Platform( s)
Android
Fire OS
iOS
Microsoft Windows
OS X
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Release date( s)
27 October 2002
PlayStation 2
NA: 27 October 2002
EU: 8 November 2002
AUS: 8 November 2002
Microsoft Windows
NA: 12 May 2003
EU: 15 May 2003
AUS: 21 May 2003
Xbox
NA: 31 October 2003
EU: 2 January 2004
AUS: 2 January 2004
OS X
WW: 12 November 2010
iOS
WW: 6 December 2012
Android
WW: 12 December 2012
PlayStation 3
NA: 29 January 2013
EU: 30 January 2013
Fire OS
WW: 15 May 2014
PlayStation 4
WW: 5 December 2015
Genre( s) Third-person shooter, action-adventure
Mode( s) Single-player
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on 27 October 2002 for the PlayStation 2 console, on 12 May 2003 for Microsoft Windows, and on 31 October 2003 for the Xbox console. It is the sixth title in the Grand Theft Auto series.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is played from a third-person perspective in an open world environment, allowing the player to interact with the game world at their leisure. The game is set in 1986 within the fictional city of Vice City, which is heavily based on Miami. The plot is based on multiple real-life events in Miami such as Cuban, Haitian and Biker gangs of Miami, the 1980s crack epidemic, the mafioso-Scarface type drug lords of Miami and the 1980s dominance of glam metal including a fictional glam metal band Love Fist as a group of Scottish musicians for the game involving several missions for the band.[b] and draws inspiration from 1980s' American culture. The single-player story follows Tommy Vercetti, a Mafia hitman who is released from prison. After his involvement in a drug deal gone wrong, Tommy seeks out those responsible while building a criminal empire and seizing power from other criminal organisations in the city.
Upon its release, the game was acclaimed by many reviewers who praised the music and gameplay, which uses a tweaked version of the game engine used in its predecessor. However, its violent and sexual content has also been the source of much public concern and controversy. It became the best-selling video game of 2002, and has sold over 20 million copies as of 2011, making it the best-selling PlayStation 2 game until it was surpassed by San Andreas in 2006. The game is cited as a landmark in video games for its far-reaching influence within the industry. The success of Vice City led to the creation of a prequel, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories ( 2006) , which revisits the Vice City setting just two years prior.
Its successor, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, was released on 26 October 2004, and also received critical acclaim, outselling Vice City. In December 2012, in celebration of the game's tenth anniversary, a mobile version of Vice City was released for iOS and Android. The game has also been ported to various other platforms and services, such as OS X and the PlayStation Network.
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