, make new textures, download new places and add on to the game, and much more. I like Vice City better than I do San Andreas for some reason its such a masterpiece.

5.0 out of 5 stars An extremely fun action driving crime game that lets you do what you want, January 18, 2012

By 

Jeff Johnson "Jeff Johnson" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This is the multi-million selling action driving crime game Grand Theft Auto Vice City. Most noticeably it takes place in the 1980s, which means all of the excess, jokes and music of that era are here and it makes for a rich atmosphere that other games can't hold a candle to.

As mentioned before this is an action driving crime game. It is meant for a mature audience, because right off the bat, the game's protagonist Tommy Vercetti finds himself on the wrong end of a drug deal gone bad and to appease his bosses back in Liberty City he needs to get back the drugs, the fifty grand and make those pay who took the money. That means Tommy must take on missions given by great personalities voiced by some famous people like Dennis Hopper, Gary Busey, Laurence Taylor and even Tommy himself is voiced by Ray Liotta.

The main missions are fun and diverse. It stars simple like driving somewhere, picking someone up and escorting them and it goes to the complex such as stealing a cop car, uniform and destroying stores in the local mall. Vice City is a great big place and you'll need to drive to get anywhere. The game offers a wide array of cars, bikes, motorcycles, planes, helicopters and boats to get where you want to go and do missions with. The game handles easy and simple, one button for forward, one for reverse. Certain vehicles let you take on side missions like vigilante where you are a cop going after cooks to kill them, a firefighter that has you water blasting out car fires, a taxi driver, and a pizza delivery boy. Each side mission gets you more cash and has a great prize for each if you can do several rounds of the side mission without running out of time. There are nice jumps that will score you cash, races, drive bys and car chases. It is some amazing fun.

When you're on foot you can run, jump, auto aim your gun and shoot. The auto aim is a lifesaver and there are a diverse array of shotguns, pistols, machine guns and melee weapons like cleavers, swords, bats, hammers and golf clubs. Combat is fun and I've watched several friends beat down people just to do it.

The controls for the PC take some getting used to and its best if you use a controller and set it up like the PS2 controls (its impossible to set it up like X-Box controls). But the PC does make use of a mouse look system and click to shoot if you would like. It makes gunning more difficult because then you do not auto aim. There is no real graphics upgrade for the PC. It seems on par with Playstation 2 and not X-Box. If anything you can make the draw distance very far.

The game is full of rich characters, but it also has pedestrians, street walkers, gangs and feels full of life. Gangs will chase one another and war over turf... while you watch. Cops will chase bad guys, pedestrians will jump out of the way of your speeding car. Street walkers will walk up to your car. People will talk to one another on the street. It is nice to just sit back and watch it all.

Since you are a criminal, part of the random fun that comes from the game is getting the police after you with your wanted level. One star and you can be good and the heat will go away. Two stars and you will need to either get your vehicle spray painted or find stars that will make your wanted level go down. Three stars and the police will use spike strips and send undercover cars after you. The more you're wanted, the bigger force will be out to stop you. Eventually tanks and helicopters will be after you. This adds some extra fun and excitement to ordinary missions or just normal pay.

As mentioned before, the game has a rich atmosphere. The atmosphere is more than just the 80s rap, new wave, 80s pop and televangelists on the radio. The cars look slick under the bright neon lights of a Floridian city. Rain effects and streaming tail lights add to an incredible look. Even if there wasn't this environment, the game would be a lot of fun because of the mechanics.

The game doesn't just stop once you've achieved what you think is your goal in the game. It continues on as you grow a criminal empire by purchasing businesses and residences to use as safe house save points.

In conclusion, you can spend 300+ hours just messing around in this sandbox world, discovering side missions and quirky things here and there. It is a fun game that has been around for nearly a decade. The hours you play the game will just fly buy as you drive, explore, gun down and chase anything you want.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Two Best GTA Games out there, June 17, 2011

By 

Steven L. Degner - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Jewel Case) (CD-ROM)

This game has always been a favorite of mine, from the Tommy Vercitte Mansion modeled after Tony Montana'a Mansion to the great story line all in all this is not a game for kids no but it still a phone for anyone vivid GTA fan to play.