GTA: Vice City Is a Masterpiece | A Retrospective 

GTA VI should be dope

@@MrHammers well it's set in current era so don't expect the same vibe

Isn't it great just hearing about a game you enjoyed a lot as a kid so much time later ❤️.

​@@MrHammers Maybe

The only GTA I completed 99%. I have searched every hidden pack spot 5 times (the last 1% is ONE pack that must have bugged out..)

1. I had no idea, I'll have to watch that cutscenes back.. after all these years I never heard that lol 2. I suppose that makes sense, I wish that'd be mentioned in passing or something in the game. But I suppose head Canon works for something like that

​@@MrHammersthe scene in beginning theres a body in the freezer if u listen close I just died in your arms is playing in the background

@@MrHammers While we're at it, this video really didn't need to be over an hour long. You could've cut everything from 15:37 to 1:13:34, as it's just you recapping the story beat by beat, and it honestly feels like you're padding the runtime. It's a good retrospect video and it would've done its job in 20 minutes.

@Gyrbae covering the story is what I do in every video on games I cover. Lots of people like to recap games they haven't played in decades

@@Gyrbae clown comment

Oh yeah that game is amazing!

Sounds good to me 🙂

Total overdose was awesome

I take it you watch fuzzy slippers?

Yes!!!!! Thank you!!!

Huh, I didn't put the Leon reference together. Neat! Thanks man

If someone re-released this game with zero changes apart from ragdolling on corpses, I'd pay full price for it all over again.

That makes a lot of sense then if they offered it and he turned it down. Can definitely see why he'd be upset over that, but he didn't take the percentage risk so he got what he signed up for.

Where did you read this?

@@MAXBERTE It’s been over 10 years, minimum, so I can’t remember. As I said, take it with a grain of salt.

It's also important to note that videogames as media weren't treated as important as cinema or television back then (not that long ago, really), so many actors never through that games could make so much money and success.

@@TKsh1 Yea, that was definitely Ray’s thinking, (who by most accounts is a decent guy).

Fresh off the printers lol

Gta3 was disappointing if you played Vice City first lol

@@GixxerJakeya

I was born in 83 and I remember a lot of 80's music from my childhood so VC is also my favourite GTA.

The best GTA soundtrack to me

Context?

(From Wikipedia) Meredith Curly Hunter Jr. (October 24, 1951 - December 6, 1969) was an American man who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. During the performance by the Rolling Stones, Hunter approached the stage, and was driven off by members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who were providing security and had agreed to prevent members of the audience from mounting the stage. He subsequently returned to the stage area, drew a revolver, and was stabbed and beaten to death by Hells Angel Alan Passaro.

​@@schuhbackad1146Honestly? That sounds like the bikers did their job.

@@schuhbackad1146 That's it? Well deserved. The Hell's Angels are based in this instance.

@@schuhbackad1146 Also they got paid in beer and they we're recommened by Grateful dead and Jefferson airplane.

so is piggsy and cash from manhunt

Also lance

They stepped up their writing exponentially it's crazy, then San Andreas was Even deeper

Yes loved the 80s soundtrack mostly the rock stations

The first time? How many times did your dad take you and your other under-aged brother to the store to buy that game?

@@mrbojangles1391 he means the first time his dad brought him to buy a game but in this case was gta vice city he just worded it off

BOO SPELLING AND GRAMMER POLICE, BOOOOOOOOO!!!

@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan yup cuz they got nothing better to insult with

Long time coming lol

I always think of this game when I look at the profile pic, now I see it is purposeful lol.

​@@Tmanw8898it one of hammers fav games mine too

I love the early 80s vibe, but the horrible mechanics are pretty unbearable for a ton of missions. Stopped playing about halfway through.

@@crosswalklarry just play it on PC

I'm stoked for it, the trailer is so sick

a decade+ too late ... oh well you kids enjoy it whatever there is left to be enjoyed in these copy-pasted cashgrabs full of toxic characters and online "players" / "gamers"

Dwaine* and Jethro

@@MrHammers Right lol Loved the video! Your content is always fantastic dude!

Haha thanks my man

I don't know what 80s craze you talk about. By 2000 half didn't care for ANY style or setting while trends were mainly modern, there was nothing from 80s left, people finally abandoning actual 80s leftovers like the flashy crazy colored tracksuits and pastel and finally going through 90s styles and right into 2000+ modern stuff. Everything was sci-fi futuristic space themed either brushed aluminum and pop styles mixed together. People either wore baggy clothing or suits that looked like they are business people but the skirts were short and pants had more pockets, overall casual clothing. When you look at what mainstream was there was nothing 80s at all about it. In old GTA games we didn't care for the styles but rather the story and gameplays and it happened that it managed to cover styles only because it basically "stole" everything from old movies really. Speaking of gameplay and stories which today's games have none of it. Everything is what we already seen for decades copy-pasted and packed into a agenda called "pretty graphics" everything online locked and milked dry. The 80s styles, audio tapes, vinyl records etc are only a recent comeback, maybe 5 to 10 years tops. Still it's minority. There is more 80s style NOW then late 90s. By 2000s there was nothing and Vice City didn't changed on that. I would say that GTA6 is way too late by a decade AGAIN, because now it's more popular the 90s and 00s, Y2K and Japanese pop styles. The only place you will find the 80s are in a dumpster. So there is zero trend chase here or they like I said failed by a decade.

@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy at my college, 80's night parties were quite popular during the 00's.,as were nü metal and pop punk covers of 80's hits.

Dang, I had no idea!

@MrHammers Ikr. Really awesome video by the way. Certainly got a new fan.

@Ziggy_Rotten thanks dude! Appreciate that

I actually replayed it a few times to see the differences and I could never get Cam to survive, dude kept just walking in the way of gunfire lol

Tommy cold asf.

@@MrHammers last time I played it a cop car ran him over lol I didnt know he was disposable

@@checkmate5336 yeah wtf he didnt care for him

@@chris_player2995 Tbh imo he was always a prick. I mean don't get me wrong, he has his reasons but sometimes his a bit much ya know.

Thanks my man!

Thanks for the kind words my friend! Glad you liked the video dude

appreciate ya man!

Hey thanks man! I've come across some longer videos that are a lot of fluff and it kinda turned me off to making longer ones myself. But with a game that has an much content as vice City I could easily have added another 30 minutes of content, but I tried to keep it relatively concise haha. Glad you liked it, appreciate it dude

Appreciate ya dude!

Thank you my man. Appreciate the long haul support!

Thank you brother

Thanks dude!

It took me 3 tries, Hilary is a good driver confirmed haha

Same i remeber going to my cousin and friends house to watch them play gta vice city i didnt have laptop then man good old times

No, thank you

Thank you, Mr. Vercetti

I'm under my quilt and drinking alcohol while watching it lol It's Autum (fall) here in Aus and the nights are cold

I always liked sunshine autos too, felt like I was in gone in 60 seconds just going down the list, and the car rewards are super cool. If I can get my steam copy of San Andreas running we'll be good, otherwise I'll have to dust off the ol PS2 and get some recording hardware haha or emulator I suppose

@@MrHammers now you have to have a shot of you blowing literal dust off the ps2, cough like crazy then do the shot of sticking the disc in the ps2 giving it that classic feel. Then it doesn’t work so you just get an emulator running in seconds 😂

That's a good skit hahaha

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The weapon avatars are iconic!

I'll keep them in mind for future videos, thanks dude

Cheers bro!

Thanks bro! Cheers

Thank you bro!

Thanks dude!

It's my 4th GTA game and my favourite GTA

Glad you liked it!