{{Short description|2004 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Mob Enforcer | image = Chicago Enforcer Coverart.png | caption = | developer = Touchdown Entertainment | publisher = ValuSoft (PC)<br>Kemco U.S.A. (Xbox) | designer = | series = | engine = Lithtech Jupiter | released = '''Windows'''<br>11 June 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Mob Enforcer'' |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p24283.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508100059/http://pc.gamezone.com/gamesell/p24283.htm |archive-date=May 8, 2006 |access-date=July 10, 2025 |website=GameZone}}</ref><br>'''Xbox'''<br>23 February 2005 | genre = First-person shooter | modes = Single player, multiplayer | platforms = Windows, Xbox }}
'''''Mob Enforcer''''' is a 2004 Mafia-related PC game developed by Touchdown Entertainment, then the maintainers of the LithTech engine for Monolith Productions. It was released on the Xbox a year later with multiplayer capabilities under the title '''''Chicago Enforcer'''''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/881/Chicago-Enforcer/p3/ |title=Chicago Enforcer Review - Xbox |access-date=2005-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050114152438/http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/881/Chicago-Enforcer/p3/ |archive-date=2005-01-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Multiplayer on Xbox Live was available to players until April 2010. ''Chicago Enforcer'' is now playable online again on the replacement Xbox Live servers called Insignia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Insignia - Chicago Enforcer |url=https://insignia.live/games/4b420005 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=insignia.live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Xbox |first=Pure |date=2023-11-16 |title=Xbox Live 1.0 Replacement 'Insignia' Now Supports 150 Games |url=https://www.purexbox.com/news/2023/11/xbox-live-1-0-replacement-insignia-now-supports-150-games |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Pure Xbox |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Reception== ''GameZone'' had a mixed review for the PC version, finding it entertaining for the effective gameplay, non-linear approach and authentic 1920s recreation, but criticized the lack of creativity and unforgiving enemies, stating that "the game gets repetitive and frustrating."<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/mob_enforcer_pc_review/|title = Mob Enforcer - PC - Review| work=GameZone |date = 4 May 2012|access-date = 14 May 2023|archive-date = 7 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190407205400/https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/mob_enforcer_pc_review/|url-status = live}}</ref> The Xbox port, however, had a much more negative reception. ''GameSpot'' gave the game a 2.3 out of 10, finding it a repetitive and ugly game, with broken gameplay that featured "AI either overpowered or underpowered" and "underwhelming weapons".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/chicago-enforcer-review/1900-6118485/|title=Chicago Enforcer Review|access-date=2023-05-14|archive-date=2022-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412164401/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/chicago-enforcer-review/1900-6118485/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''IGN'' gave a 4.1, with the review reading that "Any fun that could be squeezed out of this poorly designed title is negated by long loading times and unbalanced game mechanics."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/07/chicago-enforcer?page=2|title=Chicago Enforcer - IGN|date=November 2021|access-date=2023-05-14|archive-date=2019-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407135324/https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/03/07/chicago-enforcer?page=2|url-status=live}}</ref> ''TeamXbox'' was more forgiving with a 5.1, feeling that "some situations created by the AI are interesting and do a nice job of reflecting the style of gunplay that would have taken place during the 1930s".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/881/Chicago-Enforcer/p2/ |title=Chicago Enforcer Review |access-date=2005-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050113222754/http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/881/Chicago-Enforcer/p2/ |archive-date=2005-01-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.mobygames.com/game/mob-enforcer ''Mob Enforcer''] at MobyGames
Category:2004 video games Category:First-person shooters Category:Kemco games Category:LithTech games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Organized crime video games Category:ValuSoft games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Video games set in Chicago Category:Video games set in the 1930s Category:Windows games Category:Xbox games