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 😂
the radio the gun sounds and the whole voice cast and the film references made VC amazing. San andreas you cant argue with the absolute scale of it and customisation plus the vehicles on offer and extra side activities its a tough one. That captured that era well too. Rampart scandal etc. vice was just too small for me and had some dead areas. Map was the weakest part.
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
1. I had no idea, I'll have to watch that cutscenes back.. after all these years I never heard that lol 2. I suppose that makes sense, I wish that'd be mentioned in passing or something in the game. But I suppose head Canon works for something like that
@@MrHammers While we're at it, this video really didn't need to be over an hour long. You could've cut everything from 15:37 to 1:13:34, as it's just you recapping the story beat by beat, and it honestly feels like you're padding the runtime. It's a good retrospect video and it would've done its job in 20 minutes.
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.
@ChangedMan2.0 it's called playing the game over and over again, 100% it multiple times, or finding some rooftop to blow stuff up from while trying to see how long you could survive the cops, or using the riot code to play like you were in a zombie apocalypse, or literally just driving around the map listening to music for hours. Lol you youngins really missed out on an era. Pssh, "content." Everything's gotta be curated and on rails for you I guess.
@@AreWeLearningYet77remember flying around with the rhino tank lol. Yeah we used to take turns trying to see who could get the most stars and stay alive the longest. Good times
(From Wikipedia) Meredith Curly Hunter Jr. (October 24, 1951 - December 6, 1969) was an American man who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. During the performance by the Rolling Stones, Hunter approached the stage, and was driven off by members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who were providing security and had agreed to prevent members of the audience from mounting the stage. He subsequently returned to the stage area, drew a revolver, and was stabbed and beaten to death by Hells Angel Alan Passaro.
I'm turning 40 this year, I was completely in the key demographic when VC came out, and I remember my friend and I playing this game to death when it came out. Our first 100% play through took 24hrs 12minites!! We took notes on it, and our next play through more than halved that time. Vice City is my all time favourite game, whilst there are flaws to the game, but to me, it's perfection.
i was replaying this game in 2005 and my mother who i was estranged to at the time contacted me over msn messenger. it turned out she was living in Miami, FL. she jokingly told me i should move there. so i did. on my way to the airport it was cold, about to rain, foggy and the song "hello" by lionel richie played. when i got to miami there was 0 clouds in the sky. we went out to eat then went to a mall. then they took me to see a little bit of downtown miami. i drove by the sun setting on downtown miami as all night long" by lionel richie played. down here my health improved. i was able to move on from past trauma, made new freinds, found love and im the happiest ive been since ever and all of it was cause of vice city
Just finished this game last night again after 20 years of playing it... no matter how dated the gameplay and visuals are, it is still one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I've ever had. Bless you, Dan Houser... the OG Rockstar crew were responsible for some of the best memories I've had from my teens.
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 thing about GTA:VC is that it was pretty much the one game that finally made the rest of the corporate world understand how big of a deal this whole 'gaming' thing actually was in terms of dollar signs. It was so influential that it actually brought about the whole "80s retro" craze of the early 2000s and suddenly mainstream radio stations everywhere were playing Tears for Fears again. This was really noticeable when GTA4 rolled around because, by that time, the record companies had cottoned on to the fact that there was a lot of money to be made and were now charging top dollar for the rights to any of their music, meaning Rockstar had to settle for a soundtrack with much less star power.
I don't know what 80s craze you talk about. By 2000 half didn't care for ANY style or setting while trends were mainly modern, there was nothing from 80s left, people finally abandoning actual 80s leftovers like the flashy crazy colored tracksuits and pastel and finally going through 90s styles and right into 2000+ modern stuff. Everything was sci-fi futuristic space themed either brushed aluminum and pop styles mixed together. People either wore baggy clothing or suits that looked like they are business people but the skirts were short and pants had more pockets, overall casual clothing. When you look at what mainstream was there was nothing 80s at all about it. In old GTA games we didn't care for the styles but rather the story and gameplays and it happened that it managed to cover styles only because it basically "stole" everything from old movies really. Speaking of gameplay and stories which today's games have none of it. Everything is what we already seen for decades copy-pasted and packed into a agenda called "pretty graphics" everything online locked and milked dry. The 80s styles, audio tapes, vinyl records etc are only a recent comeback, maybe 5 to 10 years tops. Still it's minority. There is more 80s style NOW then late 90s. By 2000s there was nothing and Vice City didn't changed on that. I would say that GTA6 is way too late by a decade AGAIN, because now it's more popular the 90s and 00s, Y2K and Japanese pop styles. The only place you will find the 80s are in a dumpster. So there is zero trend chase here or they like I said failed by a decade.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy at my college, 80's night parties were quite popular during the 00's.,as were nü metal and pop punk covers of 80's hits.
@CopiousDoinksLLC corporate interest in gaming industry is the worst thing that could ever happened. Games of early 00s were still made with passion which is not the case anymore. Suits in high places are the reason we have unfinished games on the release and political messages in them
The fact that the video didn’t seem like it was 1 hour and 20 minutes long while I was watching speaks volumes about its compelling content and thorough research. Excellent work, mate!
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.
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.
The release date was crazy. I remember buying a PS2 in mid 2002 just to play GTA 3 and to finally have a DVD player but then seeing the poster for Vice City in the game store. I remember thinking to myself, wow, they have another one coming out already?
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.
Not only was GTA:SA with deeper references. 5 has so many and self references that it would take someone days to untangle. It is crazy to me how they kept it all coherent with how much 5 has. 4 is also crazy to dig through, also my favourite GTA despite the technical flaws.
