Mafia (The City of Lost Heaven) review - ColourShed
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Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven review
Platform: PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release Year: 2002
Developer: Illusion Softworks (2K Czech)
Publisher: Gathering of Developers, 2K Games
Genre: Open-world, Action-Adventure
► Music (in order):
"Main Theme"
"Briefing Bad"
"Briefing Conspiracy"
"Briefing Good"
"Present Day" by E's Jammy Jams
"Fighting 2"
"Mafia: The City Of Lost Heaven" soundtrack composed by Vladimir Simunek
► Gameplay, audio and images from:
Activision
2K Games
Deep Silver
Infinity Ward
Naughty Dog
Paramount Pictures
Rockstar Games
Rockstar North
SCE London Studio
Sony Interative Entertainment
Ultimate Games S.A.
Volition
Warner Bros.
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As a Czech I consider this game a national treasure
Presne tak :D
Exactly :D
It sure is to bad they didn't remaster it or did a remake
najlepsia vec v cesku
This, along with Arma and Kingdom Come Deliverance are absolutely Czech national treasures
Privet bratji
Can't believe how good this game looks 18 years later.
The models especially.
Did you see the scene where he's shooting a low flying plane???!
The environment especially the interiors look amazing for a game from 2002
Don't forget the cutscenes!
Play it, and it looks pretty dated. I played it through like 6 years ago, and, even back then, it looked dated. Not that that really matters, it's still a nice game.
Looks like piss compared to mafia 2 tho but still true
This game is an absolute legend in Czech republic and Slovakia, as there is a professionally czech-dubbed variant of the game. We played it as kids, together with GTA3, however, the difference was that we understood what was happening (as at that time we didn't speak english). The storytelling in this game is absolutely awesome, the controls are not as clunky in my opinion, and I have no problem running it on modern systems (runs great on Linux via wine too :) ). It's a game I, and many many others, come regularly back to. Btw, there's a special trick to successfuly go through the racing mission in the 1.0 version of the game ;)
Thanks for the review :)
najlepsia hra vo vsetkych vesmiroch
it's an absolute masterpiece. easily in my top 5 games. I cannot count how many times I've completed the story!
they wanted to make it real. and in reality car trps across the whole town takes some times. also the race thing. i did beat it on v. 1.0. as a kid. yes it tooked forever but you friking apperciate it and here aswell they wante to make it realistic. even tho for some it takes the fun out of the game for me it was awsome since iam not a bitch quitter who whine uh uh uh dis game difficutl uh uh uh iam stuhpid uhuhuh
As you wrote. Absolute legend. I would say the dubbing was the reason for the broad huge popularity. I mean, everyone could play this. My sister played at least the cab simulator. Even my grandma tried that several times. I am not joking.
The remaster in new engine would be huge! I would definitely buy it and play several times in a row.
@@matteobraso i have completed it over 17 times and I'm not even kidding it used to be the only game i played
When I first played Mafia as a little kid, I was so dumb I couldn't get past the first mission where you had to save Sam and Paulie and evade the goons in the taxi.
Later though when I got past it and played through the entire game, it became apparent that it is one of the best ones I have played. When I was in Vienna, Austria, I even went to the Kunsthistorisches Museum just to see the building the museum from the last mission was modeled after.
haha iam from austria and i didnt knew they build the museum in game from the kunsthistorical. but makes sense now. as a kid i was stuck at the taxi missions because i couldnt resist to drive 2 fast and i got in accidents all the time so i had to reset lol
@@ilin76bb If you haven't gone there, I strongly recommend. It is pretty much 1:1
i beat them but i need a walkthrough....i was very young when the game come out
*Someone speaks about mafia*
Czech fanbois: oh hey im czech
yea I hate this, I'm Czech myself and I want to see what people from around the world and in the comments think about the game, and most comments under mafia videos I see is "hI iM cZeCh"
@@adamsczech Hi, I am a bit late but I adore the game and it really got me into the genre of games and movies. Admiration from England💙
@@adamsczech i think its the same for all former communist occupied territories because in my country its all the same..
Mafia 1 and 2 needs a remastered version with HD/4K textures and newer/modern movement.
Edit:
You did a great work with that review, thanks for playing outdated games just to give as a good time.
