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4/5 |
Not as good as the PC version but still pretty decent
(February 19, 2008) |
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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. While it is far removed from obvious comparison GTA's wild fun this game is equally entertaining. The story is film-class as is the voice-over acting. You really feel for the characters which is vital when you get to the later stages of the story - seriously, this is one of the most moving games i've ever played.
As for the gameplay, on a good computer the city and characters move slicky, an immensely fun and realistic thriller. Missions are varied, tense and just hard enough that you feel a great feeling of accomplishment when you complete them.
Forget about the infamous racing level, i think everyone knows it's forgivable to use the cheat here. Overall Mafia is a seriously good game and is seriously recommended."
So, that was my review for the PC version of the game and a lot of it still stands here. There's a few minor changes - the aforementioned racing level has been made much easier and the Free Ride Extra mode has been removed. The graphics aren't as good and the Playstation version as a whole just has a less rich feel than the PC one but at the end of the day - it's still essentially the same game and an excellent buy for keen gamers. |
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4/5 |
Its got balls
(March 11, 2007) |
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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 reviewers. Yes, the game has flaws such as mediocre graphics (apart from the cutscenes)and an initially irritating shooting system, however the story is top notch and the missions offer a lot of variety (the racing level pissed me off though. You know from every gangster flick youve ever seen that its going to go tits up and you have to sell out your buddies to save your own skin but the story pulls you in depite the obvious ending. A very worthwhile purhase, especially if you see it for a fiver.
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3/5 |
Mafia PS2 Review - Bewildering
(April 17, 2006) |
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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. I like the game, the cars, the scenery, the dialogue, the storyline. I haven't a problem with driving the vehicles, though I find it funny that despite braking enough, you tend to swing wildly round corners at speed.
The enemy AI allows them to not even aim directly at you yet you're shot, and how. One shot, regardless of what weapon it may be, renders a serious chunk of your life to the disposals. 100% reduced to 66%, then 35%, then 12%, then dead. If you're lucky. That can happen from one person in the same spot.
Reloading of your own weapon is a pain when in a gunfight as it takes too long, though you are advised, through common sense, to take cover before you do. Yet popping out and hitting an enemy, expecting your 4 or 6 rounds to finish him off once you repetitively hit the R1 button, doesn't always work. I hit one enemy in good range with a shotgun four times before he died, yet from a distance he managed to hit me. From that same distance my shotgun shots counts for zilch.
The ammo available is fine, shoot the enemy and take his gun, but health is very limited, to about one health box per level, if that. OK, complete a level or a section of a level and your health maybe restored. But there are levels where you are in need of health and have already used one box, which can be a boost of either 50% or 100%, and that's it. Considering the enemy's AI is sharper in speed of movement despite the L2/R2 auto-aim, you are caught hard literally in a split-second either around a corner or from an enemy hiding elsewhere where you don't see him. In some cases the enemy comes out from behind and within three shots you're dead before you can turn around, much less have a chance to find and shoot him.
In reviews elsewhere I've only read one person mention how easily you can die from shots from behind. Health is too scarce for where the AI is this sharp. I'm an avid game-player, and enjoy challenges, the harder the better, but where practicality then moves on into bewilderment at being shot so often so quickly from someone who you hardly get to see, with health so scarce, it makes me wonder what the makers of Mafia (PS2) were actually pondering over, in terms of survival, when they made this game.
Put into an area where I have 25% health because two enemies have managed to move faster than I can, faster than the auto-aim and have shot me up some, having to venture further with another five or six enemies to kill, two more hidden with snipers that will finish me with two shots before I can even recognise where they are, I would like to find one or two more health boxes.
So the only thing that spoilt this game is the enemy AI gets away with sharp reflexes and almost split-second shots without needing to actually aim that takes off chunks of health, and health boxes are very scarce. Seven out of ten for this game. |
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4/5 |
very good for action pacted lovers
(January 27, 2006) |
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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. The game is all about you trying to convince the mafia that you want to be part of their team.I think that people from the age of 10-13 will enjoy this action paked game. |
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4/5 |
OK I guess
(September 19, 2005) |
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*** OK I suppose but not the best - just about 4 stars. *** |
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