Mafia: Definitive Edition
Mafia: Definitive Edition is a PC action game developed by Hangar 13. It centers on platform movement and landing judgment, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives, with controls and information arranged around keyboard and mouse, with a controller where the game supports one.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.9 / 10
About this game
Mafia: Definitive Edition is a PC action game centered on platform movement and landing judgment, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives. Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Mafia is a crime-action series built around ambition, loyalty and the costs of belonging to a criminal family. You drive period cars, fight through shootouts and carry out dangerous jobs, while carefully staged settings give each story its own time and place.
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AI review
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A beautiful crime remake with ordinary shooting.
Mafia: Definitive Edition rebuilds Tommy Angelo’s crime story with a much richer Lost Heaven. A direct PC review finds its rain-soaked streets, period signs, cars and radio music exceptionally effective. Car chases and gunfights alternate with quieter drives and dialogue that let the city breathe. The missions remain tightly scripted; free roam and collections are supplementary, not a promise of a deep sandbox. Gunfire is forceful, but moving between cover positions can feel sluggish and the shooting itself is fairly ordinary. On the reviewer’s RTX 2080 Super, i7-9700K and 16GB machine, maximum settings held around 60 frames per second at 1440p, while 4K ultra did not. That is a specific test, not a guarantee for every PC. The remake adds more forgiving checkpoints and other adjustments without replacing every old structural choice. This score is for the 2020 PC remake, separately from the original Mafia. Players looking for a staged gangster drama will be happier than those seeking unrestricted city simulation.
Strengths
- The rebuilt city and staged missions sell the drama.
Weaknesses
- Cover movement and limited free-roam depth hold it back.
Who it is for: Players seeking a focused period gangster tale.
Play notes: 2020 PC remake; performance pertains to tested hardware.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Focused missions suit the tale better than sandbox expectations. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Set pieces elevate familiar action. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The reconstructed city is striking. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Good tested 1440p performance with clear limits. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Hangar 13
- Publisher
- 2K
- Release date
- Sep 25, 2020
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- Linear LevelsReal-time CombatSolo-friendlyThird PersonDodgePlatforming3D GraphicsFast-pacedMain Story Under 10 HoursReplayable
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
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Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwideSep 25, 2020
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