Review of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

I want to say first off that I never played part four of the series. I also never played the PSP games either on the PSP or when they were converted over for the PS2. I have played this one, part three and San Andreas. Of those three I enjoyed part three a whole lot, which is why I bought the other two. San Andreas had some good elements, but overall I just got the feeling of being completely overwhelmed in that one. I just could not enjoy it because while I was doing one thing other things kept popping up such as the time I am in the middle of a gang fight for territory and a message pops up saying my girlfriend feels neglected. This one was the perfect blend and totally cool setting as this one takes place in a Miami type city, great music as I loved almost all the radio stations and cool characters and things to do. Heck, in this one I enjoyed just doing cab missions, taking people here and there while listening to the music on the radio. The story is typical, as your guy has to take care of a lot of things and do missions for various people and like I said even if you do not touch the missions this one is fun as it is just interesting exploring Vice City. Granted, Liberty City was fun to explore too, I just like the setting, the time period, and just about everything in this one. Though I did win part three, never won this one, got close, but there was a glitch that apparently if you did not do the missions involving the printing press it somehow negated the final mission. Still, it was an overall awesome game. One thing the first one did a bit better was the weapons as I did not care for the only being able to carry a certain number of weapons, but that is one of the few complaints I had. I just enjoy this one, roaming the beach on a dune buggy, running over the occasional person and then evading the law. Just great, as was going to each building and checking out the pools and the guests of the hotels. You can even go into the local mall, fly a helicopter, and ride a motorcycle. Lots to do and you can have a lot of fun doing it.