It is good. <--- understatement
Highlights so far (only played for a few hours):
- Incredibly fun motorcycyle physics
- Highly polished and funny movies and dialog
- More polished version of GTA3 (e.g., taxis to "teleport" you to
mission-start if you fail)
- More interactive (better pedestrian AI/interactions, clothing store,
interiors, eventually the ability to buy nightclubs)
- The licensed music (eight CDs worth!) adds great quality to the
experience. Cruising the strip in a chopper, when those tunes start to
play you feel like you are *in* 80s Miami
- Superb voice talent; a few of the actors - Ray Liotta (the main
character), Dennis Hopper, Burt Renolds, Gary Busy, Lee Majors
In summary it's everything they promised. A highly polished, tuned,
and improved version of GTA 3.
GTA Vice City impressions and PC release question
Posters shared enthusiastic impressions of the console GTA Vice City and debated whether a PC version would appear given Sony's exclusivity deal; others found PC previews suggesting it would. One reader exploded over supposed spoilers, swapped insults with Ian P, and later apologised.
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I second that...no bicycles as far as I can tell, but there is always the
"Faggio"...er...scooter ;)
Anyone who played GTA3 a lot will laugh at some of the movies...
The missions themselves are much more involved as well. Nothing like
chasing a punk across the rooftops to add to that '80s movie feel, eh?
You can get your tires shot out, and the police can use spike strips...cars
can still take an obscene amount of damage, but the visuals and sounds of
doing so are better than GTA3 :)
For the less-driving-oriented aspect of it, there's a LOT more weapons
too...and they've made a few changes to shift the balance of the game so
it's more difficult, in a good way. (i.e. missions don't pay ungodly
amounts of cash, you can only carry one weapon of a 'type' at a time)
Milhouse
"Joe62" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> It is good. <--- understatement > > Highlights so far (only played for a few hours): > - Incredibly fun motorcycyle physics > - Highly polished and funny movies and dialog > - More polished version of GTA3 (e.g., taxis to "teleport" you to > mission-start if you fail) > - More interactive (better pedestrian AI/interactions, clothing store, > interiors, eventually the ability to buy nightclubs) > - The licensed music (eight CDs worth!) adds great quality to the > experience. Cruising the strip in a chopper, when those tunes start to > play you feel like you are *in* 80s Miami > - Superb voice talent; a few of the actors - Ray Liotta (the main > character), Dennis Hopper, Burt Renolds, Gary Busy, Lee Majors > > In summary it's everything they promised. A highly polished, tuned, > and improved version of GTA 3.
Wold that be the PC version?
And if so - when is it out?
- DaHool'
On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:52:38 GMT, Joe62
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>It is good. <--- understatement > >Highlights so far (only played for a few hours): >- Incredibly fun motorcycyle physics >- Highly polished and funny movies and dialog >- More polished version of GTA3 (e.g., taxis to "teleport" you to >mission-start if you fail) >- More interactive (better pedestrian AI/interactions, clothing store, >interiors, eventually the ability to buy nightclubs) >- The licensed music (eight CDs worth!) adds great quality to the >experience. Cruising the strip in a chopper, when those tunes start to >play you feel like you are *in* 80s Miami >- Superb voice talent; a few of the actors - Ray Liotta (the main >character), Dennis Hopper, Burt Renolds, Gary Busy, Lee Majors > >In summary it's everything they promised. A highly polished, tuned, >and improved version of GTA 3.I love it. I get a kick outta driving the "dune buggies" out in the sand.
When they come off a dune and the rear wheels do that crazy suspension
movement. The RC mini-mission is a laugh as well. The way the car you're
driving loses control when enough damage is inflicted to damage and bend the
wheels...........sparks even !!!!! I have only just finished like my
fourth mission.....where you run down and kill the "pizza delivery boy"
WHAT FUN !!!!! Very tight roads too.
I love it. I get a kick outta driving the "dune buggies" out in the sand.
