KingPin (PC)

Released back in 1999, Kingpin is a gritty and extremely violent first person shooter set in America's crinimal underworld and employing a heavily modified version of the Quake 2 engine. The game sees you play as a down-on-his-luck hoodlum who must work his way up through the criminal ranks by blasting his way through numerous levels filled with gun-toting gangsters and thugs. Essentially its just your usual 3D blast-fest with a few minor puzzle elements thrown in, but the game does possess some features that were rather novel at the time, such as allowing you to hire hitmen in dingy bars using money lifted from enemy corpses, as well as allowing you to blow ...  Read the complete review

Kingpin was made semi famous within the PC Community because it contained a lot of swearing. Of course the majority of PC gamers want a game with substance to go along with the swearing. The game was popular because it contained this - however the main selling point is also the games main detrimental feature. I will explain further later in this review. The fact is if used sparingly swearing can make impact. The problem is every conversation in this game is riddled with F*CK, S*IT etc After around 5 minutes of this the dialogue becomes very yawn some, very soon. There is an option to remove swearing - which although welcome is pretty pointless anyway as the ...  Read the complete review

Kingpin is an orgy of blood, swearing and great music (provided by Cypress hill). This is an adult game which is not for the faint hearted. the opening sequence contains "motherf**ker no less than 3 times, and it only lasts 20 seconds. To start off with you are a punk beaten within inches of your life by Nicky Blanco's gang. You decide that you're not taking this from anyone any more. So you set off to get revenge, you set to become the Kingpin (the "Big Daddy" of crime). You must fight your way through 6 gigantic episodes of bloodshed. Each episode has a dominant gang and a crime boss (each of them are underlings of the Kingpin who you face in the ...  Read the complete review

I first played this game at my friend’s house. My first reaction was another shoot ‘em up game, another game trying to reach ‘Quake’ standard. After playing ‘Quake’ and ‘Half-life’ I thought, there will be no comparison, ‘Quake’ and ‘Half-life’ will blow it away. But after seeing my friend play it and having a few games myself, I thought there might be a chance. After seeing all the violence and listening to all the swearing and cussing, I thought Yeah! This is my kind of game. What also made me impressed with this game was the ability to create your own ‘HARDASS’ gang. From people ...  Read the complete review

This game took the reins from Grand Theft Auto and become the media's new punchbag, this game was criticised for it violent gameplay and use of swear words, subsequently it had an 18 slapped on the box. Kingpin is a 1st person shooter game with a gangster theme. You start the game as a lowlife scumbag who has just had the beating of his life from two thugs; they leave you bleeding in a dirty alleyway. When you finally come round you find a lead pipe in a rubbish bin, and you decide to seek revenge. As you progress through the game you discover it was Kingpin who organised your beating so you decide to kill him and take over his business. ...  Read the complete review