Mafia: Definitive Edition

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  1. bigdady89
    Sep 27, 2020
    10
    Это величайшая игра, и величайший ремейк! Прошел на одном дыхании, точно так же как это было 18 лет назад! Олды, если вы тут, мы дождались идеального ремейка! Это просто шедевр!!!!
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. DavidDiaz
    Sep 17, 2021
    3
    Somewhere they did it well, but many missions were changed completely especially some of my favourites like "just for relaxation" and "lucky bastard" and I don't understand what was the reason to change Tom's character, he looks like a badass gangster now which is opposite to what he used to be in the original, just a good man who happened to be in the wrong place.
  5. 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
  6. rodrigorkc
    Apr 10, 2023
    8
    The game has great graphics and impressed me for the time the original has been realead. But the plot is Very tragic, its just bang bang, and a táxi driver from day tô night is a professional killer. Ita a great game, but not perfect.
  7. Sorokins
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    Ремейк достойный оригинальной игры!
    В далеком 2002 году я был тем парнем в классе, которого все звали к себе, чтобы пройти эту невыносимо сложную гонку. И вот спустя почти 20 лет, я снова и снова, попытка за попыткой наконец-то прохожу ее в "классическом режиме" сложности.
    Этим летом, листая ленту новостей, я вдруг увидел пост с анонсом римейка мафии и меня конечно же охватила сильная    Ремейк достойный оригинальной игры!
    В далеком 2002 году я был тем парнем в классе, которого все звали к себе, чтобы пройти эту невыносимо сложную гонку. И вот спустя почти 20 лет, я снова и снова, попытка за попыткой наконец-то прохожу ее в "классическом режиме" сложности.

    Этим летом, листая ленту новостей, я вдруг увидел пост с анонсом римейка мафии и меня конечно же охватила сильная ностальгия, предвкушение и одновременно тревога за то, каким в итоге выйдет игра. А вышла игра — изумительной. Разработчики очень бережно доработали все неровности сценария, воссоздали невероятно харизматичных глубоких персонажей, которым так же сопереживаешь, как низкополигональным моделькам из оригинала. Классно доработаны миссии и конечно же сам гемплей.

    Дизайн города, машин, персонажей — восторг! Конечно же на старенькой плойке все это поджали в угоду оптимизации, но это никак не мешает восприятию. На мой взгляд, слабое место этой игры — стрельба. Возможно стрелять с геймпада не так комфортно как с мыши, но в целом перестрелки ощущаются как-то "картонно". Пожалуй это единственный минус, но камон, а в оригинале разве было как-то по другому (вспомнить нереальную отдачу Томми, если зажать из него спрей).

    Думаю, что игра понравится каждому в той или иной степени и попробовать ее должен каждый.    … Expand
  8. TheScort
    Sep 30, 2020
    8
    A solid 9 out of 10 game - but I have marked it down one, due to the odd bugs (mostly cars disappearing) and the dumbed down interface you can't seem to disable (the driving hints etc). But these are minor issues in the grand scheme and this game is easily worth full AAA price, let alone the £35 it cost me!

    I was lucky enough to play the original Mafia on release day, and it served well    A solid 9 out of 10 game - but I have marked it down one, due to the odd bugs (mostly cars disappearing) and the dumbed down interface you can't seem to disable (the driving hints etc). But these are minor issues in the grand scheme and this game is easily worth full AAA price, let alone the £35 it cost me!

    I was lucky enough to play the original Mafia on release day, and it served well during my PC gaming days, as a decent benchmark for hardware upgrades - from the Voodoo 2000 PCI I originally played it on, through to a Geforce 4 4400 I upgraded to some years after its release. I must have replayed Mafia dozens of times because of the hardware improvements, and it always looked great - even better on a ViewSonic CRT I upgraded to,

    I digress.

