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Game entry

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

2002 · Action-adventure, Racing, TPS, Sandbox, Arcade · PC, Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox · Rockstar Games

After 3,685 duels settled by the community, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City stands no. 150 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,809 ELO points and 58% of wins. Of the 141 duels that pitted it against Grand Theft Auto V, it has won 62 and lost 79. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 3 out of 110 (2002).

World rank

no. 150

ELO score

1,809

Wins

58%

Duels played

3,685

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About Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles and weapons, radio stations playing hit songs from the era and an intense atmosphere, GTA: Vice City is an open-world sandbox satire of '80's Miami.

The community says

I installed it again last winter just to hear the radio stations while I made dinner, ended up burning the food because I forgot I was supposed to be cooking…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,809 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 147 Fallout 3 1,810
  2. 148 Dead Space 2 1,810
  3. 149 Detroit: Become Human 1,810
  4. 150 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 1,809
  5. 151 Dishonored 1,809
  6. 152 Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag 1,809
  7. 153 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1,809

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The standing

Where Grand Theft Auto: Vice City ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Grand Theft Auto: Vice City stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 3 out of 110 (2002).

Where Grand Theft Auto: Vice City ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 150 5,035
Action-adventure 22 329
2000s 46 1,308
2002 3 110

The community

The debate

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  1. FrameRex2

    I installed it again last winter just to hear the radio stations while I made dinner, ended up burning the food because I forgot I was supposed to be cooking not driving around.

    Bayer15

    Never finished it myself, just a few hours here and there, but even that little time explains why people still talk about it.

    lacombe_pierre

    La cuisine ratée à cause d'un jeu vidéo, c'est un signe qu'il faut arrêter ou continuer ?

  2. bayer_jennings

    its just max payne with a sunnier vibe honestly, wich says alot about how much variety these duels actualy have

    Neon_Buisson

    Comparer avec Max Payne pour dire ça manque de variété, vraiment ? Ce sont deux jeux totalement différents.

    LuckyAce2

    It borrows a lot from Max Payne's engine feel but the open world changes everything, hard to compare them fairly...

  3. IronRider

    Cada duelo es lo mismo, se compare siempre con los mismos tres juegos y al final nadie cambia de opinión, yo tampoco creo que vaya a hacerlo.

    FrameLegend2010

    Comparar Vice City con San Andreas para restarle merito es facil, el mapa mas grande no siempre significa mejor juego.

    Max_1984

    Same three matchups every time, and I'll admit it, I still vote against it anyway.

  4. Élodie_44

    Techniquement il accuse son âge, la conduite en particulier a beaucoup vieilli.

  5. LootRex2

    fue el primero que jugué de la saga y aun asi creo que lo sobrevaloramos todos por nostalgia, san andreas hacia mas cosas y se le reconoce menos por alguna razon

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