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GTA Vice City- New Screens and Info!

Posted Aug 01, 2006 at 10:35AM by Pranav T Listed in: Previews, Games, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Scans Tags: PS2, refurbished, Rockstar Leeds, GamePro Family
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GTA VCS


I bet you guys have been waiting for news about the eagerly anticipated Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, and why not? The first game on the PSP was one of the best-selling titles, and knowing Rockstar, it would be foolish to expect anything but greatness. Well, we've got some news and info which you guys might be happy to look at. All these details were published in Gamepro, an Australian gaming mag. Firstly, here are the screenshots I'm talking about.

GTA VCS - Image 1 GTA VCS - Image 2

GTA VCS - Image 3GTA VCS - Image 5

 GTA VCS - Image 4  GTA VCS - Image 6

GTA VCS - Image 7 GTA VCS - Image 8

GTA VCS - Image 9 GTA VCS - Image 10

GTA VCS - Image 11 GTA VCS - Image 12 


And finally, the details about the game and its story:
  • You'll be playing as Victor Vance - Lance's brother.
  • Victor, and his brother Lance, will be playing a big part in Vice City Stories. He's seen in the opening scene of GTA: Vice City, as he get killed by a SWAT team.
  • The game takes place in 1984 - two years before GTA: Vice City
  • Victor is a 28 year-old US Marine
  • Players can now take on the water of Vice City With jet ski's!
  • The animations are more life-like and is a ''step-up from previous titles in the series''
  • A multiplayer feature similar to the PSP version of LCS is in the game
  • VCS is ''much, much bigger than Vice City''
  • Some landmarks are half-built or yet to be refurbished to their state circa 1986
  • There's new or altered locations and buildings
  • All new vehicles and weapons
  • You can fly helicopters!
  • Radio stations from Vice City make a return
  • New weather effects that could include hurricanes
  • You can swim in the game!
  • Bikes handle better than before
  • There's also no more seamless exterior-to-interior gameplay as seen in LCS (There'll be a slight loading time)
  • A new addition in Vice City is the chunder-wheel, which you can ride in first-person view!
  • Binoculars is in the game
  • LCS is ''rookie first-gen PSP title compared to VCS''
  • Draw distance is great and is said to be better than Vice City on PS2
  • Trip skips make a return (If you die or get busted a taxi will take you back to the location where you received the mission from)
  • New animations which give both the lead characters and pedestrians a whole new degree of humanity
  • Far richer color palette that brings sunsets to all new levels of beauty, and realism
  • Increased density of pedestrians, cars and objects
  • Reduction in clumping (where groups of the same model type appear together)
  • Far more interiors that its predecessors
  • So far there's no word on character and vehicle customization, as well as wall climbing.
Now there's a lot of details right there, so I guess the Gamepro guys have been lucky enough to spend quality time with Vice City Stories. The gtavicecitystories.com guys have been kind enough to upload scans of the article from Gamepro. Here are the scans of the article.


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126 Comments


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   by Tattoo (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » Can't wait!
nocomment

   by Brawling_Mad (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » woo
2nd post :D this looks AWESOME!!! cant wait

   by Orpheus (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » wow
I cant wait for the game, it will be great. And i like that we can swim in water, that was enabled in San Andreas on PC first.

   by Bert (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » Rocstar never dissapoints
This game looks to be *****in sweet. I knew Rockstar didn't unlock the full potential of the PSP yet.

   by LETS GO SWIMMING (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » SWIMMING!!
YES!! SWIMMING!!!!!!

   by Aug 01 (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » cool
it looks cool

   by MiddleManiac - 2006-08-01
 » this will definetely be the best game ever!
this will definetely be the best game ever! It will just get a 10/10!!!!

   by Rodrigo (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » Rock*
Rockstar People are GODS!!
Sam Houser and Dan Houser for President!

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   by DJShrimpy (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » ZOMFG LIEK PWN'D
OMG teh portable Vice City ZOMFGZORZ!!!!!!!!!!!

   by Nesto (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » BADASS
i CAN"T *****ING WAIT

   by Gazza (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » MINTED
GREAT....

   by cory1492 - 2006-08-01
 » ..
Rockstar and homebrew is why I have a PSP today... nuff said.

   by Jordan Black - 2006-08-01
 » OMG!!!!!!
This probably require a 2.8 UPDATE, but who cares, i got a U.P Mod Chip Ver 2, yay, kool

   by eyd (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » update guys!!!!
Probably will come with a unhackable firmware. Im sure by this time sony is having a f***ing time making a new fw for the great games ff7, gran turismo etc.

   by sam (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » wicked!!
i cannot wait!!! but what is a chunder-wheel?

   by ladysman (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » yes
yeah i loved the 1st but the 2nd sounds sweet

   by Joe (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » too bad stories don't match
Lance Vance gets killed by swat team? wow, then how did he exist in the original vice city? :P

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   by Gordon (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » WOOHOO
if the firmware isnt hacked by then i will be buying the modchip! Looks awesome and speedboats...interesting...

   by pimp (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » cool cant wait
the chunder wheel is in the 6th scan

   by sam (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » wicked!!
i cannot wait!!! but what is a chunder-wheel?

   by azer4 (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » finally
finally some news oh and for the persone that posted post number 18 they where talking about victor being killed by the s.w.a.t not lance

   by Beansta - 2006-08-01
 » @7
id give it 12/10 simply because i luved vice city 4 ps2 and this 1 looks twice as good. the old radio stations, this is a def must have

   by Viper124 - 2006-08-01
 » Best PSP Game
No doubt it will become the best psp game ever!

   by The-end (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » Credit
Qj you forgot to credit jarjar of GTAForums.com he's the guy who uploaded and scanend the magazine article and he deserves the credit not GTAPortable.com.

If you wish to link to his profile here it is http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showuser=107513

also this is the orginal topic were he posted them http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=253137&st=0

Thanks, jarjar really deserves the credit.

   by ME (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » Looks good....
Now when it says "VCS will be much bigger than Vice City" does that mean, a bigger city, or just a bigger more deep game?

   by have fun (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » dont be stupid
@15 - no, they cannot come out with an unhackable fw really because there will always be some human error (assuming that is what makes up the Sony corp.) that someone else may find in the fw. sure the security is much tougher, but "the bigger they are, the harder they fall"

@18 - they were talking about Victor, not Lance. dont be ambiguous

   by MrBrowny (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » WoooooooooooooooooooW
OMG I cant wait for the game
Lets Hope That We Can Play it On 1.5 PSP By Devhook
Coz If It Didnt Work I Will Buy a New PSP Just For The Upgrades
it will become the best psp game ever!
cant wait for the game

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   by Eddie Damonster (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » Swimmingly
swimmy swimmy swimmy... oh and jet skis... and helicopters and hurricanes. cooooooool!

   by Jain (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » not Austrailian
Gamepro is a german magazine, i`m often reading .... in german!!!

   by psp dudee (Unregistered) - 2006-08-01
 » WOOOO!!
This game loks like it's gonna be AMAZING! Definately can't wait for this one =D



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