​‘Mafia: Definitive Edition’ Review – An Open-World Game That Respects Your Time

Mafia‘s 20-mission campaign is full of moments like the above where, threaded around the main action of the game, are environmental details that embed the fictional city of Lost Heaven and the crime families fighting over it into the wider context of American history. Protesters on the streets, shanty towns full of people left destitute from the 1928 financial crash, and evidence of the ties between police, politicians, and the mob.

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