1. Tommy 2. Vito 3. Lincoln oh and ignore boring OG trolls and Vavra's fanbois, they infest every Mafia video with their endless deIusionaI and deIirious yapping how 'original was better', siIIy creatures 😀
Same honestly And I'd rank them the same too but I'm talking mafia 2002. Idk if remake would be above 3 or not they're both good but different and on similar levels for me
1. Lincoln Clay 2. Tommy Angelo 3. Joe Barbaro 4. Vito Scaletta If we count protagonists not from mafia series then throw Dominic from The Godfather 2 between Lincoln and Tommy On a side note: I personally like Mafia 3 Vito more than Mafia 2 Vito
Vito is the best character. A person who truly came from nothing and made his way to the top with his best friend Joe. Wish we could see more games with Vito!
the voice actor from the original is pure nostalgia for me, it also somehow works really well because he sounds very vulnerable and open and relatable instead of just a stoic tough guy
Most of the cast are different characters which puzzles me when people call it a good remake when it’s not even faithful to the source material. They made Tommy generic and turned Paulie into a moron.
@@le4-677 lol total bs every word, typical obsessive hate by Vavra's fanbois.... DE is infinitely superior in literally everything, they vastly improved characters, no one even cares for amateurish and cringe OG version from 2002. now completely obsolete. Cope.
My favorite also goes in order of the games. All are great protagonists, but Tommy is my favorite. From a cab driver just trying to get by to being a cold-blooded killer
Mafia de Tommy is cliche and cringe. “It’s about family,” blah blah. He also lacks depth that the original Tommy had. Not sure what games you’ve played.
@@le4-677 these puny comments are cringe; cringe OG trolls don't even know what 'cliche' means - original Mafia was the worst pile of cliches in existence, original Tommy was a caricature. Hey but family is so bad, only daddy Vavra is soooo great haha 😀
Least he has something to go for in the original hes just a boring charavcter that just works for the mob his character is more forgetable on the original while the remake make him interesting @@le4-677
I'd disagree that vito gets a knock thats hes less interesting without joe, but tommy without his boys isnt. The type of relationships the protagonists have in 1 and 2 are directly related to the narrative the game is trying to tell so joe is going to feel more important to telling vito's story, but id argue tommy and vito aren't too dissimilar in they individual characterizations.
Comparing OG Tommy and DE Tommy. Well, in my opinion OG Tommy Angelo was just better. He always had that "innocent aura" around him, even though he was a gangster. And I find it kinda funny that DE Tommy dislikes killing animals, because when I look at him and his personality, I'd think that he would sooner shoot a dog than OG Tommy. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that (for me) the main thing about Mafia 1 was Tommy Angelo's story and his way of dealing with the mob life and it's hardships. That he actually didn't want to become a mafiosi, but he was forced into it. That there were occasions, when he didn't want to do a certain job (killing a friend or a woman), so he was hesitant. And of course he paid a hard price for it. And Hangar 13 just messed this up in the remake with the way how they portrayed Tommy and how they changed/switched up scenes for no reason! They totally murdered the original game's message! Sure, as a game, a sort of "different adaptation" I liked it, but it's sure as hell that it won't be the "definitive" Mafia 1 for me! Back to topic, Lincoln was a hell of a fine character, imo! I liked him just as much as OG Tommy! Vito was a bit boring for me (mainly because he joined the mob only for selfish reasons mostly), but none the less, he's good too.
I always thought of the protagonists as Neutral Alignment with Tommy Angelo as Lawful Neutral (due to to him confiding with the authorities to protect his own family), Vito Scaletta as True Neutral (due to him defecting allegiances such as him killing Clemente then Falcone), and Lincoln Clay as Chaotic Neutral (using destructive means to exact vengeance against Sal Marcano).
Vito is my favourite he didn't become a mobster because of evil reasons done it for his family. Plus leaving new bordeaux to Vito at the end of 3 is the best ending dude basically turns it into something good whilst the rest flood it with drugs and leads to wars. Then I'd say Lincoln Dude is loyal even to people that were uneasy partners he joined the mob because he had nowhere else to go. Tommy is the lowest because he loved the mob life when it suited Him then turned rat.
