Posted on: August 7, 2018
fsmcas
Verified ownerGames: 762 Reviews: 14
Difficulty ruins it
Mafia is broken. In many ways. The game itself, awesome. Great story, weird voice acting but a nice cinematic feel. Gameplay feels good, the city has a great atmosphere. But the game is, unfortunately, an utterly gruesome mess to play. First, bugs. I've played the game back then and I can't recall this happening, but I had to rely on dowloaded savegames four times already because four times the missions were broklen. Steal a car, it doesn't spawn. Talk to a NPC, he is stuck in an animation and cannot be talked to. Stuff like this. Then, difficulty. There are games that should be punishing, because some players like a challenge. Then there are games that should not be, because the main theme is not the challenge but the cinematic gameplay. Mafia is a game that should be fair and fun to play. It is not. Play the first mission. Run away. Behind you, shots. The shots are kind of random because of the massive recoil - so, sometimes you die. In this kind of tutorial. Not by your fault, but by chance. Play any mission: Get shot two or three times, die. Repeat the last few minutes for you cannot save. Play any mission with other characters: They are not helping, they are trying to fail you. Your friends run blindly into fire and draw attention of several enemies at once, so that you can be sure to fail the mission a few times because your friends died. In short: Every time you have fun, you have to pay for it with frustration. Every memory of a good time gets overshadowed with a memory of rage. I love this game. I really do. But I hate to play it. It feels like it is made to punish you. To make you fail. Way more than to be fun. Watch reviews and playthroughts. Enjoy the atmosphere. But don't try to play it.
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