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Mafia City: Sign of the Times is out now

Mafia City: Sign of the Times is out now. Head over here to learn more about the above, and over here to read more about The Ensanglante.
Yottagame Responds to Mafia City Drone Scare

Mafia City is full of humanity. You’re playing as a ruthless criminal in gangster games online, sure, but there are moments of genuine warmth. There’s nothing in the new game as memorable or charming as Joe and Eddie Scarpa drunkenly singing Dean Martin’s ‘Return to Me’ as Vito drives them home, and realising, to their dismay, that they don’t know the words to the Italian verse.
As far as improvements over the original Mafia go, the city will be bigger and more realistic, will feature a smart checkpoint system so that failed missions won't have to be entirely replayed (sparing you from a slow drive) and will span an entire decade, with each new year presenting new lighting, new weather effects, new ground textures, etc (1945, for example, is set in the dead of winter, with snow all over the ground and roads).
While no music plays while you stroll around in the open world, you will hear tunes from passing cars, in diners, or from tabletop radios spread around New Orleans. Some missions are greatly enhanced by this rather than using orchestration or some other type of scoring. There was one standout moment in particular where I was tasked with rescuing a guy being tortured by some wiseguys in a shanty settlement deep in the bayou swamp. It was the middle of the night and the only illumination was from a few dirty bulbs hanging on porches or what could be emanating from windows. I silently made my way through 10-12 thugs with a silenced pistol while the radio used by the crew to cover up the screams of the captive was blaring Iron Butterfly’s In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Anyone familiar with the song knows that its signature riff is capable of eliciting ominous vibes, even without the backdrop of a gator-filled swamp at midnight.

I took a look into the Shacknews archives to find former editor Josh Hawkins’ review of MafiaIII. He awarded the game a 6/10 and I certainly agree with his complaints and frustrations about the game. While he did not go into great depth about the game (reviewing games is incredibly time consuming and unrewarding, so I don’t blame him), it was obvious that the dated Mafia City Game design was too much to look past. The great thing about video games is that the amount of fun you can have and your enjoyment of the time spent within them is highly subjective. Two people can come to different opinions on the same experience. This is one of those cases. I can see all the warts and faults that Mafia City has, but for me, they are all drowned out by the monumental accomplishment of the soundtrack, the surprisingly well-written side characters, and the intrigue of a sweltering Louisiana city.


Mafia City English: https://mafiah5.yottagames.com/play/
Mafia City Chinese Traditional: https://mafiah5.yottagames.com/?language=zh_TW

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