<s>
Omerta	B-Application
–	I-Application
City	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gangsters	I-Application
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
game	O
with	O
turn-based	B-Application
tactical	I-Application
game-play	O
elements	O
developed	O
by	O
Haemimont	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Kalypso	O
Media	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
international	O
German	O
download	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
released	O
through	O
the	O
Steam-service	B-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
just	O
a	O
day	O
after	O
in	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Australia	O
on	O
7	O
February	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
US	O
market	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
12	O
February	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
in	O
Australia	O
the	O
day	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
was	O
published	O
on	O
2	O
August	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
his	O
way	O
up	O
from	O
nothing	O
,	O
he	O
must	O
establish	O
himself	O
in	O
the	O
criminal	O
underworld	O
of	O
the	O
Mafia	O
by	O
buying	O
and	O
setting	O
up	O
illegal	O
businesses	O
,	O
attacking	O
rivals	O
,	O
and	O
making	O
friends	O
,	O
all	O
the	O
while	O
simultaneously	O
fulfilling	O
his	O
quest	O
to	O
attain	O
the	O
quintessential	O
American	B-Application
Dream	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
his	O
time	O
working	O
under	O
Louie	O
Castaneda	O
,	O
Boss	O
D'Angelo	O
enters	O
into	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Yakuza	B-Application
boss	O
Hikaro	O
Eda	O
and	O
Karl	O
Fritz	O
,	O
a	O
wealthy	O
German-American	O
financier	O
recruited	O
by	O
the	O
ambitious	O
Eda	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
Yakuza	B-Application
operations	O
in	O
America	O
due	O
to	O
laws	O
that	O
prohibit	O
Asians	O
from	O
directly	O
owning	O
American	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
he	O
does	O
n't	O
realize	O
is	O
that	O
she	O
has	O
a	O
personal	O
vendetta	O
against	O
Eda	O
and	O
the	O
Boss	O
soon	O
finds	O
himself	O
caught	O
between	O
his	O
love	O
for	O
Mikoto	O
and	O
the	O
wrath	O
of	O
the	O
Yakuza	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Omerta	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
,	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
infamous	O
honor	O
code	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
omertà	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
code	O
of	O
silence	O
which	O
binds	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Mafia	O
or	O
similar	O
criminal	O
organizations	O
to	O
professional	O
discretion	O
against	O
any	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
the	O
official	O
retail-release	O
of	O
the	O
boxed	O
-	O
and	O
digital	O
distributed	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
simultaneously	O
released	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
without	O
any	O
copy-protection	B-Application
,	O
nor	O
other	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
buy	O
out	O
opposing	O
speakeasies	B-General_Concept
from	O
their	O
owners	O
to	O
increase	O
profits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kalypso	O
Media	O
licensed	O
the	O
name	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
from	O
the	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
browser-based	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
Omerta	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
while	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavourable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
praised	O
the	O
former	O
version	O
's	O
mechanics	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
while	O
comparing	O
its	O
combat	O
style	O
elements	O
to	O
X-COM	B-Application
or	O
Jagged	B-Device
Alliance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
atmospheric	O
music	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
was	O
lauded	O
as	O
a	O
brilliant	O
melange	O
of	O
the	O
jazz	B-Device
,	O
ragtime	B-Protocol
and	O
klezmer	O
music	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
intrigued	O
by	O
the	O
promise	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
kind	O
of	O
"	O
made-men	O
"	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
turn-based	B-Application
combat	I-Application
system	O
was	O
ultimately	O
deemed	O
ungainly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Escapist	O
also	O
gave	O
it	O
two-and-a-half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
deeply	O
flawed	O
blend	O
of	O
real	O
time	O
strategy	O
and	O
tactical	B-Application
turn-based	I-Application
battles	O
that	O
does	O
n't	O
live	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
expectations	O
of	O
its	O
premise.	O
"	O
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