I did a playthrough a week ago, got a bad ending, rage quitted, started a new game, did a few more rooms, and then got distracted by other games.

It really is a really, really good game. *nods rapidly* Well... a really good visual novel for the most part :D

Haha, yeah I heard about this.

There was a game from memory, that, like towards the end of the game, a screen would come up telling them to buy the game and deleting their save. l.o.l

Good times.

Personally, I think the story should be 'cold'. It's not meant to be happy, and it doesn't necessarily need to be full of fervor and life, either. It's the gritty life of a mafioso, after all. Everything else is secondary to business (well, unless you count the whole notion of respect and what not but, meh)

Anyway, 10 hours? Psh, sif. Plus, just because they say it's too 'linear' you can still travel around at the start of chapters- it's not like you've got a timelimit like in the demo. Ultimately it just boils down to having a Menu that says Chapter 1 - Chapter Whatever, and that it won't have all the dull crap GTAIV did (I couldn't care less about some dodgy pool game and a lot of the 'activities' in gta4 - at least *some* of Red Dead Redemptions things were more enjoyable*. All that said I've got a feeling that it'll have something comparable to Free Ride/Free Ride Extreme from the first game.

Either way, I'm playing it because I love Mafia themed stuff. Godfather, Sopranos, throw it at me. Plus, 'linearity' isn't a dirty word anyway. You'll find that GTAIV is more or less a linear adventure in an open sandbox world- no matter what you do you'll still be following the same story in the same motions (excluding the last mission, but, meh). Plus, there's so many games now-a-days having open worlds and a lot of them are almost entirely needless.

Regardless, this is still definitely a purchase for me. At least I know that, if Mafia really is only ~10 hours long (Storyline clearly, because I can dick around because that's who I am) it won't overstay it's welcome as I find myself getting bored of everything very easily.

And yeah, I even spent a great deal of time on the um demo. Ahem. Yes. Time. Yes. Ahem. Great deal of it.

EDIT: Why the hell do I write so much and say pretty much nothing at the same time. God

What is the funniest (most amusing, funny) game you've ever played?

For me it'll probably be Stubbz the Zombie, Bully, or Postal 2 :3

And btw; if there's something so horrendously bad in a game - eg, voice acting - that makes you laugh your arse off ("STOP! DON'T OPEN *THAT* DOOR!" - Resident Evil 1 lol) be sure to post.

Considering Crash came out only a few months after Mario 64, I think it's unfair to simply rule it off as a clone ~_~

That, and the fact that the levels play out rather differently. Crash Bandicoot focused on linear straight path gameplay whereas Mario 64 promoted exploration within a larger 3D environment. Plus, although Super Mario 64 was one of the first critically acclaimed 3d platformers, it wasn't the first. Off the top of my head comes some game called Alpha Wave, but I'm sure there's more than that.

Anyway, that's beyond the point.

Having played Crash when I was a wee little tike, I'm not exactly sure what was the appeal. The games had good music, there was something satisfying about hearing OOGABOOGA when you power up, and Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped had some great vehicle sections which did a lot for variety and the addition of new moves throughout gameplay really livened the game up.

Hell, they're not perfect, but they were still pretty good 3D platformers at the time, especially for PSONE gamers.

(Although I will admit that I had a massive soft spot for Gex :))

Moody, Negative, Lazy

XD

Wolfenstein 3D. Compared to some of these not-as-old options it kinda makes me feel old O_o
(but I'm definitly not old at all D:)

Mario and luigi.eh-ut

Hehe, Kirby is super cute :)
I wouldn't mind hugging a prinny either, but that could, you know, kill me, if I squeeze too hard :3