Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Video Game
2002
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9.2/10

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Fairuza Balk, Ray Liotta, Tom Sizemore, Luis Guzmán, and Philip Michael Thomas in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)

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In 1986, after doing a 15 year prison stint for the Forelli crime family in Liberty City, gangster Tommy Vercetti is sent away to Vice City, Florida to take over the town and rise to the top... Read allIn 1986, after doing a 15 year prison stint for the Forelli crime family in Liberty City, gangster Tommy Vercetti is sent away to Vice City, Florida to take over the town and rise to the top of the criminal empire.In 1986, after doing a 15 year prison stint for the Forelli crime family in Liberty City, gangster Tommy Vercetti is sent away to Vice City, Florida to take over the town and rise to the top of the criminal empire.

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IMDb RATING

9.2/10

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Won 6 BAFTA Awards
- 15 wins & 19 nominations total

Ken Rosenberg
(voice)
(as Willian Fichtner)

Tom Sizemore

Sonny Forelli
(voice)

Dennis Hopper

Steve Scott
(voice)

Burt Reynolds

Avery Carrington
(voice)

Luis Guzmán

Ricardo Diaz
(voice)
(as Luis Guzman)

Philip Michael Thomas

Lance Vance
(voice)

Robert Davi

Colonel Juan Cortez
(voice)

Danny Trejo

Umberto Robina
(voice)

Gary Busey

Phil Cassidy
(voice)

Lee Majors

Mitch Baker
(voice)

Fairuza Balk

Mercedes Cortez
(voice)

Danny Dyer

Kent Paul
(voice)

Kevin McKidd

Jezz Torrent
(voice)

Debbie Harry

Taxi Controller
(voice)
(as Deborah Harry)

Jenna Jameson

Candy Suxxx
(voice)

Lawrence Taylor

BJ Smith
(voice)

Youree Dell Harris

Auntie Poulet
(voice)
(as Youree Cleomili Harris)

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Trivia
When Ray Liotta was asked why he decided to voice the main character of the game, he said: "for the money". Tommy Vercetti was meant to have a (voice only) cameo in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), but since Ray Liotta was under the impression he was underpaid for this game, so he refused to return.

Goofs
In the beta version of the game, Fort Baxter Air Base was going to be larger, and have its own runway and communications tower. However, they removed this from the final game, but in the view from the other island (when you are not on the island the air base is located) you can still see the tower. When you enter the island, it disappears. Among fans of the series, the tower is known as 'The Ghost Tower'.

Quotes
[Stealing a pedestrian's Car]
Tommy Vercetti: You've got insurance, so don't be a prick.

Crazy credits
The end credits show shots of the town of Vice City

Alternate versions
There are three different versions of this game for the PlayStation 2, released in this order: Original Stand-Alone, Original Double Pack, and Haitian-Friendly (available as Stand-Alone or Double Pack). The differences between each are listed below. 1. Original Stand-Alone (bar code #10425 27145, Black disc banner): This is the version that came out on release day, October 29, 2002. 2. Original Double Pack (bar code #10425 27300, Red disc banner): This version can be found in the Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City combo package. When putting this package together, Rockstar Games took the time to get rid of the major glitches from the original version, as well make some other additional changes.
The "Trial By Dirt" mini-game has been altered to make it easier. The rain, Haitians on motorcycles, and barrels won't show up when you do it the first time. The second time around, the barrels will appear. If you beat your best time, rain will appear on your next attempt. If you beat your best time again, the Haitians on motorcycles will appear an your next attempt. Also, they fixed a glitch which caused the stats for that mission to not show up until you played "Test Drive" (the mini-game with the Landstalker), and only with the same time as that mini-game. This was basically a minor problem since it didn't affect getting 100% completion or cause other problems in the game.
The Lionel Ritchie song "Running With The Night" (on the Flash-FM radio station) has been removed. It is unknown whether Mr. Ritchie or his record company chose to have the song removed.
Many weapons have been renamed due to the fact the the original names were trademarked, and permission was obviously not obtained originally (or Rockstar Games chose to avoid having to pay any more royalty fees to the individual gun manufacturers). The Colt .45 is now the Pistol, the Python is now the .357, the Spaz Shotgun is now the S.P.A.S. 12, the Ingram Mac 10 is now the Mac, the Uzi 9mm is now the Uz-I, the MP5 is now the MP, the Ruger is now the Kruger, and the PSG-1 is now the .308 Sniper. Also some graphical changes were made to some of the weapons which can be seen when at the AmmuNation.
It is now easier to get the cop uniform in the Washington Beach Police Station as the number of cops wandering around on the first floor or the locker room have been reduced. This greatly reduces your chances of getting shot at while trying to nab the uniform because you get a 2-Star wanted level as soon as you enter the locker room (the wanted level will go away when you get the uniform).
The Detonator Bug has been fixed. The Detonator Bug in the Original Version occurs when using a car bomb or Remote Grenades in conjunction with Infinite Ammo (either with cheats or by getting 100% completion). After using the car bomb or Remote Grenades, you are stuck on the detonator because the detonator wasn't meant to have any ammo and the game gets confused when using the remote with Infinite Ammo on.
The blurry vision in "Boomshine Saigon" is far less in the Double Pack version, although the screen will still swerve around.
In the opening cutscene for "Recruitment Drive" (one of the movie studio missions), the big breasted woman with the pasties is now wearing a halter top instead. 3. Haitian-Friendly (Stand-Alone: bar code #10425 27388, Black disc banner; Double Pack: bar code #10425 21383, Red disc banner): More than a year after the original release of the game, a lot of Haitian-Americans got mad about how they were represented in Vice City. This prompted Rockstar Games to create a new version to remove or alter references about Haitians within the game. This version was released in early 2004 and comes as a Stand-Alone as well as being part of later runs of the Double Pack. The Greatest Hits copies of Vice City are also Haitian-Friendly.
References to Haitians have been either altered or removed in the following missions: "Guardian Angels" (given by Colonel Cortez), "Two Bit Hit" (given by Avery Carrington), "Cannon Fodder" (given by Umberto Robina), "Naval Engagement" (given by Umberto Robina), and "Trojan Voodoo" (given by Umberto Robina). In all fairness, references to Cubans have been either altered or removed from the following missions given by Auntie Poulet: "Juju Scramble", "Bombs Away!", and "Dirty Lickin's".
The Tear Gas Grenades that were behind the Washington Beach Police Station have now been replaced by regular Grenades.
The "Trial By Dirt" stat glitch which was fixed in the Original Double Pack version appears to have returned.
The cutscene for the mission "The Driver" has "In a Big Country" by Big Country playing in the background. All versions after this has "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash playing instead.

