Gangsters: Organized Crime (Windows)
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Published by

Eidos Interactive, Inc.

Developed by

Hothouse Creations Ltd.

Released

Dec 08, 1998

Platform

Windows

ESRB Rating

Teen

Genre

Simulation, Strategy/Tactics

Perspective

Bird's-eye view

Visual

Isometric

Pacing

Turn-based

Gameplay

Managerial / Business Simulation, RPG elements

Interface

Point and Select

Setting

Interwar, North America

Narrative

Crime

Critic Score

100 point score based on reviews from various critics.

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3.0

User Score

5 point score based on user ratings.

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Description

Gangsters: Organized Crime is set in a fictional city in Prohibition-era America, featuring over 5000 citizens including 400 individual gangsters. The player's goal is to take all the riches, through bribery, theft and aggression.

Gameplay is a combination of Sim City-style building and turn-based planning, where you have lieutenants who do the dirty work for you. The more blocks in the city you take over, the more people you have loving your work, making it easier to control each area. But be careful, there are three other gangs out there, so blood can get spilled easily.

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Gangsters: Organized Crime Windows mass murders on the street

Gangsters: Organized Crime Windows another strike

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Alternate Titles

"Gangsters: Organisiertes Verbrechen" -- German full title
"Gangsters: Le Crime Organisé" -- French title

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User Reviews

Unrewarding Gangster Simulator	Terrence Bosky (5463)
Gangsters is a deep, interesting, satisfying sim for those with the courage to climb its learning curve.	Jim Newland (60)
Hopefully worth the effort	Spike Robinson (2)	unrated
A great, but a difficult game	Buuks (209)

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Critic Reviews

Power Unlimited	Jan, 1999	8.9 out of 10	89
Svenska PC Gamer	Jan, 1999	87 out of 100	87
Power Play	Dec, 1998	82 out of 100	82
PC Games (Germany)	Dec, 1998	77 out of 100	77
PC Joker	Dec, 1998	75 out of 100	75
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Feb 05, 1999		70
Privat Computer PC	1999	70 out of 100	70
Game Revolution	Mar 01, 1999	B-	67
GameStar (Germany)	Dec, 1998	57 out of 100	57
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Apr, 1999		50

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Trivia

Marketing

Eidos made plans to hire an actual gangster, convicted in the 1960s, to appear at a trade show in Europe to promote the game. When the press came down on them hard for this stunt, Eidos PR was quick to downplay it.

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