Gangster Empire: Vendetta

I only played 2 years in game time, 24 months, 24 turns. My only advice is to look at all the screen shots presented at the top of the page. That is the entire game. There is no tutorial. Not that you need one. The game is quite simple. • city map = 12 blocks with names associated. There are risk ratings under each city block, but I could not decern any difference. The times my “Thugs” were arrested they were in blocks that had low law enforcement. • Thugs have skills, I could not tell if it made them more proficient. The experience mechanism was not useful. It did not seem to give experience in the areas the Thugs were being used. • Hire a lawyer. It did not seem to help. 4 of 5 times my Thugs were arrested they were convicted. • Bribe the judges all three. Again, no help 4 of 5 convictions. • Crimes give very little profit. IF you buy the game try hacking. For me it paid better then others. Legit business were horrible. Every other month they did not make money and the months they did make money it was very little. Seriously a movie theater could not turn a profit 3 months in a row because someone wrote an article in the paper that hurt its reputation. Reputat…

[h1]IN A WORD: [b]MAYBE[/b] [/h1] [h1]IN SHORT:[/h1] [quote=] [b]WHAT TO EXPECT:[/b] Crime enterprise simulator. Mature themes. Low budget production. Basic graphics and audio. Simplistic, limited gameplay. Good range of random dynamic events provide core strategy depth. Minimal supplemental gameplay mechanics. Very repetitive. Clicker like tempo. Played on fixed-resolution window. No settings apart from muting audio. Singleplayer only. [b]ACHIEVEMENTS:[/b] NONE. [b]STATUS:[/b] COMPLETE. A FEW BUGS. ONE CTD. [b]WHEN TO BUY:[/b] ONLY FOR FANS OF CASUAL, CLICKER OR CRIME TYPE GAMES.[/quote] [i]More info below....[/i] [h1]THE LOWDOWN:[/h1] Gangster Empire: Vendetta is a criminal enterprise simulator set in a fictional contemporary city. Players take on the role of a budding criminal mastermind leading a crew of crooks to become the best underworld boss in town. It is singleplayer with turn-based action, each one representing a month in game time. Setup involves choosing a syndicate name, an endgame goal (1 of 8), a difficulty setting (1 of 3) and preferred dynamic event types (up to 6). After a few quick-start hints, the player begins to issue orders to their crew. Gameplay tak…

[h1]Overview[/h1] If anyone seeks out [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/25150682/]REXCurse[/url] for an opinion about a gang-themed game (especially a gang-themed game involving management) you know ol' Il Pallino is on the job. With no sort of backstory and a mostly casual experience, [i]Gangster Empire: Vendetta[/i] doesn't have anything in the way of a "vendetta" against anyone or anything. Instead, there's just turn-based strategy gaming in which the player controls a gang with a maximum of eight people and looks to complete the game by either satisfying requirements for money or reputation. Crimes involve petty theft, violent assaults, hacking, drug dealing, long-term schemes (which can be either violent or non-violent), and good old fashioned legitimate businesses. Sometimes the player may be asked to assign gang members to complete various tasks for outside bosses who provide large amounts of money upon completion and an increase in reputation the player can either hoard in hopes of reaching their overall goal or spend on attacking a rival crime boss who occasionally schemes against the main character's gang. [h1]Graphics and Sound[/h1] Graphics are mostly limit…

Back in the day, by which I mean the 80's, there was a game called "It's a Crime" that was play-by-mail. In that game you started with a small gang on a single block and would gradually add territory and gang members and would set up operations and plan illegal heists and impinge on neighboring players territory. At first glance, this game seemed like it's computer equivalent or at least had elements of the same feel which is what drew me to the game. I unfortunately ran into technical issues that prevented me from being able to load saved games when the game launched from Steam. I understand they may have been ways to work around the problem at the time, but I'm no programmer or coder...I'm an old guy who works too much who wanted a simple but fun turn based crime strategy game and I don't think I should have to modify things just to let me load a save game file. So I returned it.

I am really looking forward to watching how this title will evolve. At the moment, it's a fun turn-based game with great flavor that is right up this humble reviewer's alley. I love crime games and there is not enough gritty, tactical, management based games steeped in realism. The game's mechanics are similar to a game I really enjoy on my phone called "Respect" and its sequel. Yet, Gangster Empire: Vendetta has quite a few more options for expanding your criminal empire. As of now, the title is a little rough around the edges, but the game's heart is there and can provide any aspiring crime kingpin a healthy distraction. I am happy to support a developer that is thinking outside of the box and offering a different spin on the turn-based genre and cannot wait to see what blossoms.

Fun little idle clicker, but it's about as deep as a kiddie pool