JD101 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) Title says it all The animations in Vice City are more realistic in mission cutscenes. But in VCS, they suck like sh*t. And every time a character is talking, you will notice the mouth moving in a very different way than people do. You guys agree with this? Edited January 24, 2021 by JaeDan 101 jaljax 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
String Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) Tommy taking over Vice City felt a lot more satisfying than Vic doing it. Also Tommy's Assets was to me more interesting than the generic Empire businesses in VCS though Empire building is a more fleshed out version of VC's Assets but I still liked the VC one cause of the unique and interesting missions from each I like the Phil Collins appearance but Love Fist was more fun, yeah even Boomshine Blowout was. Though tbf it kicks ass that we got to attend Phil's concert in VCS And everybody loves saying VCS has better music in unpopular opinions but imo nothing touches VC's Wave 103 and Flash FM VCS does a lot of things better and I'm glad it exists, but Tommy Vercetti's story was the best power fantasy story in GTA imo and thats enough for me to prefer it Edited January 24, 2021 by Wayne Kerr added 'in unpopular opinions' .Ryan., LeatherJacketSoldier, Patrizio and 2 others 5 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD101 Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Wayne Kerr said: Tommy taking over Vice City felt a lot more satisfying than Vic doing it. Also Tommy's Assets was to me more interesting than the generic Empire businesses in VCS though Empire building is a more fleshed out version of VC's Assets but I still liked the VC one cause of the unique and interesting missions from each I like the Phil Collins appearance but Love Fist was more fun, yeah even Boomshine Blowout was. Though tbf it kicks ass that we got to attend Phil's concert in VCS And everybody loves saying VCS has better music but imo nothing touches VC's Wave 103 and Flash FM VCS does a lot of things better and I'm glad it exists, but Tommy Vercetti's story was the best power fantasy story in GTA imo and thats enough for me to prefer it what i'm also saying that VC is more realistic Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ryan. Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) The only thing I really like about VCS is the empire building, but even that’s stupid when you have all these ugly buildings sandwiched between hotels and such. I also dislike VCS’s aesthetic which looks too cartoony and the neons are cranked up to a ridiculous level whereas Vice City looks more more realistic and has a more “Scarface” 1980s vibe rather than the overstylised look of VCS. Then there’s the fact that Vic sucks balls compared to Tommy. Edited January 24, 2021 by Algonquin Assassin String, NightmanCometh96, Lord Criminal and 1 other 4 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) I haven't played VCS yet, and Im still playin VC. Im just leaving it here so when the time comes, I'll either agree or disagree. Edited January 24, 2021 by Guest Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 For me, it's the other way around because VCS has more features than VC, and better story. Both are outstanding games. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
String Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, OH76 said: For me, it's the other way around because VCS has more features than VC, and better story. Both are outstanding games. I'm gonna ask a really stupid question if you dont mind, dont need to answer if you find it too stupid were you this guy @MyNameIsNotImportantBro /OmarMohammed? cause I get somewhat similar vibes while I see your profile, so was just curious Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just now, Wayne Kerr said: were you this guy @MyNameIsNotImportantBro /OmarMohammed? cause I get somewhat similar vibes while I see your profile, so was just curious Nope. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave_NewOrder Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 VC is a classic, VCS is forgettable. and VCS is psp and ps2 only. it's not even available on PSN. most people probably don't even know VCS exists. GraphiX 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhoda Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I mean, I feel the same, even if I don't hold VC in that high a regard. The thing is, VCS was made for the PSP and a PS2 port didn't arrive until six months later. Despite the boasts about how powerful the PSP was, it had half the RAM to work with and after a little bit of digging, the processor was permanently underclocked. If developers were allowed to utilise every bit of power the PSP had to offer, I don't think the battery would be able to run anything for very long. I expect VCS to be a little bit worse than VC, simply because the PS2 is more powerful than the PSP. