New players coming to these games for the first time no longer have the ability to digitally purchase them in their original form. Allow me to deviate for a moment and say something on the record: THIS SUCKS. This means, at the time of this writing, only the GTA Trilogy versions of GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas are available for purchase. It seems that with the release of GTA Trilogy, Rockstar Games has demanded that digital storefronts remove all of the legacy versions of these games.

In fact, neither is the original PC version. Interestingly enough, today the PSN port is no longer available. For Vice City, I went straight to the PC version of the game instead of even messing around with the PSN port. I learned pretty quickly that the PSN port had a number of issues.

When I made my review for Grand Theft Auto III, I first started out by playing the PS2 version on my PS4 (via Playstation Network). GTA: Vice City was originally released for the PS2. Back to my point, the reason it took such a long time to get this review out is because Vice City is a very immersive game and I wanted to take my time and explore it fully. But for now, I’m sticking with the retro experience. I’m sure at some point in the future I will check out the remaster and share my thoughts on it. After reading about all of the problems with the reissue, I’ve decided to stick with the legacy versions of these three games. But as you may have heard, the feedback from the fanbase on GTA Trilogy has been extremely negative. Still, I did consider delaying my review so that I could experience the new version. In fact, by the time GTA Trilogy hit the store shelves, I was practically done my playthrough. The recent release of the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: The Definitive Edition was not a factor in how long it took me to finish my playthrough for this game. But, let me start this review with a statement. Today, I’m going to share my thoughts on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

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