The Grand Theft Auto Game Nobody Remembers

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024

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  • @Mediacontrol51
    @Mediacontrol51 Год назад +2851

    This was one of the few games i had on my PSP. I played countless hours of it and was one of the few reasons why I was happy of owning a PSP

    • @Zonpp
      @Zonpp Год назад +69

      Aw man. The good old psp games. I had the sliding one

    • @SimiCantStandYaBits
      @SimiCantStandYaBits Год назад +34

      ​@HeisenbergTheOGshut it bot.

    • @IskenderCaglarM41B441
      @IskenderCaglarM41B441 Год назад +10

      I tried to play it with ps2 emulator but it runs like shit

    • @GameTimeWhy
      @GameTimeWhy Год назад +9

      Crisis core is the best PSP game.

    • @RoyalJesusChrist
      @RoyalJesusChrist Год назад +4

      I had a PSP too i loved it

  • @diogo763
    @diogo763 Год назад +1134

    The “Stories” side games on PSP were a gem. Me and my dad would play this all the time

    • @IskenderCaglarM41B441
      @IskenderCaglarM41B441 Год назад +28

      Lcs isn't that good actually. Not bad but not that great.

    • @michigan102
      @michigan102 Год назад +5

      Same. These games were awesome. I still can't believe my old school Dad agreed haha

    • @emanuelarriaza3710
      @emanuelarriaza3710 Год назад +1

      Heck yeah their great prequels to the main story

    • @tylertheguy3160
      @tylertheguy3160 Год назад +18

      ​@HeisenbergTheOGIf this is real, here's a genuine piece of advice: don't beg for subs. It looks bad. Just make do with what you have, get on the grind, and do your damnedest. It won't be easy but few things worthwhile are. Good luck.

    • @Mr-LionYT
      @Mr-LionYT Год назад +17

      ​@@tylertheguy3160sadly it's a bot

  • @SandMaxxPayne
    @SandMaxxPayne 3 месяца назад +70

    I heard “In the Air Tonight” for the very first time during this game. Immediately went to my GDad and asked him what this beautiful song was and he helped me get it on Limewire. Miss that man very very much.

    • @SebiSthlm
      @SebiSthlm 18 часов назад

      I'm sorry for your loss.

  • @maynk7096
    @maynk7096 Год назад +496

    The Forklift mission can easily be labelled as the toughest mission in the Pre-GTA 4 titles.

    • @goatlps
      @goatlps Год назад +25

      Nah, git gud. Paramedic on GTAIII probably has

    • @thiccdoggo7299
      @thiccdoggo7299 11 месяцев назад +5

      nah the donkey mission where you gotta kill triads with flamethrower is the hardest fr, not enough triads spawn....

    • @justamanofculture12
      @justamanofculture12 11 месяцев назад +46

      ​@@goatlps cheats detected, opinion rejected......

    • @idekbruh5297
      @idekbruh5297 11 месяцев назад

      @@goatlpsUr an idiot.

    • @gabeznl3591
      @gabeznl3591 10 месяцев назад

      I completed it in the second try lol

  • @bobbyshogun777
    @bobbyshogun777 8 месяцев назад +72

    + You are supposed to use the bmx bicycle parked in the Phil Collins backstage mission.
    Dont walk on foot.
    + You can free aim any weapon, hold the button to lock on somebody and press the dwn button to free aim.

    • @danielandrade8211
      @danielandrade8211 2 месяца назад +6

      Yes, that's what I tought, GmanLives whines a lot, about the game difficulty, but he is the one to blaime for being so bad...

    • @intellectic9155
      @intellectic9155 21 день назад +1

      @@danielandrade8211 AUS people are insufferable.

  • @RicardoSpunkyMonkey
    @RicardoSpunkyMonkey Год назад +655

    This and LCS are absolute classics that have been forgotten about, such a shame these never got on modern consoles or pc

    • @bitelaserkhalif
      @bitelaserkhalif Год назад +28

      saving graces, LCS is on Android and iOS

    • @MinusTheRogue
      @MinusTheRogue Год назад +26

      I thought LCS was quite alright back in the day, but VC stories always felt like a poor man’s Vice City for me.

    • @MinotaurMickey
      @MinotaurMickey Год назад +20

      These both actually got ported to ps2 after sometime. I have the roms on emulator

    • @MinotaurMickey
      @MinotaurMickey Год назад +3

      And he also stated this in the first minute of the video btw lol

    • @bitelaserkhalif
      @bitelaserkhalif Год назад +15

      @@MinusTheRogue the VCS never see the light beyond the PS2 and PSP sadly. Presumably due to Phil Collins licensing

  • @TheBN1soldier
    @TheBN1soldier Год назад +557

    Was always hoping they would do a San Andreas stories... I loved revisiting Liberty City and Vice City with new content and mechanics.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu Год назад +49

      We just got it port of chinatown wars instead.
      Not the worst game in the series but certainly not the best.

    • @ataridc
      @ataridc Год назад

      rockstar needs to rerelease these games in a package, but I get it, the radio stuff must be a licensing nightmare and most people won't like the games as much without the tracks they remember. @@JohnDoe-wq5eu

    • @formalcomputer
      @formalcomputer Год назад +64

      It's kinda happened but it's a mini movie. It's called "San Andreas: The Introduction" events of what happened before the game and setting up for the beginning of the game and it gives us more of a explanation of how CJ's mom died.

    • @zombiewarrior225
      @zombiewarrior225 Год назад +41

      San Andreas stories was reduced to a minimovie, showing CJ in Liberty City leading up to him returning to SA and what happened there

    • @NateRD90
      @NateRD90 Год назад +23

      What they should have done if it was in that direction was set the game from 1967 to 1969, have it star a young Mike Toreno working for the government, and set up distant plot points for Vice City Stories, Vice City, and San Andreas (for instance, revealing that the Mendez Brothers are cousins with T-Bone Mendez, who would have a much larger role).
      But Rockstar not only would have never done that, but they also refused to port this game and Liberty City Stories to PC, even though these are still mainline games.