Yes for pc ps4 and xbox 1
Toxic Whipped Cream True.. i played mafia 3 recently and yeah it dosent feel like mafia
There Is Mafia remaster from comunity but i think that even Now Its Still payed
Mafia aged like milk. Mafia II aged like wine.
@@MaccaveliPL bull. Take a look at gta III.
Thank you for this review. In Czech republic this is our national treasure. Probably like The Witcher in Poland :-) Just a few points:
1. It’s best to turn off the speed limiter and to break when you see the police on the radar. It’s a little bit annoying I agree. You just get used to it :D
2. You can kill enemies with one headshot, you just need stronger weapon like Magnum revolver etc
3. You can get help with the boxes in the docks if you ask the guys next to them :-)
4. You can get the original music back in, you can find the guide online. I think the licence to the music expired and that is the reason why it was removed from the Steam for a while
5. Race is quite difficult, but the most important part is to taky it slow and steady to avoid overspinning. After that it’s easy. :)
6. You forgot to mention the Extreme free roam that unlocks after finishing the story. It’s like normal free roam but with 10 or 20 silly and funny “missions” like crossing the bridge which is being shot at or traverse the town and not going under a certain speed. After each succesful mission you get crazy car. It’s quite fun. :)
7. The outside map is much bigger than motel and airport. You can drive around whole country in free roam. In this extended map is also a second ending of killing Morello mission. He will not go to airport and to the plane but he will continue going to countryside up to the bridge that is being repaired. Not many people know this because it seems like the game mostly chooses airport version for whatever reason.
8. Without the dotted line or GPS you will remember this city quite soon. The best is to drive with the help of map. After that you will remember this city much better than something in GTA
Thanks again. I hope you will review Mafia 2 as well. Sadly third one is crap because Daniel Vavra left after the distributor forced him to do bad things to mafia and that’s how Mafia 3 ended up.
good stuff, too bad Hanger 13 is perfectly capable of butchering this series in favor of sales
16:44 in the docks you can actually get help with the boxes, if you ask the 2 guys standing next to it after the "chief" asks you to do it. I discovered it 2 days ago
That game just never stops surprising with the little details people find out.
Wish I knew this when I played it years ago!!
oh that.... i had walkthrough book(that how young i was playing the game when it come out)so i know...as old game... they gave u choice...
ive played this game at least 5 times for the past 17 years and i never know this ...............
I didn't know that. ;)
This game was way ahead of its time, it'll always be one of my all time favorite game. A few notes:
1. The police do come after you if you hit an NPC car in front of them if i remember correctly.
2. The speed limiter was an interesting mechanic back when i played the game, involving a sharp lookout on the radar for any cops, focusing on the driving (Above the speed limiter, around 60) and keeping an eye out for any beat cops in the footpath. Admittedly, i played on 1024x768 resolution back then.
3. The AI was more than competent in the game, both friendly and enemy variant.
4. I often killed a policeman by running him over and then grabbing his S&W .36 from the body in missions that didn't give you a weapon from the beginning, just to be on the safe side. I did not trust this game at all.
5. I ran out of gas, in a chase, multiple times. It was amazing.
6. The story felt so gripping, so amazing in my young mind. I was totally invested in the game from beginning till end.
Even now i wonder how the hell did i finish this game as a kid on hard difficulty. It was just that much fun. If i have the option, i'll take Mafia 1 remaster over any GTA remaster any day, and that's coming from a guy who played every single GTA game and completed the 100% completion checklist on them.
i used tempo limit to brake lol
that terrible shoting is the way to made player to be careful and slow down gameplay since the mission are small....
There are no difficulty levels. In the words of Daniel Vavra "you play the game I want you to play it.". The difficulty levels in the race mission were patched into later PC releases, though there was a secret way to cheat the mission included from the very beginning
I just finished reliving the game through the remake. What do you think of it eh?
I never even knew there was a gas system... Guess I was lucky? 🤷♂️
Never clicked anything so fast in TH-cam! Now we're talking... or just you, but we're watching and enjoying! Thank you! :D
Heyyyy it’s you from Brando’s streams! Small world! 😂
@@zacharyantle7940 Definitely a small world, you can probably find me from numerous other videos too! I'm an unofficial sassy commenter on many popular and not so popular channels! :D
Who else is watching this after the Mafia: Definitive Edition announcement?
no im watching this before that came out. I'm excited though
This was the last game my dad sat and watched me play a month or two before he passed away. He was never one for games, but was interested when he overhead me playing the story and sat for 20 minutes just immersed in it.
