Company of Crime - criminal empire builder with tactical turn-based missions set in 1960s London

[Infinitron]

Jokes aside, I don't know if one of the developers is still here but the game is not very balanced. It would make more sense if police would only be able to arrest you from the backside. And it would be nice if they would fight you once in a while instead of spamming "Arrest". Also please add a fast forward button, I cannot stay through the civilian animations any longer waiting for their "dummy turn" to end. The levels are already repetitive enough, but I understand you are a small team on a tight budget.

Yes, I'm still here. We're working on a full AI remaster/balance fix as we speak. In the future you should actually feel like the enemies have at least half of a brain in many situations. Currently it's scheduled in patch 3 (because it requires intense testing), but as with all in development, everything is subject to change. The police is only able to arrest a unit from the front if they are disoriented or knocked out. Otherwise the arrest requires them to get to the backside of the target. There was a bug in the police AI, that causes them to favour arrest almost exclusively. That is already fixed, and will be in patch 2 (patch 1 came out yesterday, and it was the fixes from about a week before the launched game, so no community reported bug fixes and balances yet). I'll make a mention to our tech team, that the civilians' turn could be faster.

In patch 2 we're also doing a lot of work on Heat balancing, because it seems to be a game stopper for many players. Obviously we're fixing game breaking stuff first, which there are luckily only few. Give us a few days, and we'll start updating the roadmap for upcoming changes. We're also quite active in the steam discussion forums, so feel free to report bugs and opinions etc there, to make sure they get better noticed by us. Balancing work (and player feedback) is really important to us, and when everything starts run smoothly enough, we'll start considering possible feature updates.

Do you regret not doing Early Access?

 

[Storyteller]

Do you regret not doing Early Access?

Those decisions belong to the publisher, but in my opinion early access would not have been the right call. Strategy games are not really suited for early access, unless you release a bare bones game, and keep adding features after that. Early access is also better for multiplayer strategy games, where you fight a match, and then start another. Company of Crime is "all or nothing" kind of package. I doubt that players would have had the patience to keep playing the game without all its features present.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

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Company of Crime - Update #2 is out!

Greetings everyone!

The second update for Company of Crime has been released. This one brings a lot of gameplay changes and balancing based on the feedback we have received from our community, together of course with several big fixes. You can read the full changelist below.

Once again, we would like to thank all of you who have already provided feedback - it's a great help to us in order to improve the game and make it better for everyone!

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Update 1.0.2.1051 - Changelog

Added

• Barbershops now have a daily heat removal of -1/-2/-3
  
• Tailors now have a daily heat removal of -1/-2/-3
  
• Additional Exit zone on the roof in Lumberjack’s Foot

Changed

• Laundry daily heat reductions changed from -1/-2/-3 to -2/-3-4 respectively
  
• Residential daily heat reductions changed from -1/-2/-3 to -3/-4/-5 respectively
  
• HQ daily heat reductions changed from -1/-2/-3/-4 to -2/-3/-4/-5 respectively
  
• Bull rush stamina damage decreased from 3-5 to 1-2
  
• Starting respect value in Newham changed to 20
  
• All districts (excluding Newham) have a starting value of 5 to both fear and respect
  
• Heat multipliers for Bordellos and Residential areas dropped to 0.5x. This should help a bit with bottle-necked areas with one exit
  
• Respect requirement for auto-resolves dropped from 50 to 35 per district
  
• Influence gain from extortion missions was increased from 10/20/30 to 12/24/36 respectively
  
• Maximum heat accumulation per tactical mission capped at 400 max (one full bar)
  
• Bandage unlocked at the beginning
  
• Evidence is now dropped when police are called instead of arriving
  
• Remove Audio Quality from Settings (All audio as high quality)

