This is the best 1930's mafia game there is, it takes skill and brain power, its very difficult unlike some games where you can beat it in 5 hours this takes over 22 hours and it was fun every second! Get this! and not GTA4!! Graphics are still great in this game so it is not out of style.

This game is a lot of fun. I actually purchased it after playing it at my moms. But does not play on Vista! And can actually really mess with your computer if you try. My computer was only a week old and it really scared me that I messed it up bad, but was I able to fix it and put it in my older computer. Plays great on XP.
I am not a huge gamer, but still have played a few and really liked the old time feel to it and I like that you don't have to be a great gamer to play it. You do need the joy stick though for best fun. It is great for a little challenge without being impossible to play and you can choose to just Taxi around or get involved in the game. I understand a new version will be coming out in 2009 and look forward to it for my Vista.

I purchased the game becuase I had gotten a new new computer and suddenly my old mafia game wouldn't load anymore. It would go non responsive on the second instalation disc. I thought maybe the disc was damaged and purchased the new one from Amazon. The result when I try to load the game unfortunately is the same. Apparently there is a problem with loading this game on newer computers, which really makes no sense since it seems to me that it should be easier if anything. Anyway, it doesn't work.

I actually bought this game a few years ago and never got around to playing it. I finally opened it up and installed it about a month ago and gave it a ride. Unfortunately, that is all this game really seemed to be for me: a ride. I did not get very far into this game before becoming bored with the constant car driving missions. I am probably not being completely fair to the game, perhaps there was a lot of great action later in the game that did not involve being a taxi service, but I could not stand anymore of it and gave up. I am not a person whom enjoys timed missions; in fact, I find them almost completely useless and very aggravating. Nearly every video game I have ever played that has timed missions gets marked down in my book. Mafia is no exception. I found the graphics to be decent, especially for an older game. I also enjoyed the dialog quite a bit. But I just can not get past the monotonous driving sequences. How many times do I have to taxi some schmuck across town before I can actually do something else???

In my humble opinion, this is a slight knockoff of Max Payne, which is a much better game without the needless driving sequences. I love the whole Mafia storyline, I am just disappointed it didn't play out a little better in the beginning.

Overall = Average

Even though this game is old and has been replaced by many other games, this game was the one that popularized this genre. The game is a classic and is a must play if you haven't played it before, it combines Grand theft auto, with first person shooter, and a great story line as you move up the ranks in the italian mob.