Games

Mafia: Definitive Edition

Hangar 13

2020•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 11 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredramahistoricalmafia/gangsterfastunsavourylineargrittybig & variedcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryempowerment/personal growthhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeSweeping and pacy: a shooter that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

77 / 100

502 ratings

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About This Game

Re-made from the ground up, rise through the ranks of the Mafia during the Prohibition era of organized crime. After a run-in with the mob, cab driver Tommy Angelo is thrust into a deadly underworld. Initially uneasy about falling in with the Salieri crime family, Tommy soon finds that the rewards are too big to ignore.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The city of Lost Heaven got hit hard by The Great Depression, and the advent of Prohibition in America means lucrative business opportunities for mobsters. The Salieri and Morello crime families vie for control over Lost Heaven, even as its few honest policemen scramble to maintain order. Thomas Angelo's humble life as a hard-working taxi driver is forever changed after a fateful run-in with the Italian Mafia.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDramaHistoricalMafia/gangsterComplex relationshipDeep rivalryEmpowerment/personal growthHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Keywords

BloodyItalian mafiaGangsterBetrayalGame with chapters

Where to play

Details

Developer: Hangar 13
Publisher: 2K
Released: 25 September 2020
Series: Mafia
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 11h normally, 32h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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