Like I said Mafia is one of my favourite games of all time and I have played many times to (including getting all special cars in freeride mode) and I own the definitive edition on Xbox. Because of it and also because I will be on holidays for a couple of weeks I will be skipping it and focusing on Tooie.
I have also finish this one in the past, although only a single time. This morning I have played the beggining including the first stage and unlocked stages 2 and 3.
@Balta666 Ok now I see. Did not wanted to be rude or anything just that I thought that there was an expectation to play both games this month if you wanted to be part of the club.
I want to play both of these, but don't think I have time this month. Banjo Tooie I started about 5 years ago, went on holiday, and got completely lost when I came back. Mafia i've always wanted to play. Will see what I can do.
Let's discuss a bit of Mafia. The first thing to have in mind is that it should not be compared with GTA as the world does not have much to do apart from the missions itself and it works much more like L.A Noire going for the story.
The story is about a guy telling his story about getting in a Mafia family as it tries to get out of it and it goes from the point where he is a taxi driver that gets mixed in it by pure chance but by the end is a killing machine.
It is all passed during the American great depression and the looks of the city and country-side, the music and the people are all top notch.
Like I said previously I played the OG many times and the definitive edition once. While in general I prefer the story, and specially the personalities of the OG characters (although a bit flat at times), the definitive edition gives you more context (really well done regarding Sarah in particular).
The combat is much more straightforward in the remake with a typical cover shooting third person action game but it ends feeling a bit generic. The OG is absolutely brutal as you don't recover health and have very limited health packs throughout the levels,which you need to take on the spot (exactly like Max Payne), the enemies are relentless and do not show on your Minimap, there are few checkpoints (your health stays btw them) and overall you need to memorize it before being successful.
But in the end and a lot by nostalgia it is still my "definitive" version and I suggest anyone that can to give it a chance as it is a 10/10 game imo (on PC only!!)
Just finished Mafia 1 again on Xbox Series X. Superb game. Hanger 13 proved themselves with this remake. But not everything is perfect though. There were some minor bugs and glitches. Also, the enemy's AI needed work.
I can't wait for Old Country. Hopefully, we get a Sal Marcano prequel in the future. You do see a younger him and Lou in the collectible Cigar cards scattered around the missions. They look like legit mobsters.
The Harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.
I did not give a fair shake to BK a few months ago as I was busy and although not one of my favorites it is a good game for sure.
Unfortunately I cannot say the same about its sequel, now that I have finished (and about halfway through when I was in the water level I was certain I was not going too).
Banjo-Tooie relies way too much on shooting mechanics (with N64 controls which everyone knows could not have age older), all levels end up feeling samey because the structure is always similar with shaman, witch, train station, etc..
But above all it suffers from the fact it is obtuse. In the second half of the game I would be 2h exploring while only managing to get 2 or 3 (of the 10) jiggies in a level. Twice in my playthrough I had to just put on a walkthrough and clean jiggies from previous levels in order to be able to progress. Also there is a button mashing minigame that I could not complete because it was so long that I would get tired so I guess I was supposed to have a turbo function...
I ended the game with the minimum requirement of 70/100 and I will never go back for more.
@Yousef- That was the winning tactic in International Track and Field back in the day, that or a biro, but that was a banned substance.
Which reminds me I remember walking into a room and finding 4 guys with their shirts off, wrapped round their fingers and furiously beating the buttons on their controller at groin level while trying to beat the 100m record. It was a sight I cannot forget to this day. lol
@themightyant haha Christ, that's been seared into my retinas and I didn't even see it first hand.
I actually bought some finger bandages from Boots when I first got my PS4 and was getting into gaming after a long hiatus. I put em over my thumb to do directional inputs in Mortal Kombat XL
Yes I also had to protect my fingers, but it was for Street Fighter 2 on the SNES. Played it so much I had blisters and then still kept playing. The things we do for this hobby we love. lol
@Balta666 I REALLY want to play Mafia, I just simply don't have time this month. I'll get to it eventually, but shame not to be playing in sync.
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