Mafia: Definitive Edition

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  1. dandalis
    Mar 31, 2021
    6
    Silently, like plenty of others i guess, i've been wanting to see Mafia 1 remade or atleast remastered, since i have played the other two games in the series, but not the one which started it all, and out of nowhere, to suprise of many gamers, in 2020 Take Two announced a remake and released it there soon after.

    Biggest strength of Mafia Definitive Edition is it's story. Writing is very    Silently, like plenty of others i guess, i've been wanting to see Mafia 1 remade or atleast remastered, since i have played the other two games in the series, but not the one which started it all, and out of nowhere, to suprise of many gamers, in 2020 Take Two announced a remake and released it there soon after.

    Biggest strength of Mafia Definitive Edition is it's story. Writing is very solid and you feel engrossed in the narrative, making you feel like you're really a part of an actual 1930's italian mob family. The performances of the actors are excellent aswell, which are translated into the well crafted cutscenes.
    The story for the very most part focuses on Tommy's life as a mobster, and very little as a family man, and i wished it did more on the latter. Apart from some scenes with his wife, you never see his children, so it somewhat takes away from seeing what Tommy actually has on stake with the way he lives.
    The story's structure can be somewhat confusing though, as the way chapters work, some plotholes can become quite noticeable, especially towards the end of the game, where a major turn of events happen off screen in how Salieri starts doing his business, that will change Tommy's outlook on the family and mobster life as a whole.
    During the story, there are a few instances of pretty big difficulty spikes, such as the mission where an armored cop vehicle chases you and which's turret you must disable, i had to lower the difficulty to lowest possible one to pass this section, it was just insane.

    Lost Heaven of course is a character of the game in it's own right, and Hangar 13 really did an admirable job recreating the time period of a major midwestern 1930's american city. There's good amount of detail put around every corner to make the game world feel believable and lived in. Whenever i was not in a hurry, i simply walked and took in the sights.
    Unfortunetly for all it's glamour, it doesnt make up for an exciting open world game to play around in. The map is very restrictive in where you can go, bushes around the roads will stop a tank in it's tracks, gates and fences around most places cant be scaled, trains cant be boarded and their stations are locked, despite NPC's roaming around on their platforms, and Tommy cant swim, so you cant reach something you see across a water body. Then again, that kind of lacking open world gameplay has been an issue in Mafia 2 and 3 aswell. The open world is there to mainly house the story.

    Gameplay is where things become more mixed. At it's core the gameplay in this remake is an evolution of Mafia 3. One of the most important things in Mafia series have been driving mechanics, and Mafia remake more/less nails the driving feel. I havent experienced such solid driving model in a non-racing game since...Mafia 2 actually. The cars in the game feel pretty grounded and like they actually are bound by laws of the physics, unlike how in most of other open world games that involve driving, where cars feel almost weightless, with floaty handling, looking at you Watch Dogs.
    The cover based combat as i've observed has upset some fans of the classic game, and i totally understand where they're coming from. You cant even manually crouch in the game, which could've enabled using cover on your own volition. The combat mechanics in the remake are far from leading in it's class aswell, they feel kinda stiff and there is a lack of feedback from guns. Not helping are the lackluster gun sound effects. There are also no non-lethal takedowns, i felt rather bad about myself when i needed to kill a poor maid and a wife at house where i just needed to steal something, so they wouldnt raise alarm. A dumb gameplay oversight on Hanager 13's part, aswell as narrative one, since killing innocent women conflicts with Tommy's character in another mission.
    Another annoyance is how you need to toggle the walking command, why was there no 'Hold Down' option ? It was so irritating. Same goes for sprinting, basic stuff like intuitive main movement mechanics should be an easy thing to do in this day and age.

    I got Mafia DE assuming it supports Windows 7, afterall it's a DX11 game, why shouldnt it, right ? Well upon firing up the game i discovered it doesnt officially support W7. Luckily it does support W7 atleast unffocially, meaning it runs on the dated, but still superior OS, as i found out thanks to some cool people on Steam forums. You just need to download some files and place them in the game's folder and happy gaming. Bad news is the game only runs in windowed mode on W7, robbing some of that immersion factor. Why, Hangar 13, cant you officially support a freakin DX11 game on Windows 7 ?

