Mafia: Definitive Edition

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  1. theumer555
    Aug 24, 2023
    6
    A lazy remake that only improves graphics and voice acting without bothering to update the mechanics at all. Maybe refer to Capcom with Re2 and Re4 Remakes when you try to make an actual remake.
  2. 34m2121
    Aug 23, 2023
    7
    Hikaye anlatımı güzel ancak çok kopuk.Oyun gerçekçi hissettiriyor olay örgüsü olsun karakterleri olsun.
  3. tofuisawesome
    Jul 21, 2023
    7
    07/10
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  4. 613th
    Jul 4, 2023
    7
    The game causes different feelings - the story and the characters are interesting and alive, but the technical side of the game leaves much to be desired, for me.

    But my score is 7 because there were much more good emotions while playing it: the atmosphere, the relationships between characters and etc. The gameplay and the graphics are really from PS4, so I think it plays the role.    The game causes different feelings - the story and the characters are interesting and alive, but the technical side of the game leaves much to be desired, for me.

    But my score is 7 because there were much more good emotions while playing it: the atmosphere, the relationships between characters and etc.
    The gameplay and the graphics are really from PS4, so I think it plays the role.

    So, I definitely recommend it to play whenever you played the original one or not.    … Expand
  5. TheBigTicket
    Jun 28, 2023
    7
    Its a decent remake, gameplay is fine and the story is still very compelling.

    The open world design however is just dated at this point and there isn't really much to do other than about 10 hours of main story.
  6. danilogan7
    Jun 19, 2023
    6
    As Mêcanicas do personagem, das armas e dirigindo carros e motos são bem travadas. Principalmente a movimentação e a mira são bem lentas.
    Os pedestres e os carros reagem muito bem quando voce está dirigindo. Por exemplo, quando você está em alta velocidade e/ou buzinando os carros abrem passagem.
    Boa História, previsivel em alguns momentos e personagens esqueciveis, mas ainda assim    As Mêcanicas do personagem, das armas e dirigindo carros e motos são bem travadas. Principalmente a movimentação e a mira são bem lentas.
    Os pedestres e os carros reagem muito bem quando voce está dirigindo. Por exemplo, quando você está em alta velocidade e/ou buzinando os carros abrem passagem.
    Boa História, previsivel em alguns momentos e personagens esqueciveis, mas ainda assim envolvente.
    Bons gráficos, principalmente se tratando da cidade, toda ambientação e carros. Boa direção de arte.
    Os modelos dos personagens são bem fracos na gameplay, mas nas cutscenes são muito bonitos.
    Mapa confuso e mini mapa impreciso.

    Eu me diverti jogando o Mafia, mas acabou sendo o famoso "Jogue pela história".    … Expand
  7. J_R
    May 29, 2023
    5
    5.7/10

    The good - I like the 30s setting and they did a good job with it. - The story and characters are just good enough to stop you skipping cut scenes. - There are good options for difficulty, driving and aiming. - The driving feels good. The cars have a good sense of speed and a real weight and momentum to them. You can slide and spin the wheels in the more powerful cars.    5.7/10

    The good

    - I like the 30s setting and they did a good job with it.
    - The story and characters are just good enough to stop you skipping cut scenes.
    - There are good options for difficulty, driving and aiming.
    - The driving feels good. The cars have a good sense of speed and a real weight and momentum to them. You can slide and spin the wheels in the more powerful cars.

    The bad

    - Basic third person shooter gameplay and very simple melee combat.
    - The whole game outside driving feels a bit awkward and clunky.
    - It doesn’t look that good.
    - The open world is just a set to drive through.

    The very bad

    - Weird visual issues.
    - It crashed once.
    - Sometimes loading would randomly take much longer.

    Mafia: Definitive Edition isn’t very good but it’s worth a play through if it looks like your type of game.

