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Game Information
- Platform: Xbox
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 15 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 15. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 15 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Work your way up through the ranks of a 1930's mafia family
- 20 action-packed missions with subquests
- Convincing environments pull you into the 1930's
- Use classic mob weapons, drive over 60 vintage cars
- For 1 player
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In Mafia the city of Lost Heaven is at war as the Salieri and Morello mobs fight to control the lucrative protection rackets, smuggling and the women of Lost Heaven. Join the Mob--you've got no choice, unless you think choosing death is a smart move! Mafia grabs you by the lapels and plunges you into the middle of a vicious and deadly turf war. The cops, the feds, the Morello family--each of them are out to get you and none of them care how they take you down.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Video Game
Mafia is set in the 1930's on the town of Lost Haven (New York-esque type of city). The player plays the part of Tommy, a once-upon-a-time cabby now turned mafioso, due to the changing fortunes of living in a city riddled with mobsters.
The whole game oozes 30's, the available cars, the characters populating the virtual city, even the jazz music is reminiscent of that era.
The whole game oozes 30's, the available cars, the characters populating the virtual city, even the jazz music is reminiscent of that era.
Despite loading lags felt when crossing town, these can be understadable (and in a way, negligable), since at any one time, there are dozens of events taking place, NPC's walking about or doing "stuff", cars (and trams) circulating the streets, or even passengers boarding the elevated train. All of these contribute to give a sense of a real city.
Anyone looking for state-of-the-art graphics is going to be disapointed, we've all seen what Mafia presents in other games, no real ground-breaking here, except...
The computer characters... Wow!
Some good modeling and texturing of all characters was done in the cinematic parts of the game. Granted they're not perfect, or movie-quality, but clearly a lot of effort was put in by the artists, programmers, and modelers to create good computer animations for the characters. And, this leads us to...
The story...
It's your basic Mafia-story, I'm not going to say anythign about it in order not to spoil, but it involves shooting and killing! -- ;)
Now, the thing is, the animations are very good, and they contribute to a cinematic experience, the player feels he/she is watching a movie (and what's more, playing a part in it, to some degree!). From the presentation (after the player decides to start a game!), to the way the story develops, this title can be said to be a movie with some computer playing in the middle.
Since we drive cars around, there is also the choice of racing and entering a championship, where cars can be unlocked, and driven in the main game, bringing such advantages as more speed, better acceleration, durability, etc. Though, don't think you'll be driving Ferraris and Porsches, this is the 30's!
One major bad point for the game though, is the lack of multiplayer... That alone would contribute immensely for the longevity of the game. After all, after the story is fully unravelled, and all the races are won, what more can we do besides cruising around in the city?
The Mafia is a welcome adition to the criminal-driver stable, sharing a berth with the likes of GTA, though no strong competition there, but it has a spot in the limelight for its story and ability to merge it with the playing.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Video Game
Having eagerly anticipated this title, I rushed out and bought it on the release day. Having got it home I was left dissapointed. The graphics and cut scenes are impressive and the idea of the game being set in the 1920-30's is a great. But it has major problems. 1. The interaction between people and cars, cars and buildings, bullets and people, bullets and cars is shocking. There is always a delay from what you see happen to hearing the effect. 2. The whole freeroaming city, mission based game has been done before. i.e GTA. and a lot better!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Video Game
Fun:
After playing the first few missions, I admit I was about to turn it off. There was no variety and it was all very slow. I stuck with it though due to the good reviews it's received as well as having an interest in the story. Really glad I did now.
Plot: This is where the game excelled. Every minute I got free, I wanted to progress some more on Mafia simply due to the plot. I felt a real bond with characters which for me is rare in a video game.
It's the 1930's and you play as Tommy Angelo who accidentally gets involved with gangsters while working as a taxi driver. You then end up rising for a common foot soldier to one of the top dogs within the Salieri family.
It sounds very much like a Grand Theft Auto game and due to a lot of people going in to this game thinking that, they come away disappointed. Mafia is its own game and it knows it. The game is a lot more linear and plot driven then GTA while lacking in the likes of the game play.
Graphics: A little dated now but doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the game.
Sound: One thing that stood out for me in this department is the way the sound altered due to where you stood. You stand by the sea and you'll hear seagulls but yet walk a few steps away and the sound quietens. I would expect it from this generation of consoles but seeing it in the last was a bit of a surprise.
Game play: It's a third person shooter with some driving thrown in too. The main beef of the game is the shooting parts but to get to a mission as well as a couple of missions in themselves, involves driving. When shooting, you're using the typical gangster weapons of the time and when driving, you're driving the vintage cars too. Not only do you get to sit within a vintage car but they've made it so it's like driving one too with everything that much more stiff.
Controls: I found these a little awkward to begin with as you have to use one analogue stick to move forwards and backwards and the other to turn around. It's what I would expect from a first person shooter but as a third, the character was fairly difficult to control. I got use to it but it took a while.