    With all that out of the way, i want to say that i still had a pretty decent time with Mafia Definitive Edition, the story, writing, performances of the cast and the recreation of the time period pulled the game through.    … Expand
  2. scart35
    Sep 28, 2020
    6
    Butchered the original gamed. Many missions has been changed just to be much easier.
    Cutscenes too, unfortunately to worse. Many dialogues were changed to be more "contemporary".
    No side missions,most of the time no driving around in missions - you just spawn there in cutscenes. Shooting is just bad on k+m, driving model as just bad. Can't ride trams,metros. Extreme free ride is part    Butchered the original gamed. Many missions has been changed just to be much easier.
    Cutscenes too, unfortunately to worse. Many dialogues were changed to be more "contemporary".
    No side missions,most of the time no driving around in missions - you just spawn there in cutscenes.
    Shooting is just bad on k+m, driving model as just bad. Can't ride trams,metros.
    Extreme free ride is part of normal free ride so no changes to the world, no jumps for cars, no missions, taxi, nothing.
    Otherwise, the game is beautiful and the voicover is done on professional level, but Hangar13 just couldn't step out of its shadow.
    Oh...it has the worst possible ending song...
    Otherwise, the game is beautiful and the voicover is done on professional level, but Hangar13 just couldn't step out of its shadow.
    Oh...it has the worst possible ending song...    … Expand
  3. GrigoryLee
    Nov 4, 2020
    6
    This game does not feel as good as the original one.

    Don't think I'm some kind of an old*** who only loves old things and never appreciates new stuff (I loved COD remastered, RE2 was amazing and was even better than some new games). But this, it neither feels like a new game nor it has the feeling of the old good mafia. Graphics looks decent but the light has ruined everything for me.    This game does not feel as good as the original one.

    Don't think I'm some kind of an old*** who only loves old things and never appreciates new stuff (I loved COD remastered, RE2 was amazing and was even better than some new games). But this, it neither feels like a new game nor it has the feeling of the old good mafia.
    Graphics looks decent but the light has ruined everything for me. I can't explain what exactly happened but it lost some kind of the NY ambient even the second mafia or the original game had (I guess even first division has it at some point). I also didn't like shooting not in terms of aiming or recoil but what AI is doing during the fight: they just do several shots then wait for you to shoot them (it has nothing to do with difficulty because I played on the classic one). Also, driving has changed and, again, it has lost something that was giving me such satisfaction and good feedback back in the days. I don't think that I should talk about the story because everyone knows how amazingly done it is, the only thing I noticed is that characters lack something. Maybe it's because they cut the content that also at some point was supposed to introduce characters to us and fill the story a little bit more.

    Overall this game is GOOD, especially if you haven't played Mafia games before. Otherwise, it will disappoint you because it's not as entertaining as Mafia II, but neither has that feeling of the story as the original game does.

    That's my subjective opinion about the game and I DO KNOW that it's a remake not remastered and it is not supposed to be the same game but as I said before it doesn't feel like a new game for a person, who played the original one.

    P.S. I know that the devs probably didn't have that much money to create a NEW game but they should understand that making remakes is a risky business.

    P.P.S. Night city looks really amazing and nights is probably the best thing this game has. If this game had a "night only" option, I wouldn't even care about the rest.

    Final verdict - strong five to a light six, unfortunately mostly because of the good memories.    … Expand
  4. GabriMH19
    Oct 22, 2020
    6
    Mafia Remake ha sido una experiencia sorprendente tanto para lo malo como para lo bueno. Contando que en esta entrega esta adaptación es considerada un remake del juego original. Pienso que la crítica a este videojuego tiene que ser más completa y detallada que otras simples adaptaciones de otras entregas de la saga. En cuanto a la historia, ambientación y personajes destaca notablementeMafia Remake ha sido una experiencia sorprendente tanto para lo malo como para lo bueno. Contando que en esta entrega esta adaptación es considerada un remake del juego original. Pienso que la crítica a este videojuego tiene que ser más completa y detallada que otras simples adaptaciones de otras entregas de la saga. En cuanto a la historia, ambientación y personajes destaca notablemente como todo sus predecesores. Pero siendo considerado un remake peca de un escaso contenido centrándose en la única y lineal progresión mediante misiones de la historia. Apenas deja explorar o disfrutar del entorno y del mundo libre construido a su alrededor. También vemos que arraiga los problemas de su tercera entrega que estaba llena de bugs y errores como la iluminación a la hora de jugarlo. Igual no tiene la misma cantidad de defectos técnicos pero si que arrastra el mismo problema. Por lo demás es un juego de una duración acorde con una jugabilidad no muy destacada pero justa para su disfrute. En resumen un juego de la saga Mafia no decepciona pero tampoco destaca sobre los demás. Con una buena historia y una adecuada jugabilidad es perfectamente disfrutable. Aunque hay que dejar claro que el podio de las 3 entregas de la saga en mi opinión lo tiene Mafia II.… Expand
  5. Cthulhu5000
    Oct 17, 2020
    6
    SHORT:
    Cool style graphics, alterations to characters are not bad, voice-over decent, plot still good (but inherited). Other things: not so good.
    LONG: + Looks dandy. Best illumination game work 2020. Cars are fantastically modelled. But, I didn't like cartoonish look of the people. IMHO. + Sarah is OK now. Forget that ludicrous romantic scene. Love her accent. + Pauilie's acting is    SHORT:
    Cool style graphics, alterations to characters are not bad, voice-over decent, plot still good (but inherited). Other things: not so good.

