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About the game
Company of Crime places you in the heart of
1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or
head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the
rising tide of corruption?
Company of Crime is a criminal empire-builder featuring tactical
turn-based missions. It takes place in 1960s London, the cultural
capital of the world and home to a plethora of subcultures and
businesses. Your task is to build a company that will own the
criminal underworld, or if you play as the chief inspector of
Scotland Yard’s famous Flying Squad, tear it down piece by piece.
In the process you will go to pubs, clubs, vets, tailors, harbors
and many other locations as you expand your influence over the
city. Your team consists of either gang members possessing the
different skills required to pull off criminal tasks, or detectives
that have mastered the art of investigation. The big question is
ultimately this: who will take London?
Features
- Tactical turn-based melee combat
- With a focus on melee combat and tight spaces, Company of Crime
sets itself apart from other tactical turn-based strategy games.
Units have a zone of control that makes them tied to the choices
you make. Block enemy movements, build superiority in numbers, and
gain flanking bonuses by attacking from behind. You can even kick
enemies where the sun doesn’t shine to create safe passageways to
units that would otherwise get free attacks. If someone grabs a
gun, either find cover or go after them to wrestle it away before
the bodies start piling up.
- Heat mechanics
- When doing your dirty business, you’d be wise to silently
extort your way through the underworld. Loud gunfire or shooting
enemies will only attract more opposition, and a criminal empire
that blows its cover won’t go far. Fighting the outcome of too much
heat is always more difficult than avoiding it, and if things get
too tough, you better have some leverage to get the cops off your
back.
- Level progression
- This is more than just cops and robbers. Whatever the mission
is, there is level progression beyond just hit points and stamina.
Beating up the owner of a pub is one thing, but you can’t just bail
before the police arrive. You’ll have to first assemble any
evidence that will prove it was you at the crime scene crime scene
before jetting.
- Building legit business with criminal means
- Building a criminal empire requires a legitimate cover.
Progression of the game takes place as you… ahem… “convince” people
to sell their businesses and homes to you at a bargain price, or at
least turn a blind eye to what you do in their back room. Owning
more locations will unlock more items, features, and elements, but
will also potentially expose you to a surprise attack from the
police or a rival criminal family.
- Not just your own story
- While your task is to create an empire of crime or to tear it
down, this is not just your story. This is a story of 1960s London
with beatniks, mods, lemonheads, rockers and every other cultural
identity of the time. It’s also a story of a falling empire. The
Cold War UK is shining in the cultural world, but is facing
ever-increasing pressure from inside and out. There is a mysterious
order trying to tear down the British Empire from the shadows, and
who better to fight it than experts of the underworld and the
famous Flying Squad.
- Reactive Police
- Shady business takes place in obscurity, so police gameplay is
more reactive. You get the call only when violence takes place, but
that’s not the best way to find evidence against the criminal
families. Assign sergeants to discover shady places, speak with
informants, and apply for search warrants to raid questionable
locales. Make sure they don’t burn the evidence before you manage
to arrest them, or they’ll walk free as quickly as they were taken
in.
System requirements
