Thank you for tour blast from the past. But I wonder if it's correct that the author calls it Pizza Connection 2 - rather I think the game is correct to call itself Pizza - there were Pizza Connection, Pizza Connection 2 and finally Pizza Syndicate, which I think is the one we see in the article.
That said, I too miss this game and think about it sometimes still decades later. It had a beautiful world, great mechanics, many interesting quirks and things to learn over time, and even cheats (you could 'punish' your gang members until their health bars were empty and then they became invincible!). Nice to see the artwork again and to learn how it was made and finally understand the Pizza rating!
One of the best features of the game was though the handbook - it came with a pizza recipe and motivated me and probably many other teen boys to take their first baking steps.
Thank you to the author and even more to the artists that made this cool game. Wish there was something like this again today.
That said, I too miss this game and think about it sometimes still decades later. It had a beautiful world, great mechanics, many interesting quirks and things to learn over time, and even cheats (you could 'punish' your gang members until their health bars were empty and then they became invincible!). Nice to see the artwork again and to learn how it was made and finally understand the Pizza rating!
One of the best features of the game was though the handbook - it came with a pizza recipe and motivated me and probably many other teen boys to take their first baking steps.
Thank you to the author and even more to the artists that made this cool game. Wish there was something like this again today.