    This updated release pays a very close homage to the original, and though it doesn't have the exact feel of the old game (the radio music is sorely missed) - it does a near perfect job of bringing the old legend back into the current time. And for that, this game is one you really must play!    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. Plebastian
    Feb 17, 2023
    8
    Mafia has a high peak but a peak that isn't reached often or for long. The story starts mediocre and continues to be the same until roughly halfway through when the pace is picked up and the stakes/tension rises. The driving is fine, the shooting is fine, and the game crashed as I was finishing the few side quests that the game has to offer so I lost all my progress. Mafia only crashedMafia has a high peak but a peak that isn't reached often or for long. The story starts mediocre and continues to be the same until roughly halfway through when the pace is picked up and the stakes/tension rises. The driving is fine, the shooting is fine, and the game crashed as I was finishing the few side quests that the game has to offer so I lost all my progress. Mafia only crashed once for me but there were multiple glitches and several instances of frame rate issues.… Expand
  11. BMX
    Aug 1, 2021
    0
    This game is full of bugs.
    Terrible gunplay system and controlling the aim.
    Sometimes when you walk freely in the city the sounds will disappears.
    Terrible driving and physics.
    Short story You can't do anything after completing the game there is no much activity you can do
    Again bugs are literally annoying Only the graphics are good.
  12. berkae
    Jun 14, 2021
    4
    Mafia: Definitive Edition plays on both nostalgia and disappointment, and this is the experience you'd rather like to avoid.

    I liked the first Mafia, with all of its flaws, with the great story, big city, the 30s. I even liked the damned race! But it was in the early 2000s, so I was astonished by this game. The remake still tells you a good story. Still, it ruins the whole experience    Mafia: Definitive Edition plays on both nostalgia and disappointment, and this is the experience you'd rather like to avoid.

    I liked the first Mafia, with all of its flaws, with the great story, big city, the 30s. I even liked the damned race! But it was in the early 2000s, so I was astonished by this game. The remake still tells you a good story. Still, it ruins the whole experience with the cheap gameplay, terrible driving model, repetitive missions (drive - kill some guys - return, repeat), and impressive but dead city.
    The gameplay feels very cheap. The character movement is annoying (it's like you are playing a clay soldier instead of a human), shooting is very 2009 - hide behind something, shoot some guys, go forward, repeat until you reach some point. Driving is not the experience you want to have in this game. I know the cars are from the 30s, but you are always riding a tank on the ice whenever car you are using. Always.
    The open city is dead. There's no reason to do anything there. You can't use the tram, buildings are locked, people are somehow retarded, and walk the scripted ways. Sure, you have collectibles, but looking after magazines in the dead city is nothing you would like to do anyway, trust me.
    Bugs, bugs, bugs. The game is buggy. The textures are loading in front of you. The graphic is really "shaky". And the worst thing is that everything is scripted to the point that the police car can stop in one place during the mission and disappear while the other will arrive.
    I can't understand why this game got so many good reviews from the magazines and gaming portals.

    Pros:
    Story
    Great presentation of the 1930s
    Characters
    Cutscenes
    Cons:
    Boring, monotonous, very cheap
    Car ride
    Bugs!
    Graphic that is not optimized well
    Dead city
    Technological mess, full of glitches and poor performance
    Framedrops
    Removed content from the original
    The game is basically dumbed down mission to mission rollercoaster    … Expand
  13. DenisGromov
    Oct 18, 2020
    10
    Отличная игра!
    Очень крутой сюжет,много неожиданных моментов!
    Советую всем любителям качественных сюжетных игр
  14. Luahanseng
    Nov 7, 2021
    7
    Mafia Definitive Edition on PS5
    Game Completed : Nov 7, 2021
    Playtime : 18 hours I haven't played the original but the remastering of an old game as a whole is excellent from its visual to facial expression. There are drawbacks but this maybe because of its outdated game design. Overall, the story is great but not for a large game. It may have something to do with the game being made    Mafia Definitive Edition on PS5
    Game Completed : Nov 7, 2021
    Playtime : 18 hours