    5.7/10    … Expand
  8. PacoBN23
    May 13, 2023
    7
    Mafia: Definitiva Edition es una buena remasterización ya que los gráficos con respecto al anterior son bastante buenos.
    Lo mejor de este juego es su historia, algo previsible pero la forma en la que la cuentan es excelente, llegando a encariñarte con ciertos personajes por el carisma que tienen. Las mecánicas son también buenas, especialmente la de conducción ya qu es bastante    Mafia: Definitiva Edition es una buena remasterización ya que los gráficos con respecto al anterior son bastante buenos.
    Lo mejor de este juego es su historia, algo previsible pero la forma en la que la cuentan es excelente, llegando a encariñarte con ciertos personajes por el carisma que tienen. Las mecánicas son también buenas, especialmente la de conducción ya qu es bastante satisfactoria.
    Sin embargo, el movimiento del personaje es algo tosco, siendo complicado moverse por espacios pequeños. La principal debilidad de este juego es su IA, porque a veces se hace bastante frustrante, especialmente en la misión de escapar de la iglesia.
    Si quieres un juego de mundo abierto con una buena historia, lo recomiendo.    … Expand
  9. Idk123456789
    Apr 8, 2023
    6
    Good story
    Good graphics

    Gameplay is clunky and feels unpolished
    Pointless open world
    Driving feels awful
    Lack of weapon variety
  10. keshudioo
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    Remember that money, jobs, even best pals will come and go. But family? Family is forever.
  11. Hydroloik
    Mar 30, 2023
    7
    Great story with a perfect structure - - each chapter is about 30-60 minutes long. Loved playing 1-2 chapter every night for half a month or so.

    Gameplay isn't the best but it is serviceable. And the game does have some performance issues on base PS4 - - some screen tears and some fps loss here and there but it's not too awful, I guess. Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who    Great story with a perfect structure - - each chapter is about 30-60 minutes long. Loved playing 1-2 chapter every night for half a month or so.

    Gameplay isn't the best but it is serviceable. And the game does have some performance issues on base PS4 - - some screen tears and some fps loss here and there but it's not too awful, I guess.

    Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a linear game with a captivating story.    … Expand
  12. Cyber_Angel
    Mar 8, 2023
    5
    Horrible buggy mess with sluggish controls, bad physics and downgraded gameplay from the original. The only improvement is obviously graphics, everything else is inferior.
  13. elolugo
    Mar 5, 2023
    6
    Great story but frustrating gameplay. 2000s mechanics like healthbar are no longer fun. 25% of the time you'll spend just driving a car from point A to B
  14. uaandrei
    Mar 2, 2023
    5
    well... definitely recommended for someone who's played it in the past and feel nostalgic and would like to play it again. BUT, for any other reason stay away from it
  15. TeaFan556
    Feb 26, 2023
    7
    [RU]
    Видимо от игроков такая оценка из-за какой-то чепухи, ну да ладно. С оценкой я все равно соглашусь, но не удивлюсь, что она не слишком объективная. Короче, мне эту игру подарили на новый год и вот я ее прошел. В оригинальную Mafia я никогда не играл, поэтому ремейк — мое первое знакомство с серией. И... не скажу, что я бы пожалел, если бы и дальше не играл в игры по этой серии. Я не    [RU]
    Видимо от игроков такая оценка из-за какой-то чепухи, ну да ладно. С оценкой я все равно соглашусь, но не удивлюсь, что она не слишком объективная. Короче, мне эту игру подарили на новый год и вот я ее прошел. В оригинальную Mafia я никогда не играл, поэтому ремейк — мое первое знакомство с серией. И... не скажу, что я бы пожалел, если бы и дальше не играл в игры по этой серии. Я не фанат реалистичных миров, где нет чего-то сверхъестественного. Я в реальный мир могу поиграть и без игр, поэтому мафия сразу идет мимо. Понравилась ли мне игра геймплейно? Да, было неплохо. Даже затягивающе. Понравился ли сюжет? Он был посредственным. Пойди туда, сделай это. И так всю игру. Буду ли я ее советовать всем подряд? Нет, только людям, которым нравится романтика мафиози. Остальным лучше не тратить свое время.    … Expand
  16. alexandru_ale26
    Feb 26, 2023
    7
    I loved the original game when I played it almost 2 decades ago and I was so happy to replay the remake. So in November of 2020 I played the Definitive Edition on my ultra PC and I enjoyed it a lot because I could run it at 60 FPS all maxed out at 3440p. Now in February of 2023 I got it for free on PS Plus and I played it again on PS5. The only downside is that there is no performance modeI loved the original game when I played it almost 2 decades ago and I was so happy to replay the remake. So in November of 2020 I played the Definitive Edition on my ultra PC and I enjoyed it a lot because I could run it at 60 FPS all maxed out at 3440p. Now in February of 2023 I got it for free on PS Plus and I played it again on PS5. The only downside is that there is no performance mode on PS5. Such a wasted opportunity to get back old players that bought the game or new players who will buy it. The graphics, the story and the characters were as good as always, even better than the original game. There are so many sh**ty games that give the player a whole continent to explore with nothing to do, where the player is almost forced to do 400 useless/meaningless fetch quests just to make the game longer and worth the 70$ price tag. A 10 hour linear game is what we need to breath again some fresh air and to appreciate quality ofer quantity. In the last 3-4 years a massive REMAKES movement has risen and the best thing is that we get the chance to replay the best games ever created on new platforms with all the goodies. Mafia Definitive Edition is by no means a masterpiece or a game to be remembered for generations, but a good game which will stand out from the thousands of TIME WASTERS called video games released in the last decade. A good advice is not to buy a game that costs more than 1-2$/hour of pure Story Mode (e.g. 10 hour of story mode = maximum 20$). Why to pay 70$ for a game at release when you could have the same experience at half the price or less one year later. Don't worry, the devs will not be poorer, just their greedy bosses. A company is nothing without its employees. RESPECT YOUR TIME, YOURSELF AND YOUR MONEY.… Expand
  17. Agt_Killionaire
    Feb 25, 2023
    7
    When I was playing through this game I thought this game was a remaster. The visuals are quite pretty and combat is worse than Mafia 3. Driving is also not good and I have heard it was bad back then as well. I suppose this is a Mafia specialty as I’d think they would have fixed it by their third one. The story is linear and there are no free roam activities to deal with. The story is goodWhen I was playing through this game I thought this game was a remaster. The visuals are quite pretty and combat is worse than Mafia 3. Driving is also not good and I have heard it was bad back then as well. I suppose this is a Mafia specialty as I’d think they would have fixed it by their third one. The story is linear and there are no free roam activities to deal with. The story is good with the story ending with more blood. There are a lot of moments in the beginning of the game where it is just driving. I did like these driving moments when there is a conversation happening between the characters in the car but overall they were not worth it.… Expand
  18. AnderzinhoLoko
    Feb 12, 2023
    5
    Meio Páia, Meio Bunda, só Tem Gráficos, Direção dos Carros Horrível, Tiroteio Péssimo, Animações das Lutas Direto do PS2, Não sei se a Versão original é páia assim, se for é zoado.
    Aliás os Gráficos tem Pontos negativos que com certeza já falaram aqui, de Primeira Vista me impressionaram, e História bem Fraca, Nem Parece que é um Jogo de Mafia! Péssimo.
  19. nascent
    Dec 23, 2022
    5
    I bought the remastered trilogy of hearing for years nothing but praise for the series, especially the plot and characters, and wanted to give it a go now it's remastered.
    However I found the game incredibly dull and shallow. The characters were 2 dimensional and the plot was daytime-tv level. The gameplay was pretty unexciting and run-of-the-mill.
  20. Crmgame
    Nov 12, 2022
    7
    remake that only changes the graphics with the same game content with a really stiff driving mechanic, luckily Hangar 13 realized that driving was very boring given the skip drive feature
  21. Jackthegamer
    Sep 16, 2022
    5
    Noting great about this game. The story was interesting but I couldn't fall in love with the characters
  22. ehtaco
    Sep 8, 2022
    7
    This game is almost a masterpiece. Controls are a bit tanky at times, animations can be a little whacky, and gunplay isn't the absolute best, but the game as a whole is phenomenal. Played the OG back in the day and it became one of my favorite games ever. This remake is almost everything I would've wanted from it. Just fantastic.

