Metascore
61 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. A highly addictive game with good design and interesting gameplay. The unusual concept and the unraveling plot will keep you glued to the screen. The game is well balanced and keeps getting more complex as you progress deeper into the underground.
  2. An offer gamers may not be able to refuse.
  3. Fans of the original may find the changes made have 'dumbed' down the game whilst casual gamers will find it still too complex for an engaging experience.
  4. Unfortunately, the gameplay is marred by an awkward control system that requires constant micro management of multiple targets, and an annoying way of layering the map so that buildings disappear and reappear all the time.
  5. In the end playing Gangsters 2 is like watching a really bad B-movie. You enjoy yourself not because the movie is well directed, or acted; you watch the movie because parts of it are so bad it makes you laugh.
  6. 57
    Overall, the game has a sort of generalized, sketchy feel to it.
  7. It's repetitive and confusing in some areas, and too simple in others. And the interface, though easier to understand, is still problematic.
  8. 53
    Not even Eliot Ness and the Untouchables could bust down the doors and reveal the fun in Gangsters 2.
  9. The biggest problem with the game, though, is the AI - both the enemy's and your own units.
  10. Gangsters 2 just guts the administration and throws in a huge quantity of low quality combat, making for a pretty lame game. Let's strap some cement boots on this one and let it sleep with the fishes.
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Negative: 5 out of 28
  1. RandomN.
    9
    Only one of the low ratings was deserved..The other people only hated the game because A) They refuse to admit they are just too stupid to understand HOW TO PLAY THE GAME B) They are the type of stuck up idiots who claim the first version is always the best, regardless of how more advanced the sequel is Fact is, this game has been remade, revamped and it's just as entertaining to anyone who doesn't fall into the first 2 categories Grow up and give better criticism than Jeff S "Joey bane runs away from everything" Did you by any chance think to adjust his agressiveness?..Like the game tells you to do..Idiot.. Full Review »
  2. DocNess
    9
    This game is good it could be improved on anybody that found this game to slow or jerky must have a slow machine even a 1ghz pc with 6 speed cd rom and 256k of memory ran perfect. Full Review »
  3. SCG
    10
    It's a great game! One thing missing THE SINGLE PLAYER. I hope there will be GANGSTERS 3....I have some cool ideas for the 3-th, if Hothose or Eidos reads this, contact me. Full Review »