177 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Platform(s): PlayStation 2
Designer(s): Rockstar North
Developer: Rockstar North
Publisher: Rockstar
"Forget its comparative credentials within the GTA canon: Vice City isn’t here because it introduced motorbikes, but for its distillation of a time. The details – Blondie on the radio, tinted specs and shoulder-pads – just add texture to a super-concentrated synthesis of ’80s pop culture. Palpably obsessed by film, but wickedly playful in its reference to it, Vice City is an acerbic parody of every Mafia movie ever made, evoking a world of wiseguys, crime, coke and corruption that is as equally repulsive as it is nostalgic. Though technically surpassed, the seedy allure of its setting is yet unmatched." - Edge
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