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Was the best and going to be the best!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: May 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have been to every fan site website of this game and read every preview/review of this game and saw every screenshot of this game!

It's going to be a brilliant game!

Any Mafia fan will like this game, really! This is the closest that you can get to organized crime!!

GO FOR IT!!

the bomb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this is going to be the best game ever.After looking over evey thing this game is going to be so good.

BUY IT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: May 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am writeing this review without out actually playing the full version of the game. I have however had the fortune to have layed a "beta" version of the game. I did fall in love with Gangster 1: organised crime. The TBS aspect has somewhat been killed off in Gangsters 2. This may diss-appoint some players such as myself who enjoyed that aspect in G1. However the game does make up for this in it's silky smooth gameplay and visually stunning GFX. I have 1 complaint about this game, the box it should come in should be violin shaped just to give that extra touch. Bar doing this the good people at Hothouse have made a masterpiece. As the saying goes "the boys done good"

This will be good, you will buy it, you will enjoy it and you will want to be the next Al "scarface" Capone. Oli

Just a doll, Yours xxxxx

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Played a beta for this and very much enjoyed the 2-3 weeks I had playing it, fun to had in buckets here ,drive bys, bombings and the whole gangster feel (the graphics really do get across the whole 30's feel).

Good videos and Sound/music wrap up an empressive game

worth every cent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: May 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

110% + 1 better then the first version. Theres an actually story behind this game and theres over 20 OTHER towns and cities to take over. The multiplayer looks to be very interesting when they get the servers up. But either way eidios made A LOT of improvements on this game so its a diffenate must have for all gangster 1 fans.

Gangsters 2 is worth the price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Although I have never played Gangsters 1, Gangsters 2 is a pretty cool game. The gameplay is fun and exciting cuz it feels like your actually in control of a real mob group in the streets of New York in the 50's. Finally a game thats worth the price and money. I can't wait for the cheat codes to come out, lol

Better than the original, simpler yet highly addictive.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 35 / 38
Date: June 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Over two years have passed since the original Gangsters. While the original clearly had carved out a new niche genre, it was mired in complexity and micromanagement. Not so with Gangsters 2.

Hot House and Eidos listened to the gamers feedback and implemented many features to make Gangsters 2 much more accessible to players. The first thing you will notice is a much more intuitive interface. While I am still a little hesitant to give the interface a glowing review (It's a bit tricky to read some windows and decipher information at the building level), it is much more simpler than the original. And with the lack of micromanagement of each individual gangster (like the original), you control the main character, Joey Bane, and his lieutenants. All other hired muscle is controlled by you immediate family or built in AI scripts which are pretty good.

Upon loading the game, you will notice that Gangsters 2 revolves around the story of Joey Bane, (you). It seems your father (a big time mobster) was killed by the opposing family moving into the city. It is your job, over individual episodes, to move back into your home town, avenge your fathers death, and assume the role of mob leader. You start small, just taking over a neighborhood, but as he story progresses and you move on to episodes, you eventually take over the city, then neighboring cities, then eventually cross state lines setting up your empire.

Cut scenes between each episode move the story along in a concise fashion, and a pre-episode briefing is really good in defining your primary and secondary objectives. There is good feedback (could always be better) during the game from a 'family' advisor and reading the local newspaper. The Newspaper all allows you to hire 'specialists' that can carry on special assignments for you, lists obituaries, and clues you into other subtle hints and game progress.

The graphics are pretty good, but not top notch. A new addition to the game is being able to play at night, where street lamps light the streets and shading effects are more visible. Also there are seasons, so later in the game you'll notice the snow falling.

Game control is better than the original but is still tricky. Good thing there is a pause button (the game is real time) to re-issue orders. I found I made a few errors in assigning tasks to my gangsters only because selecting them is very sensitive. Game A.I. is also good, but could be better. When in trouble I have selected my gangsters to flee, only for them to sit around idle for a few seconds and get shot at before they run. And they seem to sometime run the wrong way! Also navigating your cars can be a bit frustrating. Seems that sometimes that computer chooses the longest path to get somewhere via car, when your car could easily take a turn down another street and get to a destination in half the time.

The manual is nice, explains pretty thoroughly what you can and can not do, and even walks you through the 1st two episodes. The only complaint about the manual is a few screenshots used for explanation are blurry.

Gangsters 2 offers multiplayer support!! Now that's awesome. You can have up to 4 Godfathers trying to compete over a city. However, it would have been much better if there was a random map generator for not only multi, but single players as well. After you complete the game in 16 episodes, you just restart it again at a higher difficulty level, but it's the same cities and same objectives.

