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''Kingpin: Life of Crime'' is a [[First-Person Shooter]] released in June 1999. You play as a thug who refused to pay Nikki Blanco. For that, he gets beaten up, dropped off at Skidrow and is told to never show up in Nikki's territory again. Cue the [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. |
''[[Kingpin: Life of Crime]]'' is a [[First-Person Shooter]] released in June 1999. You play as a thug who refused to pay Nikki Blanco. For that, he gets beaten up, dropped off at Skidrow and is told to never show up in Nikki's territory again. Cue the [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. |
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[[Needs Wiki Magic Love]]. |
[[Needs Wiki Magic Love]]. |
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=== This video game contains examples of: === |
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* [[Big Bad]]: Kingpin. |
* [[Big Bad]]: Kingpin. |
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* [[City Noir]]: The urban locations in ''[[Kingpin Life of Crime]]''. Features everything between desolate ghettos and classy, but equally vile Radio City with it's Art Nouveau architecture (bearing a suspicious resemblance to some places in ''[[Payback]]''). Also noteable for a weird mix of modern as well as 20's, 30's and steampunk-scifi styles (Cypress Hill music, Tommyguns, and thugs with cybernetic facial modifications all in the same setting!). |
* [[City Noir]]: The urban locations in ''[[Kingpin Life of Crime]]''. Features everything between desolate ghettos and classy, but equally vile Radio City with it's Art Nouveau architecture (bearing a suspicious resemblance to some places in ''[[Payback]]''). Also noteable for a weird mix of modern as well as 20's, 30's and steampunk-scifi styles (Cypress Hill music, Tommyguns, and thugs with cybernetic facial modifications all in the same setting!). |
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* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The game is ''loaded'' with it! |
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The game is ''loaded'' with it! |
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* [[Dystopia]]: Skidrow, at least. The rest of the city may or may not qualify for this trope. |
* [[Dystopia]]: Skidrow, at least. The rest of the city may or may not qualify for this trope. |
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: At least one [[YouTube]] comment refers to the player character as "Thug". Hey, it's a [[Meaningful Name]]! |
* [[Fan Nickname]]: At least one [[YouTube]] comment refers to the player character as "Thug". Hey, it's a [[Meaningful Name]]! |
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** And at least one player skin that is a shout-out to [[The City of Lost Children]], whose visual style Kingpin borrows from. |
** And at least one player skin that is a shout-out to [[The City of Lost Children]], whose visual style Kingpin borrows from. |
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** Poisonville is a refernce to Dashiell Hammett's ''Red Harvest.'' |
** Poisonville is a refernce to Dashiell Hammett's ''Red Harvest.'' |
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* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: You can choose to play nice, which will allow you to recruit goons to help you out, go on [[Fetch Quest|Fetch Quests]] and things like that. |
* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: You can choose to play nice, which will allow you to recruit goons to help you out, go on [[Fetch Quest|Fetch Quests]] and things like that. |
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* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: You can choose to play mean, which will result in violence, and prices being driven up. |
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: You can choose to play mean, which will result in violence, and prices being driven up. |