Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
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| Developer(s) | Illusion Softworks |
| Publisher(s) | Gathering of Developers |
| Distributor(s) | Take-Two Interactive |
| Director(s) | Daniel Vávra |
| Producer(s) | Lukáš Kuře |
| Programmer(s) | Dan Doležel |
| Artist(s) | Pavel Čížek |
| Writer(s) | Daniel Vávra |
| Composer(s) | Vladimir Šimůnek |
| Series | Mafia |
| Engine | LS3D |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 Xbox |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Review scores | |||
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| Publication | Score | ||
| PC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| Edge | 6/10 | 5/10 | N/A |
| EGM | N/A | 6.17/10 | 6.17/10 |
| Eurogamer | 4/10 | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Game Informer | 9.25/10 | 7.75/10 | 8/10 |
| GamePro | N/A |   |
N/A |
| Game Revolution | A− | C+ | N/A |
| GameSpot | 9.3/10 | 7/10 | 7.1/10 |
| GameSpy |  |
N/A | |
| GameZone | 9.3/10 | 6.9/10 | 7/10 |
| IGN | 9.2/10 | 6.8/10 | 6.8/10 |
| OPM (US) | N/A | |
N/A |
| OXM (US) | N/A | N/A | 7.3/10 |
| PC Gamer (US) | 91% | N/A | N/A |
| Maxim | N/A | 4/10 | 4/10 |
| The Times | N/A | |
N/A |
| Aggregate score | |||
| Metacritic | 88/100 | 65/100 | 66/100 |
Mafia is a third-person shooter video game developed by Illusion Softworks (now 2K Czech) and published by Gathering of Developers. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in August 2002, and later ported to the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox consoles in 2004, in North America and Europe. The game traces the rise and fall of Tommy Angelo, a fictional mafioso in the 1930s.
Mafia received positive reviews for the Windows version, with critics praising the game for its realism, while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game received mixed reviews. A sequel, Mafia II by 2K Czech, was released in August 2010, and a third game titled Mafia III by Hangar 13 was released in October 2016.
Mafia is set during the 1930s in the fictional American city of Lost Heaven, with a countryside encompassing 12 square kilometers in the game. The city incorporates parts of San Francisco and Chicago of the same time period.
In 1938, on the run from his former allies, mobster Tommy Angelo meets with his police contact, Detective Norman, in a restaurant and agrees to testify against his boss, Don Salieri, in return for witness protection. A flashback to 1930 shows Tommy, who was a taxi driver, being strong-armed into helping Salieri's men escape from an ambush planned by the Morello family. The next day, two thugs try to kill him but are gunned down when he lures them to a Salieri-owned bar. As repayment, Tommy is recruited as an associate, working alongside made men Sam and Paulie. In 1932, the restaurant's bartender, Luigi, informs Tommy that strange men have been harassing his daughter Sarah. Tommy, then, passes on the information to Salieri, which not only outrages him for their inappropriate behavior towards Sarah. But, also, because those same men have been causing trouble in Salieri's territory by scaring away innocent people. So, as a message from Salieri, he sends Tommy and Paulie to scare the punks off. But, end up killing one of their leaders after a car chase, who turns out to be the son of a prominent city councilor. Salieri's consigliere, Frank, then sends Tommy to plant a bomb in one of Morello's brothels and eliminate an informant within their ranks. After learning that the informant is Sarah's close friend Michelle, Tommy spares her life and sends her out of the city. He subsequently marries Sarah, and she gives birth to a daughter, whose name is never revealed throughout the game.
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