Soldato
I used to think this too a little bit, but then now I'm playing mafia 1 again, I'm thinking the city is no different to mafia 2.
Mafia Trilogy Remaster
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I treat the game like a little trip down memory lane, obviously it's not going to be anything special by today's standards.
The world is amazing but empty, just like before. Not really different from Mafia 2. They could've expanded it but they didn't. The entire focus is on the story and the city is just a very atmospheric backdrop, a bit of a missed opportunity. They said there would be new side missions but AFAIK, there aren't.
The game does indeed feel wooden at times, the animations ate pretty bad, the shootouts aren't much better. One might even argue it's not worth the money for the content. Even though I haven't paid full price, it still cost me more than some other games that are much richer in this regard.
Still, I just wanted to reexperience one of my favourite games with better graphics and I think I'll get my money's worth just driving around the city and completing the story again.
The world is amazing but empty, just like before. Not really different from Mafia 2. They could've expanded it but they didn't. The entire focus is on the story and the city is just a very atmospheric backdrop, a bit of a missed opportunity. They said there would be new side missions but AFAIK, there aren't.
The game does indeed feel wooden at times, the animations ate pretty bad, the shootouts aren't much better. One might even argue it's not worth the money for the content. Even though I haven't paid full price, it still cost me more than some other games that are much richer in this regard.
Still, I just wanted to reexperience one of my favourite games with better graphics and I think I'll get my money's worth just driving around the city and completing the story again.
Soldato
Is my feeling too.
It's odd as the empty city feels more pointless now than in the original, especially when they force you to take certain routes. Before I knew the city so well I'd have my own back alleys and short cuts and ways to lose cops, but it doesn't quite work the same way now.
Seems to be far less traffic lights than I remember.
They've made a few particularly difficult turns easier now: The main sharp bend on the central island on the route from the 'Little Italy - Central Island Tunnel' and 'Central Island - Eastern Island' bridge which was like a 50 degree bend is has now been made a lot easier by a big service road so its more like 2x 100 degree bends. This bend used to be key in your escapades as you lost a lot of speed there and the cars take an age to get back up to speed
The back alley run to the race track by a factory and then down a narrow, bumpy alley has been made a lot easier too - you no longer have to aim for a narrow gap to make it into the alley, its a wide open courtyard
The back alley run to the race track by a factory and then down a narrow, bumpy alley has been made a lot easier too - you no longer have to aim for a narrow gap to make it into the alley, its a wide open courtyard
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I've switched from keyboard/mouse to playing this with a controller on my sofa and using the big screen, my impression is that its more story driven than open world so will just sit back, relax, and let the story unfold
I think I need to play original to see if this De is right, loud music during sit down with cop drinking coffee, and the thugs who chase you chatting outside the bar, I seem to remember them going inside in the original.
Also, how do I bind sprint to a button on the controller rather than having to hold down the left stick, I looked in options but could only see keyboard rebinding O_o
Also, how do I bind sprint to a button on the controller rather than having to hold down the left stick, I looked in options but could only see keyboard rebinding O_o
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You don’t have to hold it in just press the left stick once
How annoying, why cant games just copy GTA controls, it just works :S
Soldato
Interesting you say that. I always found GTA controls to be horrific! Almost always resort to using third party software to manipulate them in ways there not designed to be done like.
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I think you're the only person i've ever heard of that doesn't like them.
GTA's controls should be standard across similar games, they work perfectly out of the box.
GTA's controls should be standard across similar games, they work perfectly out of the box.
Soldato
Id prefer to click once and leave it. I get bad thumb pains from pushing too much so this way actually works better for me.
Yeah I noticed this too. I still go the original route, partly out of stubbornness but also as I liked it when you get faster cars to throw them round that corner at speed when being chased.
Moving and direction with left stick and clicking it down just feels weird, too much going on on one stick :s
I did a comparison of places that haven't been removed between OG Mafia and New Mafia. Both were run at 1280*1024. Both can do 16:9 but I didn't want a super wide image!
Hoboken Station - facing east on both photos
Church Front
Church Side
That shortcut near Old Salieri Bar:
Salieri's Bar
Construction between Downtown and Hoboken
Petrol Station near Oak Hill on the way to Hoboken
Downtown, outside the (old) Corleone Hotel
Salieri Garage
Diner at the far corner of the map
Not sure what the artifacting is all about on the old game, looks fine when I play it!
Hoboken Station - facing east on both photos
Church Front
Church Side
That shortcut near Old Salieri Bar:
Salieri's Bar
Construction between Downtown and Hoboken
Petrol Station near Oak Hill on the way to Hoboken
Downtown, outside the (old) Corleone Hotel
Salieri Garage
Diner at the far corner of the map
Not sure what the artifacting is all about on the old game, looks fine when I play it!
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I did a comparison of places that haven't been removed between OG Mafia and New Mafia. Both were run at 1280*1024. Both can do 16:9 but I didn't want a super wide image!
Hoboken Station - facing east on both photos
Church Front
Church Side
That shortcut near Old Salieri Bar:
Salieri's Bar
Construction between Downtown and Hoboken
Petrol Station near Oak Hill on the way to Hoboken
Downtown, outside the (old) Corleone Hotel
Salieri Garage
Diner at the far corner of the map
Not sure what the artifacting is all about on the old game, looks fine when I play it!
Awesome I never played the original even though I own it, thanks for doing that very interesting!
Soldato
It's definitely a good story, and so far the changes to the story have for the most part only improved the story by trying to make some events make more sense, for instance when Tommy is being chased by morellos men, in the original they go inside and get killed, which was silly as they'd not go into a rivals bar like that, so they changed bits like that.
The world is as always empty, and now it feels even more empty than before. I'm not a fan of the improvements they've made to cars and driving. I much prefer the very slow, almost stalling going up a steep hill cars, and the way you started with rubbish and had no choice but rubbish cars as you don't know how to break into anything better.
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I'm not a fan of the forced ways to achieve missions that had other ways to complete them. It's minimal so far, but very annoying when it happens.
Id definitely suggest purchasing it, and for approx £30 it's not bad a price. Is that full price these days? I was expecting £50, so was happy with that.
That's a crime, get playing the originalAwesome I never played the original even though I own it, thanks for doing that very interesting!
