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also Luke, as an old time fan of mafia I like Mafia 3 for what it tried but I hate how much of a technical downgrade it is from mafia 2 both in shooting, driving, graphics, physics, and especially- opportunities. You can literally steal and tune any car from the street in 2, you can rob gunstores, and depending on if u left the clerk alive or not, the aftermath will look different etc etc..
Hi luke just found out yesterday about your channel, really enjoyed your review of maffia series and your humor, I am subbed 🙂 greetings from the netherlands
I discovered this game thru steam alone ~ and i felt like am i the only person who's loved this game start to finish & then i checked several reviews and ppl's reaction on this.. but man i just felt like i saw spin off of godfather..
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Luke Stephens what are your thoughts on Saint row 2020 if you have played it what do you think or would it be possible to do a video just describing the good and bad points and the game play of saints row 2020 also I would say Mafia games in my humble opinion deserves a 10/10 because they are awesome mafia mafia2 Mafia 3 they look interesting to me
I played 2, 3 and then Mafia 1 remake. Bloody amazing narrative, serviceable gameplay. You come for the story folks...
Aside from the story, Mafia 3 sucked
Mafia 2 had great gameplay. Some of the best physics I've seen in a game.
Wouldn't know if Mafia 1 was any good, never got past the stupid race in the remake. Plus from the tiny bit I played of the original as a kid, I remember riding trams and being able to turn off lights and stuff.
@@unicorntomboy9736 mafia 3 dlc stories were pretty good imo
Mafia 3 shouldve been a tv series not a game
Mafia 2 was incredible
Yeah beat it for the first time last month and I think it's one of my favorite games of all time.
Facts it’s amazing
This guy has no idea what he's talking about
As was Mafia 1 if you played it when it came out
We need more games set in the 50s
Fun fact
Joe isn't killed at the end of Mafia 2
He ends up working for Leo Galante
You can see him as Leo's driver in Mafia 3
But it's a sad ending for Vito, I think he never finds out Joe survived
It’s crazy that people still don’t think that’s Joe
Also Joe and Vito can never meet up thats the point of why Leo let him live cause he knows that Vito and Joe caused so much chaos, it’s a sad ending but makes the most sense, at least that’s my two cents 🤷♂️
Was wondering why Luke never touched on that..
@@MichealPorreka probably doesn't know it
He missed a lot of story stuff for both Mafia 1 and 2
@@generalkenobi066 ok completely makes sense now cause I was like "no wait your forgetting a important thing Luke!!" Lol been replaying through M2 and I love every minute of it
Its never been CONFIRMED if thats Joe i still dont believe to this day
I 100% agree with you on the opinion regarding Mafia 3 and it’s honest portrayal of racism in the south. It’s a story that should be told in all its ugly glory. That being said as a black man there is a particular POV that I understand and sometime have regarding certain entertainment that wallow in the struggle & trauma of the African American experience. As a culture many of us are tired of watching “struggle stories”. Usually the context of this frustration comes from generations of media that ONLY told stories of black racial trauma instead of stories that represent us in a more varied light. With that in mind I can understand some criticism but not the “just never talk about the bad stuff okay?” variety. I am of the opinion make your story and let people decide if that is an experience they want to engage with or not, but just dismissing them and their existence because they are difficult is foolish.
It's interesting to hear from a black person how you feel about things that white people are trying to do for your benefit, i.e. trying to like... shine a light on racism and be apologetic and bring it up all the time to make people aware and reminded of history and racism today. Sometimes I wonder if it can get too much and how much is too much. Like I spoke to a German recently who says they get Nazi history thrown in their face every day as a constant reminder of what their people did, obviously the shoe is on the other foot but it's the same thing of bringing up history all the time. It's important to know and learn about history and not repeat it, and it's important to create a space where people can talk about their experience and shared traumas, but we don't need to talk about it all the time to the point it's actually distressing and annoying
@@bishbosh4815 This is going to be long but I hope you read...
I just want to give a little perspective of why America's racist history gets brought up so often by black Americans (and why some are indignant about it).Its not always a gotcha moment or a "You are white feel bad about it." thing. A fact that gets omitted from conversations is that for some; the wounds of slavery are fresher than you would think. And I'm not just talking about the echoes of it in society today.
(You can skip this!
