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OMERTA: CITY OF GANGSTERS HANDS-ON
PUB: KALYPSO MEDIA DEV: HAEMIMONT GAMES PLATFORMS: PC, XBOX 360 ETA: FEBRUARY 1ST
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@OmertaGame
Why not take a virtual #JerseyShore vacation 1920’s gangland style? #Omerta http://bit.ly/ VCQcb4
@El_Prez
Hanging out with my friends in the mafia! Don’t forget to check out Omerta: City of Gangsters coming soon!
@DimasiValdi
Omerta - City of Gangsters. When XCOM meets Mafia
@Calico
“Omerta - City of Gangsters 25 hours played”. If only Steam takes into account the 100 hours of early builds I played!
@Sagesparten007
I’m usually not a huge turn based fan but I want to play Omerta: City of Gangsters because it’s gangsters.
TWEET US @GAMERZINES
XCOM, meet the new boss
T
he turn-based strategy genre has a lot to thank XCOM for. Prior to Firaxis’ brilliant release last year, many gamers were calling time on the tradition of moving a customisable squad of cronies around a giant map, with only the unpredictable justice of dice rolls determining whether your team is bathed in victory or crushed in defeat. XCOM didn’t do anything different to other entries in this genre, but Firaxis did present information regarding character traits, attack skills and the perils of risk-taking in a way that any gamer, regardless of genre preference, could understand. It’s a lesson more developers should take on, and thankfully the team behind Omerta: City of Gangsters have. Haemimont Games, makers of the quirky Tropico series, has employed a bit more of a serious tone in their latest work, taking players to a theme which is strangely glossed over by games: organised crime. Cast as the boss of several selectable and customisable gangsters, players can attempt to take over a historically accurate recreation of 1930’s Atlantic City with illegal activity running rampant during America’s prohibition era. Split effectively into two components – one part of Omerta takes place in the
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