This is why the game has a special place in my heart, because it gave me an opportunity with my father that I had taken for granted at the time, but means the world to me 15 years later.
shout out to your father
@@GTR24 Thank you, that means a lot. :)
@@CrimsonRidley good to see so many nice parents
I bought this game in 2002 knowing absolutely nothing about it. It became one of my favorites of all time. It was extremely immersive, and the difficulty was just par for the course. PC games, overall, were simply much harder 15, 20, 30 years ago. I loved the realistic driving in this game even though the early cars were sooooo slow. Slow that it is, until you got some momentum built up from going down hills! The gun fighting was awesome - more realistic than today's games. The story - incredible. Finally winning that race after umpteen attempts was one of my greatest accomplishments in PC gaming. I mean, after the first few attempts, it did seem to be an IMPOSSIBLE task. I could never get into the GTA titles after playing Mafia because to me they just paled in comparison. I remember waiting, and waiting, and waiting for Mafia 2. Unfortunately after all that waiting, it just didn't quite capture the experience of the original. MAFIA - The perfect game of 2002 !!
I absolutely loved this game. The story is one of the most fantastically written in video games, not to mention the orchestral music and voice acting. So very underrated that I've finished it both of the PS2 and PC.
there's a song named Briefing Conspiracy that plays when Tommy and Paulie and Sam and Salieri are planning to hit Morello brothers, it straight up gives you Mafia vibes like no other music can.
The realism (although incomplete) and precision were some of the best aspects of the game! It's unfortunate that most gamers don't see it that way...
Especially realistic clip reloading. That always bothered me in most shooters from the getgo.
It's also why Action Half-Life still remains the best multiplayer shooter ever.
Well Dan Vávra also created Kingdom Come: Deliverance, so he likes realism I guess :D
What a fantastic review. Even without nostalgia glasses, you can easily see just how realistic the game is, the guns are impactful and satisfying and the cars actually feel "alive" thanks to the physics engine, gears and all that good stuff. It's the little details that make this game stand out so much. The soundtrack is authentic, featuring some of the best hits from that era, and matched with every neighborhood in the game. That, and the wonderfully crafted story told through some brilliantly-written dialogue. I've beaten this game countless times since my childhood but it keeps pulling me back in, if you get the reference. Certainly one of the best games ever made out of the hundreds I've played.
Brilliant game. I remember anticipating its release for so long. I must've played that demo that took place in the garage close to 100 times through. It was a bitch to run at the time on our family computer, though. I was 14. I recall being absolutely blown away by the use of EAX in this game, as well. The garage and warehouse stand out in that regard. There's also the amazing soundtrack, and the use of realistic gun recoil that I've yet to see in another game, since. I could keep going.
Don't forget about the rainy farmhouse. Even today it sounds absolutely amazing and sets up a perfectly creepy atmosphere.
@@TheDeadfast Yes, of course! That whole level was so tense.
@@TheDeadfast holy hell that level is also one of the hardest! So many sneaky people in the 2nd floors of the barn lol.
@@kupokinzyt Yes, and don't forget the bastards have shotguns too! That's one thing ColourShed didn't mention: the weapons are as deadly in the hands of your enemies as they are in yours, shotguns included.
the music BEST. china town my china town, la la la la la. i ont unerstand copyright issue the music is friking old AF. so where the problem. prbably over 80 years old music when its from the 30?
Came here after the announcement of the Mafia 1 Remaster this year. Im so excited!
well i was around the online store so i notice...
Remake*
We in czech republic Have IT as one of our biggest Diamonds everyone played IT And those sentences everyone remembers them today And they Are Still funny. K nemocnici né do nemocnice(near Hospital not to Hospital) says one passanger in the taxi mission if you Crash.
True, the hospital thing is funny. ;)
This game played a massive part in helping me become who I am today. My brother bought the game on sale at Gamestop and didn't like the driving, so he handed it off to me. I was immediately in love with the atmosphere, the classic cars, the suits, the music... I'd never played an open world game before, or watched any gangster films/TV, so I was totally blown away and swept up into it all. All these years later, I still rock pinstripe suits and love classic autos. It still holds up as my second favorite game of all time (second only to the sequel, Mafia II). Even Mafia III, for its faults, is still one of my favorites. I really hope we get a new entry into the franchise sooner rather than later- and hopefully one that lives up to those original two entries.
