Gangland

"Bad. Just plain bad. That is why their are NO faqs sheets."

Their is a reason their are NO faqs attached to this game. No-one wants to punish themselves by wasting their time and annoying themselves that much.

Overall 2/10
This game is difficult to play and quickly gets boring. Even with all their up to date patches it is pretty annoying to play. The idea was great, the execution was horrible. Their are still so many bugs that their isn't enough room, nor do I have the patience to write them all down. This game has the feel that the only development for it was in the idea phase. All the other phases seemed like they got some two year olds to do the work for them. If they spent more time refining the game it possibly could have been good, if not great. Unfortunately the game was poorly executed. May I urge you again, if you want to spend money, flush it down the toilet, because that's what you are doing with this game. Flushing your money down the toilet.

Graphics 5/10
Not particularly bad, but nothing spectacular either. And darkness really is darkness in this game. You can't see squat outside buildings during parts of nights in this game.

Sounds 3/10
It does have some nice sound effects, but you start repeating them about 10 seconds into the game.

Multi-player 1/10
Don't bother unless you have the fastest connection and really fast reflexes, otherwise others will have all the gun shops and have them locked too. Seductresses are extremely devastating, as they can recruit your army right out from under you, even during the middle of battles. Fighting is extremely easy to sum up: Have more men than your enemy and you win, otherwise you lose.

Story 0/10
Forget it. It isn't a story. You get phone calls from factions you are warring with and they sell or have you earn stuff from them even if they are losing to you. The only real mission is kill your brothers. Yep that is the story.

Game play 1/10
Good luck. The learning curve is extremely steep. You can't change controls or any options during the game. So make sure to memorize them otherwise do the keyboard dance(Hitting buttons till you find one that does what you want it to do).

Extras & Support 0/10
You won't play this game long enough to even consider extras(And you will like it even less). Support is a joke with a game as flawed as this one. They just need to scrap this game and call it a day.

Reviewer's Score: 2/10, Originally Posted: 05/09/05