japanese incentive question

[Venom462]

i thought the campaign in the standard game was mmmeh, and the sandbox was decent, but does this expansion make the game better in any way? is it worth the price of purchase?

[Olivier]

I have done the first two missions of the new campaign, and a sandbox mode game, so there is what i can say:
The expansion adds difficulty, which is a good thing.
-On the campaign missions, you face rival gangs like in the sandbox mode. Management part gets harder because of it and the choices you make are more important. You have also to choose between expanding your businesses or protect the existing ones with new buildings and improvements designed to fight the other gang.
-There are more job types and characters, like a dude who exchange ressources for ressources (for example he give you guns for beers).
-Beyond that, the management part still lacks depth, and it is still repetitive, it is just slightly better.

The main improvement is for the combat part.
-Combat missions are a bit harder, so expect more injuries, and it makes the hospital a good investment.
-About the new weapons:
The machinegun have the role of... a machinegun! It bring good death zone but lacks mobility.
The katana deals huge damage in close combat, with a bonus strike if you make a critical hit. With the crit perks this weapon can become awesome.
The flamethrower, however, is a little weak. The ability to set the ground aflame is fun, but the direct damage is too weak, and even if you can move after shooting with it, so far i don't like it.
-The new henchmen are good, and have useful unique ablities, like an ability to regive both hp and courage to one ally on LOS, another to reduce incoming damage, and another to ignore cover for one turn.

-So far, the story is good, you work for a japanese businessman who have no right to own land in america because he is non-white. This guy is mysterious and i am curious about the plot, more than with the vanilla campaign.

To answer your question, i would say yes, this expansion make the game better, every aspect of the game is slightly improved by the additon of new contents, but don't expect a complete overhaul of the game.

Concerning buying it or not, it is yours to see. If you enjoy the vanilla game despite its flaws, you will certainly enjoy the expansion.
To say it frankly, if you are not a hardcore addict to old school turn based combat (like i am), i would advise you to wait for the next sale to buy it.

[Cutlass Jack]

Is the expansion integrated into the original campaign or is it an entirely new and separate campaign? And if its the latter, do you import your Boss from the first campaign or start over again?

And are the New weapons added to the original game as well? Wondering if I can get things like the Katana to spice up the original.

[Olivier]

It is an entirely new campaign, you start at level 1, with no unique weapons. You unlock levels and new weapons as in the original campaign.
However you start with all henchmen from original game and the 4 dlcs (anna, koloff, the kid, and the other dude i forget the name).

The new weapons are added in the sandbox game, but not in the original campaign. In fact, some of the random combat missions of the original campaign are taking place on the new maps, and there you will face ennemies who have the new weapons, but you cant use them yourself. The devs should fix that (give access to new weapons in the campaign OR remove the ennemies who use them).

[Motoki]

The Japanese incentive is on sale now at the UPlay store for 75% off plus another 10% if you use the code 10thanks. It comes out to $4.50 USD but some states may charge tax (WA did).

http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubina/en_US/pd/ThemeID.8605600/productID.294507500

I can confirm having just bought it that it does come as a Steam key that gets emailed to you so you don't need to go through the UPlay client at all.

I'm not sure if this sale is US/North America only or in other territories. I can't tell because if you try to view the UPlay store in another region it redirects you back to your own region.

[GreyZ]

Sweet thanks Motoki, bought it :)
Just recently bought Omerta when it was finally on sale low enough. Honestly I am enjoying it a lot, wish I had bought it earlier now.

[OrsonM]

I'm still replaying the original campaign. It's a shame the missions don't have the rival gangs from sandbox. The only change vanilla has is the tougher random combat missions.

[Yoarashi]

The expansion is much harder than vanilla because of the hyper aggressive rival gangs.

Perhaps Yog can share some tips on how to deal with that. I'm very frustrated just the 2nd mission in because the rival gang just takes just about everything i have and i cant stop them. You can buy goons for each building and that stops the first attack, but they just attack it again and take the building from you, but it costs $1000 and the rival gang just merrily goes around killing all your goons so you have to rebuy them. I know the security agency provides goons for your buildings but i cant even get one up on the 2nd mission.

[Olivier]

To fight the rival gang i favor offense: one or two hitmen in the team, with cars, keep supply of guns by every means possible and harass the ennemy gang. I attack their buildings with hitmen (dont increase heat) each time i can, the first target is their smuggler (they get weapons with it). At start i only construct businesses who don't need ressources (like boxing and bookmaker) so i can focus on buying more guns. I protect my business only if i have lot of cash.

If you storm quickly their headquarters (need 25 guns), they are eliminated and you can complete the mission taking all the time you want. If you can't storm (like in the third mission), keep them under constant pressure.

Private detective can also help, because you can watch ennemies ressources: when he have many guns, prepare to be attacked. When he have no guns, you can relax a little.

[Hangtooth]

Thanks so much for pointing to the sale for the Japanese DLC! No way was I going to try it at $20 =) The 10% discount code still works as well - thanks again! Worked for me as a Canadian customer.

[Nosfer 😂👌🏻]

So, if I'll play without this dlc, then my game will be bad?

[PyRRhUs]

I wish I could buy the DLC from the Uplay store but it seems that the DLC is not available in my national Uplay store.

[OrsonM]

Originally posted by Nosfer:

So, if I'll play without this dlc, then my game will be bad?

The patch added many of the features that the expansion has. You will see the newer rival gang for sandbox, you just won't see the newer random maps that are included on the expansion.

The DLC is mainly additional missions you can play, they all feature a new henchmen a new unique gun you can purchase and at least one new unique combat map. You'll get a free DLC with your purchase of the game (the Bulgarian Colussus).

[kinglpx5]

Good looking out Motoki. Just bought the DLC for $4.50.

[flagyl2]

Originally posted by Motoki:

The Japanese incentive is on sale now at the UPlay store for 75% off plus another 10% if you use the code 10thanks. It comes out to $4.50 USD but some states may charge tax (WA did).

http://shop.ubi.com/store/ubina/en_US/pd/ThemeID.8605600/productID.294507500

I can confirm having just bought it that it does come as a Steam key that gets emailed to you so you don't need to go through the UPlay client at all.

I'm not sure if this sale is US/North America only or in other territories. I can't tell because if you try to view the UPlay store in another region it redirects you back to your own region.

Thank you for noting this sale.

[FalconerHG]

For those dealing with the AI gangs, the Security Agency helps a lot. :)

(almost finished with the new, very long campaign, loving every minute).