I personally rank Lincoln Clay at number 1, mainly because I judge them on how sympathetic they are to me. Lincoln could have stayed out of the criminal life entirely if Sal Marcano hadn't double crossed Sammy, and the only reason Lincoln even enters the world of the mafia is to stop this absolute monster and find some justice for the death of his adopted family. His crusade against the Marcanos might have caused mayhem across New Bordeaux, but given that many of his non-mafia victims are virulent racists, crooked politicians and complacent elites, I have no sympathy for them. It probably even makes Lincoln a warrior for justice he never intended to be. True, it is possible for Lincoln to completely cross the line near the end, but then karmic retribution is close behind. And this completely depends on whether you listen to Donovan. Even the 'neutral' ending has Lincoln do some good with his criminal earnings. But him being able to walk away, and do what he originally had planned and move to California allows him to make the most moral choice out of all three. And prevents him from ending up as badly as Vito or Tommy. Tommy is my number 2 pick, because he also never wanted to join the mafia. It's only when he doesn't see a way out that he fully joins the Salieri gang. Even then, he does the most moral thing on several occasions, sparing people that the rules say have to die. Tommy doesn't let his enjoyment of the money and power override his conscience. What knocks him down in rank though is his ultimately fatal decision to join Paulie's bank robbery. Even if Salieri was getting greedy, the mafia is not a partnership. Tommy wasn't "owed" anything, and he went rogue. He does redeem himself in the end by accepting the deal that Detective Norman is able to arrange, even at a cost. Which leaves Vito at 3. He's a very enjoyable character, and the bromance with Joe is quite the heartwarming tale. But Vito is the only one who entered the criminal life for selfish reasons. Yes, the instigating event is to help pay off his father's loanshark. But Vito was already heavily involved in crime before that, and would have ended up getting involved with Joe's business either way. This makes him the most selfish of the three, looking at the mafia as a shortcut to money and the easy life. Not exactly a very noble goal. Which isn't to say he's irredeemably bad. He's still incredibly loyal to his friends and family, to a fault. Like Tommy, he breaks the rules on numerous occasions in order to stand by the people he cares about, and turns on those who wronged him. Such as when he guns down Derek, even though the sane course of action would have been to not start trouble with the Vincis when he's already started a mob war between the triads, Falcones and Vincis and is several dozen grand in debt. We get the impression Vito wasn't very close to his father when he was alive, but he obviously didn't turn a blind eye to his killers once the truth came out. And he gets his chance to thump his nose at the mafioso of both the Marcano family and the Commission when he joins Lincoln Clay, even some payback against the people he believed killed Joe. So even when he takes the bronze, Vito is still solid.
Tommy Angelo is by far the worst protag of the 3 for a few reasons. He is boring when compared to the other two, with a cookie cutter archtype of a mob rat, (oh no my family, these guys betrayed me). Compare that to Vito the unsung Mob soldier who realizes the life he has idolized and fell to is the one that took everything he cared for, then there is Lincoln, whos revenge story manages to be very engaging in spite of the repetitive gameplay loop. On top of that the story direction of mafia 3 trumps mafia 1 and the remake even though mafia 1 has a tighter written story. Why do i say that? Because Lincoln comes off as multi dimentional with the other non mafia/crime aspects of his life still having a satisfying impact with his mafia conflict. Tommy on the other hand just falls into everything rather quickly and feels like a blank slate or vehicle to watch the other characters around him, he just feels so damn bland. Another plus for mafia 3 is the reactive cutscenes, how Sal and Georgie react differently depending on what order u decide to deconstruct their empire.
Which Tommy Angelo are you referring to in the beginning? OG and DE are completely different characters. I’m assuming DE since you used the term “cookie cutter.”