  • @Tranquilismith
    @Tranquilismith Год назад +173

    I still remember playing this on my psp at the airport at 4 in the morning. The fact they put Phil Collins in the game till this day still blows my mind

    • @Invidente7
      @Invidente7 Год назад +33

      Phil was on the game because he was a huge GTA fan.

    • @Tranquilismith
      @Tranquilismith Год назад +15

      @@Invidente7 woah, now I actually didn’t know that until now, that’s crazy

    • @QJ89
      @QJ89 Год назад +2

      @18:41 : Speaking of the game's music, hearing 'Living On The Ceiling' on a coke bender is just too perfect.
      I feel bad for never playing this underrated gem, but it will be difficult to come back to as a console/handheld-only game.

    • @sedricknoriega5277
      @sedricknoriega5277 Год назад +9

      Phil Collins is the reason this game will never be released for modern consoles, licensing and contract bullcrap.

    • @talibong9518
      @talibong9518 3 месяца назад +1

      @@sedricknoriega5277 NO IT IS NOT. The game simply didn't sell well enough when it released, so R* don't believe it would be worth the cost of porting it, not understanding that the game would do better today than it did back then.

  • @iyasunozomu8979
    @iyasunozomu8979 Год назад +95

    Impossible for me to forget this. The first ever gta game i finished. also the tragic romance between vic and louise is honestly a bit unforgettable.

  • @jamesbrown8204
    @jamesbrown8204 Год назад +30

    It was pretty dang fun on the PSP. Running a more advanced version of the drug empire from the OG Vice City was my favorite part.

  • @Mr_Mushroom_Soup
    @Mr_Mushroom_Soup Год назад +468

    One of my favourite gta games in the series. Yeah it’s not perfect, but it’ll always have a special place in my heart.

    • @MrBronx61
      @MrBronx61 Год назад +27

      💯VCS has some of the longest (and hardest) missions in any GTA game. To me, the soundtrack is just as great as VC's.

    • @draculastraphouse7863
      @draculastraphouse7863 Год назад +11

      This game is easily in the top 10 best games for the psp

    • @TheRealRusDaddy
      @TheRealRusDaddy Год назад +15

      Its got the best criminal empire building of any gta game

    • @AwakenedAvocado
      @AwakenedAvocado Год назад

      No one cares

    • @catsushicat
      @catsushicat Год назад +6

      @@draculastraphouse7863 On psp VCS is the best game, number two is LCS and number 3 The Warriors
      All 3 are rockstar game lol

  • @mushroomsamba82
    @mushroomsamba82 Год назад +429

    More games should have funny radio shows like this and in the Fallout series.

    • @nathanddrews
      @nathanddrews Год назад +34

      "This is Three-Dog! AH-WOOO!"

    • @WllKiedSnake
      @WllKiedSnake Год назад +30

      You should listen to Saints Row's radio station when they talk about flags.

    • @floatingdisembodiedhead8975
      @floatingdisembodiedhead8975 Год назад +11

      True Lazlow was goated when he was in charge of the radio stations for GTA

    • @TheFloodFourm
      @TheFloodFourm Год назад +10

      @@WllKiedSnakesaints Row 2 radio was just banger after banger and saints 3 had that sweet adult swim station.

    • @bwfextreme
      @bwfextreme Год назад +4

      Fallout really only has had a single funny radio station and that what Fallout 3. NV was just serious and Fallout 4 was just unique

  • @mpg272727
    @mpg272727 Год назад +51

    Vice City Stories going for a much darker and gritter story with a more caring and less psycotic playable charecter than the other GTA games really does feel like the devs were getting ready for GTA4

  • @Blackadam-c9q
    @Blackadam-c9q Год назад +10

    I remember that game. I remember every bit of it because that game is so unique.
    1) You start as a corporal in the army.
    2) You learned that your protagonist has a brother with asthma & a broken mother.
    3) He will be forced to enter illegal work ordered by SGT Jerry Martinez which include bringing a girl on a military base he didn't even back you up & you ended up being removed from the army.
    My most hated mission as a child was Boomshine Blow out you know the one where you need to save the boomshine from the fire using a forklift truck.
    Back when me & my cousins where kids we called this game GTA Nigro. I know kinda racist but we didn't really remember the title due to the repetitiveness considering that there's already a game on PC entitled GTA Vice City.

  • @petermanfox2535
    @petermanfox2535 Год назад +92

    Ah, yes, the game that introduced me to GTA, ever since a friend of mine showed it to me it changed my perspective on videogames for the rest of my life. There was something about a game where you're free to do whatever you want and go wherever you like without being held back by invisible walls or time limits that made me obsessed with the franchise for a very big part of my childhood years.

  • @Grimo53
    @Grimo53 Год назад +58

    This is a game i won't forget. I was a kid traveling with my family to Egypt and fortune had it, that another kid on the airplane had this game too, we spent the whole flight playing the multiplayer in the game. Shame we never met afterwards cause weirdly it's the most memorable time from that vacation...

    • @trentbateman
      @trentbateman Месяц назад

      Not the Egyptians trying to scam you when visiting the pyramids?😂

  • @ivangambino4135
    @ivangambino4135 Год назад +156

    So glad you’re talking about vice city stories, its easily one of my favorites in the series, went through it a couple months ago on a ps2 and it still holds up

    • @SimiCantStandYaBits
      @SimiCantStandYaBits Год назад

      ​@HeisenbergTheOGBot.

    • @PARTY_MUTT
      @PARTY_MUTT Год назад +1

      @HeisenbergTheOG BEEP BOOP, BOT

    • @some-replies
      @some-replies Год назад

      ​@@SimiCantStandYaBitsstop interacting with it. Report and ignore

    • @HermitGeek
      @HermitGeek Год назад

      @HeisenbergTheOG Sorry can only offer Thoughts and Prayers, good luck...

  • @n0m4r22
    @n0m4r22 Год назад +195

    This was my first ever introduction to the Grand Theft Auto series and god damn it was sure a gem!

    • @orangecobraEU
      @orangecobraEU Год назад +3

      My first was liberty city on ps2 also one of the hardest game i ever played i was only 8 when i finished it

    • @patrickboddy5175
      @patrickboddy5175 Год назад +1

      Same!

