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Different in a good way!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: April 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a real time strategy, which truly simulates both warfare and business. It has a very cynical and violent plot, but it is presented in a humorous way. Basically if you like watching the Sopranos this game is for you. It runs pretty good, the graphics is excellent and the sounds are funny. It does not lack features, in other words there is a lot to do. The strange thing about it, which some might not like is the fact that you have a boss, who tells you exactly what to do. I personally like this feature. It is limiting in a way, but it also helps you get some guidance and set your goals. I would recommend this game to all fans of RTS games. It is worth the ...$$!

Classic and Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: May 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a great simulation for those gamers that like strategy, action and building things. It is very addictive and challenging. The graphics are very good (but it does run under 800X600 - which doesn't look as good on a monitor with native 1024x768 resolution)

The only disapointment is that there aren't more missions to complete. The manual is more helpful than most but I would still recommend that players check out gametalk.com and go to the Mob Rule forum to get some assistance and cheats - this will minimize the frustration of trying to figure out how to accomplish each mission and control all your characters effectively.

The game also runs well under Win98, and ME but not under Windows 2000 (it will cause your CPU usage to go up to 100%, causing the game to jerk and slow).

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

the games good and its worth the money also, but in lots of places it gets so frustrating expecialy in the middle of the game
where all your buildings start falling down but there should be more to the game like add ons and stuff but its fun.

Great game, not enough of it

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This reminds me of Jurassic Park III, you have an entertaining thing and then it suddenly ends without any sort of closure. I sat with my mouth open wide when the game ended. Why? Why did it have to end? Why aren't there expansion packs? WHY?!!?! *sniff* Oh well, back to Legos...

msavage

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game would have been much better if you were able to play freely against the computer. Unfortunately, you end up as a lieutenant for the godfather and he gives you tasks to carry out. You are only able to move forward in the game once you have completed the tasks.

Worth the money but could have been a lot better.

I wanted to be an emperor of the underworld, but....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Though I would like to play it freely--to attack enemies whenever I wish or to expand turfs--I had to do exactly what the Godfather said. Throughout the scenario, I strongly wished that I could carry a coup d'etat against that man. But, after all, I should end up with one of his lieutenants because of its setting.
The game itself was fun and worth playing.

Not worth the money or time

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Summary: the only thing Mob Rules does is rule you throughout the game. If you can imagine Ages of Empire II or Homeworld with only the campaigns and not with multiplayer vs computer, this is what you end up with.

If you are a true RTS fanatic, you will be highly disappointed with this piece of work.

Ausume

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 16
Date: March 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Though I do not the game I love it! My dream was to be Al Capone, and now I can forfill it thanks to this game!

mob rules!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

best mob sim out wish it had part 2 come out but it is discountuned

Far too cartoony

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I picked up Mob Rule at budget price after its release because I enjoyed another game from around the same time, Gangsters. Unfortunately, Mob Rule is a pale shadow of other mafia-oriented RTS games.

My biggest complaint is that the game is just too quirky. Your characters are wobbly sphere-shaped guys who bumble around the brightly colored streets. Cutscenes are populated with bizarre 3d caricatures instead of (actually intimidating) mobsters. The game really captures very little of the gritty mafia underworld that one would hope to find, especially considering the box art. Instead it feels like a somewhat violent mob game knockoff collided with Roller Coaster Tycoon aesthetics. Music and sound effects are bland and goofy. At least the game runs very well...

Other complaints are exactly what others have stated: you only get to play the single-player campaign, and your orders are always handed down to you from the Godfather. If things had been more open-ended, it would be a lot more fun, but you end up just completing specific tasks ("build a still, then build another still!") until you complete the game. There's a neat economic system underneath it all that really needs a chance to shine, but the lack of freedom prevents the player from getting any chance to experiment with it.

I also felt the game focuses more on imitating city-building games instead of offering engaging gang warfare. I wish I had more of a connection to my individual mobsters and workers; instead, I just saw them as tiny sprites bobbing down the street to raid the nearby motel while I set to work on even more urban development. It didn't matter if they died, I'd just churn out another one before buying up that neighboring plot of land.

I sold my copy recently since I found it much too flat and boring, and decided I'd never play it again. For most players, I'd recommend a different game with more depth.

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