There's plenty to explore, but despite the amount of 'real life' scenery dressing (non-drivable cars, civilians, shops, bars, strip clubs and so on), none of it really amounts to much, not helped by the lack of any decent story structure to tie everything together.
On top of that, the visual style employed doesn't exactly push the boundaries of modern technology, with poor textures, animation and detail, all giving the impression of a half-hearted console port at best. It's not helped by the worst camera since The Matrix: Path of Neo, never quite giving you enough view to avoid distant trouble spots or turning fast enough to give you fluid control over the combat. This amounts to lots and lots of fighting, anyone and everyone, giving the Crime Life world the feel of one giant deathmatch arena, rather than any serious look at gang life in the You have to prove your chops by, basically, beating everyone up, committing crime and generally hell-raising in the worst possible way. The premise is that you're a new initiate into the street gang The Outlawz (although with no back-story, character or introduction it feels as though you've just dropped into the world, Mr Bean-style). Ora carefully monitored, marketing-led, BBFC-friendly interpretation of Ebonics, expressly designed to appeal to the target demographic, at any rate. A melange of drive-bys, gangbanging, robberies, urban decay, violent actions and people talking Ebonics. Sadly, Crime Life couldn't be further from these aims if it tried, and instead represents a particularly nasty nadir in the path of gaming history.
It's a noble cause, a good cause, a just cause, a cause we at PC heartily endorse. A return to the days when gaming meant collecting golden rings in colourful platform worlds made of ice cream, and a colour palette bedecked with yellows, pinks and lime greens. An end to all this dreary urban yoof street gang violence dark days misery. In order to get accepted by the gang boss, Big Dog, Tre will have to run a few missions that involve killing some people, and he'll soon find himself a bona fide Outlaw with a few gang members that follow him around.ĭuring press release developers stated that the game's main theme is "The player must protect his own people from exploitation and abuse, and defend his crew from violence and treachery that permeates the society he lives in.Popular gaming commentary website UK Resistance recently ran what it called the Blue Sky In Games campaign. As a Hood resident, his dream is to become a member of the Outlawz, the local gang. The player starts off as Tre, a citizen of the impoverished Hood district in Grand Central City.
This game has been cited for combining free-roam elements similar to Grand Theft Auto, and beat 'em ups similar to Final Fight. The soundtrack of the game is provided by the hip-hop group D12, which also contributed the likenesses and voices for some of the game's key characters. There are various methods of earning money, ranging from mugging to burglaries. The game's music is all hip-hop, reflecting the urban and hip-hop atmosphere of the game. The game features harsh language and violence is definitely a staple of it. The areas are relatively small but can prove useful when trying to locate your fellow gang members. Free roam is also available as in the popular Grand Theft Auto. The game includes over 25 story-mode missions, as well as some free-play missions. Weapons include baseball bats, lead pipes, hammers and guns. The game is a fictionalized simulation of gang wars, with the game play focused on street fights involving many gang members at once. Crime Life: Gang Wars is a video game released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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