Gamertell has posted a negative review of Paleo Entertainment's Drug Wars for PC (Windows).
From the review:
"If you're getting it for the multiplayer mode, find a few friends will to buy the game. At least then you'll have someone to play with.
If you're looking for a worthwhile single-player experience, save your money. There are few games worse than the Merchants of Brooklyn single-player half of Drug Wars."
Did you ever have a TI-83? If you did, you probably had a copy of Drug Wars. Were you playing games on DOS? Then you probably had a copy of Drug Wars.
Drug Wars has endured the test of time, unlike most DOS-era games. The Stoned Gamer looks at why such a simple game still exists in 2015.
Despite the fact that Drug Wars/Merchants of Brooklyn can be purchased for only $10, there simply isn't a game to justify the purchase. The single-player doesn't work well enough to recommend, and the multiplayer is a ghost town. Take your money elsewhere.
MoB even started off well. The music rocked, the story intrigued me, and the visuals and art direction are acceptable. Everything else about this title is an utter failure, especially the complete lack of basic QA testing.
I for one anticipated a classic that would forever set the tone for all Drug Wars games to follow.
Oh well.
Ouch. I can't help but feel a little bit bad for the developers. Maybe next time guys.
Drug Wars is part of Merchants of Brooklyn, everybody was wondering because the trailer didn't show anything closely related to drugs...
I think they changed the name to duck all the negative publicity Merchants of Brooklyn was getting. As it turns out, the game is just as bad after a name change. Who'd have thought?
