GameSpy writes: "It was difficult to maintain a straight face during Midway's presentation of This is Vegas, but according to developer Surreal, that's the whole point. Far from the serious business of popping caps in Liberty City asses, This is Vegas is chasing a different, significantly sillier mood. That's not to say that the game doesn't exhibit some serious gameplay, but if you're looking for a hard-hitting Vegas tycoon simulator then you'd better prepare to have that serious demeanor wiped right off your face.
Open for Business
There are a few key areas in which you can interact with Surreal's open-world version of Vegas: combat, gambling, partying and driving. Of those four, we only saw the first three since Midway is hesitant of tipping its hand too early. Anyway, the fighting, gambling and partying seemed to offer plenty to keep us busy for awhile."
Spiffy:
-Decent variety of activities and mini-games; completely absurd.
Iffy:
-Frequent comedic crutches rely heavily on adolescent humor.
The games industry can be a cruel mistress. Here are 5 games we would like to see resurrected for current platforms
Console Monster writes: "Following the reveal of a major game, social-networking websites are buzzing with excitement, as gamers spend weeks, months, sometimes even years waiting for screenshots, interviews, teaser trailers and gameplay videos to trickle into the public before the game’s highly anticipated launch.
Unfortunately, not all video games that are announced see the light of day, despite months of rumours and speculation. Console Monster looks at ten video games that were cruelly taken away from us."
A Perfect Dark sequel (after PDZ).
Kameo 2 (but I always saw Kameo as similar to Starfox Adventures in style myself).
Conker's Other Bad Fur Day (Original Xbox had a remake of the original game and Xbox One now has the Project Spark adventure instead).
Donkey Kong Racing (as Rare were bought by Microsoft).
GameZone writes, "When looking forward, it’s hard to not also look back and imagine what some games would be like if they came out today. What about the ones that never came out at all? While the chances of any of the following games going back into development are slim-to-none, it’s exciting to consider how much better or more practical they would be today."
As soon as I read the title the first game that came to my mind was Starcraft: Ghosts.
while i agree that some canceled games deserve to get released on the next gen, some canceled games should stay canceled. for example: beyond: two souls.
Beyond two souls is great,have you actually played it?
I would love to see a beyond good and evil 2 (not cancelled strictly speaking but it has been in limbo for a long time).
@robtion haha of course i've beaten it. multiple times. it's annoying when people judge games they haven't even played.
I thought Eight Days, as well as the getaway, not to mention Heavenly Sword 2 as well as red wood falls, all those games could have been great, sad they were cancelled.
The Outsider, thats the game I am still waiting for...
and Wardevil.. although I don't think either will see the light of day.
I do think they were too big for last gen, but this gen just starting could handle them I think.
For all we know, Wardevil could've been another game with great ideas, but poor execution.
Anyways, maybe someone will ressurect it later.
The game may not be cancelled, but it doesn't exist either. Microsoft didn't see any profit in the IP, so i doubt they would fund another.
Personally it was one of the best JRPG's i've played.
"An AI partner hadn’t really been done right by that point"
lol sure, a little game from 2004 called Half-Life 2 says hi.
What one would that be? It has been a few years since i last played HL2 so my memory could just be bad but i do not remember any AI partners in it and i beat the game atleast half a dozen times.
The only AI i remember was Dog and it was never really a partner.