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Busta Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Both Both are good Zack_GLC, Honker1944, Jeansowaty and 1 other 4 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD101 Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, DR:BUSTA said: Both Both are good Yeah, but VC is more realistic tho Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Busta Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just now, JaeDan 101 said: Yeah, but VC is more realistic tho TBH both are cartoony but the reason why you don't feel that in VC is because the characters were cliche movie based characters ( which gives the game its own vibe and I love it) so that made everything you do in the game feel realistic Meanwhile VCS had realistic characters who represent their environment and every character feels human When you compare them you'll find that both aren't realistic Actually VC is even less realistic I mean Tommy stole a tank from military, took over Diaz's mansion somehow , formed a huge crime family from nowhere , commited a lot of crimes without covering his face and using his name like what he did in the mall for example during the mission where he destroyed the mall without his face being covered and said stuff like "Vercettie remember that name" to show the city and the cops that he's strong and they can't handle him but logically this can't happen Anyway VC is a video game that's supposed to make me feel powerful so all of these unrealistic stuff aren't bad they're great and do their job very well Realistic doesn't always mean better Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071462767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrizio Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Vice City > Vice City Stories any day. However, VCS's melee was argubably better than the rest of the 3D era. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071463210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash_735 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 2:33 AM, JaeDan 101 said: The animations in Vice City are more realistic in mission cutscenes. But in VCS, they suck like sh*t. And every time a character is talking, you will notice the mouth moving in a very different way than people do. You guys agree with this? What you're talking about is the difference between mocapped cutscenes vs scripted cutscenes. LCS and VCS tend to fall back on scripted ones because it's easier and faster to do, also takes up less space than a full cutscene. IS90, Honker1944 and NightmanCometh96 3 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071463818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
_ROM30_ Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 did you also notice how all the cut scenes in VCS the actors are yelling their lines? Dr Busta 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071464589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe69 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) On 25/1/2021 at 4:29 PM, Patrizio said: Vice City > Vice City Stories any day. However, VCS's melee was argubably better than the rest of the 3D era. Vice city stories melee was amazing but i still prefer vice city's. Tommy was able to do directional attacks with elbows and kicks to the enemies surrounding him. Which is something present only in GTA 5 only it feels horribly scripted because enemies attack you one at a time and you have the same 3 boring punches and a kick. In vice city they attack you all at the same time and Tommy has different punches and kicks. He could even literally use his head. GTA vc melee with vcs grabbing mechanics would be amazing. Edited February 1, 2021 by Joe69 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071468746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaljax Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) I agree . VCS 100% list had a lot of very boring & annoying side missions, Victor would complain & complain about how he didn't want to be involved in drugs , but throughout the game he blatantly ignores that statement & comes off looking like a complete hypocrite. It also had the most for the 100% list in any of the 3D era games considering it was Rockstar's last 3D game Vice City on the other hand was very impressive for being completed in about 9 months after the release of GTA III Also lets not forget the music in both games are great , but i'd rather choose Vice City over VCS Edited February 6, 2021 by jaljax Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071472017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD101 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, jaljax said: VCS 100% list had a lot of very boring & annoying side missions Not really "annoying" and "very boring", They are both fun What I'm telling is, VC is more realistic in my opinion Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071472085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Busta Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, jaljax said: VCS 100% list had a lot of very boring & annoying side missions, The only thing that makes me f*cking hate VCS are these helicopter sidemissions. They are boring ASF and they take hours to beat why would I waste my time doing them? Edited February 6, 2021 by DR:BUSTA jaljax and Jeansowaty 2 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071472274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaljax Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 9 hours ago, JaeDan 101 said: Not really "annoying" and "very boring", They are both fun What I'm telling is, VC is more realistic in my opinion when i meant boring i meant the helicopter missions , very time consuming 2 hours ago, DR:BUSTA said: The only thing that makes me f*cking hate VCS are these helicopter sidemissions. They are boring ASF and they take hours to beat why would I waste my time doing them? Exactly my point of why i thought it was very annoying Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071472358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Yeah, the helicopter missions are tedious. