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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

2002 91 / 100 Adventure Arcade Racing

In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles and weapons, radio stations playing hit songs from the era and an intense atmosphere, GTA: Vice City is an open-world sandbox satire of '80's Miami.

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✓ Adventure Genre ✓ Action Theme ✓ Open world Theme ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Third person Perspective ✓ Open World World design

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Story & context

Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 1980s. Having just made it back onto the streets of Liberty City after a long stretch in maximum security, Tommy Vercetti is sent to Vice City by his old boss, Sonny Forelli. They were understandably nervous about his re-appearance in Liberty City, so a trip down south seemed like a good idea. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. He's set up and is left with no money and no merchandise. Sonny wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most of Vice City seems to want Tommy dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself.

GameplayExploration StructureSandbox GameplayCombat-focused GenreAdventure GenreArcade GenreRacing GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeComedy ThemeOpen world ThemeSandbox Trait1980s Traitaction-adventure Traitadult Traitarcade cabinet Traitarmadillo Traitartificial intelligence Traitbanshee Traitbeen here before Traitbink video Traitblack market Traitbloody Traitbmx Traitbpjm indexed Traitbribery Traitbuilding Traitbully mode Traitcamera Traitcampaign Traitcar chase Traitcarjacking Traitcars Traitcheetah Traitcorrupt government Traitcrime Traitcustomizable characters Traitdark humor Traitday/night cycle Traitdeath Traitdigital distribution Traitdolphin Traitdrugs Traiteaster egg Traitexplosion Traitfetch quests Traitflight Traitgangs Traitgreatest hits Traithuman Traithunter Traitin-game radio Traitinnocent people die Traitinstant kill Traitlaw Traitmale protagonist Traitmelee Traitmoral decisions Traitmotorcycle Traitmurder Traitnon-player character Traitnotoriety system Traitone-man army Traitorganized crime Traitphoenix Traitpizza Traitplaystation network Traitplaystation tv support Traitpolice chase Traitpredator Traitprofanity Traitps2 classics Traitrc vehicle Traitregional censorship Traitrenovation Traitrhino Traitrobbery Traitsave point Traitsequel Traitsex work Traitshopping Traitsibling rivalry Traitsingle-player only Traitsports cars Traitstreet racing Traittailing mission Traitthe 1980s Traittheft Traitthrowing weapons Traittiered exploration Traiturban Traituseable vehicles Traitvending machine interaction Traitvideotape Traitvoice acting Traitwheelman Traitworld map

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