Fixed

• Police AI no longer attempts arrest as highest priority in all situations
  
• Heal assignment can now only be done in HQ, and owned vets and residentials
  
• Deaf Vagabond had criminal side description, when playing as the police
  
• Enemy AI no longer prioritize Bull Rush in stupid situations
  
• Speech bubble timing
  
• SteamVR and OculusVR disabled
  
• Some breakable props not breaking
  
• Crew selection title
  
• Victory screen show wrong information of killed characters
  
• AI use skills that they shouldn’t
  
• Male characters not using idle turn animations
  
• Coat rack pick up position fixed
  
• Lumberjack’s Foot had enemies spawning in inaccessible area
  
• Harding’n’Sons had enemies spawning in inaccessible area
  
• Can’t change units in Crew selection when there is 6 units
  
• Brook’s Home - level had a table that make progressing in the level impossible
  
• The Tiger had a enemy spawn point inside a shelf

Known Issues

• If all friendly units are grappled and unable to move, the game thinks mission is failed
  
• If you finish all objectives with all units on the exit zone, the game sometimes crashes
  
• Order units can sometimes pick up evidence, and leave the mission, soft-locking the game

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/1229420/view/2873815014869964338

Company of Crime - Update #3 is live!

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Oi Mate!

Another update for Company of Crime is live NOW!
This time we added random loot pickups, reworked the AI and fixed some more issues! You can read the full changelist below.

We would like to use this opportunity to thank all of you who have provided us with feedback regarding the game - you are the real heroes, who help us improve the game and make it better for everyone!

Update 1.0.3.1057 - Changelog

Added

• NEW FEATURE: Random loot can now be found in missions. The players can even get access to narcotics and guns they haven’t researched yet.

Changed

• FULL AI RE-WORK: Enemies are now much smarter when making their decisions.
  
• Robbery now has multiple loot targets, and the amount of money gained depends on how many targets the player manages to steal
  
• Slaughterhouse mission now starts with crew selection screen, instead of going directly into the mission

Fixed

• Some players faced an issue where upon loading the game, they got all the unlock and objective messages again, and their game state started from the beginning. The players who encountered this bug still have to go through all the messages for the FIRST TIME they load the game, but after that the save file will fix itself.
  
• When entering the Slaughterhouse story-mission on the police side, player units were not healed as they should have been.
  
• Buying Hidey-Hole costs now 1£ as it should

Known Issues

• If all friendly units are grappled and unable to move, the game thinks mission is failed
  
• If you finish all objectives with all units on the exit zone, the game sometimes crashes
  
• Order units can sometimes pick up evidence, and leave the mission, soft-locking the game
  
• Game doesn’t work correctly on some resolutions
  
• Entering some story missions will remove all equipped items from units
  
• Disorientation isn’t removed sometimes from units in missions

 

[Lhynn]

Been playing it for a bit and meh. Seems like a very simple game.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

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Company of Crime - Update #4 is live!

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op o' the mornin' to ya lads!

Yet another update for Company of Crime is now available for you to download and enjoy!
This is the biggest content update so far and focused on Quality of Life updates and improvements such as the ability to rename your units, improving UI and re-balancing the Heat mechanic to allow more aggressive playstyle. You can read the full changelist down below.

Last but not least - a big thank you to all of you, who let us know what to fix and improve in our Steam Forums. You help us make the game better for everyone. Thank you


Update 1.0.4.1065 - Changelog

Added

• Player can now change the name of the units
  
• Auto-resolve added for police campaign
  
• Enemy count depends now on mission type, location level and location type
  
• Preview damage when throwing a bottle
  
• Show prison objective icon for Queens Tribunal if units are arrested and district is unlocked
  
• Melee weapon attack is now separated from regular hit, allowing player to choose when to use melee weapon
  
• Targeting UI & UX has been improved - target icon shows direction for attack
  
• Confirm button is red if triggers zone of control
  
• Police raids and arrests now reduce heat

Changed

• Heat reduction to all level tailors
  
• Heat reduction assignment’s effect is increased from 50 to 150
  
• Heat removal needs only one assignment
  
• Using weapons now cause less heat
  
• Heat assignments have increased influence cost
  
• Heat assignments have increased finishing time, varying from level to level
  
• Increase rain interpolation speed
  
• Camera don’t show loot in the start of the mission
  
• Balanced loot count (1-3)
  