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071472374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightouttaNewport Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Its certainly got a way better protagonist, seriously why did rockstar decide to make a drug hating protag in a game all about drug dealing? Also yeah the helicopter missions were awful. NightmanCometh96 and jaljax 2 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071474149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainDeadRaven Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1) I really liked Vick. It killed me to know he would never be able to play 'Cane and Abel', he earned every right to beat his no good, pos brother to death, brutally, savagely, then setting him on fire with a Molotov cocktail. 2) I love VCS gave us backstory on VC with that said, it was obviously scaled down for the platform they were releasing it on. Add to that, you had 'GoodFellas' Ray playing Tommy as a perfect fit on a game made for a PS2. VCS could never win this, but it wasn't meant to, I always felt like it was meant to be a supplement. Jeansowaty 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071482544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeatherJacketSoldier Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Both games were good, but VC was definitely the BEST of the 3D Era in terms of storyline and main character personality. On the other hand, VCS had an interesting story, but most of the time Vic never can get out of trouble, and some aspects of the storyline make it one of the most sad games of the GTA series (I've never played the HD universe since I got a cr*ppy PC, and didn't bother playing GTA 1 and its expansions, and GTA 2). And, VCS' last missions were god d*mn difficult, specially the one where you have to protect Gonzalez' convoy with an M249. I s*ck at manual aiming on consoles (I played both VCS and LCS with PPSSPP), it would have been better if they released PC versions of both Stories. And VC's storyline shows you the ultimate badass among all the 3D universe protagonists, Why would someone like VCS over VC? String 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071491503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM-W Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Given the nature of the two games, it's not a surprise. Vice City was the hot sequel to GTA3, and made graphical and gameplay improvements from the previous game in almost every aspect. VCS, meanwhile, was released in 2006 as a "filler" of sorts between San Andreas and GTA4. On top of still running on the Renderware engine (which even by 2004 when San Andreas released, was looking progressively dated alongside some other games of the time), it was also originally a PSP exclusive, so the graphics had to be nerfed even harder than normal. So, being an initial PSP exclusive running already outdated hardware with what, at first glance, could be called a "copy/pasted map with a few differences", it already had a lot going against it from the start. But with all that said, I particularly like the concept of Vice City Stories - going back to a place we recognize, but a few years earlier and seeing the differences between those two times. I think the GTA series really seems to be at its best when it's acting like a "time machine" of sorts. String 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071533402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmanCan Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Few weeks ago i watched a video series about "Side Missions of GTA VCS", i compared it with VC and i asked myself.. "Wovv I can't believe there are much more cool and useful stuff than VC" and i wished to have some of these in VC To be honest VCS could be better without this horrible and cartoonish graphics Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071538533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash_735 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 On 4/30/2021 at 3:24 PM, SM-W said: On top of still running on the Renderware engine Actually R*L3D but it was a rushed together engine meant to basically emulate how RW handled things without using RW. String and SM-W 2 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071541048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM-W Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 On 5/11/2021 at 10:51 PM, Ash_735 said: Actually R*L3D but it was a rushed together engine meant to basically emulate how RW handled things without using RW. Ah, okay, I stand corrected. That probably explains why everything has that weird look to it, too. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071543403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick323f Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 1:14 PM, ArmanCan said: Few weeks ago i watched a video series about "Side Missions of GTA VCS", i compared it with VC and i asked myself.. "Wovv I can't believe there are much more cool and useful stuff than VC" and i wished to have some of these in VC To be honest VCS could be better without this horrible and cartoonish graphics Absolutely agree... Those two games blended together could make perfect and polished game. I wish one day all 3D GTA games could be graphically uniformed (including GTA SA Introduction) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/967866-gta-vice-city-is-better-than-vcs/#findComment-1071612391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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