
Crookz - The Big Heist is a tactical strategy game set in the funky 1970’s with a slick and groovy atmosphere. Show off the art of thieving by plotting stylish heists and robberies; utilizing espionage and quick-thinking to avoid detection.
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Languages: English*, German*, French*, Italian*, Spanish - Spain*, Russian*, Polish, Korean*languages with full audio support
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If you just need to play every tactical strategy game, this is one of them. Beyond that it's a mixed bag. The theme is interesting if you're into 1970's funk, it's got some style with the crook choices and there's some interesting puzzles to start with as you learn the basics. Unfortunately it's not very deep. Once you learn the basics, it's repetitive. The missions drag on and get tedious if you're trying to get all the way through the plot. The voice acting is cheesy, you can see that for yourself in the trailers on the store page. And even if you do find yourself getting into it, it's kinda glitchy and required restarting missions to get past bugs a few times. If you're getting this in a bundle or for cheap, or you just like weird funky games, you might get some fun out of it. But I'm not going to be singing its praises. --- Bottom line: I kinda like the game, but it's rough around the edges and not something I could outright recommend for most people. --- [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38232109/]While you are here, would you consider following my curator page?[/url] [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/kunovega/recommended/]Want to read all of my reviews and not just the curated ones?[/url]
I'm not installing a freaking Kalipso launcher when I have the game in Steam. I didn't install 2K games launcher to play the masterpiece of XCOM 2 I won't certainly install this. Seriously it seems many gaming companies are trying to push gamers into finding alternatives.
Crookz es un juego de sigilo con pausa táctica en el que, básicamente, hay que llevar a cabo robos al estilo Ocean's Eleven. A nivel mecánico todo funciona correctamente y, por momentos, resulta muy satisfactorio planificar y ejecutar una misión a la perfección. Por desgracia, pese a que la ambientación sí que es muy original, tanto la historia como los personajes son terriblemente aburridos. Y eso le pasa factura. Especialmente cuando buena parte del tiempo de juego la pasas escuchando a tu equipo mantener conversaciones anodinas.
The game looks like it was an experiment to invent tactical stealth genre. In reality such genre has been invented long before which makes this game a joke. Pros: + Optimization. Sadly, not many developers care about that these days. + Setting... I guess. Just trying to find something good here. Cons: - Tutorial. It's awful. I had a lot of questions while completeing it. Why to make 5 waypoints which do nothing and then to remove them? Why to... nah, too many "whys". Nearly each step makes no sence. - Controls. You cannot drag-n-drop items to pass them between characters, it's hard to use items (too many clicks) and it's even painfully inconvenient to drop an item. - Plot. It's murky and has no logic, the dialogues are weird, character's relations are not explained and are too raf-fetched. Characters talk like children with dementia, especially the "leader". - Poorly designed characters. The locksmight and the hacker are most useful characters, always pick them if available. Bruiser is nice, lakes holes in walls and can temporaly knock out some guards. Contortionist can access some unreachable places which is not very useful. But the worst character is the "leader" whose only ability is to... run and be unnotices standing point-blank to guards. Totally useless. - Missions. They are tedious and all look the same. Gets boring very fast. - Planning. It's one of the main (and looks like the only) game feature but it's not needed much. You need planning only in rare moments. Mostly it's just a waste of time. While in Desperados 3 and Shadow Tactics good planning could make you through tough spots, in Crookz it can just save you a vew seconds. - And yes, even character portraits are messed up. Is it really so hard to center them in their boxes?
Not playable from level 12 whith that stupid timer. No medkit for sometimes also very stupid. People like my 75 who play slow want to have fun !!! I play rts games since 1999 . But i hate timer games.
[b]Crookz - The Big Heist[/b] в свое время прошла мимо меня. Особенно удивительно, что игру взяли под свое крыло издатели [i]Kalypso Media[/i], известные, в первую очередь, серией [b]Tropico[/b]. [b]Crookz[/b] представляет из себя тактический симулятор планирования ограблений. Большую часть времени действительно приходится планировать действия команды, переключая игру на режим паузы. На вылазку в команду можно взять до 4 преступников из 7 возможных, у каждого свои сильные стороны, кто-то взламывает двери, кто-то может незаметно проходить через лазерные детекторы. Мне не совсем показалась эта часть сбалансированной, выбрав оптимальный состав, я спокойно одной четверкой пробежал вторую часть игры. Понравилось распределение сложности, первые уровни щелкались как орешки, а последние проходились по 3-4 часа с многочисленными перезагрузками. Для коллекционеров придумали дополнительные задания, сбор чемоданов и взлом сейфов с деньгами. Во-первых, это возможность пройти уровни на 100%, во-вторых за деньги можно купить предметы, которые облегчат дальнейшие ограбления. Минусы вскрылись в игре не сразу, потребовалось несколько десятков часов, чтобы до них добраться. Первый и самый популярный, на что многие жалуются в своих рецензиях - уровни с лимитом времени. Кажется, что это игра совсем не про скорость, а про тщательное прохождение с внимательным осмотром каждого уголка карты. Лимиты по времени достаточно строгие, медлительным игрокам возможно придется перезапускать 20-30 минутные уровни по нескольку раз, дабы отточить прохождение. Второй минус, с которым я столкнулся играя на [i]Steam Deck[/i], слабая оптимизация. Игра 2015 года, при этом на больших уровнях с множеством деталей, [b]Crookz[/b] начинает тормозить. Персонажи застревали на месте, в то время как охранники двигались и замечали грабителей. В игре еще открывается режим испытаний с четким набором грабителей и предметов на уровень, ну и злосчастный лимит по времени (хотя для испытаний это оправданно). Этот режим я пропустил и о нем мне сказать нечего. В остальном игру я прошел вдоль и поперек, проходил уровни полностью незамеченным, выполняя все дополнительные задания. На все про все потребовалось 42 часа, приличное время, о котором я не жалею. [b]Crookz - The Big Heist[/b] мне понравилась, если жанр пошаговой симуляции ограбления Вас не пугает - стоит попробовать.
I dont understand why such a good game went so unnoticed
One of the best tactic strategies I've ever played
Es un juego hecho con mucho cariño. Lo jugué cuando salió en 2015 y ahora lo he vuelto a comprar en Steam. Grafismos 70's muy currados, voces de locutores profesionales, una historia simple pero interesante de cada caso, buena jugabilidad, la verdad si os gusta un juego de infiltración y sigilo estilo casual y que no sea militar, lo tenéis que probar. Es muy entretenido.
If you want to watch the full video review on [u]the Cheapness Review [/u] YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/RggxtOh53Gk A stealth game about a team of thieves in the 70s pulling off heists... and making very little money in the process! -Has really cool oceans-like heist music (Horns and funk) -The coolness is undercut by the voice acting and some of the dialogue (Forced comic squabling etc.) -OK story, GREAT briefings (There it comes together) -Nice isometric view of the places you rob (Like architectural models) -Some levels are complex and sprawling -Slow and methodical progress instead of precision coordination arguably -That combined with the large size and amount of levels and I didn't complete it (I didn't find enough here to stick around) -Especially since stealth isn't rewarded with fixed rankings (S+ for instance) or stars (Made it feel optional) -But it was fun and at least it that means it has a lot of content for those who gel more with the game Practical Concerns: -Decent value for money (R2.56/ hour for me - $ and £ values on video) -Kind of big download size (3.47 Gb on the hard drive) -Surprisingly easy to run -Kid friendly for the most part
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