    LONG:
    + Looks dandy. Best illumination game work 2020. Cars are fantastically modelled. But, I didn't like cartoonish look of the people. IMHO.
    + Sarah is OK now. Forget that ludicrous romantic scene. Love her accent.
    + Pauilie's acting is cool. Actor did a great job. Tommy is a regular criminal now, not some antihero with conscious. Makes much more sense. But some people hate that.
    + It's still Mafia I plot. Despite Hangar 13 actions to massacre our boy.

    - Driving. Bad. Cars are almost totally similar in driving. No inertia. Perfect turning. City lives according to its own rules and mostly ignores your movement. People crossing streets, while you're driving on them, just to jump 3 meters back right before your car.
    - Shooting. Bad. And I recommend easy game mode. On classic enemies will not react to your hits, so you will have a feeling that you're shooting at T-800s or playing MMOFPS. Way funnier to run into CQB on easy, just as deadly. Covers are bad too. Not comfortable. AI sees your through the wall and start shooting/throwing in advance. Paulie and Sam are not only immortal now, but immaterial, bullets go right through them into your skull.
    - Railroading. Original game has possibilities for different play styles in some missions. You could stealth, shoot, trick your way through. In remake you can't shoot at some moments and can't abstand from aggressive play in others. Some things are cut out from the original too.
    - Bugs. For example, if you get perfectly aligned with enemy in game X, Y or even Z-axis you will die instantly no matter the obstacles (walls, cars). However, this didn't really make me angry. But after such deaths, or just deaths, or failing an objective (like, defending a truck) you will restart at nearest checkpoint and 100% will not have such guns and ammo as at the moment of death (health remains exactly the same) and 10% that you will progress through the story. I deliberately said nearest checkpoint not the last one. So, it's clear how poorly this thing is coded. And this did make me angry.

    Things that I feared, but they turned to be ok.
    * Paulie is a Shrek. Never felt so during the game. Actor did a great job, Paulie is way more likeable than in original.
    * Red exploding barrels. Just a few of them, and they do come in handy when playing on classic difficulty.    … Expand
  6. Hochbichler
    Oct 10, 2020
    6
    Mafia: Definitive Edition is a full remake of the original cult Mafia action-adventure game. In my opinion this game is missing several aspects of the original game, which I consider to be vital part of the overall Mafia experience. But more about that later. I want to start with the graphics. It is excellent, breathtaking even, with great colours, lighting and many details. This newMafia: Definitive Edition is a full remake of the original cult Mafia action-adventure game. In my opinion this game is missing several aspects of the original game, which I consider to be vital part of the overall Mafia experience. But more about that later. I want to start with the graphics. It is excellent, breathtaking even, with great colours, lighting and many details. This new graphics suits the atmosphere of the original game very well. One more thing that I think this game did well was the historical radio announcement, baseball game etc. If only everything else was as good as that. Sadly it is not. The story was probably the biggest selling point of the original game and I am very disappointed that the remake was not able to retain the high standard. It does not start bad, the first few missions are pretty good, but then it starts to slip and the story diverges from the original more and more. What disappointed me the most is the ending, instead of the profound truth in the original we got pathetic generic Hollywood style nonsense about family. That was not the point of the Mafia at all, you understood nothing Hangar 13. Daniel Vavra (the creator of the original Mafia) himself says that he would rewrite most of the Mafia dialogues if he was doing the remake today, but he would keep the essential bits that make up the moral of the story. I cannot stress how important that statement is. From the gameplay perspective, there were big changes also. This game became a cover shooter and not a very good one at that. How is it possible that you cannot shoot blindly from the cover just as your enemies do. Also the enemies are all hard scripted, they are put in the game just for you to shoot them, without any thought given to why they are actually supposed to be there. The number of enemies is also more than doubled when compared to the original. Why are you only capable of carrying one small arm and only three magazines for it? Why is the path to your mission target always displayed on a map as if you were five years old and incapable of choosing the path for yourself? Next thing is driving and it is yet another disappointment. It went from a perfect simulation in the original game to a generic arcade in the remake. Also you cannot really enjoy driving, because most of the driving parts of the missions were just simply cut from the remake, which is a shame, because just cruising through the empty city at night after completing a hard mission was a big part of the overall Mafia experience. These things matter to me greatly. I do not even want to mention the stupid car chases, exploding barrels, ammo crates and so many other things that this remake butchered. The music is also changed significantly, the original radio tracks are all removed and replaced by other songs from the same era and often even from the same musician. Why? The mission music is a generic and I definitely prefer the atmospheric music of the original Mafia. If the original game was ever criticized for anything, it was usually a lack of secondary quests or additional content. And this remake instead of remedying that, cuts even the few missions from Lucas Bertone that were in the original game. There are no microtransactions, but predictably they were able to squeeze at least a bit of SJW propaganda. Talking about Sarah, she is another fine example of how the remake does not care about consequences and realism. In the original game the subject of you doing all the killing and being a gangster in context of your relationship with Sarah was discussed several times. In the remake she is seemingly oblivious to what you do for living, despite the fact that she works in the Salieri’s Bar herself. Anyway the main thing is that she can vote now. I think I know who she is voting for.

