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Summary: A waste of an excellent concept
Review: Perhaps my anticpation for and high expectations of this game are what has caused me to give it just one star. But I must say, I don't think my dissappointment is at all unjustified.The gameplay is abolutely terrible. It is incredibly frustrating trying to give commands, particularly when you instruct a car to 'flee', and it turns back into the direction of a plethora of cops and rival gangsters. Knowing what to do in certain scenarios can be a headache inducing experience in itself. The simplicity of the game is overshadowed by the teeth-grinding irritation that comes with trying to accomplish anything. Personally, I found the first Gangsters to be more accessable and less mind-numbingly dull. While the 'working week' aspect of it was a bit annoying at times, giving orders was simpler and the level of involvement you were allowed was by far greater. This game misses some of the neat, finer detail aspects of the first. But if you're after some real gangster/criminal action, go for something like Mafia or GTA3 instead.
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Summary: Just a doll, Yours xxxxx
Review: Played a beta for this and very much enjoyed the 2-3 weeks I had playing it, fun to had in buckets here ,drive bys, bombings and the whole gangster feel (the graphics really do get across the whole 30's feel). Good videos and Sound/music wrap up an empressive game
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Summary: The Original was Better
Review: This game disappointed me too. I liked the original Gangsters quite a bit & played it off & on for a few months. But the game was sunk by its flaws, including a variety of nagging bugs, a difficult-to-master interface, too much micro-management, & a manual that omitted descriptions of important portions of the game. The game had a lot of options although I sometimes wondered if all of the options had been implemented--did it really make a difference if you set up your speakeasy behind a dress shop or behind a restaurant? Who knew & it was difficult to tell from the gameplay. But despite that, the game was fun & I thought the graphics especially were quite good. Hothouse gets high marks in G2 for listening to the complaints about the original game since most of them have been dealt with here. The interface is easier to use & you no longer have to manage every single gangster under your control. But, in my opinion, they have gone too far. The graphics are cartoony & Hothouse has gone way too far in their effort to get rid of micro-management. Now instead of being able to buy any business,you can only buy certain specific ones & can only open certain illegal businesses in specific locations. This takes a lot of the juice out of the game & I never felt, while playing G2, that I was running a mob of gangsters as I did in G1. The game runs fine on my 2-year old Pavilion & I didn't find any bugs in the time I played it. The pathfinding on the units is terrible though--cars especially would often go around three sides of a square to get to someplace that was only a block away from where they were. Doing drive-by's against other cars is also weird as both cars go back & forth down the street like a pair of medieval knights at a joust until everyone in one car is eliminated. On the good side, the AI has been changed & you won't see the massive gun battles that you had in G1 as the sound of gunfire drew every nearby policeman & gangster into the bloodbath. Of course, I kind of liked those gun battles (my best way of getting rid of enemy gangsters involved sending a "cannon fodder" guy to assault an enemy in front of a cop. When the enemy responded by shooting at my guy, he'd be attacked by the cops & a massive battle would result) so this is not all to the good. G1 really needed nothing more than some tweaking & cleaning up but G2 has gone too far & created a game that is inferior to its predecessor.
