GTA: Vice City

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
I didn't. I needed them for the vigilante mission. You go in a cop car and kill other criminals.

If youre a vigilante why would you be in a police car?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Because that's the way it works .

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Pardon a question from someone who;s never played this game, but why would you need armor and an Uzi for an "ambulance mission"?

Well, you need a steady supply of patients to keep going, don't you?

If youre a vigilante why would you be in a police car?

Stolen police car.

[Skanky Burns]

To lend an "air of authority" to your mass-slaughter of other criminals.

It is just the way the game is structured. To start an ambulance mission, you have to be in an ambulance first. To start a vigilante mission, you have to be in some type of law-enforcement vehicle.

Well, you need a steady supply of patients to keep going, don't you?

I tended to run over quite a few people trying to get to my patients in time...

[ravagon]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Put out 20 fires on each island and a Flame-thrower will always appear at one of your three save points.

So the reward for putting out fires is a flamethrower??

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Osweld



Well, you need a steady supply of patients to keep going, don't you?



Stolen police car.

somehow i dont think im going to buy this game

[vovan]

So, I played and kinda liked GTA3, though I wouldn't say I was most excited about the game: I thought it was good, but not great, so to speak. So, I was thinking, would Vice City be worth buying? Any recommendations? (I guess what I am looking for is: how much "innovative" stuff is in it? If it is essentially the same game with new missions added, I probably wouldn't buy it - untill it goes to the bargain bin, at least , but if it introduces a bunch of new features, I'd buy it. Any comments?)

[Verto]

I cannot speak from personal experience, as I have not played GTA, only Vice City; however, I've got buddies who have played both, and they were of the opinion that Vice City added a few neat tricks, but nothing particularly innovative.

[Adagio]

There's two mayor things I don't like about this game:

1) Before the game was released, we were told the whole map was twice as large as in GTA3, but it's more like 2/3 of GTA3's map

2) You can't get to island from the beginning, and there's no reason not to (In GTA3 there were a story behind, but in this one there's no story to why not)

[Smash]

Actually,you can get to the 2nd island at the beginning.I'll let you figure out how.

There are"innovations" or new stuff.

Motorcycles-chopper and street death machine.Great vehicles and needed for unique jumps.

Planes actually have wings ...much more is possible than with that cursed dodo of gta3.

Helicopters-these are very cool.The physics are just great.Needed for several packages and extremely useful for making getaways in tough missions like the The Job.

Boats--well not new but there are more and several packages are offshore.There is a pontoon helicopter but not till later.

Side missions-many more side missions and activities.My favorite was in the arena.Hotring races are a blast

Purchasing/owning properties-this a good new thing that,for awhile,gives you something to use your cash on.Also very good as you can purchase new save points rather than having just 1 location you had to go back to after a mission

Other little things are clothes changes(eliminate a wanted star also),great sound track of 80s hits.Good comedy radio but overall not quite as good as 3.The Viking bit is very funny however.There are some easter eggs to find.Good storyline.Total Al Pacino's Scarface feel to the game..in fact there is an apartment....

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Smash
Actually,you can get to the 2nd island at the beginning.I'll let you figure out how.

Well... you need to finish 5 missions before being able to get to the other side (Where there's heli's, boats, etc)... The problem is not, you're not able to get to the other side of the bridge, it's the missing story. For some strange reason all 3 bridges are closed at the beginning, though there's no story to why they are closed, and it's one hell of a coincidence, all 3 bridges are closed. From a story point of view, I could understand why one bridge would be under construction, maybe even two, but not ALL three of them, and for some "funny" reason, none of those bridges are actually under construction, so why are they closed?
And even if they were under construction, how come all three bridges was repaired the very same day...

Sorry, but the story is one of the most important things in GTA, and if there's a huge lack in the story from the very beginning, I just have to:

[DaShi]

It's on the news on the radio shortly after beginning the game. I think their closed due to a hurricane or something.

[Smash]

Ya on the radio,"Bridges have been closed due to hurricane"

To get to the other islands early you need to jump into a boat.It can be done quite easily.Along the canals are good places.Just wait for a boat to come close enough.Or you try jumping in from above.There are several spots where this can be done.

[Adagio]

Hmmm... those news didn't come as I first played... at least it didn't come as a "important news". I only play the MP3 player...

[Sirotnikov]

I only play the MP3 player...

Well DUH!

Sound and Music are necessary parts of the story-line and ambiance of any game, especially GTA.

It's just like running an open ICQ window on a quarter of your screen.

You're missing out..