Funny how Florida is the only state that changed its name, transitioning from 3D to HD universe. State of Liberty stayed, San Andreas also stayed. Even more weirdly enough, both GTA III and GTA SA incorporated fake state names, while GTA VC was the only one that didn't. GTA VC was also published in-between these two, so it's quite a weird design choice.

@jordynlennon

2 ай бұрын

Definately.had to be done tho to clean it up I think

@ClaytonTheCracker

2 ай бұрын

I suppose they didnt think that far ahead, may have something to do with there being no countryside, unlike III and obviously SA, even III has a small bit of countryside! Vice has none so they may not have even considered what theyd call it

@RuslanKvitnevyi

Ай бұрын

Not quite. In GTA4 stranger mission Eddie Low Niko mentions Florida, which indicates they didn't think through it even then.

@Vx1nZy

26 күн бұрын

Florida and leonida exist in one universe and SA an CA exsist ib the same universe and NY LC exist in the same universe so its cannos. Idk if this is true but there are large sums of evedince scattered around RDR2 GTAIV and GTAVC

Honestly I never realized how beautiful the interiors in this game are until this video! The floor reflections in particular are beautiful for a game from 2002. Dare I say some of these rooms even look photorealistic somehow!

@MelodyMecato6156

3 ай бұрын

This game has mediocre graphics for PS2, let alone more powerful Xbox and GameCube. Bully destroyed GTA in graphics, and even that wasn't the best graphics.

@zachperkins688

3 ай бұрын

@@MelodyMecato6156 Vice City came out in 2002 though, Bully was all the way in 2006

@MelodyMecato6156

3 ай бұрын

@@zachperkins688 Some of the best looking PS2 games came out in 2001. It's not like GTA couldn't have had better graphics at the time, it's something to do with the engine Rockstar used, and maybe the budget they had.

@matthewmontgomery7764

2 ай бұрын

@@MelodyMecato6156speaking of good looking 2001 games silent hill 2 but also the scale that the developers go for are poler opposites I think gta looked great for the scale I will always remember cj’s ps1 hands lol no fingers

@MelodyMecato6156

2 ай бұрын

@@matthewmontgomery7764 People say that bigger scale=sacrificing graphics, but if we look at every 3D console gen, some of the best looking games have always had relatively large scales. Plus San Andreas was 5x bigger yet still had slightly better graphics than 3 or Vice City.

Vice City was my childhood. I loved Liberty and San Andreas but i spent way more time in Vice City

The older GTA cities and art styles had so much love put into them

@gaminghedgehog6384

2 ай бұрын

Because the developers were passionate for video games back then.

@fletchbtw6244

2 ай бұрын

@@gaminghedgehog6384i feel like gta maps have always had love put into them in fact rockstar games in general

there's a certain quality with the low fidelity graphics of the game that are so charming

@Mistersupafly

Ай бұрын

even the audio. the equipment they used sound so outdated but charming.

The fact that this game is a lot of people's favorite game even with the smallest game map in the entire series shows how important atmosphere is

I loved the social comment of the material conditions of the little havana and little haiti, it really felt like a tour of an actual city.

I enjoyed watching this video so much. It’s the first I’ve seen such a detailed video about Vice City and it took me back to my childhood. Please, we need a Liberty City revisit (GTA 3, Liberty City and GTA 4)

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

I actually do a somewhat similar look at GTA 4’s Liberty City in my video “The Joys of GTA IV”, though it isn’t as deep of a look. I recommend it though!

To explore the military base, go to the police station and get the police officer outfit, you can roam free in there then!

This video just made me cry in a way I never thought that could for game, not just for reviving memories from my childhood for the first game I've played in a time where me and my dad were much closer and things were simplier, but also for depicting how marvelous and well put together this world was.

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

I spent a lot of time playing this trilogy with my Dad, so I know how you feel. It feels so long ago now, but whenever I boot up the game, and game in the 3D trilogy, I get such a wave of emotion.

The outdoor set with the burger restaurant is a call back to Staunton Island in Liberty City. Love this, btw!

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

Is it really?? That’s pretty cool, I never knew that!

@UnityAgainstJewishEvil

26 күн бұрын

@@CaptainGlack Yup, the same area based off Time Square in GTA3. I’m sure if you went into the files, it’s the exact same asset.

Thank you for using the old resolution and having trails toggled on! Playing Vice City on higher resolution and without trails really shows the imperfections of the game and hides the original atmosphere.

