Kingpin: Life of Crime

"Fantastic FPS with a bunch of nice gang war action thrown in."

Kingpin: Life of Crime, by Xatrrix Entertainment, is almost a perfect game, except for some mild things that keep it away from perfect, such as lag, etc. Anyways, as the story starts out, you are beaten up by some thugs belonging to Nikki Blanco, who works for the Kingpin. You wake up later in the filthy alley in Skidrow, grab a rusty lead pipe nearby, and declare vengeance on them. You now are on your way to getting loads of money, building the perfect gang, and eventually, taking down the Kingpin himself. There are 6 episodes, Skidrow, Posionville, Shipyards, Steeltown, Trainyards, and then finally Radio City, home of the Kingpin. You have a nice arsenal of weapons, such as crowbars, pistols, Heavy Machine Guns, Rocket Launchers, Flamethrowers, Grenade Launchers, Tommyguns, and a lot more. Also, some of these have modifications, which you can add onto the weapons to make them even more deadly. Also, when you start walking around, you start to realize that this isn't a "kill everything that moves" type of game. People actually can be friendly to you, and give you important information, items, and some actually come along with you, making your very own gang. There is also a fantastic multiplayer option, which keeps you coming back for more. Here, you can either do the classic deathmatch, which you can also make your very own characters from 3 models with 1000's of skins, or my favorite, Bagman. Bagman is very similar to Capture the Flag, except instead of flags there is a safe, which you must put money into. You can carry up to $150 you pick up off the street, and when you kill someone, they drop at least $10. But, if the other team has some money, you can go up to their base, hit the switch which opens the safe, go to the safe, and steal up to $200, and run like a madman back to your safe! So you probably would want a decent balance of offense and defense. Anyways, Kingpin: Life of Crime, is almost the perfect game. It is extremely fun, especially when you have a Heavy Machine Gun running around gibbing people left and right, and since it is so fun, it has tons of replay value. In Single Player, you can also adjust the difficulty higher, so you can make it more challenging. You might even be able to beat it on "Real", the highest difficulty level! So like I said, it is fun, has tons of replay value, great action, strategy, and a lot, lot more. So I highly suggest that you go buy this game. Even if you don't like games like DOOM, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and all those other games, I still think you should give Kingpin: Life of Crime a try. Also, in the Kingpin CD, it has 3 tracks from Cypress Hill 4, for you to listen to while you are capping away. Of course, the call is up to you. You could ignore me and miss out on this great game. But don't regret that you missed your chance. Buy Kingpin: Life of Crime today!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99