I have bought this on PS2, and I am sadly disappointed with what I have purchased. I thought the first Vice City ruled. So the thought of having another go with new missions etc would be fantastic! But no.
The first thing I noticed was the glitch level was beyond a joke. The no of times walls would appear out of thin air, or would render into my car and I would be stuck etc was just pathetic programming.
The story was rubbish - the guy who gets kicked out of the army, wants to be a nice guy but goes on a blood killing spree and drug selling etc - its like wtf? Tommy Vercetti was a cold blooded killing nut job and so it was justifiable to do what he did. But Vick Vance - was rubbish and hypocritical! Lance Vance - he deserves a whole section - yes the annoying guy who annoys you and eventually betrays you in Vice City - giving you the pleasure of blowing him away - is back - this is a prequel! And he is more annoying than ever. Every mission you do for/with him - is awful. Its tedious, stupidly hard and he is more annoying than ever. You want your character to shoot him.
The fact that when you bring a vehicle to a mission, then the mission starts and your vehicle is gone is very very annoying, especially when there is a timer and your stuck driving some rubbish car. The good ones hardly show unlike the original! The turning and breaks and impacts etc are shoddy and all over the place.
The one decent thing in this which is an extension of the turf wars in San Andreas is the empire building. You build on sites various criminal organisations etc. That was fun to do and build them all into thriving drug cartels etc and defending your turf was great. It took vice city's assetts and san andreas's turfs and mixed them together. this was a good point for this pile of S**t.
The Police have been cranked up even worse. They are everywhere and I mean everywhere. Sometimes the city is deserted except for police. Gangs attack you and the police come after you! You can get stars in seconds! I went from 1 to 4 by only scraping a police bike and trying to get to a star (which are badly hidden about and almost impossible to get to in emergency. They should of fixed the police AI and even had them going after gangs etc too. I walked out my front door and was attacked by bikers, I defended - but as soon as I did - I got 2 stars and endless cops chasing, ramming into me and running me over! If you want to play a decent Vice City game - just go back to 2002's quality original. This one is lame. I spent more time shouting and chucking the CD around every time one of the many glitches or stupid thing beyond your control happen.
The first thing I noticed was the glitch level was beyond a joke. The no of times walls would appear out of thin air, or would render into my car and I would be stuck etc was just pathetic programming.
The story was rubbish - the guy who gets kicked out of the army, wants to be a nice guy but goes on a blood killing spree and drug selling etc - its like wtf? Tommy Vercetti was a cold blooded killing nut job and so it was justifiable to do what he did. But Vick Vance - was rubbish and hypocritical! Lance Vance - he deserves a whole section - yes the annoying guy who annoys you and eventually betrays you in Vice City - giving you the pleasure of blowing him away - is back - this is a prequel! And he is more annoying than ever. Every mission you do for/with him - is awful. Its tedious, stupidly hard and he is more annoying than ever. You want your character to shoot him.
The fact that when you bring a vehicle to a mission, then the mission starts and your vehicle is gone is very very annoying, especially when there is a timer and your stuck driving some rubbish car. The good ones hardly show unlike the original! The turning and breaks and impacts etc are shoddy and all over the place.
The one decent thing in this which is an extension of the turf wars in San Andreas is the empire building. You build on sites various criminal organisations etc. That was fun to do and build them all into thriving drug cartels etc and defending your turf was great. It took vice city's assetts and san andreas's turfs and mixed them together. this was a good point for this pile of S**t.
The Police have been cranked up even worse. They are everywhere and I mean everywhere. Sometimes the city is deserted except for police. Gangs attack you and the police come after you! You can get stars in seconds! I went from 1 to 4 by only scraping a police bike and trying to get to a star (which are badly hidden about and almost impossible to get to in emergency. They should of fixed the police AI and even had them going after gangs etc too. I walked out my front door and was attacked by bikers, I defended - but as soon as I did - I got 2 stars and endless cops chasing, ramming into me and running me over! If you want to play a decent Vice City game - just go back to 2002's quality original. This one is lame. I spent more time shouting and chucking the CD around every time one of the many glitches or stupid thing beyond your control happen.