17-10-2002 11:11									#1
	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City anticipation thread Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

OK, who else is really anticipating this game? It comes out for PS2 on the 29th of this month and will come to the PC a few months later. It's basically GTA3 set in the 80's in a city reminiscent of Miami. It adds and improves a whole bunch of stuff from GTA3, including:

Drivable motorcycles and helicopters
Indoor environments
You can shoot out tires on vehicles and shoot the driver through the windshield
Police will go after other gangs
Gigantic soundtrack with real 80s music (you can also apparently buy all 7 cds seperately):

quote: Volume 1: Rock 1. DJ Lazlow Intro 2. You've Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest 3. Too Young to Fall in Love - Mötley Crüe 4. Peace Sells - Megadeth 5. Dangerous Bastard - Rockstar'S Love Fist 6. Turn Up The Radio - Autograph 7. DJ Lazlow Halftime 8. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister 9. Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne 10. Madhouse - Anthrax 11. 2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden 12. Raining Blood - Slayer 13. Cumin' Atcha Live - Tesla 14. Yankee Rose - David Lee Roth 15. DJ Lazlow Outro 16. Exploder 17. Thor 18. Dj Lazlow Rant Volume 2: Wave 103 1. DJ Adam First Intro 2. Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 3. Pale Shelter - Tears For Fears 4. Kids In America - Kim Wilde 5. Atomic - Blondie 6. I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock Of Seagulls 7. (Keep Feeling) Fascination - The Human League 8. DJ Adam First Halftime 9. 99 Luftballons - Nena 10. Love My Way - The Psychedelic Furs 11. Gold - Spandau Ballet 12. Hyperactive! - Thomas Dolby 13. Never Say Never - Romeo Void 14. Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart 15. DJ Adam First Outro 16. Sissy Spritz 17. Synth And Son 18. DJ Adam First Rant Volume 3: Emotion 98 3 1. DJ Fernando Intro 2. Africa - Toto 3. Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer 4. Missing You - John Waite 5. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew 6. Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner 7. Mister 8. DJ Fernando Half Time 9. More Than This - Roxy Music 10. Tempted - Squeeze 11. Keep On Loving You - Reo Speedwagon 12. Sister Christian - Night Ranger 13. Never Too Much - Luther Vandross 14. Wow - Kate Bush 15. DJ Fernando Outro 16. Knife After Dark 17. Petstuffers 18. Dj Fernando Tirade Volume 4: Flash 1. DJ Toni Introduction 2. Out Of Touch - Hall & Oates 3. Four Little Diamonds - Electric Light Orchestra 4. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 5. Your Love - The Outfield 6. Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk 7. Run To You - Bryan Adams 8. Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung 9. DJ Toni Mid Party Announcement 10. Call Me - Go West 11. Running With The Night - Lionel Richie 12. Self Control - Laura Branigan 13. Kiss the Dirt - Inxs 14. Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes 15. DJ Toni Outro 16. Blox Radio Commercial 17. Just The Five Of Us 18. Dj Toni Studio Tantrum Volume 5: Wildstyle Pirate Radio 1. Wildstyle DJ Intro 2. Rockit - Herbie Hancock 3. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 4. More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp & Roger 5. Wildstyle DJ Mr Magic 6. One For The Treble Vocal Mix - Davy Dmx 7. Bassline - Mantronix 8. Wildstyle DJ Halftime 9. Hip Hop Bee Bop (Don't Stop) - Man Parrish 10. Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) - Hashim 11. Clear - Cybotron 12. Wildstyle DJ 3rd Quarter 13. Looking For The Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force 14. Wildstyle DJ Mr Magic Premier 15. Rock Box - Run Dmc 16. The Breaks - Kurtis Blow 17. Wildstyle Dj Mr Magic Super Blast 18. Magic'S Wand - Whodini 19. Wildstyle Dj Outro 20. Degeneration 21. Maibatsu Thunder Volume 6: Fever 105 1. DJ Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Introduction 2. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson 3. Automatic (Extended Version) - The Pointer Sisters 4. Act Like You Know - Fat Larry's Band 5. Juicy Fruit - Mtume 6. Behind The Groove - Teena Marie 7. DJ Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Halftime 8. Get Down Saturday Night 9. Ghetto Life 10. Shame - Evelyne "Champagne" King 11. All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls 12. Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang 13. I'll Be Good - Various,Angela Winbush,Rene Moore 14. And The Beat Goes On 15. Whispers 16. Dj Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Outro 17. Salivex 18. Yuppie And The Alien 19. Dj Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit Lovetips Volume 7 - Espantoso 1. Pepe Introduction 2. Super Strut - Deodato 3. A Gozar Con Mi Combo - Cachao 4. Me And You Baby (Picao Y Tostao) - Mongo Santamaria 5. Mambo Mucho Mambo - Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra 6. Jamay - Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra 7. Pepe Intermission 8. Mama Papa Tu - Mongo Santamaria 9. La Vida es Una Lenteia - Unaesta 10. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith 11. Aguanile - Irakere 12. Maracaibo Oriental - Beny Moré 13. Latin Flute - Deodato 14. Mambo Gozón - Tito Puente 15. Pepe Outro 16. Fernando'S Medallion Ad 17. Think Your Way To Success 18. Pepe Martial Rantina

