Genre: Strategy, real-time tactics
Developer: Hothouse Creations
Publisher: Eidos Interactive
Year: 2001
Platform: PC
Gangsters 2 is a strategy and real-time tactics game set in the Prohibition-era United States. Players assume the role of a crime boss tasked with building and managing a criminal empire in the fictional city of Empire Bay. Gameplay combines city management, strategic planning, and tactical missions involving organized crime activities.
Players are responsible for controlling businesses, managing finances, recruiting and training gang members, and dealing with rival gangs. The game includes a wide range of criminal operations, such as extortion, smuggling, and bribery. Tactical missions allow players to directly control gang members during heists, shootouts, or other criminal engagements, blending strategic oversight with real-time action.
The game features a detailed city environment with districts that can be influenced through both economic and violent means. Players must balance expansion and enforcement while avoiding law enforcement attention. Choices made in managing the gang impact the city’s power dynamics, as well as relationships with other crime bosses.