    There's some technical issues holding it back.    This game is almost a masterpiece. Controls are a bit tanky at times, animations can be a little whacky, and gunplay isn't the absolute best, but the game as a whole is phenomenal. Played the OG back in the day and it became one of my favorite games ever. This remake is almost everything I would've wanted from it. Just fantastic.

    There's some technical issues holding it back. Not-so-great animations at time, tedious and uninspired gunplay, and some other smaller grievances. Otherwise a great game.    … Expand
  23. Avenit
    Jul 12, 2022
    7
    Сюжета касаться не буду даже, но технически это худшая игра года. До жути заскриптованный кал, причем скрипты сцен и движений персонажа остались на уровне 2005 года, хочется сказать что нет внимания к деталям , но тут внимания вообще ни к чему нет. Посмотрите только как он заходит в двери или в машины, смех, и это 2020? Дешевая поделкаСюжета касаться не буду даже, но технически это худшая игра года. До жути заскриптованный кал, причем скрипты сцен и движений персонажа остались на уровне 2005 года, хочется сказать что нет внимания к деталям , но тут внимания вообще ни к чему нет. Посмотрите только как он заходит в двери или в машины, смех, и это 2020? Дешевая поделка
  24. faruk_128
    Jun 12, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. That's a great game. It was the best project they did after the Mafia 3 disaster.… Expand
  25. chrisdan23
    Jun 9, 2022
    7
    Das Remake des ersten Mafia Teils sieht tatsächlich wie ein komplett neues Spiel aus. Kaum vorstellbar, dass zumindest das Grundgerüst einmal ein PS2 Titel war. Tatsächlich bekommen wir ein belebtes Hochglanz New York zu sehen. Großartige Cut Scenes und hervorragend vertonte Dialoge. Allerdings ist Mafia kein Open World Spiel im typischen Sinne. Man bewegt sich durch eine offeneDas Remake des ersten Mafia Teils sieht tatsächlich wie ein komplett neues Spiel aus. Kaum vorstellbar, dass zumindest das Grundgerüst einmal ein PS2 Titel war. Tatsächlich bekommen wir ein belebtes Hochglanz New York zu sehen. Großartige Cut Scenes und hervorragend vertonte Dialoge. Allerdings ist Mafia kein Open World Spiel im typischen Sinne. Man bewegt sich durch eine offene Spielewelt, dabei fungiert diese aber primär als Kulisse für die klar storygetriebenen Missionen. Ähnlich verfährt auch Rockstar mit ihrem Titel L.A. Noire. Tatsächlich gefällt mir dieses Vorgehen auch sehr gut und es passt zu dem was Spiele wie L.A. Noire oder eben Mafia eigentlich wollen - uns nämlich eine Welt vorgaukeln in der wir interaktiv genau die Geschichte erleben, die der Entwickler uns erzählen möchte. Leider aber, und das fällt bei einem Action lastigeren Titel wie Mafia deutlich schwerer ins Gewicht als bei einem L. A. Noire, ist das Action Gameplay, meint vor allem eben die Deckungsshooter Mechanik recht altbacken und hakelig. Die Action Anteile des Spiels gefallen nicht so wirklich und fallen gar hinter viele Spiele der PS3 Ära wie etwa GTA 5 oder Uncharted deutlich zurück. Sehr schade. Hätte man auch hier ein moderneres, flüssigeres Gameplay hinbekommen, wäre das Mafia Remake ein Paradetitel werden können. So lebt das Spiel vor allem von seinen Schauwerten, der tollen Charaktere und Dialoge und der natürlich auch heute noch spannenden Story.… Expand
  26. charls_0404
    Feb 21, 2022
    7
    It seems to me that the original game did not deserve this remake, the game is fun, but very linear for modern times, zero replayability, the missions do not bring anything new, and even remove some great things that the original had. If you haven't played the original, I would recommend it; but if you played and loved the original mafia, maybe you should expect the price to come down a bit.
  27. RyanMcNeal
    Feb 12, 2022
    6
    Even though the graphics are nice and the cut scenes are superb, the gameplay is a pain. Controls are terrible and make the gameplay parts extremely unenjoyable. The game has nice ideas but they are very badly implemented with many bugs. Since I loved the original game from 2002 I wanted to finish this remake badly. I tried hard to like the game and continued playing in order to finish theEven though the graphics are nice and the cut scenes are superb, the gameplay is a pain. Controls are terrible and make the gameplay parts extremely unenjoyable. The game has nice ideas but they are very badly implemented with many bugs. Since I loved the original game from 2002 I wanted to finish this remake badly. I tried hard to like the game and continued playing in order to finish the campaign. However after dying near the end of one of the final missions, the game reloaded to the beginning of that mission instead of reloading the last checkpoint. I had zero motivation to repeat that boring mission once again. SonI decided to end my huge frustration with this game and immediately deleted it from my hard drive .. I respect the amazing work which the developers put into realizing this remake, but it was just not fun to play… so unfortunate and such a pity .… Expand
  28. nnevill
    Feb 1, 2022
    7
    I'm one of those people who beat original Mafia 2 times, gathered almost all cars in freeride. Original Mafia was a great game for its time.

