<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > preface</h1>
Mafia: Definitive Edition, translated Chinese or Mafia: Final Edition, is an open-world action-adventure game released by 2K and produced by Hangar 13, which is set in the mafia of the Lost Paradise of Illinois in the 1930s, introducing the wonderful story of the protagonist Tommy Angeloin's accidental association with a gangster organization. The original version of the game was released as early as September 30, 2002, this time for the original remake version, the use of the "Brothers of the Sea III" engine, both in the graphics and operation are more acceptable to today's players, high-quality remake for the game to win praise at the same time, but also let the game's story can once again enlighten everyone.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > about the game</h1>
At the beginning of the last century, the United States experienced a variety of legendary stories, including a mysterious family in suits and leather shoes, a Thomson submachine gun under a tight trench coat, a towering and majestic cement building, a delicate and practical classic car, friendship, family affection and love, money, betrayal and revenge, so that the three words of "mafia" are thunderous, and it is precisely because of the existence of these elements that they have attracted the attention of a large number of literary, film and television creators, such as the "Godfather" trilogy, "Good Guys", etc., which deeply attract the attention of ordinary audiences. The video game industry, which emerged and developed at the end of the last century, also set its sights on mafia themes. In the early 2000s, Hangar13 brought their Brothers of the Seas to meet the players, and the game was set in the Lost Paradise in Illinois, USA, which was obviously based on New York and Chicago, which best embodied the mafia elements.
Want to let players experience the people and things of that era, the most intuitive is the environment display, in this remake of the "Brothers of the Four Seas", players can see the characteristics of the American era of reinforced concrete tall buildings, steamships, a variety of classic cars, characters wearing words, interior decorations and furnishings, etc., all of which players can see in this remake. The remake, under the premise of retaining the main body of the original plot unchanged, made minor adjustments to make the game's plot more reasonable and smooth.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > gaming experience</h1>
The game is played from a third-person perspective, and the feeling of controlling the character is very similar to many third-person open-world games such as "Sin City V", after all, the engine of "Brothers of the Seas III" used in the game remake is more in line with the operating habits of modern players.
The original generation of the game is said to have originally planned to make a racing game, so the production team did their homework in the early days of the richness of the vehicle type, the elegance of the shape design, and the difference in the feel of the operation. As for the final product becoming an open-world action-adventure game, it also responds to market demand. Fortunately, the vehicle-related content in the game has been well preserved, which greatly satisfies the game experience of classic car enthusiasts. However, the driving feel of the vehicles in the game is indeed realistic enough, in fact, the author first contacted the classic car chase level in "Brothers of the Seas II", which was the culprit that directly led me to abandon "Brothers of the Seas II", and even once led to me no longer daring to touch the game with racing content. After playing "Brothers of the Four Seas" in the past few days, I found that the original sadistic driving feel was inherited. The driving feel of the vehicle is like the extremely lagging gear of the old vehicle, which is really a test of the player's ability to predict.
The game is mainly based on narrative, so it will be interspersed with a large number of cutscenes, character dialogue, plus the high-definition processing of this remake version, the screen has a quite amazing expressiveness, the expression and eyes of the characters in the dialogue are quite vivid, and the picture that looks like a cutscene is actually processed by real-time calculus, and the impact of the player on the environment will be completely restored in the real-time calculus animation, which is indeed a very amazing technology.
The game is also interspersed with a lot of combat scenes, the game's combat using the third-person over-the-shoulder aiming method, the standard third-person shooting game mode, the combat feel is still great, the player can really experience the power of holding a Thomson submachine gun known as the "Chicago Typewriter", of course, the variety of weapons provided in the game is still very rich, but also very old.
There are also many collectibles in the game, mainly some letters and items, which gradually string together the entire story line along with the appearance of related texts. Although the game is said to be an open world gameplay, but in fact, the narrative is still linear, which is estimated to be too long ago, and it is indeed too time-consuming and laborious to change, but fortunately, the open world of "Brothers in the Seas II" and "Brothers in the Seas III" is still doing a good job.
However, the first generation of works, the most commendable is still the plot of the game, the last word of the story Tommy is believed to make many players sigh a lot: "Family is indeed our biggest weakness, but family is also our biggest motivation, let us get up early every day, let us try to chase our dreams, even if the dream is out of reach, let us not fall when we are exhausted."
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
As a remake of a work released in 2002, the game not only achieves the level of this generation in terms of graphics, but also makes the operation of the game more in line with today's player experience, which can be described as a remake of sincerity, and it is also a "fried cold rice" with a conscience in recent years. Players interested in the mafia theme can try this game, the experience should be very good, of course, the driving skills are not good or careful.
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