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!
Vice City is one of my favorite Rockstar games ever. Set in the 80s, with the inspiration of Scarface and voiced by the late Ray Liotta from Goodfellas. What's not to like in this game. Now GTA 6 is set in modern Vice City. Hope they bring some references, or hidden Easters from past Vice City.
I think this was the right amount of time for a video covering a game like Vice City. Went over all the key plot elements and characters along with highlighting some noteworthy side content. This would be a perfect format for a future San Andreas video.
Burt Reynolds was a good actor. The famous Bandit. He was also an old-school man, born in 1936, and didn't believe in all these computer games. He probably got into the recording session through an agent. For him, being so famous, it was like appearing in an advertisement for some car dealership. He didn't realize the power of computer games. But our parents' generation reacted to games in a similar way. Even today, people over 60 use computers or smartphones mainly for messenger or Facebook, rather than gaming. And Burt would be 88 now. It was a different generation.
Diaz always reminded me of Tony especially his outfit stature and hot headedness ironically though Diaz is Colombian while Tony is Cuban and Tony claims he doesn’t like Colombians
I just finished marathoning all seasons of Miami Vice. It's amazing just how much of Vice City -- from mission storylines, to aesthetics, to individual character designs and even building interiors are directly lifted from the show. I mean even aside of the more obvious, on-the-nose references like the pair of undercover cops who show up in the VC version of the iconic white Testarossa. It's a good thing.
The impact of vice city is still going strong coming 22years later. There's a grouo from down south in ireland that tour with a great playlist from the game, came to belfast last year and the place was packed out, we're all wearing hawian shirts and the band were unreal, setting the vibe with the vice city opening theme then hitting us with the songs.
a decade+ too late ... oh well you kids enjoy it whatever there is left to be enjoyed in these copy-pasted cashgrabs full of toxic characters and online "players" / "gamers"
Hardest mission in the game in my opinion. I had an easier time doing boat ramp jumps. Guy was completely worthless and irrelevant. The “driver” didn’t even drive you to the heist lol.
Within 7 years we got GTA 3, VC, SA, VC stories, LC stories, and GTA 4.. it’s been over a decade since 5, hopefully they’ve been working on it longer than we know
setting was brilliant... radio station were epic also the atmosphere in general... you can see all the references even if you didnt watch the movies, u just knew
it wasnt until a few days ago that I found out Cam can die in the heist even Phil has something to say about "shame about Cam , good guy" Tommy "yeah but at least we got more money!" or something like that...weird
I very rarely comment, but thank you for this video, it was my favourite game when I first rented it as a kid and later took 20 euro i got for easter and walked 45m to a shop and found the last and only ps2 copy. I have great memories, and it was great to relive them here, I had forgotten some of these. Awesome work, I subscribed. Thank you.
Dude!! Thank you so much for the nostalgic trip! This was the first GTA I've ever played, back when I still had to buy pirate CDs from street vendors in Brazil. Rough, but good times! I'd love to play the game again some time, but going down memory lane through the story with your video, in the little free time I have nowadays, really helped scratch that itch. Cheers!
The longer the better (that's what she said) I personally like when creators go in depth on the topics they cover. Especially when it comes to games. I usually put them on while driving to work (listen to them not watch lol) or when I'm just chilling. Ive never been able to take titles like "A complete look at ..." or "the history of ... " seriously when you glance over and see the video length is like 10 - 20 minutes. Of course the amount of available information is going to play a role as well, no point in an hour plus video if there's only 15 minutes of information padded out. Like the way you paced this video , just about perfect IMO. Gonna hit the subscribe and check out your back catalogue
Hey thanks man! I've come across some longer videos that are a lot of fluff and it kinda turned me off to making longer ones myself. But with a game that has an much content as vice City I could easily have added another 30 minutes of content, but I tried to keep it relatively concise haha. Glad you liked it, appreciate it dude
I'm from New Zealand and some of the music featured on this and Vice City Stories gets a lot of play on our own local radio station, called The Breeze. While it's marketed as Easy Listening, it plays a lot of popular songs through the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s and some current music releases. Admittedly, I never really paid attention to the music from these games until reading the list of radio stations pages on the FANDOM website and recognizing the songs that are used in these games from listening to The Breeze
That awesome video man You should've mention of Tommy yells at Lance which makes Lance reminded him of his brother, Vic after saying that people patronized him all in his life and says his brother would do that(Vice City Stories shows Lance's man child personality as he caused problems for Vic)
Honestly i think gta VI will be much more than the vibe of gta vice city. Like RDR2 we were just expecting another western, and then all over a sudden we are on a city built by french people, soundtrack with accordions dealing with the mafia on our way and then we are in cuba all of a sudden.... i think it will be a tale from florida to parts of georgia.
It makes sense why Avery Carrington (Bert Reynolds) was killed off in such an anticlimactic way in GTA LCS, and then eaten by Donald Love. It was personal apparently 😂
After all he was The Bandit, a pop culture icon of the 70/80s. Probably he just didn't believe in computer games [born in 1936], but it was still nice to hear his voice in Avery's role. What I like about Vice City is that the characters look like their voice actors. Tommy Vercetti - Ray Liotta, Umberto Robina - Danny Trejo, Candy Suxxx - Jenna Jameson, Philip Thomas - Lance Vance, Burt Reynolds - Avery, a rich Texan in a hat. Graphics in the early 2000s weren't perfect. But still we can better imagine what the creators had in mind and what the characters really looked like. For me, Umberto is Danny Trejo and Avery is Burt Reynolds. Those roles seemed to have been written for them.
