Chris

Do it. Now.

It's not Diploma anyway, it's Pricedown - http://www.thegtaplace.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=1 the very first file to be uploaded to our downloads db. Also, I added 7 more vehicle screenshots tonight, they finished off the planes and heli's, and also one more car, a Banshee, which IIRC is needed for the import crane so that's good. I'll try and get some more done over the weekend too.

Firstly, Games Radar have tonight put up their review of Vice City Stories and are the first website to do so. It actually seems like quite a negative review, which is surprising based on what we've heard from other websites. The first page of the review talks about the "retarded AI" and "constant loading" being some of the game's main flaws. The next page of the review thankfully shows VCS in a better light, the humour and certain missions caught the eye of the reviewer. Games Radar give Vice City Stories an 8 / 10 - exactly the same as they gave Liberty City Stories last year. Second of all, UK gaming magazine PSM3 is available to subscribers today. It features a very in-depth review of the game. Like Games Radar, PSM3 also picked up on the same negative points, complaining about the loading times, and the fact Vic can't swim for very long without dying. Another point about swimming was that there are apparently few places where you can actually get out of the water, again, made more frustrating as you then die and have to sit through a load screen. Finally, PSM3 top off the negativeness by saying that the original Vice City was better than Vice City Stories. Moving on to the positives of the game. PSM3 say the soundtrack is excellent and one of the best out of the GTA games so far. They also mention being able to fly "your own private Gyrocopter," which I'm sure will be very interesting. PSM3 gave Vice City Stories 91/100, and when considering how much emphasis was put on the negative points this is an amazing score. Obviously the fact it's Grand Theft Auto somehow gives it that all round great game to play feeling. Link: Games Radar Review

Here. Also, I've attached the watermark .psd to this post, you can fiddle around with the opacity and gradient. I thought the gradient made the watermark a little overpowering on whatever image it goes on (it stood out way too much). Then with opacity as well you couldn't see the 'g' properly. So the .psd attached just has opacity down at around 50% I think, and I took the gradient off. I think it's better with less opacity because then it doesn't stand out so much and still prevents people from stealing the image... sort of... at least if they do they're promoting us... tgtap_watermark.psd

I don't have it, I'll make another one now.

Wait wait wait.... lol... right, just as a word of warning before you go any further, I'm getting the rest of the vehicle pictures myself, and we already have quite a few http://www.thegtaplace.com/sanandreas/vehicles.php

Of course it will, say if we make 100 posts per day (we get more than this anyway). Then it will take 200 days to reach that number... that's actually a really long time, like over half a year. If we made 200 a day then, that will take us 100 days, or just over 3 months, that's not so bad. We just need more members and people posting. Even if it's not GTA related, there's still absolutely everything to discuss in the lounge.

Yeah I like it, it's a good site.

It's been a long time since we've posted any news about this game, in fact our last post back in June was calling for your votes for the Golden Joystick Awards. Well, that award ceremony happened today and is now all over. The event was not as successful as Rockstar might have hoped, though they did walk away with the Golden Joystick for Handheld Game of the Year which is quite an achievement. Well done Rockstar! Source: C&VG

I think it means restarting the browser, so just close it then start it up again/

Clearly the child taking the pictures has no skill in photography. Shame really as better pictures would have caused a lot more excitement.

Hehe, you guys should try being a GTA webmaster where you need to play all the games through and through to have all the knowledge and know what's going on etc. I've completed the games many times and at one point I decided to try and beat Psy (from gta-sanandreas.com) and complete them more times than him but decided to give up since I had better things to do in my life. So here's my record: GTA1, London 1969 and GTA2 on the PS1: Never completed as I only ever used to play for fun. GTA3 PS2 - 100% it twice, completed storyline once after this as well GTA3 PC - 100% it once, completed storyline once after as well Vice City PS2 - 100% it 3 times Vice City PC - 100% it once and storyline once after San Andreas PS2 - 100% once San Andreas PC - 100% once although my game stats say 99.47% however I have completed every side mission possible so no idea why it's not at 100... LCS PSP - about 60%, though I rarely play on my PSP. LCS PS2 - about 10% maybe? I got bored more or less straight away.

