Kingpin: Reloaded

LoadsaMoney · 17 Jan 2020 at 19:21

Man this takes me back

Haze · 17 Jan 2020 at 19:24

Lol, I remember playing this, might check it and

varkanoid · 17 Jan 2020 at 19:47

Cult classic.

Xcept1 · 17 Jan 2020 at 19:48

Haze said:
Lol, I remember playing this, might check it and

Same! Will be following this closely.

Nasher · 17 Jan 2020 at 19:52

I always wondered why everyone had wobbly bodies/faces.

pooley · 17 Jan 2020 at 21:26

cheers OP

scubes · 18 Jan 2020 at 19:39

this was a classic game back in the day one of the most games i played multiplayer ...

Rroff · 18 Jan 2020 at 19:57

Nasher said:
I always wondered why everyone had wobbly bodies/faces.

IIRC it was based on the Quake 2 engine and short version is meshes used integer units and not floating point for the verticies.

Gray2233 · 18 Jan 2020 at 20:01

Absolutely loved this game back in the day, this will be a great chance to revisit it.

Junglist · 18 Jan 2020 at 20:21

I was about 9 when this came out so I didn't play it but I can always remember my uncle, the one who got me into PC gaming and gave me his old computer to play UT99, raving on about it. Sent him this video, he'll be excited

The_Hypnotist · 19 Jan 2020 at 09:06

I hope they don't touch or censor the filthy language audio package they had ingame.

In every area you discovered, you got greeted by obscenities and mob slang from the enemies, taunting you or your mom, if you know what I mean.

Out of the huge audio pack the game had, 40% of the audio lines had "M*Fer" as a word, you do the thinking.

It would be a shame to be censored...

VincentHanna · 19 Jan 2020 at 09:22

I remember owning it, never struck me as being particularly good.

I stated watching a playthrough on YouTube after seeing this thread and it just looks really dated and a bit crap

Since Quake II has had a successful RTX makeover maybe they should have made an RTX version.

something daft already!! · 19 Jan 2020 at 09:26

Can't beat a bit of Cypress Hill.

A to the mother ******* K home boy.

SkeeterUK · 19 Jan 2020 at 09:31

Be nice if the models were updated to high poly, i had the game tho never played it fully which i regret as im sure it was a good game.

Edit -

hmm, not really it seems, think ill pass if its not got got much effort into rdoing the assets quality just higher display res it seems and few meh enhancments dotted about.

https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-17-kingpin-life-of-crime-reloaded.html

From the screenshot comparison.

Dyson · 19 Jan 2020 at 10:25

It was fun at the time, but wouldn't want to play it now.

Tek81 · 19 Jan 2020 at 11:11

I bought it upon release. It was ok, but quite frustrating, because the map was rather claustrophobic and at times it felt like you were traversing a maze. I got more enjoyment out of the soundtrack that came bundled with it.

One Vision · 19 Jan 2020 at 18:52

"Hold on while i buzz you in"

ninjabib · 19 Jan 2020 at 18:55

Wow a real blast from the past. One of the very first games i got on my first PC.

lokiss · 19 Jan 2020 at 23:22

The old multiplayer was a fun, and it had a flamethrower flame effect that was lightyears ahead of it's time.

Rroff · 19 Jan 2020 at 23:44

Interesting side note - they originally were going with a more open city design and had designed some basic streets, etc. with semi-working vehicle mechanics kind of a mix of GTA3 and Vampire: The Masquerade (in terms of gameplay/mission style not setting) in approach. But I guess it was too ambitious (in terms of what the engine could do and the amount of development resources it would take) and got scaled down to actually get a game out.

I was involved briefly with a big modding project for the game but it got ditched as some of the lead people wanted to (and went on to) create Urban Terror for Quake 3 and was sent a load of unreleased files for the game - not sure if I still have them though.