I like the longer videos and your narration makes it easy to listen to it without having to actually watch it I can just put my earbuds in And be at work good video man!
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 just recently went through this games story for the first time and man I can see now why this game is so beloved to so many people. Not only gta fans even some who just grew up with this game either playing their parents copy or older siblings copy they brought to show and tell haha. That being said there is still plenty of jank in this game where it feels the games against you at times. I think the best asset mission is completing all car lists and getting Hillary’s car and the race car with 9k revenue. Awesome vid dude so glad it’s here I hope you have the energy for more long vids like this. Now….sanadreas in the future? 😏
I always liked sunshine autos too, felt like I was in gone in 60 seconds just going down the list, and the car rewards are super cool. If I can get my steam copy of San Andreas running we'll be good, otherwise I'll have to dust off the ol PS2 and get some recording hardware haha or emulator I suppose
@@MrHammers now you have to have a shot of you blowing literal dust off the ps2, cough like crazy then do the shot of sticking the disc in the ps2 giving it that classic feel. Then it doesn’t work so you just get an emulator running in seconds 😂
I remember taking acid one night and going in on a marathon session playing this, that very night once the walls started breathing, I stumbled upon the 'trailer mode' in the video options....it was something special that night tbh - it became one of those core memories :)
Fantastic video. When I got my PS2 back in 2003 I was absolutely obsessed with this game. The story, characters, setting & music is perfect. It’s left a massive mark and influence on my game and music tastes. I can’t tell you how many times I have completed it over the years
Vice City was such an amazing lightning in a bottle. The radios were amazing. The main theme was amazing. The 80s feel literally working through the storyline made me fall in love with American Dream.
I think this is the first video ive seen from you but i really enjoyed the long form deep dive. There are so many 10-15 minute videos out there and they rarely manage to capture much of the actual gameplay or smaller details.
*Fun facts about Vice City : It seems that the Forellis are the 3D era Gambinos ,so Sonny is the 3Ds Gotti , although I can't be 100% sure that the Gambinos were the 1st Italian - US crime organization in Miami ,* *Tommy's based on the aforementioned: Tony and Joseph however there's also a possibility that Jon Roberts (born John Riccobono) that was a Gambino soldier , was also taken as an inspiration to the creation of Tommy, while the original Vercetti's appearance was reminiscent of Ray Liotta , the Definitive Edition bears more similarity to Vincent Gigante who was the boss of the Genovese crime family on the other hand* *Upon further investigating the Gambinos and Florida , I found out another pallarel 'tween Tommy and Joseph Armone this time, as Gotti have sent 'em in '86 to Florida in order to supervise the Gambinos interests in there*
@@MrHammers *Certainly, adding to the fact that Thomas "T.A." Agro to whom Ianuzzi was owning money to , was Gambinos consigliere and worked under the aforementioned Joseph Armone!*
@@MrHammers *I've something something that I ain't seen coming , well there was another guy related to the Gambinos making moves in Miami, before '70s and his name was Thomas "The Enforcer" Altamura , and that's not all , it turns out that beside being a Mobster he owned a food place that was called ... Sonny's Restaurant , ....and he had close ties with Santo Trafficante , coincidence? , his mugshot looks suspiciously familiar ain't it ??*
This was my first GTA game ever & to this day it's still my favorite! It also indeed included such iconic songs! I especially loved "Yes-Owner of a lonely heart" in the biker missions!
Ray Liota was phoning in his performance? Tommy Vercetti is one of the greatest portrayals of a video game character ever. Ray didn't have to try. He was just that good for the role.
12 years old when this came out and I was honestely blown away, first game I got on my PS2 and I genuinely couldn't believe how fun it was and how big the game was.
I always bring up Carlito's Way when I talk about this game, the lawyer is basically the same guy from the movie. Underrated movie as well, great video. You really go in depth to a game that was, at one time, the only thing worth playing
I don't know whether to be glad or sad you didn't use the clip of Batfleck shouting, "WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!" to the Martha bit. Spectacular video by the way. As usual.
Vice city will always be one of my favourites, top notch game 💯 Love all the GTA’s but vice city and San Andreas are top tier storytelling and gameplay
@@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606 yea i also agree gameplay wise but also character wise, i mean its great being Tommy and his rise to power but Victor is more sympathetic thats why i like him more (it does help the fact that he has to deal with Lance bullshit even longer then tommy and them being bros is the reason why Victor haven't cap him), i mean rockstar even improve on their character with GTA4 with Niko & Louis (maybe even Johnny but uhhh.. GTA5 happened and just curb stomp his arc & growth)
I have to say a huge thank you for this detailed video! It was really fun and the nostalgia couldn't be greater. When Vice City came out, I was only 6 years old. I think I played through Vice City completely when I was 9 or 10 and was hooked on the game. I still remember going to the neighbor's house (because he had a Playstation 2) and trying out the cheat codes, which I wrote down by hand on a piece of paper. I really liked this detailed version and I can't wait until you introduce Vice City Stories and San Andreas too. Subscription more than deserved!
Hell yeah. Unwinding after work to this video. Classic game that never gets old. Im actually painting some of the weapons icons because they are so dope and legendary.
Literally speed running this game. This game just takes me back. Especially the music. This is also considered the most expensive GTA at the time for just the voice actors alone. Wild times to throw around money.
