Games have been, over the years, trying to bleed the distinction between reality and video games. Take the original Metal Gear Solid for example: During the battle with Psycho Mantis, the player had to actually change controller ports to prevent Mantis from reading your mind. It was great. And now as newer technology is more and more readily available for consumers, developers have more tools to bring gamers into their world. Turf Wars is one of them.
Turf Wars is a real territory MMO crime game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Using the OS 3.0’s GPS capabilities, Turf Wars allows players to compete for control, influence, and the title of city mob boss or “Capo” in a real territory.
What this means is you have the opportunity live out your crime lord fantasies in your very own neighborhood, in the palm of your hands. And teh bvest part is, it’s FREE! YES! Free is good. Free is always good.
Heres’s the features list:
• Go directly to the “Turf Map” and begin claiming unoccupied Turf (up to 1 mile from the device’s GPS location). Players continue to acquire Turf anywhere they travel, until their cap has been reached. This limit on total Turf is raised at each level-up.
• Players run a variety of criminal missions in order to gain cash and experience, leveling up their character and increasing their abilities in combat and Turf collection. Players use this cash to purchase over 30 weapons, tools, and Turf upgrades to help beat back other mobsters.
• As Turf is accumulated, players increase their “influence”. Influence is attached to Turf and determines how much a given piece of Turf will earn. The greater the population within a piece of Turf, the greater the influence. Players also bolster a property’s influence by making improvements or defensive upgrades.
• Players can choose to attack other players or simply attack a piece of their Turf. Higher level players will be difficult to defeat without creativity. Competitors will need to chip away at their Turf holdings slowly and methodically.
• Need a helping hand? Players can invite, and be invited by, anyone playing the game to join a mob and help take down the competition. They can also pay tribute to “The Don” to get a real leg up.
