A Game You Can Not Refuse Real Score: 9.1
Graphics: 9
Sound: 10
Value: 8
Tilt: 10
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Mafia : The City Of Lost Heaven is a true masterpiece! Starting as a low-budget paying taxi driver, Tommy Angelino's life changes as he saves a couple mob members from being shot down. As a reward Salieri, the Don, thanks Tommy by giving him a offer to receive big money and to be part of a very big organization. After a while of thinking over the offer, Tommy takes it. Furthermore, the gameplay is amazing, much better than Grand Theft Auto 3, in my opinion. You go through many parts of New York assassinating, robbing, protecting, and just gaining as much respect and honor. The sound is perfect, very well acted and the graphics are just incredible especially for 2002. The environment and everything were amazing but what catch my eye was the detail on the heads of the characters. Anyway, after about every chapter or so you unlock different vehicles for free ride mode, which is basically Mafia without the missions. Also, when you complete the game you unlock extreme free ride mode where you can explore New York in the late 1930s with out the annoying police.Overall, Mafia is an instant classic that must be played by all action game fans. As you grow from a taxi driver to a mobster, you will learn how to steal cars and how to be a true gangster. If you think your not going to like this game because of the traffic laws and the realism, think again, because I thought I wasn't going to like this game for those reasons but I ended up loving it.