For context I am twenty-one from a small town in Mississippi and my family has lived there over 200 years. They have lived on and around the plantation that they were enslaved on since way before slavery ended. (It's called The Saragossa Plantation) My family stayed in the employ of the decedents of The Saragossa Plantation till the 1980's when they were given the land. My dad ,who was around ten at the time, remembers going to work for them with his grandmother (who is still living).
From childhood this is what have I known, so when I would here people say "Oh, it was so long ago" or " Why are you always bringing it up" it would leave a bad taste in my mouth; because what others will view as trivial sad stories or an incident deep in the past is my family history. )
I bring up slavery because that is the epicenter of the racial tension in America with black people. Imagine for a majority of your grade school career even in college you hear, read about and watch the subjugation and mistreatment of your people, you go home to the land that your people were enslaved on, you go to town where people are looking at you with contempt because you dared to buy a book out of their store, you go online to see people being racist still. It is like you can't escape from it. I'll admit it creates bitterness towards people who don't have to go trough that, or when they say it make them uncomfortable; because I and others like me have been uncomfortable their entire lives. Even now I still get nervous when there are to many white people around after hearing the experiences from my family. The stupid amount 'Oops I drove up on the Klan!' stories I have heard is ridiculous.
TLDR: Some of the people who bring these topics up often are coming from a place of exhaustion from living and learning about their and their families continued oppression while others have the privilege of blissful ignorance. (This goes for other black people too.)
If you got this far I really appreciate it!
@@kstewart1100 I meant more about black people's perspective of this, not me as a white person being like "stop bringing it up", if anything it's liberal woke white people that bring it up the most, and the other guy said he's tired of it
@@kstewart1100 yeah you're totally right, when you experience things like that on a daily basis, whereas white people and other more "privileged" white people don't experience that, it makes it feel like it doesn't happen because we're living in ignorance basically
@@bishbosh4815 That's true, it is annoying to here people constantly speak on your lived experience all the time. That's why I think Mafia 3 does a good job because it doesn't try to preach, it just presents the time period as is and not some sanitized version of it to spare people's feelings.
When I played Mafia 1 last year, the sequence of Tommy getting shot shook me so hard. Wasn't expecting that and felt so sad man. Such a great game
Meh I felt nothing, the game failed to make me connect with the characters
nah fr bro i was so surprised now to play mafia 2 again
You just spoiled the ending
The same way I felt as a kid when I played the original.
@@dcqrl5413 the game is 20 years old.
The open world had zero exploration but the structured missions were fun!
What sucks is there’s so many interesting npc conversations and things like that. It’s really cool to see different people react differently to Lincoln as well. I’ve never seen any devs be brave enough to actually include a somewhat realistic depiction of friction caused by the fallout from slavery, civil rights and immigration. It was a wild time. The soundtrack is incredible and very era appropriate. I think the game just needed more development time.
@@Freebase_lace the developers wanted more time but were denied after 6 years of development problem is during those 6 years the project restarted making it only i guess 3 years
@@youngknight5589 it’s too bad considering rockstar gets all the time they want. I guess they earned it.
Edit: really rockstar and 2k are both publishers under take two interactive. Rockstar treats it’s development studios better than 2k treats their devs apparently.
@@Freebase_lace well R* a while back despite having more privileges had backlash over its crunch culture which has apparently being addressed lately just wish 2K gave their studios the same kind of privileges especially considering 2K wanted Mafia to compete with GTA which made the decision to not delay even make less sense
The games are meant to be chapter to chapter. It’s a linear story. It’s not trying to be gta
Talkin about Mafia series without even mentioning the original Mafia (2002) is heresy in my eyes.
The original mafia was for that time better than GTA, it had better graphics, better missions, better story, better driving and crazy amount of details.
You should definitely play the original and you would see what a masterpiece that game is.
Yeah and the gameplay was amazing! Cars had like this simulation based driving model, they were slow as fuck, police was annoying as hell (in a good way). You had to follow traffic rules. The visuals were at least 4 years ahead. Shooting was realistic, guns had recoil, enviroments were realistic (i hate that cover-based shooter mision design). Fantastic linear game in beautiful open world city. That game WIPED the floor with GTA 3 and I am huge GTA fan. It was also developed at the same time, I hate the "it was GTA 3 clone", its simply not true.
