Grand Theft Auto:
Vice City (abbreviated as
GTA: VC) is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game designed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall. It debuted in North America on October 27, 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and was later ported to the Xbox and PC in 2003.
Vice City was preceded by Grand Theft Auto III and followed by Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Vice City draws much of its inspiration from 1980s American culture. Set in 1986 in
Vice City, a fictional
city modeled after Miami, the story revolves around Mafia member Tommy Vercetti, who was recently released from prison. After being involved in a drug deal gone wrong, Tommy seeks out those responsible while building a criminal empire and seizing power from other criminal organizations in the
city. The game uses a tweaked version of the game engine used in Grand Theft Auto III and similarly presents a huge
cityscape, fully populated with buildings, vehicles, and people. Like other games in the series,
Vice City has elements from driving games and third-person shooters, and features "open-world" gameplay that gives the player more control over their playing experience.
Upon its release,
Vice City became the best-selling video game of 2002. As of July 2006,
Vice City was, in the American market, the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time.
Vice City also appeared on Japanese magazine Famitsu's readers' list of all-time favorite 100 videogames in 2006, the only fully-Western title on the list. Following this success,
Vice City saw releases in Europe, Australia and Japan, as well as a release for the PC. Rockstar Vienna also packaged the game with its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto III, and sold it as Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack for the Xbox.
Vice City's setting is also revisited in Grand Theft Auto:
Vice City Stories, which serves as a prequel to events in
Vice City.
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