Mafia: Definitive edition is not good

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I never played the original so I'm not comparing it, but the super linear, heavily scripted, generic third-person shooting mechanics are really putting me off. I'm a third of the way through the game and kind of want to see how the story is gonna go but I don't think I can stomach more of this gameplay.
I don't imagine either of you ladies has read Boethius
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Mafia 1 is the same with worse mechanics.
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I want to see someone defend this game.
I don't imagine either of you ladies has read Boethius
I enjoyed it. It's a very basic game, but it's serviceable, and I liked the story enough to finish it, with no regrets.

It's a remaster of a game released in 2002. Not sure what you expected, exactly. The game is literally almost 22 years old.
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To each their own.

I played it for the first time last year and loved it.

I went into it kinda blindly expecting it to be a GTA clone, but I ended up liking the fact that it very linear and right to the point.
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I won't defend the version of what you are playing as I have not played it.

All I can say is I played the entire series of games at the time of their release and at that point in time I loved them. Though yes the shooting was always the weakest aspect of the game. I just loved the story and characters and loved the setting and the music tracks of the era.

I have highly enjoyed all 3 games. 3 draws the most criticism and I thought it was damn good, and much more open ended as well.

I always enjoyed the Mafia games, and I really enjoyed the Godfather games at the time of release. The Godfather games had so many unique executions you could do. It was outstanding.
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I went into kinda blindly expecting it to be a GTA clone, but I ended up liking the fact that it very linear and right to the point.

Same, honestly. Which is also what I liked about the Saints Row series.

I think the issue is that the game (Mafia 1) is literally almost 22 years old, so you have to go in expecting dated gameplay mechanics. If you expect it to be, like... GTA5, well... That's just the wrong expectation to have.
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It's not a very good series, it's like Yakuza but with more guns, less fun, and no waifus.
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The game is great. If you go in expecting an open world crime game a la GTA, then yes, you will be disappointed. The whole point of the game is the story and the game world is just a backdrop for the story. So either you love the story or you don't.
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StealThisSheen posted...
It's a remaster of a game released in 2002. Not sure what you expected, exactly. The game is literally almost 22 years old.
No, it's a remake. It's literally 3 years old.

NoxObscuras posted...
The game is great. If you go in expecting an open world crime game a la GTA, then yes, you will be disappointed. The whole point of the game is the story and the game world is just a backdrop for the story. So either you love the story or you don't.
I didn't expect GTA, and by linear I'm not complaining that it's not open world, I mean the mission structure itself: going from point A to point B engaging with generic cover-shooting and scripted cinematic sequences. There is just nothing remotely interesting or satisfying to it. I do like the driving well enough.
I don't imagine either of you ladies has read Boethius
sutree posted...
No, it's a remake. It's literally 3 years old.

It's a "remake" in that they basically built the literal exact same game from the ground up with slightly more modern controls and physics, and otherwise changed pretty much nothing at all.

It's still, for all intents and purposes, a game from 2002, as far as story/mission/gameplay structure goes. They didn't change anything about the story, mission, or gameplay structure, otherwise.

Basically, you're mad that a remake didn't drastically change the game. That's on you.
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sutree posted...
I want to see someone defend this game.

Yeah, I definitely had your 'this gunplay is dull' feeling, especially early game.

But I stuck with it and eventually I was invested in the story enough to keep playing. Some of the missions end up being pretty interesting
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sutree posted...
No, it's a remake. It's literally 3 years old.

I didn't expect GTA, and by linear I'm not complaining that it's not open world, I mean the mission structure itself: going from point A to point B engaging with generic cover-shooting and scripted cinematic sequences. There is just nothing remotely interesting or satisfying to it. I do like the driving well enough.
Sorry that wasn't meant to be an attack on you or anything. I just see a lot of people that go in expecting it to be like GTA. I enjoyed the linear structure, but I can see how it can get boring.

Mafia 3 has a much less linear story mission structure, but it's problem is that it gets really repetitive because you have to do the same activities over and over in order to unlock the next story segment.
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Mafia 3 setting looks really cool but yeah I heard about all the filler activities so that turned me off from ever trying it.
I don't imagine either of you ladies has read Boethius
sutree posted...
Mafia 3 setting looks really cool but yeah I heard about all the filler activities so that turned me off from ever trying it.
I hope that at some point, they remake 3 and improve the gameplay loop. Because the story is really really good.
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NoxObscuras posted...
Mafia 3 has a much less linear story mission structure, but it's problem is that it gets really repetitive because you have to do the same activities over and over in order to unlock the next story segment.
Mafia 3 has a fantastic main story (and DLC).

Also what other game can you nail a KKK member to a burning cross in?
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