GTA: 15 Absolute Worst Missions

12. High Wire - Vice City Stories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGN4OWSoJI Rockstar remain one of the only big developers alongside Konami with their PSP Metal Gears to release a portable instalment of a flagship franchise genuinely worth playing in its own right - as oppose to being some weird low-resolution knockoff. For VCS you played as Lance's brother Vince, and in another strange turn there was actually far more to do in this version of Vice City than on console, although a spectacularly ill-designed mission had you hopping into a helicopter - complete with a magnet - just to Desert Strike your way into enemy territory and snatch some cargo. Sound easier than it actually was? Of course, this is GTA's off-kilter mission design we're talking about, and having to fight the camera as you awkwardly position the magnet whilst 10 seconds away from exploding was a task that just felt incredibly out of place.
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