When they come off a dune and the rear wheels do that crazy suspension
movement. The RC mini-mission is a laugh as well. The way the car you're
driving loses control when enough damage is inflicted to damage and bend the
wheels...........sparks even !!!!! I have only just finished like my
fourth mission.....where you run down and kill the "pizza delivery boy"
WHAT FUN !!!!! Very tight roads too.
TheHooligan <[email hidden]> writes:
> Wold that be the PC version?
>
> And if so - when is it out?
not for a while. Sony bought exclusive rights to GTA for three years.
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TheHooligan <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
> Wold that be the PC version?
No
> And if so - when is it out?
Never, the GTA series is now a Sony exclusive.
Gerald
> Wold that be the PC version?
No
Never, the GTA series is now a Sony exclusive.
Gerald
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Depends - a lot of these exclusives apply to console only.
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> TheHooligan <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > > Wold that be the PC version? > > No > > > And if so - when is it out? > > Never, the GTA series is now a Sony exclusive.
"Alan Gauton" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email hidden]>,
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> > TheHooligan <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<[email hidden]>...
They bought the rights...and so...if they CHOOSE to release it on the
pc, that probably is spelled out in whatever agreements they signed. I
would think they will keep it exclusive until it is not seen as a big draw
anymore...then they'll pop up everywhere. I would also 'guess' that this
won't happen til after the PS3 is firmly established.
dave henrie
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> > > Wold that be the PC version? > > > > No > > > > > And if so - when is it out? > > > > Never, the GTA series is now a Sony exclusive. > > > Depends - a lot of these exclusives apply to console only. > > -- > AGJoe62 said:
>It is good. <--- understatement
Jesus FUCKING christ!
Spoiler your posts!
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Joe62 said:
Jesus ***ING christ!
Spoiler your posts!
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:40:49 +0000, jbp <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Spoiler your posts!
Sure, no problem. I didn't think there were any spoilers in it though.
What was a spoiler to you?
Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
You sure? I just saw a game site with preview shots of the PC version.
I'd guess those were exclusive *console* rights.
Kendt
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> TheHooligan <[email hidden]> writes: > > > Wold that be the PC version? > > > > And if so - when is it out? > > not for a while. Sony bought exclusive rights to GTA for three years.You just guessing or you know?
"> They bought the rights...and so...if they CHOOSE to release it on the
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> pc, that probably is spelled out in whatever agreements they signed. I > would think they will keep it exclusive until it is not seen as a big draw > anymore...then they'll pop up everywhere. I would also 'guess' that this > won't happen til after the PS3 is firmly established. > dave henrie > >Relax with the swearing there jpb...You are in a newsgroup. The fact that
GTA is not a sim, makes any posts about Vice City off topic anyway. So why
don't you help kill this thread?
Joe62 said:
>On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:40:49 +0000, jbp <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>>Spoiler your posts!
>
>Sure, no problem. I didn't think there were any spoilers in it though.
>What was a spoiler to you?
Everything. I have been waiting for VC over a year, and it's not out here
until the end of next week...
Then you go and give it all away!
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So why the hell did you read a post entitled "GTA Vice City impressions" ?
Seems a bit of a dumb thing to do if you don't want to know about it.
Jeez, some people aren't very intelligent
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> Joe62 said:
> >On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:40:49 +0000, jbp <[email hidden]> wrote:
> >
> >>Spoiler your posts!
> >
> >Sure, no problem. I didn't think there were any spoilers in it though.
> >What was a spoiler to you?
>
> Everything. I have been waiting for VC over a year, and it's not out here
> until the end of next week...
>
> Then you go and give it all away!
