GTA: Vice City Stories

Published 25 August, 2006

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  • chupachups #1 6 years ago

    Erm... I'm sure the game's fine but don't these look a bit poor for a system built on graphical superiority?

  • Lex_Luthor #2 6 years ago

    Er... it is still just a handheld(that's less powerful than any home console currently on the market), so what else were you expecting from the visuals? And to be fair, PSP games almost always look better running than they do in screens.

  • Hughes. #3 6 years ago

    And the GTA games aren't know for being the ultimate graphics tart's treat, it's all about the freedom and fun, not knock your socks off visuals.

    My worry is that this may be another battery shagger, LCS was very impressive in terms of what they fitted on the disc, but my battery was usually shot within two hours of play with all that streaming. I can get 5 days hard play out of something that dumps everything on with one load like Everybody;s Golf, whereas anything that follows the streaming route is pretty much limiting itself to people playing at home with the mains adapter plugged in. I suspect Gangs of London will be similarly afflicted. We shall see.

  • chupachups #4 6 years ago

    "Er... it is still just a handheld(that's less powerful than any home console currently on the market), so what else were you expecting from the visuals?"

    Well, I was expecting maybe something along the lines of the graphics in the recent Miami Vice PSP game, that kind of quality.

    Like all console games, I'm only judging it by other games on the same system. :-)

    I wouldn't normally mention graphics, but so much of the PSP's hype and high price tag was based around graphical ability that it seemed appropriate.


    "And the GTA games aren't know for being the ultimate graphics tart's treat, it's all about the freedom and fun, not knock your socks off visuals. "

    That's what I think should be true of all games, but so many PSP fans seem to crow about the graphics all the time, it seemed odd to see a high profile PSP game like GTA not having tip-top visuals.
    Edited by 1 at 29/08/06 @ 00:11

  • Lex_Luthor #5 6 years ago

    "Well, I was expecting maybe something along the lines of the graphics in the recent Miami Vice PSP game, that kind of quality."

    Well, I haven't seen that going yet, but I imagine it doesn't have as huge or open a play area as VCS apparently does, so it can afford to spend more resources on the visuals. In VCS they've(From what I understand) made more of an effort to get better frame rates, draw distances and that than LCS had.

    "I wouldn't normally mention graphics, but so much of the PSP's hype and high price tag was based around graphical ability that it seemed appropriate."

    And the graphics on this are still pretty good I think. Certainly they match up respectably enough to the original Vice City.

    "but so many PSP fans seem to crow about the graphics all the time,"

    Haven't seen much of this myself to be honest.
    Edited by 1 at 29/08/06 @ 00:15