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Interviews with Rockstar: Looking Back for Vice City's 10th Anniversary

Posted on December 13 2012, 10:40am | Author: R* S | Filed Under: Games

As part of the celebration for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's 10th anniversary, the team at Rockstar North took a look back at the creation of the game with a series of interviews across the web.  Head over to Digital Trends, Crave Online and T3.com to read all about Rockstar North's personal experiences in developing the Grand Theft Auto game that - only one year removed from the launch of Grand Theft Auto III - tipped the series from a groundbreaking new game experience to a full-on cultural phenomenon. Here's an excerpt from Crave Online's interview with Rockstar North Art Director, Aaron Garbut:
 
“For Vice City, there were a lot of moments that just clicked. When we first blocked in the map and drove about it for the first time; when we put in the helicopters and flew over the city; seeing the dancers in the club; driving down Ocean Drive at night; putting in the hardware store for all the less conventional weapon; the first time we had the player change clothes; driving over ramps in boats; smashing up a car with a hammer for the first time; being chased by golfers as I ran off in their golf cart; seeing the models of Love Fist for the first time; driving around on a moped the day they went in… It’s 10 years ago but these and so many other moments are still clear. It’s fantastic seeing a game evolve, especially when it happens quickly. Seeing everything click into place, having the opportunity to poke and prod it, try things out and learn from it all. Tiny things can be seminal moments.”
 
You can check out the full Q&As at each of the links below. Vice City 10th Anniversary Edition is now available from the App Store and Google Play for select Android and iOS devices.
 
 

  • BigBoyBorison December 17 2012, 4:34pmReply
    Hey R* ! Any chance we could get a few new GTA V screens for christmas? it would be a great little present and im sure people will appreciate it! :)
    • WantedBountyon December 15 2012, 5:59pmReply
      |Rockstar Games , If you at all read this , maybe you would release gta 3 and vice city WITH achievements like 400G or release both games with 800G idk but we need these :) x
      achievements do not matter but even simple ones like , complete gta 3 - 100G and beat vice city 100G and then the last 800 could be like : Get All Packages 50G in VC and %)G for III Then 100G for Getting All Packages in Both , then Unlock All Islands on both games 50G :D EPIC , LOVE YOU GUYS , YOUR MY CHILDHOOD
      • Cheeseymanginason December 14 2012, 7:04pmReply
        I WANT THIS GAME FOR 360 SO BAD VICE CITY BEST GTA GAME EVER AND ALWAYS WILL BE
        • aakashgrat0107on December 15 2012, 6:21amReply
          @Cheeseymanginas i think you are still at 2000
        • PS3Guy-Indiaon December 16 2012, 3:04amReply
          @aakashgrat0107 You noob.

