How GTA: Vice City Compares To Real-Life Miami Beach
GTA: Vice City is one of the most popular games in the GTA franchise. Rockstar recreated Miami Beach pretty perfectly in GTA: Vice City. The '80s music, yacht parties, clothing styles, and neon buildings make the player feel as if they are right in the heart of Miami, Florida. On the whole, it's an exaggerated (but still somewhat accurate) depiction of Miami in the 1980s.
It seems GTA: Vice City copies things from Miami Vice as well. Every other mission includes the player dealing with drugs or gangs in the city. Taking on the character of Tommy Vercetti, the player must retrieve the money from a drug deal that went bad. As Tommy begins building his empire and exploring Vice City, it is clear that Rockstar created the game to mimic Miami in every way.
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GTA: Vice City has a lot to offer with over 20 hours of gameplay. The game stays interesting with 40 different weapons and more than 120 era-style cars. Vice City includes people and nationalities common in Miami. The player can complete the Haitian and Cuban storylines once some of the primary story is completed. The Cuban missions include Umberto Robina, voiced by Danny Trejo in GTA: Vice City. However, it's more than the people and cultures that make Vice City seem so much like real-world Miami.
The architecture in Vice City is almost identical to the buildings in Miami. The Colony Hotel in Miami, for instance, is remade in GTA: Vice City as the Colon Hotel. The Hotel's appearance is very similar to real-life Miami, identically matching with the blue neon sign. Although players cannot enter the Hotel, it is nice to see familiar landmarks in the game. Another landmark in GTA: Vice City is the Cape Florida
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