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User Rating: 8 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories PS2
By gta_bandit | Review Date:
When Vice city was realesed back in 2002 it was a amazingly great game with sandy beaches, neon lights, and a phenomenal soundtrack. Now in 2007 we get another trip down to Vice City in Vice City Stories. A PSP port that is like Liberty City Stories. Another side story to the Grand Theft Auto Franchise. VCS has improvements to LCS. Like the ability to drive boats and helicopters. The graphics have improved to LCS but still suffer from the PSP to PS2 transition. In VCS you play as Vic. Vic has joined the Army to support his family, and especially his brother who is sick. At the start of the game you find yourself working for your Sgt, Sgt Martinez. Vic says he doesn't want anything to do with drugs, but Martinez persuades him. From there on you keep on doing odd jobs for Martinez until finally you get kicked out of the base when the weed under your bed that you were holding for Martinez is found.
From there on you will continue to do job's for hicks, low life cops, and your brother Lance "Lance Vance from VC"
It's cool to see old friends from Vice City like: Phil Cassidy, Umberto Robina, and some enemies such as Ricardo Diaz.

Aside from mission's you can take over a lot's scattered around Vice City and start a small, medium or high roller "Business". In this lot you can start a business of Loan Shark, Prostitution and others. Once you get enough respect for your business you get a "Pay Day" where you automatically get paid. Unlike Vice City where you had to stop at each one of your business's to collect your asset money. The radio is okay with some catchy tunes like: I like it like that, Rock You Like A Hurricane, Lick It Up, Holy Diver. Basically V-Rock is the best station, not just because of the rock but for the two host's. "Couzin Ed" and Lazlow. It's so funny to hear Ed just make fun of Lazlow every song break. But we all now Lazlow takes over as the V-Rock DJ later on. It's still fun to just drive around Vice City looking at the city. It's also interesting to see the city a few years early of Vice City.
The "Ice Cream" factory hasn't opened yet. Phil Hasn't moved to "Phil's Place" by the garbage dump. And Sunshine Autos is just opening in a month.
It might have been cool to leave in the multi-player for some two player split-screen fun, but you don't play Grand Theft Auto for multi-player. Overall Vice City Stories is a sweet deal and is well worth it for 20 bucks.

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