Kingpin

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Summary: Whatcha expet? Faggeddaboutit...
Review: 1. Profanity: If you don't like profane language, don't buy this game. Also don't go into any inner city ghetto, don't join the US Navy or more important the marine corps where they actually insert profanity inside other words. guarran-...-tee it.
2. Bleeding: Enemies don't bleed per se but when they run away having been shot they leave blood trails to follow.
3. Gangs: In the single player you can only hire 2 guys at a time and in one episode once one of two guys in a bar is hired the other won't work for ya. [even if ya got room]
In the multiplayer there is free for all [everyone for they selves] and bagman [2 gangs] and ya don't really hire them they just join ya. safe's can sdtore your loot until another gang rips you off.
4. Maps: Multiplayer version has many arenas available, and even stategies like 'the sniper' up in a high place while your opponents blindly walk below you. [note you have to download lots of maps or design your own (game includes a map design tool)

5. Rats: if you're beaten pretty bad and hiding 1 point of health can hurt more than just healthy exploring a warehouse.
6. Trains: you heard about the train? well there's an episode wher you have to dodge trains - worse than the guys shooting at you. almost as bad as avoiding molten steel pits, and be sure not to drown in the water...but sometime you need to dive in to get stuff.
7. Gullible: You can hire a guy to come with you, lead them away to nowhere and the off them [boy, are they shocked!]. And if you search their corpse, you can get the money you paid to hire them back! [great for gratuitous violence]
8. Postal: you can keep on shooting people [blow their legs off] of course if you shott their corpse all away, anything they might have been carrying is gone - so be careful before going postal.
9.Ladies: The single player version is a man's world and all the women tend to be a ...well, "...". The multiplayer version allows the player to be runt or thug [male] or ... [female] many skins for all are available. i like the cheerleader and homer simpson goon. hey if profanity, nudity, and violence aren't your cup of tea, then don't buy it, don't play it, and don't even think about making a popular movie these days.

my favoite maps [not supplied, but available]:

chinatownbrawl
goldeneye
old desert dog
[forget name off hand but it was a prison]
pirate ship
cemetary and church

many others are available
the only disappointment was when looking over files in the demo, lamont's woman has two phrases she never uses in demo or retail.. "Could you gimme [money] for my hormone shot?" and "Why thank you very much. You so sweet" both in a 'different voice'
I truly wanted to get her to say that. she only talks about lamont and lenny until ya attack lamont, then she just curses you and tries to kill you. also note her to search the dog's carcass.
i suppose a mapping function would have been nice, but in this environment, real men don't use a map. they don't ask for directions either.

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Summary: Help
Review: Can anyone tell me if this game works on Windows/XP. E-mail at: [e-mail].

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Summary: Somewhat interesting on certain parts, but lacks
Review: Despite my liking for gore and profanity, this game leaves for something... I would say gameplay value. When I first started playing it, I enjoyed the nice Quake 2 based engine and the 3D Audio, but it quickly got me saying, "Why am I playing this?"

I understand the plot clearly, you want to become the Boss (the Kingpin) and you have to fight through gangs and other obstacles to get there. These obstacles include ridiculous missions of running back of and forth doing favors. Such as giving a bum some whiskey to get a combination safe number. I thought if a game has a Mature rating slapped onto it, it might as well have some Mature thinking puzzles...

The profanity is something that probably turns away most audiences, because most of the gamers are young and probably need parental admission to get games. To me, the profanity is interesting to hear, not annoying or disturbing. I have never seen a game so daring to use so much violence (until Soldier of Fortune) and profanity.

All in all, I would suggest anyone who likes graphic violence in gang-related environments and non-stop profanity.

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Summary: Violent, ugly and beyond redemption, bring your own sick bag
Review: Graphically beautiful Kingpin is set in a parallel world where prohibition never ended and the 'gangstas' took control the country. In this hideous industrialised world people will happily kill you merely for looking at their girl. Kingpin's character animation is state of the art, with each character displaying a complete set of 'streetwise' body language and an attitude to match. One glaring omission is the lack of character lip synching done so well in Half Life. The backgrounds well drawn and are suitably dark and brooding, this is not a happy place.

You won't last long unless you're well tooled up. The weapons are meaty and well balanced, especially impressive are the flame effects when using the flame thrower.

On the down side women are mostly portrayed in a sordid way they are almost always hookers or b*tches. Another bad point is that in this game every second word is a swear word. I fact if you removed the word 'mother' from the game most people would have minimal amounts to say.

The game is unbelievably violent and makes other first person shooters seem like an episode of the Muppet Show by comparison. You have the ability to blow off heads, arms, legs and reduce opponents to a pile of gibbed puree. You'll need a strong stomach to play this game, definitely not for the under 13s.

On the whole a good game for adults, let down by the later levels which start to be come less interesting and a bit repetitive. Not really in the same league as Half life but then again what is?

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Summary: Misleading but fun
Review: I bought this game under the impression that it was something of a gangster simulator. Call me dense, but that's what I thought. (Well, don't.) The packaging reads along the lines of 'Hire your own gang and tell them what to do.' It also mentions shooting informants in the kneecap to punish them. This is made up out of whole cloth, because nowhere does this occur. I was expecting to start off low then move into my own office, hiring new members, conducting gang wars, somewhat like Gangsters 2 but in 3D. This isn't the case. The blurb on the box gives the impression that you have far more control over your environment than you do.

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Summary: a fantastic game
Review: I have a p-3 at 500mhz.i have played many good games over the years.this is one of the best ever.the graphics are absolutely stunning, although i would recommend running it on a fast system.the enemies are extremely intelligent and crafty.the language is a bit rough but i enjoyed it,its definately a game for "the boys",but it kept me laughing to be honest with you.other great games i have played recently that i would recommend would be heretic 2(a fabulous game),blood 2(excellent game),halflife is a nice game also(not quite up to the newest graphics though).

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Summary: fun fun fun
Review: I only have the demo and I really want 2 buy the game the game is the best fps out there I think the language rulez and the violent content WHOA!!!!! the whole game just BLEW ME AWAY thwe graphics are incredibal I give it a 5/5 its that [...] good

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Summary: Awesome Game - Even in 2003
Review: I only recently discovered this game and it is a lot of fun - graphics are OK and you get great framerates.

Higly recommended.

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Summary: Good game
Review: I preordered this game and got it when it first came out. The vulgar language, a first in PC games, and the provocation by the A/I characters when your character came on a scene without a weapon drawn was hilarious. The graphics were very good with much violence and gore. Player and A/I character interaction pertained to nothing but hiring a gang member, a direct fight to the death or provocation by the A/I character before a fight. Speaking to an A/I character gave an indication of the level of hostility toward the player. More player, A/I interaction could have been added with more of a variety of phrases thrown in. More than phrases such as "What the F*** you doin back here.", "F***in, Piece of S***." or "Got some money. Let's go". For its time, this was a very good effort, humorous. Not for kids. What does Xatrix have coming out next? I will probably buy it.

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Summary: Good Game I thought
Review: I thought it was a terrific game, who cares about the violence and/or language, if anything, it's realistic, how could you be so naive to think that this doesn't go on around the world, I think we needed a game this realistic, there's a reason that they put the ratings on games, to warn you, why buy it and complain about what it warned you about!!