Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (now for PC)

[Space05us]

21"?? is that all? My tv is 36"

actually though if I had a computer monitor that big Id only play computer games.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by War4ever
thats low on the totem pole too....i would reccommend a 64 meg video card...

i hate the save system too.....the level i hated the most was the helicopter one, it gave me alot of trouble.....

i guess i couldnt' aim while hovering around and taking shrapenal in the @ss

The bloody remote control helicopter one was worse. I skipped it and did all the other missions. Finally, I was forced to go back to it.

[FrustratedPoet]

The RC Copter level is very irritating.

The level where you shoot people from the helicoper is far far easier on the PC. Being able to use the mouse instead of the PS2 analog stick makes all the difference.

[Adagio]

Yeah, I spent quite some time, with that remote heli, but finally I made it... the other heli mission was easy, did it on first try... almost didn't lose any health...

[Space05us]

The RC Copter level is very irritating.

The level where you shoot people from the helicoper is far far easier on the PC. Being able to use the mouse instead of the PS2 analog stick makes all the difference.

the RC helicopter mission took me awhile to do, but after I finished it the first time it has been easy ever since (no Im not an infomercial)

on the other helicopter mission for ps2 you can use the d-pad, it makes it far more easy because up is up and down is down.

[Imran Siddiqui]

thats low on the totem pole too....i would reccommend a 64 meg video card...

*shrug* I have a 32 meg video card, and it ran perfectly on mine.

[War4ever]

i just assumed the 32 meg card was the barebones for the game?

but i could be wrong.....32megs is still low now considering all the games coming out now like 64 meg -128 meg games

[General Ludd]

Does anyone know what a Blista Compact looks like? I assume it it some sort of SUV or mini-van, but I haven't been able to find one yet.

[Adagio]

I've got no idea... I have a hard time reading the names of the cars anyway, because of the way they write it...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Does anyone know what a Blista Compact looks like?

It's a compact car. 2-door, IIRC.

[Space05us]

its about the size of the Manana but the back is sort of curved. the easiest way to figure out which car is named what is to just drive around and steal cars that you dont know the name for, and sort of quiz yourself as you go along naming each car that goes by. Ive gotten to the point where I can go full speed down the road and name every car that goes by, sad I know but Ive spent a couple hundred hours playing it.

a question for those who play it on the computer; Do you ever just get bored of the missions and go on a killing spree? it seems like you dont, youre always complaining about the save system which makes me think youre taking the game a bit too seriously.

and about the save system. Theyre called safe houses because you are a criminal. think about it. If you were a criminal that everyone knew and a lot of people wanted you dead would you just sleep out in the middle of the street?

[Imran Siddiqui]

How is a 'save' related to sleeping in the middle in the street? A save, is just a save... I can go back to it later.

[Space05us]

youre supposed to be a member of the mafia, the safe houses are where you "sleep" (save). if you've ever noticed 6 hours (iirc) pass each time you save. its the equivilent of taking a nap. I guess they just made it that way for the console versions, as far as Im concerned though anyone who needs to save in the middle of a mission is a GTA wuss.

[General Ludd]

Yeah, I did find the Blista eventually. I had a hard time finding it because I was assuming it to be an SUV like in GTA3. And I can name most of the cars after only playing it about 10 hours, by the way.

Originally posted by Space05us
a question for those who play it on the computer; Do you ever just get bored of the missions and go on a killing spree? it seems like you dont, youre always complaining about the save system which makes me think youre taking the game a bit too seriously.

Not everyone who plays the computer version takes it so seriously.



By the way, the original GTA3 didn't even have a load game option. The game was designed with save/load in mind - but to make it uneccisary.

Geting ammo is not hard, just kill someone with a gun, steal a squad car, or pick up a hidden weapon on your way back to the mission - or during it. You can also skip the movies.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I guess they just made it that way for the console versions, as far as Im concerned though anyone who needs to save in the middle of a mission is a GTA wuss.

Fine let me be a GTA wuss . Rather be that than have to keep my computer on the pause screen for hours because I have to go do something in the middle of a mission .

Geting ammo is not hard, just kill someone with a gun, steal a squad car, or pick up a hidden weapon on your way back to the mission - or during it. You can also skip the movies.

Still an annoyance.