It feels natural at first, but when you have to hit reverse to get out of a tricky spot and the camera is eight steps behind you, it seriously impacts the game. I must make one suggestion, though: turn off tilt steering for driving. Plus, you can pop wheelies by tilting your device toward you, which is cool for doing tricks off the many jumps you find around this fictionalized Miami. Motorcycles, on the other hand, are spitfires and feature very touchy controls. Driving an SUV, for example, means a wider turning radius and it takes longer to get up to full speed. Plus, different vehicle classes have individual handling. Miami Vindication handles much better than its predecessor, West Coast Hustle. I do appreciate the improvements to the controls. Every GTA I have played contains a fair share of fluff missions to pad out the longevity. As much as I would like to complain about filler missions here in Miami Vindication, they are hardly the sole domain of Gameloft. You race cars, set up thugs, shoot dudes, steal cars, and perform annoying fetch quests – just like GTA. You deep dive into a 75-mission story arc set across a very well constructed (but somewhat empty) Miami. And for the most part, Miami Vindication delivers.

You want to know if it offers a fun take on Grand Theft Auto-esque open-world action. But you aren't considering whether or not to download Miami Vindication based on voice work. In fact, Miami Vindication easily features the best voice work in any Gameloft game thus far. It's silly, but at least the voice actors deliver their lines with conviction and sell the material. 'Just tell me where to piss.' That's the kind of hard thug talk you can expect out of the Miami of Gameloft's new Gangstar.

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