What the game says it is: VITO SCARLETTA is making a name for himself on the streets of Empire Bay with his freind Joe as he climbs up the family ladder. With greater status and crime comes greater consequences. The life as a wise guy isn't as untouchable as it seems to be.
What the game actually is: A third person shooter with an involved storyline and an open ended world as far as Empire City is concerned.
Graphic and sound: The graphics are great, giving good detail of the cars during that time period. The radio in your car, or one you have stolen, play music and news related to the time as well as local news related to the story. The voices of the characters, main and just random ones walking the street, are also realistic and don't sound forced or overacted.
How game play was: The controls are simple and easy to learn even though I can't seem to drive in a straight line unless the weather is terriable, as long as you are patient, the levels are fairly easy (even on the medium difficulty).
The good: The game has a solid story which is enjoyable and the open world lends to the feel and theme of the game.
The bad: The use of foul language, playboy collectibles as well as some amoral situations make this game one I couldn't play until the kids were away or asleep.
The ugly: The cops can make getting from one area to another seem frustratingly long. If you speed they pull you over and if you don't have any money to bribe them you have to run which leads to a gun fight or to a fender bender with another car, object or person.
Overall: The game is highly enjoyable moving through the city beating missions, driving classic cars and doing any number of things such as buying stuff or robbing from stores. There are achievementsyou can collect that are related to robbing stores. You can also get money from stolen cars in a number of ways. I enjoyed the story, sometimes yelling, (not literally), at the main character to not do somthing that I knew was going to take him down a bad course.
PTSD: 4
Why I rated it: Simply for the violence and the military theme of the main character. The main character goes AWAL from the war.
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