Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a video game made by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released in 2002, for the PlayStation 2 and for personal computers. It is part of the Grand Theft Auto series of video games. It takes place in the 1980's in a fictional place called Vice City. This fictional city is based on the real-life city called Miami in Florida.
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| Developer(s) | Rockstar North (PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh) Rockstar Vienna (Xbox) |
| Publisher(s) | Rockstar Games Capcom (Japan) |
| Series | Grand Theft Auto |
| Engine | RenderWare |
| Release | PlayStation 2 JP May 20, 2004 NA October 27, 2002 EU November 8, 2002 AUS November 8, 2002 Windows JP September 25, 2003 NA May 1, 2003 EU May 5, 2003 AUS January 6, 2006 Xbox JP July 29, 2004 NA October 31, 2003 EU January 2, 2004 AUS January 2, 2004 Mac OS X NA November 22, 2010 EU November 12, 2010 |
| Genre(s) | Action, Open world |
Gameplay
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an action-adventure game played from a third-person view. The player controls criminal Tommy Vercetti and completes missions to progress through the story. Players can freely walk around the game's open world and can complete side missions too. Vice City has two main islands and some smaller islands. The islands are unlocked for the player as the story progresses.
The player can run, jump, and drive vehicles. The player uses melee attacks, firearms and explosives to fight enemies.
During the story, Tommy meets different gangs. As the player completes missions for different gangs, some gang members will defend the player and some rival gang members will see the player and shoot them.
As Tommy builds his criminal empire, the player can buy a number of buildings in the city, some are where weapons can be collected and vehicles can be stored. There are also businesses which can be purchased.
Each building has a number of missions, once all missions are complete, the building begins to generate an ongoing income for the player.
Characters
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Media
Ray Liotta voiced protagonist Tommy Vercetti.
References
- ↑ "OFLC (New Zealand) rating" (PDF). New Zealand Customs Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2006.
- ↑ KING, AUSTIN (7 October 2020). "Grand Theft Auto Vice City: What Happened To Tommy Vercetti?". ScreenRant. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
