Mafia (computer game)
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| Developer(s) | Illusion Softworks |
| Publisher(s) | Gathering of Developers |
| 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 |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 Xbox |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| 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 an open world action-adventure video game developed by Illusion Softworks 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.
A DRM-free re-release of Mafia was released on GOG.com in 2017 after being discontinued from Steam in 2012. The GOG release is essentially unchanged from the original game, albeit lacking the soundtrack due to licensing issues.
Mafia takes places during the prohibition years of the 1930s, within the fictional American city of Lost Heaven - a coastal city that incorporates architectural styles, public transportation and other notable landmarks from the real-life cities of San Francisco and Chicago from the same time period - and the surrounding countryside around the city, encompassing around 12 square kilometers.
In 1930, Tommy Angelo (Michael Sorvino), a local taxi driver, is strong-armed into helping two mobsters working for crime boss, Don Salieri (George DiCenzo), escape from an ambush planned by members of the Morello family, and is compensated for his trouble with a promise of assistance if he requires it. The next day, Tommy lures two thugs that attempt to kill him, to a bar owned by the Salieri family where they are promptly gunned down. As repayment, Tommy is recruited as an associate and assigned to work alongside made men Sam (Matt Servitto) and Paulie (William DeMeo). Two years after joining the Salieri family, the restaurant's bartender, Luigi, informs Tommy that strange men have been harassing his daughter Sarah (Cara Buono), who passes on the information to Salieri. Outraged at the news, not because of the men's inappropriate behavior, but because of their description matching those of the men that had been causing trouble in his territory, Tommy and Paulie are tasked with scaring the punks off, though while completing the job, the pair end up killing one of the leaders of the gang who turns out to be the son of a prominent city councilor. Following the job, Salieri's consigliere, Frank (Dan Grimaldi), sends Tommy to plant a bomb in one of Morello's brothels and then later tasks him with eliminating an informant within their ranks. Upon 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, who a few months later gives birth to a daughter.
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