Mafia

THE BAD:
some small glitches, if you have a good pc, the pc version can be better. No free ride extreme. Another feature with the pc version thats is sadly not on the ps2 version is that you cannot turn your car on and off (small, but gives it that realistic touch)

SUMMARY:
Set in the 30's this great game starts with Tommy Angelo as a taxi driver, earning poor money, working from dusk til dawn. He then becomes involved in the Mafia until finally, his boss wants to rub him out. So Tommy goes to the chief of police and tells his story of working for his boss Salieri, (where you start and do all these missions.)

I would also say that this game is far more realistic than GTA or True Crime, there is no room for Mini Guns and/or rocket launchers in your front pocket.

The ps2 version has some things in it...

THE BAD:
Fluctuating diffuculty and cheap enemies

SUMMARY:
Set in 1930s New York City-esque Lost Heaven--complete with innacureate guns and cars that struggle to break 50mph--Mafia tells the tale of an enterprising cabbie's rise through the ranks of the mov (via Grand Theft Auto-style car-based missions and third-person shooting action) and his subsequent attempt to rat out The Family. Which, as the canon of mob movies has taught me, is heavily frowned upon.
The excellent cut-scenes and score combine to set a wonderful mood, but right as you're cruising through the game's impressive variety of tasks, it all comes to a sscreeching halt. Highly frustarating missions pepper the game, usually filled with cheap enemies who have impeccable aim and a superhuman ability to absorb multiple shotgun blasts at point-blank range. When driving, buildings and other scenery...

THE BAD:
- the game was kind of short.
- nothing fun to do after you beat the game.

SUMMARY:
Mafia is the best game where you can get a good look at what its like to be in the Mafia. From killing your rivals to protect your friends. In the game you start out as a Taxi driver but as you progress throught the game you become a more respected Mafia member. The game is very exciting and very fun. The story line is so good that it like wraps you in that you cant stop playing till you reach the end to find out what happens. The story line is one of the best that I have seen but the only thing that sucks about it is that its not very long. There are long 22 missions. They arent like GTA missions, the Mafia missions are twise to three times bigger...