    • @mcride9773
      @mcride9773 Год назад +1

      Gta 3 for me, at the time that game was revolutionary

    • @wolverineiscool7161
      @wolverineiscool7161 Год назад

      me too man

    • @gorouw2534
      @gorouw2534 Год назад

      same just when my brother bought a ps2

  • @dannyclub09
    @dannyclub09 Год назад +14

    I spent virtually all my life playing this on PSP growing up. It's probably my most played game ever. Such good memories.

  • @Soul56293
    @Soul56293 Год назад +65

    One of the best GTAs in my opinion. It’s criminal how this game is forgotten.

  • @L20niidas
    @L20niidas Год назад +145

    No sir, I remember this gem.
    I used to play it on my PSP and absolutely loved it.

  • @DAFTBONCHKOOPA
    @DAFTBONCHKOOPA Год назад +155

    I loved this one and I definitely felt some of the mechanics from San Andreas in there. Being able to copy your save from PSP to your PS2 and vice-versa was a game-changer back then too.

    • @BrickmanZero
      @BrickmanZero Год назад +6

      Wait, you can do that?!
      Is it also possible with liberty city stories?

    • @jamesrichard8145
      @jamesrichard8145 Год назад +1

      U CAN DO THIS ????

  • @Bushmasterghillie
    @Bushmasterghillie Год назад +78

    Vic was also the only GTA character that had a grapple attack and a one hit kill being his neck snap an absolute bad ass if you ask me

    • @agrippa2012
      @agrippa2012 Год назад +8

      technically CJ can use a grapple attack after he learns the martial arts style in Las Venturas gym.
      but as far as neck snapping goes, thats uniquely a Vic thing i think

    • @McGeezle
      @McGeezle 9 месяцев назад +2

      Neck snaps are beyond dumb and have no place in gta

    • @Bushmasterghillie
      @Bushmasterghillie 9 месяцев назад +11

      @@McGeezle
      It's an execution move
      Also one punch deaths have no place in the GTA universe but guess what it does in GTA 5 from Trevor

    • @McGeezle
      @McGeezle 9 месяцев назад

      @@Bushmasterghillie no shit it's an execution move. What else would it be? 1 punch "deaths" can be passed off as knockouts (and can still kill people)

    • @Bushmasterghillie
      @Bushmasterghillie 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@McGeezle
      So can neck snaps all GTA games has a protag with a different skill set Vic was in the army argo it makes sense that he'd be effective at killing he's got various cqc moves in GTA 4 Niko johnny and Luis had different fighting style's Luis being the most superior where as GTA5 was just one standard fighting style shared amongst all three characters which was basically just wild Punchs and haymakers.
      There's a reason why tommy CJ Toni and Vic isn't just a rehash of movements and actions that's built of off Claude otherwise the other characters would have just been a Claude reskin with a voice which would have just been lazy.
      If you don't like Vic fighting styles simply do not use it dispose of the enemies in other ways but serious question is it just Vic's fighting style you hate or is it Vic himself and your just grasping at straws to try and justify your dislike for the character.

  • @morkeherrer2024
    @morkeherrer2024 Год назад +39

    Can we also consider Chinatown Wars? I mean, it had some mechanics that any other GTA's game never had: the minigames while stealing cars, for searching in trash bins, even talking about the jobs that you can do; creating molotovs, placing bombs, doing tattoos, selling crap and having also trophies for that)

    • @maxim196
      @maxim196 Год назад +5

      And the drug dealing

    • @alex.starostin
      @alex.starostin Год назад +4

      GTA: Chinatown is definetely one that "No one remembers", he should do it

    • @justamanofculture12
      @justamanofculture12 11 месяцев назад +1

      Yup. It's definitely the most underrated ​@@alex.starostin

    • @notorious3013
      @notorious3013 10 месяцев назад +3

      All those cool things just to be ruined by the top down gameplay

    • @Feras_Ahmed661
      @Feras_Ahmed661 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@notorious3013 nah it was still fun ngl

  • @Szajwus
    @Szajwus Год назад +20

    You actually could aim freely with any weapon. While aiming you had to press "D-Pad down" and you'd get a TPP free aim.
    Also another thing worth mentioning is that VCS had a multiplayer mode where you could play through LAN with your friend. You connected your PSPs and could roam the map together choosing different characters etc. Awesome video btw! Left me very nostalgic.

  • @Nozal
    @Nozal Год назад +164

    I played vice city stories on the psp and it’s the best game I’ve played on my psp, the thing I like is vic vance isn’t like other gta characters that are just doing senseless killing, he’s just trying to help his family

    • @IskenderCaglarM41B441
      @IskenderCaglarM41B441 Год назад +2

      @Nozal Niko doesn't do senseless killing either. And why is that a bad thing suddenly? Accept gta characters for what they are or don't...

    • @some-replies
      @some-replies Год назад +10

      ​@@IskenderCaglarM41B441if you play GTA games "in character" it's a completely different experience. Recently played GTA 4 again and never did any wild killing. Just played how Niko would live

    • @IskenderCaglarM41B441
      @IskenderCaglarM41B441 Год назад +3

      @@some-replies You mean role playing

    • @CalamityBaird
      @CalamityBaird Год назад +1

      *Cough cough* Niko

    • @Nozal
      @Nozal Год назад +1

      @@some-replies Damn I forgot about niko my bad

  • @Marcheziora
    @Marcheziora Год назад +183

    I remember being so damn impressed seeing a GTA game being played on a handheld! It's like playing a PS2 on the go!

    • @andrewtatereal3168
      @andrewtatereal3168 Год назад +9

      midnight club gta mgs burnout paradise and nfs carbon own the city and grand turismo carried the psp in my opinion

    • @cookdislander4372
      @cookdislander4372 Год назад +4

      I know right. Before this I had pokemon red on gameboy lmao

    • @voteZDLR
      @voteZDLR Год назад +3

      @@cookdislander4372 Pokemon Red/Blue at the time were amazing though lol. Groundbreaking, it changed everything.