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Summary: The Original was Better
Review: This game disappointed me too. I liked the original Gangsters quite a bit & played it off & on for a few months. But the game was sunk by its flaws, including a variety of nagging bugs, a difficult-to-master interface, too much micro-management, & a manual that omitted descriptions of important portions of the game. The game had a lot of options although I sometimes wondered if all of the options had been implemented--did it really make a difference if you set up your speakeasy behind a dress shop or behind a restaurant? Who knew & it was difficult to tell from the gameplay. But despite that, the game was fun & I thought the graphics especially were quite good. Hothouse gets high marks in G2 for listening to the complaints about the original game since most of them have been dealt with here. The interface is easier to use & you no longer have to manage every single gangster under your control. But, in my opinion, they have gone too far. The graphics are cartoony & Hothouse has gone way too far in their effort to get rid of micro-management. Now instead of being able to buy any business,you can only buy certain specific ones & can only open certain illegal businesses in specific locations. This takes a lot of the juice out of the game & I never felt, while playing G2, that I was running a mob of gangsters as I did in G1. The game runs fine on my 2-year old Pavilion & I didn't find any bugs in the time I played it. The pathfinding on the units is terrible though--cars especially would often go around three sides of a square to get to someplace that was only a block away from where they were. Doing drive-by's against other cars is also weird as both cars go back & forth down the street like a pair of medieval knights at a joust until everyone in one car is eliminated. On the good side, the AI has been changed & you won't see the massive gun battles that you had in G1 as the sound of gunfire drew every nearby policeman & gangster into the bloodbath. Of course, I kind of liked those gun battles (my best way of getting rid of enemy gangsters involved sending a "cannon fodder" guy to assault an enemy in front of a cop. When the enemy responded by shooting at my guy, he'd be attacked by the cops & a massive battle would result) so this is not all to the good. G1 really needed nothing more than some tweaking & cleaning up but G2 has gone too far & created a game that is inferior to its predecessor.
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Summary: I would give it no stars if I could!
Review: This game is a waste of money. I played the first game and it [was bad] like a taco canned rice and jellybeans. I thought this one might be good because of improvement in disc space and graphics, but they just [messed] this up. The concept is one of the best I've ever seen. Run a city to make it simple. However, the gameplay is so utterly terrible that the few good aspects of the game are completely countered.
Don't buy this game. I like tacos, but I have to advise against eating thi one. I like Mexican food!
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Summary: Capone on your computer
Review: This game is easily described....The Sims meet the Sopranos.....I really enjoy this game your goals are simple..become the top dog in the mafia business or die trying the graphics are nothing special and the controls are unfortunatly frustrating sometimes whoever the game is still a great buy.
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Summary: Even Better!!!!!!!!
Review: This game is even better then the first one. The small changes add big effects to the gaming world of gangsters. The little changes like the weather, the outside light, the way the gangsters looks. Its a much cleaner enviroment with more tougher officials and gangsters. You have way more control over these gangsters then you did in the first one. You get amazing looking cars from the mayor and also you can do drive by shootings and also bribe police. This is a must have as well. Best simulation game since the Sims.
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Summary: This game is O.K.
Review: This game is good, but it is lacking. you spend too much time in the map mode for one. It is hard to figure what is going on if you don't. You don't seem to be as powerful as you are when you left the stage before. It would be better if you could keep your cash, cars, gang members, & source of income from previous levels. One thing I can say is that this game is addicting.
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Summary: Moronic ai and pathing makes what could be fun, annoying
Review: This game is kind of simple and would be fun if it weren't for pathing and AI that makes the original Warcraft look smart. If your gangsters are wanted by the police, and getting shot at, they will pace back and forth in front of the cops like ducks in a shooting gallery until dead. This happens ALOT. Also, if you tell someone, say a wimpy specialist, to go somewhere, he takes the direct route, even if it takes him past a hundred enemy troops (well, he'll be dead after 12 so no matter) The idiotic ai takes what could be a simple but fun game and makes it feel like someone just wnated to put out their software a couple of months before they were finished. A patch could fix this, but not too likely from eidos, customer service isn't very important nowadays. Avoid this game. --Alex
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Summary: Moronic ai and pathing makes what could be fun, annoying
Review: This game is kind of simple and would be fun if it weren't for pathing and AI that makes the original Warcraft look smart. If your gangsters are wanted by the police, and getting shot at, they will pace back and forth in front of the cops like ducks in a shooting gallery until dead. This happens ALOT. Also, if you tell someone, say a wimpy specialist, to go somewhere, he takes the direct route, even if it takes him past a hundred enemy troops (well, he'll be dead after 12 so no matter) The idiotic ai takes what could be a simple but fun game and makes it feel like someone just wnated to put out their software a couple of months before they were finished. A patch could fix this, but not too likely from eidos, customer service isn't very important nowadays. Avoid this game. --Alex
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