Posted Oct 06, 2006 at 03:34PM by Anna S. Listed in: News, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
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The Earth is 75% water. The same ratio applies to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. When you start playing GTA: Vice City Stories, you'll recognize how much an integral part water is going to be in your game.

Picking up from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, swimming the waterways of Vice City can prove to be a worthy challenge to Vic's military background. Swimming can be an effective way to catch an enemy by surprise, instead of riding on a roaring speedboat. But that doesn't mean you can't show off once in a while.

A lot of work has been into making an aquatic environment that was as accurate to real world water physics as possible. So, either when you're swimming or jet skiing, the movement of the water will respond accordingly. Example, vehicles will bob in the water, respond to changes in the current and be affected by the increased drag that a liquid imparts.

To fully maximize the effect, new vehicles like speedboats, yachts, sailboats, zodiacs, airboats and jet skis, can be used in "ski bys" or as an escape vehicle; you can immediately jump into them, when being pursued on land gets too much to handle.

The new and dynamic environment also opened the door for longer, more exciting side missions. There are those that will begin in land and then move out into the water. There are also watersports Vic can participate on, like swimming events, boat and jet ski races. Play goody two shoes once in a while by doing water-based rescue missions.

Whether be it on land and in the open seas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is still the game to beat.

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   by chuck c. (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » cool

sweet. can't wait!

   by ChI tOwN (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » ThE BESt gAmE

thIs gAmE shOuld b BAsED iN cHi ToWn

   by NPP (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » ahhhhhhhh

so good, can't wait either.

   by Dude (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » Right

QJ is completely right.

This will be a great game.

   by . (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » .

THIS GAME IS GUNNA BE HUGEEEEEEEEEE

   by Arias (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » The only thing that could make this game possibly better than it already is...

...is to include some sort of exploring the ocean floor with an oxygen tank looking for easter eggs and that sort of stuff.

   by dj_jedi007 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » GTA

This is going to be a hell of a game
cant wait till it comes out

   by ... (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » hmm...

why is it that only black ppl in the gta games can swim, when every one knows they cant swim?

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   by bleep blorp (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » hmmm

Why are they focusing so much of the game on water? what about cars and guns

   by lol @ 8 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » funny

that's hilarious...but oddly true.

   by Granavatar_ofMe (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » This is freaking huge

GTA:VCS FTW!!!!.
I hope it includes a new cheat device for future versions (2.81 to 3.00).

   by Zaken (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » hope

i hope it only needs 2.71 or that the new dev hook comes up the same day

   by Sr_Moska - 2006-10-06
 » yeah yeah, whatever...

Release the damn game!!! and bully for xbox!!!

   by awsomelyoutrageouslyspectacularycool (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » real seller

this is gonna really help sell the psp in n america and and ff7 is gona sell it in japan unless they make it a poc like dirge of cerebrus

   by frugi (Unregistered) - 2006-10-06
 » #8

#8 - HAHAHAHAHAHA

   by Steven (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » to # 8

hey is that supposed to be a racist comment and 11 and idk why u find that funny becuz most of my family on my dad is black and they can all swim im only half but thats doenst mean anything

   by dipset (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » to #17

lmaooo wtf was dat. Of course it was a racial comment but ur comeback wasnt all that great. It dun matter that ur half black, lmaooo u jus want to tell ppl dat? :S

Otherwise, im goin to make shure i get this game, i styl have to beat the first one, hahahaha.

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   by 69 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » 69

BUMSEX!!!

   by Steven (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » to number 18

wtf are u talkin about that was supposed to be a comeback u idiot and no i didnt want to jus tell people that so stf^ u didnt have to get into this i dont noe wuts with people like u

   by cheese (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » i'm the best

FIRST> YES< I GOT HERE FIRST AND POSTED THE FIRST COMMENT!

   by 2nd (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » yesssssssss

SECOND> YES < I GOT HERE AND POSTED THE SECOND COMMENT

   by ????? (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » whats this game about

ive never heard of this game
why does everyone want it so bad wats so good about it
what do you do in the game how do you play??????????

   by retard (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » @23

if u have never heard of gta than u must have been living in a cave the past few yrs

   by Steven (Unregistered) - 2006-10-07
 » fixed 20

i meant wasnt fixed it but yea stay out of it

   by (I) (am) (Unregistered) - 2006-10-24
 » hfdhfdhfdh

Buy Vice City for PS2 then you'll see.



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