third person shooter
This Is Vegas Trailer
Posted by Luke Plunkett at 10:30 PM on February 12, 2008
This is Vegas? I always thought Vegas was about bright lights, good times, regrettable unions. Not punching and gyrating floosies. Well, punching and floosies do feature, I guess, I just never figured they'd be the only things shown in a trailer for a game based in the city. Then again, seeing as this is a Midway GTA clone, maybe I should have.

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.endejas.
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
I liked the music.
.endejas.
Dudemeister
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Wonder if it will do any good...hope so, cause I haven't bought a Midway game in forever.
Dudemeister
Evil Tortie's Mom
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@LilBlackDemon: A complete coincidence I'm sure. *cough cough*
Gyrating floozies FTL.
Evil Tortie's Mom
mind in rewind
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@Silenthillnight: Yeah, no kidding. I don't think I've ever gotten above 5 mph on the Strip.
mind in rewind
Sonic84
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
This will be really bad, or really good.
Sonic84
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
If this game is what I think it is... it'll be great, and frightening.
Did they mix up GTA style gaming with gambling?
Oh fuck, WTF... anyone here remember the first installment of Leisure Suit Larry?
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
DELICIOUS BUNNY
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Why do I see Logan Keller slacking off.
DELICIOUS BUNNY
TearsandScreams
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Good god that didn't seem promising or interesting as a concept to me. And the Midway logo sealed it's fate.
TearsandScreams
Artheon
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
This is clearly Madness.
Artheon
GrooveChampion
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Wouldn't this be a cool crossover where "This is Vegas" and Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 were hosted on the same server and as the rainbow six team you could blow away the losers for playing such an embarrassingly crappy GTA CLONE!!!
GTA CLONE, GTA CLONE GTA CLONE!
Every game was not set in space like Doom was. I mean if they did GTA Call of Duty, Or GTA Mass Effect or even if the people making GTA ripoffs changed the location of where it was taking place it would be considered less of a clone but until then they will always be clones!
GrooveChampion
LilBlackDemon
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
OK, so why does the main character look like the lead guy in the show "Las Vegas"?
LilBlackDemon
dvnt1
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@Luke Plunkett
GTA Clone? So any "sandbox" type game in an urban environment is automatically a GTA clone. Did you even bother to read the game description? Might as well go ahead and say all FPS games are clones of Doom or RPG games are clones of Final Fantasy. Are you a journalist or loony fanyboy? FFS. I expect better.
dvnt1
SAGA
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@MJDeviant: it's only a coincidence that i was born jan 1 1901
SAGA
futurebiblehero
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
I'd play it if Criss Angel and Lance Burton were Boss and Mid-level Sub-Boss.
futurebiblehero
tenske
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
ugh..
tenske
WalletMan
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@MJDeviant: Great, so you're a little kid under 17. You shouldn't be playing these games anyways, so your feedback means a whole lot of shit.
I'd pick this over GTA 4 any day. Vegas is the greatest town in the country and a game fully immersing you in it is more than I can ask for.
WalletMan
pylon_trooper
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Hey, at least that preview showed a bit of style. More than we can say about most things these days.
*grumbles like the old timer he believes he is*
pylon_trooper
Silenthillnight
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Did I just see a car blazing through a practically empty strip? This Is Madness!
Silenthillnight
Arkos
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
I think the game looks pretty sweet. The cars looked kick ass too.
Arkos
MURDERFACE
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Why does this look like NARC with a shitty vegas theme?
MURDERFACE
eugaet
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@manjikengo: Didn't you hear? Dork is the new stud.
(Lord, please let dork be the new stud!)
eugaet
Doomstalk
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@manjikengo: I ask myself that same question every time I see someone playing World of Warcraft.
Doomstalk
cooler_dood
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@manjikengo: because gamers are dorks, duh.
cooler_dood
ggodo
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@manjikengo: I'm better looking than that guy.
ggodo
Xeneizes
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
It doesn't sound THAT bad... it looks kinda pretty, at least.
Xeneizes
manjikengo
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
uh...that dork is the main character?
Why would I want to be a dork in a game?
manjikengo
tehFluffz
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@MJDeviant:
I just click on the year parameter and scroll down violently, usually lands somewhere around the 70's.
Also, animations look kinda.. chunky?
tehFluffz
Struct09
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
That's most definitely not Vegas
Struct09
Doomstalk
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@Kantwon: So it's basically like GTA with a bad 80s movie "save the orphanage/school/wildlife preserve/whorehouse" plot thrown in for good measure.
Doomstalk
Doomstalk
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@Captain Impulse: I'm sure there'll be an E! True Hollywood Story explaining it all shortly.
Doomstalk
Kantwon
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
It's bad enough it's from Midway but if you go to Ign and read the story it gets worse.
"Your character arrives in Vegas with $50 to his name. After a quick bender, you're off to make connections, crash some parties and build your bank. Unfortunately, this jerk named Preston Boyer is trying to turn Vegas into a family-friendly resort. To stop him, you'll have to complete missions and gigs for the various old-school Vegas factions and revitalize the city. Along the way you'll move from a roach motel up to a penthouse as you collect more money, more allies, and more fast cars."
Kantwon
Eman311
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@cooler_dood: how would you even know? we've seen nothing in terms of gameplay. If it plays anything like saint's row or san andreas, i'd buy it.
Eman311
Karlott
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
@MJDeviant: I don't think they actually care if it works. It just covers their asses because you said you were over 18. If you aren't, not their bad.
Karlott
RPGr
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
I'd buy it if there was copious amounts of gambling (with lots of different types of games and various types of poker, not just, ugh, texas hold-em) and casino exploration.
I doubt I'd play the actual game beyond that though.
RPGr
cooler_dood
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
this game looks boring!
cooler_dood
MJDeviant
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Maybe they should have released this in the gap between GTA:SA and GTA IV. I doubt anybody is going to choose this over a Rockstar game. Also, does anybody else just change the year on the age verifier? I ask this because obviously they think that thing is working or something. It only works to slow me down from seeing the ad.
MJDeviant
Toothy
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
I'm a sucker for GTA clones. That said, this looks rather shitty.
Toothy
D_Imperial115
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
As a Vegas resident, Im kinda offended. The game straight up looks corny. The lights looked good though.
D_Imperial115
kwan
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Long Live Big Beat!
Also, for some reason Midway's over-the-top-but-mediocre games always appeal to me.
kwan
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
I love this trailer, looks very nice. But I have STILL NO CLUE WHAT THE GAME IS ABOUT? :(
Irenicus-the one and only
BD
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
"This is a dumbass-game-Vegas" is a more appropriate title.
Midway needs to go crawl in some corner and die after the shit that was Blacksite.
BD
Captain Impulse
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Why the hell is Cortana in Vegas?
(at around 17 secs)
Captain Impulse
valuepack
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
How about they slow down those cuts so I don't feel like throwing up a little while I watch it?
valuepack
jackal888
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
San Andreas did it!
jackal888
Uzilover
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
That game looks SO cash
Uzilover
slight
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
Good lord, I thought Big Beat was dead :(
slight
Mokai
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
I think I saw some gambling. And some driving, too. Only for a split second though... Bah, musta' just been my imagination.
Mokai
invictus2006
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
what ever happened to 2 days to vegas?
invictus2006
hamandcheeseUK
Posted 5:04 PM 16/2/08
THIS IS SP...VEGAS!
hamandcheeseUK