Не назову себя олдом, у которого детство связано с оригинальной Mafia 2002-го года, однако я знаком с ней. Прошёл году в 2019-ом. Поначалу играть не очень хотелось ввиду возраста игры, но потом она купила меня своей атмосферой и крепким сюжетом.

Узнав об анонсе ремейка, обрадовался. Потом увидел имя Hangar 13 и приуныл. Третью Mafia прошёл в первые дни. Не сказал бы, что игруля весьма плохая, но и доверия не возникло к разработчикам. Однако, они удивили. И в хорошем смысле!

Игра выглядит сногсшибательно: город ощущается живым, уникальным и запоминающимся. Те, кто играл в оригинал, ещё больше обрадуются, думаю. Ездить на автомобилях под аутентичную музыку невероятно. Стрельба ощущается неплохо, а оригинальный сюжет обрастает некоторыми новыми деталями. Катсцены срежиссированы великолепно: мы будто смотрим настоящий гангстерский фильм.

Характеры некоторых персонажей, не буду таить, несколько отличаются от тех, которые были ранее, однако это ничуть меня не смутило. Отдельный респект за наличие полного русского дубляжа. Остался доволен работой наших локализаторов.

Классический режим — подарок для олдов. Сам обычно все игры прохожу на среднем, но эту захотелось пройти именно с большим уклоном на оригинал, который в своё время (да и сейчас) давал попотеть. Как оказалось, "классика" стоит выше высокого. Меня это немного напугало, но я прошёл все миссии (исключая гонку, конечно)) на ней. И знатно кайфанул!

В общем, Mafia: Definitive Edition стоит свеч. И новичкам, и старичкам должна дать кайфануть как следует.

A well made remake of the original. I would say the gameplay consists of 3 parts that are balanced rather equally: combat , driving and watching cutscenes. This is a story focused game, so watching so many cutscenes is not a bad thing, though it might annoy you if you need to quit the game but there seems to be no end to the cutscenes at that moment.
The shooting and sneaking part works fine, I played the game on classic difficulty, which is the highest available and taking a hit does serious damage to you. I wish enemies were as fragile on classic difficulty, as it can take up to 7 hits to kill someone , if not hitting the head. They also do not seem very bothered in their behavior or animations, that they have been hit several times. There is a stunned state enemies can get into if they are nearly dead, but that does not feel quite right. There is also melee combat, which is rather basic with only one type of attack and a timed dodge. The driving part is what I had to get used to. In classic difficulty, the driving is set to simulation and you can not change it. That makes the vehicles play very differently than most modern racing games. While braking, you can not steer. There is a good chance you will spin out of control if you take a corner too fast and especially with the cars in the beginning you will feel them struggle to drive uphill. All that makes the driving interesting though, even if it results in having to restart some sections multiple times. There is a race in this game too and boy is that absurdly difficult on classic difficulty. That could easily be the deal breaker for someone. The presentation of the game is consistently good, the city looks way better than the characters though. Performance was good too, but the game gets really buggy if you die a lot, from suddenly missing sounds to infinite loading screens to cutscenes just showing a black screen. All in all, I enjoyed the game and its story, but the combat could have been better.

This game is good, but I have some criticisms that I would like to start with, first of all the chapter which is a race is way too difficult, I really hated that chapter, the gameplay also feels really repetitive a lot of the time which really dragged this game down, that being said the combat/shooting I found to be really fun and I really disliked the driving especially during that race, it's just it felt really monotonous. Where this game shines is the story, I love a good mobster story and this game really delivers with the classic rise and fall structure, I really liked how the entire game was the main character (Tommy) telling a ratting on the family, I also really liked seeing Tommy getting embraced into the mob and then slowly, little by little getting disillusioned with it, I love how quickly the mob turns on Tommy it really shows that after everything he's done for them they only value loyalty, overall good story sort of dragged down by some lacklustre gameplay.

It's honestly really amazing how well the story carries this game because everything else is kinda trash. The gunplay feels sloppy, and driving is okay, but the world also feels flat which when you are comparing it to other open-world games, it just heavily falls short. It's really just the amazing characters and acting that help pull this game across the finish line. Each chapter feels eventful and a real piece of a greater story. If possible I would just experience the story and forget the actual game.

Pros:

-Fun gunplay and mission structure. I loved the assassination levels, the church shootout, the brothel bombing; all of them utilized different mechanics to do something different with the limited capabilities the game offers.
-The map is large and easy to navigate, without being too cluttered.
-I like the characters, and the story is decent.

CONS
-Good GOD, 90% of this game is DRIVING. Even if you skip the transitions, most of the game is still just DRIVING. It gets old FAST.
-Map is big and very empty. There is no side content in the main game, and the free roam content is inessential when it isn't punishingly difficult.
-Collectibles are lame and not worth seeking out.
-Plot is rudimentary, and you can see the "twist" coming from a mile away.

All in all, I had fun, but not nearly enough of it.

This game really nails it's presentation. From the detailed city, to the large variety of vehicles, to the music and radio broadcasts, it lets the setting of prohibition era America really come to life.