    • @cookdislander4372
      @cookdislander4372 Год назад +3

      @@voteZDLR yeah ppkemon on gameboy was awesome! I loved that game so much the battle music is my ringtone haha. When other old (im 33 now) people hear my phone go off they Start smiling and instantly recognize it. But yeah, going from experiencing pokemon to gta ona handheld was like woah. I even had tekken on psp

    • @voteZDLR
      @voteZDLR Год назад +3

      @@cookdislander4372 I am also 33 LOL nice. Yeah so we were playing the game more or less at the same time. My friend had a Super Game Boy so he could play Game Boy games on his Super Nintendo (I think that's what the thing was called, Super Game Boy) and yeah that was dope. We didn't know to train the other pokemon and we picked Charmander first which naturally meant the first gym was Hell for us lol

  • @-10
    @-10 Год назад +44

    Thank you for covering this great game. It is worth mentioning about the stamina system: this is simply a feature implemented to prevent the player easily going to Vice CIty Beach at the start of the game. Later into the game, there is a Beach Patrol side mission that allows you to unlock infinite swimming.

  • @anthonyfaucy2761
    @anthonyfaucy2761 11 месяцев назад +23

    Vice City Stories was actually one of my favourite GTA games. It improved on Vice City in every way

  • @alexknight1991
    @alexknight1991 Год назад +17

    25:08 Oh look Gman actually wanted to go on rampages in a GTA game, I wonder why he's against that now lol!

  • @splash4567
    @splash4567 Год назад +84

    11:06 You could actually manual aim with any weapons in this game by simply holding down the Aim button and pressing L3 (Dpad down on PSP). It's not as refined as San Andreas' and can be clunky at times, but it still gets the job done in many situations. It's a feature that they've added for both Stories games knowing that they're only Console exclusives.

    • @kelvin3103
      @kelvin3103 Год назад +17

      This and the neck breaking were the most hidden features in this game

    • @AwakenedAvocado
      @AwakenedAvocado Год назад

      Oh really thats amazing

    • @goatlps
      @goatlps Год назад

      @@kelvin3103 neck breaking?

    • @shortking_05
      @shortking_05 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@goatlps you can hold triangle button on PSP or PS2 to grab someone, and if you grab them from behind, you can break their neck by pressing triangle button while holding them. It's an insta-kill move

  • @AbdefFable1
    @AbdefFable1 Год назад +67

    Vice City Stories and Liberty City stories were the first GTA games I personally owned as a kid and I loved them. Like they even had a hostage mechanic in GTA VCS that let you snap their necks afterwards that wasn't in any games since
    Also buying buildings and turning them into businesses was always awesome

    • @AbdefFable1
      @AbdefFable1 Год назад +3

      I remember it vividly because I would jokingly refer to myself as the vice City serial neck snapper sometimes 😂

    • @AbdefFable1
      @AbdefFable1 Год назад +1

      Also there was an aim mechanic in the psp games, you pressed the down button on the d-pad 11:26

    • @fadillah6014
      @fadillah6014 Год назад +2

      How about cops actually reward you if you help them take down suspects

  • @itsdokko2990
    @itsdokko2990 Год назад +31

    i remember getting this game as a pirated copy for PS2, i asked the tenant who would do that thinking on getting VC, but me not knowing anything about it said "Vice City Stories" because i heard that name once. What followed is one very beautiful part of my early teen years. I keep a copy of VCS whenever i wanna play it again, despite the pain it makes me endure. And the OST, nothing but good things to say about it, VCS showed me great bands and singers that i follow and listen to this day like Allan Parsons Project, Dio, Autograph, Dokken, Phil Collins, among others.

  • @draculastraphouse7863
    @draculastraphouse7863 Год назад +5

    I really loved the fact that you could own business fronts and also recruit people from your gang, i used to get a few guys and do drivebys on the other gangs just to mess around

  • @Atomic_Comic2077
    @Atomic_Comic2077 Год назад +7

    Great and outstanding games like this shouldn’t be underrated. It’s a gem that won’t let limitations get in the way of an awesome game. The dialogue certainly stands out in this game.

  • @TimTeboner
    @TimTeboner Год назад +107

    In terms of the rage-quit missions from each GTA, as bad as the train robbery is in San Andreas, I'd say it doesn't even come close to the awfulness of the remote-controlled plane mission on that rooftop with David Cross yelling in your ear the whole time lol

    • @Thehappymasksalesman
      @Thehappymasksalesman Год назад +3

      If you drive the plane on the ground instead of trying to fly it in the air it’s sooo much easier and you can do it first time trying. That’s my tip to anyone that wants to replay the game.

    • @goatlps
      @goatlps Год назад

      nah, it's only difficult if you fly and not drive the plane. The bombing the multi-story with the helicopter is very easy too if you take your time, which you have plenty of. I think I did it first go on a replay years later. There's ways to exploit most mission or prepare better...I don't remember a hard train robbery mission - riding with Smoke shooting at people on the roof? Just ride well and go the right way - don't panic.

    • @haifalakbar7754
      @haifalakbar7754 11 месяцев назад

      Eta

    • @TheChairmanZero
      @TheChairmanZero 10 месяцев назад

      @@goatlps lol all these losers always find the easiest missions difficult, the train on san andreas you basically have to follow a set path and thats it, the plane mission you can literally just fly, it isnt too difficult if you practice a little bit. The hardest mission on San Andreas, the one I struggled the most with, was destroying all those machines in the warehouse towards the end. Or the mission for smoke directly after the train one with the bike chase at the end lol... just getting to the bike chase was a nightmare if you werent prepared.

    • @mr.voidout4739
      @mr.voidout4739 10 месяцев назад +1

      The only mission I even came close to rage-quitting was in GTA IV. You have to recover a duffel bag from some run-down building, and there's enemies almost around every corner ready to gank you. Had to play it a few times to memorize every possible ambush point. Even then, you inevitably soak up a few bullets trying to make any progress out.

