Mafia: The Trilogy

[ArthurMorganRDR 719]

I'm so excited for Mafia 1 Remake, i never got the chance to play the game and i cannot wait to experience it.

[GhettoJesus 1,656]

Just now, Oldsport said:

i too hope that free ride part of the open world. i hope you can drive from the city to countryside. like upstate or new jersey. also, so lost heaven and empire bays are 2 different cities right? what if they put both cities into one open world like maybe across the bridge or something

Lost Heaven is a different city indeed but it is hard to say which one because it is a mix of New York, San Francisco and Chicago. So it can't be really said how close they are.

[Commander S 25,834]

Those Mafia I screenshots look comparable to Mafia II promo shots - which makes me wonder if:

 

- Mafia I is a ground-up remake (albeit a 1:1 recreation of the first game, not a re-imagined version - think Shadow of the Colossus, not Final Fantasy VII), with the benchmark being Mafia II's visual style.

- Mafia II is a more traditional remaster, closer to Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition

- Mafia III is a more thorough upgrade than what's already been done with the Pro/One X versions.

 

That's what I'd want, anyway - II to remain largely unchanged, I to match II, and III to not do anything that'd require a double-dip. I can see the need to overhaul stuff like the driving in Mafia I, but I'd rather not have any stylistic changes to things like vehicles in Mafia II - the one thing I want isn't a change, but an addition, which'd be a sandbox/free-roam mode (bit like the one in L.A. Noire) to let you play in the open world outside of the story chapters.

 

I can see some logic in trying to make Mafia III closer to the original plan for it: have it so that you can just do the lieutenant missions straight away, and doing all the Ubisoft-style busywork just affects things like how well-armed enemies are (bit like taking down underbosses in Crackdown). That'd make the game less of a drawn-out slog, because that'd make skipping optional side stuff more of a deliberate challenge, and less 'missing out on Content™'. But that'd be fundamental enough of a change to warrant making it a new version of the game, while also being not at all enough to justify having to buy it again...

 

...in any case, I was already on board with getting II again, just to enjoy a current-gen version (same as Saints Row the Third), but I wasn't all that fussed about the original - having seen those promo screens, though, I'm sold on both.

 

(well, only "both" if they don't screw with the look of II - if they've messed up the perfect vehicle designs from II, that's an instant deal-breaker for me! )

[TheJesus1996 1,559]

Vietnam flashbacks from the racing missions 

[Zello 16,721]

5 minutes ago, GhettoJesus said:

Lost Heaven is a different city indeed but it is hard to say which one because it is a mix of New York, San Francisco and Chicago. So it can't be really said how close they are.

In the description it says Lost Heaven, IL so I guess they're making Lost Heaven the stand in for Chicago in this series.

Edited May 13 by Zello

[GhettoJesus 1,656]

Just now, Zello said:

In the description it says Lost Heaven, IL so I guess they're making Lost Heaven the stand in for Chicago in this series.

Huh interesting, I dunno if the manual ever confirmed that back in the day because nothing else did so but yeah, it seems to be most heavily influenced by Chicago.

[Raskalov 296]

"Mr. Salieri sends you the remake.!!»

[Commander S 25,834]

...random thought: in the event that Mafia IV does happen, and (as a lot of fans want - me, I'd rather Empire Bay again, but whatever...) it's set in an off-brand version of Las Vegas, I wonder what it'd be called. We've already had Lost Heaven (Chicago), Empire Bay (New York) and New Bordeaux (New Orleans), so ...?

 

(immediate beatings with the Rod of Shame for anyone who says "Las Venturas"! )

[RenegadeAngel 1,728]

Don't remember anyone mentioning it, but if the Microsoft page is right, Mafia 2 remastered will be available May 19 already!

[D9fred95 3,938]

I am definitely getting the first one. I never got to play Mafia 1 on PC and the console port was pretty terrible so hopefully this should be a much more positive experience.

[O_Scarface 85]

After seeing the teaser and all of the screenshots of Mafia 1 Remake, man my dick is just hard as a rock.

[Zello 16,721]

4 minutes ago, Raskalov said:

"Mr. Salieri sends you the remake.!!»

I'm already imaging that scene in the remaster. It's going to be special.

[GhettoJesus 1,656]

Just now, Zello said:

I'm already imaging that scene in the remaster. It's going to be special.

f*ck, that whole ending was special. Hands down, the best ending and story I have played. Pretty sentimental too. I can already see the camera zooming out in the remastered version and Tommy echoing his final thoughts on life.

[D9fred95 3,938]

1 minute ago, Zello said:

I'm already imaging that scene in the remaster. It's going to be special.

They'l probably need to give Vito and Joe their regular clothes otherwise it'd just look goofy with them in those suits.

