Mafia

by Gathering

Product Features

• Work as a hitman, enforcer or getaway driver in the era of big bands, Model T's, and zoot suits
• Don Salieri will assign you 20 difficult and exciting missions -- the more you complete successfully, the higher the rank you'll earn
• Use your tommy gun to rub out your enemies and drive over 60 vehicles from the era
• Fantastically-rendered 3D graphics make you feel like you're in a 1930s-era American city
• Will you become a made man, or will it be curtains for you?

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004U8K2
• Item Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 30, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (175 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,382 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #75 in Video Games > PC Games > Action > Shooter

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This third-person 3-D action game takes place in a fictional city named Lost Heaven--a cross between New York and Chicago--and is about the daily life of a gangster from the '30s. More than 60 vehicles are available to drive through the 12 miles of environment; stop your car and get out whenever and wherever your want. Use weapons such as a Tommy gun, a Smith & Wesson model 27 Magnum, a pump-action shotgun, a baseball bat, or Molotov cocktails. Seven multiplayer modes are available via LAN or over the Internet, including Deathmatch and Capture the Flag.

Product Description

Organized Crime Swamps the City!Product InformationThe Lost Heaven Courier is the official voice of a typical 1930's Americancity. A city controlled by the Mafia.  Two rival families and organized crime dominate everyday life. Wealth andsuccess corruption and violence dictate the rules of a dark underworld.The Lost Heaven Article Reads on June 13th .....Mayor announces harder prohibition laws. Determination or desperation. TommyAngelo used to be a cab driver but fate had something more sinister in mind. Hebecame a Mafia mobster - respected by the family feared by enemies and preparedto solve things his own way. Follow Tommy in this epic gangster adventure as he relives his rise to the topof the most infamous Crime Corporation - The Mafia.Product Features Enter the American underworld of the 1930's and immerse yourself in a dangerous world of high-speed car chases bank heists bootlegging assassinations and brutal gang warfare in a thrilling story of crime romance and betrayal. Over 20 action-packed missions full of twists turns and unexpected surprises with challenging sub-quests for the more discerning gangster. Drive more than 60 authentic vehicles like trucks convertibles and sports cars to stay one step ahead of your foes. Choose from a huge arsenal of weaponry including Baseball Bats Magnums and Tommy Guns. Explore over 12 square miles of this 1930's American city with simulated traffic landmarks and surrounding landscapes that evolve over time. Fully motion-captured character animations facial motion and lip-synch technology personalize the massive cast of characters. Developed by Illusion Softworks the LS3D Engine delivers one of the most advanced car physics systems ever used in a game including real-time damage to cars realistically rendered city environments and highly detailed interior locations.Minimum Requirements Windows 98 Me XP 500 MHz Pentium II

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grand Theft Auto - but more class, January 12, 2003

By 

Markus Egger "www.MarkusEgger.com/blog" (Spring, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mafia (CD-ROM)

If you like Grand Theft Auto, you will like this game. The two games certainly follow a similar approach, although there are quite significant differences (aside from the time this game is set in).

Personally, I like the graphics in Mafia better. Overall,t he whole story is told in more style, and is much more immersive IMO.

However, GTA offers more freedom while playing the game. Mafia offers a lot of freedom too, but in order to fulfill missions, one usually sticks to one path. Some people told me they don't like that as much. Personally, I like the Mafia gameplay at least as good as the GTA gameplay. Sure, GTA gives you a mission such as "destroy this car", and you have a million ways to accomplish that. Mafia gives you a mission such as "have this race car manipulated", and naturally, there is one place to pick it up, and one place to bring it to have the work done.

While you play the game however, that difference doesn't matter very much. In fact, Mafia provides a somewhat tighter storyline to provide a more detailed, intriguing story. I personally prefer that.

Mafia also seems to have a bit more variety in the missions. They have everything from missions on foot where you shoot 1st person style, to driving missions, to even races.

I like the controls in Mafia much better than GTA. In GTA, things never seem quite right. The controls used don't work truely well when you are an foot, and they don't work very well in the cars either. But they kinda work for both. In Mafia, you use the regular FPS-style keyboard and mouse combination when you walk, and a whole different set of controls when you drive. In fact, a (force feedback) steering wheel works very well in Mafia, while I found it to work not too well at all in GTA.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Might Be One of the Best Games In the Last Decade for the PC, January 13, 2004

By 

Chris (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mafia (CD-ROM)

You've seen it before, right? Every game has its own hardcore fan community that swears up and down their game is the best on the market. So when I swear up and down that Mafia is one of the best games EVER on the PC, you probably don't believe me. All I can say is it's your loss if you don't try this game. Mafia is one of those games that people play years after its release and kick themselves for not picking it up earlier. The game takes place in the days of abolition and Al Capone gangsters. The engine is a 3rd person shooter and while the game is action oriented, it has one heck of a story to go with it. The game is historically authentic with the gamer being allowed to drive a variety of classic cars as well as wield classic weapons from the days of the 1920's gangsters. There were a few missions in this game that I played at least five times just to enjoy them again. If I could compare this game to anything on the market, it would be a vastly improved Grand Theft Auto 3. Mafia is about as close as you'll ever get to playing a role as a gangster fighting against the Untouchables and you'll never forget the story and the final conclusion of this classic. If you own a console, Mafia is finally being brought to some of them but I recommend you try the PC version instead because obviously it's cheaper, but the graphics are fantastic with a good video card and the shooting mechanics are easier to control with a mouse and keyboard.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Amazing Game, September 2, 2002

By 

Patrick Baumann (Huntington Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mafia (CD-ROM)

This is a definite purchase for anyone that liked the idea of the massive interactive environment in Grand Theft Auto III. It sucks you into the 1930s where you play a cab driver that, after a run in with several mob members, earns a position under one of the two major dons in the city of Lost Heaven. The major difference between this title and Grand Theft Auto III, aside from the obvious settings in time, is the realism. While GTA 3 was a sort of cartoonish looking game, Mafia has a very realistic environment, from the buildings to the people to the cars of the era.

There are two modes in the game, free ride and story mode. Story mode is amazing. This is where the bulk of this game can be found. I don't want to give too much away, but I would compare story mode to Grand Theft Auto III with a story and not just random tasks. Expect to find everything you would find in a mob movie: beatings, gunfights, hits, backstabbing, and even a small love story. As you complete missions, you will learn how to jimmy the locks on new cars, which can be used in missions or just for fun in free ride mode. Free Ride mode is just that. You pick a car, which you've earned in the story mode and tool around the city. You earn money for killing mobsters, blowing up cars, or earning fares as a taxi driver. With the money, you can purchase new weapons, fix your car or heal yourself. Pretty basic, but can lead to great fun.

Of course there is always something that could be improved and while they are few in this game, I think they should be mentioned. One thing that bothered me was the fact that all missions start and end at the don's restaurant, which translates to a lot of driving when a mission takes place on the other side of the city. On the other hand, with such a beautiful environment, this gives you a chance to get a better look at some areas that you may not have to visit during a mission. The only other annoyance that I can think of is the frustrating difficulty of some of the missions. Again, I don't want to give to much away, but sometimes the AI is just too good. Otherwise the AI is very fun to deal with. Guys hide and duck behind objects, they run when they know they're in trouble, they whistle for help when they need it. The AI is overall fantastic.

Overall this is an amazing game. It is very addictive and engrossing and will keep you entertained for hours.

PROS:
Very realistic and massive environment
Great Artificial Intelligence
Engrossing story
Tons of cars and weapons

CONS:
Frustrating at times