Sedan57Chevy the ramake of mafia 1 will be released soon , im f*ing hyped about it .
@@KuldeepSingh-zd2dg bruh i'm so hyped for the game. I hope it has all the details like the OG and has more world interactivity
also, its so hard to review this game if you havent played this game when it released, i mean hell! compare the graphics and story alone to gta 3 and its years beyond. this game was a masterpiece, and not a lot of people realise it. its 2020, its been 18 years since it released, and anyone playing it will only see the flaws, but you have to understand how important and mesmerising this game was when it released. to this day, i consider this game to be one of the best ever released, up there with half life. story-telling,graphics,gameplay. and trust me, playing this in 2002, your mind would have been blown, while being optimised for 2002, i consider it has much better graphics than san andreas. this game is only shit because we've gotten used to how easy games like gta v are, but you cant compare it. if you have nostalgia for gta 3 because you played it as a kid, you have no idea what playing mafia as a kid feels like. this game has a special place in my heart, and im not even czech!
Agreed, GTA 3 has not aged well at all. Mafia is on whole different level.
well it was 18 years ago..... there not that many game back then that are fun open world...with cinematic... it what made a AAA standard..
I beat the race on the original version when I was 8, wonder if I'm owed a veteran's discount?
I did beat that thing on the first try when I played the original version. Using a keyboard of all things. I want a discount as well
you should get a medal of honor for that.
Me too but it took me few weeks. :D
I had to use the respawn glitch to beat that mission
It's easy if you go at a steady pace. It's counter-intuitive because you want to go as fast as possible, but it's not necessary.
You HAVE to review mafia 2, it’s one of my favorite games of all time, it’s such a good game
I understand when people say resident evil 4 is one of the greatest games ever it’s because of the gameplay,
But when people say the same thing about games like the last of us ir mafia 3 they pretty much talk about the story not the gameplay
ik this aint a shooter, but i would love to see a review of kingdom come deliverance, since it shares the same director/writer of mafia 1 and 2 (vavra).
Kingdom come is pretty recent. Maybe Kings Field tho?
You should have installed ThirteenAG's fix. It fixes pretty much every graphics glitch on modern machines.
There's also a patch that adds in the old music as well somewhere on the steam forums
And there’s this nice “Remastered” mod that enhances the visuals greatly - th-cam.com/video/6Qy9G8S84dQ/w-d-xo.html
I think its the ps2 version
@@markboa2535 He says in the video he's not playing the console version.
Shadows can still glitch even with the fix (albeit less). The widescreen is good though
Why is the image stretched? Looks like 16:9 aspect ratio forced to 4:3.
Yes that's defenitely not correct.
Probably changed the ratio of the recorded footage to 4:3 to keep the UI from stretching, without noticing that the rest of the game did scale just fine.
Me and my cousin used to spend hours playing as ordinary civilians in this game. Following the speed limit, filling the gas, taking the train etc. God I miss this game hahaha!
I just love listening to your voice before sleep
Greetings from the Czech Republic. You really butcher our names, but thanks for trying. Best game reviewer on TH-cam. Also the Czech dub of this game has well known film and stage actors and dubbers doing the voices which really adds to the presentation and overall movie feel.
Please review the FlatOut series sometime, or System Shock or the Fallout series. That would make me very happy.
Damn it Coulourshed, Your reviews are so underrated. Every review I watch from you makes me want to buy or re-download the game or pop an old game in the disc drive and relive these epic journeys.
I'm actually in the process of playing through it for the first time. I've not gotten entirely over the hump, in regards to getting used to how it is, and that airport mission, (Omerta?) almost made me punch my monitor more than once, but I'm slowly getting into it a bit.
There's a thrill to actually surviving a firefight your first try, which is something most games can't really say.
If you ever needed help, You can count on me, I would love to help you get over it
Great Review as usual man, small thing I noticed around 11:55 that you seem to refer to a full metal jacket as being a full magazine but it actually refers to a characteristic of a type of bullet rather than a reference to how many bullets one has. Keep up the good work, would love to see a mafia 2 review!
When playing just type "cumdal", draw distance will be better.