@Kacpa2

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, people to often get lost in making "things sharp" and playing at resolutions never intended, and it just makes the game look worse than it originally looked.

Little fun fact: The yellow and white Oceanic is there in real life to this day. Its based on the white and yellow Oldsmobile Rocket 88 thats parked in front of the Avalon Hotel on Ocean Drive for decades now

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

That is a fun fact!

@UnityAgainstJewishEvil

26 күн бұрын

That’s wicked cool, I wonder why they decided to leave that there?

Amazing video, you’re quickly becoming one of the highest quality creators in the community

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! So kind!

Thing I remember most fondly visual wise about this game is the hues of the sky (sunsets and sunrises especially with the oranges and purples) and that wavey texture they had for the water with the subtle sparkling effect. I know R* have always tried to make their games look realistic, but the 3D games had this very specific artstyle to them despite this, but I can never quite describe it properly.

Such an incredibly detailed overview of Vice City. Can't wait for the San Andreas video in this series! Also, don't worry about these videos being "too long". They deserve to be, so by all means, go for depth!

An analysis of San Andreas would be awesome. IMO it still feels like the biggest gta game ever and if gta 6 follows suite with multiple cities we could be looking at a perfect game to compare in terms of variety of landscape, cities, and countryside.

Man love this kind of videos! It feels sentimental, I’d love to see this type for liberty city and separate videos for each cities in San Andreas Being liberty city is my favorite one, I look forward to what you do for it.

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

I’ll add them to the list! Thanks for watching:)

@katoahirou8151

3 ай бұрын

@@CaptainGlack thank you, that means a lot.

This a GTA game I get back to the most. The music, the city, the vibe of 80's is amazing. It introduced me to a lot of great music, it still has impact on me, even 22 years later.

I really appreciate you taking the time to revisit the VC map, it was the gta I played the longest and inevitably accumulated so many memories that I could remember thanks to your video, good job and keep up the good work.

I've heard somewhere that south from Viceport there was supposed to be a swampy countryside called the Gator Keys. This game is amazing but I wish they'd spend more than just 9 months in the development phase

I would love to see videos like this about GTA 3 and San Andreas!

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

And I’d like to make them! Liberty City first though :)

@ravirosmarys301

3 ай бұрын

​@@CaptainGlack yes, please. GTA 3 was my childhood. We all literally lived in 3D's Liberty City for a while... Damn, this is so nostalgic...

You should do the same with 3 cieties of San Andreas, GTA III, GTA IV and at the end - GTA V. It's great to watch! Thanks for 20 minutes of pure entertainment.

Im so excited for gta 6 and cant wait to explore leonida and see what it has to offer

0:28 Might be worth pointing out that Florida actually got retconned out of existence in the HD GTA universe. In GTA 4, characters still refer to Leonida as "Florida" (Niko in GTA 4 when talking to a serial killer and Al Di Napoli in TBOGT). I don't know about GTA 5, if it has any mentions of Leonida/Florida.

@UnityAgainstJewishEvil

26 күн бұрын

Yea I was a little confused by that, because I always remembered Florida still existing until then. The US is even more confusing in Red Dead. It’s hard to say which states exist, and which don’t, because some real ones ARE mentioned. I love the map/booklet that comes with Red Dead 2, which offers more lore on that alternate version of the US. Rockstar are so good at creating recognizable, yet unique places in their alternate universes.

I love the lighting in this game.

I love videos that approach video game maps more detailed like this.Great video.

Whenever I see the reflective floors I always jokingly think to myself “NO WAY THERES RAY TRACING!!”

I remember playing this game at my dad's 😭 I never did any of the missions, just drove around but still it's feels like how I imagined cities as a kid cause of that

Cannot wait to go back to Vice City.

underrated channel, love your vids

13:06 is GTA 3 Times Square and the telephone boxes could be a GTA London reference as well

Such a unique video idea! Please make one for San Andreas, GTA 4, and so on

Wow this video is really well done. You manage to capture this game so well.

Fantastic video!!! Vice City for me is such a comfort game I just love the way the city and atomphere look from the sunsets to the ocean water caustics. I really hope they bring back a modern version of the the North Point Mall it would look amazing with modern graphics.

I'm delighted by your videos. Is great to see a real fan of this franchise, amazing job!

Subscribed! Awesome video! BTW I think you might be able to get in the military base with the cop outfit? Might need to check that..

Happy to see your channel growing

You did an amazing job with the shots/footage in this video! It captures the vibe and nostalgia of the city so well! I hope you do something similar with GTA3's Liberty City sometime!

