On the playstation 2 I absolutely loved GTA:Vice city. Before I get into particulars i'll broad-stroke the premise. GTA: Vice city was launched for the PS2. It can best be described as a sandbox adventure game. Youre given various missons and objectives by people and advance the game by completing these missions. Theres not a whole lot of missions aside from the main story but who needs sidequests when you are wreaking havock at every turn?

A large part of this game is the fun you make for yourself. Walking into this I was very excited to relive some old memories with crispy graphics, tiny load times and nearly endless draw distance. What I found was just that, except for a few small details that ended up being big problems. Remember on the good ol' PS2 when you would boot up Vice City and you had the time to walk away, get some snacks, maybe use the bathroom and sit back down and only have to wait a few moments more for the initial load? No more! Load times and load zones are no longer an issue here.


So was pretty stoked. I couldnt wait to see all(or most) of vice city rendered as once in the highest of resolutions. And this game delivered that for me too. It was a wonderful trip down memory lane, that is, until I had to take control of the main character. Unfortunately, the controls dont translate well to mouse and ketboard. At first it wasnt a problem, I used a ps3 controller. There are too many commands that have to be mapped to too many buttons, it wont let you have the same controls that you did on the PS2 version. I tried many different control schemes and ideas but none worked the way I really wanted them to. Eventually I gave up.

There ARE programs and doodads that you can use that should give you a better expierience with the controls. Also, vice city is very playable as is, out-of-the-box. I just couldnt get comforable with any controll schemes I tried. If youre looking for a GTA game you can play on an older computer I'd reccomend GTA:San Andreas. It's slightly more easier to play on mouse and keyboard. If you are looking for a little bit of nostalgia, you would be better off booting up you PS2, and digging out your old copy.

On the playstation 2 I absolutely loved GTA:Vice city. Before I get into particulars i'll broad-stroke the premise. GTA: Vice city was launched for the PS2. It can best be described as a sandbox adventure game. Youre given various missons and objectives by people and advance the game by completing these missions. Theres not a whole lot of missions aside from the main story but who needs sidequests when you are wreaking havock at every turn? A large part of this game is the fun you make for yourself. Walking into this I was very excited to relive some old memories with crispy graphics, tiny load times and nearly endless draw distance. What I found was just that, except for a few small details that ended up being big problems. Remember on the good ol' PS2 when you would boot up Vice City and you had the time to walk away, get some snacks, maybe use the bathroom and sit back down and only have to wait a few moments more for the initial load? No more! Load times and load zones are no longer an issue here. So was pretty stoked. I couldnt wait to see all(or most) of vice city rendered as once in the highest of resolutions. And this game delivered that for me too. It was a wonderful trip down memory lane, that is, until I had to take control of the main character. Unfortunately, the controls dont translate well to mouse and ketboard. At first it wasnt a problem, I used a ps3 controller. There are too many commands that have to be mapped to too many buttons, it wont let you have the same controls that you did on the PS2 version. I tried many different control schemes and ideas but none worked the way I really wanted them to. Eventually I gave up. There ARE programs and doodads that you can use that should give you a better expierience with the controls. Also, vice city is very playable as is, out-of-the-box. I just couldnt get comforable with any controll schemes I tried. If youre looking for a GTA game you can play on an older computer I'd reccomend GTA:San Andreas. It's slightly more easier to play on mouse and keyboard. If you are looking for a little bit of nostalgia, you would be better off booting up you PS2, and digging out your old copy.