I went to Wal-Mart to buy Super Bust-A-Move 2 for the PS2 (Bust-a-move is the only game Mrs. Bernse will play with me). As I was buying it, the sales guy started putting putting copies of Vice City in the display case. I heard about it… the sequel to GTA3 (of which I never ever played). They even talked about it on CBC yesterday. It seems that it has people all up in arms that its uber violent and sexist and such. Thats the best advertising yet. So I bought it. Sales guy said that he was positive his 100-ish copies would be gone by this PM.
I have no idea what to expect. The review at ps2.ign.com gives it a 9.7 rating, but I can’t read the review since I’m not a subscriber.
Mine’s waiting for me at the FedEx terminal. I suspect I’ll be quite bleary-eyed tomorrow.
[seriously intense sarcasm]
I heard that due to the intense criticism of GTA3, all of the violence in this version would be pretend violence, and not actual real violence.
[/seriously intense sarcasm]
I’m jealous!! Vice City is supposed to be fantastic. We’ve been playing GTA3 and are eagerly waiting for Vice City to come out… If he can wait, the hubby may get it for Christmas.
BTW, Super Bust-A-Move 2 for the PS2… heard that you may as well buy the old original and save your money. Let me know how it goes…
After the Australian book-burning fascist Office of Literature and Film Classification decided to censor a part of GTA 3, I have been increasingly fearful that they will decide to do the same with Vice City, but to a greater extent. Rumours abound of the Nazi Party OLFC requesting Rockstar Games to take out an entire street of the game, thereby removing several critical missions.
If, by November 8th (release date in my crappy country), I have confirmation of such activity, I will be forced to import the game from bonnie England. The point is, that is stupid and so is our lame government. Would it be too much trouble to have an industry-governed body to rate videogames, rather than a bunch of public servants? No, that would make too much sense.The smart government types wouldn’t dare follow the cunning example of * every other country * and do something like that. No indeed, they insist this is the Dark Ages, where the unwashed masses are too ignorant of God’s Will to be subjected to such vile and unholy creations.
I do believe they refused classification (i.e. don’t bother importing this game to retail stores BECAUSE IT’S ILLEGAL) for BMX XXX, a bike game where one selectable character is a topless woman. Now, decry this idea as intolerable smut all you like, I hardly think it warrants banning it from the country entirely.
GTA Vice City is the best video game ever made period. GTA3 was the best game ever previous to VC’s release. I’m being completely serious when I say that I consider these games to be works of art. GTA delivers the “freedom factor” that I always craved in the games that came before it.
The eighties music and all the Miami Vice stuff really brings back some memories of much cheesier times.
Anybody notice the main character’s voice is really Ray Liota? Dennis Hopper does one of the other voices too! There’s quite a few other famous voices in this game.
Yeah, but your copies won’t be censored, whereas there’s a fair possibility ours will be. This leads to my importation plan for maximum quality gaming. Duffman says: Oh yeah!
I played it for a couple of hours last night (Mrs. Bernse even found out about it… she wasn’t too pissed off, I told her I bought it as my own b-day present)
The city is huge. I spent the 2 or so hours just exploring, I never even started the actual game.
Interesting items of note (probably won’t be new to those who have GTA3)
Carjacking. Stop anyone, kick them out and steal their car. The cars take damage, door swing around wildly as you swerve around the city.
Every car has a radio. There are about 8-10 (guessing) radio stations to choose from. Each has authentic mid-80s music… and its GOOD music. VROCK is the best station, with hard rock ranging from Judas Priest, The Cult, Quiet Riot and others. There are “mellow” stations and regular Top-40 Pop stations too.
Kick the crap out of anyone. Steal their money and whatever they have on them. Hookers, women in bikini’s rollerblading, gay guys on rollerblades, pimps, old people, and even/especially cops (good way to get guns, clubs). Fights include blood spray. After they are down, kick them more and even more blood comes out. You’ll end up tracking it in your footsteps. Shoot them with an AK47 and you’re presented with blood spurting out of the victim with each heartbeat.
Needless to say, that alone would keep me entertained, and has so far. I suspect there will be a thread about the content of the game in Cafe’ soon enough… if not the BBQ pit.
