GTA Vice City PC Impressions

Sooo... May 15th- Watching The Matrix:Reloaded or still playing GTA:VC?

Ive played VC a fair bit on my little bro's PS2 and it rocks. A reason to buy PS2 this game is.
What blew me away most is the soundtrack of the game. 7 already classic stations to tune into with funky 80's vibes. WildStyle (old school hiphop/electro), Fever 105 (funky soul and disco), WAVE (electronic like Tears for Fears). FLASH FM ('the' 80's channel, classic hits), ESPANTOSO (Jazz mixed with hispanic beats) V-ROCK (I wanna rock!) and finally EMOTION (seriously emotional 80's love songs like Mr. Mister - Broken Wings etc)

As mentioned the gameplay and story is awesome. The atmosphere is very cool, too! I love the comments you get from bypassers in the street and when robbing someones car.

Btw, rockstar has released a 7 cd set with the music from the game. (catch me in #kuroi or #formula1 on quakenet for details)

I just played about 2 hours straight of the PS2 version (and I'm a PC gamer) but this game rocks.

Do yourself a favour and get yourselves a psx -> pc usb adaptor (sold a lot on ebay.com) - it's much more fun with a real controller (ok besides the aiming but there's the target button for that) - also I don't tihnk I could drive without the ps2 controller now ( and yes I do realise it's well coded k/b driving control - some games have it (CMRally 1, GTA3) and others don't...) but still these analog throttle buttons o nthe ps2 make a lot of difference.

Some cool shit I just did

little remote control air plane race
flat tyres on cars.
cool jumps
motorbikes DO rock.
Lots more "bitches"
Stole a car and this little kid (passenger) was too scared to get out so I gave them a scare ride :)

went inside a random building and saw quite a bit of detail in there considering.
etc

wicked game, I'd estimate at least 3 cd's for the pc for all that "stuff"

oh - one weapon rocks too... lets just say you got to use one in doom ;) - the mall rocks going inside, stealing a car and driving around the mall

did i mention motorbikes rocked? i drove them around and stuff and like up stairs and shit.

Hmmm yeah, looks "great" , very sharp very clean almost clinical, i guess i'm in a minority here but i think i will end up preferring the Nitty Gritty PS2 version.

"I found myself being fooled that sequences in the montage had actually been taken from the game." - Sounds wooed by Rockstar. Like in Almost Famous, the mentor character reminds the young reporter wannabe not to get too caught up in fame.

"Still, it ran smooth as could be in 1920x1440 on Rockstar's demo PC. Even in the air with virtually unlimited draw distance, things stayed pretty stable." - Pretty stable? Sorta? Kinda? Possibly stable? Does that sentence even tell us anything?

Aside from IGN's C-grade writers, Vice City PC doesn't add any new features from GTA3 PC! 30 second replays; can only save 1 replay at a time; character skins, no sdk; mp3 radio stations;

Oh, and finally: "After the swimming thing, there's just one other uncomfortable topic. I discreetly raise the topic: 'You guys should totally do multiplayer.' I know what comes next. They just don't want to do the same old thing and they definitely don't want to incorporate a new idea until they make sure it's solid. Rather than just throw something in to sell a few copies, Rockstar's challenging themselves to design a multiplayer experience that's as solid as the single player game." - Wow. That sounds almost verbatim what they said last year. IGN gets the story!

please god no more ign

The ps2 version has fantastic graphics considering what the unit is... I'm quite fussy and it's more than enough for me :)

How about some decent lighting and realistic shadows already! Is it really that hard to do?

It sucks waiting so long just to get a PC version. Rockstar should come back to their true fans and make a PC version FIRST next time with multiplayer and GOOD GRAPHICS. Only then should they port it to ps2.... fuckers.

I'm buying this just so I can get the free soundtrack.

I hate IGN

I finally did the ambulance missions the other day. Just a few jumps and the gang missions to do before I'm 100%, I guess. Oh, and the Stadium stuff.

"The graphics in the PC version are miles ahead of those on the PS2."

Me likey!

PS2 Version ebay'd