Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002

Released: October 29, 2002
Genres: Shooter · Racing · Adventure · Arcade
Platforms: Xbox · PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac · PlayStation 2
Developer: Rockstar North
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Where to buy

Digital: PlayStation Xbox
In a collection: Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

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Is it still worth playing?

Rockstar North's 2002 open world game, first on the PlayStation 2, set in 1986 in the fictional Vice City, which is based on Miami. You play Tommy Vercetti as he builds a criminal empire, and that empire is something you buy, in properties and businesses such as film studios and taxi companies. The city around it is nearly 6 square miles, crossed by car, motorcycle, boat and helicopter. Its sound is the 1980s, with more than 113 songs and ads, mostly rock and pop, and over 90 minutes of cutscenes tell the story. Together with the game before it and the one after it, it led the trend of open world games. A whole city built on one decade and its music still makes every drive part of the same setting, which is the reason to play it now.