  • @Moe_Lester_fromUptwn
    @Moe_Lester_fromUptwn Год назад +45

    Dude, thanks for showcasing the radio talk shows and not just briefly like most youtubers. Still listen to those occasionally at work, laughing abruptly, getting strange looks lol

    • @GHOSTUNIT101
      @GHOSTUNIT101 Год назад +1

      i can recite most of vcpr word for word and i sing loudly at work, this good sir would be a seriously dangerous combination for me hahaha

  • @Urameshi-III
    @Urameshi-III Год назад +71

    the amount of hours i spent in this game just flying around and listening to the absolute BANGER soundtrack. Cousin Ed and Lazlow will always hold a special place in my childhood.

    • @Take-aim-and-reload...
      @Take-aim-and-reload... Год назад +11

      _"Cousin Ed here."_
      *_And Lazlow~_*
      _"Shut up."_

    • @mootbooxle
      @mootbooxle 3 месяца назад +1

      100% yes! I was sick a lot the year this came out and had tons of free time, quarantined in my house and/or hospital. So I played the sheeeeit out of this game, as well as Liberty City Stories.
      I like both of these better than the original games upon which they’re based, because of the improved game mechanics (like swimming!!) .
      That said, original Vice City changed my life, seriously. I have spent hundreds or thousands of hours since 2003 playing GTA games. I had never experienced anything so immersive. And the soundtrack is what finally opened up my love for 80s music …both of these games have SUPERB soundtracks! They introduced a whole generation to some great diverse music.

  • @sanlorenzo7896
    @sanlorenzo7896 11 месяцев назад +1

    I remember this game. The Feds were ruthless whenever I got a 5 star wanted level. Not only are they reckless drivers, but they each carry 4 agents equipped with MP5’s that will delete your health bar as fast as an SNK boss.

  • @Canthary
    @Canthary Год назад +2

    Yeahh I'm taking offense right away on that comment about Trevor.
    Trevor is THE gta protagonist, there's no disconnect between his portrayal and the player's psychopathic actions while playing the game. He was extremely uncomfortable to play as though because he is a literal maniac which makes total sense.

  • @jtukko
    @jtukko Год назад +149

    I remember this, playing it on PS2 with a big old CRT TV. Good times!

    • @MalikATL
      @MalikATL Год назад +6

      Still don't know how I beat this game on the psp

    • @ataridc
      @ataridc Год назад +6

      I keep an old CRT around for exactly when I want to revisit these type of games

    • @BuryTheLight-tds
      @BuryTheLight-tds Год назад +1

      ​@@MalikATLthat's kind of impressive, I stopped playing when I couldn't beat the Diaz sniper mission

    • @SterkeYerke5555
      @SterkeYerke5555 Год назад

      @@MalikATL I beat it on ps3. Probably a better version than psp in itself, but the framerate was absolutely woeful at times which made car chases very interesting to say the least

  • @epicgams5406
    @epicgams5406 Год назад +45

    Well Liberty City Stories, Advance and Chinatown Wars are forgotten or never heard as well

    • @methenthusiast9542
      @methenthusiast9542 Год назад

      True

    • @DanielThureskog
      @DanielThureskog Год назад +6

      The expansions to the first GTA, London 1969 & 1961 are also forgotten.

    • @WizzlyBearW0rms
      @WizzlyBearW0rms 4 месяца назад +1

      Chinatown was the best one. I was playing it recently on a jailbroken ps vita.. it was so fun. Needs to come to current consoles

    • @I_AM_BAYTOR
      @I_AM_BAYTOR 3 месяца назад

      LCS was alright but that third island is still the worst area in the series. Just a pain to drive around from mission to safehouse to mission.

  • @kdjdkdjdiejejehdirj
    @kdjdkdjdiejejehdirj Год назад +42

    Vice City Stories was a class game

  • @JOSClaudess
    @JOSClaudess Год назад +5

    In my opinion this game is way better than Vice City, I had a lot of fun playing this, and the missions are really good, I really didn't understand why you don't like them

  • @OliverJGibson
    @OliverJGibson Год назад +20

    Such an underrated gem. Brilliant game through and through - apart from those few awful missions!

  • @SpectreGoesOn
    @SpectreGoesOn Год назад +32

    I remember VCS especially good. I went to do my service in the German Army in 2006. My PSP and that Game in particular made Long Train rides so much better. Loved the Graphics, soundtrack and the new game mechanics. Awesome title 👌🏻

  • @fungustheturd4004
    @fungustheturd4004 Год назад +116

    Played VCS by an emulator from my PC. Gotta say, it was Vice City with a lot of improvements. The Empire building mechanic is awesome and it really feels like your earned your place at the food chain. The radios are absolute gems and still are among my all time favorites in gaming in general. The campaign just could have been a little better like giving Sgt Martinez more appearances other than being the classic bad guy that you will kill at the last mission, but still the Scarface feeling was much stronger in this game with the Empire building from scratch and the absolute threat that the Mendez brothers were throughout the story

    • @libertatemadvocatus1797
      @libertatemadvocatus1797 Год назад +9

      I agree.
      It's criminally underrated.

    • @livingbehind661
      @livingbehind661 Год назад

      ​@@libertatemadvocatus1797someone call batman

    • @69hikikomori
      @69hikikomori Год назад

      Why on an emulator it’s on steam

    • @69hikikomori
      @69hikikomori Год назад

      @@dababyconvertable7588 ye it is

    • @Mitchisable
      @Mitchisable Год назад +7

      ​@@69hikikomoriAre you getting Vice City Stories confused with Vice City?

  • @ARCADE_EXE
    @ARCADE_EXE Год назад +86

    What separates you from these other soulless reviewers is your comedic timing. You always make me laugh and keep me hooked the entire time.
    Thats why im subscribed to you. You make me laugh and keep me focused the entire time...

    • @ataridc
      @ataridc Год назад +1

      He must have a team or a really good editor at this point with all of these random clips and stuff unless he just a rainman-like memory for all these little memes.