>
> --
> Joseph Birr-Pixton
Not to mention that there's not a whole lot in the post that isn't already
all over the internet everywhere...sheesh. Just about any preview site
could've told you that...this post just says they're right. :)
Milhouse
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> So why the hell did you read a post entitled "GTA Vice City impressions" ? > Seems a bit of a dumb thing to do if you don't want to know about it. > > Jeez, some people aren't very intelligent > > -- > > Ian P > <email invalid due to spam> > > > "jbp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Joe62 said: > > >On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:40:49 +0000, jbp <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > > >>Spoiler your posts! > > > > > >Sure, no problem. I didn't think there were any spoilers in it though. > > >What was a spoiler to you? > > > > Everything. I have been waiting for VC over a year, and it's not outQuoted text (8 lines)
> > until the end of next week... > > > > Then you go and give it all away! > > > > -- > > Joseph Birr-Pixton > >Ian P said:
>So why the hell did you read a post entitled "GTA Vice City impressions" ?
>Seems a bit of a dumb thing to do if you don't want to know about it.
Erm, if it had spoiler-ful material in it the OP would have left spoiler
space and/or marked this in the subject line. Not doing this indicates
there are no spoilers in the post, and so it is safe to read even if you are
purposefully avoiding information on VC, like me.
>Jeez, some people aren't very intelligent
Thanks for the complement. Coming from a top-posting fuckwit it holds a lot
of water.
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"jbp" <[email hidden]> wrote
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> Erm, if it had spoiler-ful material in it the OP would have left spoiler
> space and/or marked this in the subject line. Not doing this indicates
> there are no spoilers in the post, and so it is safe to read even if youare
> purposefully avoiding information on VC, like me.
So, in your opinion, top posting makes someone a "fuckwit" but reading a
post that clearly contains something you didn't want to know about doesn't ?
You Sir are the "fuckwit", and a not very intelligent one at that.
>
> >Jeez, some people aren't very intelligent
>
> Thanks for the complement. Coming from a top-posting fuckwit it holds alot
> of water.
I wasn't sure that someone who couldn't read a header would be able to
figure out where the scroll bar was ;)
Actually, if I reply to post that doesn't need to be split I top post
because it's faster that way.
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[email hidden] (Kendt Eklund) writes:
I'm sure that's what the article I read half a year ago said. :)
> I just saw a game site with preview shots of the PC version.
that's odd. there's no mention of a PC version on
http://www.take2games.com/index.php?p=games&title=gtavc or for that
matter on http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/
> I'd guess those were exclusive *console* rights.
doesn't look like it to me.
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> Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > > TheHooligan <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > Wold that be the PC version? > > > > > > And if so - when is it out? > > > > not for a while. Sony bought exclusive rights to GTA for three years. > > You sure?jbp said:
>Joe62 said:
>>It is good. <--- understatement
>
>Jesus FUCKING christ!
>
>Spoiler your posts!
Ahem. I apologise Joe62. It has not been a good day.
Not that that is any excuse, but I do apologise for being an asshole.
Sorry,
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Yes, i know - but doesn't that only concern on which consoles it will
be released to?
- DaHool
On 31 Oct 2002 13:01:39 +0100, Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]>
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>TheHooligan <[email hidden]> writes: > >> Wold that be the PC version? >> >> And if so - when is it out? > >not for a while. Sony bought exclusive rights to GTA for three years.On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:39:56 +0000, jbp <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Everything. I have been waiting for VC over a year, and it's not out here
>until the end of next week...
Sorry, but I'm at a bit of a loss. If you've been following VC
articles for a year, I can't imagine what I "gave away" that you
didn't already know?
Motorcycles? Voice actors? Music content? All this stuff has been
hihgly publicized for months.
On Fri, 01 Nov 2002 01:57:00 +0000, jbp <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Ahem. I apologise Joe62. It has not been a good day.
>
>Not that that is any excuse, but I do apologise for being an asshole.
No problem at all. I send my share of regrettable flames.
Gunnar Horrigmo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
Right back at ya ;) -
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/previews/previews_story.php{que}id=82203
No word on a release date - but 3yrs? I doubt it.
Kendt