As you move on from episode to episode, you take your hired hands with you, and dole out experience points to them in different categories based on performance: combat, stealth, or special skill (diplomat, distiller, bomber, hit man, driver, etc..)

When you take over buildings in the city, either by buying them, by force, etc., you must stay in control. For the building generate you money, and if you set up an illegal business (speakeasy, card den, brothels, brewery, distiller, gun smith, etc..) you rake in more money to expand your empire. Use money to buy better guns, recruit muscle, buy better armored cars, and buy influence over the police, the judge, the DA, etc...Bribery is big, however, the FBI are incorruptible, but every other figure in the game is. I love the drive by shootings!!! I often eliminate my opponent by taking out enemy gangs by Tommy and shotguns via a drive by, hop out of the car, and bust up their business (either by bombing, or killing those inside massacre style) and speed off before the police arrive. This disrupts the cash flow for your opponent, and even better if you can capture the business yourself and set up shop. You generate more money while increasing your influence in town! But be careful, you better hire guards for you new place, because your opponent doesn't like you taking over and will soon dispatch his own thugs to reclaim lost businesses.

One of your gang members in jail? No problem! Maybe you just need to put the judge or the DA on your payroll. Or maybe a breakout is more your style.

I'm just touching the base of things you can do. There are many illegal business to set up, cars to steal, people to kidnap, patrol your area, buy of the mayor, etc....

All in all, a very worthy sequel and worth the money.

I Fair Reveiw by an expert Gamer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: June 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

. . This is an awesome real time stratedgy game. I loved the first one. I mean it's a sweet concept. You're a gangster leader and you're trying to dominate the crime of several cities. It was a major improvment from the first one, (Not saying the first one ...)but this game is cool! You can tell your gang members to bomb or raid an enemy building. Make some "doh" by setting up ilegal cards houses and shipping ports, By exporting illegal goods and booze. Buy your equimpment from the black market, and if your good enough, set up your own black market. You can even kidnap people. Run in a election to gain polittical control over the city. Bribe cops to get a gang member out of jail. Thats just skimming the surface! (seriously) . This game is awesome. I have been gaming for a long time and i give out fair reveiws on games, and let me tell you somthing this is an easy 4-5. . You should seriously look into this game, i know you won't be dissapointed! . :)Matt/Chucky/PAblo/Super Cow. . :P M from Sama Gaming,

The sims meet the sopranos!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got this game on the 1st day it came out. Good thing it's summer cause these days I've been spending most of my time playing this game. So I'd say it's highly addictive. Of course, Gangster 2 is now a story mode and your Joey Banes. Also the motive of this whole game as the title hints "gangsters" is that you destroy, loot, kill, etc. and what can't be a better story than to get into the shoes of a mob? However I'd really have to give it three stars for several reasons after balancing out the positives and negatives of this game.

The negative side of this game is that there are three levels of maps. Of course the one we'd like to see most is the 3D one where you get to see the buildings, cars, people, etc. The 3D map of the city is similar to the sims. So I wouldn't say the graphics are at all good. The graphics basically look like the Gangsters 1 and this dissapointed me. But besides that sometimes you'd be stuck playing in map 2 which is a flat map of the city with symbols for the people, car, buildings, etc. It's a lot easier to control all the businesses but when you are being attacked from all different directions, it just leaves out the excitement seeing your men fight in glory or dying in battle. Another flaw with this is say you want to control your men to a certain position and there is enemy nearby, your men might not follow your orders instead just go right away to attack that guy.

The good part of the story is that there is just so much to do and so many characters. Also characters have different attribute points and you can add attributes after each level and make then stronger. Different characters are also good at different techniques, let's say bombing, driving, kidnapping, etc. Of course the most fun is hopping into a 1920s car and speeding by an enemy office and shooting them with your maching gun as you drive by. You can also bribe people, purchase different weapons, car, the list goes on. I think this is really a great game, I just wish they improved the graphics. It's worth buying but I'm not so certain this is a game people will play over and over again. So maybe it'd be a good idea to get a used one or buy a new one and sell it when your done. There just so much I can write about this game, it would take pages so I'll just end it here.

What a letdown.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I had high hopes for this one, because despite the original Gangsters' tedious gameplay, I really enjoyed its detail and depth. As far as strategy and gameplay though, Gangsters 2 is nothing like the original. Sure its graphics are an improvement but its gameplay, for the most part, is shallow, repetitive and dull. I imagine the boys at Hothouse Creations spent a lot of time and effort designing Gangsters 2 but I just can't fathom why they would think this game would be appealing. Each mission seems to be a repeat of the previous and ah blah, blah, blah...What's the point? This game blows! It hasn't been out two weeks and it is already marked down at Best Buy. My suggestion? Buy a book!

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