GTA Vice City PC Date

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  They weren't waiting--they were playing BF1942 while PS2 players dreamed about massive multiplayer games : cap0rale
  • heh, I was playing both ;) : xenoeye
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  superior version > inferior version : fluke
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    best version > * : mrtony
    • bingo some things are worth waiting for. : fluke
• Yes we are all so sad. Boo hoo, we didn't pay $400 to play one game. Boo fucking hoo. : snuff
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  I don't wait for games, I have a life. If/when they come to PC, I'll try em, simple enough. : brewsterdog
  • wow then you are really cool : bundy
• umm, i hired vice city and played it on my brothers PS2...i was sick of it after 10mins. the PC version o... : Gorgonzola

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  Well, GTA3 supposedly had "improved graphics" too. The only thing was, no one seemed to notice. I sti... : cap0rale
  • well if they were smart, they did better textures to start with and then reduced them for use on ps2. th... : supaslasha
  • Damn, I was afraid of that. : mrtony
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  If you run any 3d stuff on a 1152x824+ @ 100hz monitor using the exactly same 3d models and textures you'... : rorshack
  • you know you can zoom in on the map right? : supaslasha

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  even with those problems, I appreciate the port-job they did with gta3. I was able to play it, enjoy the... : fluze
  • Right. The problems weren't show stoppers. Still, I'd like to think that Rockstar can get it right this... : cap0rale
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  Hey, all my mouse buttons work here. I use button1 to shoot, b2 for the horn, wheel to change radio stati... : Geoffrois
  • I demand mouse4 and mouse5 support. :) : cap0rale
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  i use 5 buttons on my mouse in gta3, ive got the 5 button ms optical thingie and use the button under my ... : supaslasha
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    You must have your thumb buttons mapped to some keyboard input or something, then. I'm talking about nat... : cap0rale
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      Does it ever exist? I've never seen a game ie quake 3 engine supporting mouse4+. I always had them bound ... : rorshack
      • Oh it exists. Some examples of programs that NATIVELY support 5 mouse buttons (praise them with great ... : cap0rale

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• what are you trying to say? that driving is made for ps2 controller? no, i dont think so. i can outdr... : SPAZER
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  I agree. Steering (and accelerating) is a lot easier on PS2 than it is on PC. : gregorybrown
  • aiming a gun isnt.blahaha : snuff
• It's called Dual Shock 2 --> USB converter. But I think mouse aiming > analog movement. : cap0rale

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  wait 'til you find the apache : slax0r
  • You mean the hunter : rorshack

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• Nope no Loonix for you! : supaslasha
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  gta3 runs fine on linux using winex, i'm hoping vice city will too : Silent1
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    no way..what sys specs? : SPAZER
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      it ran okay on my gf2, 1.2ghz system. I've got a gf4 but i haven't tried it now, i played at 800x600. : Silent1
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        what linux distro? im nooob : SPAZER
        • i've tried it on redhat, suse, and debian : Silent1

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• yeah..i was freaking out when i couldnt find a date on ebgames for all of 2003 and the begining of 2004 : SPAZER

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  It's not taking long,they milking it for X-box : noxv1
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    Yes, I know : gmd
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      Pray that Halo doesn't suck when it finally arrives. : Ajax
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        As long as it's a picture-perfect port, with online multiplayer, it should be great. : EvilDolemite
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          It has to be more than a picture-perfect port. Mouse/kb control is going to dramatically change the ga... : cap0rale
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            Yea, very much so. Also, the mutiplayer maps are very simplistic and there's that whole 'only 2 guns' dea... : fluke
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              The "only two guns" deal is an integral part of what makes Halo, Halo. They absolutely shouldn't change ... : EvilDolemite
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                Yea I agree it's pretty damn nice when you're using a gamepad. I hate having to use an inventory system o... : fluke
                • Yes, online co-op would make me purchase it. As far as CTF and DM goes, it could still be fun, due to th... : EvilDolemite
• microsoft forced it to be held back, to boost xbox sales and to move people from pc. gearbox is worki... : SPAZER

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  Maarten must have a PS2. He doesn't appreciate how important this is for us cheap non-PS2 owners. : Geoffrois
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    I dont : Maarten Goldstein
    • well shit... : Geoffrois
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    I don't have a PS2 and I don't think it's important... I'm just not a fan of the GTA series, I guess =/ : timmie
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      This is so much more important than any DOOMIII for me. : Geoffrois
      • man, you are COMMUNIST : XerXes

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  Lack of multiplayer doesn't bother me so long as it has coop. : mrtony
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    co-op is multiplayer :) : fluke
    • Come to think of it coop could really work here. If you watch the Discovery Channel like me you know how... : mrtony

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  I wouldn't bother then. : -TKF-
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    It's not a bad game, but it reminds of a big budget summer movie. It just doesn't live up to the hype. Ki... : Fred Garvin
    • GTA3 was to GTA what Mario64 was to Super Mario Bros. It took a concept and did it in 3d. If you didn't... : cap0rale
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  If you disliked GTA3, you're not going to like VC. In fact, other than the cooler songs and new weapon... : cap0rale
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    I found it easier, and the map with legends in pause mode made it even more easy. The story is better an... : -TKF-
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      I stand by my opinion on VC's city. I just don't like the layout. I don't have fun just randomly drivin... : cap0rale
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        How is the story more linear? : -TKF-
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          You drive up to a place and buy the property. Repeat. That was basically the plot. Now GTA3 didn't... : cap0rale
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            Hahaha, oh man, in GTA3 i do a mission, repeat, that was basicly the plot? Now GTA3 didn't really even : -TKF-
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              The bottom line is that neither GTA3 nor VC have a plot to speak of. It's just nonsense. The difference... : cap0rale
              • More thoughts on this: * I didn't like how VC fleshed out "who" your character was. It's especially b... : cap0rale
• Its better but if you didn't even like GTA3 you wont like it : xenoeye
• I liked 3 more than VC, but that's just me. If i had played VC first, I probably would like it better... : |hawkeye|

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  The point is that you really shouldn't have to do this shit. Rockstar should have taken care of it. W... : cap0rale
  • because they are ps2 games now, with PC ports 2nd. i think the reason rockstar didnt really attend to the... : SPAZER

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• i think the controls were fine and you can turn off trails. : jrsX

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• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5545645 and http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5545621 : -TKF-

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• They never said they weren't going to do a PC version. They always said its a PS2 exclusive, meaning only... : ovrlrd
• They said a while ago they will make an online GTA : sanchez

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• /me humps your leg vigirously : SPAZER