    I haven't played the original but the remastering of an old game as a whole is excellent from its visual to facial expression. There are drawbacks but this maybe because of its outdated game design. Overall, the story is great but not for a large game. It may have something to do with the game being made originally more than 20 years ago. its quite linear and there are absolutely no progression system therefore it feels like playing a story telling game.    … Expand
  15. Jackthegamer
    Sep 16, 2022
    5
    Noting great about this game. The story was interesting but I couldn't fall in love with the characters
  16. SkylineGTR
    Sep 26, 2020
    10
    Really good remake and really good story
    Recommend if you are looking for a good ol story driven game
  17. Respectmike
    Jul 6, 2021
    0
    Horrible remake, with short company, terrible shooting, featureless characters...
  18. Chempion1
    Nov 24, 2020
    8
    Ну вот, свершилось! Через 18 лет после выхода игры Mafia я её наконец то прошел, правда уже Definitive Edition! И, что же я хочу сказать......игра мне понравилась!
    Оригинальную я увидел почему то только в 2004 году и не смог в неё играть из за ужасающего, как мне казалось, внешнего вида а так же вообще боёвки?
    По началу кажется, что картинка в новой игре выглядит какой то устаревшей, что    Ну вот, свершилось! Через 18 лет после выхода игры Mafia я её наконец то прошел, правда уже Definitive Edition! И, что же я хочу сказать......игра мне понравилась!
    Оригинальную я увидел почему то только в 2004 году и не смог в неё играть из за ужасающего, как мне казалось, внешнего вида а так же вообще боёвки?
    По началу кажется, что картинка в новой игре выглядит какой то устаревшей, что ли. Но после часа я это перестал замечать.
    Боёвка перекочевала прямо из третьей части. И это очень хорошо.
    А вот сюжет в отличии от той же третьей части, откровенно порадовал. Не знаю как было в оригинале, но сюжет целостный интересный и плавно перетекающий во вторую часть. Конечно о прям жизненной реальности речи не идет (протагонисту в конце дали, по моему, всего лет восемь, при том, что он собственноручно пристрелил полторы тысячи человек, включая человек 100 копов!), но тем не менее.
    И так, советую. Советую всем. Прохождение тем кто играл в оригинал подарит кучу ностальгии, ну и сравнить с чем будет. Кто же не проходил раньше, как я, советую. Получите отличную историю за разумные деньги.    … Expand
  19. Hmody10087
    Sep 30, 2020
    10
    One of the best game i play this year and good remake too the gameplay and graphic are amazing i like the original mafia so it's good to play it again with better graphic.
  20. lwg1103
    Apr 9, 2023
    8
    I must say, I played original game and this feels better.

    Very good remake, not only in terms of graphics and gameplay but also subtle changes in dialogs, cinematics, great voice acting and motion capture. Unfortunately quite short, finished in 12 hours at 'Hard' difficult. Maybe they could try something more open word-ish. And seriously, they should remove race mission. If you are    I must say, I played original game and this feels better.

    Very good remake, not only in terms of graphics and gameplay but also subtle changes in dialogs, cinematics, great voice acting and motion capture.
    Unfortunately quite short, finished in 12 hours at 'Hard' difficult. Maybe they could try something more open word-ish.

