Mafia: The old country

[Pete Dero]

Bored after 3 hours in a game that only last 10 hours ...

I'll pass on this one.

[JudgeDredd]

4.2 hours...just checked

[MikeGER]

as far as I have seem from Letsplays on Twitch it looks pretty linear but with a beautiful atmosphere, more like watching a good Mafia movie or mini-series (13h playtime) unfold, when you dont have to play all the mini-games and horse- and car-races, chases and gunfights yourself.

I save the money and enjoy the Letsplay experience instead.
(mandatory is a content creater where you realy like his/her presentation style, otherwise its pia)

and a little "trigger warning" for the 'snowflakes' ... some cut scenes are kind of emotional harsh, well its the Mafia in 1907 Silici not your grand aunthies Bridge Club 2025         

[JudgeDredd]

Yeah - so far I'd say it's akin to Mafia II than the original. The original - after a fairly brief into iirc - had you straight into some action.

Well - I'm in anyway...and I do like games with a good story - so hopefully the action will pick up quick.

[JudgeDredd]

over 5 hours in now and had my first gun fight.

[Sigwolf]

over 5 hours in now and had my first gun fight.

That does not sound... encouraging.

[Jarhead0331]

over 5 hours in now and had my first gun fight.

Was it at least a good one? Objectively, I mean. After all that boredom, any action would probably be a relief!

[JudgeDredd]

I mean - it was just a firefight. Collecting something and then we were ambushed - so we had to hold out.

It wasn't anything special. Pretty much the same as other stuff you've seen in other games.

So 5 hours in and on Chapter IV (it's numbered IV but it's really the 5th chapter as I also went through the Prologue) of 15, 2 (maybe 3) knife fights - which actually are quite well done tbf - and 1 gun fight and a horse race 

I'm hoping it ramps up now.

I mean - the original Mafia and Mafia II introduced you to NPCs as well - there were boring bits and cut scenes - but I remember being blown away by the original especially - and you were quite quickly into the mafia action...I don't think it took 5 hours.

I'm still going though.

[MikeGER]

Was it at least a good one?

from what i have witnessed in LetsPlay, what turned me off a little is , that even so the Don has a whole gang, somtimes at the objektive, you infiltrate and clear the objektiv all alone ... while the other guys are smoking somwhere outside, instead of at least keeping the exfill route (lets say the garden of an objetive) protected ... no you have to shoot your way out again against alarmed thugs swarming the exfill route.
well ok, sometimes you seam to have one partner in a firefight.
And positiv: the auto save points seem to be pretty fair placed when you lost a fight in a level/chapter and has to retry

[undercovergeek]

I mean - it was just a firefight. Collecting something and then we were ambushed - so we had to hold out.

It wasn't anything special. Pretty much the same as other stuff you've seen in other games.

So 5 hours in and on Chapter IV (it's numbered IV but it's really the 5th chapter as I also went through the Prologue) of 15, 2 (maybe 3) knife fights - which actually are quite well done tbf - and 1 gun fight and a horse race 

I'm hoping it ramps up now.

I mean - the original Mafia and Mafia II introduced you to NPCs as well - there were boring bits and cut scenes - but I remember being blown away by the original especially - and you were quite quickly into the mafia action...I don't think it took 5 hours.

I'm still going though.

Oh man the shoot out in the rainy barn during the storm - during a bootleg delivery I think

Awesome

[al_infierno]

I saw some reviews mention that they've leaned really heavily into stealth gameplay on this one, which is discouraging to me.  Is this true?

[al_infierno]

Went ahead and picked this up for myself because I do like me some good mobster fiction.  So far I pretty much agree with the takes earlier in the thread, I'm a couple hours in and it feels a lot more like an interactive movie than I would've expected. 

As for the story, I'm liking it but not loving it.... It's a bit generic so far, though the dialogue is good and it's very well acted.  It's also moving at an absolutely glacial pace.  It's certainly immersive, but I would have liked to do a bit more than walk around, interact with stuff, and watch cutscenes in the first couple hours of gameplay.  The first knife fight was awful, but the second one is much better since you've been trained and "unlocked" more moves.

The graphics are absolutely excellent, and it runs really well.  I can practically smell the stables!  Wait... that's just me.

[JudgeDredd]

I mean - it was just a firefight. Collecting something and then we were ambushed - so we had to hold out.

It wasn't anything special. Pretty much the same as other stuff you've seen in other games.

So 5 hours in and on Chapter IV (it's numbered IV but it's really the 5th chapter as I also went through the Prologue) of 15, 2 (maybe 3) knife fights - which actually are quite well done tbf - and 1 gun fight and a horse race 

I'm hoping it ramps up now.

I mean - the original Mafia and Mafia II introduced you to NPCs as well - there were boring bits and cut scenes - but I remember being blown away by the original especially - and you were quite quickly into the mafia action...I don't think it took 5 hours.

I'm still going though.

Oh man the shoot out in the rainy barn during the storm - during a bootleg delivery I think

Awesome

THAT - was one of the best shoot outs in a game.

All this talk just makes me want to play Mafia for a 7th time (or 8th or 9th).

I will finish this though - I am enjoying it - no other game could give me virtually nothing to do but a Mafia game. But I do like games with stories - so ymmv

As al_infierno said - it moves at a glacial pace!

[JudgeDredd]

Oh man the shoot out in the rainy barn during the storm - during a bootleg delivery I think

Awesome

Don't forget (I just remembered) the garage shoot out too

[undercovergeek]

Oh man the shoot out in the rainy barn during the storm - during a bootleg delivery I think

Awesome

Don't forget (I just remembered) the garage shoot out too

Yep those too stick out in my memory - was there in in an airport too?

Such a great game