![]() The city in Vindication is quite large for a game of this style. I found this quite disappointing as I wanted to feel like I was actually in the game, living and breathing it. Miami’s streets are empty with a few random cars driving around pointlessly and the same goes for the citizens, they prove no point and have no real connection to the world what so ever. The city feels too empty and lifeless there is no hustle and bustle of a busy city with streets full of cars and citizens going by their daily life. Unfortunately Miami Vindication has continued in its footsteps. The original West Coast Hustle, even though it was very impressive with its 3D open world city to explore, it just didn’t feel like it was a living and breathing world. Having played the original Gangstar : West Coast Hustle on the iPhone, I was excited to get my hands on Miami Vindication and see what improvements have been made. As soon as Johnny arrives in Miami, these unknown criminals blow up his ride as to send him a message to “BACK OFF” but this only makes Johnny even more pissed and more determined to find out who has his brother and to take them down and get him back and thus our story begins. IFanzine Verdict: Since the much la uded arrival of Chinatown Wars on the App Store, the Gangstar franchise’s rep as iPhone’s answer to GTA is redundant, nonetheless this sequel delivers a bigger, better slice of open-world action than its predecessor, and is arguably a more ambitious crime sim than Rockstar’s rigidly old-school approach.Gameloft’s Gangstar : Miami Vindication for the Apple iPhone is the sequel to the Gangstar : West Coast Hustle which is a 3D GTA style open world crime game that has you stepping into the shoes of Johnny a dude on a mission to find his brother Joey who’s been kidnapped by some unknown criminals. Lower your expectations suitably (this is running on an iPhone not a PS3 after all), leave your brain at the door, and you’ll have an utter blast with this one. As a result it’s entirely to possibly to kill time in the game simply screwing around laying into innocent bystanders, exploring Miami’s network of waterways by speed boat, taking a stolen chopper for a breathtaking spin, or starting a full scale war with the cops, who eventually call in the feds should things get out of hand.Īs a whole, while it’s still a bit rough around the edges, Vindication is a marked improvement over the last Gangstar game and comes packing a humongous amount of content for its App Store friendly price-tag. Thankfully Vindication puts this to rights by offering up a bigger, more interactive environment. On that note, one of my main gripes with West Coast Hustle was the lack of stuff to do outside of the scripted, main missions. And that’s what games are all about right? Again though, I doubt anyone will download this title expecting an engrossing plot or Hollywood quality voice acting, and if you focus more on the thrilling action at hand than the shoddy cut-scenes, you can’t help but have fun. Throughout, it’s evident Gameloft were aiming for a more adult tone with this game, yet despite the dialogue being liberally peppered with expletives, it’s as clunky and, in parts, as unintentionally hilarious as ever. Sure, a handful of lackluster side-quests – courier jobs, ferrying streetwalkers from A to B, tiresome street races – are used to bulk out the game’s running time, but, overall, the good far outweighs the bad. Predictably clichéd storyline aside, in terms of gameplay, Vindication is a big step forward for the series – driving mechanics and enemy AI have been honed, your protagonist can now swim, a sophisticated duck and cover system comes into play during gun-fights, while new weapons and vehicles (notably, motorbikes, jet skis and a helicopter) are welcome additions and allow for some seriously over-the-top action.įor the best part, missions are all killer and low on filler, seeing you jacking cars, boats and bikes, gunning down countless gang-bangers, taking to the skies in a tooled-up chopper, and, er, beating alligators to death with a baseball bat. ![]() It’s a sprawling quest, broken up into 75 diverse missions perfectly palatable for on-the-go iPhone gaming. Playing as tough guy Johnny Gainesville, you must delve into Miami’s seedy underworld to rescue your little brother from the clutches of a notorious crime ring. Well, while Gangstar: Miami Vindication (out now, $6.99) still suffers from a number of the same shortcomings as its predecessor did – quite a bit of texture pop-in, glitchy character animations, eerily empty streets, laughably clumsy attempts at aping GTA‘s black humor, etc – the game does also benefit from a plethora of tweaks and improvements, not to mention a considerably broadened scope this time around.
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