8:44 Having Philip Michael Thomas included as a voice actor is the most appropriate thing I could imagine. If they’d found space for Don Johnson somewhere too, that’d be too perfect. Still, having a co-star from the actual Miami Vice TV show in this game (which is very obviously modeled after the show) is super cool!
I prefer longer video's like this. It's also the first video i watched on your channel which made me subscribe. The nostalgia vibes i got from this is pretty crazy. Keep up the good work.
Truly my favorite gta setting ever.
GTA VI should be dope
@@MrHammers well it's set in current era so don't expect the same vibe
Isn't it great just hearing about a game you enjoyed a lot as a kid so much time later ❤️.
@@MrHammers
Maybe
The only GTA I completed 99%. I have searched every hidden pack spot 5 times (the last 1% is ONE pack that must have bugged out..)
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 😂
I was born in 83 and I remember a lot of 80's music from my childhood so VC is also my favourite GTA.
The best GTA soundtrack to me
Same reasons it’s my favorite as well, with San Andreas being a very close second
the radio the gun sounds and the whole voice cast and the film references made VC amazing. San andreas you cant argue with the absolute scale of it and customisation plus the vehicles on offer and extra side activities its a tough one. That captured that era well too. Rampart scandal etc. vice was just too small for me and had some dead areas. Map was the weakest part.
You're 34 now. I only know that b/c I was 14 when it came out and am now 35.
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
1. I had no idea, I'll have to watch that cutscenes back.. after all these years I never heard that lol
2. I suppose that makes sense, I wish that'd be mentioned in passing or something in the game. But I suppose head Canon works for something like that
@@MrHammersthe scene in beginning theres a body in the freezer if u listen close I just died in your arms is playing in the background
@@MrHammers While we're at it, this video really didn't need to be over an hour long. You could've cut everything from 15:37 to 1:13:34, as it's just you recapping the story beat by beat, and it honestly feels like you're padding the runtime. It's a good retrospect video and it would've done its job in 20 minutes.
@Gyrbae covering the story is what I do in every video on games I cover. Lots of people like to recap games they haven't played in decades
@@Gyrbae clown comment
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.
Huh, I didn't put the Leon reference together. Neat! Thanks man
If someone re-released this game with zero changes apart from ragdolling on corpses, I'd pay full price for it all over again.
This game doesn’t even have enough content to warrant 1,000 hours. Wdym
@ChangedMan2.0 it's called playing the game over and over again, 100% it multiple times, or finding some rooftop to blow stuff up from while trying to see how long you could survive the cops, or using the riot code to play like you were in a zombie apocalypse, or literally just driving around the map listening to music for hours. Lol you youngins really missed out on an era. Pssh, "content." Everything's gotta be curated and on rails for you I guess.
@@AreWeLearningYet77remember flying around with the rhino tank lol. Yeah we used to take turns trying to see who could get the most stars and stay alive the longest. Good times
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 😮
Facts!!! Same with me I was in 8th grade when this cane out all I listen to is old stuff 35 here homie 👊🤛
Were getting old guys 😭
Same 😢
Same!
@@frauleinhohenzollerni was three when this releases & my grandma was pissed. yeah, you may be getting old, but that’s okay bby
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.
Context?
(From Wikipedia)
Meredith Curly Hunter Jr. (October 24, 1951 - December 6, 1969) was an American man who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. During the performance by the Rolling Stones, Hunter approached the stage, and was driven off by members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who were providing security and had agreed to prevent members of the audience from mounting the stage. He subsequently returned to the stage area, drew a revolver, and was stabbed and beaten to death by Hells Angel Alan Passaro.
@@schuhbackad1146Honestly? That sounds like the bikers did their job.
@@schuhbackad1146 That's it? Well deserved. The Hell's Angels are based in this instance.
@@schuhbackad1146 Also they got paid in beer and they we're recommened by Grateful dead and Jefferson airplane.
I'm turning 40 this year, I was completely in the key demographic when VC came out, and I remember my friend and I playing this game to death when it came out. Our first 100% play through took 24hrs 12minites!! We took notes on it, and our next play through more than halved that time.
Vice City is my all time favourite game, whilst there are flaws to the game, but to me, it's perfection.
i was replaying this game in 2005 and my mother who i was estranged to at the time contacted me over msn messenger. it turned out she was living in Miami, FL. she jokingly told me i should move there. so i did. on my way to the airport it was cold, about to rain, foggy and the song "hello" by lionel richie played. when i got to miami there was 0 clouds in the sky. we went out to eat then went to a mall. then they took me to see a little bit of downtown miami. i drove by the sun setting on downtown miami as all night long" by lionel richie played.
down here my health improved. i was able to move on from past trauma, made new freinds, found love and im the happiest ive been since ever and all of it was cause of vice city
This was a nice read. I’m glad you’ve made a happy life :)
What do you do these days😃
Damn, maybe I should live in the city
So nice to hear something like that. You live in miami since then?
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
Fresh off the printers lol
Gta3 was disappointing if you played Vice City first lol
@@GixxerJakeya
@@GixxerJake Yup but amazing if you played it first.
I agree Vice City has the aesthetic and San Andreas has the flow!
I think it’s time for the “Total Overdose is absolutely insane” video Mr. Hammers.
Oh yeah that game is amazing!
Sounds good to me 🙂
Total overdose was awesome
I take it you watch fuzzy slippers?
Yes!!!!! Thank you!!!
To this day, I can't look at a Hawaiian shirt without thinking of Tommy Vercetti....
I still cant get over the cheat codes. "Iwanttodie" and Tommy gets a permanent cigarette on him hahahah.
