>cool setting>good story>well made third person gameplay>85% of the game is mind numbingly boring driving between checkpoints of missions back and forth across the city at 20mph in period accurate cars with keyboard controls where absolutely nothing happensIf this game had better pacing and mission design it could have been an all time great
>>12605796It's a cinematographic game,it was never intended to be an arcade experience
Made by handsome gentlemen from czechia
Is the PS2 port as terrible as they say?
Yeah, and after a while you are thankful for the quiet driving sections because they are the only part of the game that isn't difficult. A breather in between the parts that are ball-busting.My favorite part of Mafia is how you could make certain parts easier on yourself if you explored around. I recall one mission, I think it's the one where you raid the docks or the airport, you can pick up brass knuckles if you look around. Then after you complete the mission, on the way home, there's an optional mission that involves getting in a fist fight with some guy. Without the brass knuckles, it can be a hard fight, with them he goes down fast. You can also disable the tires of the vehicles outside of the diner for that one early mission, so when the guy goes to flee you'll have a very easy time of stopping him. Not enough of these open-world type games have that amount of thought put into them.
>>12605858at the diner mission you can straight up shoot one of the wheels off the carthe guy then just stands outside and you kill him without the chase sequence
I remember The Godfather on Xbox being fun a fun but repetitive GTA clone.
>>12605796it literally is an all time great you stupid fuck
>>12605796>what if we made GTA but with actully good shooting and driving
>>12605796>cool settingMafia slop is boring and bland
Mafa II on the 360 was gourmet shit
>>12605826Yes, PS2/Xbox port are the inferior one.
>>12605982Thats Driv3r. Mafia's shooting and driving are ass.
>>12605816>czechia>handsome men
>>12605796the driving was fine cause it had mechanics going for it you are supposed to regulate your speed not to get chased by the police but be fast enough to get to the objective its not just mindless
>>12606050I remember eating sandwiches out of the fridge. Fuck I wish my fridge was full of sandwiches right now.
>>12605796play with manual driving, it's way more immersive and engaging.
>>12606807Git gud
>>12606812Czech men are indeed ugly, but their women are hot af and really slutty for some reason.
>>12605796>you are a taxi driver>mafia utilizes said skillsI fucking loved the comfy setting and missions.
>>12607452Of course, they are so slutty for you sir, their bobs and baginas are dancing around going crazy.You sir are our ONLY hope.
>>12605816If by "handsome gentlemen" you mean fat gay crusty homosexuals like Daniel Vavra, yes.
>>12608505What a fantastic opening.
>>12608467I don't mind when the game makes me a getaway driver or has a chase scene even if they are kind of annoying. it's the absolutely worthless and flat out boring padding of the missions that piss me off. the Omerta mission for example:>drive up to China Town to talk to a guy. doesn't know anything>drive across the entire city to talk to a different guy. doesn't know anything>drive halfway back to talk to a third guy. knows something after you beat him up a little>drive all the way back across the city to tail Frank.>trail Frank across half the city to the airport>actually get to play the game>drive all the way back to the city>talk to Lucas>drive clear across the city to beat up a guy>drive clear back across the city to Lucas to tell him you beat up the guy>drive halfway across the city again to steal a car>drive all the way across the city AGAIN to get back to SalieriIt's a 45 minute mission where 40 minutes of it are just padding getting place to place doing nothing
