Mafia – In the early 2000s, there was a game that carried the mafia theme and came with action gameplay accompanied by an extensive map. This game can be an answer to an open world game called Driver which has limited action. Either because the game appeared on PS1 or indeed carries the concept. The first Mafia became one of the revolutionary games of its era. This game frees players to explore a fictional city in the United States called Lost Heaven.
We are a little sure that this game inspired Rockstar Games to create the first Grand Theft Auto game that carries the third person action genre, namely GTA III. In addition, in its time, this game has cool graphics and requires heavy specifications. And, in 2020, 2K Games in collaboration with Hangar 13 re-released the Mafia game that was successful in 2002, which of course comes with graphics that are on par with the latest games. Well, if you are curious about this one game, you can follow this SixthGameOn article to the end.
Storyline Mafia – Definitive Edition
In general, the story of Mafia: Definitive edition still carries the story of the original game. Yes of course because this game is a remake game. This game tells the story of the life of the United States in the 1930s when the United States was plagued by a big problem, namely the Great Depression. Here you will play as Thomas Angelo or Tommy who is a taxi driver who meets two members of the Salieri family, Paulie Lombardo and Sam Trapani, who are a family known in the criminal world in the United States. Tommy helps the two men escape from the Morello family's attack. However, unfortunately, Tommy loses his job along with the Morello family's attack on the Salieri. Then, Tommy asks Don Salieri (leader of the Salieri family) for help to avenge the attack. To help him, Tommy must join forces with Don Salieri to carry out his criminal missions. This is where Tommy's career as a criminal begins.
Mafia Graphics and Gameplay – Definitive Edition
As a remake game, in our opinion, Mafia: Definitive Edition has been quite successful. 2K Games and Hangar 13 keep bringing in new elements without losing everything that was in the original series. Actually, this game is part of the recently released Mafia: Trilogy. Mafia – Definitive Edition is an integral part of the Mafia II and Mafia III Remaster game trilogy. Both sequels are relatively new, so 2K and Hangar 13 are just polishing things up a bit. In this game you will see some cutscene footage that has changed a lot. Tommy's face is now more defined and the details of the world that you see in the city of Lost Heaven are getting cooler. For us too, this remake series is much better than the remastered versions of Mafia II and III.
However, although this Mafia Definitive Edition allows you to freely surround the city of Lost Heaven, basically this game has a linear story. You will carry out missions according to the game's storyline. In addition, in this game there is no money system to buy goods or refuel. Here you don't have to spend a penny to fill up gas. Coupled with the limited number of weapons, you don't feel free when playing this one game.
Unlike GTA, which frees you to go through existing side missions and do things like driving planes, racing motorbikes, and so on. For some gamers, especially gamers of the current generation, this game is quite boring because they cannot explore the world more freely. Although the gameplay is linear, this game is still fun to play considering that this game has a very immersive story. The voice actor in this game is also quite good and makes the atmosphere in this game more fluid and lively.
Conclusion
Compared to the second remastered version of the sequel, this game provides a breath of fresh air, especially for old gamers. However, there are some aspects that Hangar 13 forgets about in this game, especially the elements that make it come alive. For us, although this game is not a bad game, actually Hangar 13 should be able to work on it better, especially the details in the game.