    Maybe all this came out a bit too harsh. Mafia: Definitive Edition is by no means a bad game, but it just is not Mafia. That did not surprised me since I did not expect Hangar 13 to make a good job, but what surprised me at least a little bit is how the vast majority of players are able to look past all this and still enjoy the game. Final Verdict: 55 %    … Expand
  7. hoanns
    Nov 14, 2020
    6
    A very linear game, the open world is very empty. You just play the plot on rails and there is nothing else to do.

    Graphics look good and it play okay, but the missions aren't really that creative or rich in variety.
  8. Alex_Stone
    Oct 2, 2020
    6
    В целом, нормальный ремейк. Что и можно было ожидать, увеличили количество экранного времени у второстепенных персонажей, и это хорошо, добавили больше деталей и т.д. Но не понравились изменения характеров персонажей и их мотивации, мне кажется, можно было добавить больше бекграунда Паули и Сэму сохранив их суть, какой она была в оригинале. Больше всего не понравилось, что Томми не самВ целом, нормальный ремейк. Что и можно было ожидать, увеличили количество экранного времени у второстепенных персонажей, и это хорошо, добавили больше деталей и т.д. Но не понравились изменения характеров персонажей и их мотивации, мне кажется, можно было добавить больше бекграунда Паули и Сэму сохранив их суть, какой она была в оригинале. Больше всего не понравилось, что Томми не сам решил не убивать шлюху и последние слова Сэма и Тома. Какая блядь семья, че он несет вообще? Вито и Джо, кстати, в последнем ролике очень рофляно нарисовали, я покекал. Некоторые миссии стали менее запоминающимися из-за их урезания (Омерта, ограбление банка), в некоторых моментах переборщили с голивудщиной. Физика машин стала заметно лучше со времен третьей части, но все равно есть такое ощущение будто они подражают той физике, что была в первой и второй части, а не делают собственный движок. Гонку я, кстати, не смог пройти на симуляторном режиме, хотя в оригинале могу с первого раза, даже на непатченной версии. В плане сложности игра иногда дает просраться, но касаемо перестрелок это достигается искусственно, потому что враги умирают после примерно 7-ми попаданий в тело (или одного в голову), но когда в них попадает пуля им на это абсолютно все равно, они как шли и стреляли, так и продолжат это делать. Касаемо графики, дело не особо улучшилось со времен третьей части, она все такая же убогая и страшная. Уж не знаю, как можно было так ухайдакать движок второй мафии, но как есть так есть. Короче, сохранили и подчеркнули некоторые фишки, мелочи и особенности из оригинала и упустили другие.… Expand
  9. empleat100
    Oct 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only thing good on this game is graphics. Disgusting game, which is insult to the original game. Sad people defending it. Either they didn't play the original game, or they are little sjw using logical fallacies - to attack people for constructive criticism. Most people probably won't play the original and that game will fade away. While it is much better game, even today! And it doesn't look even that bad!