    And seriously, they should remove race mission. If you are not into sim racing you won't complete game on 'Classic' difficulty. Forget about it!    … Expand
  21. King-Kai
    Oct 28, 2020
    10
    Better then the original, Very good Remake of an old classic Game. The Story around Thomas Angelo is the best in the Mafia Series
  22. GottiDK
    Oct 31, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finally, the remake of the original Mafia is here. A game I have been waited for in over a decade. Now before I begin to talk about the much anticipated remake. Normally i would not give the score 10 if the game is not a 10. And as a standalone game it is not a 10. It is probably is an 8 or lower. But this story is quite special to me, which I will mention in the last parts of this review. Unfortunately there are some negatives I have to mention.
    The remake uses the engine from Mafia 3. It fits Mafia 3 but not this Remake, but I actually think the gameplay in the remake is worse. Enemies needs to be shot 4 or 5 times to be killed, and when you shoot them, they just stay and keep shooting towards you like nothing have happened. The wounds on the dead bodies are also quite ugly and don’t fit. Also when you are in melee combat, when knocking somebody out, blood is surrounding the bodies, just like if you had shot them. That is an annoying detail. However the blood looks realistic, it is just annoying when used incorrect. So the weakest part of the game is the gun battle.
    The loading screens when you die are really painful, especially if you die quickly multiple times in a row. That means you watch more loading screens than playing the game.
    The last negative thing I want to mention, which I don’t know if it’s a negative, is the characters new personalities. I am split on this one. Because I think the voices in the original game fits the characters more, than the new ones. Example is Sam. In the original he sounded like a loyal and made man. Now he is more like a boy trying to prove himself. The same with Paulie, in the original he sounded more brutal and serious. Now he is more of a laughing stock that nobody likes. But I think the more I progressed the game, I found the new personalities acceptable. Including Tommy, who was the most serious and brutal character in the beginning of the game, which he wasn’t in the original. I think it is because of his voice actor. It is similar to Paulie’s voice actor in the original where he was brutal and serious. But in the end Tommy stood to me as a caring husband and father.
    One thing that made me love the new remake was the locations taking place in the missions. I know them all from the original, but now they are all updated and made different, which also make the game quite unpredictable.
    Speaking of new things/changes in the remake, there is a lot of interesting ones. From here on out there are spoilers.
    One thing is the updated locations, but the story is also updated with some twists. There are 3 examples where the story either has changed or teases you.
    When Tommy gets tasked to kill Michelle, it is Tommy’s decision to not kill her in the original. In the remake it is Sam who begs you not to do it. This is the first twist in the remake, which made me think if the ending also changed (In the original it is a theme that Tommy can’t kill his allies). Also this moment made Sam look different as written before about the personalities.
    When Tommy, Paulie and Sam get tasked to pick up cigar crates, Tommy questions the priority of picking up these crates. It sounds too easy. In the original it is only acknowledge the crates contains cigars. Afterwards the crew found out these crates also contains diamonds. Salieri didn’t tell them. However in the remake the game teases you, because Salieri now tell the crates also contains the diamonds. Here I was quite excited how the game now should develop because it changed the original narrative.
    And then there is the dialogue between Tommy and Sarah in the last mission. Tommy is nervous because he is about to go visit Paulie. I don’t know if it was intended by the developers, but I was nervous too, because I knew what will happen when opening Paulies door. The dialogue of course teasing what was about to happen.
    To sum this up, I know there is a lot of talk about different things. I know reading this review doesn’t sound like a 10. For the most part I have focused on the negative things. But the mafia series means a lot me. The original Mafia game means a lot to me. I played it as a kid, and it was THE game that introduced me to how games tell a great story. So I have seen the game a lot of times including the ending, and when this remake ending happened, this is real, I cried, I really cried. It just hit me. I found the whole story and characters fresh when the ending came which also had some new emotional epilogue scenes. And then it topped with the lyrics in the credits “Everybody wants to go to heaven”.
    I am sorry this review had a lot of negative instead of focusing on the good things, like driving, the graphics, music, and of course a fresh feel about the game. But my love for this story really is the focus on my score. It is a story that has followed me for years, and I am really grateful to experience this story again remade, and when a game makes you emotional like this, it deserves a 10    … Expand
  23. Banon
    Sep 27, 2020
    9
    Una de las mejores historias que eh visto en tiempo. Enganchado hasta el final. Hangar 13 se redime después del fiasco de Mafia 3.
  24. OtMorozoff
    Jan 16, 2022
    5
    It’s an amazing remake!!! It’s better than most games of present years. The Great Masterpiece!!!
  25. Users
    Oct 25, 2020
    2
