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'''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''' (also referred to as '''''GTA Vice City''', '''Vice City''' and '''GTAVC'''''), is the second game in the [[GTA III Era]]. Although it was released after [[Grand Theft Auto III]], it was set 15 years earlier. | '''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''' (also referred to as '''''GTA Vice City''', '''Vice City''' and '''GTAVC'''''), is the second game in the [[GTA III Era]]. Although it was released after [[Grand Theft Auto III]], it was set 15 years earlier. | ||
GTA Vice City is set in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]], Florida ([[United States of America|USA]]) in [[1986]], and concerns the exploits of protagonist [[Tommy Vercetti]] as he rises to Vice City's major criminal power. The | GTA Vice City is set in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]], Florida ([[United States of America|USA]]) in [[1986]], and concerns the exploits of protagonist [[Tommy Vercetti]] as he rises to become Vice City's major criminal power. The game's events follow on from [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. | ||
Designed by [[Rockstar North]] and published by [[Rockstar Games]], it debuted in [[North America]] on October 27, [[2002]] for [[PlayStation 2]] and quickly became the best-selling video game of the year. As of July [[2006]], GTA Vice City is, in the American market, the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time. GTA Vice City also appeared on the [[Japan]]ese magazine Famitsu's readers' list of 100 all-time favorite videogames in 2006. Following this success, GTA Vice City saw releases in [[Europe]], [[Australia]] and Japan, and became available on [[PC]] and [[Xbox]]. Later, [[Rockstar Vienna]] packaged the game with its predecessor, GTA III, and sold it as the [[Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack]] for Xbox. | Designed by [[Rockstar North]] and published by [[Rockstar Games]], it debuted in [[North America]] on October 27, [[2002]] for [[PlayStation 2]] and quickly became the best-selling video game of the year. As of July [[2006]], GTA Vice City is, in the American market, the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time. GTA Vice City also appeared on the [[Japan]]ese magazine Famitsu's readers' list of 100 all-time favorite videogames in 2006. Following this success, GTA Vice City saw releases in [[Europe]], [[Australia]] and Japan, and became available on [[PC]] and [[Xbox]]. Later, [[Rockstar Vienna]] packaged the game with its predecessor, GTA III, and sold it as the [[Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack]] for Xbox. | ||
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:Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. | :Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. | ||
:Having just made it back onto the streets of [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] after a long stretch in maximum security, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old [[Boss|boss]], [[Sonny Forelli]]. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most if not all of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself. | :Having just made it back onto the streets of [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] after a long stretch in maximum security prison, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old [[Boss|boss]], [[Sonny Forelli]]. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most if not all of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself. | ||
:From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile as Grand Theft Auto returns to the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system this October. Vice City is a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, and is the most varied, complete and alive digital city ever created. Combining non-linear gameplay with a character driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with delights and degradation and are given the opportunity to take it over as you choose. | :From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile as Grand Theft Auto returns to the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system this October. Vice City is a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, and is the most varied, complete and alive digital city ever created. Combining non-linear gameplay with a character driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with delights and degradation and are given the opportunity to take it over as you choose. | ||
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Perhaps the closest real-life counterpart to GTA Vice City is the television series ''[[wikipedia:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]''. Aside from the broad-ranging similarities (80's music,--including new wave, glam metal and synthesizer pop-- organized crime, drug trafficking, styled cars, pastel clothes etc), several specific references are included. For example, at a 3-star [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era|wanted level]] or above, two undercover police officers who strongly resemble Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs--the primary characters from the aforementioned TV series--will chase the player in a [[VCPD Cheetah]], which is itself styled after the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa, Crockett and Tubbs' vehicle of choice in the latter three series of the show. | Perhaps the closest real-life counterpart to GTA Vice City is the television series ''[[wikipedia:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]''. Aside from the broad-ranging similarities (80's music,--including new wave, glam metal and synthesizer pop-- organized crime, drug trafficking, styled cars, pastel clothes etc), several specific references are included. For example, at a 3-star [[Wanted Level in GTA III Era|wanted level]] or above, two undercover police officers who strongly resemble Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs--the primary characters from the aforementioned TV series--will chase the player in a [[VCPD Cheetah]], which is itself styled after the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa, Crockett and Tubbs' vehicle of choice in the latter three series of the show. | ||
Another direct link to Miami Vice is the inclusion of "[[wikipedia:Crockett's Theme|Crockett's Theme]]" | Another direct link to Miami Vice is the inclusion of "[[wikipedia:Crockett's Theme|Crockett's Theme]]," a pivotal piece of instrumental music from the show, on the in-game radio station [[Emotion 98.3]]. The game's intro theme is also in the style of the "[[wikipedia:Miami Vice Theme|Miami Vice Theme]]". One of the primary characters, [[Lance Vance]], is voiced by Philip Michael Thomas, who portrayed Tubbs. Several vehicles in Vice City are also taken from the TV series, including the [[Squalo]] (Sonny Crockett's speedboat), the [[Stinger]] (Crockett's car for the first two seasons), and the [[Infernus]]. | ||
Another significant influence on GTA Vice City is the 1983 film ''[[wikipedia:Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'', starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Several in-game locations, such as the mansion that becomes the [[Vercetti Estate]], are obviously styled after locations featured in the movie. Elsewhere in the city, there is a hidden apartment containing a [[chainsaw]] within a blood-stained bathroom, a nod to Scarface's infamous chainsaw torture scene. The game's [[Keep Your Friends Close...|final mission]] mirrors the end of the movie; in both the main character is assaulted by an army of goons at their mansion, although crucially Tommy Vercetti lives, whereas Tony Montana is killed. The "Mr. Vercetti" outfit available from the [[The Pole Position Club]] strongly resembles an outfit worn by Tony Montana, and even Tommy Vercetti himself takes many character and lifestyle traits from Al Pacino's character, specifically his short temper and heavy dealings in the cocaine trade. | Another significant influence on GTA Vice City is the 1983 film ''[[wikipedia:Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'', starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Several in-game locations, such as the mansion that becomes the [[Vercetti Estate]], are obviously styled after locations featured in the movie. Elsewhere in the city, there is a hidden apartment containing a [[chainsaw]] within a blood-stained bathroom, a nod to Scarface's infamous chainsaw torture scene. The game's [[Keep Your Friends Close...|final mission]] mirrors the end of the movie; in both the main character is assaulted by an army of goons at their mansion, although crucially Tommy Vercetti lives, whereas Tony Montana is killed. The "Mr. Vercetti" outfit available from the [[The Pole Position Club]] strongly resembles an outfit worn by Tony Montana, and even Tommy Vercetti himself takes many character and lifestyle traits from Al Pacino's character, specifically his short temper and heavy dealings in the cocaine trade. | ||