And it's a devilishly pretty thing, when it wants to be: neon signs refracting across its storm-washed streets at night, sunlight off the glistening chrome of those good ol' classic automobiles, beings of themselves, all roaring, phallic engines, screeching tires and erotic curves.Īnd I could talk forever about that radio. Headline changes include taller skyscrapers to be more true-to-era re-directed roads to vary up your journeys re-designed districts like Chinatown and an entirely new, rural region to the north of the city. Lost Haven, Illinois, the definitely-not-Chicago in which Mafia's set, has been drastically reimagined. Availability: Out 25th September on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.The result is a compellingly awkward, sort of doubly-effective flashback to another time. Such is the luxury and imbalance of Hangar 13's remake, a top-to-bottom effort that is at times gorgeous - to look at, to listen to, to be in, occasionally to play - but more often muddy, never quite knowing what it is, or really getting the more dated of Mafia 2002's ideas out of its own way. There are times, in Mafia: Definitive Edition, where you might wonder if the Great Depression was really so bad after all. A mostly thorough remake of 2002's original, Mafia: Definitive Edition has its moments - but it struggles by the standards of today.
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