	17-10-2002 11:33									#2
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I'm looking forward to it too. The main reason why can be summed up in five words:

Ray. Liotta. Does. The. Narration.



Goodfellas is one of my favourite films, so this is gonna be SO cool.

	18-10-2002 00:07									#4
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Here's a quote from last GTA3 - Vice City thread... After reading an article about it, I made a little resume, about what the game contains...

quote: - Vice City is twice as large as Liberty City - All areas of Vice City is avaliable from the start - 9 hours of radio (3 hours in GTA III) - 40 weapons (15 in GTA III) - An autoaim, that aims on priority not on proximity - Pedestrians now take breaks, skate, etc - More buildings to enter (Not like AmmoNation), e.g. Disco - Cops now chase others - Gangs are more active, they might steal a car or kill a pedestrian - Lazlo (Sp?) is back (The funny guy from the last radio station) - New side jobs, like Pizza delivery - 120 vehicles (50 in GTA III) - Motorcycles are back (Clothes even blowing in the wind) - Snipers can shoot tires - More reflective surfaces

Here's the link to the thread: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...&threadid=59129

And the question is still open: Why did they choose the 80'es...would be much more interesting if they chose the year 2020 instead...

	18-10-2002 00:11									#5
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quote: Originally posted by ixnay37 Gigantic soundtrack with real 80s music

Now that's the worst part...

If they don't have a 100% lazlo channel (Like in GTA3) I'll just stick to my MP3's...

	18-10-2002 00:35									#6
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Choosing the 'near future' as a setting for the game would have been far too predictable.
80s stuff is in vogue now (at least it is in the UK ) so it makes sense to pick that era. Very kitsch.

	18-10-2002 01:22									#7
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I believe they said they went back to not having the entire city open from the start.

And Lazlow is the DJ for the Rock station (if you remember, he said in gta3 on chatterbox that he started working there after being kicked off the rock station). Personally, I like the soundtrack a lot. And I think the 80s setting will be lots of fun.

	18-10-2002 01:40									#8
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MOTORCYCLES....!!!! w00h00 I've been waiting for that since gta1

unfortunately, my 3d card can't handle gta3

	18-10-2002 01:42									#9
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Check out the latest trailer at the website:

http://www.gtavicecity.com/

Lots of cool stuff, including doing a driveby shooting in a helicopter.

	18-10-2002 04:10									#10
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet Choosing the 'near future' as a setting for the game would have been far too predictable. 80s stuff is in vogue now (at least it is in the UK ) so it makes sense to pick that era. Very kitsch.

The near future might be predictable...but it will defently also be more cool...the 80'es are just so...outdated...And music from the 80'es are very rare...well there were only very few artists in the 80'es who actually could make music...

quote: Originally posted by ixnay37 I believe they said they went back to not having the entire city open from the start.

