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| GTA Vice City |
Tommy Vercetti, famously voiced by Ray Liotta, in 1980s Vice City, a fictionalized version of Miami. Tommy rises to the top of Miami’s criminal underworld in a story more than a little reminiscent of Tony Montana in Scarface. All the missions, expertly-acted cutscenes, vehicles (over 100) and spot-on soundtrack selections (several hours worth) are present.
All of the bad found in Vice City returns along with the good, however. Expect to repeat very lengthy and boring driving sections any time you fail a mission. Also expect to spend an inordinate amount of time simply driving to and fro to activate missions. The city itself, which seemed to so perfectly capture the 80s vibe 10 years ago, now looks blocky and empty. Vice City has not aged as elegantly as many games from the early 2000s era.
Even with a console controller in hand, Vice City could sometimes be tricky to control. Driving, shooting, pulling the E-break to slide around a corner… it’s a complex and full-featured game system that uses a lot of buttons. There’s simply no way around it. Thankfully, unlike the iOS port of GTA3, this time around players can fully customize the on-screen virtual buttons. After wrestling with the controls for a while I made the fire and steering buttons larger and moved less important buttons like the car horn out of the way. It helped make the experience much more controllable.
Even with a console controller in hand, Vice City could sometimes be tricky to control. Driving, shooting, pulling the E-break to slide around a corner… it’s a complex and full-featured game system that uses a lot of buttons. There’s simply no way around it. Thankfully, unlike the iOS port of GTA3, this time around players can fully customize the on-screen virtual buttons. After wrestling with the controls for a while I made the fire and steering buttons larger and moved less important buttons like the car horn out of the way. It helped make the experience much more controllable.
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