iPhone App review x 4 – Mafia games
I like Mafia games, I’m working on one for the iPhone and there are now at least four Mafia games, 1 paid and 3 free. So this is a group review of all four of them with lots of screen shots.
As a game designer I find that all of these games are somewhat derivative and a bit one dimensional. They are similar to many the web based mafia/gangster type games. But these are Al Capone type gangster games, not the modern “Rapper/Hos/Pimps” genre. The four reviewed are
- Mafia LIVE
- iMafia,
- Mafia Respect and Retaliation (Henceforth known as Mafia R & R) and
- iMob Online.
I didn’t review Mafia Boss which seems a different type of game. Of these four, Mafia R & R is also available in various paid versions with the amount of respect points (called Loyalty in Mafia Live, Honor in Mafia R & R) varying according to how much you paid. These points get you extra men or money so you can start with a big advantage. The 1250 point version costs £29.99 about $45!
Essentially these are all spreadsheets. You have some cash and use it to buy weapons and/or property. Weapons and manpower let you undertake more interesting and gainful missions that brings in more cash and experience that is used to level up. Property gives you income and several of the games use the binary model of having to buy land and then develop it by building Hot Dog stands, Jewelry shops, malls etc. You also have a stamina that is decreased by undertaking missions and increases with time.
I’ve split this review into four posts and will put them up over a day or two.
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Posted: October 7th, 2010 under game, iPhone, review, software.
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