Quote Originally Posted by Drageuth View Post
Oh, and for all of the money that I collected through the entire game, I don't think I ever spend any of it on anything other than fixing my car. I never visited a gas station or a diner or a gun shop, even though there were tons of those in the world. I never had the need to. I'm sure I didn't get to use some sort of somewhat cool gun or something... but again, they really didn't serve a purpose. That's the sort of thing that I didn't enjoy about it -- there was lots of great stuff there (the story was definitely entertaining, and I did enjoy the ending, even though even I could see it coming from a mile away), but it didn't feel like a cohesive package. I think if they had expanded on it a little bit more, added an actual reason to go visit the different shops, maybe offered a few side missions (different jobs you could do for different people in each family, for example), I would have enjoyed it a lot more. That would have given me a reason to explore the city. Otherwise... there were parts that I didn't see until I went around to collect all of the Wanted Posters. Which, again, was an entirely arbitrary and stupid thing to add to the game, because they did nothing.

For the price that I picked it up for (I think it was $15... might have been $18, can't remember), it was a worthwhile game, and I got my $18 out of it. I would have been disappointed if I had paid more than $25 for it, though.


I actually do agree with you on those points. I love how the world is built up, with the whole 40's/50's theming, but I do feel that some more exploration would have been great. In the early parts of the game, when you walk around and people meet you on the street and have dialogue with your character, it's awesome. But you never really go back to your old neighborhood at all, and you sort of lose a sense of the city after you get back from the jail part. I do really enjoy it still though.