Grand Theft Auto: Vice City anticipation thread

[ixnay]

OK, who else is really anticipating this game? It comes out for PS2 on the 29th of this month and will come to the PC a few months later. It's basically GTA3 set in the 80's in a city reminiscent of Miami. It adds and improves a whole bunch of stuff from GTA3, including:

Drivable motorcycles and helicopters
Indoor environments
You can shoot out tires on vehicles and shoot the driver through the windshield
Police will go after other gangs
Gigantic soundtrack with real 80s music (you can also apparently buy all 7 cds seperately):

Volume 1: Rock

1. DJ Lazlow Intro
2. You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest
3. Too Young to Fall in Love - Mötley Crüe
4. Peace Sells - Megadeth
5. Dangerous Bastard - Rockstar'S Love Fist
6. Turn Up The Radio - Autograph
7. DJ Lazlow Halftime
8. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
9. Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
10. Madhouse - Anthrax
11. 2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden
12. Raining Blood - Slayer
13. Cumin' Atcha Live - Tesla
14. Yankee Rose - David Lee Roth
15. DJ Lazlow Outro
16. Exploder
17. Thor
18. Dj Lazlow Rant


Volume 2: Wave 103

1. DJ Adam First Intro
2. Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3. Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears
4. Kids In America - Kim Wilde
5. Atomic - Blondie
6. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls
7. (Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League
8. DJ Adam First Halftime
9. 99 Luftballons - Nena
10. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs
11. Gold - Spandau Ballet
12. Hyperactive! - Thomas Dolby
13. Never Say Never - Romeo Void
14. Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
15. DJ Adam First Outro
16. Sissy Spritz
17. Synth And Son
18. DJ Adam First Rant


Volume 3: Emotion 98 3

1. DJ Fernando Intro
2. Africa - Toto
3. Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer
4. Missing You - John Waite
5. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
6. Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
7. Mister
8. DJ Fernando Half Time
9. More Than This - Roxy Music
10. Tempted - Squeeze
11. Keep On Loving You - Reo Speedwagon
12. Sister Christian - Night Ranger
13. Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
14. Wow - Kate Bush
15. DJ Fernando Outro
16. Knife After Dark
17. Petstuffers
18. Dj Fernando Tirade

Volume 4: Flash

1. DJ Toni Introduction
2. Out Of Touch - Hall & Oates
3. Four Little Diamonds - Electric Light Orchestra
4. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
5. Your Love - The Outfield
6. Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk
7. Run To You - Bryan Adams
8. Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
9. DJ Toni Mid Party Announcement
10. Call Me - Go West
11. Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
12. Self Control - Laura Branigan
13. Kiss the Dirt - Inxs
14. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
15. DJ Toni Outro
16. Blox Radio Commercial
17. Just The Five Of Us
18. Dj Toni Studio Tantrum

Volume 5: Wildstyle Pirate Radio

1. Wildstyle DJ Intro
2. Rockit - Herbie Hancock
3. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4. More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp & Roger
5. Wildstyle DJ Mr Magic
6. One For The Treble Vocal Mix - Davy Dmx
7. Bassline - Mantronix
8. Wildstyle DJ Halftime
9. Hip Hop Bee Bop (Don't Stop) - Man Parrish
10. Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) - Hashim
11. Clear - Cybotron
12. Wildstyle DJ 3rd Quarter
13. Looking For The Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
14. Wildstyle DJ Mr Magic Premier
15. Rock Box - Run Dmc
16. The Breaks - Kurtis Blow
17. Wildstyle Dj Mr Magic Super Blast
18. Magic'S Wand - Whodini
19. Wildstyle Dj Outro
20. Degeneration
21. Maibatsu Thunder

Volume 6: Fever 105

1. DJ Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Introduction
2. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
3. Automatic (Extended Version) - The Pointer Sisters
4. Act Like You Know - Fat Larry's Band
5. Juicy Fruit - Mtume
6. Behind The Groove - Teena Marie
7. DJ Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Halftime
8. Get Down Saturday Night
9. Ghetto Life
10. Shame - Evelyne "Champagne" King
11. All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
12. Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang
13. I'll Be Good - Various,Angela Winbush,Rene Moore
14. And The Beat Goes On
15. Whispers
16. Dj Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Outro
17. Salivex
18. Yuppie And The Alien
19. Dj Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Lovetips


Volume 7 - Espantoso

1. Pepe Introduction
2. Super Strut - Deodato
3. A Gozar Con Mi Combo - Cachao
4. Me And You Baby (Picao Y Tostao) - Mongo Santamaria
5. Mambo Mucho Mambo - Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra
6. Jamay - Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra
7. Pepe Intermission
8. Mama Papa Tu - Mongo Santamaria
9. La Vida es Una Lenteia - Unaesta
10. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith
11. Aguanile - Irakere
12. Maracaibo Oriental - Beny Moré
13. Latin Flute - Deodato
14. Mambo Gozón - Tito Puente
15. Pepe Outro
16. Fernando'S Medallion Ad
17. Think Your Way To Success
18. Pepe Martial Rantina

[FrustratedPoet]

I'm looking forward to it too. The main reason why can be summed up in five words:

Ray. Liotta. Does. The. Narration.



Goodfellas is one of my favourite films, so this is gonna be SO cool.

[Lemmy]

[Adagio]

Here's a quote from last GTA3 - Vice City thread... After reading an article about it, I made a little resume, about what the game contains...

