GTA: Vice City Is a Masterpiece | A Retrospective

Truly my favorite gta setting ever.

Two things 1) Tommys nameless cronies are named Harry and Lee. Tommy says their names when telling Sonny what happened at the deal 2) Tommy not being able to swim makes sense in universe. Alot of people from cities like NYC dont know how to swim. It surprises me to this day how many adults dont know or never learned how to swim. Plus being in prison for 15 years probably didnt help. I doubt Tommy ever went to the pool or beach to swim growing up in the 50s and 60s in Liberty City when he had been doing crimes or working at his father's print shop as a kid

I think it’s time for the “Total Overdose is absolutely insane” video Mr. Hammers.

Hiring the Bikers to work as security on that Lovefist concert is actually a reference when the Rolling Stones did the same thing. It didn't end well.

Leo is a reference to Leon the Professional. Also, easiest way to win the races is to just blow up the other vehicles before the race begins. The era of being able to spend 1000 hours in this game will be sorely missed. It's such a classic. Thanks for making this video.

Vice City has will and always be my favourite GTA. The 80s setting, the music, The Hollywood Voice cast. I was 13 when this game was released and I owned it on day one. That was 22 YEARS ago !!! Damn I feel old 😂

"this is the last dance for Lance Vance."... bro

I didn't realize this video is so new. Vice City was my first GTA, and as timeless as San Andreas is, Vice City will always have a place in my heart

Allegedly, the Housers offered Ray Liotta two options to be compensated for his work. He could be paid up front, or receive payment based on sales, (better idea). The Housers stressed to Ray what a big deal the game was gonna be, insisting the second option made more sense, but he wasn’t hearing it. Liotta accepted payment up front, and only realized the mistake he made once the game sold like crazy. Supposedly, he made it known to Rockstar he wasn’t happy with the deal, and they responded along the lines of, “we tried telling you dude.” Take this with a grain of salt, but this was what I read years ago pertaining to why Liotta and Rockstar hadn’t been on good terms since then.

This game changed my life and introduced me to 80's music. I think I was 12 when I got this for Xmas. Am 34 next month 😮

Long videos are great when the topic calls for it. Classics like Vice City call for it.

Tommy is an action figure in Zero's store in San Fierro in San Andreas;-)

So the two potheads at the docks are Wayne and Jethro that we see again in GTA: SA. Must've been a hell of an adventure they went on with The Truth after leaving VC.

The love I have for this game is actually insane, a lot of my happy memories from my childhood is thanks to this game, easily my favorite GTA

Having your own radio station where you could play mp3s was an awesome option, i remember listening to music driving around town collecting money from my properties

I won't forget the first time i went to gamestop with my dad to buy vice city, me and my little brother used to take turns completing missions and we had a small note pad with cheats we wrote down, the soundtrack was great.

20 years ago in 2004 me and my brother were playing GTA VICE CITY on our brand new desktop computer. Since then I love this game and whole GTA franchise. Still feel Nostalgic about this game 20 years later. One more thing My Brother completed all the missions i use to play to create fun and chaos in the game. My age was 14 in 2004.

Wild how Rockstar’s storytelling went from getting the job done to legitimately great in a single entry. And yes, keep the long deep dive videos coming. You do them so well.

I graduated high school in 02 and pretty much all I remember of my freshman year of college is playing this game the whole time

VC was really ahead of the curve when it came to 80's Nostalgia, as it launched before that aesthetic became very mainstream and overdone as it felt like a loveletter to the era the devs grew up in. Also worth noting how influential Scarface was, because when it got it's own game in 2006 it was accused of being a Vice City clone lol Hope you cover it and it's weird poker game advertisements!