Peaky Blinders: Mastermind

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  • Summary: Welcome to Birmingham, during the aftermath of the Great War. Set right before the events of Season One, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind lets you join the Shelby family's criminal gang. Follow the rise of Tommy as he successfully uncovers a sinister plot to put the family out of business, provingWelcome to Birmingham, during the aftermath of the Great War. Set right before the events of Season One, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind lets you join the Shelby family's criminal gang. Follow the rise of Tommy as he successfully uncovers a sinister plot to put the family out of business, proving himself worthy of being the true mastermind of the Peaky Blinders.

    Mastermind refers to Tommy's ability to plan complex scenarios in his head. As the player, you get to exercise this power by taking control of key members of the Shelby family including Tommy, Arthur, Polly and more. Become the Mastermind as you freely reset and rewind each character's path in order to tune all of their actions for perfect coordination.

    Achieve the highest mission rating by strategically utilising characters and stealth to solve increasingly complex puzzles with optimum timing.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. TheXboxHub
    Aug 20, 2020
    80
    Stylish, slick and set in Small Heath, Peaky Blinders: Mastermind on Xbox One is a strong first outing for the family. It may be a little on the short side, but it’s a refreshingly different way to test your gray matter.
  2. GameSpew
    Aug 20, 2020
    80
    The story isn’t the focus of Peaky Blinders: Mastermind; it’s the gameplay. It’s just there to give the missions some context. And the gameplay itself is inventive, engrossing and rewarding. It’s a great feeling to reach the end of a mission having carefully planned each character’s route and actions, watching them all play out like clockwork. FuturLab has taken a property, really dug deep into the heart of it, and created something that captures its essence. But you don’t need to be a Peaky Blinders fan to enjoy Mastermind; all you need is to enjoy a good puzzle.
  3. MondoXbox
    Aug 20, 2020
    78
    Peaky Blinders: Mastermind surprised us with a very satisfying and well thought-out "time rewind/record" mechanism that makes us feel like a real gang mastermind like Tommy Shelby was, perfectly orchestrating and timing all our companions actions. Some controls might have been better refined, but it's definitely a game to try, even for people who never watched the TV series.
  4. Generación Xbox
    Sep 2, 2020
    75
    The successful TV series has done justice to the world of video games with a good adaptation.
  5. Xbox Tavern
    Aug 21, 2020
    68
    A cursory glance at Peaky Blinders: Mastermind might fool you into thinking that it’s a cheap, defective product that rides on the popularity and success of the TV show on which its based. The positive reality though is that once you get your head around its gameplay quirks, you will find a decent but brief foray into a post-World War I plunge into the sneaking thievery of the Peaky Blinders. Yes there are a lot of basic and unfulfilling design choices, and more could’ve been done to immerse you into the Peaky Blinders universe, but what’s here is executed sufficiently well enough to provide several hours of entertainment. You won’t be blown away and you would wish and crave for more substance and intrigue, but Mastermind – whilst not a master – is certainly a handy companion.

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Aug 22, 2020
    8
    Peaky Blinders: Mastermind was developed by FuturLab, and focuses on the Shelby family before the events of the first season of the show. OnePeaky Blinders: Mastermind was developed by FuturLab, and focuses on the Shelby family before the events of the first season of the show. One of the Peaky Blinders has reportedly killed a member of the local Chinese gang, and the family will need to try and protect their man while diffusing the situation in well, appropriately Shelby fashion. Where Peaky Blinders: Mastermind takes a left turn is with
    it's genre of choice, eschewing the usual third person action of video game adaptations and instead choosing the route of a puzzle game. There are 10 missions in total that took me around four or five hours to complete on my first play through, most of which take place in the cobblestone streets under the shadows of brick warehouses of industrial 1919 Birmingham. The atmosphere of the show is well reproduced in the environments even if some of the levels fail to stand out from one another due to the re-use of assets. It can be a little unrewarding at times especially early on, which I feel like an overextended tutorial at times and only offer a couple of minor head-scratching moments to earn satisfaction from them.I still feel like this is the game will be cherished by Peaky Blinders fans and if you are unfamiliar it may be worth checking out for yourself on your Xbox One.    … Expand
  2. Al66
    Dec 24, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Prime example of paying a fortune for the name and £5 on development, this game could have been so much more tbh its a insult to release a game this bad on a Sega mega drive but on a Xbox 1 or PlayStation 4 the programmer should be locked up total rubbish graphically and very limited on gameplay… Expand
  4. neomoonsevin
    May 19, 2023
    1
    Garbage I used to like topdown strategy's back many years ago but I don't have this same thinking in 2023 far as I'm concerned this can getGarbage I used to like topdown strategy's back many years ago but I don't have this same thinking in 2023 far as I'm concerned this can get thrown in the bin with most of the shert gold games we been getting past year or so… Expand

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