    I also i heavily dislike community of this game and even nowadays gaming subculture. If you say anything negative, they will tell you go play something else. Even if it is true and you have circle jerk yourselves and be fake. Otherwise people will attack you!

    I would say go play original, if you didn't. It is a masterpiece!!!

    Story: they changed original characters and dialogues, even scenes! Paulie looks like Shrek and both look like they don't have any experience. In the original characters were older. They mixed some lines in dialogue and things came out at wrong moment, it was weird. I like original story much more, than in this game!

    They removed lucas bertone missions, but you have to find 5 cars in freeride, which is boring. Previously he gave you little fun sub-quests.

    There are some interesting details about events in the original story, which is interesting, previously player could imagine it, or guess. I like it in new game, since it is remake.

    Dialogues: They are not bad, but there are some things, which are dumb like: Tom just gets started in family and Salieri, he himself says he wants revenge on guys, which destroyed his taxi, why it was most powerful mafia in the city. In the original, salieri ordered Paulie and Tom to destroy their cars as initiation test, which is more believable. There are things like this in the game.

    There are some funny quotes, but otherwise... Sometimes characters tell same thing twice, happened in previous game too, not big deal.

    Soundtrack: original soundtrack is absolutely amazing and more dramatic, i dislike they replaced it.

    Cutscenes: in original they are 1000 times more dramatic and more EPIC!

    Driving: terrible driving model, in original they tried to simulate realism. While in new game, driving is unrealistic and car is sliding. Cars suffer from understeering and than enter uncontrollable slide, which is impossible to correct many times. It is like driving on ice constantly... I completed race mission on the first trial in original, but in this game it took me 3 hours, because my car lose control, not that it would be difficult, it is not! Also they made it so opponents will crash right before you and you crash too - idiotic...

    Auto aim when driving yuck! Car moves when i hit it with baseball LOL.

    Environment: salieri's yard looks good, but whole city is too clean on that era. There were neon signs at that time, but i liked more original, now you have that on every corner. Also all cars are shinning and look like new.

    Combat: melee is annoying, if you attack first sometimes it doesn't hit, yet he counters, which has no counter. Otherwise you have to press alt quickly to dodge.

    Cops: they get called instantly, which looks weird, in old mafia police office would have to find a telephone to report incident!

    City: they made city more accessible, but game doesn't take you through city as much as before, at least you don't have to drive back each time, which was excessive in old mafia. Everywhere are roadblocks LOL and in first mission car chase is kinda lame, but so it was in the original. Except you could take out wheels, but you wouldn't hit anybody basically...

    UI: there are a lot of unnecessary ui elements, like objective, which kills immersion. Previously you could always press f1 for objective and they tell you what to do so... Also healthbar is huge and speed-o-meter doesn't look old from that era and i dislike minimap next to it. It even shows you path to the objective, so you don't have to remember path yourself...

    You choose weapons by weapon wheel and it sucks as usual, also 12 works tho i think, but for other things...

    Graphics: graphic with red taint, i don't care. It looks great, how ever they didn't recreate era best, city is too clean, sky is white bright, instead of blue... It is in details... Also it is little bit blurry on max details, but that's normal, probably bad aliasing and will be better in near future i think. Yet old game looks more realistic in a way i think. Cars are also too shiny, every car in the city...

    Freeride: design of missions is moronic, you don't know first how to finish that optimally, even if you were pro, some missions are impossible to do on the first time, now matter how good you play. So you have to restart like 10 times, if you do only one mistake, because car suffer from heavy understeer, you lose to rng tram, or car...    … Expand
  10. T2XTeksi
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    "Look how they massacred my boy.."

    If you really liked the original Mafia I don't bother buying this remake. Make yourself a favor and keep the good memories! I really liked the orig. Mafia for the story and gameplay. Ok I admit it's been a long time playing that gem but this one doesn't feel like cutting close. The story seems no way as captivating as the original one and I have    "Look how they massacred my boy.."

    If you really liked the original Mafia I don't bother buying this remake. Make yourself a favor and keep the good memories!

    I really liked the orig. Mafia for the story and gameplay. Ok I admit it's been a long time playing that gem but this one doesn't feel like cutting close.

    The story seems no way as captivating as the original one and I have really hard time understanding the shooting mechanics whilst driving. It seems theres no free-aim option available until you crank the ram button. Before that it's just useless auto-aim and it really pisses me off. The story is ok I guess but like I said it's nothing like it used to be..

