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[SilentSpecter]

X-ray vision. lol

 

[ValiantInstance]

I never played that. Is it worth a play through if I liked Mafia (DE)?

Absolutely yes, takes a couple of hours to get going but great story. The ending really sticks with you, that's all I'll say.

 

[Gonzito]

X-ray vision. lol

Can't stand this YouTuber. I dont know why he has so many followers

How can someone take seriously a reviewer like this? Stupid influencers

 

[Danjin44]

Can't stand this YouTuber. I dont know why he has so many followers

How can someone take seriously a reviewer like this? Stupid influencers

My issue with these type of "reviewers" is they trying too hard to be funny rather than informative.

 

[TVexperto]

He used to actually make good reviews but not its just rage bait

 

[Luipadre]

Downloading now!

 

[Gonzito]

My issue with these type of "reviewers" is they trying too hard to be funny rather than informative.

Yeah and he fails at that too because he is not funny

 

[Certinty]

All the YouTube playthroughs seem to be between 8.5-9.5 hours.

That's the perfect length I say, I was afraid from everything said it was going to end up at 6-7.

 

[GudOlRub]

Can't stand this YouTuber. I dont know why he has so many followers

How can someone take seriously a reviewer like this? Stupid influencers

I'm subscribed to him as kind of a guilty pleasure.
His reviews are so dumb that to me it goes full circle and becomes funny.

 

[The_Observer]

I never played that. Is it worth a play through if I liked Mafia (DE)?

Absolutely!

 

[Denton]

if you can link me to some great pc reviews of the original mafia, feel free...

Here is one, among many

Mafia Review

Quite simply, Mafia is one of the best games of the year.

www.gamespot.com

Written by Erik Wolpaw. The same Erik Wolpaw, who went on to write Psychonauts, Half Life 2, Portal..

 

[SilentSpecter]

Can't stand this YouTuber. I dont know why he has so many followers

How can someone take seriously a reviewer like this? Stupid influencers

Don't care about the dude himself, just what he says about the game. Handholding, dumb stealth, weak combat, and X-ray? Nah, that stuff just turns me off hard, zero interest. This game had so many red flags before launch it was painful, and some reviewers are just confirming that now. I'll wait for a big-ass sale or when it hits Game Pass - maybe then I'll bother.

 

[J3nga]

Don't care about the dude himself, just what he says about the game. Handholding, dumb stealth, weak combat, and X-ray? Nah, that stuff just turns me off hard, zero interest. This game had so many red flags before launch it was painful, and some reviewers are just confirming that now. I'll wait for a big-ass sale or when it hits Game Pass - maybe then I'll bother.

There's a button for x-ray, just don't use it?

 

[ValiantInstance]

Can't stand this YouTuber. I dont know why he has so many followers

How can someone take seriously a reviewer like this? Stupid influencers

I was subbed to him until the KCD2 nonsense when he started defending the African scholar as not being woke just because he liked the game.

Anyway he fancies himself as some kind of Mafia expert because he remembers playing the first game back when it came out. He tore the remake apart because modern games don't have all the same systems that old games did he threw a shitfit about it.

 

[GudOlRub]

There's a button for x-ray, just don't use it?

That's how I played AC Mirage, not using that bullshit teleport mechanic made the game feel like an homage to AC1.
If it makes you use these mechanics then there's an issue though.

 

[Stafford]

Forced stealth sections are just fucking gay, I'm sorry. Especially those with shit checkpoints or none at all.

That shit reminds me of Star Wars Outlaws until they patched that out. Anything forced is never good.

 

[thatJohann]

Absolutely gorgeous game on PS5 Pro. The atmosphere is top notch. Amazing sound design and soundtrack too. Can't wait to keep playing. This is great.

 

[thief183]

There's a button for x-ray, just don't use it?

Again if it is there, I'll use it cause it is not my job to handicap me to have fun.
If the devs thought it was necessary to put x-ray in the game it means that the game is shaped around it. That means no good audio clue, no good level design, or not enough tools to face some situation without it (Those are examples), and as someone that have to spend money to buy a game, I'll just skip everything that has it.

I hate this x-ray BS that is plaguing everything. I never needed and X-ray to know the position of guards in thief for example, or in Hunt showdown.

 

[Flabagast]

Again if it is there, I'll use it cause it is not my job to handicap me to have fun.
If the devs thought it was necessary to put x-ray in the game it means that the game is shaped around it. That means no good audio clue, no good level design, or not enough tools to face some situation without it (Those are examples), and as someone that have to spend money to buy a game, I'll just skip everything that has it.

I hate this x-ray BS that is plaguing everything. I never needed and X-ray to know the position of guards in thief for example, or in Hunt showdown.

I agree that for a game 100% focusing on immersion and sense of place, the inclusion of X-ray is really disappointing, and demonstrates devs were not confident enough to have their stealth system without it, which bodes bad news about said system.

 

[RNK]

Again if it is there, I'll use it cause it is not my job to handicap me to have fun.
If the devs thought it was necessary to put x-ray in the game it means that the game is shaped around it. That means no good audio clue, no good level design, or not enough tools to face some situation without it (Those are examples), and as someone that have to spend money to buy a game, I'll just skip everything that has it.

I hate this x-ray BS that is plaguing everything. I never needed and X-ray to know the position of guards in thief for example, or in Hunt showdown.

