Mafia: Definitive Edition

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  • Summary: Part one of the Mafia crime saga - 1930s, Lost Heaven, IL Re-made from the ground up, rise through the ranks of the Mafia during the Prohibition era of organized crime. After a run-in with the mob, cab driver Tommy Angelo is thrust into a deadly underworld. Initially uneasy about falling inPart one of the Mafia crime saga - 1930s, Lost Heaven, IL Re-made from the ground up, rise through the ranks of the Mafia during the Prohibition era of organized crime. After a run-in with the mob, cab driver Tommy Angelo is thrust into a deadly underworld. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri crime family, Tommy soon finds that the rewards are too big to ignore.
    Play a Mob Movie:
    Live the life of a Prohibition-era gangster and rise through the ranks of the Mafia.
    Lost Heaven, IL:
    Recreated 1930's cityscape, filled with interwar architecture, cars and culture to see, hear and interact with.
    Re-Made Classic:
    Faithfully recreated, with expanded story, gameplay and original score. This is the Mafia you remembered and much more.    … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 18, 2020
    90
    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]
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  2. Destructoid
    Sep 24, 2020
    90
    All this time, the first Mafia was the best of the trio. It just took a phenomenal effort from Hangar 13 to do it justice with Mafia: Definitive Edition. This feels like the rare necessary remake that elevates and builds upon the original. It's truly an offer you can't refuse.
  3. MGG
    Sep 24, 2020
    85
    This remake manages to bring the 2002 hit back to life while improving it at the same time. Not only does it offer detailed graphics with good lighting effects, but the animations are very high quality. It's not state-of-the-art technology, but it's very close to it. There are a few synchronization problems and Lost Heaven might be a little small, but it fits Hangar 13's model like a glove. We enjoyed rediscovering the atmosphere of such a well-executed scenario, with its very high quality soundtrack and varied gameplay that gives a real rhythm to the game.
  4. IGN
    Sep 24, 2020
    80
    Completely rebuilt from the ground up, Mafia: Definitive Edition features excellent performances from its new cast, a fantastic driving model, and a beautiful and authentic city oozing with 1930s atmosphere like overfilled cannoli. It’s hobbled slightly by its fairly vanilla third-person combat – and it arguably wastes the potential of its entirely overhauled world by not crafting a few new ways to utilise more of it – but it’s still a successful rejuvenation of the best story in the series to date, and one that can now stand beside 2016’s Mafia III as an equal, rather than a quaint but crusty ancestor.
  5. Gamersky
    Sep 26, 2020
    80
    Mafia Definitive Edition is a remarkable example that a remake game should show to gamers. But there are a few glitches that need to be fixed.
  6. Ragequit.gr
    Oct 4, 2020
    78
    Impressive remake, not completely true to the original and with some anachronistic gameplay mechanisms, but it remains the best Mafia game of the series.
  7. 4Players.de
    Sep 24, 2020
    57
    The remake stays true to the original, but storytelling and mechanics feel terribly outdated, giving you the impression that this is more of a remaster not reaching its full potential.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 203 out of 449
  2. Mixed: 95 out of 449
  3. Negative: 151 out of 449
  1. prasannasai
    Sep 26, 2020
    10
    This is how you do a remake. I know hangar 13 doesnt have as much budget as rockstar but they still did their best with the budget available.
  2. Difficultlololo
    Oct 22, 2020
    10
    The best game I've played in the last few years. Very well remade, well-shifted atmosphere of the 30s, good physics of machines, pleasantThe best game I've played in the last few years. Very well remade, well-shifted atmosphere of the 30s, good physics of machines, pleasant shooting. Great plot, there are some bugs, but because of the plot, you can close your eyes to them!… Expand
  4. Sepherim
    Feb 11, 2022
    9
    Mafia es un juego que en su momento me flipaba pero no pude terminarlo porque tenía el CD rayado o algo por el estilo. Así que ahora que heMafia es un juego que en su momento me flipaba pero no pude terminarlo porque tenía el CD rayado o algo por el estilo. Así que ahora que he tenido la ocasión de echarle mano al Mafia Definitive Edition no lo dude y he de reconocer que es un juegazo perfectamente rehecho para los tiempos pero manteniendo todo lo del original. Para los que no sepáis como va, no os esperéis un GTA en los años 30, pues Mafia es un juego muy narrativo donde vas progresando por las historias, no realmente un mundo abierto. Hay combate y tiroteos, sin duda, algunos incluso muy espectaculares, pero también muchas escenas de conducción (en muchas ocasiones incluso hay que seguir las normas de tráfico) así como algunas de sigilo. Todo ello en el marco de una historia fantástica de mafias, con conflicto de Dones, el papel de la policía y la corrupción, personajes muy bien llevados, etc.