Lincoln literally exists because Tommy and Vito allow him to, if the story of the first game wasn't great there would be no Mafia 2 and then a Mafia 3 "you only exist out here because of ME"
plus back then video games barely even had a coherent story, I mean look at GTA III's story and that franchise is the titan of this genre, and the fact that most Mafia fans disagree with you, it should have been a clean sweep for Mafia 3 since by the time 2016 was around most AAA games were almost a movie and it still has to compete with a 2002 game where you can barely fit 30 2 minute cutscenes in the whole game
@TripleADigest The mafia series for the mafia game mafia 3 should move on with the vito scarletta ending where he takes over new bordeaux and hes alive in the modern era in 2016 guys it would be a sparkling ✨️ touch to the mob series game because he worked 💪 up all his ways thourgh the ranks of being double crossed by having his best friend taken away from him 2k games nick bayes please confirm the real ending of mafia 3 is that vito scarletta takes over new bordeaux after Lincoln clays leaves town this ending would really definitely beat all the godfather movies🎉.And please say that vito is still alive in 2025 he took a very storng liquid expensive medicine in 2016 that makes his body very very super strong so hes got another 30 years or 15 or 25 years left or 40 years left i know in real life he would be most likely dead nick and fans but to have him still alive would be epic for the series robert de niro got a biological baby daughter at 81 they should do the same with vito and say he has a biological daughter or biological son at 81 and of course by 80 or 85 he had biological kids as well it tire in with the godfather 1 video game because don vito corleone has biological son in godfather 1 video game that takes revenge and kills the don that killed his father
I see comments how Tommy from definitive edition Mafia is different then Tommy from OG Mafia, can someone explain me why last time i played OG Mafia long time ago like 10 years so i kinda forgot things but i played definitive edition last year and for some reason i didnt like it idk why, so if someone can tell whats the difference between OG and definitive edition
I can’t be specific, but from what I’ve seen is they, slightly changed little lines and story beats, and a different voice actor with different delivery, all combined to make a big change as a whole. Just little changes spaced out around the game just added up
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What would your list of protagonists be ?
1. Tommy
2. Vito
3. Lincoln
oh and ignore boring OG trolls and Vavra's fanbois, they infest every Mafia video with their endless deIusionaI and deIirious yapping how 'original was better', siIIy creatures 😀
1. Vito Scaletta
2. Lincoln Clay
3. Tommy Angelo
Same honestly
And I'd rank them the same too but I'm talking mafia 2002. Idk if remake would be above 3 or not they're both good but different and on similar levels for me
1. Lincoln Clay
2. Tommy Angelo
3. Joe Barbaro
4. Vito Scaletta
If we count protagonists not from mafia series then throw Dominic from The Godfather 2 between Lincoln and Tommy
On a side note: I personally like Mafia 3 Vito more than Mafia 2 Vito
Vito is the best character. A person who truly came from nothing and made his way to the top with his best friend Joe. Wish we could see more games with Vito!
I would argue Tommy from the original Mafia and the Definitive have different nuances and therefore are like different characters
the voice actor from the original is pure nostalgia for me, it also somehow works really well because he sounds very vulnerable and open and relatable instead of just a stoic tough guy
@@Ar1AnX1x I think they should have gotten a more soft-spoken actor for the remake
Most of the cast are different characters which puzzles me when people call it a good remake when it’s not even faithful to the source material. They made Tommy generic and turned Paulie into a moron.
@@le4-677 lol total bs every word, typical obsessive hate by Vavra's fanbois.... DE is infinitely superior in literally everything, they vastly improved characters, no one even cares for amateurish and cringe OG version from 2002. now completely obsolete.
Cope.
@@Ar1AnX1x Voice actors from the original were so BAD!
Vito scaletta is the best protagonist!!
Never understood why we don't have a movie based on Mafia 1
Pretty much goodfellas
Because mafia 1 is a barebones mob story. 3 would make a killer HBO miniseries
@@elmizzox 3 deserves a retold. It had a lot of potential, and I kind of hate that game uses the Ubisoft formula
@@miguelangeljaja4293 true but it's a good time to go back too, alternate paths and such
My favorite also goes in order of the games. All are great protagonists, but Tommy is my favorite. From a cab driver just trying to get by to being a cold-blooded killer
Mafia definitive addition is unbelievably better written than any of the other protagonists
Mafia de Tommy is cliche and cringe. “It’s about family,” blah blah. He also lacks depth that the original Tommy had. Not sure what games you’ve played.
its B.S compared to the oiginal, they changed the meaning of the story
Learn how to spell and don’t disrespect ppls opinions
@@le4-677 these puny comments are cringe; cringe OG trolls don't even know what 'cliche' means - original Mafia was the worst pile of cliches in existence, original Tommy was a caricature. Hey but family is so bad, only daddy Vavra is soooo great haha 😀
Least he has something to go for in the original hes just a boring charavcter that just works for the mob his character is more forgetable on the original while the remake make him interesting @@le4-677
Hot take but I think Lincoln clay is my favorite and best protagonist
Fair enough, nice to see diverse opinions!
I'd disagree that vito gets a knock thats hes less interesting without joe, but tommy without his boys isnt. The type of relationships the protagonists have in 1 and 2 are directly related to the narrative the game is trying to tell so joe is going to feel more important to telling vito's story, but id argue tommy and vito aren't too dissimilar in they individual characterizations.
