Mafia

Description

In Mafia, you play as Tommy Angelo, a cabbie in the 1930's prohibition America, who is suddenly thrust into the mafia.

The game begins with a cutscene. All of a sudden, two guys jump into your cab, and tell you to lose the people behind you, who seem to be shooting at you. After going through the city, and finally losing the tail, you are instructed to drive to a bar. The two guy's get out, go inside, and bring out a nice "payment" for you, and offer you a job. The next day, while taking a coffee break, your car is smashed by two rival gangsters. After this, you decide it would be wise to join the two guy's you picked up last night, and this is where the game begins. You are now a soldier in the Salieri family.

You begin the game as a lowly soldier, doing routine jobs. The more you do, the better you do, the better (and more dangerous) jobs will become available to you.

There are many people you will encounter throughout the game, such as Sam and Paulie, your partners, Frank, the accountant, Luigi, the bartender, Ralph, the mechanic, Vincenzo, the weapons guy, and Lucas Bertone, the out of family mechanic.

You will have the chance to drive over 60 vehicles that are reminiscent of the 1930's period. Each car handles differently, with various degrees of damage. You can smash windows, destroy bumpers, lights, and mirrors, dent the car, shoot out the tires, or shoot the tires so much they just fall off. With these vehicles, you will drive through twelve square miles of the city, visiting areas such as Central Island, Chinatown, and the Downtown district.

Complementing the vehicles is a wide array of weapons, such as pistols, tommy guys, shotguns, explosives, baseball bats and crowbars. While driving a car, you can perform drive-by's by sticking your hand out the window and firing.

To add to the realism, if your gas tank gets punctured, gas will slowly leak out until you're car totally empties. Luckily, there are gas stations scattered throughout the city, allowing you to refuel.

Trying to impede you is the police force. They will act on anything suspicious. If they see you carrying a weapon, they will attempt to arrest you. Going over the speed limit, running red lights, crashing into buildings/cars/objects/etc. will result in fines.

Alternate Titles

• "四海兄弟：失落的天堂" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Мафия" -- Russian spelling
• "Mafia: La Cosa Nostra" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: LS3D
• Gangster protagonists
• Taxi games

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User Reviews

So good I would join the Mafia to get it! Capisci?!	Windows	Unicorn B. Lynx (60371)
One of the most revolutionary games of all time	Windows	Clark Gable (72)
Ha ha! Game over, DORK!	Windows	Alex Man (32)
A good story, and great fun, if a bit short	Windows	Dave Schenet (130)
A stunning but flawed action title.	Windows	Sycada (177)
One of my all-time favorite games.	Windows	kbmb (399)
Excellent game, its got it all.	Windows	ThE oNe (188)
You can't feel sorry for these animals!	PlayStation 2	Horny-Bullant (59)
Almost Perfect.	Xbox	Tiroloco (23)

The Press Says

GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Sep 09, 2002	93 out of 100	93
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Oct, 2002	91 out of 100	91
Game Revolution	Windows	Sep 01, 2002	A-	91
Atomic Gamer	Windows	Sep 09, 2002	90 out of 100	90
ActionTrip	Windows	Sep 02, 2002	79 out of 100	79
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	Mar, 2004	7.75 out of 10	78
GameZone	Xbox	Apr 01, 2004	7 out of 10	70
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	Jan 27, 2004	7 out of 10	70
DreamStation.cc	Windows	Mar 26, 2004	7 out of 10	70
Next Level Gaming	Xbox	Apr 02, 2004	70 out of 100	70

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Trivia

There are numerous references to various mob movies.

One mission has you entering a hotel named Hotel Coreleone. Coreleone is the famous family name from the The GodFather movies.

Another mission has you stealing cigars from a box labeled Scorsese Import/Export. Scorsese is in reference to the film director Martin Scorsese, who has directed many mob movies, including GoodFellas and Casino.

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