Vice Point Langer

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The Vice Point WK Chariot Hotel in the PC version of GTA Vice City. The glitched sign on top of the building, showing only the "ot Hotel" portion of the name, was intended to be used in the PlayStation 2 version to display the "Langer" text from the original "Vice Point Langer" sign.

The Vice Point Langer, as known as the WK Chariot Hotel, is a hotel chain featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.The chain is prominently represented by a large hotel located in Vice Point and another in Ocean Beach, both located in Vice Beach, Vice City. The former has been readopted in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories with a different name: Van Khoff on the Beach.

The Vice Point hotel's name differs between the original PlayStation 2 version and the PC version, with the PS2 version being known as Vice Point Langer, while the PC version has been renamed as the WK Chariot Hotel. The WK Chariot name is an obvious spoof of JW Marriot's, which is also a hotel and lodging company.

Hotels

Vice Point

Located across the street from the Malibu Club to the east, the Vice Point Langer is depicted as a colossal hotel building fronting the beach. The building is used once in GTA Vice City's storyline, being a good spot to take blackmail photos of Alex Shrub in the mission "Martha's Mug Shot" by accessing a simple interior: a staircase at the side of the hotel that goes up many floors and a hallway at the end. After completing "Martha's Mug Shot", the hotel will always be accessible but the window is closed. In the PC version, the window remains opened. Other than that it doesn't serve any purpose in either games. In GTA Vice City, the hotel has a non-solid section at the front entrance of the hotel large enough for a helicopter to fit and enter into Blue Hell. This glitch was fixed in GTA Vice City Stories.

In GTA Vice City Stories, the building itself is barely anything different than it's previous depiction. Only that there is a different name, "Van Khoff on the Beach" written on gold plaques instead of above the front entrance, implying the hotel is part of the Vank Hoff Hotel chain, although the spelling is slightly different.

Ocean Beach

The other WK Chariot Hotel is a small, three storey Art Deco building located at Ocean Drive in Ocean Beach. It is an almost exact clone of the Parsons Hotel but with a green color instead. The GTA Vice City Stories rendition lack the "WK Chariot" name.

Pickups

GTA Vice City

GTA Vice City Stories

Trivia

  • Like the Vank Hoff Hotel name, "Van Khoff" is intended to sound like "wank off", a slang term for masturbation, and in public.
  • At the top level right next to the window a poster reading Don't just jump, hyper jump! is a reference to people who plan to commit suicide.
  • A pattern of lights will light up between 11:00 pm to 12:00 midnight in the form of a male genitalia on the frontal facade, changing into a standard pattern of random lights after.

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