![]() More specifically, though? It was the when. GTA: Vice City famously transported players back to the neon-drenched excess of 1986, and it was fabulously successful at it.Īll of these things were meaningful improvements but, in terms of what really makes GTA: Vice City so special, they all pale in comparison to the setting itself. We could even discuss its drastically different (and vastly improved) approach to storytelling, which benched GTA III’s mute protagonist in favour of a fully-voiced one – brought to life by none other than the late, great Ray Liotta, no less. We could describe how it was the first GTA that didn’t ask you to rely solely on a paper map, or how it introduced property purchases and outfit changes. A retro-themed retro relic itself, coated in two decades of digital dust.įor those of you who grew up detached from the aura around Vice City – that magic that older disciples of GTA remain dedicated to – we could explain that Vice City is special for being the GTA where vehicle variety truly exploded (introducing motorcycles, helicopters, and planes that didn’t have their wings clipped off). ![]() For some of you, maybe GTA: Vice City is little more than a distant artefact, with little to no personal resonance. ![]() Still, for some of you, 2002 really is a literal lifetime ago. ![]()
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