Amazing video 👏🏻 You make me feel like i be there. Vice city have a especial place in my heart. Great job

Maybe you can do this for some San Andreas places. Spots like Prickle pines are insanely calming and nostalgic to me for no reason I can identify. Queens and Garcia appear noticeably uncanny and odd. There are also a lot of funny npc spawn points.

Saw this video sitting at 1k earlier, congrats on the success!

I hope you do all the maps. Maybe 1 city at a time so we can get Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Ventures in individual videos and close detail. Including their surrounding area as each was contained by closed bridges.

@kailomonkey

3 ай бұрын

Because your video here was very thorough. And I'm a big fan of the GTA maps.

So.. we not gonna talk about the car that was in the water in the early part of the video? 😂

17:53 Lol this Gang's activity is well synchronised. Great video man ❤

the vice city map in this game still holds up to this day. now imagine how revolutionary gta vi's map is gonna be.

I really loved this video. I hope in the future you make more for the other GTA games.

Great video! very informative as well

You should do a video about Vice City Stories too! Its an amazing improvement over the original vice city map, and even more 80s!

small channels are so good nowadays

This channel will blow up

I love your account please keep on

Addendum with '1984 Vice City' would be nice to check differences added by Vice City Stories

13:02 It's actually a recreation of Gta 3's Times Square

hey awesome video ❤

Really great job mate.

fun watch.

cool intro edit : am interested in map comparisons between gta 3/lcs and vice city/vcs ... the videos on KZread about this topic aren't satisfactory

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

That’s an interesting suggestion that I haven’t thought about! I will add it to my list, as I quite like that.

I cannot wait to explore Vice City in the GTA HD Universe!

Hey CaptainGlack! I gave the last correction in the last video but I wanna correct something again (I'm sorry in advance) the smallest GTA map is GTA III actually not Vice City even though it looks unlikely.

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I already knew that. I just read the line wrong and it took until now for me to notice 😂 The line in the scripts reads “one of the smallest maps in GTA history, not including the 2D games” *someone help me, I want to scream*

@DoomsDave.

3 ай бұрын

@@CaptainGlack it happens bro no worries 🙌 another smashing video by the way

I think it will be interesting to see what they do with most of the empty area on the new map. I really hope it’s not like gta v where there’s basically nothing.

Be interesting to see what they change.

Thanks for the Tour, its amazing how a 20 yr old title still have those intricate details. You should do an addition of VCS map although the same there is still differences here and there. Keep at it!

Did you use the ps4 version to record the footage?

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

I did 😂 it was easiest for me

Vercetti estate was cool but also lacking a lot. There are no rooms inside except for the iconic office and the TV room. I always wished there was more inside. In Scarface the videogame, the mansion is detailed and you can unlock items as you advance through the story to customize the interior with. I'd like to be able to visit Vercetti estate in GTA6, and possibly own it. It's a shame the 3d trilogy is a separate universe from the hd one, but who says there can't be any 3d trilogy things present in the new GTA?

💥💥 my favorite GTA Vice City

My FAVOURITE gta game ever!

Do the other 3D Era maps

Can you revisiting liberty city 3d universe? I think you should make video about it becuse so many gang hostile both in gta 3 and gta lcs

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

I’ll add it to the list!

@vittoriovito8004

3 ай бұрын

Btw im you new subs from indonesia

man my first time playing it was still on my ps2, slim, silver. 2021. I still haven’t beat it cause the Shooting Range missions is impossible to do. I say again, does anyone else on console have the issue: That the shooting range mission is impossible with controllers.

are you going to revisit vice city stories' version??

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

Someone else suggested comparing Vice City and Vice City Stories, so I think I’m going to have to!

Ok now do Sanadreas next

whats the name of the song in the beginning?

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

It’s actually the ending music for Vice City!

@roachdoggjr3786

3 ай бұрын

@@CaptainGlack thanks man, i never finished it. been loving your content btw :)

Is this the PS2 version? It looks beautiful!

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

This is the PS4 version of VC, which is the PS2 version under emulation, so it *is* the original PS2 version just at a higher resolution.

Sky and colorful in this game? if you want a colorful sky in Vice City, play Vice City Stories my man, that one has stunning visuals

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

You right. He’s right.

16:44 "It's not like you're gonna steal a jet or anything" Tell that to Vic Vance !

