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GTA3: Vice City Announced

Posted by Hemos on from the blam-blam-whak-whack dept.

broller writes "According to IGN.com, Rockstar Games announced today that GTA3:Vice City, the next version of Grand Theft Auto will be released in October. GTA3 was released "October 2001 and has rapidly become the fastest selling, highest grossing game for PlayStation(R)2." The PC version of GTA3 hit stores today."

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  1. Have fun with the PC version while you can.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    ..since Rockstar just announced their until-2005 exclusivity agreement with Sony yesterday.

  2. Re:Mainstream news sites... by beddess · · Score: 4, Informative

    yep, you sure know what you're talking about.

    "Grand Theft Auto 3 and all future titles in the GTA franchise will be exclusive to PlayStation 2 until October 2004, SCEA announced today at its E3 press conference"

    here's the link

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  3. Re:Why not GTA4? by batkiwi · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is essentially GTA3 in a new city.

    No new features (or very few), same engine, etc, just new content.

    If it was a PC game, it would be released as an addon-pack (just the content, no engine, you'd have to own the first one, sims style), but since that's not feasable (and barely possible without a LOT of forethought) on a console, they're releasing a "new" GTA3.

    Make sense?

  4. GTA hopes and dreams by British · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I really do hope for an MMORPG version of this. Imagine 20-30 of the main player characters running around in the city causing havok. You could have full-on gang wars, crazy races and several other challenges.

    I heard that Vice city will be taking place in my favorite decade, the 1980s. We can only hope for Crocket and Tubbs references, several genres of 80s music on the radio, and be able to drive Toyota minivans around. I wonder if they'd have a Fiero-like car that starts on fire in the back? Would you be up against a gang of "punks", complete with thin sunglasses and mohawks? Will there be some special Knight Rider car that's cleverly hidden that has special weapons?

    We can only dream for now.

    Another thing I'd like to see is more mini-missions. How about drive a city bus around? The firetruck missions proved to me that driving around a firetruck in a busy city is a real PITA that isn't forgiving to the occasional running over people or smashing other cars.

  5. Re:Why not GTA4? by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Has GTA3 become what everyone associates with the Grand Theft Auto series and they don't want to chance having someone go "What is GTA4?"

    5 words: Super Street Fighter II Turbo

  6. What GTA3 is missing is... by $beirdo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The motorcycles! Remember those from GTA and GTA II? (Superbike etc.) They were so fast that you couldn't stay on for more than a few seconds, but they did the coolest jumps and added lots of extra craziness. Bring back the bikes!

  7. the Anti-GTA by grakwell · · Score: 5, Funny
    Vice City PD.

    Features:
    • Real problems are few and far between: Cruise the city's 20 donut shops in the mean-time.
    • In-Car computer to look up offender info. Also has mini-games. Tetris, anyone?
    • Points accumulate as you make speeders sit and wait for you to walk over & ticket them
    • Max character height: 5'6"
    • Don't forget to read those Miranda rights, or the DA will be pissed
    • Most up-to-date bureaucracy simulator *ever!* Literally thousands of forms to fill out.
    • High speed chases are dangerous, and have been banned. Call in the copters to follow them and go for more donuts.
    • Immersive domestic disturbances
    • Realistic AI. Whatever you do, at least half the city still thinks you're the bad guy.
    • Bike Cop & Meter Maid classes in the next expansion pack