Vice City is set decades before the events of GTA 3, telling the story of mob-connected Tommy Vercetti after he’s released from prison and starts making a name for himself in Miami-like Vice City. The game is set in the 1980s, and everything from the fashion to the incredible selection of licensed music will remind you of this fact. There are also nods to 80s films like Scarface, and characters from GTA 3 will occasionally appear as their younger selves.
This time-warp setting is one of Vice City’s most impressive features, since it places the game in a faux-history that very few games successfully attempt. Assassin’s Creed or Medal of Honor might also be set in a particular time and place, but in Vice City, the illusion feels complete, even if it is a skewed and satirical version of the 1980s.
Besides the new characters and setting, Vice City is still based on the violent Grand Theft Auto 3 gameplay that many of us know and love well. With the touch of a button, you can hijack any vehicle you see, including motorcycles and helicopters. Vice City opens with Tommy on the flashier side of town, so you’ll get to drive around sports cars right away, and soon graduate to bigger and crazier vehicles, like speedboats, dune buggies, and tanks.
Over the course of the game, Tommy will seize territory and bring the local gangs under his influence. Often this will involve “whacking” targets– running them over or shooting them in response to some unseen insult. But you’ll also have to help a crime lord escape the city in a luxury yacht, demolish an office park, and help several new illicit businesses off the ground.
Tommy’s rise to power would be impossible on phones if it weren’t for quality touchscreen controls. Most missions require you to navigate Vice City’s crowded streets, and the vehicles often feel very responsive. Occasionally, we experienced some frame rate hitches and sound skipping on our iPad 3, and we’d sometimes lose control of our vehicles if the action got too choppy. But for the most part, Vice City is highly playable on iOS devices, unlike Sega’s much tamer crime game, the recent port of Jet Set Radio.
This time-warp setting is one of Vice City’s most impressive features, since it places the game in a faux-history that very few games successfully attempt. Assassin’s Creed or Medal of Honor might also be set in a particular time and place, but in Vice City, the illusion feels complete, even if it is a skewed and satirical version of the 1980s.
Besides the new characters and setting, Vice City is still based on the violent Grand Theft Auto 3 gameplay that many of us know and love well. With the touch of a button, you can hijack any vehicle you see, including motorcycles and helicopters. Vice City opens with Tommy on the flashier side of town, so you’ll get to drive around sports cars right away, and soon graduate to bigger and crazier vehicles, like speedboats, dune buggies, and tanks.
Over the course of the game, Tommy will seize territory and bring the local gangs under his influence. Often this will involve “whacking” targets– running them over or shooting them in response to some unseen insult. But you’ll also have to help a crime lord escape the city in a luxury yacht, demolish an office park, and help several new illicit businesses off the ground.
Tommy’s rise to power would be impossible on phones if it weren’t for quality touchscreen controls. Most missions require you to navigate Vice City’s crowded streets, and the vehicles often feel very responsive. Occasionally, we experienced some frame rate hitches and sound skipping on our iPad 3, and we’d sometimes lose control of our vehicles if the action got too choppy. But for the most part, Vice City is highly playable on iOS devices, unlike Sega’s much tamer crime game, the recent port of Jet Set Radio.
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