I used to have many Hawaiian shirts because the hardwood butcher
Same 😅
"this is the last dance for Lance Vance."... bro
Just finished this game last night again after 20 years of playing it... no matter how dated the gameplay and visuals are, it is still one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I've ever had.
Bless you, Dan Houser... the OG Rockstar crew were responsible for some of the best memories I've had from my teens.
Tommy is an action figure in Zero's store in San Fierro in San Andreas;-)
so is piggsy and cash from manhunt
Also lance
Makes me think if they bacame respected members across the mainstream media.
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.
Dwaine* and Jethro
@@MrHammers Right lol
Loved the video! Your content is always fantastic dude!
Haha thanks my man
The thing about GTA:VC is that it was pretty much the one game that finally made the rest of the corporate world understand how big of a deal this whole 'gaming' thing actually was in terms of dollar signs. It was so influential that it actually brought about the whole "80s retro" craze of the early 2000s and suddenly mainstream radio stations everywhere were playing Tears for Fears again.
This was really noticeable when GTA4 rolled around because, by that time, the record companies had cottoned on to the fact that there was a lot of money to be made and were now charging top dollar for the rights to any of their music, meaning Rockstar had to settle for a soundtrack with much less star power.
I don't know what 80s craze you talk about. By 2000 half didn't care for ANY style or setting while trends were mainly modern, there was nothing from 80s left, people finally abandoning actual 80s leftovers like the flashy crazy colored tracksuits and pastel and finally going through 90s styles and right into 2000+ modern stuff. Everything was sci-fi futuristic space themed either brushed aluminum and pop styles mixed together.
People either wore baggy clothing or suits that looked like they are business people but the skirts were short and pants had more pockets, overall casual clothing. When you look at what mainstream was there was nothing 80s at all about it.
In old GTA games we didn't care for the styles but rather the story and gameplays and it happened that it managed to cover styles only because it basically "stole" everything from old movies really. Speaking of gameplay and stories which today's games have none of it. Everything is what we already seen for decades copy-pasted and packed into a agenda called "pretty graphics" everything online locked and milked dry.
The 80s styles, audio tapes, vinyl records etc are only a recent comeback, maybe 5 to 10 years tops. Still it's minority. There is more 80s style NOW then late 90s. By 2000s there was nothing and Vice City didn't changed on that.
I would say that GTA6 is way too late by a decade AGAIN, because now it's more popular the 90s and 00s, Y2K and Japanese pop styles. The only place you will find the 80s are in a dumpster. So there is zero trend chase here or they like I said failed by a decade.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy at my college, 80's night parties were quite popular during the 00's.,as were nü metal and pop punk covers of 80's hits.
@CopiousDoinksLLC corporate interest in gaming industry is the worst thing that could ever happened. Games of early 00s were still made with passion which is not the case anymore. Suits in high places are the reason we have unfinished games on the release and political messages in them
FOX litterallly tried to cash in by making the that 80's show to spin off of that 70's show.
@@mattstammer7848 and it failed horribly.
Long videos are great when the topic calls for it. Classics like Vice City call for it.
The fact that the video didn’t seem like it was 1 hour and 20 minutes long while I was watching speaks volumes about its compelling content and thorough research. Excellent work, mate!
That's a very kind compliment! Thanks so much
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.
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.
Yes loved the 80s soundtrack mostly the rock stations
The first time? How many times did your dad take you and your other under-aged brother to the store to buy that game?
@@mrbojangles1391 he means the first time his dad brought him to buy a game but in this case was gta vice city he just worded it off
BOO SPELLING AND GRAMMER POLICE, BOOOOOOOOO!!!
@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan yup cuz they got nothing better to insult with
The reason that you can "unlock" new islands in gta3, vice city or san andreas, is that it gives you a sense of progression in game.
:O
Or after you’ve played a while “okay unlocked the third island game is almost over” 😂
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
The release date was crazy. I remember buying a PS2 in mid 2002 just to play GTA 3 and to finally have a DVD player but then seeing the poster for Vice City in the game store. I remember thinking to myself, wow, they have another one coming out already?
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.
They stepped up their writing exponentially it's crazy, then San Andreas was Even deeper
Not only was GTA:SA with deeper references. 5 has so many and self references that it would take someone days to untangle. It is crazy to me how they kept it all coherent with how much 5 has. 4 is also crazy to dig through, also my favourite GTA despite the technical flaws.
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!
Vice City is one of my favorite Rockstar games ever. Set in the 80s, with the inspiration of Scarface and voiced by the late Ray Liotta from Goodfellas. What's not to like in this game.
Now GTA 6 is set in modern Vice City. Hope they bring some references, or hidden Easters from past Vice City.
I love Vice City, I’m one of the few that thinks it’s a much better game than San Andreas.
Same
Completely agree
Yup
Totally
Both amazing but I definitely agree with you
Cruising down the sunset on my chopper, listening to "Broken Wings"... One of my fondest memories..
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
I think this was the right amount of time for a video covering a game like Vice City. Went over all the key plot elements and characters along with highlighting some noteworthy side content.
This would be a perfect format for a future San Andreas video.
Burt Reynolds was a good actor. The famous Bandit. He was also an old-school man, born in 1936, and didn't believe in all these computer games. He probably got into the recording session through an agent. For him, being so famous, it was like appearing in an advertisement for some car dealership. He didn't realize the power of computer games. But our parents' generation reacted to games in a similar way. Even today, people over 60 use computers or smartphones mainly for messenger or Facebook, rather than gaming. And Burt would be 88 now. It was a different generation.
