Big Time Gangsta Review

Big Time Gangsta is another Freemium game that has been pumped out by Glu.  The premise of the game is that you have just come back to your hood, after having served your time in prison.  People have lost respect for you and the blocks have gone to the dogs.  So now you must assemble your crew in order to take down your competition and reclaim what is rightfully yours.


Much like Contract Killer, Big Time Gangster attempts to change the typical Farmville/Maffia wars style of play and mix it up with a bit of action.  Unlike Contract Killer, Big Time Gangster falls short in this respect.  The new element is in the form of gang wars, which start when you attempt to take over a territory. In this minigame, you use your tooled up gang members to fight your opposition. On your selected gang member you can rapid fire by clicking on your opponents continuously while your other gang members casually fire at a steady pace.


Despite this element of control, the game does still follow the same formula as all other Fremium style business games.  You earn more to become more powerful and then, in this instance take over more territories.  


Graphically the game looks well presented, shows off some lovely artwork and a great map.


If you play the game enough you will soon be able to take over almost the whole city, aside from the bottom right hand corner of the map.  This is where all of the nasties lie, that can only be beaten with the weapons you have to buy with real money.


In Big Time Gangsta there is a huge imbalance in terms of weapon power, tonics, money and credits.  Tonics allow you to send your crew on timed missions to earn money.  At the start of the game these are hard to come by and yet at the end you have hundreds that the player will never be able to use.  


The game system also means that at the start of the game you are required to come back every few minutes but at the end of the game your crew go on missions for a whole 24 hours, meaning that you cannot really do anything while they are gone, ending your playing of the game for a day.

Combined with these imbalances is the sheer lack of social elements, despite taking on a social gaming model.  If you are seeking an alternate to Mafia Wars go take a look at Contact Killer instead, as Big Time Gangsta falls short.