Mafia
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
Mafia is a action, story rich and crime game
developed by Illusion Softworks
and published by 2K.
Released on August 28th 2002 is available only on Windows
in 8 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish and Russian.
It has received 14,877 reviews of which 13,020 were positive and 1,857 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
- Processor: 1.4 GHz or faster
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 3D Graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
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That's a masterpiece from the good early days. A lot of people see Mafia series as a contender to GTA. And I can definitely see why, but to be honest, apart from the genre (open world, on foot/in car mechanics etc) they are totally different games. GTA is more about modern-world and funny with own quirks. But Mafia looks like a serious movie-like experience. Animations here to be honest are much more detailed than in Starfield :D Also, there are a lot of details, in each mission there are some things game does not tell you. Sometimes there are several ways it can develop or end, sometimes it's smaller things that can help to draw less cops, make car chase easier and so on. Races. Mafia at first had to be a racing game only, that's why we have an interesting car physics model, a VERY impressive car damage model, speed limits, red light tickets and so on. Of course they could not leave all their ideas aside, so we have got the legendary RACES mission, which at the time of my childhood was almost unbeatable for most of my friends, including me :D Also, at that time we could not skip it. In Steam's version you can choose an option "Skip Race" and move on, so don't be afraid. But I have got first place this time on Normal, so another childhood's demon has been destroyed :D Story is mostly serious, only sometimes you can have some jokes or funny moments. It's a tough story about criminal world. Music. It's awesome, songs are very well selected for time period and help with immersion greatly. But I HATE when in purchased product you get some things removed because some "licence" has expired. I don't care that it expired, I have purchased the product in specific state. Make restrictions for new purchases, for example. But good news: just grab a simple mod that restores original music. Difficulty. There are no settings for that apart from races. I have found that Mafia is pretty easy now for me, except several missions. But the worst part is a final "fight" sequence at the very end, because your enemy is basically cheating. Using Thompson he is 100% accurate if you are out of your cover. Also, after a hit you can't do anything, so if you are being shot at - you are just standing and catching bullets with no way to move or shoot back. And after several seconds it's game over. To be honest, this fight is absolutely stupid in terms of difficulty. I know that it had to be hard, but not in this cheating way. Mostly problem with difficulty is because of: - a clunky controls - a huge recoil from weapons - shotguns can kill you almost instantly I was surprised that Mafia works on Win11 without any problems, no need for any patches or mods, impressive. Overall, I highly recommend to play it if you are OK with older visuals :)
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Mafia is a classic and legendary game that still holds up today. The gameplay is solid. If I have any criticisms, it's that the game's controls can feel a bit clunky at times, and some of the missions can be frustratingly difficult. But overall, Mafia is a must-play for fans✨
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This game is so amazing it looks so Realalisic as well woooooooooooooooooooooow All jokes aside i still think this game is as good as the Def edtion 100% worth a go
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I've played a lot of glitchy and out-right difficult games. This one is one of the most difficult games I played. Not the racing but I kept dying from stupid things. Murphey's law in action. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. There are things that were pure bs, like cops not chasing my enemy, but only me. Randomly crashing also happened seldom. I think it got more difficult because I played it at a higher FPS as well. No saving. No recovering health unless you're lucky with a health station. Not always clear what to do or where to go. Janky physics and climbing mechanics. Still cool game :)
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I have never played this game before I bought it on Steam, so my review is not tinted by nostalgia. And I must say, what an amazing game from 2002 with a mature and cynical plot. I can't believe it was from 2002. GTA:VC, released in the same year, feels almost cartoonish in comparison. As a cinema-lover (I am reluctant to call myself a cinephile though, since I don't watch that many films), I am often disappointed with stories in games. The storytelling in this game is a breath of fresh air and one of the best I've seen. The interweaving of past and present, the perfectly animated cutscenes, and the ending! Wow! A lot of games tried to be films, but many failed miserably on that front. (Either the cutscenes were too long, or cringy. You know what I'm talking about.) IMO, Mafia has the perfect balance of gameplay and cutscenes, and for a story-driven game like this, the cutscenes are never too long. Admittedly, the gameplay aspect is a bit dated. Without a cover system, you can easily die in gunfights, and replaying the same mission over and over again seems to be a regular occurrence. Worrying about speeding in the city is probably the worst part of the game. But these are minor annoyances in the grand scheme of things. I wholeheartedly recommend it to people who also enjoy classic crime films like Godfather and Goodfellas. Remember to replace the texture and restore the music (removed due to licensing issue) with mods for full enjoyment. [url=https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1302386558]texture mod [url=https://www.nexusmods.com/mafia/mods/11]music mod One last thing to note: Don't expect to get a full-blown sandbox open-world experience from this game. This game is very linear, as its focus is on the plot. My only complaint is that the game isn't long enough, and I was a bit sad to see the story ending so quickly and abruptly for our protagonist.
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