Omerta: City of Gangsters
Pros-
#1.Mafia based games are cool
#2.Different ways to make money both legally and illegally
#3.The graphics are ok
#4.The music is ok
Cons-
#1.Is there any Italian mafia family that has female and non Italian members?
I could believe they might hire one freelance or work with one in their crew but they would never be an actual member.Kind of like Henry Hill from Goodfellas
I guess if they do not consider them members just in your crew that is more based on the boss allowing it, they just could never be made
I think they should of made this game so some of the crew you hire they make it clear that the full blooded Italian men can be made and everyone else can not since that was realistic.So it could be a perk to recruit them for that reason.
#2.I never saw actual police in the city
You might find out that deputy so and so lives in this building but they never leave it
I have played mafia games similar to this that had a police station or several if the map was big and they would actually walk and drive around the city
In that game if I was to go and kill someone on the streets the police would go to the location of the murder sometimes not always.You could kill the cops or bribe their boss of their station
In this game just doing certain actions raises your heat level.I do not have a problem with that in theory but it would be better with police and FBI and DEA in the map and after you do stuff you see them check it out
You could have the option to kill them,bribe them,plant evidence somewhere else ect
In the game I am comparing this to you could blow up the police station and city hall and your rivals buildings
#3.The combat sucks
The concept of what they were trying to do with combat could be fun but how it is in this game sucks
I would of liked it more with real time point and click combat where we can buy weapons and put them with our crew.They simply would attack who you click on using the weapon they have and we would not control how they use cover if there is any.I know that is really simplistic and some would find that boring but I would of preferred that to this
I disliked the combat in this game so much I just wanted to auto resolve it and let the computer do it for me.It allowed that a few times but later on there was no context it would allow me to do it
This was to me the worst part of the game
#4.The lack of an enemy in the main map
Just as there are no police there is no enemy roaming the main map
They should of allowed us to hire and our enemies to hire lower level henchman/crew bodyguards to guard specific buildings or get in cars and patrol and do drive by shootings
You know actually attack in real time combat in the main map.Even if it is turn based if you told some crew to drive to set location and you set their aggressive level to max if they see any enemy or police on the way there to just kill and chase them that would be realistic
If you set their level on say defensive they only shoot if shot at but will probably reach the location
In a real life situation if a mafia boss or police officer wants to kill you or arrest you and they know where you are and you were willing to fight to the death if they tried wouldn't you either
# 1. Have bodyguards in front of that building and in it as well if you could afford it
#2. Try and hide and go to a new location and take some of those bodyguards with you
This game should have petty gangs which it has but you don't see them on the main map and there should also be large rival mafia families and sometimes multiple ones in the same main map
We could kill them,bribe them make them so weak they become our ally,plant evidence against them so their boss goes to jail which could slow them down in some ways
Steal their cars,booze,weapons ect
They could have missions start where there is one boss who is your friend and you see where he lives vs 2 bigger stronger ones.You could turn on him or you could share with him it is more variety
#5.The people walking around the city in the main map
You can not click on them.You can not kill them.You can not see what they think of any mafia in the city.You can not see why they like you or fear you
You could literally erase them all and it wouldn't change anything
#6.Your crew members abilities
Now they tried in this game and I give them that but they could of added so much more.In the game gangsters 2 and even in the game godfather 2 your crew can have more special perks
They should of tried to improve this more
#7.Improving your base/hideout
I could see the reasoning behind paying so much money to allow for better illegal business options.It makes the game more challenging and you can feel like you accomplished something when you finally get the best money making illegal business going
What is the point of upgrading the fence?
What is the point of getting a pool?
Does it improve anything other than how it looks?
I don't think it does
Now in theory I have no problem with customizing your base just for looks but why not take it the next step and let us customize how the boss of our family looks like in Tropico?
#8.The camera angles in the main map
I would of liked to zoom in much closer and zoom out more
#9.The map options
Play the game Gangsters 2 and there is a map option where you are like a general seeing the whole battlefield move in real time
It also makes it easier to see which boss controls what territory
You would have to see it to really understand but it improves games like these
The Bottom Line -
Omerta: City of Gangsters is a worse version of older mafia games.They should of stolen all the good ideas from the game Gangsters 2 and they should of used the concept of clicking on the everyone to see their point of view like Tropico since this is made by the same people
If it is based on combat I would prefer to play the Godfather or Mafia games over this.Gangsters 2 combat was simplistic but it was better than Omerta
Now if after reading this if you still want to buy it DO NOT PAY MORE THAN $5 for this game
That is all it is worth.I paid $10 and I regret it and anyone who paid more than that I feel sorry for
My 2 cents
Dan