Mafia 1 is now on Steam (again)

[almoststew1990]

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.

 

[almoststew1990]

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.