This is a game I played and replayed for endless hours. The gameplay is simplistic, but elegant. I don't remember any tutorial, but as you play (and get wrecked by the brutal AI) it's easy enough pick up the nuances as you go. Every gang has tons of character and the art is fun and weird and totally unique. The multiplayer (I hope it's not still IPX?) is fantastic too, it plays sort of like a board game but the pacing gets to be a bit slow in the endgame. Think (utterly bizarre) e-mail chess rather than party game. It's addicting and really doesn't lose anything through the probably thousands of games I played through.
When I first played this game I could not believe such a well-assembled game could come together like it did. The interface and graphics are flawless. The gameplay is easy to pick up and like some of the Theme games, it makes you want to spend more time on some levels than you need. The characters and setting are set up so well just through use that it doesn't NEED any exposition or story, I just wish it was longer.