You’d think a game that has the worst controls ever made would be more lenient on it’s wanted level time. Having police cars spawn 20 yards in front of you out of thin air

Haha... It's almost 20 years since I last played Vice City or GTA 3, and I've never really compared the maps, but for some reason I've always assumed that Vice City is the bigger of the two. Today's embarrassing lesson: Assumptions aren't facts. 😄

For me Vice City is the best GTA of all, 2nd GTA IV. I never really liked SA

If I can’t no clip into the Backrooms in gta 6 I don’t want it

^ Content of my favorite childhood game❔you bet I’m subscribing🤌🏼

lines up irl

3 and VC feel a lot different to SA

Leonida is Florida, they just changed the name.

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

They are separate universes. Vice City Florida isn’t the same as Vice City Leonida. Vice City is explicitly set in Florida, but VI is set in Leonida. It’s a way of differentiating the two universes.

We will be back in 2025

Came back here to finish the video. Couldn’t help but notice Glack saying f**k yo comment! Over here recommending other videos on my shit. I fwu Glack I’m just teasin’

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

I’m sorry I don’t understand ahaha

2 islands? i think you need your eyes checked XD

Do GTA SA please 🙏

When you say next year we will be heading to a new vice city you must mean 2026 at the earliest and most likely 2027. Aren't you supposed to be a GTA expert? You know how this goes man. They are always delayed by at least a year ever since San Andreas.

There are no sharks in vice city

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

The original PS2 game manual says that the waters are shark infested. I’ll admit it’s a pretty deep cut ahaha.

Lets stop pretending Vice City is different from Vice City in GTA 6. The reason they didn't call it Leonida back then is because: 1. They were alot more laidback with using real world names in the 00s 2. They hadn't thought of the name yet. If it helps, we can just retcon the 2002 incarnation in our heads and replace Florida with the new name, because that's all this really is - a retcon of a state name. The idea of the 3D/HD universe has been blown apart many times already by this point. If there are zero references to 80s Vice, zero call backs to Tommy's story and zero similarities between locations come 2025 - then i'll eat my words. But as we know from V, this is unlikely. It is the same city, just 40 years later and on a better engine. We're going home boys.

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

It is different from Vice City Florida, because it’s set in a different universe. This is something Rockstar has confirmed many times. It is not the same city, and will have some different locations. Other locations like Escobar International don’t exist in VI. They are not the same city. Not in the slightest.

@smoshbooz

3 ай бұрын

People like you who, despite the overwhelmingly obvious evidence, really believe they are the same cities in the same universes baffle me. Also, why do you cling onto this so hard? What does it matter that they're different? If they were the same that'd be the most ridiculous and immersion breaking thing ever. No one in their right mind would want that

@kailomonkey

3 ай бұрын

While I agree they are separate in terms of 'universe' I also agree the change of state name doesn't make Vice City somehow set in a different location. Vice City in all cases is GTA version of Miami, Florida. They just decided to give Florida an in-world name now to be more consistent. My theory on why they kept the name of Florida so long is it conjures the atmosphere of the place they describe more easily, but you could also argue that they only really renamed the cities, buildings and streets at first until GTA San Andreas where they reused the name they had for San Francisco in GTA1 as a state name. Maybe they did this because they had 3 cities, or maybe they did this because the real versions of those 3 cities span 2 separate real states. At least they haven't renamed America yet.

Bad controls, bugs and glitches everywhere, how on Earth does anyone like this better than the newer ones. That mall you went on about, tried taking a trip there and got a wanted level every single time, 5 minutes on the clock and it still wouldn’t go away, cops seeing me through walls, I’m supposed to enjoy that? That would get panned if it was released today

@gratermccheesy9650

2 ай бұрын

The wanted system involves going to the pay and spray. The losing stars system was first added in gta 4.

@generalgrievous2202

Күн бұрын

Little Johnny got GTA 5 for Christmas, didnt you?

That's PAY-triotic, not PAT-. Also, having the American flag in your establishment is not a particularly big sign you are necessarily particularly patriotic because placing the flag is the standard here countrywide whereas Brits being cowards are much less likely to do so.

@CaptainGlack

3 ай бұрын

PAY-triotic is an American pronunciation. PAT-riotic is the correct English pronunciation. It’s also exactly how it’s spelt. Futhermore, yes, a giant American flag in a gun store is a patriotic move. We don’t drape things in our flag because it’s tacky and tasteless.

You salty about the military base. You're like "see this building? Fuck it. Moving on"

I reckon, the best way to describe the vibe of the mall would be to say it’s constitutes a Laminal space 🧐😊