My thoughts on Vice City

[gdeman]

Im awestruck is about all i can say.. this game is so much fun that i can only take about 15 or so minutes of playing it before i need a break for fear of brain overload.

I almost had a seizure when i got that motorcycly outside after getting my new suit and Nina's 99 red ballons came on the radio..

[reefer kills]

ya its a really cool game. the popup is bad though even at max draw distace, and downright horable if i turn the framelimiter off. now i am running in win98 compatablity mode to solve that and i get glitchs with the hud overlay and menu that i have to hit exc a few times to get rid of as well as crackeling sound during cutsceens but despite all the hasle i am still enjoying the game a lot.

[gdeman]

im sorry what is "popup"?
I havent noticed any glitches except 2 or 3 funny lookin bubbles when it starts raining, and theres a delay on the gun a little.

[nakata]

bad popup = car,s buildings, people, appearing all of a sudden
and the bubbles i think are meant to be like rain on the "camera"..when you use a chainsaw on someone that's down you get blood splatter like that too

[Evc]

Yea, the chainsaw is great, saws off doors, car hoods and all

[GTwannabe]

After slogging thru GTA III at a choppy 733mhz, Vice City on the new rig is a blast!

[Shadowrunner2k1]

man, vice city is soooo last year (on ps2 )

[eazyc10]

what controls do you use? I played it on ps2 and loved it, but have been having a hard time adjusting to it on the pc. I'm used to just using the directional pad to move back and forth and to have auto target on.

[Shadowrunner2k1]

Originally posted by eazyc10
what controls do you use? I played it on ps2 and loved it, but have been having a hard time adjusting to it on the pc. I'm used to just using the directional pad to move back and forth and to have auto target on.

I don't have vice city for PC but for GTA3 PC I just use WASD for movement (in and out of cars) and use the mouse to aim. Mouse aiming makes it so much cooler, can't do that on ps2

[GZUS]

I love the game, and also GTA3. Only problem I've had was the stuttering when the game tried to access the CD at random points. After downloading/using the no-CD .exe the problem was fixed.

[Annakonda]

When turning off the frame limiter, the games is rather unstable. Even textures fail to load on nearby buildings. With frame limiter on, it works well, but the framerate takes a hit. Is there a way to not use the frame limiter and have the game run well?

Also, is there some gore hack?

[ww2717]

I loaded Vice City and they movie part of the game starts then it locks up my entire pc. I am running a ATI Radeon 9700 and wondering if the drivers for this card is causing my system lock up problems? I need help with this problem.

[wb22rules]

Sounds like there is no wheel support in Vice either . What a shame, a game that fun and Im gonna have to learn how drive with the stupid keyboard again , HELLO , ITS 2003 PEOPLE .
Slack asses had 6 months before pc version is available , rather than code wheel support , they sat around and talked about how great they are .. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR HAVING TO DRIVE CARS IN A MODERN GAME WITH THE GD KEYBOARD . To whoever made that exec decision , u suk . If there is wheel support in the game I withdraw my previous rant but it sounds another port of the ps2 version with nothing done for the PC , probably only has 8 save slots too , sheesh .
Anybody with game , can you confirm these items for me
a) wheel support , or any kind of controller for a PC
b) more than 8 save slots

Might be saving my money on this one , driving with the keyboard is that weak .

[reefer kills]

yep only 8 save slots and i doubt there is wheel support directy but i imagine you can use a 3rd party program to make the wheel act like an anolog gamepad.

oh and use win98 compatablity mode to run without the frame limiter and without texture loading issues.

[DanteInCali]

Originally posted by wb22rules
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Anybody with game , can you confirm these items for me
a) wheel support , or any kind of controller for a PC
b) more than 8 save slots

Might be saving my money on this one , driving with the keyboard is that weak . [/B]

It does support the Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad im using. In not a real race sim guy so its good enough for me. Im having a blast. I paid $49.95 for this game(which I rarely do. I usually wait until games come down to at least $39.95) and its worth every penny. What im thrilled about is that it runs beautifully at 1600X1200X32 using 4XAA and 8X AF.