          Vice City was released at 2002 and R* started making it in Feb 2001 and took only 9 months to complete the game if it was released in 2000 then, vice city 10 yr anniversary was being at 2010. 1014454829
        • aakashgrat0107on December 17 2012, 8:06amReply
          @PS3Guy-India not for that you MF NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB he is until now telling that vice city is best than ever even after gta 4 and eflc
      • iamthejuon December 13 2012, 10:38pmReply
        Loving the games on Android and looking forward to (/hoping for) San Andreas, LC and VC Stories.
        Also, as someone said above, a mash up of all three classic maps in one would be a dream. A new character meeting the king of each town(Mute, Tommy and CJ) and working for them. Now that would be more exciting than GTAV!
      • Hexenoon December 13 2012, 10:08pmReply
        That looks like a screenshot out of a PS Vita, I wish.
        • VinewoodTitson December 13 2012, 9:32pmReply
          Anyone else miss the 'classic' GTA Huds that were in the III Era?
          • Shooting-Spreeon December 13 2012, 11:45pmReply
            @VinewoodTits While they fit in really well with the cartooney nature of the III era, I was relieved to see the streamlined, translucent HUD in GTA IV. I don't miss the old HUD.
          • FjrWizardon December 14 2012, 2:30amReply
            @VinewoodTits Well I'm sort of with both of you. I do hope they have made plenty of changes between GTA IV and GTA V, because in IV there was some parts of the HUD that I really didn't like, I can't quite put my finger on it though. So something entirely new, made up from parts of the old would be really awesome. Like possibilities to choose between the map-circular-healthbar, and the classic one. And also choose if and when the weapon icon disappear.
        • socksrock123on December 13 2012, 8:51pmReply
          I really want to get this for my ipod 4g but I heard there's a problem where the game crashes on the 4g. :(
          • Eric_cartman_007on December 13 2012, 7:05pmReply
            I have gta vice city on my ipad mini.
            It was my favorite when i was 15, playing it again with improved hd graphics (the water is beautifull) brings back those times from when i came back from school and played vice city 10 years ago!
            It runs perfect on the ipad mini, and i even sold my ps vita today because the ipad mini is so much more fun and especially with this game! so i hope in the future you guys bring gta san andreas to ios.
            To all people at rockstar games: thanks and keep up the good work
          • DiE_OR_FiGHTon December 13 2012, 6:52pmReply
            coul
            • 2pac-remix3on December 13 2012, 6:33pmReply
              Hello rockstargames i bought grand vice city for android my phone Are a Sony Ericsson xperia play. Sometimes theft game crash and lts
              lag alot i did low set grapich :( and its the only game i got please fix do somthing :(
            • VinewoodTitson December 13 2012, 5:11pmReply
              Love the fact that Sam Houser watches Miami Vice and even TiVo's it. Haha
              If none of you have seen at least one episode from Miami Vice than you have no taste in 'good' TV Shows. Which is sadly missing in today's society with crap shows like Jersey Shore, Teen Mom, et cetera... I mean, what the hell? There will NEVER be a show like Vice EVER AGAIN in our existance. Period
              • Pothatuuon December 13 2012, 5:17pmReply
                @VinewoodTits I own the first two seasons on DVD.
              • VinewoodTitson December 13 2012, 5:55pmReply
                @Pothatuu Get Season 4 dude! Best Season! Crockett starts to grow his hair out and Tubbs does the same with his beard. 'Sheena Easton' is also in that season who is Sonny's wife a little eariler in that Season but no *spoilers. Hehe
              • BudgetCrosson December 13 2012, 6:18pmReply
                @VinewoodTits Did you actually watch it in the 80's or you watched it in modern times?
              • VinewoodTitson December 13 2012, 9:30pmReply
                @BudgetCross In the 80's man every Friday night on NBC at 10:00. If you ever missed an episode of anything really back then on TV then you would miss out but if you had a blank tape you could've recorded stuff from the TV to your VHS. Good ol' days! Ha
            • VinewoodTitson December 13 2012, 2:49pmReply
              "Of course at some point we would like to have one big world containing all our cities and let the player fly between them and revisit their favorite areas, and in that context reimagining Vice City would be very interesting."

              Can't believe Leslie said this! :)
            • jflassshon December 13 2012, 2:49pmReply
              Interviews with people from rockstar is always intresting
              • ROCKSTAR_THEBESTon December 13 2012, 2:03pmReply
                When i bought San Andreas i was a kid, so i prefer it to Vice City, but i'm sure that if i had been older, Vice City would have been my favorite GTA!
                • jonhyosbourneon December 13 2012, 2:48pmReply
                  @ROCKSTAR_THEBEST VC and SA are incredible I was able to play VC and later SA, like most of SA
                  but Love 2 and we can see that Rockstar is quality GTA to GTA vai always evolving and mark generations and people true classics :)

                  Rockstar Games synonymous of quality :)
              • EpsilonProgramon December 13 2012, 1:56pmReply
                @R* guys any plans for an Ask And Answered on Vice City, like the one you did for GTA III last year, that would be very nice to see
                • VinewoodTitson December 13 2012, 1:33pmReply
                  Was reading one of the interviews and it seems that Sam Houser was a big fan of Miami Vice. Speaking of Miami Vice here is a vid that gives you that 'Vice City' feel to it. (The black guy with the beard is Philip Michael Thomas) AKA 'Lance Vance'

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunPHC4t3_E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
                  • VinewoodTitson December 13 2012, 1:15pmReply
                    Imagine if GTA VI is set in a modern day Vice City? All complete with the City, Beaches, Everglades out of the town, and Bahamas! Bahamas are located 60 miles from the real life Miami but you know Rockstar would make it closer in a fictional world. I'm dreaming now... lol
                    • xile321on December 13 2012, 1:15pmReply
                      Where do we send severe glitch reports that they can be reviewed?

                      1. The Avery 'Demolition' mission is impossible to complete because 2 missions overlap on top of eachother, causing 2 helicopters and so forth. Suddenly the mission fails.

                      2. While flying the helicopter, the mission fades and says the helicopter crashed eventhough it didn't.

                      3. characters, vehicles, etc constantly go transparent when the light hits them. often the people are ghosts in the cutscenes.

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