A Brief Look At One Of The Latest Psp Video Games - Gta Vice City Stories

Amongst the hottest games ever debuted on the Playstation Portable in Jan 2006 are the Freedom City Stories. The Vice City Stories carries forward the legacy of one of the best selling games so far for the Psp console. Featuring an overhauled combat system, changed targeting and the bribing option, the game is set as a precursor to the immensely popular Vice City. Take-2 Entertainment, the originators of GTA Vice City Stories, in cooperation with Rockstar have managed to squeeze a whole world into a hand-held gadget.

Gaming :
Placed in Vice City in the year 1984, the story follows the existence of Victor Vance, an ex US military soldier, dragged reluctantly into the world of drugs and crime. Vic is forced into narcotic trafficking by his Sergeant for which he's eventually dishonorably discharged from the division. Vic soon ends up in Vice City and finds himself shifting drugs for the Mendez siblings. Soon he's joined by his trouble Lance and together they now intend to take over the entire Vice City operations. Vic's disastrous attempt and his successive retribution forms the core of the game. Though the main story is only something like fifteen hours of gameplay, the real deal lies in the hidden quests and the bonus jobs scattered throughout the story.

Features :
- Extensive graphics revamp : The buildings and automobiles are now more detailed than the previous versions of the game. The people are now smarter and recognize you from your previous actions.
- Prolonged gameplay : The game is set as a prequel to the Vice City edition for the Playstation 2 and as a successor to the Liberty City Stories.
- Extra Weapons : an entire range of fresh weaponry have been adopted to stay in tune with the period the game is set in.
- Wider space : Enjoy a town wider and bigger than the beforehand.
- New vehicles : sea planes, amphibious vehicles, jet skis in addition to vehicles, vans and motorbikes.
- Multi-pplayer : The game features ten different methods of multi player gameplay thru the PSP's wireless connection.
- Customised soundtrack : Have your favorite tune blasting out in the background while playing the game. With the assistance of an program called Rockstar Custom Tracks, you can rip CDROMs and convert the tunes in a format that may be read by the game.
- Sandbox style gaming allows you to have absolute control over any entity in the game, from people to automobiles.

Verdict :
One of the finest series ever just got better with the Vice City. Expanded gaming, better control and a mass of novel weapons make this game one of the best Playstation portable games in history.

By: Jeremy Smithson

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Playstation portable games become more classy as the months pass and the latest version of GTA Vice City Stories is no exception to this trend. Get out your white PSP 3000 and start playing one the superlative console games available at present.