Mafia

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User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 2090 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,902 out of 2090
  2. Mixed: 114 out of 2090
  3. Negative: 74 out of 2090
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  1. Speed4Runs
    Dec 8, 2012
    7
    What a great game! An almost perfect game which is funny to play, but it also has a very good plot, very good graphics and excellent sound. Games like this will never be made again.
  2. Tomle1202
    Oct 2, 2022
    7
    MAFIA is a game of extreme spectrum: narratively one of the best, however gameplay-wise one of the worst.
  3. ThePessimist
    Sep 10, 2010
    6
    A neat premise is ruined by a moronic leveling system, cardbord characters, a cliched story, and bland environments. I had some fun with it, granted, but it was not what it claimed to be, and was simply mediocre.
  4. SmokeyMcPot
    Sep 20, 2007
    6
    The missions are fun, but as a GTA knock-off it leaves a lot to be desired. Many aspects of the game are pretty frustrating, and I'm not sure how everyone else has overlooked the fact that it's extremely buggy.
  5. ColeYote
    Aug 28, 2012
    5
    I haven't even come close to finishing it and I probably won't. The story is fine enough on its own, but the game built around it is mediocre at best. The biggest problem is the gameplay, while not exactly broken, is infuriating. You have so little health that you die before you have time to react, something about the gun mechanics just feels off, driving is difficult and while I mightI haven't even come close to finishing it and I probably won't. The story is fine enough on its own, but the game built around it is mediocre at best. The biggest problem is the gameplay, while not exactly broken, is infuriating. You have so little health that you die before you have time to react, something about the gun mechanics just feels off, driving is difficult and while I might joke about the fact that the cops in the GTA series are fine with you going 100 miles an hour in oncoming traffic but try to kill you if you accidentally scrape one of their cars, I don't mean I want to get pulled over for driving above 40!
    All in all, decent potential, but ruined by a few poor design decisions.    … Expand
  6. CooterPatooter
    Feb 29, 2012
    5
    Mafia is an uncut diamond. It's got a great story which embraces every mobster cliche with open arms and tells that story using above-average dialogue and cinematic camera work. The car models are beautiful and like the Four Fat Chicks say, the game just "oozes class". But that's where the toasting ends and the roasting begins. The overarching issue with Mafia is that its just...Mafia is an uncut diamond. It's got a great story which embraces every mobster cliche with open arms and tells that story using above-average dialogue and cinematic camera work. The car models are beautiful and like the Four Fat Chicks say, the game just "oozes class". But that's where the toasting ends and the roasting begins. The overarching issue with Mafia is that its just... well... UNFINISHED. Driving around an open-world New York city circa 1933-1935, I was struck by how empty it felt. The city is bare, repetitive and mostly non-functional. Unlike Grand Theft Auto (especially GTA 4 and San Andreas), there's very very little to see and even less to do. Bugs and glitches abound, ranging from popping textures to screen tearing to getting your car stuck in the scenery constantly. While they're well done, the same 3-4 driving tracks that play over and over will have you gouging at your ears long before the game is over. A secondary (but still crucial) complaint is vehicle handling. Since you spend roughly 50% of the campaign behind the wheel of a car, its important that vehicle physics be spot-on. Or at least manageable. They are neither. Cars are so underpowered that they just barely sputter up a small hill but it's also incredibly easy to earn speeding tickets. All but the best 3-4 vehicles are floaty and a complete displeasure to operate. On many occasions I found myself skidding (or spinning, flipping, crashing, take your pick) wildly out of control from the slightest steering adjustment while the police pursuing me drive in such a way that the laws of physics seem to bend to their will. Mafia is very good at what it does right but unfortunately it's only 3/4 of a game that feels like the lofty goals of its developers got cut off at the knees in order to make a deadline. What a shame.… Expand
  7. Toffenuff
    Jun 19, 2013
    7
    I unfortunately played this game after having played Sleeping Dogs, the latest GTA, Just Cause 2, and Saints Row: The Third, so it was difficult for me to get excited playing a game that looks so dated compared to the ones I've played recently. Not only that, but the gameplay isn't as great as everyone raves it to be. Sure, the story is decent, there are some strong characters, and thereI unfortunately played this game after having played Sleeping Dogs, the latest GTA, Just Cause 2, and Saints Row: The Third, so it was difficult for me to get excited playing a game that looks so dated compared to the ones I've played recently. Not only that, but the gameplay isn't as great as everyone raves it to be. Sure, the story is decent, there are some strong characters, and there are some fun missions, but there were to me too many flaws that prevented it from being a stellar piece.

    The biggest gripe I had with it? Lack of open-world/sandbox. It's actually a very controlled environment and there isn't much else to do between missions outside of breaking laws, driving like a maniac, and ending on a standoff with the police. With such a vast area, it felt so... boring and empty beyond the missions.

    Next biggest gripe would be that it is buggy at times with lots of graphics and physics errors as well as objects and sometimes even people getting stuck in the environment. Sometimes the AI would bug out too.

    Cars, while understandably made to be realistic, were annoying to maneuver particularly during car chase scenes. The lack of driving guidance/GPS also bugged me, though I guess that was part of the whole realism factor they were going for.

    Graphics, while great for it's time, did not perform any better on my high-end gaming rig than on my mid-level one, which was frustrating.

