Kingpin: Life of Crime

I really don't see what the hype behind this game, even for the time. It's gory and that's nice, but it being mostly about finesse and subtlety seems to be more of an exaggeration based on the first few levels, which were where I enjoyed the game most. Shooting the crap out of everyone is actually incredibly difficult, given that once you get a starting pistol, everyone else whips out two with double the fire rate. Many aspects of the game are buggy and somewhat glitchy, the story is decent, but the real issue is how inconsistent the level design can get. It's more that once the game gets going it starts to shift away from thinking your way in and out of situations, and saving your money to shooting everything that moves with a gun just because you have to, which would be fine but many of the weapons feel as impactful as the shotgun from the original quake. To give the game credit, the AI Is rather smart, and knows how to take cover, but it rather quickly (and I mean 2-4 levels) devolves into heavier weaponry like rocket and grenade launchers, which seems a little out of place. If I had to pin this on anything it feels more like an ambitious quake mod. If you're down for that, be my guest. If you're not, go elsewhere.

Kingpin is an unconventional FPS that is uncompromising towards today's players and doesn't hesitate to punish them for every mistake. The player finds himself in the shoes of a brawler who embarks on a journey of revenge against the main Kingpin. The game runs on the IdTech2 engine, which doesn't impress modern gamers much these days, but it's not downright repulsive either, especially with the downloadable HD textures. It is an FPS that offers more open and elaborate levels, including vertical ones. The dirtiness and atmosphere of the streets is amazing. Gameplay-wise, it doesn't dwell too much on explanation - it's preferable to interact with NPCs, search the bodies of killed enemies, and pay attention to small details for the purposes of moving forward. The game also offers a decent arsenal of weaponry, from a pipe to a rocket launcher. Overall, for me, this is one of the legendary FPS that wasn't afraid to take risks and bring something new to the genre. Recommending: MH Kingpin patch, HD textures AI upscaled

The developers tore out the native coop mode that all Quake2 engine games had built-in (probably due to rushing for deadline) but a friend and I wrote a mod to add it back in. http://downloads.kingpinforever.com/mods/Co-op_Mod/ The one we wrote is in the "Old_Coop_Mod" subdirectory there (ours was done in 2002) - somebody has apparently revamped it a bit and upped the player limit from 4 to 9. (And removed friendly fire? Huh. Well, I guess some people like that.) But our version came with Linux binaries and source as well and the new one doesn't do Linux - nor the source code to show his changes... :(

This is one of the best games ever! How do you use or play multiplayer? Are there any Multiplayer servers around as I went to www.kingpinforever.com, but not finding any ways to see or configure multiplayer

The simplistic revenge plot is a excuse to run around and blow & shoot stuff up. Varied environments. Bizarre urban atmosphere and excellent gunplay. Single player is a tough nut to crack but a great run n' gun from the late 90's.