Burt knew about video games.
He went on to play the mayor in Saints Row 3 years later.
Taxi cab lady is the lead singer from blondie herself if I recall correctly!
Also head floating through the floor at 58:07
Dang, I had no idea!
@MrHammers Ikr.
Really awesome video by the way. Certainly got a new fan.
@Ziggy_Rotten thanks dude! Appreciate that
Debbie Harry
As someone who works from home, longer videos are a blessing.
Please keep doing the long videos like this. I’ve enjoyed digesting this one during my commute the past couple days.
Diaz always reminded me of Tony especially his outfit stature and hot headedness ironically though Diaz is Colombian while Tony is Cuban and Tony claims he doesn’t like Colombians
Holy shit he finally reviewed the game where he got his pfp from
Long time coming lol
I always think of this game when I look at the profile pic, now I see it is purposeful lol.
@@Tmanw8898it one of hammers fav games mine too
I love the early 80s vibe, but the horrible mechanics are pretty unbearable for a ton of missions. Stopped playing about halfway through.
@@crosswalklarry just play it on PC
Vice City is where GTA truly found its stride for me.
I just finished marathoning all seasons of Miami Vice. It's amazing just how much of Vice City -- from mission storylines, to aesthetics, to individual character designs and even building interiors are directly lifted from the show. I mean even aside of the more obvious, on-the-nose references like the pair of undercover cops who show up in the VC version of the iconic white Testarossa. It's a good thing.
That's why some called it a "Tribute" instead of a standalone back in the day.
The impact of vice city is still going strong coming 22years later. There's a grouo from down south in ireland that tour with a great playlist from the game, came to belfast last year and the place was packed out, we're all wearing hawian shirts and the band were unreal, setting the vibe with the vice city opening theme then hitting us with the songs.
Vice City is a Beautiful Game and i am so happy we are going to be Expirence it in GTA VI in The HD Era it's going to be so Great❤
I'm stoked for it, the trailer is so sick
a decade+ too late ... oh well you kids enjoy it whatever there is left to be enjoyed in these copy-pasted cashgrabs full of toxic characters and online "players" / "gamers"
As a kid I could never beat Hilary in that street race unless he crashed or if I got him bugged out on some environment.
It took me 3 tries, Hilary is a good driver confirmed haha
I hate that race because it's rigged: no matter if I'm ahead or I let Hilary be ahead, the cop cars always aim to crash on me.
Hardest mission in the game in my opinion. I had an easier time doing boat ramp jumps. Guy was completely worthless and irrelevant. The “driver” didn’t even drive you to the heist lol.
@@dr9th lol, indeed.
playing this on shrooms with trails enabled sure was an experience.
I bet. Lol
I absolutely love video game essays
Within 7 years we got GTA 3, VC, SA, VC stories, LC stories, and GTA 4.. it’s been over a decade since 5, hopefully they’ve been working on it longer than we know
Yep they should've done definitive edition and Included vice city stories and liberty city stories too
Oh my god, i have never realized that Sonny was the one to set up the ambush . 18:20 " The Money and Packs of Flour on the Table "" Oh my god
setting was brilliant... radio station were epic also the atmosphere in general... you can see all the references even if you didnt watch the movies, u just knew
it wasnt until a few days ago that I found out Cam can die in the heist
even Phil has something to say about "shame about Cam , good guy"
Tommy "yeah but at least we got more money!" or something like that...weird
I actually replayed it a few times to see the differences and I could never get Cam to survive, dude kept just walking in the way of gunfire lol
Tommy cold asf.
@@MrHammers last time I played it a cop car ran him over lol
I didnt know he was disposable
@@checkmate5336 yeah wtf he didnt care for him
@@chris_player2995 Tbh imo he was always a prick. I mean don't get me wrong, he has his reasons but sometimes his a bit much ya know.
I very rarely comment, but thank you for this video, it was my favourite game when I first rented it as a kid and later took 20 euro i got for easter and walked 45m to a shop and found the last and only ps2 copy. I have great memories, and it was great to relive them here, I had forgotten some of these. Awesome work, I subscribed. Thank you.
I loved this game, I have played it on and off for 15 years and vice city continues to feel like one of the most alive video games i have ever played.
Dude!! Thank you so much for the nostalgic trip! This was the first GTA I've ever played, back when I still had to buy pirate CDs from street vendors in Brazil. Rough, but good times!
I'd love to play the game again some time, but going down memory lane through the story with your video, in the little free time I have nowadays, really helped scratch that itch.
Cheers!
Thanks for the kind words my friend! Glad you liked the video dude
The longer the better (that's what she said)
I personally like when creators go in depth on the topics they cover. Especially when it comes to games.
I usually put them on while driving to work (listen to them not watch lol) or when I'm just chilling.
Ive never been able to take titles like "A complete look at ..." or "the history of ... " seriously when you glance over and see the video length is like 10 - 20 minutes.
Of course the amount of available information is going to play a role as well, no point in an hour plus video if there's only 15 minutes of information padded out.
Like the way you paced this video , just about perfect IMO.
Gonna hit the subscribe and check out your back catalogue
Hey thanks man! I've come across some longer videos that are a lot of fluff and it kinda turned me off to making longer ones myself. But with a game that has an much content as vice City I could easily have added another 30 minutes of content, but I tried to keep it relatively concise haha. Glad you liked it, appreciate it dude
I'm from New Zealand and some of the music featured on this and Vice City Stories gets a lot of play on our own local radio station, called The Breeze. While it's marketed as Easy Listening, it plays a lot of popular songs through the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s and some current music releases. Admittedly, I never really paid attention to the music from these games until reading the list of radio stations pages on the FANDOM website and recognizing the songs that are used in these games from listening to The Breeze
I swear Lance Vance is just Kanye in the 80s.
