Gone was the permanent gloom of Liberty City, replaced by the sun-drenched streets of Vice City. Regardless of the tight development schedule, Rockstar managed to bottle that essence. GTA: Vice City captured the neon glamour of 1980s Miami
The challenge lay in the setting itself, how do you bottle the essence of a decade? After only a year in development, Rockstar released GTA: Vice City, a game that surpassed its predecessor in every respect. From an R&D point of view, this was a fantastic idea as everything that happened in the ’80s was set in stone. Moving on from GTA 3, the developer wanted to transport us back to the era in which Dan & Sam Houser (The CEOs of Rockstar) grew up in. Apart from being a groundbreaking game, it also laid the foundations for the parodical satire that the series is known for today. In 2001, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto 3, blowing up the standard rules of making video games in the process. The ’80s were now simply a memory, called to mind by the lyrics of a Flock of Seagulls track an echo of a time long since passed. The neon lit era had giving way to a more sanitised world. GTA: Vice City captured the decadence & greed of the ’80s How GTA: Vice City Bottled A Decadeīy the time 2002 rolled around, the world had change significantly in twelve years. Still, when I think of that decade, I think primarily of the United States New York, LA, & Miami-the city which would become the template for one of the best video games of the 21st century. The USSR was crumbling Margaret Thatcher’s neo-Liberal economics enriched some, while hurting others & South America suffered from several horrendous dictatorial regimes. This upheaval was a world-wide phenomenon. Economic, political & social upheaval was rampant the war on drugs was at its zenith & many felt abandoned in this new world based on greed, power & status. There is a kind of haze that surrounds this time, created by the media that spawned from it, but the ’80s were a turbulent decade for many. In a short ten-year period, some of the best movies, music, TV & video games were created. The decade in which GTA: Vice City is set, is often remembered by those who lived through it (and even those who didn’t) as the best decade. 5) CONCLUSION GTA: Vice City – Inspiration from a different time
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