Summary
Grand Theft Auto 6is bringing players back to the neon-infused city streets ofGrand Theft Auto: Vice City. The days of retro mopeds and oversized Hawaiian shirts may be long past, but the influence of Tommy Vercetti’s escapades throughout the city will certainly still be felt. Rockstar Studios has an opportunity to show how much Vice City has changed over the past 40 years and how much weight theVercetti name still carries in its streets.
From 1986, whenVice Cityis set, to 2025, whenGTA 6is set, there is ample time for a city to completely forget its past. Many of the old characters may have moved on or passed, and many of the businesses may have closed down, but that does not mean Rockstar Studios cannot either recreate some of the classic missions or show players just how much the city remembers of Tommy’s destructive behavior.
10Tommy Vercetti Created Chaos In Riot
A Mission That The Spand Express Company Remembers
Avery Carrington was a standard big-money property developer who was always looking for the next prime real estate opportunity.The Spand Express was just another company in his way of land ownership, and they needed to go. Luckily, Tommy Vercetti was relatively happy to oblige in the mission,“Riot.” With a little bit of a disguise and a two-by-four to a couple of employee’s heads, the ball got rolling with ease.
Lucia and Jason should have the opportunity to start a riot of their own. This makes it the perfect mission to follow up decades later.
InGTA 6, it is likely that tensions within the city will be high to begin with. Lucia and Jason should have the opportunity to start a riot of their own. This makes it the perfect mission to follow up decades later.Not to mention, everyGTAneeds a solid riotto get the blood of the protagonists pumping. If starting a riot with the Spand Express employees inVice Cityseemed simple enough, it’d be half as easy in 2025.
9Loose Ends Mission Makes a Point
The Government Is The Biggest Gang
Nearly everyGTAhas the protagonists beingforced to work alongside the law.The federal government and state police in the games are just as bloodthirsty and deceptive as the drug gangs themselves. So much so thatTommy took the opportunity to wipe out both the FBI agents and the Sharks, who were attempting to commit a shady deal on a rooftop. That kind of intelligence failure is something that sticks with the FBI.Vice Citywill remain a black mark on their record even to this day.
In a city where the FBI was so obscenely embarrassed by Tommy, they will be unlikely to be caught unawares by a possible loose end such as Lucia, as the Vice City mission title suggests.
The running theme ofgovernment interactions withGTAprotagonists is likely to continue into GTA 6. Getting out of jail may be a prologue to Lucia’s storyline,or perhaps a caveat to her release is law involvement intervention and monitoring. In a city where the FBI was so obscenely embarrassed by Tommy, they will be unlikely to be caught unawares by a possible loose end such as Lucia, as theVice Citymission title suggests. It is not the improved police AI the player will need to worry about, but the almost certain federal agent character-enforcing missions.
8Demolition Man Is A Wackier Mission To Followup On
Who Needs A Drone When An RC Is On Offer
Vice Citywas known for its whacky missions,and“Demolition Man”took bomb planting to a ridiculous level. Tommy needed to tap into his toy helicopter flying skills to place four explosives around a construction site. Once again, Avery is after property, and back in 1986, there were far fewer tools available for a property tycoon to enact his idea of destruction.The RC Goblin flying around a construction site would attract more attention in 2025than during the years ofVice City.
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GTA 6could make use of new-aged technologyto plant their explosives, perhaps from the safety of a bedroom with a remote-control drone, zipping in and out of buildings. But it should not. If a new Avery character is in the works forGTA 6, his budget should be far less. The return of an archaic RC is the only mobile device Lucia and Jason should have access to. A drone is too easy, while an RC older than they are, still sitting in a Top Fun Van, could be the comedic act of destruction the player needs.
7Sir, Yes Sir Could Incorporate Tank Play
What’s Better Than Early Game Invincibility?
In the mission“Sir, Yes Sir,” Tommy is able to acquire a tank quite early in the game and wreak havoc throughout the city. All he needed was a brief distraction and a horde of bullets to bring down an entire convoy. Luckily for him, the army quickly forgets that a tank was stolen, and he is able to drop it off without much concern.GTAafterGTAthen offers a tank ride,andGTA Onlinemakes the tank a common vehicle to speed around town in. Driving a tank is overdone and dull.
Drones may be the go-to due to their abilities, but nothing beats riding an untouchable, armored vehicle as a welcome to a new GTA city.
GTA 6will need something bigger and betterto topVice City. With the abundance of missions likely available for the player in relation to the military, there is little doubt some sort of explosive vehicle joyride is in the future. With the new technology in 2025, there are so many more options for Grand Theft Auto than a tank. Drones may be the go-to due to their abilities, but nothing beats riding an untouchable, armored vehicle as a welcome to a newGTAcity.
6Keep Your Friends Close… Is An Iconic Mission To Replicate
I Sold YOU Out, Tommy
One of the most iconic characters in bothVice Cityhistory andGTAin general isTommy’s best friend and biggest traitor, Lance Vance.Big Smoke inGrand Theft Auto San Andreascertainly hit hard, but no character landed the betrayal card quite like Lance. Lance wanted to be the big shot; he wanted to be the main character of the story, but unfortunately for him, he was an NPC. Tommy carried Lance to the pinnacle and tried to push Tommy over the edge.
