Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a video game made by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released in 2002, for the PlayStation 2 and for personal computers. It is part of the Grand Theft Auto series of video games. It takes place in the 1980's in a fictional place called Vice City. This fictional city is based on the real-life city called Miami in Florida.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Developer(s)	Rockstar North (PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh) Rockstar Vienna (Xbox)
Publisher(s)	Rockstar Games Capcom (Japan)
Producer(s)	Leslie Benzies
Series	Grand Theft Auto
Engine	RenderWare
Platform(s)	Android iOS macOS Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: October 27, 2002 AU: November 8, 2002 EU: November 8, 2002 JP: May 20, 2004 Windows NA: May 1, 2003 AU: January 6, 2006 EU: May 5, 2003 JP: September 25, 2003 Xbox NA: October 31, 2003 AU: January 2, 2004 EU: January 2, 2004 JP: July 29, 2004 Mac OS X NA: November 22, 2010 EU: November 12, 2010
Genre(s)	Action, Open world
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an action-adventure game played from a third-person view. The player controls criminal Tommy Vercetti and completes missions to progress through the story. Players can freely walk around the game's open world and can complete side missions too. Vice City has two main islands and some smaller islands. The islands are unlocked for the player as the story progresses.

The player can run, jump, and drive vehicles. The player uses melee attacks, firearms and explosives to fight enemies.

During the story, Tommy meets different gangs. As the player completes missions for different gangs, some gang members will defend the player and some rival gang members will see the player and shoot them.

As Tommy builds his criminal empire, the player can buy a number of buildings in the city, some are where weapons can be collected and vehicles can be stored. There are also businesses which can be purchased.

Each building has a number of missions, once all missions are complete, the building begins to generate an ongoing income for the player.

Characters

• Tommy Vercetti
• Lance Vance
• Ken Rosenberg
• Kent Paul
• Sonny Forelli
• Juan García Cortez
• Mercedes Cortez
• Ricardo Diaz
• Avery Carrington

• Umberto Robina
• Auntie Poulet
• Earnest Kelly
• Stephen Scott
• Mitch Baker
• Phil Cassidy
• Hillary King
• Cam Jones