Gangstar: Miami Vindication

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Gangstar: Miami Vindication
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Gangstar: Miami Vindication title screen
Developer(s) Gameloft
Publisher(s) Gameloft
Series Gangstar
Platform(s) iOS, Android, Mobile phone, Mac OS X
ReleaseiPhone, Android
September 23, 2010
iPad
October 26, 2010
Mobile
December 2010
Mac OS X
September 14, 2011
Genre(s) Action-adventure, shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Gangstar: Miami Vindication is an open-world action-adventure video game published by Gameloft and developed by at least one of its subsidiaries. It consists of a two-dimensional (2D) version and a 3D version, and was released for iOS, Android, mobile phones, and Mac OS X. It follows Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A. and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle and is the third main game in the Gangstar series. The story follows Johnny Gainsville (spelled "Gainesville" in the 3D version), a middle-aged man in search for his younger brother Joey, who was last seen in Miami, who is driven into a life of crime.

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Gameplay

Gangstar: Miami Vindication features helicopters, motorboats/boats/jet skis, and motorcycles. Police vehicles can be customized as well. The 3D version is the first game in the series to feature voice acting instead of only textual dialogues (albeit lacking any facial animations). The 3D version features more profanity than West Coast Hustle. Other than people, alligators can be killed, but do not give any benefit. According to the preview of the 3D version by Gameloft, the map is 1.5 times larger than West Coast Hustle. Although it is the successor to Kings of L.A. and West Coast Hustle, the only connections between the games are L.C.'s appearance, news flashes from Kings of L.A., and a reference to Eddie Fallon (in the 3D version's case). In 2012, a spin-off titled Urban Crime was released; it follows the aftermath of the departure of Johnny Gainesville from Miami. As of early 2018, the game has suddenly disappeared from the Apple App Store for unknown reasons.

Reception

The iPhone version received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

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