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Introduction
Title: Mafia Publisher: Gathering of Developers (aka God Games) Developer: Illusion Softworks Release Year: 2002 Type of Game: Third-person shooter Price (PC): $30-40 (originally ~ $50) System Requirements:
PIII 500 96MB RAM 32MB video memory 1.8GB hard drive space
Overview
Mafia is a third-person shooter that takes place in the 1930s in a fictional city called Lost Heaven
The main character becomes part of the mafia, and starts doing various jobs for them
Story
The main character is a taxi driver named Tommy Angelo
He gets involved with the mob (because of money), working for the Salieri family
The story is told as a flashback Tommy realizes he doesn’t like the “gangster” life He meets with a detective to tell him his story and
help take down the Salieri family
Player’s Role
The main character works for the Salieri family and completes various jobs for them, including car chases, robbing banks, shootouts...
Installation & User Interface
InstallationThe game takes about 20 minutes to install,
and comes on 3 CDs User Interface
The user interface is very straightforward, and shows all basic information such as amount of health remaining, the health of your teammates, map, speedometer…
Gameplay
Gameplay mainly involves driving and shooting sequences
Somewhat similar to GTA – open world Weapons and cars are provided by
characters working for Salieri A lot of variety in missions, different ways
to complete the missions
Scoring
There is no “scoring” The game rewards you by giving you
access to more weapons and better cars as you complete the missions
Artwork
Cars look very realistic, recreating the style of the 1930s
City textures aren’t always very detailed, but generally good
Character animations and cutscenes are excellent for a 2002 game
Sound/Music
The music choice is excellentMusic matches the time periodPlayed on the radio as you drive
Sound effects (cars, weapons) are very realistic
Other Information
Special Features Freeride mode
Drive around the city completing various fun challenges Unlock new cars Not part of the story
Manual Descriptions of characters, weapons Map of the city Technical information
Bugs Some texture problems
Game Review
What is good about the gameGreat storyGameplay is challenging, involves strategyMission varietyDetails that make the game more realistic
Game Review
What is bad about the gameThe game forces you to drive to your next
mission This often takes a long time and can be frustrating
– if you exceed the speed limit, cops will pull you over
Little to do in the citySometimes too realisticSome people complain about the save system
Game Review
Often compared to GTAIII Comparisons due to open world and driving aspect The two games are actually very different
Mafia focuses more on the story and the main missions, and is more linear GTA gives you tons of different things to do in the city, distracting you from
the main story Mafia is also much more realistic
The games shouldn’t be compared because although they look similar at first glance, they are actually completely different in terms of game play
Mafia is better than many third-person shooting games because of the variety of missions, interesting plot, and realism
Game Review
Appropriate audience: rated M due to violence and languageAnyone who enjoys shooting games would
probably like this game Design mistakes
Summary
Strengths Great story Challenging gameplay Mission variety
Weaknesses Player must drive to the next mission Save system
The game is worth purchasing How could the game be improved?
Allow the player to “jump” to the mission location, or incorporate the drive into the game/story
More to do in the city