I beg to differ. The problem with the original Mafia is that it's just clunky and slow as fuck. Was it very ambitious, very expansive and had a great narrative for the time? Sure. But no matter how much you didn't mind the fact that it doesn't try to be a good game it's still going to take you hours and hours of driving around slowly, punching enemies by repeatedly spamming clunky punch animations and gaming the gun play so that you can have a chance. My proof is that I to this day remember the last mission I played before giving up on the game: the one were you stack up crates for 20 minutes straight at the docks. I've just reached this same spot in the remake (literally before clicking this video) and I'm clocking up half the amount of time played for the same amount of exposure (that is really not that much).
Yea, the original Mafia was crazy good, specially considering that it was GTA's 3 main competitor. But goddamn did it not value the player's time.
@@PSPbrtag wth u talkn bout
100%.
@@PSPbrtag there’s no mission where you stack crates at the docks for twenty minutes. There’s one where you put six on the back of a truck, it takes about 60 seconds. Unless you’re awfully special.
Because of Mafia II I discovered a lot of musicans that I still listen to this day such as Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Bo Diddley, and Louis Jordan.
Mafia 2 is definitely in my top 10. That game was so good.
may i know your top5?
@@ParkoAndDangerousswhat’s urs?
@@gutsbrskngl I’m fuckin wit borderlands 2 gta 5 gta 4 skate 3 and mofuckin dead island
Saints row first 2 and mafia first 2 and walking dead season 1 and season 2, Gta San Andreas it’s the best stories in my eyes
Story and voice acting on these games are so incredible
Mafia 2 had so much charme. It really hit home with the "I'm a incredibly well dressed cool mafia guy feel.
For some reason, all of the outfits were terrible looking when worn.
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar not true.
@@TheDennys21 Definitely true. Not even close to period accurate let alone good looking, just really weird on Vito. Like the nice suits from the richer stores look like leather jackets with a pinstripe material.
i first played through this trilogy during my winter break of college last year. MAN i was hooked. the narratives of all three games are almost unmatched. this was also during a time when video games started getting boring to me. this trilogy ignited that child-like excitement i had for video games before. objectively, these games are not perfect... but to me they're pretty damn close... yes, I even love Mafia 3
Playing 3 now is a really fun time. Seems like they've beefed it up with more stuff to do. Great time period and also has the best combat in the trilogy.
Definitely the best combat, I love clays animations.
Playing mafia 3 these days for the first time on hard difficulty, gotta admit stealth works pretty great and shooting mechanics are also satisfying. New Orleans location feels so unique for Openworld game🔥💯. Sure game after couple of opening hours starts with a grind, but driving around with 60s Music fun as f. Wish they could've take some more time to execute rackets raids more unique.
Mafia 3 being real with the nomenclature of the times is FULLY needed for the immersion. That vengeance role becomes much more personal for the player when you feel that hate constantly bombarding you. Love the video thank you
I played Mafia 3 as my first Mafia game and, honestly, I couldn't imagine playing a more captivating game. The setting of New Orleans was perfect, the soundtrack was great, the protagonists/antagonists were unique and the story gripped me in a way I never expected.
I also greatly respected Hangar 13 being historically accurate in regards to the lead character being a black Vietnam vet in the 60s. The language used towards Lincoln Clay was gut wrenching, but it's admirable that the company didn't just pretend that kind of thing never happened.
It felt a little bit more like a movie set during the free roam. I wish they had more world that felt natural, and the dark tones really didn't help. However a good lot of it is fantastic, I quite like the shinyness on the vehicles which stood out on this as being unique. I might say more, but im a little out of it right now hence why I basically said nothing useful lol.
What i love is that vito and joe killed tommy with no remorse but littke did tbey know tommy was once in the same situation as them and if you played mafia 1 not knowing of vitos story you probably wished death on those 2 hitmen for killing tommy but the games throw you this massive realization that they had more in common than you ever could've imagined.
At the end of mafia 3 joe Is revealed to be alive as he is the car driver for the mob boss
Luke: "If you're a subscriber, thank you."
No Luke, thank you. I sometimes disagree with you, but you always put out quality content and you often made me consider a game from a new point of view. Keep it up, you're doing great.
The game play is serviceable. The story is magnificent but the best thing i remember about mafia series is the music . It made me fall in love with franchise.
Mafia 3 ultimate edition was my first mafia, and I seriously loved every moment, clay was a cool dude
Mafia 3 is underrated
Very
I agree and it's a shame they made such a great world characters and story with no idea what to do for the actual mission to mission gameplay.