    Игра, как отдельный продукт не представляет из себя ни малейшей ценности и интереса. Игра пропитана недоработками, топорным геймплеем, багами, перечеслять которые просто нет смысла. Если сравнивать с оригиналом, то она лучше только графикой, и то, чертовски слабой на фоне других проэктов. Людям не игравшим в оригинал, игра, скорее всего, понравится, но только лишь из-за мощной сюжетнойИгра, как отдельный продукт не представляет из себя ни малейшей ценности и интереса. Игра пропитана недоработками, топорным геймплеем, багами, перечеслять которые просто нет смысла. Если сравнивать с оригиналом, то она лучше только графикой, и то, чертовски слабой на фоне других проэктов. Людям не игравшим в оригинал, игра, скорее всего, понравится, но только лишь из-за мощной сюжетной линии, которую, благо  хватило ума у Ангара, они не сильно порезали, за что, собственно, я и накинул один балл. Второй накинул за приятную графику окружающего мира и проработанность управления и внешнего вида машин (повреждения, в свою очередь, ужасные). Ну а людям, которым действительно нравилась первая мафия, думаю эта игра не понравится. Она ничего не смогла привнести в мир игры, с колосальным прогрессом в игровой индустрии, только лишь, порезать, убрать и не проработать, показывая лишь симпотичный фантик, который лишь визуально смотрится выигрышнее на фоне оригинала. Ангар, для меня лично, теперь номер 1 в списке самых паршывых разработчиков.… Expand
  26. Ekon
    May 31, 2022
    8
    Just about everything about this game is very good including the story, graphics, voice acting and wide plot diversity from chapter to chaper. I do have two complaints. Some of the chapters are extremely tough to slug through because of the lack of checkpoints. You can go a long way fighting through layer after layer of police or gangsters only to have to start all over again shouldJust about everything about this game is very good including the story, graphics, voice acting and wide plot diversity from chapter to chaper. I do have two complaints. Some of the chapters are extremely tough to slug through because of the lack of checkpoints. You can go a long way fighting through layer after layer of police or gangsters only to have to start all over again should you get killed. Escaping from the prison and hotel are two examples. I found myself thinking, "I'm never going to get out of here," afte biting the dust for the fifteenth time. And I'm too embarassed to tell you how long it took me to shoot down that plane. Next, for a gangster game, there's an obvious absence of female characters. Tommy Angelo has one, but none of the other guys have girlfriends. No wonder they're so lonely. There's a compelling sequence where Tommy has to find a prostitute named Michelle in the hotel. It's dramatic and Michelle is plenty hot, but that's it. Twenty chapters and there's nobody home in the female department. Still, I found a lot to like about the game, especially the main character.… Expand
  27. nuttyreviews
    May 16, 2021
    5
    When Mafia III came out on PS plus I immediately downloaded and played it I found it quite enjoyable but from reviews to people it was apparently the worst one so when the trilogy came out I pre-ordered it and eventually played it (backwards) I started with Mafia two which I enjoyed and then I started playing Mafia definitive edition and couldn't stand it it went with mafia III controlsWhen Mafia III came out on PS plus I immediately downloaded and played it I found it quite enjoyable but from reviews to people it was apparently the worst one so when the trilogy came out I pre-ordered it and eventually played it (backwards) I started with Mafia two which I enjoyed and then I started playing Mafia definitive edition and couldn't stand it it went with mafia III controls but it felt clunky and not responsive the story wasn't all to great as well I mean I understand this was an old game but it was just terrible another thing would be the graphics which look brilliant if they didn't glitch out every 15 seconds as a matter of fact the only thing I found enjoyable in this came was the driving which is the only reason this doest have a three for me.… Expand
  28. Moroz_max
    Sep 13, 2021
    0
    Кусок параши который не может нормально работать. На пс4 артефакты в катсценах и всей игре, кривое управление, кривая анимация, баги, компании ангар13 стоит драить унитазы а не игры делать
  29. last_of_us
    Jan 27, 2021
    0
    one of best my favor game in my life is old mafia 1
    but this one is full shi... sounds tracks changed. old sound traks was amaaaaaazing
    And game play changed & physic not good
    im happy didnt buy this game :|
  30. geweth
    Jan 3, 2022
    7
    That's a good game with some problems.

    Pros: - the story is a little supplemented in a good way - attention to details - good saved atmosphere of original game Cons: - visual glitches, for example - the road is just a big white texture on sunny weather - main characters aren't look familiar to characters in original game - no all songs from original - no new generations    That's a good game with some problems.

    Pros:
    - the story is a little supplemented in a good way
    - attention to details
    - good saved atmosphere of original game

    Cons:
    - visual glitches, for example - the road is just a big white texture on sunny weather
    - main characters aren't look familiar to characters in original game
    - no all songs from original
    - no new generations console update, I mean 30fps lock.

    I played the original game when I was a 8 years old and I fell in love with that game.
    And Hangar 13 remake haven't disappointed me, but I wish it could be better.    … Expand
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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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