I first played this game when I was 14 I think. I'm currently learning French so I wanted to play old games in French and I picked Mafia. Overall I think the gameplay aged very well even though driving especially in the early chapters sometimes feels like a chore. Due to licensing issues all the licensed music is removed in this version but that's easily fixable (google "mafia music fix"). Definitely do that as this game features the best gypsy jazz songs ever composed and they just fit right in the atmosphere. You should buy and play this game if either you haven't played it or played it several years ago as the game doesn't really have that much replayability value. The current discount seems ridiculous though - Mafia 2 went from $40 to $8 while Mafia went from $15 to $10. Oh, and, playing this game is a terrible way to learn French. The voice acting in French is terrible and the translation is either very outdated or downright wrong.
I downloaded and played this during quarantine as part of my quest to clean up my game list. I played the main game and the expansions on wine without an issue. MoH:AA is great (5/5) and it brought back memories, but it doesn't really bring much to the table so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that didn't play it back in the day. With MoH:AA done, I moved on to the expansions. Spearhead (3/5) was alright, but a bit too linear. One annoying example I can still remember is a chapter where a tank sneaks up behind you. I shot it many times but it always ended up killing me. Turns out, I had to keep moving forward so that the tank gets blown to pieces by a bomber. There were a few more examples like this, but the game is relatively short so it was tolerable. Breakthrough (2/5), on the other hand, felt more like a chore than fun due to its length. The game is extremely hard even on medium difficulty, ammo is scarce and the enemies aim like soviet snipers. For most chapters you solve this problem by quick saving as if you're playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and moving slow and steady, but the games where you man a vehicle gun makes this impossible. There are still two chapters left, but I'm done with Breakthrough.