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Grand Theft Auto 5’sfinal missionhas a similar conceptfrom which GTA 6could draw if thedevelopers were feeling ambitious enough to attempt to topVice City’sbetrayal.Franklin Clinton has the option to betray either Michael De Santa or Trevor Philips, though most players likely picked"Deathwish," but the difference is the tri ofGTA 5were essentially business partners. Lucia and Jason are portrayed as very close. A betrayal between the pair may just be the performance that knocks Lance off the peak.
5Two Bit Hit Is A Classic Gang Rivalry
Four Bullets And A Funeral
In 1986, Tommy jump-started a drug war between the Haitian and Cuban drug gangs for Avery in the mission,“Two Bit Hit.” Real estate was too pricey, and Avery cooked up another plan to secure the prices he wanted.After dressing up as a Cuban gang member and jumping a Haitian gang funeral, the bad blood between the rival gangs was cemented. Everyone loses in a drug war, apart from Avery. Avery always won. This ongoing conflict will certainly affect the affluence of the city even into 2025.
Even if the gang war has come to an end and there is relative peace, the ripple of gun violence and meaningless death sewn across the city due to Tommy’s intervention will likely still be felt. Turf wars between gangs are nothing new inGTA, butGTA 6will hopefully show the ramifications of Tommy’s actionsin a continual disdain between the two communities. To jump a funeral and slaughter the attendees is poor form, even for drug gangs. The effects of this mission could show the moreunpleasant reality of theGTAworld.
4Cabmaggedon Could Revisit A Fun Callback
The War Of The Cabs
Drug gangs were not the onlygroup in Vice City who wanted to control their turf.Cab companies have roads to man and a reputation to maintain. In theVice Citymission,“Cabmaggedon,”Tommy is forced to face off with a horde of crazed cab drivers displeased with him moving on with their business. It is a feud like no other in the game and has some of the most fun interactions in a mission. Avoiding ramming cabs was like a fatal version of bumper cars.
If there was any string of missions to recreate inGTA 6to encapsulate the eccentric style of gameplay inVice City,it is“Cabmaggedon.” The cab is a staple of any GTA game and is used for missions, traveling and even character side jobs. With VC cabs utterly destroyed by Tommy 40 years prior, there will be a new ruling cab faction for Lucia and Jason to challenge. Hopefully, Rockstar Studios make use of both the mission style of avoiding charging cabs and exploring the cab company hierarchy that Tommy helped establish.
3Publicity Tour Could Revisit The Best Band
Can You Handle the Bus? It’s like a Big Limo
“Publicity Tour” istheVice Citymission paying homage to Keanu Reeves' film,Speed. An obsessive individual plants a bomb on a limo which Tommy is ferrying around the band, Love Fist. During a desperate bid to disarm the device, Tommy is forced to drive around and stay above a certain speed to avoid the bomb going off. A limo is more personal than a bus, yet whenSpeedupgraded from a bus to a boat,GTAhas yet to go bigger than the limo.
During a desperate bid to disarm the device, Tommy is forced to drive around and stay above a certain speed to avoid the bomb going off.
GTA 6’scity will have an abundance of people willing to go the extra mile to get the attention of the celebrity they love. IfLove Fist have a well needed reunion tour in Vice Cityand need a driver to get them around, Lucia or Jason may run into the same problem as Tommy. It is unlikely the band will trust a limo again and be more inclined to take something safer, like a private jet. A fan willing to blow up the band they love is just as likely to try again, 40 years later, and a change of transport will not stop them.
2Ken Rosenburg Missions Could Revisit The Classics
A Criminal Lawyer For Life
GTA 6can do more than recreate missionsfor a new audience or observe how the city’s been affected by Tommy’s antics. Ken Rosenburg was a secondary protagonist inVice City, supporting Tommy through his life of crime and climbing to kingpin. Even though his drug addiction caused a rift between them and Ken later appears inSan Andreasas a mission giver to Carl Johnson, there is still room for him inGTA 6.
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In the year 2025, Ken will be the ripe old age of 72. Many of the characters in Vice City may have passed between the games and even Ken surviving to that age would be quite an achievement considering his lifestyle. Nevertheless, ifLucia and Jason need a guiding hand through the cityin the ways of a former drug boss and legend, Ken is the perfect mentor. If anything, Ken would want Tommy to be outshone.
1The Legacy of Tommy Vercetti Is The Most Iconic Mission
Can The Most Famous Person In Vice City Ever Be Topped?
All the missions and the entirety of theVice Citygame accumulated to the creation of one of themost memorable and recognizable protagonists, Tommy Vercetti.People who have never playedVice Citymost likely still know the name, and those who did look back on his characterization with pleasant nostalgia. Tommy was the Scarface who survived and succeeded and changed the direction of Vice City forever. If anything in the past affects the city ofGTA 6, it is Tommy’s legacy.
It would be a disservice to the world ofGTA 6to have memories of Tommy’s achievements and crimes forgotten. If the direction of the game was to ignore nearly everything else throughoutGrand Theft Auto: Vice City’s history and start fresh with characters, missions, and locations, the only thing they should endeavor to maintain is Tommy’s influence. Lucia and Jason will know the name Tommy Vercetti – it is a given.