Which translates to "Look further"
Tommy's eyes during that cut scene are the best thing ever.
I was about to go and sleep but when I saw this video I knew I had to stay up
same here bro.
One of my favourite games ever. I recently played it again in 2020. It's still a masterpiece but it's showing it's age. The game moves at a slow pace, you can't choose your weapons, third person combat leaves a lot to be desired, and the cars are very slow and when they do go fast they handle poorly.
Good points are an amazing soundtrack (on Steam you need to download the music files separately), a brilliant Mafia story, good voice acting, varied missions, long campaign, nice looking city, interesting characters. Compared to anything else of this era the game was a classic. Its definitely worth a play through if you've never experienced it. But just be aware it plays like an old game.
Your point about the cars might be true but if you think realistically. That's actually an accurate trait for cars of that time
You could argue the fact you are driving cars from the 1920s to the '30s so they would handle badly because of skinny ass wheels, ancient tyre technology and inefficient brakes.
@@kylesoler4139 there comes a point where its gameplay over realism. Mafia 1 isn't a driving sim. I get why the cars were that way but sometimes driving became incredibly tedious especially when going up a steep hill.
This is one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. I was 16 when I bought this game on a whim. I'm 36 now and I still have the copy. It was a masterpiece
It helped that I was obsessed with all the big mafia gangster films like godfather, Goodfellas, casino and scarface. I wish I could experience them times again. The mafia remake was great but it wasn't anything like the mafia I remember
My mother got me this for ps2 on my 18th birthday awhile back. Best birthday gift ever 😊
What a timing, i just finished replaying this gem from my childhood yesterday
So your doing mafia 2 and 3 after this? Can't wait those are my absolute favourite games. Should play thus one some time, Ps2 copy
Finaalyyyyyy I love this game...
I had never clicked so fast on a video man thank you....
Absolutely fantastic game, even to this day.
I hope we will see Mafia: Definitive Edition review.
About that first pile of boxes that you are supposed to move in the docs, you can tell those two guys standing next to it to help you with it. Absolutely loved this game when i was a kid. Basically grew up with it and i was introduced to PC games thanks to it. One of few legendary games like the first Vietcong in Czech Republic. I still remember when my older brother showed me all the easter eggs etc. Like the one in Mafia in that church mission where you can shoot that bucket full of bricks on the scaffolding and it falls on some guy on the street below....
You should totally try Titanic Adventure out of time
Love your reviews as always, keep them coming
Haha wow, I haven't thought about that game since I played it on my Gateway running Windows 95.
Best game ever made. Still playing this game after 18 years, still discovering new things, still having fun. It's so weird that you're giving tips to improve it as if it's open access. This game is a work of art, you don't give Picasso painting tips "how about some traditional perspective, Picasso?"
I got this game at the same time as GTA3 and GTA3 just seemed like a children's game in comparison. Finished mafia when I was 11
"Best game ever made." I can relate to that. ;)
Now this game...this game i didnt expect to be reviewed
Would love for you to review flatout 1 & 2, the second is my favourite game of all time
Frosts I say skip flatout 2 and just review ultimate carnage since it is 2 but "remastered"
@@this-is-big-john Honestly i don't know how it fits, its neither a remaster but it isn't a remake, its too close to 2 to be a remake, but yet not 1/1 with imrovements to be a remaster.
Though he ussualy does originals and not remakes.
@@this-is-big-john helllllllll no haha 2 is by far the best and it's even more so considering it's time, the characters are cooler too
@@this-is-big-john IDK man I played both FO2 and UC back when I was younger and in FO2 the cars feel faster, more fragile and harder to control while UC is slower and more balanced compared to the chaos of FO2 while also having more content.
Mafia 1 - for me personally - is the best game of all time. I can't remember how many times I have played through it as a child.
This game is from an era when developers were not afraid to give a real challenge to the players. When I cleared each level, it brought a huge sense of accomplishment - as it took me a while to learn the ropes and when you finally master it, you feel exhilarated (this is the case from the very first mission, where you have to ditch the mobsters with your modest taxi)
The racing level was really difficult in the vanilla version as the difficult was set to max by default with no option to change it (the later patches allowed you to lower the difficulty) - I played the unpatched version and could finish the racing level at the original max difficulty after a few tries.