    • @SunshineSuperstar
      @SunshineSuperstar Год назад

      Yeah, I agree! 👍🏻

    • @paulman34340
      @paulman34340 Год назад

      Drive By "Brace yourself fool" "Killed in seconds before you can even react!.....Wasted!"
      Seriously enjoy GMan's Comedic Timing and Yeah I played this back on the PSP and I agree when "THAT" happens. It's fucking unfair and I imagine I wasn't the only one looking at my gun downed character still wondering like the Krusty the Clown meme "What the hell was that" once my mind reboots from freezing in shock and horror that I got a game over/wasted out of the blue so easily with no chance to save myself!

  • @LoveIXTC
    @LoveIXTC 9 месяцев назад +2

    Playing this Game, on my PsP back in 2008 as a 10 year old is one of the first memories i have of my life. great game i've played through it multiple times until 2012. i'd like to replay it today on my ps vita if possible lol.

  • @piperian3962
    @piperian3962 Год назад +5

    I thought Trevor was the best protagonist because he’s the only guy that doesn’t suddenly feel like he becomes someone else the second the mission is over.
    Niko feels guilty about killing someone, meanwhile he ran over 3 people on the drive down.

    • @BlossomField91
      @BlossomField91 2 месяца назад

      The only guy? Tommy Vercetti didn't either. He was straight to the point, ruthless, guiltless, and pragmatic.
      I would like GTA to have a protagonist who is villainous but has a lot more depth and subtly than Trevor or Tommy though. It becomes more obvious you're playing the real and biggest piece of shit all along than a sympathetic "good guy doing bad things".
      Some films and TV series have done an excellent job with creating protagonists who are deceptively sympathetic but as the layers are unwrapped, you actively loathe every bone in their body.
      The Sopranos and Breaking Bad come to mind.

  • @readyplayerone5220
    @readyplayerone5220 Год назад +22

    Man, this was my first GTA game. There was this garage store that sold copied PS2 games and I picked it up thinking it was the OG Vice City (back then I didn't know there were 2 games, was surprised of playing as another character too), but it turned out to be the better choice over the better graphics, the deeper gameplay and the arguably better soundtrack.

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Год назад +12

    "GTA nobody remembers"
    *shows Vice City stories*
    Bold of you to assume no one remembers Vice City's prequel

    • @IsmailofeRegime
      @IsmailofeRegime Год назад +1

      Yeah I'd say Liberty City Stories is less talked about, but even that isn't as obscure as some other GTA games (like when's the last time you heard someone mention Grand Theft Auto: London 1969?)

  • @dcdtrgfdgg4707
    @dcdtrgfdgg4707 Год назад +30

    The most interesting thing is Vice city feels absolutely different in GTA Vice city stories, despite on the fact that the map was changed just a bit. I guess it's related to the fact that Rockstar advanced the colors in the game. What I mean is take a look at the sky, at the buildings at night, it's all look way more fancy and beautiful than in GTA Vice city. Also, it's still the best GTA in terms of fighting system, and the game has one of the best soundtrack. Highly recommend to play this wonderful game to people who for some reason didn't play it.

    • @IskenderCaglarM41B441
      @IskenderCaglarM41B441 Год назад +3

      Best gta in terms of fighting system...hmmmm debatable. Can't disagree, can't agree. Gta 4 also got great close combat.

    • @emanuelarriaza3710
      @emanuelarriaza3710 Год назад +1

      Maybe it was just people who kept playing the ps2 one and not the psp some see it as a down grade . .but their great even better then the og ... thier a ps2 ver so have at it

    • @dcdtrgfdgg4707
      @dcdtrgfdgg4707 Год назад +3

      @@IskenderCaglarM41B441 The opportunity was to lift a person by the neck, it was really unique and fun. You could even throw the person away and he would have been hit by a car. In my opinion, this is the best combat system in GTA so far, but this is solely my opinion.

    • @FreshGuap
      @FreshGuap Год назад +8

      Vice City Stories feels a lot more 80s than OG Vice City tbh, also OG Vice City feels more calm and chill while Vice City Stories feels a lot more crime ridden and dangerous.

    • @Gameprojordan
      @Gameprojordan Год назад

      Lots of things were different in VCS. For example the mall doesn't exist anymore and is replaced with a shitty trailer park

  • @lukethomas6900
    @lukethomas6900 Год назад +5

    I'll admit, I had no idea about this or LCS (never owned a PSP) until I bought a new PS2 that came with some games from off line sometime in 2012. GTA VCS was one of the games I received, and man did I have a blast playing it. Took me back to ten years earlier when I was playing Vice City non stop. Vic Vance is now one of my favorite GTA protagonists, and this game here is most definitely an underrated gem within the GTA franchise.

  • @FireFoxOmicron
    @FireFoxOmicron 11 месяцев назад +3

    I always wondered If We will see a direct PC Port of this and Liberty City Stories. They're the only GTA Games I've never played. Barring GTAVI, of course, Lol.
    Really wish RUclips would recommend Your Videos on My Homepage. Your Channel Is one of My favourites and really has helped Me get through those long days and nights In Hospital. :) Man, I've got a lot of GManLives Videos to catch up on.
    24:45 - As Someone still playing through GTAIV and hoping to 100% It on Steam... Oooh boy. Guess I'd better prepare for that.

  • @mrmusickhimself
    @mrmusickhimself Год назад +13

    Once again Mr. Gman, you pull through whenever I'm having a horrible day, it's like you "know".
    I'm wistful for the PSP, I had Custom Firmware on mine that would only run backups if you had a UMD in the disctray. I chose Vice City Stories as that UMD, and I loved it.
    Good times, that PSP was my buddy.

  • @MattVSin
    @MattVSin Год назад +28

    Recently building my PS2 collection back up and I definitely grabbed this again along with Liberty City Stories. I loved these 2 side stories (along with 3, VC and SA).

    • @ataridc
      @ataridc Год назад

      shwoo couldnt be a worse time for retro collecting with the way prices leaped up in 2020. I havent checked PS2 priced, though, they weren't super high to begin with so maybe they weren't affected as much.

    • @MattVSin
      @MattVSin Год назад

      @ataridc Since games are ridiculous so I haven't gone after those. I needed to trade in games when I was younger to manage cost but I really wish now that I didn't need to do that. Either way, I'm enjoying slowly building my small collection again.