Love the longer deep dives into these games. Always love forward to them.
Thanks my man!
That awesome video man
You should've mention of Tommy yells at Lance which makes Lance reminded him of his brother, Vic after saying that people patronized him all in his life and says his brother would do that(Vice City Stories shows Lance's man child personality as he caused problems for Vic)
Honestly i think gta VI will be much more than the vibe of gta vice city. Like RDR2 we were just expecting another western, and then all over a sudden we are on a city built by french people, soundtrack with accordions dealing with the mafia on our way and then we are in cuba all of a sudden.... i think it will be a tale from florida to parts of georgia.
One of the greatest video games ever and one of the greatest cultural achievements of this century.
It makes sense why Avery Carrington (Bert Reynolds) was killed off in such an anticlimactic way in GTA LCS, and then eaten by Donald Love. It was personal apparently 😂
After all he was The Bandit, a pop culture icon of the 70/80s. Probably he just didn't believe in computer games [born in 1936], but it was still nice to hear his voice in Avery's role. What I like about Vice City is that the characters look like their voice actors. Tommy Vercetti - Ray Liotta, Umberto Robina - Danny Trejo, Candy Suxxx - Jenna Jameson, Philip Thomas - Lance Vance, Burt Reynolds - Avery, a rich Texan in a hat. Graphics in the early 2000s weren't perfect. But still we can better imagine what the creators had in mind and what the characters really looked like. For me, Umberto is Danny Trejo and Avery is Burt Reynolds. Those roles seemed to have been written for them.
My first GTA🥲
Same i remeber going to my cousin and friends house to watch them play gta vice city i didnt have laptop then man good old times
I like the longer videos and your narration makes it easy to listen to it without having to actually watch it I can just put my earbuds in
And be at work good video man!
appreciate ya man!
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
Worst feature ever. The stations are great and fitting.
@@jenstrudenau9134 once you put a 100 hours into the game , you get a bit bored with the inbuilt stations
@@jenstrudenau9134 how is that a bad feature? It's completely optional and you have to load your own music files to even use it. What a dumb take.
Great video! It was fun getting a refresher after all these years
That was a great video!
I would love to see you cover the rest of the GTA games
Love the long format videos , keep up the good work
This is my favorite GTA, and great video 👍
Vice City was 16 years older then it's setting: we are 22 years away from Vice City. Wild
Woah
1986 vs 2002 was far more different than 2002 vs 2024 though. I feel like the culture hasn't changed drastically since the early 2000s
@@ROCKSTAR3291 It's Definitely Changed Though
@@shastealyomeal it has, but not as significantly as past decades, that’s how i feel.
I just recently went through this games story for the first time and man I can see now why this game is so beloved to so many people. Not only gta fans even some who just grew up with this game either playing their parents copy or older siblings copy they brought to show and tell haha. That being said there is still plenty of jank in this game where it feels the games against you at times. I think the best asset mission is completing all car lists and getting Hillary’s car and the race car with 9k revenue. Awesome vid dude so glad it’s here I hope you have the energy for more long vids like this. Now….sanadreas in the future? 😏
I always liked sunshine autos too, felt like I was in gone in 60 seconds just going down the list, and the car rewards are super cool.
If I can get my steam copy of San Andreas running we'll be good, otherwise I'll have to dust off the ol PS2 and get some recording hardware haha or emulator I suppose
@@MrHammers now you have to have a shot of you blowing literal dust off the ps2, cough like crazy then do the shot of sticking the disc in the ps2 giving it that classic feel. Then it doesn’t work so you just get an emulator running in seconds 😂
That's a good skit hahaha
I remember taking acid one night and going in on a marathon session playing this, that very night once the walls started breathing, I stumbled upon the 'trailer mode' in the video options....it was something special that night tbh - it became one of those core memories :)
I have been waiting for this very video since I first saw your profile pic when watching the 50 Cent Bulletproof video.
Thank you, Mr. Vercetti
“They are all very fun none the less” is probs the summary of the game and the video, and boy, I had a full nostalgia run with this review. Well done
Many many devs slept under their desk so we could get VC in 9 months.
Fantastic video. When I got my PS2 back in 2003 I was absolutely obsessed with this game. The story, characters, setting & music is perfect. It’s left a massive mark and influence on my game and music tastes. I can’t tell you how many times I have completed it over the years
Yessss👏🏻👏🏻 10/10 video man! Loved it
Vice City was such an amazing lightning in a bottle.
The radios were amazing. The main theme was amazing. The 80s feel literally working through the storyline made me fall in love with American Dream.
Your output is insane man. I just finished the Dead To Rights video!😂
To be fair I didn't upload anything for 3 months prior to the dead to Rights vid haha. This one has been cooking for a while
I think this is the first video ive seen from you but i really enjoyed the long form deep dive. There are so many 10-15 minute videos out there and they rarely manage to capture much of the actual gameplay or smaller details.