Mafia 1 and 2 are like playing a movie, the stories are short, the gameplay and the world are just a part of it but they are extremely replayable. Mafia 3 is more of an experience, the extremely repetitive missions is a big let down but the story is excellent and New Bordeaux feels great to explore while driving and listening to the radio, the DLCs tho are excellent
A great man once said, “He’s outta line but he’s right.”
Based asf
Honestly, after having so many games, movies and other forms of media that just botched the narrative, made it needlessly goofy and shat on the viewers/players, it was really refreashing playing Mafia Definitive Edition. Serious as a heart attack despite cracking jokes in certain scenes. Despite shooting being lackluster in certain places (some guns just don't feel like they have the oomph. Especially the sniper - despite being able to take enemies in 1-2 shots, somethings missing. Maybe lack of visible wounds, such as staggers, ragdolls and dismemberment. Though it does stun enemies for you to initiate takedown, so... It's like it's nudging in the right direction, but doesn't get there) I was very fond of the narrative, and I liked driving - felt really grounded.
It's a shame that this game is kind of underrated - I don't think it ever reached 1 million in sales, and it definitely deserves more than that. Certainly more than GTA Definitive Trilogy, or Saints Row Reboot - two of it's closest competitors, release wise.
You really put a lot of text in these brackets of yours
The driving is unparalleled as far as I'm concerned. Mafia II's simulation mode feels absolutely incredible, especially in the winter part of the story.
Driving on both Mafia I and II are amazing haven't played 3 so can't say anything about it
@@21Cayque12 it has pretty good driving as well
Agreed, I wish Mafia 2 had race mode like the original.
The original mafia was groundbreaking for its time, still among my top 3 games of all time.
I've always seen GTA 4 in the same way you described the focus of Mafia, it may not have the best mechanics or gameplay, but it has the best story in the series in my opinion. Sure the cars feel like boats and sometimes the world feels far more primitive than GTA 5 but the story sticks.
The story in GTA 4 it a lot more emotional and it has more interesting characters than 5
You're kidding? GTA IV, hands-down, has the best mechanics and gameplay in the series. It might not be as smooth as GTA V, but the gunplay is absolutely better in IV, and so are the physics and interactions with the game world. If anything, the world of GTA V feels much more primitive compared to GTA IV's simply because it doesn't have nearly as much interactivity with the game world and depth in it's side-activities and map. And while the driving does feel pretty stiff, once you adjust to it, it's easily the best driving in the series.
That doesn't mean GTA V is a bad game, far from it, but I'd say GTA IV takes the cake in so many more aspects. Just about the only things inferior in it are the graphics and the size of the game world as well as character and vehicle customization, but that's not where GTA IV's core mechanics and gameplay focus lie.
@@superplayerex2431 RDR1 and Maxpayne 3 really improved on Gunplay. Maxpayne 3 is one the Best TPS games I have played. Honestly GTA4 has much better Ragdolls than 5 and better hand to hand combat. I also think the choices are the best in the series As they lead to different side quests and encounters .
@@superplayerex2431 Thank you!!! I felt the same way when I first played V the gunplay and physics felt like a downgrade compared to 4.
@@superplayerex2431 gta 4 had horrible mission design im not even exaggerating when I say 98% is talk to someone drive somewhere and kill/beat up someone’s. And no “you can say that about every gta” they have specific missions that are definitely different
Mafia 2 is just timeless to me
It speaks to me so well
The snowy Empire Bay in the 40's with Vito Scaletta at the front
No game makes me feel so cozy while I play it
Luke, I cannot thank you enough. I downloaded and played an hour or so of Mafia: Definitive Edition back in 2019 and then stopped because I thought the gameplay was too clunky for me. Fast forward a few years and I chance upon this video of yours. I went back and played the game again, and fell in love with it SO HARD. It is genuinely one of the most memorable games I've ever played in my life and definitely in my top 5 of all time. And then I just finished Mafia 2 a few days ago, an absolutely wonderful work of art. If not for this video i never would've discovered this series that's so close to my heart. I literally cannot thank you enough. Much love to you man.
I can heavily relate to the “playing mafia2 in December” experience haha
I played the definitive edition of the first mafia game and it would go down in my mind as one of the greatest narrative experiences I’ve played through
I was so happy when I found the Mafia Trilogy as a hardshell case for steam at just 12€.
