GTA 3 and Vice City heading to PSN?

Zero-Cool · 23-01-2012 05:02PM #1

Vice City with HD touch up and trophy support would be something else!!

http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2012/01/23/gta-3-and-gta-vice-city-heading-to-the-psn/

The ESRB have rated Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the Playstation 3, with both now officially rated an “M” for mature. While the ratings board details nothing else, we’d guess that the titles will be heading to the PSN as digital downloads.

Ferris_Bueller · 23-01-2012 11:06PM

This would be even better than GTA5! Have been longing to play Vice City for so long, but got rid of my PS2 many moons ago.

Simply Red · 24-01-2012 11:37AM

Please let this be true!

Nailz · 26-01-2012 01:05PM

Playable on the PSVita??? Oh my fuck.

Mackman · 26-01-2012 01:28PM

Nice one, ive never played Vice City, and my ps2 is ****ed.

jc84 · 26-01-2012 01:30PM

hope they release these with a HD update, kinda like silent hill

Nuri Sahin · 02-02-2012 01:38AM

I only just noticed this. Really hope it's true!

Plug · 07-02-2012 08:02PM

jc84 wrote: »

hope they release these with a HD update, kinda like silent hill

Was that a rockstar game?

Nuri Sahin · 08-02-2012 11:32AM

Plug wrote: »

Was that a rockstar game?

Fairly sure it was Konami who were the publishers for Silent Hill.

edit - quick google and yup, it was Konami.

Viral Vector · 08-03-2012 02:27AM

Nope unfortunately it will be a straight port...they won't include trophy support and HD treatment!

/buzzkill

Nailz · 08-03-2012 12:10PM

Viral Vector wrote: »

Nope unfortunately it will be a straight port...they won't include trophy support and HD treatment!

/buzzkill

Do have a link to back your findings up, or something similar?

Viral Vector · 08-03-2012 12:50PM

Nailz wrote: »

Do have a link to back your findings up, or something similar?

Now I don't have a PS3 I have an Xbox so i'm not familiar with PSN but when San Andreas was ported to Xbox 360 nothing was changed!

Rockstar have GTA V, Max Payne 3 and other games to worry about instead of retreading old ground! As much as i'd love to see a HD remake of Vice City it won't happen and it will be standard port!

My advice: Play it on the PC, it's so much fun with mods and trainers!

JBnaglfar · 09-03-2012 01:25PM

There's no sign of this on the ESRB website that I can find

http://www.esrb.org/ratings/search.jsp?title=Grand+Theft+Auto&fromHome=fromHome

Zero-Cool · 24-06-2012 09:30PM

Looks like GTA 3 and Vice City finally coming to PSN

No HD remake, just 'PS2 Classic'

http://thegamingliberty.com/index.ph...ease-incoming/

Nailz · 24-06-2012 09:55PM

If it is downloadable for the Vita, all I can say is hell fucking yes. One could not ask for more...

Also, am I the only one who does not give two shits with regards this whole ‘HD rerelease’ stuff going on these days?

steve_r · 25-06-2012 08:26AM

Great news!

Echo the point on the whole HD things, the gameplay of the GTA games matters more to me than the graphics.

Jester252 · 25-06-2012 07:23PM

I could not care of it was HD. TBH I prefer the fact that it will still be the same experience I had the first time

Beefy78 · 26-06-2012 11:19AM

It won't be played on the same technology as it was the first time around though so it won't be the same experience. I'd hazard a guess that you've got a much bigger TV than you did when you were playing these games for the first time. The graphics are dated, very badly in fact. And whilst I don't think graphics are the most important part of a game (my favourite game ever is Manic Miner, FFS), GTA suffers more than other series from dated graphics because of the immersive world that the game tries to create.

Metal Gear Solid is a great example of how an HD lick of paint can make ten year old PS2 games look as beautiful today as they did at release.

Zero-Cool · 27-07-2012 12:37PM

Oh yeah! GTA 3 heading to PSN on 31st July! Europe should follow soon after.

No HD treatment, no Tophy support, just straight up classic GTA 3. Pity it's not HD as I'm sure it will look crap towards todays standards. Anyone gonna get this?

http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2012/07/27/grand-theft-auto-3-looking-good-for-august-1st-psn-release/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-27-grand-theft-auto-3-ps2-classic-psn-release-date

Beefy78 · 27-07-2012 03:50PM

I will get it, yeah. I'm a bit disappointed that they aren't tarting it up a bit though for the reasons I mentioned above.

I played the first island last Christmas on a 14" portable TV when I was staying at my Parents' place for a few days and it's still a hell of a fun game.

steve_r · 27-07-2012 04:08PM

good to hear some news anyway. Have it on the iPad so I might hold out for Vice City.

*Sits back and keeps waiting*

Simply Red · 01-08-2012 01:23PM

Was just having a look to see if this was released yet, turns out its delayed due to licencing issues with a song in the game

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-01-grand-theft-auto-3-playstation-3-release-delayed

Beefy78 · 01-08-2012 04:18PM

Just one mention of 'Grand Theft Auto' and 'music' in the same post and I've had 'She's on Fire' in my head all afternoon.

THANKS!

jd007 · 26-09-2012 06:14PM

GTAIII is on PSN now

http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/45051/grand-theft-auto-iii-now-available-in-the-playstation-store.html

Chavways · 27-09-2012 09:43PM

Anyone get it yet? Are there any improvements or is it just a straight PS2 port?

dasdog · 27-09-2012 11:51PM

I just scratched the surface but ammu-nation, spank, that voice on the phone missions. Great on a big tv over a decade later. Soundtrack never got the credit it deserved. I'd totally forgotten about the trail setting (off) and thankfully the storyline so far. Looks like a port but such a landmark game it deserves to be re-visited.

Beefy78 · 30-09-2012 04:49PM

I just hope that they've fixed the Purple Nines glitch, particularly as the workaround for it won't work with the PS3's virtual memory cards.

Pauvre Con · 05-10-2012 09:57AM

I downloaded GTAIII partly for nostalgia and partly because I never actually had the chance to finish the game. As you'd expect it's pretty dated now but unlike say music or films, games should always be judged in their day i.e. it was great in 2001 and deserves to be remembered as such. I did think Vice City was a much better game but that's possibly because I haven't played far enough through III.

One thing playing through a few early missions is that it's tougher going than the newer ones. I don't know if there are some better guns and armour lying around somewhere but all I've got is a lousy pistol and I've come up against guys who have much better weapons. And of course there's no cover system or replay mission option either. So the game doesn't give things up to the player so easily.

Beefy78 · 05-10-2012 10:34AM

I played bits of it last Christmas and you're entirely correct but there is a certain realism with that. If you're stuck in Chinatown with a pistol getting shot at by a dozen Triads you've pretty much got to run away as quickly as possible.

Pauvre Con · 05-10-2012 12:11PM

Yeah, I'm ok with it being more difficult. One of the problems with the current gen is that too many missions are completed at the 1st time of trying. I felt the older games had a good blend of easy and hard tasks. As a result it's much more satisfying when you've finished each one.

Zero-Cool · 29-10-2012 12:25PM

Vice City and San Andreas have been rated for PS3! I don't know which one I would want to play first!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/375115/gta-vice-city-and-san-andreas-rated-for-ps3/

GTA 3 and Vice City heading to PSN?

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