Mafia 1 is now on Steam (again)

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This is a Public Service Announcement that Mafia 1 is back on sale on Steam! This game is an absolute masterpiece and you owe it to yourself to play it if you have not done so already. It is £7.99 (we'll just gloss over that I bought the game re-released under the Sold Out brand for a fiver, at least 10 years ago, the cost of which included 3 CDs...)

This is a re-licenced version that is missing at least some of the licenced music. The main menu music plays but there is no in-game music from my brief messing around. What is silly is all the music is older than the "50 year copyright age law" so should be free of copyright I would have thought, not that I know much about copyright law.

If you bought the game on Steam before it was removed, you will still have the soundtrack. My game was patched to the new version, but I was given "2002" DLC. With this DLC enabled, I can still hear the soundtrack. With the DLC disabled, I don't hear the soundtrack. What is interesting is that the game does not re-download an files files when I re-enabled the DLC, so it may be the soundtrack is in your files even if you bought the game after the re-licencing,and are just de-activiated.


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The game is absolutely fantastic, second does not come close and third is utterly horrible(although I have not played that one), but this, first one, is indeed a masterpiece and I would recommend anybody to experience it for themselves.
 
Sweet, i have been meaning to play this. Might wait for a price drop as a fiver would be fairer given the age. I'm in no rush with the amount of games I have on steam that need playing through.
 
Nerusy said:
The game is absolutely fantastic, second does not come close and third is utterly horrible(although I have not played that one), but this, first one, is indeed a masterpiece and I would recommend anybody to experience it for themselves.
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You cant say that then really, because if you havent played it, how do you know it is horrible?

Reviews may state so, but then its personal taste. Some people will never eat McDonalds... but there are millions of others who dont care and will happily do so, ignoring the 'bad' reviews and press and forming their own opinion based on trying it.
 
humanlaptop said:
You cant say that then really, because if you havent played it, how do you know it is horrible?

Reviews may state so, but then its personal taste. Some people will never eat McDonalds... but there are millions of others who dont care and will happily do so, ignoring the 'bad' reviews and press and forming their own opinion based on trying it.
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Have played it, can confirm it's one of the worst games ever when compared with Mafia 1, it's an abomination.
 
Thanks for the heads up. Bought.

There was a thread a few weeks back where a few of us were talking about this game. I do have an original copy of the game, but disc two has a scratch on it that always stops the installer. Thought I’d bought another disc copy, but looked high and low for it and couldn’t find it so I guess I imagined buying it again.

Something to look forward to on the weekend :)
 
humanlaptop said:
Thats your opinion and fair enough, ive not played the game and never will. But i wouldnt post how horrible it was, as I cant say that without playing it.
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Whilst your approach is reasonable not to bash the game until you play it, this is 2017, plenty of people streamed it after release, plenty of people reviewed it, plenty of gameplay videos and compilations as to what is wrong with the game, you can absolutely objectively say that it is a bad game without having to play it. Some people can still enjoy playing it (I actually quite liked Brink :eek:) but lets be honest here, it is a buggy mess and significant downgrade from the other 2 iterations of the franchise. Could still be fun arcady type of game for some folks if developers fixed myriad of bugs and horrible performance optimization.
 
There are quite a few, such as infinite draw distance which adds a lot to the immersion. There is also an aspect ratio fixer. The game happily renders and outputs at any res but is stick at 4.3 aspect ratio. Some guy is making the Titanic in the game engine and has been at it for 15 years I think. There are also quite a few small mods like opening up the racetrack in free-ride mode.

Have a look at Mafia Scene for more.
 
humanlaptop said:
Thats your opinion and fair enough, ive not played the game and never will. But i wouldnt post how horrible it was, as I cant say that without playing it.
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Please pick up and play the original Mafia if you haven't already, add an infinite draw distance mod, and then enjoy the game. Then you can give 3 a go on steam for 1 hour 30 mins and then get a refund and confirm how bad it is :)
 
i remember when i first played mafia 1, i thought the game was so out of this world great that I will be able to enjoy this game even 15 years later. well 15 years later i played the game, and although i enjoyed it some what, it's aged more than i thought. a lottttttt of driving, city is small, and the gun battles are incredibly basic. i am sure the last time i played the game, will be the last time i ever play the game. one of the greats. shame so few games have been so great since
 
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