You’re probably thinking of “Gangsters: Organized Crime” or the sequel, “Gangsters: Vendetta”. Both developed by Hothouse, published by Eidos, both fatally flawed rather lousy games.
In between my current Darklands campaign i’ve just started a Lords of Magic game. There are lots of things i love about this game(the detail if you are aware of it) but darn it is really tough, even on ‘easy’ setting! I suspect there is some trick to it, but i hate having to game a game system to beat it. Still LoM makes Darklands seem quite gentle really, so that has been the main bonus.
Giaddon
5824
By most accounts at the time, that one was best skipped.
I too heard it was awful, yet will eventually get it for the soundtrack.
Note that there is a rather large fan mod for M&M 9 floating around out there. It supposedly makes the game better, though I can’t really comment for sure. I do plan on trying it at some point.
Farscry
5828
I’ve heard that Might & Magic 9 is better than any similar turn-based pc first-person dungeon-crawler rpg that was released in the last year.
To paraphrase Dennis Miller, $10 worth of shit is still shit.
Farscry
5830
Well, I can’t argue that. ;) I just wanted to make a witty remark!
Giaddon
5831
So you’re basically saying it’s better than Frayed Knights?
Thraeg
5832
True, you have to go back 13 whole months to September 2010 to find a better one (Etrian Odyssey III).
OrfBC
5833
Man, I wish that were true. I would love to play Etrian Odyssey on PC. They would be fantastic Steam releases.
Farscry
5834
Precisely. The classic M&M / Wizardry style games seem pretty much restricted to consoles (mostly portables, at that) now.
Today’s new release is Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), an adventure game of some sort. Not into adventure games, but I’ll get it once it’s on sale for its soundtrack, if nothing else. :)
I heard the game goes off the rails later, but I loved the start of Indigo Prophecy. I won’t spoil it for you, but definitely play the first half hour of the game. Very cool, very different. Worth playing just for that.
Giaddon
5837
Fahrenheit / IP is the precursor to Heavy Rain (not in story), if that interests or repels anyone. It does indeed go batshit at the end, and it is possible to die if you don’t have sex with your girlfriend well enough. Worth checking out.
gmonkey
5838
The diner scene at the start of Fahrenheit is awesome in its options and allowed variations. After that, the game goes downhill pretty fast, and the plot goes horribly stupid.
gaahhh
Hahaha. I only played the demo of Heavy Rain and I flat-out hated it.
Thyroid
5841
Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy is a masterpiece of stupidity. It feels like a teenager tried to write an end-of-the-world story involving the conspiracy theories he’d been reading about on angelfire, and then - having seen a late night French movie on cable with no subtitles - tried to work in an artsy sex scene to make it seem mature and nuanced, and not, you know, about the physical representation of the internet pitted against a secret cult of businessmen in the search for a child that controls the weather.
The gameplay itself has a fairly interesting idea driving it, but the game falls short of that idea’s potential. On the other hand, if you don’t mind your games obnoxious and adorably dumb - if you don’t the main menu having “New Movie” and not “New game”, the writing (which people tout as the game’s strong point) involving a kiss ending with the line, “Frozen. Your lips are like ice” - you may find yourself enjoying it.
