New Vice City Screenshots

Hmm. Pretty grainy pics, but VC sure is looking good.

Well, they do look like an oil painting....I really like that texture, actually. But one measure of a genuinely great company is that they make every subsequent release make the last one look like total crap, which Rockstar does well. GTA 2 eclipsed 1 as well as 3 eclipsed 2. Course, this can also happen is they really, really sucked in the first place, so it's not a truly good measure, is it?

Does anyone know if they plan the PC release as of yet?

They should be planning a PC version, but if they do, they would probably not want to have speed problems like the ones that plagued the PC version of GTA 3. If they're going to release a PC version, then they should be building another engine that works with PCs since they are built and work differently than a PS2.

I can't wait for this game. GTA3 was the best game I ever played. After I finished it I played it through twice more, and I still doubt I found all the cool shit in that game.

I haven't played the PC game, I have the PS2 version. I actually hope they don't do to much to the engine from GTA3, I don't know how much better they could do than the last one.

It's already a PC game... Vice City as was GTA3 is a PC game ported to the PS2 and then later released for the PC 😉

here's more info and more pics... well a few more at least. I see a ferrai or something =) Neat

http://gta.sky-scraper.net/images.php?section=GTA%20Vice%20City%20Media

Also... Notice the delorean??? JJ is gonna be so stoked about that one I bet...

You know, I hope a GTA game will have a really nice El Comino in it, preferably a souped up Black '74 SS with a white racing stripe down the side that fades at the back... Hell, yeah, that's my car...

I also like the Golf Cart. For the senior citizen GTA3 players.

I'm guessing those shots are from the PS2 version.. they have jaggies up the wazoo.. 😃

A load of details have emerged of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - and the city will be over twice the size of the one featured in predecessor GTA3. Not only that, players will now be able to wander round indoor environments, including casinos, hotels and discos.

The choice of weaponry has been increased to a total of 40 tools of destruction, while the combat system has also been tweaked so that, when you're auto-targeting, the camera doesn't swing round in the annoying fashion in did in GTA3.

Equally generous is the selection of different cars featured in the game, now up to 120 - 70 more than GTA3. Included among the new vehicles are rideable motorbikes.

The game's engine is, predictably, being reworked and should ensure there's far less slow-down along with added particle effects and lighting effects (cars, for instance, will have far more reflective surfaces and shadowing).

Of course, there are loads of other neat touches too. We're particularly taken with the idea that you can actually hide behind pedestrians to avoid gunfire. Harsh - but funny.

The missions themselves will offer greater variety and we can expect more sub-missions (delivering pizza is one), while improved AI will allow for more intelligent gangs and police.

Finally, a whopping 10 hours of music will feature in the game, including 90 licensed songs played across the 10 radio stations. It's an eclectic mix, to say the least, with tracks from Judas Priest, Grandmaster Flash, Kool and the Gang, Cutting Crew and walking haircut catastrophes Flock of Seagulls.

It's all sounding very nice indeed and, if the game manages to pull off the host of improvements that are being touted for it, Vice City will clearly be absolutely fantastic. This is going to be huge so rest assured we'll be bringing you plenty of updates before its release on 22 October.

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Ah, this game is gonna rock.