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:For the action man, or outdoors type, there's tons of fun things to do and adventures to be had… guaranteed. For the secretive or creepy type, Vice City is full of surprises, a place where you'll constantly be surprised by the vivacious, fun-loving types who live there and the things you can discover. | :For the action man, or outdoors type, there's tons of fun things to do and adventures to be had… guaranteed. For the secretive or creepy type, Vice City is full of surprises, a place where you'll constantly be surprised by the vivacious, fun-loving types who live there and the things you can discover. | ||
==Setting and Influences== | |||
GTA Vice City is arguably the most heavily themed Grand Theft Auto game, taking influences from a wide range of classic 1980s movies, television series and even songs. | |||
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 (typical 80s music, including new wave, glam metal and synthesizer pop, organised crime, expecially drug traffcking, overtly 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 that strongly resemble Sonny Crockett and Rocardo 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]], a pivotal piece of instumental music from the show, on the in-game radio station [[Emotion 98.3]]. One of the game's 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. Several in-game locations, such as the mansion that becomes Tommy Vercetti's home and base of operations, are obviously styled after similar 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, and the "Mr. Vercetti" outfit strongly resembles an outfit worn by Pacino's character. | |||
Other references include: | |||
*''[[wikipedia:Carlito's Way|Carlito's Way]]'' - [[Ken Rosenberg]], Tommy Vercetti's lawyer and adviser looks and acts almost exactly like Sean Penn's lawyer character from the movie. | |||
*''[[wikipedia:To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' - later in the game there is a money counterfeiting scheme based on the movie. A song from the movie's soundtrack ("Dance Hall Days" by Wang Chung) is also included on the in-game radio. | |||
*''[[wikipedia:Red Dwan|Red Dawn]]'' - an [[Ammu-Nation]] radio advertisement calling this 1984 movie about a fictional Soviet invasion of the United States a "documentary" is just one example of the game's lampooning of 1980s American paranoia towards communism. | |||
*[[wikipedia:Village People|Village People]] - a builder, a police officer, a soldier, a firefighter and a biker can be seen dancing on stage in the [[Malibu Club]]. | |||
*Cars associated with 1980s pop culture - many of the game's vehicles are look-alikes of popular/famous vehicles from the time, such as the [[Deluxo]], which is a nod to the De Lorean. | |||
*Hair Metal - as well as the rock/metal station [[V-Rock]], a ficticious in-game metal band [[Love Fist]] spoofs many 80s rock clichés in the syle of [[wikipedia:This Is Spinal Tap|Spinal Tap]]. | |||
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