Well...I haven't followed the news, it was just the summary I made from that article...

quote: Originally posted by ixnay37 And Lazlow is the DJ for the Rock station (if you remember, he said in gta3 on chatterbox that he started working there after being kicked off the rock station). Personally, I like the soundtrack a lot. And I think the 80s setting will be lots of fun.

Rock...sux...guess I'll stick with the mp3's

	19-10-2002 00:49									#11
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New Gamespot preview:

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/storie...2895011,00.html

quote: You can look forward to substantially improved graphics, including much more detailed character models and a noticeably greater draw distance, meaning you'll see much further down the horizon than you could in GTAIII. You can look forward to player-friendly options like having a full map of the city that reveals all the relevant locations and main roads, as well as the ability to take a cab back to a mission area after getting busted or wasted during a mission attempt.

quote: The fact that you can actually furnish your home and acquire a wardrobe over the course of the game certainly seems like a nice touch, though, and another point of interest is the fact that you can take small vehicles like motorcycles indoors with you. Shopping malls plus motorcycles--take a moment to think of the possibilities.

	19-10-2002 02:28									#12
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How long'll the PC folks have to wait before it's released for us? I can't afford a game system at the moment, and besides I'd probably get an X-Box instead of a PS2 (though it is a bit of a tossup)...

	19-10-2002 03:12									#13
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No release date has been announced (I don't think it's even been officially announced for PC yet), but I'd guess 4-6 months. There were 6 months between the 2 versions of GTA3, IIRC.

	19-10-2002 12:01									#14
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I'm really looking forward to this one. On the subject of music: if it had been set in the near future would we have had all those Pop Idol wannabes on the radio?....hmmm...the 80's will do just fine methinx.

	19-10-2002 15:22									#15
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Well...they could always make a few of the radio-stations playing old songs (Both old songs, taken from what we see as old songs, the day today, and old songs as they would call old songs (Present day songs, would be old in 2020...)

	19-10-2002 15:56									#16
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helicopters, eh

	21-10-2002 02:51									#17
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Motorcycles, and

	21-10-2002 03:16									#18
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quote: Originally posted by ixnay37 No release date has been announced (I don't think it's even been officially announced for PC yet),

It isn't coming to the PC. Sony signed them to an exclusive contract around the time of the PC release of GTA3.

	21-10-2002 04:14									#19
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Buggerall.

	21-10-2002 06:19									#20
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The exclusive contract only refers to other consoles, not the PC or handheld systems, I believe.

	21-10-2002 08:00									#21
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Worry not, ADG! Vice City will have not one, but TWO talk radio stations!

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/storie...2895111,00.html

	21-10-2002 16:55									#22
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Nice to know, thx for the article...now let's just hope it gets to the PC...

	23-10-2002 01:53									#23
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Considering how well the pc version sold, they'd be stupid not to. I suspect that the agreement is a 6 month exclusiveness to playstation, just like GTA3.

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	24-10-2002 08:40									#25
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Can't wait for this one. Definitely the console game to get this season.

	24-10-2002 09:22									#26
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Hmm... when I saw your original post I was thinking of quoting you so you couldn't do something like this.

	26-10-2002 23:45									#27
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OMG THE EIGHTIES KICK SO MUCH ASSSSSS! seriously how can you not love this soundtrack they have put together??? You can rest assured I'll be listening to wildstyle and the wave VERY MUCH THANK YOU!!! Dude, motorcycles = godliness… It's like Miami Vice only you're the bad guy! And with better fashion sense!

	28-10-2002 20:56									#28
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LAZLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that station! (chatterbox that is)
the guy who makes fun of bastketball is funny as all hell. Then the guy who talks about the Great Austrailian American war

I cant wait for Vice City, and I only got GTA3 a week ago. The eighties music sucked but I'll still listen to it in game, even though I prefer listening to the opera while being chased by the cops.

if only there were a way to combind GTA with Sim City

	30-10-2002 21:44									#29
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When's the PC version coming out?

PS sorry if this was answered!

	30-10-2002 22:17									#30
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I always like Mike Hunt.