Or, and I know this is a novel concept, you could play it for yourself and actually see if it's a needed tool within the game? Nah, it's easier to just complain about features in a game you haven't played yet.

Just the time we're in...

 

[Denton]

Inclusion of Xray is dumb, yes, but its presence does not automatically mean the game is unplayable without it. In most cases, it is just another accessibility option. TLOU and TLOU2 have Xray vision too, I literally never used it, same in Mafia.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

Inclusion of Xray is dumb, yes, but its presence does not automatically mean the game is unplayable without it. In most cases, it is just another accessibility option. TLOU and TLOU2 have Xray vision too, I literally never used it, same in Mafia.

Same here. I often completely forget TLoU has listening mode.

 

[Gambit2483]

Yeah and he fails at that too because he is not funny

He made some fair points of criticism though kind of questionable that he only spent 2 hrs with the game.

Humor is subjective. That song got a chuckle out of me. Why does a game like this have x-ray vision anyway??

 

[MacReady13]

Played it yesterday for a couple of hours- liked it! Good story. Great voice acting. Love the fact they talk Italian and I know what they're saying even though we are Calabrese (representation!!!!!).

 

[Braag]

My issue with these type of "reviewers" is they trying too hard to be funny rather than informative.

I remember some tuber saying his videos where he hates on a game or a topic get vastly more views than when he is being positive towards something. People gravitate towards hate trains and people who make their living online have to feed it even if they don't want to.

 

[damidu]

My issue with these type of "reviewers" is they trying too hard to be funny rather than informative.

they know their audience. its in line with general terminally online gamer discourse. its all about memeing, bitching and whining about one thing or another.

 

[Stafford]

Those playing on console, how does it look in both graphical modes and is the framerate at least mostly stable at 30fps and 60fps?

 

[Pharaoh 117]

Those playing on console, how does it look in both graphical modes and is the framerate at least mostly stable at 30fps and 60fps?

PS5 Pro impressions:

|OT|  Post in thread 'Mafia: The Old Country |OT| Chuck Berries grown in Sicily'

Aug 8, 2025

If OP wants, here's the ps5 pro break down people will care about:

Quality mode
Performance mode
Ability to turn v sync on and off

On pro if you turn off v sync on quality mode with a VRR TV then you'll be at 60 fps 99% of the time. Small hiccups very rarely. The issue? Some kind of bug seems to exist in certain lighting that causes flickering on screen.

If you turn off on your console VRR, or you turn v sync on, then unfortunately the game is a choppy looking 30FPS and not a smooth 30. Likely a frame pacing issue.

Performance mode seems flawless, but you sacrifice shadows it seems...

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Not sure about the other consoles.

 

[thief183]

Or, and I know this is a novel concept, you could play it for yourself and actually see if it's a needed tool within the game? Nah, it's easier to just complain about features in a game you haven't played yet.

Just the time we're in...

If you read back I'm not complaining that there is x-ray, devs can do whatever they want, and the same I can do with my money. I only said that that if I don't like a mechanic on a game I'm not going to buy it.

I work for 8 hours a day to have enough money to support my family and not much more, I'm not going to spend money on something to "test" it.

 

[Chuck Berry]

If you read back I'm not complaining that there is x-ray, devs can do whatever they want, and the same I can do with my money. I only said that that if I don't like a mechanic on a game I'm not going to buy it.

I work for 8 hours a day to have enough money to support my family and not much more, I'm not going to spend money on something to "test" it.

You don't need to use the listen skill. I haven't used it at all.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Those playing on console, how does it look in both graphical modes and is the framerate at least mostly stable at 30fps and 60fps?

I'm about to start it once I eat dinner so I can give my thoughts in a bit.

It will be PS5 Pro though.

 

[semiconscious]

they know their audience. its in line with general terminally online gamer discourse. its all about memeing, bitching and whining about one thing or another.

beautiful. thanks...

 

[The_Observer]

Those playing on console, how does it look in both graphical modes and is the framerate at least mostly stable at 30fps and 60fps?

Base ps5 quality mode is beatiful and a stable 30 fps so far

 

[hououinkyouma00]

So far I really like it BUT I'm a huge fan of Mafia (1/2/Definitive not that III bullshit) and period pieces in general so it's up my alley.

Those playing on console, how does it look in both graphical modes and is the framerate at least mostly stable at 30fps and 60fps?

I'm about to start it once I eat dinner so I can give my thoughts in a bit.

It will be PS5 Pro though.

I played a couple hours last night and I think it looks great at least on Pro.

I tried a little bit of every mode (there's technically 4 modes: Quality, Quality VRR, Performance, Performance VRR) but regular performance mode. I don't think the performance modes looked much worse then then Quality. I only played on my tv so I'm about 5 feet away.

Quality with no VRR seems to be a 40fps mode (My LG C2 just shows 120 instead of the actual FPS like it does with the 1st party games. Quality with VRR seems to stay in the low 50s (I think the lowest I saw was 49 and the highest was 58 while I had the counter up). Performance VRR seemed to be in the high 60s.

This is one of the few games I actually played in the VRR Quality mode as it stayed within the PS5 VRR window and didn't feel much different then Performance.

I will have to play some on my monitor AW2725Q though where I'm much closer.