Connections
Edited into Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021)

Soundtracks
Pump Me Up
(uncredited)
by Trouble Funk
Written by James Avery, Robert Reed and Tony Fisher
Available on Wildstyle Pirate Radio

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The cast line-up of all time - "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"

"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" (2002)

***** stars (out of five)

With an all-star voice cast that includes Ray Liotta (Goodfellas, Hannibal), Dennis Hopper (Speed, True Romance), William Fichtner (The Perfect Storm), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down), Fairuza Balk (The Craft), Luis Guzman (Traffic), Gary Busey (Lethal Weapon), and Danny Trejo (Spy Kids, Con Air), how could this game be anything but a game? "Vice City" has so many elements of a major Hollywood production, that you almost forget that your playing a video game. This is heightened by the fact that there is a movie script floating around Hollywood right now and I'm seriously hoping Liotta gets the lead part.

Ray Liotta plays Tommy Vercetti, an ex-con who has just returned to the streets after doing a fifteen year stint in prison. The family sends him to Vice City, a hell hole that is actually WORSE than Liberty City. How could Vice City be worse than Liberty City you say? Well for one, no one really cares about Vice City. The place is also crawling with drug dealers and corrupt city officials that keep the city properly unsafe for anyone to live.

Anyways, from the start, problems arise for Tommy. A drug deal goes wrong and only quick thinking and some fast driving by his lawyer friend Ken Rosenberg (Fichtner) gets them out alive. As it turns out, this mess leads to missing money, missing drugs and dangerous crime bosses including a corrupt land developer named Avery Arrington (Burt Reynolds) and a rich gangster (Guzman), the latter who Tommy eventually has to deal with. Tommy decides right away that he is going to own this town and so begins his odyssey into Vice City...

"Vice City" is such an amazing improvement over "Grand Theft Auto III" that it is almost impossible to describe it. You basically take Liberty City's worst qualities and multiply them by ten. Everything that was in "Grand Theft Auto III" is here, including the insane jumps, rampages and hidden packages. The missions are a lot harder too. But they are more varied and have a much greater significance in the end.

There are plenty more cars too, but there are boats and helicopters as well. My personal favorite vehicle so far is the Sabre. The helicopters are from what I've seen so far, the only vehicles available that enable flight. Probably my favorite new feature so far, is the fact that with the right amount of money, you can actually buy up real estate. I also forgot to mention that this game is a hell of a lot bloodier than any other previous "Grand Theft Auto" titles.

The leading actors are amazing in this game, especially Liotta as Vercetti. He has a lot of charisma here and it shows in his character. The other voice actors are great as well.

"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" is so far the most anticipated and best reviewed game to come out for the Playstation 2 this year.