Honestly it sucks how this one isn’t that available on modern platforms, you would think a big company like rockstar would be able to pay music license’s for the Phil Collins songs but nope.
In Vice City Story's defense, GTA has always been a satirical take on American politics and culture, so Vic having to do all kinds of sketchy stuff just to pay for his brother's asthma treatment works way better as a parody of the American healthcare system than if he had a more serious condition in my opinion. Him having to turn to a life of crime to pay for cancer treatment is just, well, normal America, but having to do that for some damn inhalers is more in line with GTA's scathing commentary on life in America (and also still kinda just normal America as well, but you get my point), it being ridiculous is almost definitely the point.
I feel like the reason why its underrated despite being a little better than lcs was because when lcs was released on psp it was groundbreaking, but as time went on around 2007/2008 most people around that time were excited for gta 4 which made vcs forgotten due to the ps2 at the end of it's life cycle, i had a great time with it even with it's flaws.
This game gave me PTSD after defending businesses and because of the fact that at some point the whole city is turning into war zone where all gangs and cops are trying to take you out
2022 war beginning in Kyiv caught me spending LOTS of time indoors during weekend-long curfews, blackouts and air raids. how did I survive? PC port of LCS and emulated PSP port of VCS. Completing them during the toughest time imaginable - on a platform that was not intended for that - will forever be special.
I’m so lucky this was my first gta game. It gave me such an appreciation for vice city and San Andreas because playing those games after felt like a step up instead of a step down. Which also make it’s to where I appreciate these two psp games more
San Andreas is definitely the better game on a technical level but Vice City Stories will always be my favorite 3D era GTA. I like the protagonist more, I prefer the city of Vice City itself more, and I generally just had a more enjoyable experience all around.
Vice City Stories: The Most Underrated GTA Ever Made?
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