Damn, that's a steal
@@Sam_Pillay pirating it is literally a steal.
Do a review on Yakuza series, Luke! :)
Or Lost Judgement
Yakuza 0 specifically.
I personally really like the driving, I am a sucker for more realistic driving so the option to choose the heavier handling model in mafia 3 was very enjoyable for me
As someone who likes the idea of open world games, but hates the meaningless side quests and mini games in these games, Mafia was a perfect execution of a linear game set in an open world. It's similar to how Crysis was set up.
I love Side quests and Mini games if done well I think Mafia could be great open world game with really fleshed out side quests random encounters and so on. But they Should be skipable. I love linear games but I do feel some games have potential to be great open worlds.
Superb video as always and, as a massive fan of the franchise, I pretty much wholeheartedly agree with you (especially in regards to the third installment). Nice to see some love for that game (which I've always refered to as an unpolished diamond; neat story, amazing music and sound design that's out of this world, but gameplay-wise, leaves a bit to be desired). Finally that Alcoholic-bit cracked me up. Pure video-editing goals right there!
Playing through mafia 3 at the moment, this came at the perfect time
I just wanted to say thank you for your content, it’s made me look at narrative stories in a whole different way and it’s made me play games I wouldn’t have given a chance other wise
The podcast forms are fantastic. I started playing them and going for bike rides. I’ve lost 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks because I’ll be riding for 30-45 mins without realizing it.
Keep up the great content!
Keep it up! That’s awesome, dude! I’ve been tracking my calories for 72 days now and I’m down 25.8 pounds!
was playing mafia 3: de and I definitely heard "A little less conversation" on the radio. Unless they updated their license agreement since this video came out, they didn't lose the rights to play Elvis music
That moment when you’re about to watch a critique of a video game you haven’t played, but it looks and sounds so good you turn it off to have nothing spoiled because you now want to play it
The biggest gripe I have with the third mafia game is the fact it feels very incomplete, Like the fact the map has markers on it for shops you can't visit (so what's the point in having the icons) And the fact when I covered it a while back every cutscene was completely glitched. I don't suppose the clothing was meant to stretch like elastigirl in every dramatic scene
Started playing today and cutscenes are perfectly fine
@@vortexvenom did they finally get fixed ? . That's good to hear they used to be vomit inducing.
@@MrAdamFC i played the game in 2020 with 0 glitches
@@venkkooo oh right might give it another look because the last time i played it the game looked like a expressionist painting.
@@MrAdamFC might be technical issues in the files or something
I loved the driving in the 1st two games 🔥🔥🔥 I hope gta 6 has realistic driving like this , make driving skill based
I remember having to fuel up your car in the original, I never played the remake though as I thought it was meant to be buggy on release, will certainly look at giving the remaster a try now, great vid
i played mafia 2 before mafia de and i remember we rolled up killed a guy named mr Angelo and then the game went on i didnt think nothing of it. then i played mafia definitive edition and i heard tommy angelo and i was like "angelo...have i heard that name before...?" and then i beat it and BOOM i recognized the cut scene and my jaw went through the ground and i got a big ol mouthful of dirt. it. was. a. ride.
As a fan of racing sims, I think Mafia has some of the best driving mechanics! I'll admit, that gameplay-wise, for the kind of game it is, the Driving in GTA 5 is about perfect (Maybe I liked 4 more because it felt slightly less arcady than 5). It's objectively true, it feels really good to drive in GTA games, it's intuitive but not without any challenge. But Mafia is so cool about it (especially the remake of 1). If you ever get to drive a big ol land boat from the 1930s, driving in Mafia makes so much more sense. You have to treat the cars as being really heavy and with loose, bouncy suspension. They have really thin tires that don't get traction and have a lot of difficulty turning the car at speed. The brakes suck. They suck more because the cars are heavy. But, once you realize all that and start treating the cars as the big, primitive steel steeds they are, it becomes a lot of fun and really satisfying to get good at driving them.
Pro tip-those skinny tires don't have a lot of lateral grip. It's different than drifting a modern car, but you can get really fast once you figure out how to intentionally throw your balance off during braking, so that your rear-end slides perfectly in alignment with right turns.
Dude Mafia 3's so good, the songs I've been listening too since I played it a year ago was it's soundtracks and anything similar.