    Remake hasn't reached that level of greatness. It's just a good 3rd person adventure game. Not bad, not terrible. Probably it's because I know the story and I suspected the same feelings as 18 years ago. Or probably because shooting system is much    I'm one of those people who beat original Mafia 2 times, gathered almost all cars in freeride. Original Mafia was a great game for its time.

    Remake hasn't reached that level of greatness. It's just a good 3rd person adventure game. Not bad, not terrible. Probably it's because I know the story and I suspected the same feelings as 18 years ago. Or probably because shooting system is much worse than in Last of Us (2013), world doesn't feel like real and one more thing - why on PS5 game doesn't work in at least stable 30FPS. I think with that level of graphics even 120 FPS should be possible FullHD but no - gamers should suffer :(

    Anyway I kindly recommend this game who never played original Mafia - at least the story worths to be go through.

    P.S.: I've bet race in 5th mission like in original - from the first try :)    … Expand
  29. OtMorozoff
    Jan 16, 2022
    5
    It’s an amazing remake!!! It’s better than most games of present years. The Great Masterpiece!!!
  30. RyanCrawford
    Jan 6, 2022
    5
    Mafia definitive edition is one of the best remastered games I’ve played. The graphics we spectacular. The story was kept raw and strong and had some amazing gameplay. If your into Cinematic third person shooters and drivers with an impactful storyline this game is for you. Best remake I’ve ever seen in a video game over a decade old!
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  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Nov 15, 2020
    80
    One of the best-loved games on PS2 gets a pitch-perfect remake. Thick with atmosphere, Mafia: Definitive Edition just about manages to mask over any agerelated decrepitude. [Issue#181, p.91]
  2. GamingBolt
    Oct 31, 2020
    80
    Mafia: Definitive Edition's narrative and visual strengths help it overcome issues in other areas to deliver a worthy remake of the best game in the series.
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  3. LaPS4
    Oct 30, 2020
    85
    Mafia: Definitive Edition manages to place a great gangster adventure among the great titles of its genre by the end of this generation of consoles due to the excellent renovation of its graphic and sound section.
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