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Game entry

Mafia

2002 · TPS, Action-adventure, Racing, Fighting · PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox · Gathering of Developers

Mafia is ranked no. 192 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,799 and 76% of duels won.

World rank

no. 192

ELO score

1,799

Wins

76%

Duels played

971

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About Mafia

Mafia is a 3D action crime epic set in the seedy underworld of the 1930's. Rise from the lowly but well-dressed Footsoldier, to an envied and feared Made Man in an era of mob hits, car chases, and bootlegging. Earn a reputation as a tough enforcer, daring getaway driver, and deadly hitman in your quest for respect and power within the Salieri Family.

The community says

People keep excusing the same driving issues over and over, decade after decade, like repeating it makes it fine.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,799 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Mafia sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 189 The Last of Us 1,801
  2. 190 Super Mario Odyssey 1,801
  3. 191 Tekken 3 1,800
  4. 192 Mafia 1,799
  5. 193 Quake II 1,799
  6. 194 Undertale 1,798
  7. 195 Hitman 2 1,798

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  1. Abernathy37

    People keep excusing the same driving issues over and over, decade after decade, like repeating it makes it fine.

  2. Glover97

    So people keep saying it's just nostalgia keeping this one afloat, and honestly that's lazy. I replayed it last year with zero rose tinted glasses and the atmosphere still crushes most of what's on this list, the driving is a footnote compared to how the missions actually build tension.

    CosmoHunter49

    Man, the way this keeps getting brought up in every duel thread (I swear it's the same five arguments) feels oddly familiar to me too.

    BossOwl1995

    my older brother made me watch him play the whole thing before i even touched the controller once

  3. davis_lelah

    I played it with my roommate one summer, trading the controller every mission because neither of us wanted to sit through the driving sections alone. The story parts we both leaned in for, the car chases we kind of dreaded together, which says a lot about how uneven the whole experience feels.

    CritRunner70

    Ah sí, comparemos su ranking con juegos que salieron veinte años después, muy justo todo.

  4. feil_oma

    I keep comparing it to Vice City in my head, and I think Mafia wins on story but loses on fun factor.

    GlitchPilot

    Vice City gagne en fun immédiat, c'est clair, mais l'histoire de Mafia reste dans un genre à part.

    josephine64

    La conduite lourde se sent surtout dans les poursuites, le reste du gameplay encaisse mieux le temps.

  5. Iron_Shields

    So how does this even compare fairly to Melee of all things?

    IronDragon41

    Same, my cousin's old PC still running it somehow.

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