Unfortunately that’s where the good pretty much ends. The story starts off okay but becomes the most predictable gangster fare imaginable, while still managing to feel fillery despite how short it is. Couple that with janky driving and some of the most uninspired gunplay I’ve seen in years, all playing in smooth 30fps on the ps5 and you get a game that is sadly a lot more forgettable than its solid foundation deserves.

I bought this in the current Xbox sale for about £8, having not played one of the Mafia games before, and polished it off over the last few evenings. I was expecting a knock-off GTA clone, but it's not, really. Instead, it's 20 completely linear narrative-led missions set in a relatively small, open-ish version of Prohibition era Chicago. You progress from one mission to the next consecutively, with no downtime in between; there are no side-quests or choices as to the order in which you complete each mission, and while you can (sort of) explore the world when you're driving from one part of each level to the next, there's no reason to do so as there's nothing to find. It feels very PS2-era in that regard (which makes sense, seeing as its a remake of a game from 2002), but I found the focus on the story missions with no open-world bloat padding out the runtime quite refreshing.

The missions themselves are...fine. You drive to places, shoot people and generally do lots of gangstery things. You hang out the windows of old-timey cars firing a Tommy gun. You steal lorries full of swag and drive them to lock-ups. You attach bombs to the undersides of rival mobsters' cars and then blow them up. You talk to people using words like 'Youse', 'Dames' and 'Gats' unironically. In fact, pretty much every gangster film cliché is ticked off here, including a section where you have to take someone out using a gun you find taped to the back of a toilet cistern.

Despite how hackneyed the writing and generally mediocre the gameplay is, however, I found the game overall had a certain charm to it - big seven-out-of-ten energy, as the kids say. The voice acting is surprisingly decent, and the story, as much as you've seen it all before, was sufficiently entertaining to keep me playing. The De Niro-lookalike main character, Tommy, is a hatchet man with a heart, and I found him endearing enough to see his story through to its inevitable, bloody conclusion. Despite playing this on the Xbox, nothing about is especially spectacular or technically demanding, and it only took me eight hours to finish, so I'd say it's probably better suited to the Steam Deck (and you can currently get it from CDKeys for less than seven pounds).v That said, I'm not in any rush to play Mafias 2 or 3 based on my time with this.

If you're after something undemanding and you enjoy the period of America that the game quite authentically portrays, then give it a go.

As mecânicas apresentadas nesse remake de um clássico que é Mafia são incríveis; elas foram completamente melhoradas — apesar das corridas ainda serem o inferno na terra — e caprichadas. Os gráficos deste remake são algo incrível também, embora não sejam muito diferentes do que nos é apresentado em Mafia 3. Porém, aqui, ao reviver um clássico dessa forma, as coisas ganham outras proporções.

Entretanto, o que faz deste remake incrível é poder ver novamente a brilhante história de Mafia com novas cenas, novas interações com certos personagens. As referências a diversos temas da cultura presentes nesse jogo também são algo que vale a pena pontuar.

O remake é incrível, apesar do valor cobrado por ele ser algo fora da realidade para muitos. Eu ainda acho que o remake de Mafia 1 é a melhor porta de entrada para essa franquia incrível.

"But family? Family is forever..."

Ótimo jogo. Os gráficos estão bonitos e jogar no modo Noir traz o clima que o jogo pede, parei inúmeras vezes pra tirar fotos. O mundo aberto é bem construído, embora sirva apenas pra ser admirado, já que a interação com ele é mínima. Ainda assim, é bacana explorar e procurar pelos colecionáveis, revistas e cartões. Os interiores acessíveis são cheios de coisinhas e cantinhos pra olhar, parece ter sido dada bastante atenção a eles. E no geral, eu gostei muito de pequenos detalhes como o rádio falhando ao passar por um túnel, o som dos amortecedores rangendo em carros pesados, NPCs comentando sobre últimos acontecimentos dos quais fiz parte, tudo isso contribui bastante pra se sentir lá, além das músicas, carros, jornais espalhados e notícias da época nas rádios, incluindo menção à anexação da Austria em 38, ou discursos do "presidente", com o ruídos e chiados dos equipamentos antigos. As atuações são muito boas e história também, embora eu tenha sentido que alguns saltos de um ano a outro tenham tornado ela menos envolvente. O relacionamento do Tommy com a Sarah, por exemplo, foi pouco contruído e pulou de flerte pra casamento muito rápido. Existem também algumas quebras de perspectiva que não fazem sentido na maneira como a história é contada, como num trecho em que uma cena é mostrada do ponto de vista do Morello. Ainda assim, as missões intercalando os cortes entre a conversa do Tommy com o detetive, funcionaram muito bem pra me manter engajado e querer saber o desfecho. A gameplay é bem divertida, tirando um probleminha aqui e ali, como não conseguir passar por uma porta por causa de uma cadeira, ou a fisica dos carros ser um tanto esquisita. Eu adorei os tiroteios, e as partes de stealth são bacanas, embora a mecânica de arrastar os corpos não sirva pra nada. A inteligência dos inimigos não é ruim, mas a dos motoristas é péssima e bem irritante. Em conclusão, é um jogo com defeitos, mas com muito charme. Gostei bastante.