    • @jimmy-rm3cl
      @jimmy-rm3cl Год назад

      ​@@ataridcor could it be a better time to have amassed a collection hahahaha now I'm sitting on gold

  • @NoriatMori
    @NoriatMori Год назад +17

    This was my childhood GTA. Not being able to own consoles or PC the only choice I had was to emulate this on my phone using emulator and not gonna lie being able to make your own checkpoints for missions is really amazing. Thanks you for the nostalgia and a really nice video covering my childhood GTA ❤.

    • @viktorborisov1246
      @viktorborisov1246 Год назад +3

      Not to mention that games looks amasing with x2-x3 resolution.

  • @the80skid20
    @the80skid20 Год назад +6

    I really loved vice city stories and vice city. To me they are both great games to play. Not everyone is going to like the same thing. Plus I like it because the 80s is one of my favorite decades. Born in 70s and raised in the 80s. Music was awesome and everything about it totally awesome.

  • @AIexanime
    @AIexanime Год назад +7

    Vice City Stories really underrated in my opinion!
    "I can feel it... coming in the air tonight. Oh Lord!" ❤

  • @RMT-M700
    @RMT-M700 Год назад +12

    The second PS2 game I ever owned. This game was a real fun experience from start to finish. The only mission that was painful was High wire and the only annoyance I faced when playing is the random tire popping. I believe both the PSP and PS2 version has a manual aim with all weapons, you just can't move around when you use it.

    • @Zmeeed01
      @Zmeeed01 Год назад +1

      Yeah, they do. It's just the key input for free aiming mode is kinda weird (IIRC you need to hold two buttons at once) and the camera movement is too stiff and mechanical which makes precise aiming difficult unless you're trying to blow up a car right in front of you

  • @pass-the-juice
    @pass-the-juice Год назад +12

    i've been playing this on and off. looks amazing in ppsspp super upscaled. great art style in the old games.

  • @ArcadeTiger
    @ArcadeTiger Год назад +2

    It’s great to see some attention for this game. Oh and cool part is that if you get wasted or get arrested during a mission, there will be a cab waiting for you outside the hospital/police station and you can proceed with that mission

  • @brenetssss
    @brenetssss Год назад +23

    This game has the best licensed soundtrack ever for any video game, EASILY.

    • @nategreatgames78
      @nategreatgames78 9 месяцев назад +3

      There are several game I could say that would give it more than a run for its money. But the sad thing is it think it’s sound track and also Phil Collins virtual performance is what got this game delisted.

    • @AshleySmyth1212
      @AshleySmyth1212 3 месяца назад

      Yeah no. 1 does though.

  • @ibmicroapple9142
    @ibmicroapple9142 Год назад +8

    Actually one of my favorite games - I've sunk dozens of hours into this and thoroughly enjoyed my time. I still listen to the radio stations from time to time!

  • @efitz1524
    @efitz1524 Год назад +27

    Occasionally I'll remember that Vice City Stories exists and that I played the hell out of it for an entire summer, and honestly it feels like a weird fever dream lol

  • @Analog-to-digital-cotinual
    @Analog-to-digital-cotinual Год назад +7

    I had VC, 3 and VCS when i was a kid, definitely played VCS the most out of what selection i had, it feels and behaves like a mix between the original Vice City and San Andreas and i just never got bored with it not that the other games don't have the same appeal especially with friends taking turns with the controller pretty much played it till GTA 4 came out coming into the early 2010s and still do today whenever i feel in the mood, gotta love the classics

  • @lucianwong420
    @lucianwong420 9 месяцев назад +3

    I'm pretty sure most people remember this GTA game more than Chinatown Wars. Now that's one underrated GTA game.

    • @dudewelcome
      @dudewelcome 3 дня назад +1

      CTW was SO good, and so sadly overlooked

  • @frankmiranda707
    @frankmiranda707 4 месяца назад +2

    Man, I am so lucky to have played this game when it first came out on the PSP. Forever treasure those memories.

  • @GreenDinoRanger
    @GreenDinoRanger Год назад +5

    When I did my chronological playthrough if the PS2 GTA games, returning to Vice City from VCS and seeing the changes to the map really stood out. Seeing the places that played such a big significance now removed, run down or renovated actually had a bit of an impact.

  • @PXAbstraction
    @PXAbstraction Год назад +5

    The Vice City games desperately needs a remake or a sequel. Still my favourite GTA setting by far.

  • @jesternario
    @jesternario Год назад +6

    The main problem I always had with this game is that when you start a mission, the game despawns any vehicle not in your garage, making some missions unplayable.

    • @maxim196
      @maxim196 Год назад

      Wasn't unplayable for me lol

  • @coltonroark
    @coltonroark Год назад +3

    I absolutely loved this game. Side note. Actually insane to think the PS2 was still pumping out games when Elder Scrolls Oblivion came out a year prior and Fallout 3 a year later. While PS2 keep producing consistency until 09 and didn't stop completely until 2013

  • @craigwalkerdine3814
    @craigwalkerdine3814 8 месяцев назад +1

    Dont forget the bmx
    Holding the analogue forward with x keeps your vance leaning forward and still, yet becomes the fastest vehicle in game within seconds 😂

  • @panda.om2974
    @panda.om2974 Год назад +7

    I went through this game recently again on a emulator and forgot how good it honestly was.

  • @Zeroshiki
    @Zeroshiki Год назад +3

    I love this game so much, it was the first game I got when I got a PSP for Christmas as a kid. The Stories games are both highly underrated, they need to port them to PS4 & 5. I can't wait until I can afford the PS2 version, it's just so rare that it's insanely expensive.

    • @stevenmorrison4692
      @stevenmorrison4692 10 месяцев назад

      I didn't know it was so expensive until I looked it up. Some are going for $80 or more. I saw one on Amazon for $59. I have the game. Only played it a few times. Didn't really care for it that much. I bought it when it was released. Don't think it's originally cost a lot.

