Kingpin

Discount Price: $19.09

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Kingpin: Life of Crime Official Strategy Guide (Brady Games)

Customer Reviews:

Fun [Posted on 2003-06-03]
OK, i bought this game thinking that it would be dumb, and after i played it for a while it became, a lot of fun, so yes i do recommend this game!!!!!!!!

Help [Posted on 2003-11-25]
Can anyone tell me if this game works on Windows/XP. E-mail at: Atan5@netscape.net.

Gives new meaning to the term "Ghetto-Blaster" [Posted on 2006-06-17]
#@!$%*! ^&*&$#%!

That's the censored version.

Its the most vile 1st person game I've ever played. Not in terms of violence, just in the language. That in itself, makes this game a total riot to play.

Where else can you use cuss-words in practically every sentence in a game?

Well, there's that, the interaction with characters, various weapons and upgrades and the "buying" of "muscle for hire".

On the downside, the graphics are blocky and ugly and there is no MANUAL SAVING!!! That is the biggest upset of all.

The other issue is that this game is RIDICULOUSLY HARD! You shoot your enemies in the face five times and they won't go down! It gets to the point of sheer frustration.

There's the fun sound fx and music from Cypress Hill that give it an extra boost of pulp fiction.

You'll have a f***in' great muth*****n' time you ***holes! ;-)

Addendum: After much aggravating gameplay I stopped playing this and unistalled it. It's just ridiculously hard in any setting and annoying.

Subtract 1 "fun" star from my original review.

The sewers will run red with the blood of my enemies [Posted on 2006-11-29]
Way back in 1999, long before the days of Grand Theft Auto, Kingpin assumed the mantle of the most controversial game out there, raising the ire of censor-trigger-happy panty-waists everywhere with its combination of graphic violence and even more graphic language. Kingpin is basically the Andrew Dice Clay of computer games, lacing every line of character dialogue with profanity. News flash to all the haters there: inner-city thugs on the make tend to use strong language. It's called realism, people. Do we really want to hear mafia dons saying things like "I say, old chap, whatever are you doing with that gun in your hand?" or "Dear me, I do believe I shall have to exact a modicum of revenge on that brash young man who helped himself to some of my cash holdings"? Uh, no. That would not be a good thing. And it's not as if the makers of the game, Xatrix Entertainment and Interplay, were sneaking this game into Santa's bag for little Johnny. It's got a great big red sticker on the front that says "Parental Advisory: Contains Graphic Language and Violence." Kids could never buy this game on their own. Going even further, the makers included the option of installing the game without all of the explicit language.

What about the game itself? Well, it's a darn good first-person shooter built on the Quake 2 engine. It does require a 3-D graphics accelerator, but that pretty much comes standard with any decent PC built in the last several years. In terms of player control and perspective, it is quite similar to that of Quake 2, which should be second nature to virtually every gamer out there. Yes, you'll see more than a fair share of warehouse settings, but you're looking at 34 individual levels in single-player mode, each of which is quite atmospheric in a film nour-ish kind of way. I do have to turn my brightness up to about 80% in order to see everything in the darker environments, but you're really looking at a fairly elaborate arena to exercise your thirst for virtual blood here. As for the violence, much of the shock value has disappeared since the game was released, but it's always cool to blow some schmuck's head clean off - and you have a decent variety of weapons with which to wreak your havoc: pistol, shotgun, Tommy gun, grenade launcher, flamethrower, etc. - all of your typical weapons.

As you start the game, you're basically a worthless thug with a chip on your shoulder, having just been beaten up by some of the Kingpin's henchmen. Naturally, you vow revenge on the bloke who made the mistake of leaving you alive and able to come after him. It takes time, patience, some puzzle-solving ability, and a lot of ammunition to work your way up to his high rise building and leave him laying in a pool of his own blood, but you don't mind because you get to do tons of damage along the way. It isn't all about killing people, though, as some of the NPCs can provide you with helpful information and others will back you up if you have the cash to buy their brawn and bullets. Being the thug that you are, you have a pretty limited vocabulary, but you do at least get to choose between friendly and decidedly unfriendly approaches to each character you talk to. Now, if you're like me, you always want to shoot first and ask questions later, so it can be hard to temporarily holster your weapon - but, there's no rule that says you can't ice your informants after they've told you what you want to know.

I never tried the online multi-player component of Kingpin, so I can't tell you anything about that. One thing I can tell you, though, is that this game installs and plays flawlessly on Windows XP, unlike most games released in 1999. Having just played the entire game again recently, I think I actually had more fun with it now than I did when it was first released.

Kingpin, one of my favorites [Posted on 2007-01-23]
This is a great first person shooter, one of the classics. Although it's obviously dated in terms of graphics and performance, its still fun to play. Some of the objects are tough to find. It took a long time to get the battery for the motorcycle. Once you get into the game, it moves right along. It does get tedious waitng for the next segment to come up as you enter a long hallway or door, but you can tolerate it. Its a very satisfying game to play when you are in a bad mood at the end of a tough day.

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