I got stumped at the mission "you lucky b******" (couldn't figure out how to get into the warehouse) - so I had to visit an internet cafe and read an online guide on how to beat it - no internet at home / youtube existed back then.
The story was also top notch - I won't go into spoilers here.
This game was like the dark souls of the 2000s
EDIT: To people who feel that the pacing / driving feels slow - many of my friends made this complaint as they got used to GTA III - and to top it off, crashing can seriously injure you / kill you - (another fun fact - keeping with the simulation aspect of the game, if you roll over a convertible / soft top car, its an install death and mission fail
my advice is drive carefully while taking in the scenery and music - think of it as a relaxing drive - I really enjoyed the simulation style driving in this game - each car felt different to drive and learning to steal the best ones felt awesome. More so on the countryside with the beautiful scenery and calming music.
3:22 Is that...? Is that mighty Caesar's voice?
@Savo True to Caesar, amicus
Yes John Doman is the voice actor. Best known for being Commisioner Rawls in The Wire.
True to caesar!
I've beaten this game 3 times, and the most difficult missions in my opinion are the farm, the parking lot and the hotel one. It took me a lot of time to figure it out
For me the old prison was the most difficult. And the last mission. I loved the carpark mission because you could just shoot at the cars and blow up the enemies.
Also the one, where you sneak into the villa. I actually drew a plan of the area on paper and tried planning the best approach.
Cruchot lmao same here! Such a great game though and the original sound track is awesome
This game is not hard. You just need patience and commonsense.
the parking was just entertaining. the farm was a slice of cake if it wasnt for the part that every enemy came with a pumped off shotgun, and the hard part of the hotel was when you escaped the hotel explosion (before getting inside the church). the cop chase was kind of easy if you managed to disguise using another car or taking pathways which cops probably wouldnt find you.
this channel needs more attention great review after great review keep it up
Please do a godfather 1 and 2 video. Thanks for this one!😍
Mafia definitely aged, but when It was released It was the best open-world game. It took me one year to complete as a kid. I was stuck on that parking lot mission for month. I kinda like it for it's janki-ness. The game has a heart.
Just so you know Mr Productions ill be replaying my shout out over and over ;)
THANK FUCKING GOD SOMEONE DID A REVIEW ON IT. JESUS IT'S BEEN 20 OR 19 YEARS
This game ir criminally underrated. And you're channel too man. Extremely high quality and detailed reviews. Just fantastic
Holy shit, u done did a review on a game i could never expect you would do one on. This game is still an absolute gem.
Hello, I am from Czech republic and personally know a lot of Mafia developers and have to say I really appreciate all the work you've put into research of this review. Keep up the great job, love your videos!
Holy shit! I had no idea John Doman was in Mafia, he's such an underrated actor
you captured a moment you failed to comment on. At 13:01, enemy NPC yells out "I'm out of bullets".
Yes, the enemies could run out of bullets in this game. They had a standard amount of bullets and would eventually run out of the shootout took long, then resorting to hand to hand combat. They even had THAT implemented.
Only game where the enemy npc's run out of ammo.
The car physics are annoying but authentic. The 1930's atmosphere is insane and the nice thing is that you can actually turn the engine off.
Brenno Calderan If I remember right enemies in fallout 4 could also run out of ammo. But sure, it's rare, and I agree with you on other points
Hotline Miami is where enemies could also run out of ammo.
If so many people still watch its review in 2020 ( many of whom like me due to nostalgia I'm sure), imagine how many people would absolutely love a remastered Mafia 1 and 2. Plus Godfather 1. Damn!
Moreover, I never found this game hard or frustrating back when i first payed it in 2003. That's how games were back then. And that's how they should always have been. They were supposed to challenge you. You were supposed to push through to have fun.
But then I'm not sure if I'm a more patient gamer than others, for I still play ARMA over Call of Duty, and Gothic over Skyrim. I like the difficulty that demands patience. It gives you more satisfaction in the end!
P.S : Daniel Vavra ( 6:02 ) went on to find Warhorse Studios that made Kingdom Come: Deliverance. One of the best realistic medieval rpgs ive ever played. Look it up if you have 'patience'.
My favorite game of all time, first time played it in 2007 and I've completed it about 10 times by today. For me it was perfect, and still pretty much is. I do highly appreciate realistic games like Mafia. It's pretty damn hard at first, but after a while the mechanics become a second nature. I don't even think it needs a remake, it's great as it is.
