Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 action-adventure game created by Rock star North and also published by Superstar Games. It is the fourth main entrance in the Grand Theft Auto collection, complying with 2001 s Grand Theft Auto III, as well as the 6th installment overall. Embed in 1986 within the imaginary Vice City (based on Miami), the single-player tale follows mobster Tommy Peretti s surge to power after being launched from prison as well as ending up being captured up in an ambushed medication offer. While looking for those liable, he slowly builds an empire by seizing power from other criminal organizations in the city. The game is played from a third-person viewpoint and also its globe is browsed on foot or by truck. The open globe layout lets the gamer openly stroll Vice City, containing 2 major islands. The game s story is based upon numerous real-world people as well as events in Miami such as Cubans, Haitians, and bicycle rider gangs, the 1980s split epidemic, the Mafios...