Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, like GTA: Vice City doesn’t add a whole lot to the series, though like Liberty City Stories is a worthy addition to the franchise. Though also like Liberty City Stories has the same controller scheme issues such as targeting enemies. Rockstar clearly didn’t take the criticism it received for Liberty City Stories into consideration when making this game, as there are little improvements, and the same frustrating issues.
They again managed to get a full console game crammed into handheld format and contains the same high quality game play and features that we’ve grown to expect from the GTA series. And the dialogue and radio are exceptional as usual.
One of Liberty City Stories’ main issues was the single tiered and redundant missions. This is one of the few aspects that Vice City Stories improves on and will give you a lot more game time making it significantly more playable. The game, like all other GTA games, only allows you to save the game at key locations in the game, something that is very frustrating for handheld users on the go.
The Multiplayer mode via ad-hoc connections allows up to 6 players to roam Vice City simultaneously and with more game modes, though online play is still missing from the game. And if you don’t have a lot of people to link up with, only a few people in the huge environment leaves the multiplayer mode lacking.
Unfortunately Rockstar failed to give their handhold games much depth and will get old very fast. Even with more play time than Liberty City Stories, it still falls short especially when the console versions of these games play on for much longer. All in all its a great game for die-hard fans of the series, but if you’re looking for something new, then don’t get your hopes high for Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Stories. Again unless you’re a die hard fan of the series, this game probably isn’t worth the $50, but it is certainly worth downloading.
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