*Fun facts about Vice City : It seems that the Forellis are the 3D era Gambinos ,so Sonny is the 3Ds Gotti , although I can't be 100% sure that the Gambinos were the 1st Italian - US crime organization in Miami ,*
*Tommy's based on the aforementioned: Tony and Joseph however there's also a possibility that Jon Roberts (born John Riccobono) that was a Gambino soldier , was also taken as an inspiration to the creation of Tommy, while the original Vercetti's appearance was reminiscent of Ray Liotta , the Definitive Edition bears more similarity to Vincent Gigante who was the boss of the Genovese crime family on the other hand*
*Upon further investigating the Gambinos and Florida , I found out another pallarel 'tween Tommy and Joseph Armone this time, as Gotti have sent 'em in '86 to Florida in order to supervise the Gambinos interests in there*
Very interesting there! The story of Joseph Ianuzzi is also related to the Gambino family, so I think your analysis holds some weight
@@MrHammers *Certainly, adding to the fact that Thomas "T.A." Agro to whom Ianuzzi was owning money to , was Gambinos consigliere and worked under the aforementioned Joseph Armone!*
@domasavpedzivin oh shit! Good stuff
@@MrHammers *I've something something that I ain't seen coming , well there was another guy related to the Gambinos making moves in Miami, before '70s and his name was Thomas "The Enforcer" Altamura , and that's not all , it turns out that beside being a Mobster he owned a food place that was called ... Sonny's Restaurant , ....and he had close ties with Santo Trafficante , coincidence? , his mugshot looks suspiciously familiar ain't it ??*
This was my first GTA game ever & to this day it's still my favorite! It also indeed included such iconic songs! I especially loved "Yes-Owner of a lonely heart" in the biker missions!
It's my 4th GTA game and my favourite GTA
Imagine if the game was made with a full year of developed insteand of only 9 months
16:59 actually there names are harry and lee as tommy said to sonny in the phone call after the deal went bad harry and lee are dead
Ray Liota was phoning in his performance? Tommy Vercetti is one of the greatest portrayals of a video game character ever. Ray didn't have to try. He was just that good for the role.
Glad someone said it! Especially when compared to literally the entire GTA cast! This entire games voice cast is leagues above every other game.
12 years old when this came out and I was honestely blown away, first game I got on my PS2 and I genuinely couldn't believe how fun it was and how big the game was.
PS2 version of this game is the best and always will be.
And more music 🎶. I enjoyed the details of the remaster but that wore off pretty quick.
But the PS4 backwards compatible version is terrible I have the Xbox version and it plays better on the 360
I always bring up Carlito's Way when I talk about this game, the lawyer is basically the same guy from the movie. Underrated movie as well, great video. You really go in depth to a game that was, at one time, the only thing worth playing
"Tommy can't fkin swim, but lives in Miami of all places"
I don't know whether to be glad or sad you didn't use the clip of Batfleck shouting, "WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!" to the Martha bit.
Spectacular video by the way. As usual.
This characters writing makes you ask "what the heck they would be thinking in GTAV"
Vice city will always be one of my favourites, top notch game 💯
Love all the GTA’s but vice city and San Andreas are top tier storytelling and gameplay
i feel like Vice City Stories is more of an improvement, maybe im the only one ?
No, I agree!
Gameplay wise , definitely!
@@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606 yea i also agree gameplay wise but also character wise, i mean its great being Tommy and his rise to power but Victor is more sympathetic thats why i like him more (it does help the fact that he has to deal with Lance bullshit even longer then tommy and them being bros is the reason why Victor haven't cap him), i mean rockstar even improve on their character with GTA4 with Niko & Louis (maybe even Johnny but uhhh.. GTA5 happened and just curb stomp his arc & growth)
@@MrHammers kinda wish you elaborate more, but chances are your gunna make a vid about it... soo keep up the good work, your vids are great bruh-duh
I have to say a huge thank you for this detailed video! It was really fun and the nostalgia couldn't be greater.
When Vice City came out, I was only 6 years old. I think I played through Vice City completely when I was 9 or 10 and was hooked on the game. I still remember going to the neighbor's house (because he had a Playstation 2) and trying out the cheat codes, which I wrote down by hand on a piece of paper.
I really liked this detailed version and I can't wait until you introduce Vice City Stories and San Andreas too. Subscription more than deserved!
San Andreas Is Better But Vice City Is An Experience
Great work breaking down GTA: Vice City. 👍🏾 I absolutely loved playing that game. 😎
Do Psi-Ops: The mind gate conspiracy
I've done it already
@@MrHammers What about Second Sight?
@@MrHammers damn it. 0 for 1. C’mon Andrew get it together… ummm do Def Jam Fight for NY.
@NKolev-om9cg haven't done that one yet, it's on the list though
Bruh lol did that too
Hell yeah. Unwinding after work to this video. Classic game that never gets old. Im actually painting some of the weapons icons because they are so dope and legendary.
The weapon avatars are iconic!
This was my first gta
A great start
Literally speed running this game. This game just takes me back. Especially the music.
This is also considered the most expensive GTA at the time for just the voice actors alone. Wild times to throw around money.
Is my 1+ hr better spent watching this or playing Vice City?
Listening to some random guy share his opinion about something or just enjoying a video game... Hmmmm... Idk
8:44
Having Philip Michael Thomas included as a voice actor is the most appropriate thing I could imagine. If they’d found space for Don Johnson somewhere too, that’d be too perfect. Still, having a co-star from the actual Miami Vice TV show in this game (which is very obviously modeled after the show) is super cool!
I prefer longer video's like this. It's also the first video i watched on your channel which made me subscribe. The nostalgia vibes i got from this is pretty crazy. Keep up the good work.
this was my introduction to your channel and i enjoyed how you broke the story down so i’ll definitely subscribe and watch more