    Other than that it feel like the gameplay is on traintracks. It's really restricted what you can do. Some actions just seems to be disabled during parts of the mission.. for cinematic reasons? Just let me play ok?! Sneaking mechanics are there only when game thinks you need them, you can't active then in anyway so one must just get by with cover mechanics..

    I've playd 10h so far.    … Expand
  11. Burnwood
    Dec 21, 2020
    6
    [+] Great gunfight
    [+] Good city modelling
    [?] Truly empty open world
    [-] Bad character processing
    [-] Dysfunctional main character
    [-] Predictable story
    [-] Weak classic treason chapter
    [-] Crappy final
  12. Gr442lt
    Nov 4, 2020
    6
    Disappointment. New Scenario Mafia1 looks very weak, so it's easy weak for 2020. Nothing is playable other than a limited scenario that hasn't even improved in this game, on the contrary, it is a reduction and simplification of the game that does not improve in general terms...
  13. DjBarbarossa
    Nov 15, 2020
    6
    The scenario MAF-DE, as in most cases of the entire game, is animated cutscenes and low quality weapons with shooting. The plot is linear throughout the entire game cycle and does not look very pleasant in this form. Simplified missions, especially in the port to reduce the scenario and action events in general. (Sea Port, lucky bastard)
    There are no Luca Bertone scenes in the script, and    The scenario MAF-DE, as in most cases of the entire game, is animated cutscenes and low quality weapons with shooting. The plot is linear throughout the entire game cycle and does not look very pleasant in this form. Simplified missions, especially in the port to reduce the scenario and action events in general. (Sea Port, lucky bastard)
    There are no Luca Bertone scenes in the script, and they were moved to freeride in one cutscene, which is also shortened compared to this mission vr original.
    Freeride, with nothing there. Unable to visit Tommy's house, all facilities are closed, trains / trams are not available as they were in the original, but pay attention that all NPCs interact well with trains/trams and this transport fills most of the game city. No Cash savings/spending. I'm not even talking about the fact that you did NOT add more features to the game world in the game of 2020.

    Max on 6/10 with the hope of a patch of additions and improvements to the game.    … Expand
  14. FlachDran
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    Tempting at the beginning but in the end it's a short version of the game that spoils the original as a pimple and why is this empty zero town in free walk and you put away L. Burton there? In addition, the city is dead for the game there ...
  15. nojeb85
    Dec 1, 2020
    6
    History has gone running, you just look and shoot.
    Walk mode, not playable blank and what is it for?
    It looks like raw product from h13-2k as always...
  16. concernedgamer
    Dec 11, 2020
    6
    After fumbling with Mafia 3, Hangar 13 set out to redeem themselves and put their own spin on a cult classic and give it a much-needed reboot. The missions are fairly faithful, albeit simplified compared to the original, and they take some major artistic liberties with the characters and story, but in general it does what it needs to: revamp the game and its world, without running poorlyAfter fumbling with Mafia 3, Hangar 13 set out to redeem themselves and put their own spin on a cult classic and give it a much-needed reboot. The missions are fairly faithful, albeit simplified compared to the original, and they take some major artistic liberties with the characters and story, but in general it does what it needs to: revamp the game and its world, without running poorly or succumbing to a load of bugs.… Expand
  17. Bakiyip
    Jan 24, 2021
    6
    This game is impossible to play twice, it is a very linear and short story.
    We need a train and tram patch + DLC this game is so bloody awesome but it lacks! Also 2 is a mess it needs an update!
    It would be nice to have a Don peppone DLC and expansion of freeride features
  18. elefsar
    Apr 27, 2021
    6
    Vasat hikaye, sıkıcı oynayış tekdüze ilerliyor. Özgürlük bekliyor insan ama sıradan bir oyun.
  19. nomeoriginale
    Aug 6, 2021
    6
    не понравился ремейк , графика - единственное ,что тут хорошо,физика -ужас , машины даже не бьются .
  20. GroveStreetHome
    Oct 9, 2021
    6
    A remake (or rather an adaptation) of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven made in a Hollywood style.
  21. PvtSmith
    Jan 19, 2023
    6
    7/10. Gameplay is mediocre. Very average compared to other modern games, but the story is still great. in fact some things were improved over the original with important side characters given more story time.

    People criticize the dead open world as if the original was completely insane simulation. It's true that the original had more minor details like more realistic car damage, the    7/10. Gameplay is mediocre. Very average compared to other modern games, but the story is still great. in fact some things were improved over the original with important side characters given more story time.

