Some men do not accept the rules. They create their own.
It is 1930. Due to circumstances he couldn't possibly have predicted, Tommy's life as a cabdriver is about to be exchanged for a life in the Mafia. At first he continues his work as a driver and nothing could be better. He soon becomes good friends with his sidekicks Paulie and Sam, and although the work is sometimes risky, he earns more money than he did as a cabdriver. But as time goes on he is ordered to undertake more and more unpleasant jobs – and he starts to become disillusioned with the life he has chosen.
Features:
- Explore over 12 square miles of this 1930's American city, with intelligent simulated traffic, landmarks and surrounding countryside. This fictional city was created with reference to authentic buildings and photos from that period.
- Over 20 action-packed missions with tasks including from mob hits, car chases, bootlegging, shootouts, assassinations of persona non grata, bank robberies and even simply going for a romantic walk with your love.
- Over 30 highly realistic and hi-poly indoor locations rendered with the latest 3D engine technology. Take a trip through a city of the 30’s, visit places such as the airport, banks, galleries, restaurants, the harbor and many others.
- An expansive epic story line inspired by real events that took place in the 30’s. The story is conveyed through spoken dialogs and motion-capture animations from professional actors.
- Drive one of 60 historic cars, which are based on models that were on the road in the 30's and the physics of which have been faithfully reproduced. Due to the realistic physics and real time deformation of the cars, getting involved in a chase with the police is definitely something to avoid.
- Over 12 weapons to choose from, including baseball bats, sawn-off shotguns, Magnums or the legendary Thompson tommy gun, to deal with those that dare to cross your path.
- The LS3D Engine was developed in-house by Illusion Softworks: it supports the realistic rendering of large exterior environments and highly detailed interiors.
- Effects such as mirrors, environmental mapping, real-time shadows, deformations and more are used to create convincing environments.
- Fully motion-capture character animations, including realistic facial animations, lip synchronization and more.
- One of the most realistic car physics systems ever created in a computer game. Each car has more than 100 parameters to adjust to imitate it's real life double.
The hero, Tommy, is a cabdriver who is glad to have a job during the depression. His happiness, however, does not last long. By a freak chance, he managed to save some members of a Mafia Family from being killed by hit men from another Mafia gang. Three Mafiosi, who were being chased, had jumped into his cab and ordered him to shake off their pursuers ... and Tommy, thanks to his excellent skills as a driver, managed to do just that.
While the rescued gangsters, seeing what a capable driver he is, offer him a job under their boss, Don Salieri, the killers working for Don Morelli only thirst for revenge. This leads to Tommy losing his cab under dramatic circumstances, and thus also losing his livelihood. Only by seeking refuge with Don Salieri's gang can he save his life. Visualizing himself in the dismal position of having to stand in some soup-line, he accepts the job offered to him by the Family.
In the beginning, Tom likes his new job as a gangster. It gives him an opportunity to take revenge on Morelli's men, he is never short of money, and all he has to do is occasionally give someone a bit of a warning or a quick thrashing. People in the city respect him. He meets a girl, whom he eventually marries and and has a child with.
Gradually, he starts to see the other side of his work: murders, assassinations, dangerous shootouts, and hight-speed car chases in which the smallest miscalculation can mean death. The real horror of his job gets through to him only when he is ordered to kill people who he knows personally, and who he likes. He is asked to kill an accountant working for the Family who co-operated with the police in order to save his loved ones, and then kill his own wife's friends.... Tommy is by now a respected man in the Family, and therefore nobody suspects that he might not carry out his assignments to the letter, even though sometimes he does just that. However, nothing lasts forever.
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