![]() ![]() Stealth is an incredibly important aspect of this game, but it’s not always consistent, and sometimes you’re forced into combat. Avoid the cameras and guards, disable the cameras and guards, subdue any civilians, bag the loot, and get out of there. ![]() There’s generally an order of operations to ensure your heist doest go south. It’s important to note that crew members can only go on one mission per day, so building up your crew is important. You could start the heist with the stealthy one, and if events take a bad turn, switch to the character better combat stats. Let’s say you have one crew member who’s good at stealth and gives you better mission rewards, and another who’s fast while carrying bags, has decreased weapon sway, and has more health. One really cool feature is that you can switch between your teammates during missions. The AI is pretty competent too, and will grab loot bags and take the initiative to bring them back to the escape truck. There are other team members who are unique, with plenty of good traits, but their recruitment fee is usually quite pricey. For example, one had a trait which decreased his mission cut, but gave him another random negative trait, and that trait increased his mission cut. Traits can be wonky due to random generation. You assemble a team of up to four crew members for missions, each of whom have traits and hiring costs. One annoying aspect of missions is that you can’t quit to the main menu while in one, you have to quit to desktop. However, the real meat of the game comes from the heists, like breaking into banks or jewelry stores, and eventually larger scale, more unique heists. There are various missions such as the basic capers, like robbing a poorly guarded warehouse, or stealing from a rival gang’s hideout. You can gain cash from completing missions, capturing and controlling territories, and selling your loot. In order to complete your new goal of becoming The King of Rockay City, you need money, and lots of it. It’s not meant to be a genius plot, it’s meant to be a catalyst for the gameplay. Finally, there’s Gloves, the dirty cop who helps you out, played by Danny Glover. Next is Casey, she takes care of your stash and manages your territory’s fiscal aspects, and she’s played by Kim Basinger. He’ll be the one praising or admonishing you during your missions. Narassa is the analyst, he’s calm, collected, intelligent, and played by Damion Poiter. He even carries a football around everywhere he goes. Your lieutenant, Touchdown, is a violent guy who loves fighting and constantly shouts football references. The entirety of your crew is as archetypal as it is star studded. It’s perfect for a placeholder character who’s meant to die in an explosion within the first ten minutes. Everyone knows what a king is, it doesn’t need special explanation or introduction. To add, the story has very simple characters, with common phrases and archetypes like “The King”. Having to sit through watching the same story beats over and over again in various runs would be annoying. It makes sense that the story isn’t too in depth in the cutscenes because Crime Boss has roguelike elements, and restarting is common. To add, the voice acting can be pretty shoddy, like the voice actors weren’t actually interacting, which adds to the confusion. I felt like I was missing cutscenes or context at times. I can get behind that, but the rapid-fire tempo of these cutscenes and opening vignettes make the player feel as though they’re being spun around. Now there’s a new objective: Become the Florida King. However, before The King or any of his lackeys can even get a word in, they all die in an explosion at said party. Your goal is to supply The King of Rockay City with drugs for his party, thus gaining his blessing to sell on his turf. You escape (or die) and set up your crew and minor drug trade. I would say that it’s fitting the game starts off with your character dazed from a flashbang, because the following sequence of events are disorienting. You play as Travis Baker, (played by Michael Madsen) a small-time criminal trying to make it out of a heist gone wrong. The story of Crime Boss is simple in premise, yet confusing in execution. In fact, what I got was a game that tries to juggle interesting concepts, but fails to fully flesh any of them out. However, Crime Boss fails to deliver said camp. The trailer prepared me for a fun, campy romp with a cops vs robbers theme, taking place in a Floridian city in the 90s: Rockay City. All while he was performing pushups, causing the earth to tremor. Chuck Norris’s hand grazed a basketball, sending it into high orbit, striking a satellite, and then returning to earth for the sickest three point shot the world has ever seen. When I first saw the trailer for Crime Boss: Rockay City I knew I needed to play it. ![]()
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