Mafia
Mafia uses 1930s city driving, gunplay, and cinematic storytelling for a taxi driver's criminal rise. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.1 / 10
About this game
Mafia uses 1930s city driving, gunplay, and cinematic storytelling for a taxi driver's criminal rise. Period city, cast, and mob story are immersive, while missions, driving, and music feel cinematic. Xbox visuals, frame rate, and loading are reduced, and gunplay, checkpoints, and driving are stiff. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox release. This description covers the original xbox release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
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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Mafia uses 1930s city driving, gunplay, and cinematic storytelling for a taxi driver's criminal rise.
Period city, cast, and mob story are immersive, while missions, driving, and music feel cinematic. Xbox visuals, frame rate, and loading are reduced, and gunplay, checkpoints, and driving are stiff. This assessment covers the catalogued Xbox release. Overall, its main strengths are Period city, cast, and mob story are immersive; Missions, driving, and music feel cinematic. Its material limitations are Xbox visuals, frame rate, and loading are reduced; Gunplay, checkpoints, and driving are stiff. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Period city, cast, and mob story are immersive
- Missions, driving, and music feel cinematic
Weaknesses
- Xbox visuals, frame rate, and loading are reduced
- Gunplay, checkpoints, and driving are stiff
Who it is for: Players who value period city, cast, and mob story are immersive and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect xbox visuals, frame rate, and loading are reduced and gunplay, checkpoints, and driving are stiff.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Missions, driving, and music feel cinematic; Gunplay, checkpoints, and driving are stiff. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Period city, cast, and mob story are immersive; Xbox visuals, frame rate, and loading are reduced. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Missions, driving, and music feel cinematic; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original xbox release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Xbox visuals, frame rate, and loading are reduced. | Reviewed | 5.7 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
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- Publisher
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- Release date
- 2004
- Platforms
- Original Xbox
- 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
- ShootingHistoricalThird PersonSemi-open WorldStory-drivenLinear LevelsDriving and Racing3D Graphics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
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Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2002
- Original XboxWorldwide2004
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