It is a little odd playing as / getting to know a character we know died at the beginning of the last game, but I want to like him. This leads to his new life of crime and rise in the ranks of the underworld. Vic’s motivations are good as well as his distaste for certain illegal activities, but his hand is forced after being wrongly kicked out of the military. He’s probably the only protagonist in the series that actually feels like he starts out as a genuinely good guy without some huge violent past or regrets. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories takes place two years earlier in 1984, where a ripe and prosperous landscape sees the player take on the role of Lance Vance’s brother, Victor. The original GTA:VC (2002) painted a beautifully violent picture of 1986 with its protagonist Tommy Vercetti, but he spent time in jail before that.
Now with the hopes that GTA VI will head back to Vice City-and maybe even the 80s or 90s if we are lucky-I’m revisiting this title. Thankfully, a PlayStation 2 port would be released one year later in 2007 that I could dive into. As Rockstar giveth, they taketh away though, when I learned that the new romp down in Florida would only be released on the PlayStation Portable handheld system. So when the opportunity to revisit even a facsimile of that world with new adventures came around, I realized it was something I wanted immensely. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is my favorite child in a long list of fun and loveable bastards.
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