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Mafia: Definitive Edition is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K. It is a remake of the 2002 video game Mafia. Like the original game, the remake is set within the fictional city of Lost Heaven, Illinois, during the 1930s, and follows the rise and fall of Tommy Angelo, a Sicilian American cab driver-turned-gangster, within the Salieri crime family. The game's open world nature allows players to explore Lost Heaven at their leisure when not completing missions to advance the narrative. This is mostly done in the Free Ride game mode, where players are not restricted by the linear nature of missions and can find hidden side missions and collectibles exclusive to this mode. The gameplay builds upon 2016's Mafia III, and features enhanced mission dynamics and the introduction of motorcycles to the series. While some of the veteran Czech Mafia voice cast returned for the remake, the English voices were recast. An original score was also created for the game. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on September 25, 2020, both individually and as part of the Mafia: Trilogy pack, which also includes a remastered version of the second game and a lightly altered port of the third game which includes its additional story packs. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, with praise for revitalizing the story, performances, and graphics, yet faced some criticism over its animations. Gameplay Conceived as a full remake of the original, Mafia: Definitive Edition was built from the ground up with new assets and an expanded story, although missions and arcs from the original game are carried over. As with the 2002 game, players control Tommy Angelo throughout the game's single-player campaign, and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. New to the remake is the introduction of motorcycles, a first in the series. Mafia: Definitive Edition's gameplay mechanics are based on those of Mafia III. A 'Classic Difficulty' setting is also included, serving as the game's hardest difficulty setting that changes some gameplay mechanics such as ammunition management and police response to crimes, bringing the game closer to the original 2002 game. Outside the main story mode, a separate Free Ride mode is included "as a nod to the original game", allowing the player to explore the city at their own leisure without any mandatory mission objectives. Unlike the original game, however, Free Ride and Free Ride Extreme are merged into one game mode, with the latter's outlandish and over-the-top side missions incorporated into the main Free Ride segment as hidden secrets to be uncovered by the player. A post-release update released in October 2020 added new activities in the game's Free Ride mode, including taxi missions and a racing mode which takes place in the autodrome featured in the mission "Fair Play". Also included in the update is the ability to play the game in black and white, labeled in the game's settings menu as "Noir Mode" as a homage to film noir movies of the era, as well as various options allowing the player to show or hide parts of the game's HUD. Plot In 1938, Thomas "Tommy" Angelo meets a police detective named John Norman in a coffee shop. He explains he cannot be on the run from the mob with a wife and children and seeks protection. Through flashback, Tommy explains what led to this to prove his story is true. In 1930, Tommy is a taxi driver struggling to survive the Great Depression. He is strong-armed by two members of the Salieri crime family—Paulie Lombardo and Sam Trapani—into helping them escape an ambush by the rival Morello family. Tommy is compensated for his help and offered a position in Don Ennio Salieri's organization, which Tommy declines. However, a typical workday of cruising for fares turns violent when Morello's men smash up Tommy's cab out of revenge for aiding their enemies. They attempt to assault Tommy as well, but he flees to safety at Salieri's bar. Losing his job for the ruined cab, Tommy reconsiders Salieri's offer. Tommy begins to assist with running Salieri's rackets across Lost Heaven, overseen by his consigliere Frank Colletti, and befriends Paulie and Sam while earning Salieri's respect for thwarting Don Marcu Morello's attempts to take over his businesses. In 1932, Tommy, now a made man in the Salieri family, becomes friends with Luigi Marino, Salieri's bartender. Tommy escorts Luigi's daughter Sarah to her home, but has to fend off street hoodlums. On Salieri's orders, Tommy and Paulie retaliate against the gang, but learn that their leader, whom Paulie killed, was the son of corrupt city councillor Roberto Ghillotti, who vows revenge. Later, Tommy is ordered to destroy a brothel for switching its loyalties to Morello and kill an informant named Michelle who is working there. He ends up sparing her at Sam's request and covering up his actions. In 1933, Morello ramps up his efforts to dismantle Salieri's organization, gaining support from the corrupt police force and Ghillotti. Following an ambush on a bootlegging operation, Salieri finds that Frank has disappeared with the family's account books, and reluctantly orders Tommy to kill him. Discovering Frank has become disillusioned with the criminal lifestyle and made a deal with the FBI after Morello threatened his family, Tommy allows him to flee the country with his family in exchange for the books. Tommy believes Frank's disappearance is sufficient for Salieri to buy that Frank died. By 1935, the Salieri and Morello families begin moving out into new rackets following the end of prohibition, while Tommy, promoted to caporegime for his successes, marries Sarah and starts a family with her. Learning that Salieri is making moves to gain control over law enforcement, Morello attempts to have him killed. After Tommy saves him, Salieri declares open war on his rival. Tommy is ordered to assassinate two key figures, Morello's brother Sergio and Councilman Ghilloti, to weaken Morello's hold over the dock union and city politics, respectively. The war eventually comes to an end after Tommy, Paulie, and Sam kill Morello himself as he attempts to flee Lost Heaven. By 1938, the Salieri family is in full control of Lost Heaven's rackets and ruthlessly eliminating anyone who opposes them. Tommy is ordered to assassinate a retired U.S. Senator who has come out of politics to replace Ghilloiti and eradicate gangsterism. Tommy does so, but inadvertently upsets Sarah, who eulogizes the senator for spearheading the 19th Amendment. When Tommy, Paulie, and Sam agree to recover a stash of diamonds hidden amongst a shipment of impounded cigars, they are shocked to discover heroin instead. Enraged at Salieri lying to them about the cargo's true nature and becoming involved in the drug trade despite imploring them to never do so, Tommy and Paulie decide to carry out a bank heist that will allow them to retir.... Discover the Shortcut Edition popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Shortcut Edition books.