Mafia: The Old Country

[unwashed potato!]

Yeah just watched latest trailer, came away very unimpressed. Gun play looked bad and the way the cars drove looked bad to me. Hopefully just the trailer but defiantly didn't do anything for me

Mafia 1 gun play was extremely poor.

Mafia 3 driving was the worst though and this game being made by the same team looks just as bad.

I loved Mafia 2, also played a bit of old version of Mafia 1, but need to try that remasterd one. Mafia 3 was crap, they put black person in mafia universe and ruined whole atmosphere - silly idea - more suitable for gangs etc, like GTA... Its like watching Netflix show - yeah, lets put indian transgender non-binary gay person as Al Capone. Brilliant ideas

This one looks nice, hopefully will have a good story and not too boring progress.

Trouvle is mafia 3 was made by the same people that are making this one.

I expect to see the ubisoft style maps where there is a location to unlock that section of the map, then there is a leader of that area, then a shop, a garage etc, rinse repeat 5 different times for each "area" of the map

Thought it was misnamed though, had beggar all to do with Italian mafia.

I think the same applies with this latest one! Feels like if they made red dead redemption 3 set in 2025. The game may feature some link to the characters in the previous games, but it's a whole different feel.

As much as I think this game may be fun, I just think it should have been it's own game without the mafia brand, and then we get another mafia game set in a city like new York, with the same cars/music from mafia 1. That's to me what the franchise should be about.

 

[Paul_cz]

Mafia 1 gun play was extremely poor.

What? It was fantastic for its time. Guns had appropriate kick to them, shotguns felt powerful, and losing your mag if you reload too early was icing on the cake.

 

[unwashed potato!]

What? It was fantastic for its time. Guns had appropriate kick to them, shotguns felt powerful, and losing your mag if you reload too early was icing on the cake.

You're right there was some good aspects. What I should have said is that they shoot outs were bad when reviewed with today's experience. It was literally a case of just stand there and shoot. While using the environment to mostly block your body

 

[robj20]

Looks good, I'm just playing 3 at the minute because it was cheap. It's okay.

 

[mrk]

This is out this week, priced decently too actually which is a surprise.

 

[Josh]

I got burnt by the release of 3, so I’ll wait for reviews.

Hoping it’s back to 1 & 2 glory days.

 

[Ice Rich]

Resisting temptation to judge a book by its cover but I just can't help thinking this is going to be a flop.
Mafia 1 I have the highest respect for and really fond memories of that. I'm actually reading through The Godfather at the moment and love the early Italian setting but one of the Youtube comments put it perfectly 'I feel like i've played this game a thousand times'. I really want to like this and will give it a chance but there is something missing from the clips I have seen.

 

[Paul_cz]

I feel like i've played this game a thousand times

You can level that criticism at literally any game in any genre that had many games in it.
What makes Mafia is the setting and story. I guarantee you haven't played thousand of games set in early 20th century Sicily dealing with early days of Cosa Nostra.

 

[Rroff]

I guarantee you haven't played thousand of games set in early 20th century Sicily dealing with early days of Cosa Nostra.

Doesn't mean it won't be essentially a skin over gameplay and story we've seen many times over.

 

[deviation]

The Mafia 1 remake was great, so this has potential - or is it not made by the same team? I haven't looked that much into it to be honest.

 

[Paul_cz]

or is it not made by the same team?

It is.

Doesn't mean it won't be essentially a skin over gameplay and story we've seen many times over.

There are many games and series that are infinitely bigger rehashes than Mafia (your Ubisoft games, EA games, CoD games etc) and people still buy those. There are not that many games like Mafia.

 

[deviation]

It is.

I cant see why this wont be good then?

 

[unwashed potato!]

I cant see why this wont be good then?

Because the people that made mafia 3 also made this.

And 1 was a remake of a game done by a different studio, so they had something great to copy. And the remake was some how worse with less features than the original. Of course the graphics and acting and gun play was better, but the things that made mafia 1 so great were removed, evident from the very first mission

 

[tommybhoy]

What makes Mafia is the setting and story. I guarantee you haven't played thousand of games set in early 20th century Sicily dealing with early days of Cosa Nostra.

I loved every single minute of M2, running AMD+Nv on hacked Nv+Physx PhysX, it was incredible!
I have all the GTA's but never completed any of them, couldn't get into it.

This might be due to the Italian blood in me, that's dreaming for more Cosa Nostra, hope it's going to hit the spot.

 

[deviation]

 

[cjgardens]

Love the old ones. Hope this is good

 

[JonRGV250]

Seems it’s 10-13 hours to complete, which seems a little short for £45.
CDkeys have it for £31.99, so may pick it up.

 

[Noxia]

I loved every single minute of M2, running AMD+Nv on hacked Nv+Physx PhysX, it was incredible!
I have all the GTA's but never completed any of them, couldn't get into it.

This might be due to the Italian blood in me, that's dreaming for more Cosa Nostra, hope it's going to hit the spot.

Slippery slope that. You might turn into the Italian equivalent of Paul and start defending any game that is made by an Italian studio(or has even the most tenuous link) or any game that is set there lol.

 

[Ice Rich]

It is.

There are many games and series that are infinitely bigger rehashes than Mafia (your Ubisoft games, EA games, CoD games etc) and people still buy those. There are not that many games like Mafia.

You're right and i'm really hoping they've captured that essence of Mafia 1 and I will love it just as much. Fingers crossed.

 

[wunkley]

Because the people that made mafia 3 also made this.

And 1 was a remake of a game done by a different studio, so they had something great to copy. And the remake was some how worse with less features than the original. Of course the graphics and acting and gun play was better, but the things that made mafia 1 so great were removed, evident from the very first mission

This sounds about right. The original is one of my favourite games ever.
What was removed in the remake?? Was it censored for the...*eye twitch*....moderrrrn audience?