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Vice City Stories: Better than Liberty City Stories?

Ohtachi

mia san mia
As you all know, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the PSP (Playstation Portable) is to be released, today on Halloween. For long time fans of the Grand Theft Auto series and people who found Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to be one of the most successful in the series, this release will be quite the treat. Vice City Stories will serve as a Prequel to Vice City in that it will take place several years prior to the events of Vice City and will revolve around Lance Vance's brother, Victor Vance. Victor Vance was briefly seen and mentioned in Vice City. Victor Vance died during the opening scene of Vice City when a drug deal went bad. Lance Vance, however, played a major role in the events of Vice City and also met his timely demise at the hands of Tommy Vercetti.
Vice City Stories has a flat storyline involving Victor being kicked out of the navy. Victor, along with his brother then attempt to rise up to the top of the criminal empire in Vice City which will lead into the events of Vice City. As far as gameplay is concerned, it runs along the same format as Liberty City Stories, except with several tweaks for the better.

en.wikipedia.org said:
Improvements to the graphics since the release of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories include new animations, faster load times, a further draw distance, reductions in clumping of pedestrians and vehicles, more complex explosions, and increases in the density of objects, vehicles, and NPCs.

With that in mind and the (in my opinion) bland storylines, which one seems better? Which one ties in better with the proceeding game?
 

DanK84

Manyula Trainer
This game seems like it will be better than Liberty City Stories. There will be helicopters/Planes, the Empire Building, it seems the soundtrack will be much better, and Vic is going to be an awesome character. And now you can bribe the hospital staff and police so when you get busted or wasted you can keep your weapons, and Phil Collins is going to be in this game. (As a character I believe for multiplayer and such, not just having a song on the radio. But, I'm not 100% sure.) And the missions are going to be longer.

Now about which one ties in better with its preceeding game, I'm not too sure. I didn't beat Vice City's main missions (I know what happens, though) and I didn't even play GTA3. *shrugs*
 
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Ohtachi

mia san mia
I would like to see some songs performed by Phil Collins to be on some of the new radio stations for Vice City Stories. I am glad though Vice City Stories is bringing back some of the old channels from Vice City. That sounds like a oxymoron with Vice City Stories being a prequel. Lol~
 

Pottsie

I'm Back
I hopefully will get it for Christmas. Also, I hope Rockstar don't give it to the the PS2 (I own one), since GTA Liberty City/Vice City Stories should stay PSP. I read in Gamesmaster that Rockstar aren't planning it on other formats. Looks good though.
 

Ohtachi

mia san mia
I thought of Liberty City Stories for the PS2 as a wrong move only because Rockstar had to remove some aspects from the original PSP port that made it so successful. Perhaps that is why the PS2 port was sold for only $20 (that or $30; I forget). I didn't even buy it and I really want Liberty City Stories. I will get a PSP next year and then get Liberty City Stories at that time. I find it worth the wait.
 

DanK84

Manyula Trainer
It was 20$. That's why many reviews says it was worth 20$, but not 40/50$.

Anyway, IGN gave this Vice City Stories a 9, which is the same score they gave Liberty City Stories. But based on the review, Vice City Stories has greatly improved upon Liberty City Stories.
 
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