    People criticize the dead open world as if the original was completely insane simulation. It's true that the original had more minor details like more realistic car damage, the airport mission had a lot of NPCs reacting to the gun fire in a realistic way and hugging the floor. But let's face it, those aren't the things that affect the story or people pay attention to. The open world in the original was just as dead as in this one.

    At the same time this game improves on the enemy spam and bs insta-kills by enemies you cannot even see or aim at. The ability to skip driving is also a very welcome change.

    I am giving it a 6/10 however, because the controls are designed to be played on a console, not PC. The key layout is very strange, and you cannot double bind keys.    … Expand
  22. kinsang
    Sep 10, 2022
    6
    เนื้อเรื่องเข้มข้นน่าติดตาม แต่นอกจากเนื้อเรื่องแล้ว เกมก็ไม่มีอะไรที่เป็นจุดเด่นเลย
  23. Zallen
    Jan 20, 2023
    6
    Ремейк некогда культовой и серьезной игры на 11 часов при классической сложности.

    Из минусов: - в игре нет адекватного обучения, которое раскрывало бы КАК надо играть в игру, например что бы пройти гонку необходимо использовать кнопку тарана для успешных поворотов, но игра этому не обучает и в итоге тыкаешься час в заносах и полном непонимании "что не так?", зато как ради интереса    Ремейк некогда культовой и серьезной игры на 11 часов при классической сложности.

    Из минусов:
    - в игре нет адекватного обучения, которое раскрывало бы КАК надо играть в игру, например что бы пройти гонку необходимо использовать кнопку тарана для успешных поворотов, но игра этому не обучает и в итоге тыкаешься час в заносах и полном непонимании "что не так?", зато как ради интереса нажимаешь заветную кнопку, то "легендарная" по сложности гонка проходится с пары попыток. В той же опере и боевая система, в миссии где надо уделать в рукопашку челов приставучих к Саре, если не знать как ПРАВИЛЬНО драться, то бой превращается в цирк длинною в 30 минут с онли закликиванием.
    - персонаж преступно долго умирает, драматично падая на землю, зачем почему? Дико тормозит темп игры, ничего кроме раздражения и духоты не вызывает.
    - в игру надобавляли всяких доп. механик: взлом замков, угоны, таскания тел и прочее, которые бы пригодились для открытого мира, мир есть, но открыт ли он? Игра кидает игрока от миссии к миссии и изучать город нет возможности, да и нужно ли? Нет он пуст, а следовательно и механики практически полностью не юзабельны.
    - унылое радио, которое не задает атмосферы и вызывает только желание выключить его.
    - из серьезного криминального произведения с топовыми и колоритными персонажами, игра превратилась в легкий боевичек потеряв свой шарм. Еще и были в корне изменены некоторые ключевые персонажи.

    Из плюсов:
    - приятная стрельба, которая при классическом уровне сложности чувствуется с легким налетом челенджа.
    - атмосферный город, по которому приятно кататься во время выполнения миссий.
    - прикольная система копов, которые тригерятся на превышение скорости и другие легкие нарушения (плюс реализм).
    - насыщенный сюжет полный экшеновых событий (но оригинал лучше).

    6ть таксистов из 10ти.    … Expand
  24. TypInSomething
    Mar 21, 2023
    6
    The game ran as smooth as a butter. The story was really good. I was eager to know the end and it did not disappoint. If a non-ray tracing game like this can look this beautiful then other games should not have any excuse. It should not matter if a game has ray tracing or not to look good.
    The fact is that the game is set in the 1930s. So it's hard to complain about lousy driving controls    The game ran as smooth as a butter. The story was really good. I was eager to know the end and it did not disappoint. If a non-ray tracing game like this can look this beautiful then other games should not have any excuse. It should not matter if a game has ray tracing or not to look good.
    The fact is that the game is set in the 1930s. So it's hard to complain about lousy driving controls or lack of polished gun fights. This game’s hardest mission is a race mission. Just Saying.
    Other than that, I **** enjoyed it.    … Expand
  25. Midyen
    Jun 10, 2023
    6
    Based on the gameplay, graphics, sound, content, and originality of the game, I will give it a rating of 6.
  26. sideshownate
    Aug 13, 2023
    6
    I really wanted to love this game but I just couldnt. The story is rather fun but man for a 10 hour game this gameplay is so repetitive. At first I was like wow this is awesome and then 75% of the way I was kind of wishing it was over.
  27. thoenix19
    Oct 4, 2021
    5
    If you wanted to improve the original, you had to remove the rap music from the end credits. This game conveys the spirit of the era, through music as well. Sometimes these little things ruin the whole atmosphere.
  28. Jonnyginntonic
    Sep 27, 2020
    5
    Mafia = Rough Gem
    Mafia: Definitive Edition = Polished Glass
    The game is basically a decent B movie filled with great voice acting performances and well designed period set-pieces. That is about where the praise stops. This experience plays more like a bunch of cut-scenes tied together with some necessary gameplay sections rather than a typical open world game. These gameplay sections    Mafia = Rough Gem
    Mafia: Definitive Edition = Polished Glass

