Here are some key features of "Chicago 1930": Embedded in the atmosphere of mafia-like activity as well as the style of the thirties, you have to succeed in procuring the leadership of the city to "your" side, always being conscious about possible ambushes. But if you don't believe us and are bizarrely fascinated by the prospect of an archaic gangster-themed RTS hybrid, then play the demo first to see just how bad it really is.Chicago 1930 - live in the time of prohibition, when the battle between police and mafia saw its golden age Version: 1.0Ĭhicago 1930 is a game that brings you in the time of prohibition, when the battle between police and mafia saw its golden age.Ĭhicago 1930 impresses with very detailed and varying backdrops offering dark courtyards and dubious brothels as well as monumental buildings of large towns. And the music, lighting and sets do capture the mood well enough. Okay, it's got some nice ideas - every character you meet has an attitude symbol displayed above their head, as well as a 'wanted' status which shows whether you can get away with arbitrarily blowing their brains out or not. Summoning up the patience to graduate from the first level alone is a mammoth task. It's one of those games that you want to stop playing almost as soon as you start. The puzzles: either elementary and signposted, or inscrutable and illogical. Zzzzzzzzz.īut the second, more important issue is that everything is so irredeemably tedious. Even telling friend from foe is a nightmare when your team and the similarly suited enemy are clustered in the same room. Plus, you have a vicious fist-fight with one thug, while the other, standing about five feet away, doesn't notice because he has his back turned. Want more? Well, you also get punched unconscious by a hoodlum, yet the game says you've been 'inadvertently' knocked out. You drag away the corpse the police are photographing, but they continue snapping away at an empty floor. You pick up an object, but you have no idea what it is: no tips, no help. The first is Chicago's amateurish lack of quality, which is abundantly evident right from the start. There are two fundamental issues at play as to why this is a must-not-have title.
Granted, the emphasis is a little more on puzzle solving, but like Desperados before it (Commandos in the Wild West, also by developer Spellbound),Ĭhicago 1930 feels like an imitation, and a paltry one at that. Essentially, Chicago 1930 is Commandos in pinstripe suits. The action is in real-time, with you commanding your team to go about its task, whether it be to capture a mob boss alive or waste a load of rival hoods. You then lead this hand-picked team on missions to either wrest control of the city from rival gangs, or to clean the place up, depending on your side. Which, in the case of Chicago 1930 is a good thing, as the only way you're likely to get any sort of tangible enjoyment from this game is to play it while you're horribly drunk.Ĭhicago 1930 puts you in charge of a small group of either Mafia hoodlums or FBI officers.
Today in the UK it couldn't be more different, with anyone over 12 years old practically forced to consume copious amounts of alcopops and imported lager by ceaseless advertising and peer pressure. The only way you could get a drink was by frequenting a Mafia-run speakeasy, or brewing some of your own illegal moonshine. 1933s Chicago was a city gripped by prohibition.
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