Rockstar Games GTA Vice City Stories

Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto game has sold millions of copies, all of them have been critically acclaimed for their innovation and consistent ability to be better than the other “GTA clones”. Back at the end of 2005, Rockstar Games wisely chose to take the GTA series to the PSP with Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. As expected, the game sold like crazy, so a few months later, Rockstar ported the game to the PS2, making sure that those without a PSP got a chance to get into the action as well. Now a year has passed, and the cycle has repeated itself, this time with the world from GTA: Vice City. Rockstar Game’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is every bit as solid of an experience as its predecessors, but after five GTA games released since 2001, the series is starting to show its age.

Grand Theft Auto: Steals PSP Market Share

We're up to two Grand Theft Auto games on the PSP, and as of now, both have become PlayStation 2 games not terribly long after the handheld version's release. Vice City Stories, the most recently updated of the two, follows a similar side-story formula. Vice City Stories improves upon some of the flaws found in the first game, not the least of which is improved length and direction, as well as a great deal more personality.

The story's still pretty subpar, though, and as much as this is very much Grand Theft Auto, certain conventions of the series are starting to feel a bit antiquated. Additionally, much as was the case with Liberty City Stories' transition to the PS2, Vice City Stories loses a lot of its appeal when played on a console versus the PSP. Still, it's only $20, and if you don't own a PSP or just never got around to playing it upon its original release, this isn't a bad way to go if you absolutely, positively must get your GTA fix.