Grand Theft Auto - Vice City Stories (Rockstar)

Rockstar Leeds are back again, giving the second killer GTA game a new lease of life on the PSP. While Liberty City Stories was a fair rehash of GTA3, I couldnt help but feel it was limited somewhat by the PSP. After the awesomeness that was San Andreas on the PS2, my hopes may have been too high.

So how does GTA:VCS fare? Rather well actually - it's possibly even better than the original. Story wise, you get what you expect: a solid, interesting, humourous, well acted quality outing - as with any Rockstar game. VCS has the usual array of great radio tunes and chat to keep you entertained as you mow down some innocents. You can tell Rockstar have had more time for PSP tinkering this time: gameplay and the environment have all been tweaked for the handheld. Loading is faster, graphics are sharper and you can even swim this time round (a feature which really should have been in LCS). Rockstar have taken one of the best PS2 games and shrunk it brilliantly (whilst adding in some new features). Anyone with a PSP that enjoys GTA should buy it now. [Josh Wilson]