Rules of The Mafia: Trade & Blood

Has potential but at its current sate it isn't much, look forward to see how it is improve on but just doesn't seem great to me at the moment obviously only an indie game and isn't a huge cost so for a little test feel free to get it but it feels more like a demo than a game to me at this moment in time.

Okay, I love crime games, I love strategy games, this should be right up my alley, but...oh boy... To start, this game is still in early access, so I will try to be fair and all, but regardless of this, there are numerous flaws I have been witness to and I need to mention them all here for potential buyers to see. First off, there are numerous grammar errors, ranging from outright typos to use of terms that are completely unrelated to the setting and theme, although I can forgive this to an extent due the developers not being native English speakers to the best of my knowledge, but I can't forgive it completely because this is still a game based mainly around a text-based system. Second, there are numerous glitches I've noticed: mouse cursors not being recognized, character portraits straight up disappearing from the screen when making your decisions for a raid, and right before writing this review I had to force quit my game because I was incapable if bringing up the pause menu. Third, and perhaps most egregious to a dedicated mafia fanboy like myself, so many aspects of this don't make any sense within the context of the narrative, like why the family is instead referred to as a clan, a term which is used more in Italy's criminal organizations then over here in the United States of America. I personally find it to be very frustrating that I can't expand my family to larger numbers than 16 members, including the don and three capos, not to mention the fact that I don't get to assign different characters particular positions, i.e. consigliere, underboss, etc. Oh, of course, who can forget the fact that you can recruit women to not only be members of your family, but even place them into the position of the boss, and my criticism of this doesn't come from a position of politics or prejudice, but the plain and simple fact that no Italian criminal organization, in any country, has EVER had a female boss, let alone female members, especially in prohibition America. Anyways, I'm not saying this to make anybody feel like this game isn't worth it, it's more I just want everybody to know what they're getting themselves into if they decide to play this game. Everything about this game should be right up my alley, but I've found enough problems to make me feel a little disappointed. So let me say this to the developers, I believe that this game has a lot of potential, I want to be able to say the same about you, so show me something.

Uneventful game, less than 30 minutes of gameplay (including tutorial), about an hour to reach 100% steam achievements... In addition to that, the game breaks easily.

Bought the game half an hour ago, got all the achievements, game has little to no replay value and honestly doubt this game will have any interesting content in the future.

Completed within an hour on the first playthrough, with little effort or thought for tactics etc. For the price it's not too bad but really I expected a lot more.

takes a half hour to beat, full of bugs, dumb game. don't waste your money.

Esperaba muchisimo mas. Pero flojisimo y la verdad que no tenes nada para hacer mas que esperar y tocar 2 o 3 botones. Tiene 1 logro bugueado. Una lastima.

Very disappointing game. I was hoping this would be like the Gangsters PC game but it is nothing like it. I think the developer spend more time/money on the teaser trailer than the actual game.