Phil Collins is also in the game, providing the voice for himself, who has the distinction of being the first real-life person to appear in a GTA cutscene. Several talents returned to reprise their roles from the original: Philip Michael Thomas (Tubbs from Miami Vice), as Lance Vance, Gary Busey as Phil Cassidy, Danny Trejo as Umberto Robina, and Luis Guzman as Ricardo Diaz all help add to the crazy fun. Each of these actors seemed to embrace their role as well as ham it up when appropriate.ĭorian Missick (Luke Cage, and the underrated Lucky Number Slevin) took on the role of Vic Vance, who was re-imagined and expanded upon-minus an accent-from the original Vice City. I don’t think any of the blame can be put on the voice cast. I hate that the interesting parts of the story end there and the attempt to give the main character in a GTA title more of a personality was essentially a failure-though the writing lets some of the side characters shine in a few brilliant moments-the ending is mediocre at best and squanders the potential. It is a little odd playing as / getting to know a character we know died at the beginning of the last game, but I want to like him. This leads to his new life of crime and rise in the ranks of the underworld. Vic’s motivations are good as well as his distaste for certain illegal activities, but his hand is forced after being wrongly kicked out of the military. He’s probably the only protagonist in the series that actually feels like he starts out as a genuinely good guy without some huge violent past or regrets. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories takes place two years earlier in 1984, where a ripe and prosperous landscape sees the player take on the role of Lance Vance’s brother, Victor. The original GTA:VC (2002) painted a beautifully violent picture of 1986 with its protagonist Tommy Vercetti, but he spent time in jail before that. Now with the hopes that GTA VI will head back to Vice City-and maybe even the 80s or 90s if we are lucky-I’m revisiting this title. Thankfully, a PlayStation 2 port would be released one year later in 2007 that I could dive into. As Rockstar giveth, they taketh away though, when I learned that the new romp down in Florida would only be released on the PlayStation Portable handheld system. So when the opportunity to revisit even a facsimile of that world with new adventures came around, I realized it was something I wanted immensely. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is my favorite child in a long list of fun and loveable bastards.

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