• All but first police patrol arrival times changed from 4 to 5
  
• Zone of Control icons are smaller
  
• Zone of Control icons rotate with camera
  
• Hover tile visibility increased
  
• Crew selection added for Raided by Police missions
  
• Threaten on civilians now are nearly automatic successes
  
• Boss units now always have weapons

Fixed

• Bull Rush visualizer
  
• If you finish all objectives with all units on the exit zone, the game sometimes crashes
  
• If all friendly units are grappled and unable to move, the game thinks mission is failed
  
• Objective not showing complete in Reporter In Trouble when mission is over
  
• Game doesn’t work correctly on some resolutions
  
• Unit could be unavailable even if it shouldn’t
  
• Mission finished screen and victory screen have different number of wounded units
  
• Assignment reward’s tutorial box position
  
• Picking up loot while in wrestle
  
• Several text bugs fixed
  
• The Scepter and Trident has one spawn point in inaccessible location
  
• English tutorial had click anywhere to continue twice in one step

MORE ABOUT THIS GAME

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1229420/view/2882829191633861193

Company of Crime - Update #5 is here!

Oi mate!

We bring you a fifth major update for your favorite game about cops and robbers! This update adds a bunch of new features, numerous bugfixes and multiple changes to the gameplay itself. Check out the full changelog down below!

As always, here is a big thank you to all members of our crime syndicate, who let us know what to fix and improve in our Steam Forums. You help us make the game better for everyone. Cheers!

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Update 1.0.5.1080 - Changelog

Added

• Split screen action camera
  
• Camera shake effect for attacks
  
• Arrest sentence duration based from crew member criminal activity type
  
• Randomize clothes for crew member
  
• Heat value into tooltip in strategy layer
  
• Camera settings calculation for extra wide screens
  
• Number of found locations visible in Source of drugs objective
  
• Heat increase for killing police
  
• Crew selection locked tooltip
  
• Tooltip for boss count
  
• Secondary objectives in tactical layer
  
• Resolution order in settings
  
• Knocked out & killed units drop their weapons
  
• Units can pick up weapons from the floor
  
• Enemy and player crew member movement speed can be changed from settings
  
• Heat bar animations in tactical layer
  
• Different post process materials for different windows
  
• Post process effect for particles from shooting
  
• Opening cutscene

Changed

• Item button element order to change items easier
  
• Move visualization
  
• Disabled windmilling from civilians towards police
  
• AI improvements
  
• Enemies more eager to start gunfight if they are clearly losing the fight
  
• All level 2 enemy units gained 10% more stamina, except boss units
  
• All level 3 enemy units gained 33% more stamina, except boss units
  
• All boss units gained 10% stamina in level 2 & 3

Fixed

• Health/stamina damage calculated incorrectly
  
• Eye Gouge skill minor bug
  
• Act Cool skill minor bug
  
• Wrestle skill minor bug
  
• Solid feet skill minor bug
  
• Crick Warehouse mission
  
• Nutkick critical hit change
  
• Kneekick critical change and duration
  
• Reachable tiles aren’t updated
  
• Tutorial civilian spawning in other missions
  
• Direction arrow rotation on stairs
  
• Heal button if no available locations
  
• Crew members are not removed from heal assignment when it is done
  
• Lay low assignment finished notification
  
• Monthly balance won’t update when levelling up
  
• Weapons have different post process effect than characters
  
• Strategy layer performance bug
  
• Auto extortions not being removed and monthly income not updated when year is changed
  
• Duplicate text prompt in tutorial
  
• Performance issue in Hidey Hole location
  
• Sound mixing problem in strategy layer
  
• Performance issue when recruiting crew

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1229420/view/2882830458885020971

Hello Everyone!

We bring you a small hotfix for Company of Crime that fixes some cursor issues that some players were experiencing and a new resolution verification.

Last but not least - a big THANK YOU to all of you who are supplying us with feedback in our Steam Forums!

Update 1.0.5.1081 - Changelog
Fixed

• Partial cursor area when resolution is changed
  
• Lock cursor to the viewport when playing with fullscreen mode
  
• Check saved resolution that it is valid, if not then use default resolution