  • @Mankey619
    @Mankey619 Год назад +13

    Vice City Stories is a well made game on the PSP. Next to Liberty City Stories, and watching this makes me want to play this game. Such a shame Rockstar isn’t the same devs we used to know.

    • @goatlps
      @goatlps Год назад

      Great games, great soundtracks, but come on, GTAV + GTAO is miles better. The driving and gunplay was very basic till IV. No story DLC is the only disgrace, but only IV had that, and it needed it, because story missions was all it had, apart from bowling, obvs LOL - no planes even.

  • @adic8303
    @adic8303 9 месяцев назад +1

    I used to play this on the PSP back when it came out, I never even finished the game just screwed around for years driving cars and rampaging. Recently I bought a switch and got vice city to relive the hours on hours of fun I had as a kid and was so confused when it didn’t start at the army base. I’m progressing very quickly through the map and the game looks just as good as it ever was. I live in a different continent now and am turning 20 soon, but this game is a portal back into my childhood, a throwback to simpler times.

  • @gottwyCZ
    @gottwyCZ 4 месяца назад +1

    This game was may childhood. First PSP game I got and it was amazing. It absolutely blew my mind how I can play this on a little handheld.

  • @AdventuresOfTheLeighRambler935
    @AdventuresOfTheLeighRambler935 Год назад +3

    Remember getting my hands on this in 2007 when it was ported across to the ps2, and remember enjoying it for the most part. Always remember that mission with the helicopter with the big industrial magnate attached and the car you had to airlift at the end. It’s been years since I last played the game, but that mission always sticks in my head as being extremely frustrating to the point of total rage quit 😡 😤

  • @rumpelstiltskin9729
    @rumpelstiltskin9729 Год назад +12

    ‘Nobody remembers’ wtf are you talking about?

    • @AshleySmyth1212
      @AshleySmyth1212 3 месяца назад

      Exactly, this channel sucks and is woke

  • @Barnooo
    @Barnooo 8 месяцев назад +4

    > The GTA game nobody remembers
    > VCS
    Literally said by no one

    • @Barnooo
      @Barnooo 8 месяцев назад +2

      Bro could've mentioned Chinatown wars or Advance to make ur title believable

    • @ToastyMoldyPopTarts
      @ToastyMoldyPopTarts 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Barnoooon top of that it’s the second most selling psp title right behind gta lcs

    • @Barnooo
      @Barnooo 8 месяцев назад

      @@ToastyMoldyPopTarts He probably made the title for kids who only know GTA 5/Online

  • @harlemraider3347
    @harlemraider3347 4 дня назад +1

    Vice City/Liberty City Stories & Chinatown Wars are still the only GTA games I’ve never played. Sounds like I really missed out

  • @mkleck
    @mkleck 6 месяцев назад +1

    The real ones remember it. Also the little bridge connecting Little Haiti to the airport was the best addition in the game

  • @Sinister80s
    @Sinister80s Год назад +3

    This is my favourite GTA game purely due to the radio stations and story. The games soundtrack is AMAZING.

  • @tyronecriss23
    @tyronecriss23 Год назад +4

    I actually think Trevor is one of the better and more nuanced GTA characters tbh. He’s not a total psycho and has many heartfelt moments.

    • @BlossomField91
      @BlossomField91 2 месяца назад

      I disagree. He's one-dimensional, just like Michael and Franklin. He is a total psycho. The parts where he is heartfelt or intelligent always felt hollow.

  • @flutteranmaster4032
    @flutteranmaster4032 Год назад +4

    Vice city was a good game, but I feel like Stories has a better story.

  • @kalkuttadrop6371
    @kalkuttadrop6371 Год назад +2

    15:55 Use the bike they give you at the entrance

  • @yeye992
    @yeye992 Год назад +1

    Turn on Tune in Bug Out the antenna mission absolutely fucking haunted me when I was a kid playing this game on the PSP. I could not begin to fathom what kind of sick freak conjured that mission

    • @exoticsan2281
      @exoticsan2281 2 месяца назад

      me too. i hate this mission in the game😂

  • @RollingxBigshot
    @RollingxBigshot Год назад +4

    Everyone with a psp remembers this game

  • @Swordslinger-hb1ns
    @Swordslinger-hb1ns Год назад +4

    This game just so happens to have two distinct music tracks both involving song writer and 80s rock star Phil Collins. The first being Genesis’s “Turn it On Again” from their 1980 seminal album Duke. Which happens to be Phil Collin’s final album with Genesis before leaving them to start his solo career. Which happens to be the next song by him from his 1981 debut album Face Value: “In The Air Tonight”. Shame another hit song from Phil Collins isn’t in Vice City Stories; that being the Billboard chart topper “Sussudio”. Also from Face Value. As consolation there’s his duet with Philip Bailey “Easy Lover” from his 1985 album Chinese Wall.

  • @fadhilahzaidan4946
    @fadhilahzaidan4946 Год назад +4

    This isn't as forgettable as all the GTA games before GTA 3.

  • @starvinmarvin9983
    @starvinmarvin9983 Год назад +2

    This was my first game and first gta I got a psp fro Christmas when I was 5-6 and a sealed vice city stories the memories I have on that game are amazing

  • @jackblack3718
    @jackblack3718 Год назад +2

    Tip for when enemy cars are smashing into you: slow down. Believe it or not, this helps. They lose their momentum having to try to slow down with you, and might even get out.

  • @GODSGIFTGAMING
    @GODSGIFTGAMING 11 месяцев назад +3

    who said these games were forgotten these were both peak psp games. vcs is better the the orignal too

  • @porfiriotomas70
    @porfiriotomas70 5 месяцев назад +4

    this man is delusional beyond belief😂😂

  • @ThatwizardBlack
    @ThatwizardBlack 10 месяцев назад +5

    This guy is the only one that doesn’t remember

  • @Thatlowdsg
    @Thatlowdsg 3 месяца назад +1

    I would remember it but I never got past that damn forklift mission as a kid

  • @ziel9474
    @ziel9474 Год назад +1

    I like to think that vic is so skilled he canonically finish missions in such a short time.

  • @alexcarolan8825
    @alexcarolan8825 Год назад +7

    Deleting comments much?