Driving around the map listening to the radio is so cool. I really enjoy the vibe of these games. I love mob movies and Mafia hit the sweet spot for me
Mafia 1 being 100% linear despite being set in a city you can explore was the best thing for me. Some people may like the exploration, side quests, or whatever, but it was such a great change to spend every second of this game doing something meaningful.
Same here. I cannot care less about meaningless site quests and mini games, so I loved the focus of Mafia.
but it makes you ask, why make it open world
@@channel45853 Because it gives you that open world feel, that open approach to most missions. It uses the open world map to set up missions and story, without unnecessary restrictions.
@@nevarran i dont need open world feel with a game that isnt open world, maybe thats just me
@@channel45853 Its not open world in the slightest. Open world games are non linear and feature activities to do in such worlds, Mafia's map was simply the scenario in which the game takes place. You can "free roam" in the map, but that doesn't make it open world.
glad to see a long form video from you again Luke.!!!!
I was very critical at Mafia: Definitive Edition because of the use of Mafia III engine but come to find out it worked.
It worked because they focused on going back to the Chapter base story telling rather than Open-World choose a mission of Mafia 3.
Mafia works best as a Chapter Based Story game.
Speaking on those games that stick with you: AC2's Ending lives rent free in my mind til I die... That is all
I was hoping he would do this series Ioved all 3 games mafia 3 is criminally underrated. Hopefully luke can do a critique on the original mass effect series next
Mafia 3 sucked it's not underrated at all I hate how is becoming a trend to say shiiit that sucked back then now is cool to say oh it was underrated lol
Mafia 3 was a big let down.
@@inyouremomsass929 I loved mafia 3 I beat it twice
Having bad taste in games doesn't make those games underrated. They're just not very good games. Mafia 3 is accurately rated.
@@Largentina. no it isn't its the worst game which people wad saying it was. It was buggy and derivative with some of the mission but the game was a good game.
I’m just going to say it, i’ve played Mafia 3 probably four times now, the gameplay is repetitive as hell yes but the story always makes it worth it. Plus the executions are fun as hell
i absolutely love the mafia series even mafia 3, yes these games are flawed but honestly both mafia 3 and 1(remake) excelled in shooting and all of them had AMAZING and moving stories...hopefuly mafia 4 gets what every one game of these did right and do everything better
the gunplay in 3 felt so weighty and brutal, I love it
@@unluckyseabird2888 absolutely
Man, I finished Mafia 3 and had bought the DLC after but never played. I jumped into Mafia 1 Remaster but had to bail on it as the gameplay mechanics were too clunky. Thinking about jumping back into Mafia 3 so I can try the DLC, but I think I have to start over since it'll be on PS5.
I remember the driving, the music, the racism, and some fun combat, hopefully it stands up if I try it out again.
omg the thing that you play Mafia 2 every christmas time is also my thing, i love this holiday vibe with city, the snow and the old christmas-songs from the radio... the second mission when you come home with this song from frank sinatra, its great! because of this, Mafia 2 is allways installed via steam.
Well done, love your pacing and insight.
I think the gameplay was deep enough. You could walk up to the armory & get kitted out before missions to suit your load out & weapons were diverse enough. Appreciate the content!
i Iove mafia 3, although i cheated through some side missions - but the story, the characters, the city and the driving were awesome
I am really glad this franchise gets the love it deserves in this video.
just bought the definitive edition for the first game based on this video. thanks for all the content luke! you do a great job and for someone who has been out of the gaming world for a while, you're my guide back into it!
mafia 3 was the first and only mafia game ive played and at the time it was one of my top games
Joe Barbaro actually didn't die. He was the driver in mafia 3
I spared no expense calling in vitos goons every time i took over s place. Once i had 500k and was making money faster than i soent it all bets were off. I gavr everything to vito on my most recent playthrough so i made sure to make it feel like he was truly taking over.
my favorite moment in the series was driving the 2 mob bosses around in M2 and they were singing along to the radio song, that was spectacular
Love the reviews, as always Luke. Maybe next up will be a similar video on the 1st and 2nd Witcher games?
Good timing. Yesterday I finished the last DLC in Mafia II.
You don’t work for Leo, you work for Carlo. You have to turn on Carlo at the end not because you killed a federal informant (Henry) but because you brought the informant into the family which caused a war with the Triads.
