Grand Theft Auto: Vice City It is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the first entry. Grand Theft Auto Series Since 2001 Grand Theft Auto III. Set in Miami-based fictional Vice City in 1986, the game is about the exploits of gangster Tommy Vercetti after he was released from prison. Caught in an ambushed drug deal, he searches for those responsible as he slowly builds a criminal empire and draws power from other criminal organizations in the city. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is walked around. or by vehicle. The open world design allows the player to roam freely in Vice City, which consists of two main islands. The plot of the game is based on many real-world people and events in Miami, such as Cubans, Haitians and cyclist gangs in Miami, the crack epidemic of the 1980s, Miami’s Mafiosodrug lords, and glam metal domination. The game was also influenced by film and television …