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| "Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories": Official Strategy Guide for "PS2" (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bradygames
Publisher: Brady Games
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 323240
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0744009162
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9780744009163
ASIN: 0744009162
Publication Date: March 10, 2007
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 Not What It Says On The Tin... March 31, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you're like me, you buy these guides to complete the game 100%. I've hardly had a problem with the Bradygames guides before (maybe 1 or 2 secret packages not being in exactly the right place), but this one takes the biscuit.
The guide has not been amended from the PSP guide - DESPITE the fact that there are 5 extra rampages and 6 extra unique jumps on the PS2 version. Also, 1 rampage and 2 red baloons weren't correctly mapped.
To make matters slightly worse, there is no map for the police bribes (as there usually is).
I've bought this from Amazon and I'm seriously considering returning it.
 Thorough but occasionally inaccurate December 8, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this guide as VCS is such a new game that online guides are rare so far. The main story missions are explained in general terms and sensible advice is offered to complete them fairly easily. However, the side missions and collectibles sections are where this guide really excels. There are numerous maps showing the locations of all health, armour, police bribes and weapons icons, all side mission locations as well as the locations of all Empire Sites, Unique Stunt Jumps, Rampages and Hidden Packages (in this game, 99 Red Balloons - a tribute to 80s German Pop Idol Nena). However, I suspect the writers of this guide were working from a beta or test version of the game as one or two red balloons are not quite where the guide says they are (though very close by as it goes), and while the Rampages locations are essentially correct, the actual Rampage you get is not as the guide suggests.
Aside from these few errors (which are probably the result of the game-makers tweaking things after testing), I find the guide to be very useful in completing, even 100%ing, the game. The book is large, A4 or slightly larger, the maps are clear and conveniently placed, and very user-friendly overall. I recommend it to all VCS players for the maps alone, well worth the very reasonable price.
 The Low Down December 2, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This guide is a "must have" for anyone looking to achieve 100% completion of this game. It gives in depth accounts of all missions as well as the best ways to solve them. Obviously this aspect is a bit of a spoiler but if you are having trouble on a particular mission then it's a god-send.
Not only does this guide cover the main storyline missions it gives locations of all side quests, races and maps for all weapon, balloon and health/armour pick-ups.
The maps of the islands are very detailed and I have not spotted any mistakes (so far) unlike the San Andreas guide. This would make a good gift for any fan of the Grand Theft Auto series.
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