Dude, when you said "and if you ARE subscribed, thank you :D" I was like yeeeeaaa boiiii.... Turns out I've been watching for a few weeks now without being subscribed 😂
Good on CZcams for constantly promoting your vids, but they should add a tiny reminder after every 3-5 vids watched to subscribe!!
I LOVE listening to your game reviews while playing other games like Fallout or Elden Ring...etc!
Just picked up 1 remake, 2 remake and 3 on an Xbox sale last week. Can't wait to dive in.
I was very young when I first played the Mafia games. I never used to care about story in games but I felt so involved in the story. That was the first game where i actually started to miss playing as the characters when I wasn’t playing. Mafia 2 is honestly one of the best games single player story games I have ever played.
Absolutely should play, apparently they are doing Mafia 4, maybe. Need to replay these games.
They already announced that a new Mafia game is in development! I really hope they realized what works and stick with it.
Hit F for Paulie.
I agree with you on pretty much everything here. I do love the Mafia series very much so. Great video you got another sub from me. Keep it up!
Vito’s boss wasn’t Leo, it was Carlo the one who kills at the end, Leo was just an acquaintance
just recently picked up the trilogy collection. played mafia way way back. and didn't think much about it. played 2 and 3 a while back and they were awesome. and now mafia 1 looks all updated and nice as well
Your comment about enjoying story driven games made me think about why I liked elden ring so much.
My answer, instead of story focused experience it seems more like the personal struggle is what got me. I had my own stories to tell that were similar to others but were my own. Kinda cool
The original mafia 1 and mafia 2 are masterpieces, in my mind and definitely in many others
Mafia 2 is one of my favorite games of all time mostly BECAUSE of the characters and amazing narrative! The Mafia 1 Remake was great as well!
Mafia 3 has a badass prologue.
Mediocre? If we're talking about gameplay perhaps but when it comes to the stories, acting and cutscenes especially in Mafia 3 they're top tier!
Definitely one of my favorite series. Surprisingly I had little to no issues going through Mafia 3 at launch from what I can remember on PS4. Thoroughly enjoyed it, even though that racket gameplay loop got quite boring. Still have to play all the DLC for it one day.
Omg really that was the most boring reptition I thought I was stuck inside a Ubisoft game
@@samgoff5289 for real lol. If it was a 20ish hour open world game I would've enjoyed it a lot more.
you comments on mafia 3 are so spot on, i never saw the endgame because the story just stoped and when story missions showed up they were nothing compared to mafia 1 and 2 mission i even barley call them "story missions"
Mafia 2 is my favorite 🔥🔥 Excited for what’s next for sure
These games are incredible. I just got to say the actors did such an amazing job that made the game 10× better. These games deserve more praise.
nothing beats the original czech dub in this game
Plenty of games aren’t outdated at all, even without a compelling story. Super Mario Bros 3, Resident Evil 4, and Dragon Quest III are timeless.
I just re-played Dragon Quest 3 abput a month ago. It's amazing to think that games was originally on the NES.
Thanks for the update on the patches on 2
Luke, Joe is alive in Mafia 3. He’s the driver for Leo Galante.
I get what you are saying about the gameplay of the series, and the open world. But I have always thought that the mafia series had fun gameplay for the most part, and amazing environmental story telling
Mafia 2 was one of the very first game that captivated me in story, still play it once in a few years.. and played mafia 3 only for Vito character but it was very dark
I don’t understand why more open worlds aren’t set in Louisiana - I would give a kidney for a Fall Out New Orleans
Omg mafia 3 was amazing especially the DLCs
The environment/timeperiod/music is the best thing about Mafia 3. The melee knife combat is pretty cool too
I wanted to like Mafia 3 sooooo much...but yeah, it was sub-par
I've always said if I were stuck in any video game world it'd be the opening snow chapters of Mafia 2
I never beat a GTA but I beat every Mafia I've played its so grounded and gritty its like watching a gangster movie. Just like Sleeping Dogs
I found that mafia 1 and 2 were really good. The definitive editions for me could have been better but still.
Ive been playing this series since i was 3 (now 24). It actually has rhe honor of being my first video came. I would always play it on my dads computer. They are some of the finest story lines in all of gaming. Anyone who hasn't played it is missing out.
I love fhat it never has a happy ending and it teaches us that the mafia life only ends in tragedy and they end in the most realistic way possible.