Mafia Classic

Несомненно, культовая игра, ставшая классикой, как Half-life или MaxPayne в своих жанрах. Даже спустя 17 лет остаётся иконой жанра, "Крёстным отцом" игровой индустрии. Сильные стороны: Режиссура и подача истории, колоритные персонажи, стиль и атмосфера Америки 30-х годов, внимание к деталям и логике. Слабые стороны: Посредственная стрельба, "бесячий" ИИ напарников в перестрелках. Что в принципе простительно для игры аж 2002 года, но будьте готовы. Несмотря на "старческие" болезни, Мафию любят за глубокую и драматичную историю. В своё время я её пропустил и сейчас (в 2019) играл в первый раз - и я однозначно рекомендую её к прохождению. Для тех, у кого есть проблема с выставлением разрешения экрана, рекомендую установить Widescreen Fix (by behar) - https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#mafia

Got the game when it came out 18 years ago and played it to death in the years between. Finally got it on GoG and not only runs it great (besides some graphical glitches, but nothing serious) but it instantly throws me back to when it came out. It still plays great and the story is still amazing. As a german, it's really nice to see it uncut and with a simple modification, you still get to experience the original music, that made the game even more special back in the day. Absolute must play!

Damn, shame on you for not including the soundtrack, the whole game doesnt feel right without it

Ah yes The City of Lost Heaven. How hooked I was to this game, nothing would ever compare to it, it was like playing in a Scorcese movie, playing as a naive taxi driver who's life has changed overnight and now working his way up as a mobster, he's not very ambitious and has a soft spot for women, sorry I meant dames... but I said too much already! You will love Tommy. This was the times of GTA3 and Max Payne but Mafia took the best from both, here you have the tight cinematic writing from Max Payne and the immersive city hustle and bustle of GTA3 which was heralded as something special until Mafia came out and made it look like an arcade game. Every mission is memorable and will stay with you for a long time. Two decades have passed since I played it first time and it feels like yesterday. Cruisng on a beautiful car through the Hoboken on a chilly morning in Autumn, listening to some fine jazz on the radio, the stool pigeon has to die.

This review is about the game Mafia on the PC, but not the GOG version which I don't own yet. When the game was released not all PCs could run it with max gfx settings, but if you were one of the few who could, you would play in a gorgeous game which blew out of the water any other similar game. The graphics may not have aged well, but then again most 3D games do not age well. I still believe the graphics have aged better than other similar games of the time. The sound effects are good, not perfect, but good enough to not be an issue. The one major issue this game had was with the controls. It will take you some time to set the options to make the game feel ok to you. For anyone who has played PC games of the period (late 90s early 2000s) which had you control a character from a third person perspective, you will remember how they were mostly terrible to say the least, at least compared to today's games. The character would feel very stiff and the car would feel too sensitive to control with ease. That is the case with this game too. It wasn't a unique issue with the game, most 3rd person games were like that on the PC. But, if you sit down, try different settings and then stick with the game for half and hour to an hour, you will get used to it and finally manage to explore this beautiful fun game. Unfortunately many people are not willing to spend that time and give up on it. Their loss but with their negative comments/reviews they might make others not even try this game. That's a shame. As for the game itself, it follows the story of a couple of "mafia" movies, I won't mention which to not spoil it even a bit. You find yourself suddenly working for a local mafia family, doing missions for them and rising up in status as you do. Most of the missions involve driving somewhere and then shooting lots of people. There are some difficulty spikes here and there, but they are that, few spikes. Overall the game is fun to play and IMO worth buying.