[Raskalov 296]

3 minutes ago, Zello said:

Я уже представляю эту сцену в ремастере. Это будет особенным.

I think that today I lost interest in the release of CyberPunk 2077😃

[Zello 16,721]

1 minute ago, D9fred95 said:

They'l probably need to give Vito and Joe their regular clothes otherwise it'd just look goofy with them in those suits.

Didn't they make them wear those suits in Mafia II?

[D9fred95 3,938]

Just now, Zello said:

Didn't they make them wear those suits in Mafia II?

You can have Vito kinda wear a similar suit but Joe always wears his jacket with Hawaiian shirt in that mission

[GhettoJesus 1,656]

7 minutes ago, D9fred95 said:

They'l probably need to give Vito and Joe their regular clothes otherwise it'd just look goofy with them in those suits.

Yea that was off in Mafia 2 but they will probably alter 1's ending instead for that. If Joe wore that suit in Mafia 2 I would have instantly known the dig.

 

6 minutes ago, Zello said:

Didn't they make them wear those suits in Mafia II?

No, Joe was wearing his red shirt and leather jacket. You could get a very similar colored suit tho in a clothing shop.

 

 

 

Edited May 13 by GhettoJesus

[Raskalov 296]

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/fzqytj/mafia_definitive_edition_leaks_main_menu_mafia_4

[DEADWOODZ 7,433]

1 hour ago, Raskalov said:

I think that today I lost interest in the release of CyberPunk 2077😃

And then it all floods back in on June 11th w/ Night City Wire!

[GhettoJesus 1,656]

7 minutes ago, Raskalov said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/fzqytj/mafia_definitive_edition_leaks_main_menu_mafia_4

I take every leak with a grain of salt but I wonder who will 2K assign the IP to if that is true. Hangar 13 did catastrophically, I wonder if Vávra's studio would accept a request. Probably they still have beef.

Edited May 13 by GhettoJesus

[Raskalov 296]

3 minutes ago, GhettoJesus said:

Я принимаю каждую утечку с частичкой соли, но мне будет интересно, кто назначит IP, если это правда. Ангар 13 сделал катастрофически, интересно, примет ли студия Вавры запрос. Вероятно, у них все еще есть говядина.

I think Daniel Vavra already has his own title and he is developing it.I don't think that he will return to the new Studio to create "Mafia" IV on the xbox series x and PS5

But Daniel Vavra is like Den Hauser

[Zello 16,721]

13 minutes ago, GhettoJesus said:

I take every leak with a grain of salt but I wonder who will 2K assign the IP to if that is true. Hangar 13 did catastrophically, I wonder if Vávra's studio would accept a request. Probably they still have beef.

It'll probably be another 2k owned studio. Daniel Vavra is independent.

[Laker23 4,850]

Jesus, the screens. I remember posting in some other topic last year that I wanted a remaster of the first two, but seeing those screens has gone above and beyond my expectations.

 

Day 1. Cannot wait.

[Turan 424]

This is like a dream come true. The one game I would ever want to be remade was Mafia 1 and it is actually happening. And it releases as soon as August too.

 

I am beyond hyped. 

 

 

[D9fred95 3,938]

I'm kinda excited to see this get remastered.

 

 

[MyNameIsNotImportantBro 842]

1 minute ago, Turan said:

This is like a dream come true. The one game I would ever want to be remade was Mafia 1 and it is actually happening. And it releases as soon as August too.

 

I am beyond hyped. 

 

 

You are a lucky guy then.

[DEALUX 2,543]

These are Mafia 1 remake screens (from the official Microsoft store page that was taken down).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Limefong 243]

Just now, Turan said:

This is like a dream come true. The one game I would ever want to be remade was Mafia 1 and it is actually happening. And it releases as soon as August too.

 

I am beyond hyped. 

 

 

lucky

[Commander S 25,834]

Off to a good start with the vehicles - they've clearly kept some (hopefully all - !) of the already-faithful original designs intact, albeit with an obvious bump up in detail/fidelity:

 

 

 

Taxi looks like the "Schubert Six" (Chevrolet Special) - and in the chase shot below, that's clearly the "Bruno Speedster 851" (Auburn 851 Speedster) going after the "Silver Fletcher" (Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow):

 

 

 

What's interesting, though, is that the Schubert Six wasn't a taxi in the original - and I don't recognise a few other vehicles in those pics, either. Makes me wonder if they've not actually added more vehicles to the remake, in order to add more variety (and I'm assuming that traffic/NPC density has probably been bumped up as well).

Edited May 13 by Commander S
Nope - it's the Lassiter, not the Bruno. I'm bad, and I should feel bad...