Summary
While it may not be quite as iconic or widely beloved asGTA: San Andreas,Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityis still one of the most fondly remembered games in the long-running crime franchise. First released all the way back in 2002,GTA: Vice Citysees players take on the role of aspiringmobster Tommy Vercettias he rises up the ranks of the titular 1980s Miami-inspired Vice City criminal underground.
Though its gameplay is a little barebones, its world design is a tad shallow, and its visuals look very outdated all these decades later,Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityis still worth remembering, being a pivotal part of theGTAfranchise’s evolution. And just likeGTA 5did withSan Andreas, the upcomingGrand Theft Auto 6is set to honorVice City’s legacy by taking players back to the eponymous crime-ridden beachside city, giving Rockstar the perfect opportunity to bring back some classic Easter eggs.
The Best Vice City Easter Eggs for Grand Theft Auto 6 to Bring Back
The Easter Egg Room
Possibly one of the most on-the-nose Easter eggs in gaming history,Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityis home to a hidden room that literally features an Easter egg. Located in theDowntown Vice City area, players can find a building that has a mysterious open window. Jumping through that window will put players face-to-face with a bare room, with the only piece of furniture in it being a brown Easter egg atop a pedestal.
The Scarface Apartment
Set in the seedy criminal underbelly of a 1980s Miami-inspired city,Grand Theft Auto: Vice Citytakes a great deal of inspiration from movies and TV shows set in that location during that specific era. One ofVice City’s most obvious points of inspiration was the iconic1983 crime thrillerScarface, a film that sees Al Pacino play the fictional mobster Tony Montana as he builds a wildly successful drug empire in Miami, which is essentially the plot ofVice City’s main story and protagonist.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice Citypays homage to one of its biggest inspirations in a number of ways, though itsScarfaceapartment Easter egg is probably the most well-known. Located in Apartment 3C near Ocean Beach, players can find a bathroom containing a chainsaw, and bloody outlines sprayed across the wall. This is a reference toScarface’s Sun Ray Hotel scene, in which Angel is brutally killed using a chainsaw.
Escobar International Airport
Another classictongue-in-cheekGrand Theft Autoreference,Vice City’s airport is named Escobar International Airport, directly referencing the infamous real-world drug lord. It’s an incredibly overt Easter egg, but it might be fun to see it return inGrand Theft Auto 6, maybe with a new name that references a similarly infamous, but more modern criminal that better captures the game’s new era.
The North Point Submarine
Found just north of North Point Mall, players can find a submarine lurking inGTA: Vice City’s ocean. While players could never reach this submarine in the originalVice City, it would be great to see the Easter egg return inGTA 6, this time allowing the player to get right up close to it. Rockstar could go even further with thisEaster egg inGTA 6, triggering some kind of side mission when players get close enough to the submarine, rewarding long-time fans for remembering the Easter egg.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
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Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess, and pastel suits comes a story of one man’s rise to the top of the criminal pile as Grand Theft Auto returns.Vice City is a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, and is the most varied, complete, and alive digital city ever created. Combining non-linear gameplay with a character-driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with delights and degradation and are given the opportunity to take it over as you choose.
