Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is an action-adventure game co-developed by Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games. It is the tenth installment in the Grand Theft Auto series and the last "3D universe" game per release date. It was released for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It introduced Empire Building which is a mix of the properties from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and gang territories in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and also the best way to make money in the game. The types of businesses you can buy are Protection, Loan Shark and Prostitution. Later in the game you unlock more illegal businesses such as drugs, smuggling and robbery.
 * 2) * Also each business has its own set of missions. Completing all of the missions that a business has, increases the amount of money you get from it.
 * 3) The protagonist, Victor Vance, who is the brother of Lance Vance the secondary antagonist from GTA: Vice City is now a full fleshed and likable character, unlike his appearance in said game.
 * 4) Louise's death in the mission "Light my Pyre" is incredibly heartbreaking.
 * 5) Helicopters and planes are now back from San Andreas (though there are helicopters in Liberty City Stories but you can't fly them)
 * 6) Amazing graphics which pushes the PSP to its limits and nice character models that look on par with San Andreas.
 * 7) If you buy a large tower of a business, it will give you its represented outfit.
 * 8) Enemies will either come closer to you or attack you from further giving you a reason to change weapons mid-gunfight.
 * 9) If you get wasted or busted, you can bribe the policemen/hospital healthcare $2000 to recover all weapons you lost.
 * 10) It is the first GTA game to feature checkpoints, this feature later returned in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
 * 11) The PlayStation 2 port not only enhances the graphics and gets rid of the frame rate issues but also adds new side missions and easter eggs.
 * 12) Unlike Tommy from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Victor Vance can swim in Vice City's waters though not for very long.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Horrible frame rate issues on the PSP version. Though unlike Liberty City Stories, the PS2 port does not have any such problems.
 * 2) There are some inconsistencies about Victor Vance such as having an American accent instead of the Mexican/Colombian accent he had in Vice City, and having a hatred of drugs while in Vice City he is shown having a drug deal with Tommy Vercetti.
 * 3) *In addition, Victor Vance looked much older than in Vice City Stories. Not to mention he walks slower which is odd since in Vice City Stories, Victor Vance is far more able-bodied in that game.
 * 4) The main story missions give you atrocious payments due to the introduction of the Empire Building.
 * 5) Some difficult missions such as "Turn on, Tune in, Bug out"
 * 6) Enemies will attack your businesses anytime when you are not on a mission which becomes a big problem if you have a lot of businesses. The only way to stop them from doing so is to take over all of their businesses, and by taking over all of their businesses, they will no longer attack your businesses at all (though there are at times where the Sharks were still able to attack businesses, even after conquering all of their businesses. Your best bet is to reload a save and your businesses will be completely free from any and all attacks).
 * 7) * They will attack your business even if you are on the other side of the map.
 * 8) The cops behave similar to GTA Vice City, meaning it's hard to avoid them.
 * 9) * To make matters worse, many missions involve the cops.
 * 10) Unlike other GTA games in the 3D universe (except GTA Advance), this game does not have a mobile port, The only way to play this game on Android is by emulators such as PPSSPP.
 * 11) Like in Liberty City Stories you're still unable to crouch, leaving you vulnerable to being shot at repeatedly.

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