Talk:Grand Theft Auto: Vice City/Archive 3

Incorrect dates
"It debuted in North America on 29 October 2002, for the PlayStation 2 and was later ported to the Xbox and PC in 2001"

Ported before it was released? Plus the sentence structure is a bit iffy. Try moving the comma after "PlayStation 2" and correcting the dates. The Mysterious Gamer 23:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Mysterious Gamer (talk • contribs)


 * Changed the year back to what it should be, and also edittied the sentence so it reads more smoothly. That should take care of the problem.  Silver Wind Wolf (talk) 15:13, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

RfD Discussion re: Redirects to this page
A number of redirects to this page are being discussed for deletion at Redirects_for_discussion. Please participate! Thanks. -- smurdah  [citation needed]  18:41, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Protection
editsemiprotected

For recent vandalism edit | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City witch are against rule of wikipedia policy Vandalism Snake bgd 11:09, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Not done: Please use this page to request protection. Celestra (talk) 14:23, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

comadore 64 refrence
In the begging of the game it shows a clip of the c64 loading screen. Is this worth mention? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.217.163.72 (talk) 19:31, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * No, per WP:TRIVIA. -- Soetermans |  is listening  |  what he'd do now?  16:21, 1 December 2008 (UTC)


 * The opening screen very much resembles the old Commodore 64/Commodore Vic20 with datacassette drive loading screen from back in the 80's. I used to use both. 12.10.124.189 (talk) 06:41, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * If it can be established that this is what the creators meant (I hope I am making sense) then I think it is noteable. Lots42 (talk) 09:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Platforms?
In my hands I'm holding issue 200, from December 2009, of Game Informer magazine and in the Top 200 #98 "Grand Theft Auto Vice City" with sub-heading "PS3 360 2009". Any answers? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.141.128.38 (talk) 23:37, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Ken Rosenburg-Paul Rosenburg
This probably isn't true, but Ken Rosenburg could be a spoof of Eminem's Record Manager (On Eminem's own record label.), Paul Rosenburg. http://www.eminemlab.com/eminembiography.html (Scroll way down to Shady Records) Like I said, it's probably unlikely. 66.60.210.32 (talk) 22:18, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Name of Cuban gang
The name for the Cuban gang is unknown at the time the game came out. Since the name "Los Cabrones" is never used in the game at all, should we not use that name to prevent confusion?--Spaceeinstein (talk) 19:02, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * If there's nothing official, then I say just say 'Cuban gang'. Lots42 (talk) 20:41, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * This has been "fixed". :)     ArcAngel    (talk) ) 04:50, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Review of this Game
MAn on siude —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.110.209.189 (talk) 17:54, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

GTAVC_Skimmer.jpg
That's a terrible screenshot of gameplay in VC. That image shows a ground seaplane on land. Either remove it or get a better screenshot of it.--72.19.123.183 (talk) 04:36, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

GA Review
The article looks good enough to be nominated for GA. Does anyone agree? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.198.227.246 (talk) 07:34, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

VICE CITY — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.224.56.242 (talk) 19:01, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Official Soundtrack Box Set
Video game cruft, largely unsourced article is not the subject of independent commentary. The few sources that I could find on the soundtrack/box set are enough to cover it adequately within its section of the game's article. And it can always expand out summary style. – czar   16:54, 27 September 2015 (UTC) –  czar   16:54, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge The soundtrack basically includes existing hits from the 80s selected for the game which is probably why there are very few sources on it. It's possible to make a collapsible list of them in the soundtrack section. Brandmeistertalk  17:05, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge - per Czar's rationale. Sergecross73   msg me  20:35, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge - Seems non notable to me and it could be covered in the main article.
 * Oppose - Covered in reliable third party sources. The album's tracklisting would be unsuited to the game article, and can stand suitably alone. - hahnch e n 17:00, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * As I responded to your other comment, is there any reason why these sources would not be adequately summarized in this article's soundtrack section and thus necessitate a separate article? The soundtrack reviews (the middle two links) are inextricably linked to the game, and the GameSpot and Billboard links are little more than a track listing and a passing mention, respectively. There is little need to repeat the radio tracklisting (though perhaps the official soundtrack tracklisting would be okay) in either this article or a standalone article. czar  17:11, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a notable album and you can adequately summarise the sources in the article as it exists now without redirects. Instead of crunching it back into the parent to "expand summary style" (which feels like a lot of wasted effort), just expand it right now.  If someone searches for the soundtrack box set, they expect an article on the soundtrack box set.  The Gamespot article includes the phrase "this CD set is therefore notable", and Billboard indicates that the albums have sold tens of thousands of copies. - hahnch e n 20:23, 3 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose - I oppose the merge because there are songs in the game that didn't make it into the Box Set - i.e. "God Blessed Video" by Alkatrazz, "One Thing Leads To Another" by The Fixx, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, and a handful of other songs. I usually come to the GTA Vice City Soundtrack page as a reference and was sad to see it removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RockinCrystal (talk • contribs) 05:06, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Merge: Soundtrack list is unsourced and shouldn't stay. The remaining information is not enough for a full page. AdrianGamer (talk) 10:27, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Adding back full game music to a separate page
Here's an archived article, https://web.archive.org/web/20150714191052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City_soundtrack. For anyone that feels like making the effort. To link above soundtrack section. Cheers. Baseballfan (talk) 08:09, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Undid edit without any reason
Some guy Lordtobi just undid my edit without any reason, obviously the guy hasn't played the game, so he doesn't know what's in it.