    Overrated, wouldn't really recommend it unless it's cheap.    … Expand
  8. VinayN.
    May 31, 2004
    7
    This game is definitely the best game i have played in years more eloquent and stylish than GTA/GTA Vice City but it has a host of stability issues it crashes occasionally on my GeForce 440Mx system...maybe it has some incompatibility issues....
  9. TheMitherer
    Oct 22, 2011
    7
    A decent game that could have been much better. First of all if I'd wanted a driving game I would have bought one. Secondly, I couldn't complete one mission due to the moronic AI of a companion - had to cheat in the end. There were other minor bugs. More positively, the story is good and the game keeps you interested (when not driving constantly) and I did start to care about my character.A decent game that could have been much better. First of all if I'd wanted a driving game I would have bought one. Secondly, I couldn't complete one mission due to the moronic AI of a companion - had to cheat in the end. There were other minor bugs. More positively, the story is good and the game keeps you interested (when not driving constantly) and I did start to care about my character. The missions were varied and interesting and the cut scenes done well. The game was very interactive in its time and the city is excellently rendered. This game minus most of driving and one game breaking mission, was a nailed on 9/10.… Expand
  10. Rahimll
    Jun 10, 2020
    7
    Mafia is a great game storywise but this game is really have bad gunplay mechanics and car driving i hope it change in mafia 1 definitive edition with same story. So mafia is a good game and we should try it to experince something new and different from other games atleast when we play it we don't feel like this game is trying to copy gta
  11. phantlower
    Nov 25, 2020
    7
    Zamanında efsanede olsa şuan oynayınca çok sıkıldım ama hikayesi güzeldir.
  12. defenz
    Aug 9, 2021
    6
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    Jun 21, 2022
    7
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  14. ProfAmateur
    Jun 1, 2023
    5
    English and German Review:

    + Cinema as well as thriller feeling - Mission design feels too firmly like grind... drive 3x there, collect 3x money... etc. In one mission you have to race, with 5 laps! If you have to restart, this misison goes over 30 minutes. - Unfortunately, the frustration moments gain the upper hand in many situations. Retry after retry after retry. In every mission    English and German Review:

    + Cinema as well as thriller feeling
    - Mission design feels too firmly like grind... drive 3x there, collect 3x money... etc. In one mission you have to race, with 5 laps! If you have to restart, this misison goes over 30 minutes.
    - Unfortunately, the frustration moments gain the upper hand in many situations. Retry after retry after retry. In every mission there is some bug or shortcoming.
    - The checkpoints are hell. So much replay.

    + Kino sowie Thriller-Feeling
    - Missionsdesign fühlt sich zu fest nach Grind an.. fahre 3x dort hin, treibe 3x Geld ein.. etc. In einer Mission muss man ein Rennen fahren, mit 5 Runden! Wenn man restarten muss, geht diese Misison über 30 Minuten.
    - Leider gewinnen die Frustmomente in vielen Situationen die Oberhand. Retry nach retry nach retry. In jeder Mission gibt es irgendeinen Bug oder Unzulänglichkeit.
    - Die Checkpoints sind die Hölle. Soviel replay.    … Expand
  15. Zeyon88
    Mar 17, 2021
    7
    Story: 7/10
    The Way story is given: 14/20
    Gameplay: 20/30
    Design: 9/10
    Feelings left after playing: 17/20
    Playability(Bugs and optimization): 8/10

    AVARAGE: 75/100
  16. DreamOfHero
    Feb 17, 2022
    7
    Premise: I played it smooth, without mod.

    I finished this beautiful adventure on Friday 11 February 2022. Even if on a graphic level, given its age, it is no longer flawless, the game still has its own reason. Reserve certain goodies even today that leaves you speechless .. Interaction with the police is something crazy that no game today replicates. I spent hours spinning around    Premise: I played it smooth, without mod.

    I finished this beautiful adventure on Friday 11 February 2022.
    Even if on a graphic level, given its age, it is no longer flawless, the game still has its own reason.

    Reserve certain goodies even today that leaves you speechless ..
    Interaction with the police is something crazy that no game today replicates.
    I spent hours spinning around the map, darting at full speed just to be chased by the police and given me a ticket.
    Too bad that the limiter was only with the fixed speed at 60, there are no variants at 30 or 80.

    One of the biggest drawbacks in my opinion is that the AI of the allied NPCs is not at the top.
    Especially since you are accompanied on almost all missions.
    In many cases, missions fail more through their fault than the player's fault.    … Expand
  17. Oskad
    Dec 4, 2022
    5
    je tiens a vous dire que j'ai joué a ce jeu à l'époque j'avais même pas un compte Steam très nostalgique pour les nouveaux joueur Dur d'y rejouer aujourd'hui. n'attendes pas à grand-chose car le jeu et vieux comme tout anciens jeux bourrés de bug les missions sont données à l'opposé de la carte, vous devez donc conduire tout le chemin aller-retour.

    Le gameplay est méga rigide. Un    je tiens a vous dire que j'ai joué a ce jeu à l'époque j'avais même pas un compte Steam très nostalgique pour les nouveaux joueur Dur d'y rejouer aujourd'hui. n'attendes pas à grand-chose car le jeu et vieux comme tout anciens jeux bourrés de bug les missions sont données à l'opposé de la carte, vous devez donc conduire tout le chemin aller-retour.

    Le gameplay est méga rigide. Un système de sauvegarde désagréable, Les phases de conduites ne sont vraiment pas marrantes à jouer et pourtant elle représente la majeure partie du jeu mais en gros à l'époque c'était génial je le recommande surtout pour les anciens qui aime jouer les jeux rétro mais à ce prix-là    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

17
#17 Best PC Game of 2002
3
#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2002
5
#5 Most Shared PC Game of 2002

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. PC Gamer
    91
    It's rare in this day and age to be truly impressed by a game's graphics, but a lot of your early game time will be spent just marveling at the scenery. [Dec 2002, p.90]
  2. Computer Games Online RO
    90
    The missions are very well linked between them and in the background you thought of a very interesting but somehow sad story.
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  3. IGN
    92
    Mafia is dripping with style and class and has certainly shoved itself into the ranks of the best games of this year.
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