A classic appears on GOG.com, Mafia 1!

Digital X · 19 Oct 2017 at 14:53

https://www.gog.com/game/mafia

Years after it was pulled from Steam it has surfaced again on GOG. Not a terrible price for such a game!

Any one else played this and enjoyed? It's the little things in this game that made me love it on PS2.

Rroff · 19 Oct 2017 at 14:58

Maybe it was a limited time offer but I thought you could get it free (legally) now. I had a bit of a love/hate with the game as some things I enjoyed but some of the mechanics were a bit too fiddly for my liking.

Digital X · 19 Oct 2017 at 15:00

If you could I hadn't heard about it? I only saw disc versions but my main PC has no disc drive.

Rroff · 19 Oct 2017 at 15:01

I was remembering wrong sort of - Steam were offering it free with orders/pre-orders of certain 2K games including Mafia 2 leading upto Mafia 2 release.

Digital X · 19 Oct 2017 at 15:03

Ah I see. I have the other Mafia's so might as well complete the collection.

Going to get lost in this for hours.

Well If it would launch I would.. Hitting play on gog galaxy goes grey and then nothing. Anti virus saw it as malware.. ugh.

OK all sorted, somehow. Closed gog galaxy via task manager and all anti virus etc and relaunched. downloaded a bit more of the game and it's working.

x-st · 19 Oct 2017 at 15:42

One thing to be aware of though (from one review on gog) -

However, as of this review, this version contains no licensed music. The original had a great 1920's sound track which would play on the radio as you drove around. I guess that is gone now. This is a big minus for me, so I will stick to my old cd version rather than buying this drm-free version. Pity.

Digital X · 19 Oct 2017 at 15:52

Oh shoot. Well I think Mafiascene might have it in the mods.

Glanza · 19 Oct 2017 at 16:00

Shame about the soundtrack that was one of the things that made me love that game.

arc@css · 19 Oct 2017 at 16:10

One that passed me by, so probably not worth looking into now. I did actually buy a cheapo copy of it many years back, but never seemed to get into it.

Kainz · 19 Oct 2017 at 20:37

Got it on cd/dvd. My best PC title of all time. Its an amazing experience watching the vehicles in the game evolve and change as the years go by. Great music and characters just make this game one hell of a blast.

Digital X · 19 Oct 2017 at 21:57

Can't seem to find the music mod yet, will have to bare without! Doing a bit of freeride and made $1500 with the taxi missions.

Paul_cz · 19 Oct 2017 at 22:40

Mafia 1 is a true masterpiece.

On GOG forums is a guide to restore the music.

Seriously this is one of the best games ever made. Years ahead of its time. And its director is supercool guy who is now making Kingdom Come Deliverance, open world RPG I am super excited about.

Simi · 19 Oct 2017 at 23:02

That race car mission though :mad:

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Rroff · 19 Oct 2017 at 23:06

Simi said:
That race car mission though ...

Hah I quit playing twice because of the racing bit.

Flibster · 19 Oct 2017 at 23:09

Simi said:
That race car mission though ...

Seriously... Was I the only person who had no problems with it? Even before the patch to make it easier? :confused:

Rroff · 19 Oct 2017 at 23:15

I'd probably do OK with it now but before the patch at least how I remember it you'd get completely unpredictable understeer which would magically somehow turn into the car flipping around several times and I just wasn't that interested in that part of the game enough to consider it worth persevering with.

caff · 20 Oct 2017 at 00:19

Simi said:
That race car mission though ...

One of the most memorable, painful yet exhilarating moments of my gaming career was beating that race!

Paul_cz · 20 Oct 2017 at 07:30

Rroff said:
I'd probably do OK with it now but before the patch at least how I remember it you'd get completely unpredictable understeer which would magically somehow turn into the car flipping around several times and I just wasn't that interested in that part of the game enough to consider it worth persevering with.

And all you had to do was drive carefully and slow down in turns.

Or install a patch.

Amatsubu · 20 Oct 2017 at 08:22

I guess it wouldn't be a stretch to call this one of the best games ever. It's one of my absolute favourites and a truly outstanding experience.

And the race wasn't that hard

lokiss · 20 Oct 2017 at 13:40

One of the best ever, maybe... I can't think of a game more ahead of it's time though. The screens in the preview in PC gamer, were light years beyond anything seen in an open world environment at the time.