Draza
2012
2010
2016
The combat is really fun. The cutscenes are very well written with great dialogue. Those are the only two good things I have to say about this, because the story itself is a generic revenge plot and the gameplay is that of a Ubisoft-esque open world with mindless repetition and almost nothing else to do.
2009
My first megaten, so I'm really fond of it. As expected of a PSP version, the visuals are really downgraded (the maps are CG backgrounds and FMVs are just still images now), but that's where all the negatives end. Combat is changed to be like Persona 4(controllable party members!) and it has a Female MC route for added replayability with a few different Social Links. The story and characters themselves are unchanged, which means it's still top tier shit.
Mechanically it's smoother and the Bullet Time is absolutely insane this time around, but it feels inferior to the first game and I can't exactly explain why. Max isn't portrayed by Sam Lake anymore and that's a huge loss, plus the story relies more on regular cutscenes instead of the cool comic strips in the first game (they're still there, they just appear much less). The reason it feels inferior is probably because it lost a lot of the charm the first game had, but it's still great nonetheless.
2001
San Andreas is my favorite overall, but goddamn Vice City is amazing. The soundtrack is the best in the series by far, and it captures the charm of 80's Miami really well. It's only hindered by being so short that it has a padding section where you have to grind your buisnesses to progress through the main plot near the end, and that really breaks the flow up to that point.