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(More customer reviews)People talked about this game like it was a cross between "Grand Theft Auto 3," "Gangsters," and "The Sims." Believing that, I went out to acquire this game. I regret spending my money.
Here's how gameplay is: you play a campaign, following a storyline. However, this is not like GTA3 where you can follow a certain storyline/story arch and still go out and do your own thing. Each mission is an isolated level, like a normal video game. Before I completed a mission, I went out and acquired a large portion of the city that I was allowed to go in, as well as raising my own personal army. Then when the next level was loaded...BAM! All of it was gone. I was heartbroken. Everything I had done was thus undone, as if the game only wanted me to have so much power. Imagine earning a lot of money, weapons, and vehicles in GTA3 and then suddenly losing all of it come the next mission, and you'll understand me better. What you come to realize is that while the game designers had a great concept, they presented it terribly. I got tired of doing the missions, and I didn't feel like I was in any great sim like the advertisements claimed. I think "Gangsters" was more like "The Sims" than this was.
The gameplay is also annoying. Moving the camera was awkward, though that wasn't my biggest complaint. The voice acting in this was incredibly awful. Every character says something in an attack, and its usually in a bad Italian accent. This is even worse for the girls who pepper spray people, and every time having to say something out loud. Imagine someone saying "How do you like my new piece?" and "You're goin' down!" every SECOND and you will understand just why I quickly turned down the volume.
There are other serious issues with this game however. The main reason I have given it one star as opposed to the original two I was going to give it is this: the patches. I downloaded the patch after a crash-to-desktop when the game first loaded...only to realize I had to download the other patches beforehand. Problem is...those patches apparently no longer exist. I couldn't believe it. I went to the company's website and searched all over, with just the recent patch available. I searched online, and though I found some earlier patches the game couldn't accept them, because it first had to accept the other, MUCH earlier patches. So all in all...I couldn't patch the game. This is inexcusable.
This game is not what I would recommend to other people. I hope in some ways my words have helped other gamers make a decision, or prevented them from making a serious financial mistake. Though the scars are too deep in me, I can exert my pain for the better good of mankind. Don't buy this game.
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Trouble in Paradise!Product InformationGang Land takes you to the seedy underworld of Paradise City where you will needto extort bribe steal and kill in your quest for mob supremacy! Enter areal-time strategy environment that includes action and role-playing andcompete with other gangsters (and players) in a bid to work your way up thefamily career ladder for ultimate gangland control.Featuring explosive action-laden environments Gangland delivers fast-pacedaction and offers you an opportunity to live out the life of a true Mafia boss!Product FeaturesGang Land offers a unique blend of RTS/RPG actionBuild your own family from 20+ unique charactersAssemble a business empire based on gangland activitiesSolve 26 conquests and challengesEngage in thrilling action-driven combat environmentsCompete with other playersProduct Reviews"A truly enteraining game" - Gamespy"Gangland delivers where it counts" - worthplaying.comWindows RequirementsWindows 98SE Me 2000 XPPentium III 600 MHz processor128 MB of RAM700 MB available Hard Disk spaceDirectX 8.1 or higherDirectX 8.1 compatible Sound Card64 MB DirectX 8.1 compatible Graphics Card8X CD-ROM driveOnboard/Integrated graphic chipsets and laptops are not supported.Supported Video Cards: GeForce 2/3/4 and FX Series. Radeon 7000 or higher
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