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A bank heist your way: alone in one tap, or with a crew that waits for you
A heist should start with a choice, not a form. In Malta Living, the free life sim you play in your browser, the job at Harbour Bank now asks one thing first. It's a solo bank heist game or a crew one, your pick: alone, or with a crew?
Alone starts now
Pick Alone and the job starts straight away. You play all four parts, one after another, in a shorter job: kill the cameras, slip past the guard, crack the vault, lose the police. It pays up to €4,000. There's no countdown and nobody to wait for.
A crew, with no form
Pick With a crew and you're in the lobby at once. The crew gets a name rolled for it, and there's no timer: the job starts once everyone's in and at the bank. If you want a clock, the lead can add 5 or 10 minutes, or tap Start now once two of you are there.
The lobby is four seats, one for each part. Everyone gets a free part as they come in. Tap an empty seat to invite someone for that part, or to take it yourself. Tap someone's seat to ask them to swap. Each seat says who's at the bank and who's still on the way.
Gear where you are
No mask? Mario drops one off wherever you are, for the same €200 as at Club Shady. Your part's tool comes the same way, once, into your safe box. Nobody has to run across the island against a clock they never set. A mask makes you harder to recognise, so you're less likely to be caught; the lobby says how likely in one word.
Invited? One tap
A friend's invite pops up wherever you are in the game, with a push on your phone if you've got the app. I'm in · go there takes your seat and starts your trip to the bank in one tap. A crew with no timer waits for you.
Getting out
The lead can always call off the job, and nobody loses anything. Anyone can leave the crew before the start, for free, and their seat opens for someone else.
Bring anyone on the job covers invites in full, the bank heist game guide covers the parts, and casing the bank covers the gear. New to the island? Start with the Malta life simulator guide. Heist stories have always been about the crew more than the vault (Wikipedia: heist film).
Questions people ask
Can I rob the bank on my own?
Yes. Pick Alone and it starts at once: you play every part in a shorter job, for up to €4,000.
Does the job start before my friends arrive?
Not with no timer. It starts once everyone in the crew is at the bank, or when the lead taps Start now. A timer only runs if the lead adds one.
Do I have to go to Club Shady for a mask?
No. While your job's being planned, Mario drops a mask off wherever you are, for the same price.
