Review anarchistica 1/5 · Dec 23, 2021
It's no Deus Ex, that's for sure
Crime Cities is a game in which you fly around a city, desperately try to figure out where things are while constantly bumping into stuff because you have no sense of how big your ship is. At first i had absolute no idea what to do because the essential bottom part of the UI is hidden if you use the …
Crime Cities is a game in which you fly around a city, desperately try to figure out where things are while constantly bumping into stuff because you have no sense of how big your ship is. At first i had absolute no idea what to do because the essential bottom part of the UI is hidden if you use the 16:9 aspect ratio.
After fixing that i did a "kill stuff" mission which was quite poor even compared to Terminal Velocity or Fury³. Then i did a "collect stuff" mission which i failed because the timer ran out while i was trying to figure out where to drop the stuff. I have no idea why it even uses a timer since you also get chased by enemies.
Aside from clunky and boring gameplay the Crime Cities also has atrocious menus that you have to cycle through with... PageUp and PageDown? I've never encountered that in a game. There are other, minor problems as well, such as the fact that it is almost impossible to come to a complete stop. Even when the shield recharge station says you're docked you still drift.
Only a handful of ancient 3D games still hold up, like Half-Life and Deus Ex. Crime Cities definitely isn't one of them.