![]() The game takes place in London, the cultural capital of the world and home to a plethora of subcultures and businesses, during the vivid decade of 1960s, featuring beatniks, mods, lemonheads, rockers and every other cultural identity of that time. You can either play as the Criminal side or as the Police, where in each case you will have to build a team that consists of gang members possessing the different skills required to pull off criminal tasks, or detectives that have mastered the art of investigation. But position matters a lot, so deciding whether to risk getting clobbered just to flank a foe is theoretically an interesting tactical decision.Players will have a choice to become a leader of a cruel gang and build a company that will rule the criminal underworld, or play as the chief inspector of Scotland Yard’s famous Flying Squad, and tear down the criminal gangs piece by piece.Ĭompany of Crime is a hybrid of empire builder and tactical strategy game that features a turn-based combat system with a heavy focus on melee. Units have a zone of control enemies entering or leaving that trigger an attack of opportunity. You can even hurl insults or threats to inflict different status effects. You can fling beer bottles at them, smash a chair over their head, or hurl them over a table. ![]() ![]() You can grapple them, kick them in the bollocks, or poke them in the eyes. So melee combat is the order of the day.Īnd to Company of Crime‘s credit, it handles this pretty well both in terms of aesthetics and mechanics. Guns are, barring a few missions and events, a last resort. And if you’re a gangster, then using guns is a really good way to very quickly attract a very heavy and very angry police presence. If you’re playing as the rozzers, you want to arrest people so you can get evidence and information about other criminal hangouts.
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