The alluring fuchsia, indigo and blue lights are seeping out of deco club-fronts into the night sky as you drive down the palm tree-lined main strip in Vice City. Your shirt is unbuttoned, synth music is pumping through the radio, and the warm Pacific wind blows through your slicked-back hair as you step on the gas in your Cadillac convertible. It feels good, right? That's what life was like in the early 2000s when people were first blown away by the wonderfully fluorescent vibes GTA: Vice City (God knows if 80s Miami was anywhere nearly as fun in real life). Unfortunately, it's impossible to fully recapture that magical feeling by re-playing Vice City today because it just hasn't aged that well - especially when you compare it to GTA V. The original Vice City did a great job of capturing that 80s spirit within the boundaries of the technology getting in the way at the time, but it is one of the most beloved video game locations of all time, deserving a full makeover in all its glory. Just imagine how gorgeous those club-front lights would look on a current-gen console, and how gorgeous that iconic Vice City sunset be. Then there's the water; no longer a flat sheet of matte blue, but a reflective, undulating force of nature that captures the turquoise beauty of the city's shallow shorelines, steadily getting darker the further you head out to sea. Any tropical storms would look incredible, too!
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I'm a writer-editor hybrid whose writings on video games, technology and movies can be found across the internet. I've even ventured into the realm of current affairs on occasion but, unable to face reality, have retreated into expatiating on things on screens instead.