I know what you're saying. We had it very very close between Vito and Tommy of who we had first. Arguments for both to be at the top!
Comparing OG Tommy and DE Tommy. Well, in my opinion OG Tommy Angelo was just better. He always had that "innocent aura" around him, even though he was a gangster. And I find it kinda funny that DE Tommy dislikes killing animals, because when I look at him and his personality, I'd think that he would sooner shoot a dog than OG Tommy.
Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that (for me) the main thing about Mafia 1 was Tommy Angelo's story and his way of dealing with the mob life and it's hardships. That he actually didn't want to become a mafiosi, but he was forced into it. That there were occasions, when he didn't want to do a certain job (killing a friend or a woman), so he was hesitant. And of course he paid a hard price for it.
And Hangar 13 just messed this up in the remake with the way how they portrayed Tommy and how they changed/switched up scenes for no reason! They totally murdered the original game's message!
Sure, as a game, a sort of "different adaptation" I liked it, but it's sure as hell that it won't be the "definitive" Mafia 1 for me!
Back to topic, Lincoln was a hell of a fine character, imo! I liked him just as much as OG Tommy!
Vito was a bit boring for me (mainly because he joined the mob only for selfish reasons mostly), but none the less, he's good too.
I always thought of the protagonists as Neutral Alignment with Tommy Angelo as Lawful Neutral (due to to him confiding with the authorities to protect his own family), Vito Scaletta as True Neutral (due to him defecting allegiances such as him killing Clemente then Falcone), and Lincoln Clay as Chaotic Neutral (using destructive means to exact vengeance against Sal Marcano).
Vito is my favourite he didn't become a mobster because of evil reasons done it for his family.
Plus leaving new bordeaux to Vito at the end of 3 is the best ending dude basically turns it into something good whilst the rest flood it with drugs and leads to wars.
Then I'd say Lincoln
Dude is loyal even to people that were uneasy partners he joined the mob because he had nowhere else to go.
Tommy is the lowest because he loved the mob life when it suited Him then turned rat.
Perfectly ranked
Great video there . Always brightens up my day seeing a Triple A Digest upload.
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching as always!
Vito fanboys going crazy that Vito isent on number 1
I like Tommy the most
I personally rank Lincoln Clay at number 1, mainly because I judge them on how sympathetic they are to me. Lincoln could have stayed out of the criminal life entirely if Sal Marcano hadn't double crossed Sammy, and the only reason Lincoln even enters the world of the mafia is to stop this absolute monster and find some justice for the death of his adopted family. His crusade against the Marcanos might have caused mayhem across New Bordeaux, but given that many of his non-mafia victims are virulent racists, crooked politicians and complacent elites, I have no sympathy for them. It probably even makes Lincoln a warrior for justice he never intended to be. True, it is possible for Lincoln to completely cross the line near the end, but then karmic retribution is close behind. And this completely depends on whether you listen to Donovan. Even the 'neutral' ending has Lincoln do some good with his criminal earnings. But him being able to walk away, and do what he originally had planned and move to California allows him to make the most moral choice out of all three. And prevents him from ending up as badly as Vito or Tommy.
Tommy is my number 2 pick, because he also never wanted to join the mafia. It's only when he doesn't see a way out that he fully joins the Salieri gang. Even then, he does the most moral thing on several occasions, sparing people that the rules say have to die. Tommy doesn't let his enjoyment of the money and power override his conscience. What knocks him down in rank though is his ultimately fatal decision to join Paulie's bank robbery. Even if Salieri was getting greedy, the mafia is not a partnership. Tommy wasn't "owed" anything, and he went rogue. He does redeem himself in the end by accepting the deal that Detective Norman is able to arrange, even at a cost.