I love playing old games and am not a stickler for graphics but I think for almost 20 years old the original pc version looks pretty good. Must have been mind blowing in its day
It was mind blowing :) graphics, car physics, character models
The menu, menu music and the attention to details are probably the most memorable thing about this game. Missions usually have tiny option bit that could change how the mission play out : like witness calling the police, or extra event that have no effect other than adding flavor.
Also grinding Free ride extreme missions are a big part of the game back then, the missions are so difficult, it brought a sense of pride and accomplishment when you managed to complete it.
i am pretty sure that mafia was something like gta 4 on low graphics back in 2002
loved this game when i tryed for first time, now i love it even more
Wow, what a treat for us that you did this review. Very well said - that the game makes you reconsider what you think of it throughout your playthrough. I used to feel that 'Mafia' was my favorite game of all time, but the poor gunplay and covershooting mechanics, extremely repetitive pixel precision in shooting towards the end of the game, and the harbor and racing levels make it hard to honestly recommend. It's bewildering that the devs weren't questioned on some of these infuriating gameplay characteristics. The experience holds value, but time and time again in this game your patience will be tested. The box stacking in the harbor seems like 'gamer abuse' to me.
I loved this game and it's music... every few years I search for gameplay footage and enjoy the music.
Mafia 1 is and WILL ALWAYS be one of the BEST games I ever played!
Some games, you have to play them WHEN they come out, in that era.
Of course, if you come back to this game today, you will have troubles installing/modding/running it,
like I had also (there are some patches and stuff you need to install, to emulate the graphic cards
from that era, so that the image does not stutter, run on today's monitors (16:9, not 4:3) etc.
BUT, I still find the atmosphere and STORY, acting, SCORE in this game FANTASTIC, even today!
So glad they did a remake of it, but this old gem always brings me back to those times when
we had GTA3, where you could do all the rampage and blowing up stuff things,
BUT when you needed some classic and elegant playing, you came to Mafia.
Back then, I had an old computer, that could not even run GTA3.
Mafia 1 was THE graphical gem of that year and my friends were crazy about it.
Sure, GTA3 came out first, we all know that Mafia was in the works longer time,
but Mafia was "Al Pacino" or "De Niro" of games, back then.
Then, I upgraded my PC (bought a new video card and extra RAM) and I could run it on almost "high" details...
It still took ages to load (seriously, like 3-4, sometimes 5 minutes!).
BUT, what an experience!
If you skip the gameplay issues (sure, shooting is kind of off etc.), THE SOUNDTRACK, THE STORY,
THE ELEGANT feel of this game... will BLOW you away, also today!
Like, this was the FIRST game to be able to start a engine separately (so not just "E" or "F" to enter a car),
to BLINK with a car, to get a TICKET from the police and be able to pay it... hahhahaha.
And, I repeat myself: if you like the '20s-'30s instrumental music style... then this game is NO BRAINER!
I always loved that music and I listen to jazz, swing etc. music nowadays, BECAUSE of it.
Oh, man...
Such nice times...
Enough writing.
GO play it!
Also, drop a comment here, let me know your Mafia 1 memories - or should I say: mémoires? :)
Great review! I think I'm one of the few people, who likes controls in this game and no cover system. You have to actually take cover yourself instead of just pressing a button to hide behind an object designated for cover.
Also, I'm pretty sure you forgot to mention the Freeride Extreme, unlocked after the completion of the story. Although the missions in it might make people rage quit even more.
And go through the options menu, before actually playing the game! :D That's pretty much a rule in old Games :D
You have no idea how much I miss playing this game.
With a traffic mod and a couple of fanmade models swapped with the "hotrod" cars, Freeroam was fucking perfect.
An Alfa Romeo 8C to take to the countryside, a 2000s Rolls Royce Phantom tucked away quietly somewhere, a diverse range of inperiod cars and a neatly organized cache of 20 or so of every weapon in an alley by Salieri's.
Heaven. Beautiful. Perfection.
Even better than GTA:SA.
You forgot to mention theres even wheel support with force feedback they went that far
A time where the PC version got priority.
I miss these times.
I feel like the pc has enough games atm
Another great review, your editing and narration are sublime.
That racing mission was hard I kept flipping the car over lol
I love this game. Completed it 3 times. The PC version is definitely the best one to play 👍🏻
Another Great Video; I look forward to the Mafia 2 review.
