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Do NOT play if you liked GTA III

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: September 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was unfortunate enough to buy Mafia for my PC...

Sadly, it is perhaps the worst budget game I have ever played and am uninstalling it.

Why I hate this glorified budget game:
* Excellent graphics do NOT make up for poor gameplay and retarded AI.

* Some might think driving a car around at 20 MPH is cool, but I've played GTA III and know what a driving game should feel like. Running into people should NOT be like running into a static object such as a garbage can.

* AI?!? AI? Try this for fun: shoot a guy in a car at an intersection. The ENTIRE FRICKEN game is bogged down with traffic now because of ONE guy!?! Try that in GTA III to see what AI should do. (Maybe drive AROUND the dead body instead of dropping the frame rate in the single digits?

* Attack someone in a car and they sit there. No emotion, no reaction.

* GeForce3 Ti and it runs ~ 20 FPS in medium detail?
Bottom line: I've seen better games at Wal-Mart's budget bin.

I bought this because of a review on GameSpot and canceled my subscription membership after thier bogus review.

Tedious and annoying

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

A note to game developers everywhere. It's possible to create a challenging game that does not involve intensely annoying obstacles. Rule #1: all games should have a quick save option at any point in the game. No one enjoys going over the same mission over and over to get it right. Mafia only saves at the end of a mission or important task--or not nearly enough! This alone makes me want to pitch the whole mess. Rule #2: excessive amounts of driving around and map reading with old jalopy cars with extremely poor handling and dealing with other stupid drivers on the road is no fun attall! Way too much driving required. I drive enough to and from work 5x a week and deal with inconsiderate idiots on the road daily. I don't need it in a game I want to be a diversion from the grind of daily life.

If there were workable cheats available for this game it might be bearable. I would like to finish it, but only with access to cheats that actually work. I play games for enjoyment, not torture. I've searched the internet several times for cheats, and none of them work as described. A real disappointing game that didn't have to be.

Sluggish and Awkward

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: December 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is definitely one of the worst I've played. Mouse movement is really awkward. if your into games like Counter-Strike the aiming and shooting of weapons in this game will definitely frustrate you. It's hard to aim exactly because teh movement is sluggish. The radar on the screen when driving can use some improvement. A radar should have been used when just run on the street. It's difficult to tell which way or which door to run into. The radar with arrow points to a lot of dead ends if you are not sure where you are running. Doors you are supposed to enter should be more blatant.

Very Laggy and Boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you don't have a newer computer this game will be terrible for you. Although it only requires 128 mb this game is extremely glitchy and laggy even if you have 256mb. I also found this game very boring and repetetive. The first part of the game is very boring, all you do is drive people around. This game also has terrible AI, if you almost run someone over they will jump back and then continue walking. Not like in GTA3 when they start running away. The cars are bad too, if you park in the middle of the street they will just stay there they won't go around. I have a Gateway ME and I tried playing this game and its just to glitchy and laggy which ruins the fun. However I'm sure its fun if you can afford a brand new computer with a great video card and 1000mb of ram.

Defective, needs to be recalled

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: September 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game won't install on my new AMD 3500+ cpu, it freezes during disc 2. Purchase with extreme caution.

What you thought hops

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: November 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I saw this game when it was released and thought it was something to look forward to, but I never buy video games at full price. So I waited until I saw it at blockbuster for like ten dollars... and, well, it was a complete waste of ten dollars. Maybe its my ADD or something but this game is so boring that half the time I turn it off before one of the million "loading" screens finished. My review is probably not completely accurate as to the whole game considering I only completed about 1/8th of the game before I realized that I spent more time waiting at loading scenes for weak missions than I did actually effortlessly completing them. The free ride option of the game is stupid and endless with no point, the story is slow and unbelievable, and lastly the characters are just chumps - a stuttering car thief who teaches you how to steal cars? Maybe, just maybe if I could skip all those scenes in the bar, I might have given this game three stars but other than the historical feeling of the game, this games has got nothing.

Mafia - Horrible Game - Save Your Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Mafia, good title, poor execution. this is not GTA! too much time driving in this game..for what!! no reward for good driving. Don't run anyone over, or the police will arrest you. a cut-scene would have been better between missions than this idiotic driving. speaking of missions, no in game save, so you must keep trying a level over and over until you win. the worst mission is when you have to drive a sports car at a race. this is hopeless. don't look around for health, you won't find it in many missions. no bonus points with the mob, so don't waste your time roughing up the town folks. don't even bother stealing cars. nothing increases your wise guy status. I have played MANY games, this is the WORST. This is very frustrating. Your partner, Paulie does not take direction, so he is always running into trouble, getting killed and your mission is over..guess what..start from the beginning..ALSO all you cheaters out there..NO CHEATS in this game to get you past the tough spots, just lots on mindless repetition. SAVE YOUR MONEY and SKIP this GAME!!!

If you have a new computer, you probably can't install this game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I just purchased Mafia recently and had the same problem that seems to be happening to all sorts of people, that being a freeze during the game installation that always happens when disc 2 is inserted. Now usually all PC games will have their quirks and you may have to do some web searching to figure out a solution, but this is the first time where I've come up with absolutely nothing. I've spend 5 days trying different techniques to get the install to work, but it just won't do it. I've looked up all possible solutions on the internet, which are few, and ultimately did a "manual install" of the game. This got the game to work, but not properly. Music and sound doesn't play during FMV scenes and there are some other quirks, so I'm not interested in playing it.

A true waste of my money since I can't play the game, and even more disappointing that there seems to be many people in the same boat. When I can play any other game, ones even much older than this one on my PC, there is no reason why there should be issues like this.

mafia loading problems

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased the game becuase I had gotten a new new computer and suddenly my old mafia game wouldn't load anymore. It would go non responsive on the second instalation disc. I thought maybe the disc was damaged and purchased the new one from Amazon. The result when I try to load the game unfortunately is the same. Apparently there is a problem with loading this game on newer computers, which really makes no sense since it seems to me that it should be easier if anything. Anyway, it doesn't work.

Useless

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have never been able to get this thing to play, and I have good equipment. Apparently many others are also experiencing considerable difficulty.

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