Gangsters: Organized Crime

A steep learning curve but it will pay off in the long run. The only problem with this game is how stupid you gangster can be. They love nothing more then to get themselves kill. But that is no problem just keep hiring more and one day you can own the whole town. The trick is to hold off of kill or attacking other gangs till your set up with a few good businesses. You need the money and man power to take on a rival gang. Also searching for enemy gang’s tuff is extremely helpful in the beginning.

Behind the obtuse controls, the dated graphics and the imbalanced gameplay this game is a real diamond. Please do yourself a favour and ignore anyone who has given this game a 1 Star review, they either didn't give the game the patience it required or just don't have the grey matter to figure it out. Play it. Love it. Look out for Omerta: City of Gangsters coming soon ;)

The game has better options for an Organized crime game then most currently on the market at the moment. Unfortunately being that this game is from the late 90's its out dated and most modern day PC's will not run it smoothly. This was probably one of the first Mafia style games i ever played and really caused me to set a very high standard for most other games of this genre.

Allthough playing at normal settings Gangsters and Police kill nearly all 20 of my Gangsters after 4 weeks.. I'm not able to do something against it.. Enemy shoots at me.. Police kills us all.. and so on.. An my Gangsters have shotguns and rifles.. not only pistols.. some of them even Double Berretas.. and Capos are Intelligence 4-5.. I don't get it... :(

I really wanted to love Gangsters: Organised Crime, instead I just like it. You start the game as, well a gangster, with a small crew and an office with the goal of dominating the city and fighting off other gangs, or going straight, if a life of crime isn't your thing. The game is split between two modes. The first one you can issue orders to your gang, such as extorting residents and shops to increase your territory, robbing banks, buying property and attacking rivals. The amount of options available to play with is really commendable and it can be really fun experimenting to see what mayhem you can cause. Once, you have issued orders you are then moved to a real time isometric view of the city as you watch your gang complete their tasks. In this mode you are mostly just a spectator, although you can issue basic commands on the fly to assualt or kill other gangsters you bump into on the streets. Although, this does carry a risk of starting an all out war or having your gangsters gunned down by the police or arrested. Once the week ends you are then taken back to the first mode, where you can review your progress and set up your orders for the following week. Unfortunately, the game suffers from being unintuitive and it oftentimes it boils down to trial and error which leads to it becoming a little frustrating at times. This is made worse by the clunky UI, where it feels like you have to click through a few too many tabs or menus to get to the option you are after. That being said, once you do manage to figure out what you are doing and the get to grips with the poorly explained mechanics there is fun to be had. Just a little bit more polish, it would have been fantastic, but it is still definately worth a try.