The high points of these explorations - some thrilling, some hilarious, some entirely unscripted - are what stand out in memory long after a player’s first encounter with the game, and represent things that virtually every player has, at one time or another, tried to do. As they explore Vice City - getting to know (and rob and kill) its people, running from its police, knocking over its lampposts with their souped-up El Caminos - players experience not just a game but a fully realized world. The game’s missions are linear and goal-oriented, but Rockstar's GTA: Vice City's setting feels as real as any American city in their level of detail, the variety of activities in which a player can engage, and the colorful, exciting, and often violent nature of daily life. Related: GTA 6: Vice City Characters Most Likely To AppearĪlong with Grand Theft Auto III, its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is perhaps best remembered as one of the first video games to capitalize fully on the potential of the open world concept.

Tommy also can perform any number of optional side missions, activities, and random actions as he traverses the immense, complicated landscape of Vice City. Along the way Tommy must complete a series of missions, each with a distinct objective, while navigating among rival gangs and kingpins to enrich himself and advance his reputation, accumulating power and building his own criminal empire.

Set in 1986 in a fictionalized version of Miami and Miami Beach, Florida, GTA: Vice City 's story follows Tommy Vercetti, a mobster who rises to power within the city’s world of drug trafficking and organized crime.

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