(Note: Bought and played this not long after release so my memory might be a little off)
I initially bought this in a splurge moment and it was fun for as long as I've played it, however, I did often find that I soon ended up with so much money I'm sure I could've run for president!
Anyway, I do love these turn-based games and I was expecting this game to be like the VERY old game, Gangsters, however, it seems that unlike that game, the city map and the combat map are very different. This isn't a bad thing, but just not what I was imaging, but it kinda makes sense anyway.
You can set up your own little businesses, both legitimate and illegitimate, like producing alcohol during times of prohabition, running a lottery (which you can choose to rig or not, I don't because I believe everyone should be able to get the money to spend) and I remember having your own law-firm where I ended up paying them so much that I struggled to have any dirty money to use on anything and only had clean!
The combat is a lot of fun and your melee characters are actually very useful, often delivering some very nasty blows to those you're up against.
There's a lot of new DLC for it now and I am certainly considering revisiting it at a later date when I get that DLC to see what I may or may not have missed.
I initially bought this in a splurge moment and it was fun for as long as I've played it, however, I did often find that I soon ended up with so much money I'm sure I could've run for president!
Anyway, I do love these turn-based games and I was expecting this game to be like the VERY old game, Gangsters, however, it seems that unlike that game, the city map and the combat map are very different. This isn't a bad thing, but just not what I was imaging, but it kinda makes sense anyway.
You can set up your own little businesses, both legitimate and illegitimate, like producing alcohol during times of prohabition, running a lottery (which you can choose to rig or not, I don't because I believe everyone should be able to get the money to spend) and I remember having your own law-firm where I ended up paying them so much that I struggled to have any dirty money to use on anything and only had clean!
The combat is a lot of fun and your melee characters are actually very useful, often delivering some very nasty blows to those you're up against.
There's a lot of new DLC for it now and I am certainly considering revisiting it at a later date when I get that DLC to see what I may or may not have missed.