Grand Theft Auto Vice City is a prequel to Grand Theft Auto III. So if you are really into GTA games, you should try this one. It is really fun to control your main character who is also a criminal with mob connections, roaming around the city and finding out all the dark secrets. The stories involved in this game are rather long. And in this series, your main character's name is Thomas Vercetti. He was just released from jail after serving time for committing multiple murders. Upon his release, he is asked by the gamemaster to get involved in some drug deals in this vice city. Your main character does not have too many choices in order to survive, so your character accepts that deal. And in order to complete the task, you will carry out all the required operations and interact with different characters to reveal the truth. This game is not purely about committing all the crimes and doing all the crazy things. Below the surface, this game helps players to find more truth about the true nature of humanity. Usually, when we overtrust someone, this person may bring us the deepest sorrows and the greatest suffering as what happened to the main character in this game. This character finally realizes that most of his pains are brought to him by the boss with whom he is having a business. The mean boss is also responsible for Vercetti's imprisonment for murder in the beginning. So after you play this game, you may have some sort of trust crisis and you may always plan to give a second thought before you choose to trust someone around you. But it is really fun to drive awesome vehicles and listen to your favorite music in this vice city. In this city, there is no use for you to avoid crimes. You must find the courage to directly face all the mysteries and try your best to avoid the potential dangers. Murders are quite common in this city. And sometimes, you just do not know who is to blame for all these evil things. Even the police officers in this city are not trustworthy. From time to time, you may be even harassed by police officers and framed for murder. There are also massive riots. You must protect yourself and make sure that you will never be the victim of these drastic actions or any devious plots. There is no backup. It is necessary for you to use all the tools and vehicles available around the environment to protect yourself and to get as much information as possible while interacting with different characters. And in order to maximize your profit, while you are interacting with different characters, you should always come up with different strategies before you confront people of different professions. If you really pay attention to all the details and each event that may happen in your character's life in this world, you will find that this game is not some generic action game that involves racing and shooting activities. There is always more for you to explore and experience. There are so many weapons available that you will always feel powerful. You have both motorbikes and helicopters to drive and run away when you are in an emergent situation. So you are free to try every means in this world of crimes. And since you have so many awesome vehicles and powerful weapons available, you will have fewer concerns while you are taking on the role of a criminal. And it is more convenient for you to complete all these missions. After you successfully complete all your missions, you will feel a sense of satisfaction. And completing all the required missions is to work your way up the ladder of this criminal world. But if you feel overwhelmed by dealing with these gangsters or other criminals, you can just have a fun time and enjoy the pleasure of aimlessly exploring different locations. The whole game is visually distinct. So you will always have a totally different game experience while you are exploring a new location. You will fall in love with retro graphics and lurid colors. The high-quality graphics make this world so real. From time to time, you may even laugh out loud while you are interacting with a certain character because this whole game is not always so serious and not always about dealing with these criminals and committing different crimes. This game is also full of humor and music. You can always have a good mood while you are interacting with a new character and listening to your favorite music. And this game is also of high replayability value. Because of the structure of the game, no final playing is ever possible. Every time you successfully complete a mission, you just want to try a new radio station and complete this mission in a totally different way. There is always more to be negotiated and more missions to be completed in totally new ways, and more interactions to be developed. And it is so exciting to participate in all the violent activities, including carjacking, robbery, and assault. It seems that all these activities are violent. But in this virtual world, it is actually psychologically healthy for you to hold your virtual gun and shoot the enemy down. It is relaxing to lash out at any person who pisses you off in this virtual world. It is forbidden for us to commit real-world violence. So we tend to suppress our feelings and emotions, but in this virtual world, you can just release your tendency to commit all kinds of violent crimes without getting any punishment. Doing things that are horribly wrong can help you clearly realize what your true feelings are when you are angry and can help you release all your negative feelings and emotions toward some real person. To some degree, this game helps you explore your inner world. You will begin to wonder whom you can trust and whether or not you should agree to testify against some people that really matter to you. Committing all the murders in this game is just a way of expressing your feelings and enjoying some excitement after you commit all the violent crimes. It feels so good to let all your intense anger out in this virtual world. Maybe in real life, you are abused. And you cannot do anything about the current situation and you cannot take revenge. But in this virtual world, you can do lots of crazy things to make yourself feel good. It is a valuable opportunity for you to show your intolerant attitude. While you are playing this game, you will definitely notice that human behaviors are quite complex. It is really hard for you to give a specific explanation about why a criminal will do such a thing. But the fact and the sure thing is that we are all suffering from a sense of disconnection from the outer world. Harming other people or doing all these crazy things is also a gesture of love, although in a twisted way. As you can see, it does not mean that committing the crimes can help these characters solve all their problems, but it does help them feel a sense of empowerment. And this is a city of crimes. So there is no need for you to always show your gentlemanly side. If you are too polite, you will notice that life in this world just becomes a very cheap commodity. If you cannot fight and strive for your own survival and for a better life, you will be tortured, brutalized, and maimed. But this does not mean that you should try every means to become the most powerful monster in this world or you should always end up with the final victory. The truth is that you should earn a chance and you deserve the chance to express your true feelings, and the chance to get the necessary resources to survive while you are struggling for your life. You will also find that being vulnerable is not a very bad thing. Sometimes, when you meet your virtual girlfriend, you will voluntarily and consciously choose to be vulnerable. Even if you know that you may get hurt if you become vulnerable. But in front of this sweet little girlfriend, you will open your heart and lower down your guard. Of course, by fighting against gangsters and winning more profit, you will have a sense of empowerment in this world and you will no longer be the most vulnerable one. But in front of your virtual girlfriend, you are so willing to become vulnerable and open your heart to share your life. You will always feel the sacredness of life. And you will become the most compassionate criminal in this world. But this is not because you are suddenly turning into a loving person. Your vulnerability only shows that you have suffered so much. And you finally find someone to whom you can open up and heal. And you can just stop striving for safety at the expense of another person's safety. And you will stop judging one person as superior and another person as inferior. This world stops being a dog-eat-dog world. When you truly play this game with an open heart, you will find that this whole game is about a journey from powerlessness to authentic empowerment!