Which leaves Vito at 3. He's a very enjoyable character, and the bromance with Joe is quite the heartwarming tale. But Vito is the only one who entered the criminal life for selfish reasons. Yes, the instigating event is to help pay off his father's loanshark. But Vito was already heavily involved in crime before that, and would have ended up getting involved with Joe's business either way. This makes him the most selfish of the three, looking at the mafia as a shortcut to money and the easy life. Not exactly a very noble goal. Which isn't to say he's irredeemably bad. He's still incredibly loyal to his friends and family, to a fault. Like Tommy, he breaks the rules on numerous occasions in order to stand by the people he cares about, and turns on those who wronged him. Such as when he guns down Derek, even though the sane course of action would have been to not start trouble with the Vincis when he's already started a mob war between the triads, Falcones and Vincis and is several dozen grand in debt. We get the impression Vito wasn't very close to his father when he was alive, but he obviously didn't turn a blind eye to his killers once the truth came out. And he gets his chance to thump his nose at the mafioso of both the Marcano family and the Commission when he joins Lincoln Clay, even some payback against the people he believed killed Joe. So even when he takes the bronze, Vito is still solid.
Number 4: Marco Russotto
Number 5: Jimmy Literallywho
Number 2.5: Joe Barbaro
Tommy Angelo is by far the worst protag of the 3 for a few reasons. He is boring when compared to the other two, with a cookie cutter archtype of a mob rat, (oh no my family, these guys betrayed me). Compare that to Vito the unsung Mob soldier who realizes the life he has idolized and fell to is the one that took everything he cared for, then there is Lincoln, whos revenge story manages to be very engaging in spite of the repetitive gameplay loop. On top of that the story direction of mafia 3 trumps mafia 1 and the remake even though mafia 1 has a tighter written story. Why do i say that? Because Lincoln comes off as multi dimentional with the other non mafia/crime aspects of his life still having a satisfying impact with his mafia conflict. Tommy on the other hand just falls into everything rather quickly and feels like a blank slate or vehicle to watch the other characters around him, he just feels so damn bland. Another plus for mafia 3 is the reactive cutscenes, how Sal and Georgie react differently depending on what order u decide to deconstruct their empire.
Which Tommy Angelo are you referring to in the beginning? OG and DE are completely different characters. I’m assuming DE since you used the term “cookie cutter.”
Lincoln literally exists because Tommy and Vito allow him to, if the story of the first game wasn't great there would be no Mafia 2 and then a Mafia 3
"you only exist out here because of ME"
plus back then video games barely even had a coherent story, I mean look at GTA III's story and that franchise is the titan of this genre, and the fact that most Mafia fans disagree with you, it should have been a clean sweep for Mafia 3 since by the time 2016 was around most AAA games were almost a movie and it still has to compete with a 2002 game where you can barely fit 30 2 minute cutscenes in the whole game
Cool to see different opinions on here!
Tommy is the best, Mafia 3 is dogshieet
Tommy and Vito are both great for different reasons.
Lincoln was a bad protagonist in a bad game, Mafia3 is not even mafia game.
IMO, Lincoln was a badass compared to Tommy and Vito, and dude, mafia 3 is a mafia game.
Lincoln is a better gangster than The Snitch Tommy and The Rouge Vito
Mafia 3 felt more accurate to organized crime than 1 and 2 which felt like caricatures of gangsters
cope harder
@TripleADigest The mafia series for the mafia game mafia 3 should move on with the vito scarletta ending where he takes over new bordeaux and hes alive in the modern era in 2016 guys it would be a sparkling ✨️ touch to the mob series game because he worked 💪 up all his ways thourgh the ranks of being double crossed by having his best friend taken away from him 2k games nick bayes please confirm the real ending of mafia 3 is that vito scarletta takes over new bordeaux after Lincoln clays leaves town this ending would really definitely beat all the godfather movies🎉.And please say that vito is still alive in 2025 he took a very storng liquid expensive medicine in 2016 that makes his body very very super strong so hes got another 30 years or 15 or 25 years left or 40 years left i know in real life he would be most likely dead nick and fans but to have him still alive would be epic for the series robert de niro got a biological baby daughter at 81 they should do the same with vito and say he has a biological daughter or biological son at 81 and of course by 80 or 85 he had biological kids as well it tire in with the godfather 1 video game because don vito corleone has biological son in godfather 1 video game that takes revenge and kills the don that killed his father
I see comments how Tommy from definitive edition Mafia is different then Tommy from OG Mafia, can someone explain me why last time i played OG Mafia long time ago like 10 years so i kinda forgot things but i played definitive edition last year and for some reason i didnt like it idk why, so if someone can tell whats the difference between OG and definitive edition
I can’t be specific, but from what I’ve seen is they, slightly changed little lines and story beats, and a different voice actor with different delivery, all combined to make a big change as a whole. Just little changes spaced out around the game just added up
@@alarrim29574 If i remember they changed Poulie the most and not in a good way