What was this game called..

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Tue May 25, 2010 2:42 pm

As the title says, i'm looking for a name of the game i'm about to describe.

It was an animated game about planning robbery. First stage was the "plan" section, where your minion gets orders, and executes a simulation of what will happen. Once you're ready you can launch the actual mission where you're just an observer.

You could buy / hire better cars to be able to loot more. You could hire right hands, to steal faster and more (i believe that there was a time limit also) but they had to receive a share in order to cooperate. You also had a bunch of tools to open, disarm and disable stuff.

The first mission was : robbing a gas station, with just a feeble old guard patrolling in front of it, and checking if the doors are locked every now and then. You arrived in a small, yellow beetle VW.

umm.. Yeah.. Any clues what was it called?

Ragin Cajun · Post by **Ragin Cajun** » Wed May 26, 2010 8:24 am

Sounds interesting. A quick search didn't turn anything up but did see a review for a game called HEI$T (and yes, they use a dollar symbol in the name). Here's the review for it: Preview: HEI$T - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Wed May 26, 2010 8:54 am

Sadly no, its not it. It had no violence nor blood at all. Once anything spotted any of your men mission failed. Also you watched everything from a camera way above, so you could see the entire map.

It was even more cartoonish. Heads slightly too big for the bodies etc.

Edit : Remember the series about Nightmare Neighbour? It was in the same climate, just bigger, and about stealing stuff. A low-budget production that probably was skipped by many reviewers. I'm also unsure how old it is, but it surely isnt younger than 6 years.

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Thu May 27, 2010 2:02 am

What kind of computer ran this? 468? Pentium? How old do you think it is?

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:45 am

6 to 12 years. I played it ~6-8 years ago.

Hmm.. I now recall that each guard / camera etc had a visible line of sight too.

Darth Gavinius · Post by **Darth Gavinius** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:51 am

Sounds like one of those ones you might want to scan through 'Home of the Underdogs' for, it's full of games reviewers didn't care about.

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:20 am

I will, thanks.

Its a damn shame about it, because i've spent lots of time playing it, and i enjoyed it more than thief series

Edit : Holy Jesus.. I've found [url="http://www.homeoftheunderdogs.net/game.php?id=2924"]Constructor[/url] game, with which i've spent countless hours back on PSX.. Thanks for the site! Hopefully i'll find the one i'm looking for aswell!

Stworca · Post by **Stworca** » Thu May 27, 2010 8:32 am

I've found it! It's [url="http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/sting/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary%3Bread-review"]The Sting[/url]

Hoo-flippin'-rah!

Thanks for the help

Edit : I also made a pizza, and its awesome! All three of you get a slice

Darth Gavinius · Post by **Darth Gavinius** » Thu May 27, 2010 8:56 am

Constructor's been available on GOG.com for about 3-4 months $5.99, as well as other games by the same developer.