Lifespan: Mafia too me around 15 hours to complete. A couple of the harder missions I had to redo a couple of times so if you're a fairly good gamer then you could probably knock a couple of hours off of that time.
There isn't much replayability to Mafia. You can repeat any mission throughout the game that you enjoyed and there's an option of a free ride mode where you can pick a car and drive around to your hearts content but that's about it. Once the missions are done, the city isn't really engaging like GTAs for you to want to simply drive around in.
Overall: Although it may not quite be up there with the best from the generation, it's not too far off and with the price you can pick it up for nowadays, it's definitely worth a play through. I think it's got to be one of the few PS2 games where I could say that I would enjoy watching it as a film or a book the plot is that enjoyable.
Plot: This is where the game excelled. Every minute I got free, I wanted to progress some more on Mafia simply due to the plot. I felt a real bond with characters which for me is rare in a video game.
It's the 1930's and you play as Tommy Angelo who accidentally gets involved with gangsters while working as a taxi driver. You then end up rising for a common foot soldier to one of the top dogs within the Salieri family.
It sounds very much like a Grand Theft Auto game and due to a lot of people going in to this game thinking that, they come away disappointed. Mafia is its own game and it knows it. The game is a lot more linear and plot driven then GTA while lacking in the likes of the game play.
Graphics: A little dated now but doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the game.
Sound: One thing that stood out for me in this department is the way the sound altered due to where you stood. You stand by the sea and you'll hear seagulls but yet walk a few steps away and the sound quietens. I would expect it from this generation of consoles but seeing it in the last was a bit of a surprise.
Game play: It's a third person shooter with some driving thrown in too. The main beef of the game is the shooting parts but to get to a mission as well as a couple of missions in themselves, involves driving. When shooting, you're using the typical gangster weapons of the time and when driving, you're driving the vintage cars too. Not only do you get to sit within a vintage car but they've made it so it's like driving one too with everything that much more stiff.
Controls: I found these a little awkward to begin with as you have to use one analogue stick to move forwards and backwards and the other to turn around. It's what I would expect from a first person shooter but as a third, the character was fairly difficult to control. I got use to it but it took a while.
Lifespan: Mafia too me around 15 hours to complete. A couple of the harder missions I had to redo a couple of times so if you're a fairly good gamer then you could probably knock a couple of hours off of that time.
There isn't much replayability to Mafia. You can repeat any mission throughout the game that you enjoyed and there's an option of a free ride mode where you can pick a car and drive around to your hearts content but that's about it. Once the missions are done, the city isn't really engaging like GTAs for you to want to simply drive around in.
Overall: Although it may not quite be up there with the best from the generation, it's not too far off and with the price you can pick it up for nowadays, it's definitely worth a play through. I think it's got to be one of the few PS2 games where I could say that I would enjoy watching it as a film or a book the plot is that enjoyable.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
My mistake
My mistake i should have looked closer before buyinh - This game is for xbox not xbox360. However if you have xbox its a good game. No issue with seller or price.
Published 2 months ago by Travis
Boring!!!
This game may be very realistic and have a big map, but as it turns out that's a bad thing! The cars are slow and handle like a shed making it almost impossible to 'hide' from... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Mart
Very goood
The game has a taste of GTA but with allot more based on the story, when i bought the game i thought it wouldn't be any good as GTA but i found i couldn't put down the controller. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2009 by TMHoward
Not as good as the PC version but still pretty decent
Barcode: 5026555301503
"I still remember when i first got this game and how wowed i was by the beautiful the storyline and environment is in this game. Read more
"I still remember when i first got this game and how wowed i was by the beautiful the storyline and environment is in this game. Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2008 by L. Green
Its got balls
I recently bought this game on the cheap as the XBOX is coming to the end of its life and I can honestly say this is a pretty decent game despite a lot of criticisms from other... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2007 by maccer
Mafia PS2 Review - Bewildering
I have had this game for a while, got to a stage where I was dying too easily and decided to put it down and come back to it....in a year. Read more
Published on 17 April 2006 by G. Logan
very good for action pacted lovers
It is very good because you get to do a veriaty of things like smash things,run over people, shoot a veriaty of wepoans. The graphics are very good the scenes are amazing. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2006 by Warren Daniel
OK I guess
***
OK I suppose but not the best - just about 4 stars.
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Published on 19 Sep 2005 by zztopbanana
Belongs in the age the game is set in
Old fashioned driving shooting and running from cops. a complete copy of the GTA series though to no great success or achievement. It has poor graphics and a laim story line. Read more
Published on 25 July 2005 by J. G. Gorecki
A brave attempt at excellence - one that failed
With classics such as GTA, Vice City and San Andreas out, Mafia would no doubt have to be exceptionally good to make a big breakthrough. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2005 by M. Wenzl
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