Okay, so it's basically more of the same as any other GTA game you've played since 2001, but that is
far from a hinderance. If you're a fan of this style of game, then when Christmas is appearing on the
horizon around and you can get your hands on a new installment, you're just salivating, ready for it to
fall into your hot little hands, and on the gameplay side of things this one is just as much fun as any
other release has been.
Just like last year's game, it feels great to be back in Vice City. Similarly, there's been a four-year
gap between the two and I can see places I remember flashing back into my memory. It's also a great
continuation to the PSP range of these games because you need familiarity to get you used to working
on a smaller screen, and this title certainly translates very well onto it.
And the music contained is an absolute treat too. I'm a massive fan of music from the 1980s, particularly
the earlier half of that decade and there are more tunes from the likes of ABC, Wang Chung and Talk Talk,
plus after playing this new title just a short time, While riding a motorbike, The Thompson Twins' 1983 classic,
Love On Your Side came on Wave 103 FM. I just stopped what I was doing, pulled over to the side of
the road and just enjoyed the tune before carrying on :)
Of course, I could be cruel and nit-pick about the fact that the song used in the trailer for this game,
as well as being featured within, Easy Lover by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey, wasn't actually a
hit until March 1985 when it hit No.1... Yes, I could nit-pick, but I won't because it sounds so damn good
and really takes me back.
If there was any kind of a downside to this game then it would be that it has far from a great storyline,
with the marriage difficulties of Louise and Marty greeting you to intervene between shortly after being
dismissed from the services, but that doesn't affect the gameplay and, hey, at least it's not playing in
the current day amidst the divorce battle dividing Paul McCartney and Heather Mucca-Millstone.
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