Could you make a list of any additional content for LCS please? Where is it? You can write it in word if you like and attach it here, which may be easier. Although don't put images in it because the file size will end up being huge. As for watermarking you don't need to do that. I may end up doing that myself although I doubt it at this point, it's not like it's highly exclusive or anything. The intro for what? Your import/export tutorial? What images do you have, is it of every car you need or a select few or of the actual crane itself? And this goes for everyone helping out, please spell and grammar check your articles. I'll obviously also do this myself and probably edit stuff a little but it helps if most of the stuff is correct in the first place Thanks to everyone who's offered to help so far.

You may have seen some photos flying around the interweb this morning, showing one lucky Frenchman's copy of Vice City Stories. The photos, which we can confirm are taken with a real camera (a HP Photosmart 735 to be precise) due to the file's properties, don't seem to have been photoshopped. Having said that, the owner clearly doesn't know how to use the camera as they're quite poor quality and he's used the flash on a reflective surface... typical 'leaked photos' if you will. The images show exactly what you'd expect, the UMD, instruction manual, and Take 2 registration card. It seems he's managed to get this French copy before anyone else in Europe and indeed America, quite a lucky man, though it is not known how exactly he managed to obtain the game in the first place. Have you got your copy early? Why not let your excitement known and tell us about it in our Vice City Stories forum? If you're not already a member, what are you waiting for? Join today! Images: one, two, three and four Note that the official release dates are still as follows: October 31st in North America, November 3rd in the UK and most European countries, and November 10th in Australia, plus Spain and other European countries. This French copy basically confirms the game is still on schedule, unlike previous GTA games which have been delayed at the last minute.

An article on Computer and Video Games earlier this week claims that Phil Collins, whom we saw making a prominent appearance in the new trailer also released this week, will actually be a playable character in Vice City Stories. The English rock (and pop) star formerly of Genesis fame will be able to be taken into the Deathmatch arena, just one of the 10 multiplayer modes available in the game. Meanwhile, men's magazine Maxim have a Things to look out for in Vice City Stories article. There are two points in the article of interest. One is that when 'busted' or 'wasted', instead of losing your weapons for good, they'll now be held outside the hospital or police station, where you'll be able to buy them back for a price. A nice improvement on previous iterations. The other is that Maxim are saying that the Malibu Club and Ocean View Hotel are not being included in the game, this is contrary to a magazine article a couple of months ago in which the editors claim they flew over the club. Seems Rockstar may have taken it out of the final game for some reason.

IGN have a new article up today about the music featured in Vice City Stories, revealing even more tracks in the game. There are also four screenshots included. IGN say the soundtrack will feature over 100 individual tracks, the largest number of songs of any Grand Theft Auto soundtrack. These will be spread across 8 different radio stations, all of which we mentioned in the previous news post. It has also emerged that the soundtrack will not actually be physically released in stores, and will instead be available exclusively on Urge from the 31st October, that is until around mid-November when iTunes will also have it available. So stay tuned (excuse the pun) for more updates as we move ever closer to Vice City Stories' official release. Links: IGN - The Music of Vice City Stories IGN Screenshots

The two topics have been merged.

Well yeah kind of, basically the merge feature puts all the posts together and lists them in order of time posted. So everything will still be in order but some posts in between direct replies might look a bit funny.

Dudes and Dudettes.... do you think we should merge this thread with the Big Community thread? I mean we're basically talking about the same random stuff in both... I do anyway, I wonder if anyone agrees.

Dudes and Dudettes.... do you think we should merge this thread with the How's Life thread? I mean we're basically talking about the same random stuff in both... I do anyway, I wonder if anyone agrees.

Anything on the list in my first post.

Oh yeah don't worry about the downloads, the import tutorial would be good though.

If by link you mean to another GTA site then no because we don't want to steal their content and gain bad rep. By all means type out content here in your own words, that's fine.

Helps if you put it in the right field. There is one for a screenshot and one for the file.

It can't go underwater. Just like a boat really. Mainly for being driven on land but can also act as a boat. It's not a submarine though.