- Vice City is twice as large as Liberty City
- All areas of Vice City is avaliable from the start
- 9 hours of radio (3 hours in GTA III)
- 40 weapons (15 in GTA III)
- An autoaim, that aims on priority not on proximity
- Pedestrians now take breaks, skate, etc
- More buildings to enter (Not like AmmoNation), e.g. Disco
- Cops now chase others
- Gangs are more active, they might steal a car or kill a pedestrian
- Lazlo (Sp?) is back (The funny guy from the last radio station)
- New side jobs, like Pizza delivery
- 120 vehicles (50 in GTA III)
- Motorcycles are back (Clothes even blowing in the wind)
- Snipers can shoot tires
- More reflective surfaces

Here's the link to the thread: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=59129

And the question is still open: Why did they choose the 80'es...would be much more interesting if they chose the year 2020 instead...

[Adagio]

Originally posted by ixnay37
Gigantic soundtrack with real 80s music

Now that's the worst part...

If they don't have a 100% lazlo channel (Like in GTA3) I'll just stick to my MP3's...

[FrustratedPoet]

Choosing the 'near future' as a setting for the game would have been far too predictable.
80s stuff is in vogue now (at least it is in the UK ) so it makes sense to pick that era. Very kitsch.

[ixnay]

I believe they said they went back to not having the entire city open from the start.

And Lazlow is the DJ for the Rock station (if you remember, he said in gta3 on chatterbox that he started working there after being kicked off the rock station). Personally, I like the soundtrack a lot. And I think the 80s setting will be lots of fun.

[Traianvs]

MOTORCYCLES....!!!! w00h00 I've been waiting for that since gta1

unfortunately, my 3d card can't handle gta3

[ixnay]

Check out the latest trailer at the website:

http://www.gtavicecity.com/

Lots of cool stuff, including doing a driveby shooting in a helicopter.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Choosing the 'near future' as a setting for the game would have been far too predictable.
80s stuff is in vogue now (at least it is in the UK ) so it makes sense to pick that era. Very kitsch.

The near future might be predictable...but it will defently also be more cool...the 80'es are just so...outdated...And music from the 80'es are very rare...well there were only very few artists in the 80'es who actually could make music...

Originally posted by ixnay37
I believe they said they went back to not having the entire city open from the start.

Well...I haven't followed the news, it was just the summary I made from that article...

Originally posted by ixnay37
And Lazlow is the DJ for the Rock station (if you remember, he said in gta3 on chatterbox that he started working there after being kicked off the rock station). Personally, I like the soundtrack a lot. And I think the 80s setting will be lots of fun.

Rock...sux...guess I'll stick with the mp3's

[ixnay]

New Gamespot preview:

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...895011,00.html

You can look forward to substantially improved graphics, including much more detailed character models and a noticeably greater draw distance, meaning you'll see much further down the horizon than you could in GTAIII. You can look forward to player-friendly options like having a full map of the city that reveals all the relevant locations and main roads, as well as the ability to take a cab back to a mission area after getting busted or wasted during a mission attempt.

The fact that you can actually furnish your home and acquire a wardrobe over the course of the game certainly seems like a nice touch, though, and another point of interest is the fact that you can take small vehicles like motorcycles indoors with you. Shopping malls plus motorcycles--take a moment to think of the possibilities.

[loinburger]

How long'll the PC folks have to wait before it's released for us? I can't afford a game system at the moment, and besides I'd probably get an X-Box instead of a PS2 (though it is a bit of a tossup)...

[ixnay]

No release date has been announced (I don't think it's even been officially announced for PC yet), but I'd guess 4-6 months. There were 6 months between the 2 versions of GTA3, IIRC.

[PCRefugee]

I'm really looking forward to this one. On the subject of music: if it had been set in the near future would we have had all those Pop Idol wannabes on the radio?....hmmm...the 80's will do just fine methinx.

[Adagio]

Well...they could always make a few of the radio-stations playing old songs (Both old songs, taken from what we see as old songs, the day today, and old songs as they would call old songs (Present day songs, would be old in 2020...)

[Gangerolf]

helicopters, eh

[Lemmy]

Motorcycles, and

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by ixnay37
No release date has been announced (I don't think it's even been officially announced for PC yet),

It isn't coming to the PC. Sony signed them to an exclusive contract around the time of the PC release of GTA3.

[loinburger]

Buggerall.

[ixnay]

The exclusive contract only refers to other consoles, not the PC or handheld systems, I believe.

[ixnay]

Worry not, ADG! Vice City will have not one, but TWO talk radio stations!

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...895111,00.html

[Adagio]

Nice to know, thx for the article...now let's just hope it gets to the PC...

[Spaced Cowboy]

Considering how well the pc version sold, they'd be stupid not to. I suspect that the agreement is a 6 month exclusiveness to playstation, just like GTA3.

[DinoDoc]

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[monkspider]

Can't wait for this one. Definitely the console game to get this season.

[ixnay]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
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Hmm... when I saw your original post I was thinking of quoting you so you couldn't do something like this.

[monolith94]

OMG THE EIGHTIES KICK SO MUCH ASSSSSS! seriously how can you not love this soundtrack they have put together??? You can rest assured I'll be listening to wildstyle and the wave VERY MUCH THANK YOU!!! Dude, motorcycles = godliness… It's like Miami Vice only you're the bad guy! And with better fashion sense!

[Space05us]

LAZLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that station! (chatterbox that is)
the guy who makes fun of bastketball is funny as all hell. Then the guy who talks about the Great Austrailian American war

I cant wait for Vice City, and I only got GTA3 a week ago. The eighties music sucked but I'll still listen to it in game, even though I prefer listening to the opera while being chased by the cops.

if only there were a way to combind GTA with Sim City

[Freeze]

When's the PC version coming out?

PS sorry if this was answered!

[DaShi]

I always like Mike Hunt.