This game is an absolute legend in Russia. It's brilliant. Russian dub is great, it's defenitely better than English. Game of our childhood. And mine too, of course. This game will have a warm place in my heart for my whole life. Me and my friends - we never forget about this game. It has a soul, it has a story, it has a fun to it. It has anything to become a legend. It's already a legend. Thanks to Illusion Softwork and Czech people for making it possible.
I still can't think of any other games which capture that era so well
Wow my childhood just came back thanks for giving this game the attention it deserves this it truly The Godfather of video games
This going to be the next game for my channel. Great review bro
I honestly loved the little details like a running out of petrol etc. I wish games nowadays include those details.
REMAKE TIME!!!!
well it coming august...
This game is a fukn 💎 gem. Hands down, this holds so many childhood memories for me.. good ol stress-free PS2 days..
I remember my brother and I playing this when it released, way back when I was still in high school!
Fun fact: Chief designer of Mafia 1, was doing the same job while making Mafia 2, but, after that, he created his own game development studio, known as Warhorse Studios which stands behind Kingdom Come Deliverance
you missed a lot of details, for example how certain missions have multiple outcomes (the morello chase in particular has 3 possible endings), how certain missions had items you could interact with (for example, you could get drunk on the boat mission) and most importantly how the detailed car damage worked, for example if you got shot at and the bullets hit your door, roof or any other unimportant area your engine wouldnt get damaged and the car wouldnt get slower, and how bullets hitting your suspension actually messes with your handling, or how a bullet hitting your fuel tank does gradually drain your cars fuel etc
Nice timing, we're getting rumors of a switch release of Mafia 2.
Wait really?
Bro that's crazy I've been watching all the cutscenes from this game because I wasn't sure if it was as great as I remember it then here you come with a video on it
Your comment on "wooden" voice acting is on point, but I'd like to add it only applies to English dubbed version.
In original Czech version, it was exactly the opposite as some of the most known and well established Czech TV actors and voice actors were cast. Literally every role was voiced professionally by someone you would recognize, even random city pedestrians. It actually drove non-gamers into trying the game because their favorite actors were in it. Some would even call the voice acting legendary.
Watch Czech voiced Mafia cutscenes for comparison if you like :)
The only problem i feel is that unless you understand it, it will feel similar, thats at least the feeling i got then i wathc some cutscenes, there were different pitches and such depending on situation, but it felt more or less... wooden again.
Though i guess i can't complain much since, i aint Czech.
@@thattonnatoguywithafez8246 I would say it's the exact opposite of "wooden", Czech actors sometimes went too far and "oversold" it so the character animation and those low-poly models can't keep up and provide desired emotion visually. Obviously being limited by the technology of it's time.
Like here for example...
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- if you play this with no sound, it feels like they're having almost calm briefing, when in fact, Salieri is bursting out with rage (at 01:20)
@@martinbartas9587 Yeah here its more obvious how the scenes is potrayed, maybe it was scenese i picked that felt that wooden, still im bit limited personally since again, i don't speak Czech so while i hear the emotion, it aint exactly hitting me, not to say its bad, just personally its still on the off side.
i remember how i got it on a cd from my uncle when i was a kid, great video, hey from Czechia
"When you fire the crosshair moves from the guns recoil like you shot a sniper rifle."
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean lol
Every time i go near a beach where i hear seagulls i always remember the mission at the harbor. Amazing game
AAAHHHH THE RACE
I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE RACE
How could you ;)
@@MultiBraner not to brag but I completed it in expert
It only took 3 hours
Great to see you're still putting stuff out frequently. Ever considered doing a review on the fractured but whole and it's divisive combat mechanic?
I distinctly remember how in the early parts of the game every time the main character would light up his cigar a big shootout or car chase would ensue. It made me dread those damn smokes of his ;)
There is an easy game mod to install in that community pack 2.0 mode u can choose to install widescreen, music and voodoo mod to keep the original look and feel of the game while having a proper widescreen aspect ratio also fixes the flickering shadows
I’ve come back to this video after they’ve announced a remake of this game to go along with the Mafia Trilogy Collection
there is a cheat to set the draw distance on maximum. i think it was CUMDAL or something and you could have ask the two guys at the port, to help you with the crates. they would help you