I described stuff that was in the game, for example, the Scarface mansion El Fureidis (real life name) was in the game, and game's boats and cars were inspired from the 80s TV series Miami Vice.


 * Wellcraft Scarab 38 KV
 * Game: http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/highspeed_1in.jpg
 * Real life:
 * Ferrari Testarossa
 * 

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rudolph Davis (talk • contribs) 17:19, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Cheetah - 1986 Ferrari Testarossa


 * First of all, the anonymous user was not me, secondly, the edit you did were plain unsconstructive to the article. What you did was adding "(Ton'y Mansion El Fureidis)" and adding "(Cars, boats and yachts)" in italics. While you might be partially right, both edits are malformed and unsourced as well. If you actually tried to make a constructive edit, you should have tried to rephrase the sentence to sensefully put that information in (which you can still do). But in genereal, since the citations are missing since over three years now, the sentence might be reconstructed alltogether.
 * If you wish, discuss the names with me here and I will put them correctly, but next time you are reverted, please try to head to the talk page first to avoid edit warring and never argue in capital letters like you did in the revert of yours: "HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THE MOVIE SCARFACE ?".
 * Please not that, if something is up for discussion, it is discussed first and changed afterwards per BOLD, revert, discuss, which is why I will now also undo your latest changes. Sincerly, Lordtobi  ( &#9993; ) 17:59, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia Editors must not act in a manner that is disruptive in such a way, that they engage in edit warring. It is not constructive, and could lead to the possible likelihood of the editor(s) causing the trouble being disciplined by the site's admins.  Please discuss matters regarding subjects in the Talk Pages, and do not give out argutive reasons, especially in CAPITOL LETTERS, as it sets a bad example to other users. Lordtobi is correct to point this out to you, Rudoph Davis. GUtt01 (talk) 03:48, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Digital-only releases
Because some games are only released in digital, it's best to be specific about them. I mean if you simply say "PS3" or "PS4" in the infobox, there's a chance that whoever reads it will go on a wild goose chase looking for the disc for either platform. Therefore it's best to be specific in these kind of things. 173.55.97.103 (talk) 14:20, 23 July 2016 (UTC)
 * There are a lot of games that only receive digital releases, but it's not our job to clarify this in the infobox; this can be done within the article. Regardless, PS3 and PS4 don't belong in the infobox as the game is only emulated on those platforms, which is prohibited per template documentation. – Rhain  ☔ 14:26, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Download game to ps2 gta — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.168.26.41 (talk) 23:27, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Music
Music soundtrack? not much about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:AA0C:2700:DC43:F374:8F3:B97A (talk) 17:45, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * See Sound_design_and_music_production section. There was an article on the soundtrack, but it was redirected there, because the soundtrack is essentially a collection of the already existing songs. Brandmeistertalk  20:03, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Spin-off?
Because the game is set in a city previously mentioned in the first game but its narrative doesn't seem to have a connection between the third game and fourth game, does it make this installment a spin-off? 172.250.44.165 (talk) 03:33, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
 * None of the games are connected story-wise. Lordtobi  ( &#9993; ) 07:00, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Edeting
How can editing? Mriganka Reading (talk) 11:25, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , the article is currently locked for new accounts due to a high influx of vandalism. If you spotted a specific mistake or want to add a specific detail, please make an edit request instead. Regards. Lordtobi  ( &#9993; ) 12:18, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

edit Mriganka Reading (talk) 07:50, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , please see our tutorial located at WP:TUTORIAL. Lordtobi  ( &#9993; ) 08:01, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 June 2020
111.119.188.29 (talk) 06:31, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. --  S. Hinakawa  (talk) 06:50, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

"List of weapons in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect List of weapons in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 25 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Dominicmgm (talk) 18:28, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

"List of Weapons in Grand Theft Auto Vice City" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect List of Weapons in Grand Theft Auto Vice City. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 25 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Dominicmgm (talk) 23:57, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Can it be?
Can it be mentioned on the page that Avery Carrington was killed in Liberty city stories by Tony Cipriani? --Celco85Celco85 (talk) 10:56, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * That's irrelevant to this game, so I don't think it warrants a mention. – Rhain  ☔ 23:34, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Development time + one other thing
According to the New York Times the developmnet time was more than eighteen months. Can this be included? It also says apparently more than 50 people worked on the game.

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/style/bigger-bolder-faster-weirder.html Timur9008 (talk) 16:08, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. – Rhain  ☔ 00:57, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Screenshot of one of the ports of the game(Android)
Is it relevant to add this? Kabelo Lesooana (talk) 06:16, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * What would the screenshot represent? – Rhain  ☔ (he/him) 06:20, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * @Rhain Thomas Vercetti running while holding a shotgun Kabelo Lesooana (talk) 06:28, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe that would violate both WP:NFCC and #8. Images should be encyclopedic; that sounds mostly decorative. I'd recommend reading MOS:VG and WP:NFCC. – Rhain  ☔ (he/him) 06:32, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * @Rhain okay Thanks Kabelo Lesooana (talk) 06:36, 27 December 2022 (UTC)