    Gráficamente el juego está muy muy bien, capturando deliciosamente la estética y el feeling de la época. A nivel sonoro igual, desde los acentos de los personajes a las radios y las noticias que van dando, el sonido te transporta de lleno a los años 30. Y, al menos en mi experiencia, me he encontrado con algunos bugs pero poca cosa y poco importantes.

    Por todo ello, si quieres una experiencia narrativa de mafias, tiroteos y ley seca, entonces sin duda este es tu juego. Un 9.    … Expand
  5. Mahdiar
    Feb 14, 2021
    7
    Gameplay : 6
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 9 Sound : 7 **********************************************************************************    Gameplay : 6
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 9
    Sound : 7
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    Overall : 7    … Expand
  6. MrGermScooter
    Nov 11, 2020
    5
    There is so much wrong with this "faithfully recreated" game that I don't know where to begin. I could write a whole book about it, but I haveThere is so much wrong with this "faithfully recreated" game that I don't know where to begin. I could write a whole book about it, but I have condensed it to the following:

    Story? Original had some flaws, but the overall storytelling and immersion made me forgive the shortcomings, with the remake, it is the other way around. Unimportant things got improved, important ones got watered down or completely cut.

    Aside of the butchered story, I think one thing that goes quite unnoticed is the amount of details/interactivity you had in the original vs the remake. No riding on transport, no choosing your own route to missions, no skill required whatsoever etc..

    City seems to have a grey/blue filter to it, and somehow seems more devoid of life than Mafia 1 was...even though it has way more detail. Traffic lights are missing. Also, looks big but is somehow smaller, with less space to drive, and its bushes are made of titanium.

    Cars have no textures, just the usual "GTAV" thing that most open world games do these days : vertex paint. Basically means game paints the car whichever color you want with no texture cost. Thats why they are all clean and without much detail.

    There is no permanence to the traffic like in Mafia 1, things vanish like in GTA, early cars don't show up in freeride mode once the game is finished. They are simply replaced by 1938 vehicles

    Story wise great. Detail great.. Just a shame you dont let us look at the detail as free roam mode had no interiors to explore.. No trains that work. All that time and effort those game designers went to.. And for what for them to be closed in free roam

    This is not a real open world game since you can not do nothing other than taking a mission.
    this isnt 2002 anymore- you should have made some changes in game play and make it a real open world game and not only dramatic graphic remastering.
    other than graphics a big ZERO

    ... might the developer will update the game with a patch, it is possible that the rating can be fixed as always)    … Expand
  7. Sash55
    Nov 30, 2021
    3
    This game, as the definitive edition, does not live up to that title. The game's story is simplistic as hell. There aren't the moments ofThis game, as the definitive edition, does not live up to that title. The game's story is simplistic as hell. There aren't the moments of scenes that I was expecting from the game. Freeride ride is dead and doesn't even have what the original story had, all the objects and trains are not available for the player to use.
    In terms of overall review, this is a minimal game with minimal features and a straightforward story with no deviation. I didn't think it would be this lousy to release in 2021.    … Expand
  8. Junglist724
    Jan 20, 2021
    0
    No HDR support on PC despite advertising HDR support and not making it clear anywhere that PC would not be getting it.

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