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Mafia | List Price: $49.95
Discount Price: $9.44
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Platform: Windows
Brand: Gathering
Binding: CD-ROM
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
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?
A PROMISE UNFULFILLED [Posted on 2007-12-07]
I actually bought this game a few years ago and never got around to playing it. I finally opened it up and installed it about a month ago and gave it a ride. Unfortunately, that is all this game really seemed to be for me: a ride. I did not get very far into this game before becoming bored with the constant car driving missions. I am probably not being completely fair to the game, perhaps there was a lot of great action later in the game that did not involve being a taxi service, but I could not stand anymore of it and gave up. I am not a person whom enjoys timed missions; in fact, I find them almost completely useless and very aggravating. Nearly every video game I have ever played that has timed missions gets marked down in my book. Mafia is no exception. I found the graphics to be decent, especially for an older game. I also enjoyed the dialog quite a bit. But I just can not get past the monotonous driving sequences. How many times do I have to taxi some schmuck across town before I can actually do something else???
In my humble opinion, this is a slight knockoff of Max Payne, which is a much better game without the needless driving sequences. I love the whole Mafia storyline, I am just disappointed it didn't play out a little better in the beginning.
Overall = Average
mafia loading problems [Posted on 2007-12-12]
I purchased the game becuase I had gotten a new new computer and suddenly my old mafia game wouldn't load anymore. It would go non responsive on the second instalation disc. I thought maybe the disc was damaged and purchased the new one from Amazon. The result when I try to load the game unfortunately is the same. Apparently there is a problem with loading this game on newer computers, which really makes no sense since it seems to me that it should be easier if anything. Anyway, it doesn't work.
If you have a new computer, you probably can't install this game. [Posted on 2008-03-04]
I just purchased Mafia recently and had the same problem that seems to be happening to all sorts of people, that being a freeze during the game installation that always happens when disc 2 is inserted. Now usually all PC games will have their quirks and you may have to do some web searching to figure out a solution, but this is the first time where I've come up with absolutely nothing. I've spend 5 days trying different techniques to get the install to work, but it just won't do it. I've looked up all possible solutions on the internet, which are few, and ultimately did a "manual install" of the game. This got the game to work, but not properly. Music and sound doesn't play during FMV scenes and there are some other quirks, so I'm not interested in playing it.
A true waste of my money since I can't play the game, and even more disappointing that there seems to be many people in the same boat. When I can play any other game, ones even much older than this one on my PC, there is no reason why there should be issues like this.
Mafia review [Posted on 2008-06-08]
This game is a lot of fun. I actually purchased it after playing it at my moms. But does not play on Vista! And can actually really mess with your computer if you try. My computer was only a week old and it really scared me that I messed it up bad, but was I able to fix it and put it in my older computer. Plays great on XP.
I am not a huge gamer, but still have played a few and really liked the old time feel to it and I like that you don't have to be a great gamer to play it. You do need the joy stick though for best fun. It is great for a little challenge without being impossible to play and you can choose to just Taxi around or get involved in the game. I understand a new version will be coming out in 2009 and look forward to it for my Vista.
Good service! Great Game! [Posted on 2008-06-20]
This is the best 1930's mafia game there is, it takes skill and brain power, its very difficult unlike some games where you can beat it in 5 hours this takes over 22 hours and it was fun every second! Get this! and not GTA4!! Graphics are still great in this game so it is not out of style.
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