2 Good Features, 2 hundred bad features
EA say dont judge this game on GTA standards, well thats fair enough. Problem with that is everything about this game is a direct copy from the GTA games. You cant say dont judge us on those games if you have stolen there ideas because ultimatly you are creating a game in the GTA genre which they created! If there was no GTA this game would be ok, if there was no Mafia game this would be great BUT those games have been done and have been done better. You can call it what you want but the game is to be compared against those games because that is what the game is.
The begining of this game is excellent, if you havent seen the films or heard about them its a good introduction into the world your about to be apart of. It sets the tone for what is to come. The first 5 missions are good and have the same semi feel as GTA uses, you feel your playing apart of something thats going to get bigger. Then the next 20 missions are pretty much the same as the missions you have just done, kill this guy, drive here, follow these people, escort these people, extort this place, its the same over and over and over. It gets to the point you already know what your going to be asked to do before you get there.
Which is the next problem, driving in this game is bad. The cars feel arcady and look bad. The graphics of the cars are basically the same design for each with a little change here and there. The blacked out windows look awful and the scenary is damn atrocious. Everywhere looks the same and 90% of the interiour to places look the same. The npc's all look the same which destroys the experience of what you have just done. You kill someone only to find an exact replica is waiting for you at the next mission.
You buy new clothes only to find you have to turn your computer off so it can change, there is just too much wrong with the game and the novelty of the good things such as back hand and extory system wear off to fast.
I expected better from a game in the making for this long, i love The Godfather films and bought this game ignoring what people said, i wish i listened as for the same money could of got something better, my advice dont make the same mistake as i did and get any GTA or mafia game as this is pure garbage. Its a con.
Also notice with all the 9/10 reviewers dont say much in there reviews with simply a few lines saying "This game is great" . Then notice the people who dislike it and write why they dislike it, dont spend your money due to fanboyism, seriously you really will regret it with this game.