Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002) (VG)

Director:

Daniel Vávra

Writer:

Daniel Vávra (writer)

Release Date:

28 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

It's nothing personal

Plot:

You play a 1930s mobster as you act out your confession of your rise in the ranks of organized crime.

Plot Keywords:

Taxi Driver | 1930s | Confession | Betrayal | Organized Crime

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Michael Sorvino	...	Thomas 'Tommy' Angelo (voice) (as Mike Sorvino)
Marek Vasut	...	Tommy (Czech version) (voice)
William DeMeo	...	Paulie (voice)
Petr Rychlý	...	Paulie (Czech version) (voice)
Matt Servitto	...	Sam (voice)
Ludek Ctvrtlík	...	Sam (Czech version) (voice)
George DiCenzo	...	Don Salieri (voice)
Antonín Molcík	...	Salieri (Czech version) (voice)
Jeff Gurner	...	Ralph / Lucas Bertone / Various voices (voice)
Tomás Sýkora	...	Ralph (Czech version) (voice)
Václav Knop	...	Lucas (Czech version) (voice)
John Tormey	...	Vincenzo (voice)
Miroslav Saic	...	Vincenzo (Czech version) (voice)
Paul Scannapieco	...	Luigi (voice)
Tomás Karger	...	Luigi (Czech version) (voice)

Also Known As:

Mafia (Czech Republic) (International: English title) (game box title) (USA) (working title)

Country:

Czech Republic

Language:

English | Czech

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:MA | Ireland:15 | UK:15 | USA:M

Company:

Illusion Softworks

Trivia:

After completing the race, it lists the names of the opponent drivers. The names are taken from notable heavy/death metal musicians, such as Mark "Barney" Greenway of Napalm Death, Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse, Page Hamilton of Helmet, or Kirk Windstein of Crowbar.

Quotes:

Paulie: [after some thugs caused problems in Salieri's territory] Me and Tom will fix it! Do they think this is freakin' Lunapark or something? I'll rip them apart with my own hands!
Don Salieri: Paulie, Paulie take it easy. Nobody is killing anybody, get it? Just teach them a lesson; Break every bone in their body's and leave them laying in a pool of their own blood. Make sure those bastards need wheelchairs, little kids will laugh at their busted faces. Let everybody see what happens, when somebody trashes my territory!

Movie Connections:

References Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Soundtrack:

I'm Living In A Great Big Way

Great Game

When i first got it, i thought the first few missions were somewhat boring. I put the game aside for a little bit. After maybe a few days, i had nothing better to do so i said, "why not?". After that i was hooked to the game. I only left the computer to eat, sleep, and do homework. The graphics in the game are so realistic and the gameplay is too. Games such as StarCraft and Spider-Man (the movie game) have great cutscene graphics, but decent gameplay graphics. Mafia's gameplay graphics are just as good as their cutscene graphics. There are a few missions i was discouraged with and found impossible to beat, but i beat the game. The storyline is a storyline that i say rivals some gangster movies.

The only problems are that sometimes you have to drive all the way across a vast, detailed city to get to your mission while obeying traffic laws. This does make the game more realistic, but its somewhat annoying at times. Another thing that after you beat the game, there is Free Ride and Free Ride Extreme. Neither of those options come anywhere close to being as good as the actual game.

The game is so realistic and lifelike. This is one of my favorite games along with Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.