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by fucking newbie 11/06/2012, 1:02pm PST |
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What do we have in the history of mafia games that are set in a useful period (as opposed to running a criminal organization in some strange setting like Syndicate and crime games about non-wops like Saint's Row, I guess)?
Mafia 1 had that goddamn race level, which was painful and shitty.
Gangland is reminiscent of this but is essentially repetitive and simplistic elements constantly rehashed by designers trying to get you to swallow their story.
Mafia 2 is fresh enough in recent memory for plenty of Caltrops regulars to need no comment (read: haven't gotten around to playing it, too many fucking moves this year).
There were some Godfather and Sopranos games, though I've no idea that they were anything but franchise extensions trying to bulldoze money into bank vaults.
I dunno if all that Hong Kong Tokyo Yakuza Triad shit counts, but maybe there's some Russian mob stuff I don't recall that doesn't reduce to opium wars.
It doesn't seem a terribly long list. I'm curious what we can learn from this sub-genre aside from 'mafia shit is a useful aesthetic' and 'don't make your cars so impossible to drive through prohibition-era pseudo New York.' Everything else is either tactical/strat/fps shit as far as I can tell. Is the aesthetic all mafia games ever had for them? You people might know better. |
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Omerta - City of Gangsters videospiel by Letzte 08/22/2012, 7:57am PDT 
welcome to caltrops, friend by Mr. 3000 and his blob 08/22/2012, 11:43am PDT
Re: welcome to caltrops, friend by Mr. Kool 08/22/2012, 8:51pm PDT
Re: Omerta - City of Gangsters videospiel by fucking newbie 11/06/2012, 12:39pm PST
Why the fuck did I post that, let's try for better by fucking newbie 11/06/2012, 1:02pm PST
Due Feb 1, apparently! I'm getting my hopes WAY the fuck up! by Last 01/08/2013, 2:47pm PST
Gangsters II was awfully mediocre. That was my only mob game. by WITTGENSTEIN 01/16/2013, 8:53am PST
Omerta has X-Com style turn-based tactical combat by Mischief Maker 01/16/2013, 9:11am PST
GOG snatched it up. NT by Mischief Maker 01/16/2013, 7:34am PST
FUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssss by Last 01/16/2013, 11:39am PST
GOG is $34, Steam is $34 and a 2-pack is $50. Who wants to go dutch? by Last 01/16/2013, 11:42am PST
I'm pulling the trigger on this shit today. Pipe up if you want in. by Last 01/17/2013, 8:31am PST
This 2 pack is a steam deal only? by Mischief Maker 01/17/2013, 9:31am PST
So that's it? No leeway. No compromise. Just stupid fucking jokes. by Last 01/17/2013, 1:04pm PST
The demo is out. About what you'd expect. by Last 01/26/2013, 12:00pm PST
Dunno about this "Movepoints seperate from Action Points" thing by Mischief Maker 01/28/2013, 9:04am PST
Yeah, I didn't get that really either. by Last 01/28/2013, 9:11am PST
This is feeling more like D&D tactical combat than X-Com by Mischief Maker 01/28/2013, 11:41am PST
Wasn't that how the latest Xcom game worked? NT by fabio 01/28/2013, 1:06pm PST
It is. NT by Fullofkittens 01/28/2013, 2:49pm PST
Re: Yeah, I didn't get that really either. by Charlie Kelley 01/28/2013, 3:32pm PST
Have you played Silent Storm? by Mischief Maker 01/28/2013, 3:44pm PST
I do like that one NT by Charlie Kelley, King of Silent Stor 01/28/2013, 8:00pm PST
Started playing it again, myself. by Mischief Maker 01/30/2013, 11:30am PST
I hope they never "fix" the sticky corpse glitch in Dark Souls by fabio 01/30/2013, 11:55am PST
EMERGENT NARRATIVE! by Mischief Maker 01/30/2013, 2:25pm PST
Thanks for telling me about the demo. You saved me $35. NT by Mischief Maker 01/28/2013, 8:51pm PST
How bad does a game have to be to get 1 star reviews on GOG?!! NT by Mischief Maker 01/31/2013, 11:06pm PST
62% on metacritic. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! by Last 02/01/2013, 6:37am PST
Re: 62% on metacritic. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! by Last 02/11/2013, 2:07pm PST
Sorry :( NT by Mischief Maker 02/11/2013, 7:49pm PST
Twob thumbs down! WAY down! NT by Home of the Underdogs 02/01/2013, 12:07pm PST
122 1-star reviews for the $5 DLC. NT by Mischief Maker 03/08/2013, 3:50pm PST
Yeah, yeah, rub it in. by Last 03/08/2013, 10:20pm PST
Text for tombstone: "This guy liked Omerta - City of Gangsters. LUL" NT by "PISS HERE" 03/08/2013, 10:37pm PST
50% off right now NT by sucker! 04/04/2013, 9:12pm PDT
$11 with all the DLC on GOG! HOLY SHIT ACT NOW!!! NT by Mischief Maker 06/24/2013, 7:22pm PDT
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