    The game is basically a decent B movie filled with great voice acting performances and well designed period set-pieces. That is about where the praise stops. This experience plays more like a bunch of cut-scenes tied together with some necessary gameplay sections rather than a typical open world game. These gameplay sections are mostly made up of acceptable driving and clunky cover shooting mechanics. The gameplay is not modernized and feels worse than the original in almost every way. The game crashes often and is filled with bugs and glitches. Overall, this reeks of a soulless, rushed, cash grab. Wait for a sale or avoid completely and play the original.    … Expand
  29. Dbeat
    Sep 25, 2020
    5
    For hardcore fans, people that appreciate quality gameplay combined with narrative (MGS, Silent Hill, Mass Effect, Mafia City of Lost Heaven) This is not your game. First things first; core gameplay mechanics are lame, cover system is a generic dull and boring, standard. Car mechanics, those hyper realistic -manual/automatic gear- combined with responsive detailed physics are gone. Police?For hardcore fans, people that appreciate quality gameplay combined with narrative (MGS, Silent Hill, Mass Effect, Mafia City of Lost Heaven) This is not your game. First things first; core gameplay mechanics are lame, cover system is a generic dull and boring, standard. Car mechanics, those hyper realistic -manual/automatic gear- combined with responsive detailed physics are gone. Police? even in the classic mode is nothing compared to fun the pain in the ass (in the good sense) that was in the original one, chases are reduced to S. Secondary Lucas Bertone missions gone. Lockpicking minigame gone. The playground to shootouts are this generic boxes to find cover that sets the mood away, always a marker telling you what to do. Then there is this narrative all over the place, some dialogues are good, most of them cheesy and make no sense to the character depth. Although they tried to gave more story to characters they end up making desicions because of this new adjustments that don't adhere. The carefully crafted narrative missions like Visiting Rich People or Moonlighting are completely butchered and the developers didn't got it right. This game is mediocre and it reaches this status because of the excellent blueprint the original one provides. For those who just want a "meh game"that will be forgotten in 5 months this is your game. Lucky ones that didn't have this appreciation to the original one. Positive notes: great city, terrific death anymations.… Expand
  30. klokwok
    Oct 1, 2020
    5
    Consolized dumb-down remake with un-offable objective markers, gps map and qte combat. Wow.
    Tommy's character is butchered.
    Grapics is good. Gunsounds are awful. Car physics is ok-ish. Weapon wheel is abysmal abomination.
    Some bugs and bad optimization.
    Minus 1 additional point for wrong music tracks on credits and especially running man mission.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 9 out of 46
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  1. Riot Pixels
    Dec 24, 2020
    75
    This is a full-fledged, honest to God remake. Some changes to the story will upset hardcore fans, but I think this approach is absolutely justified. Even though this remake is not as amazing as new versions of Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy 7, it’s still a worthy update.
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  2. CD-Action
    Dec 18, 2020
    70
    The main difference between the remake and the original game is that the latter was outstanding for its time, while the Definitive Edition is “merely” good. Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time. What’s crucial here is the fact that Hangar 13 approached the original’s narrative with proper respect and refrained from changing it too much. Mafia: Definitive Edition might not be remarkable as an open-world action game, but it still has the story worthy of the most revered gangster movies. [12/2020, p.28]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Nov 4, 2020
    80
    Mafia: Definitive Edition is a remake of mixed flavours. Some elements are just as they used to be, and it's great. Some elements are just as they used to be, and it's awful. Mixture of aged mechanics and amazing graphics, new voices, great old story and some added, yet bad storylines, make it not such a perfect remake. But it sure is worth your time, whether you are a fan of the original or not. The moral of the story survived in all its glory, just be sure to focus your attention to the details where Mafia used to and still shines the most.
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