first entry-mafia
Ok, here it is. The Grand Event. Jo Petes first journal entry. Well...unlike the fru fru shit girls post here about I like this guy, this guys a jerk, etc. etc. instead I contend to keep as much of my personal life out of this shit and focus more on video game and movie reviews. I might throw in a few comments here and there about whats going on...but probably only about how much women a fsking up my life at the time. Anyway, onto the reviews.
Todays game to review is...MAFIA. Excellent. Well, this review will be as complete as possible without me having even played it...so I'll have to trust the word of some informants and write about it as effectively as possibly.
Alright, Mafia is a game set in the 30's in the midst of the Depression. As the name clearly shows, you do indeed work for the mafia. You end up doing a wide variety of jobs for the Don (your boss), including killing people, to racing a car for him. The graphics on this game a supposedly very good, and the costumes are stylistic of the time period the game represents. The storyline also transitions smoothly and is written well. Also, another added bonus for Anal Retentive bastards like me is the fact that the storyline doesnt take of in some make belive world of the thirties, but actually includes real events from the thirties, such as prohibition pissing everyone off and the mafia trying to topple those damnable labor unions. Also, the attention given to little details in supposed to be incredible. Even the race cars seem stylistic of the 30's, are slim, easy to topple, and look like it came out of the past.
But, now for the bad news. What can I say, this game (according to my sources, damn me for being a college kid and not having enough money to by this game) has very few flaws. One flaw that I have heard of though is that you only have a decent arsenal of weapons. I suppose this isnt to big of a deal, but if you're like me, you like lots of crazy weapons to blow the shit out of things. I mean, Im the guy who got pissed after playing Harry Potter for an hour cause you dont get any dark magic to blow the shit out of things (stupid game). However, the fighting style is supposedly very good, so that makes up for the lack of weapons. And at least the weapons are stylistic of the 30's, so it wouldnt make sense to have a rocket launcher in your arsenal. The MAIN problem I've heard about is its difficulty. This game is supposedly INCREDIBLY hard. I mean, everyone likes a challenge, but the racing level in this game, given the disabilities of the race car, is nuts. Even master gamers are having trouble with this level. But, the good news...give it enough time and it can be beaten. Just stick out the game, dont give up and its worth the time.
Over all this is a very good game. If you like GTA3 you should love this game. Actually thats how I first had it described to me, "GTA3 in the thirties". My sources gave this game 4.5 stars out of 5. Not a bad rating. Usuallt I give worse.
Anyway, Im going home this weekend and am going to see Red Dragon, so come this Monday I hope to have a review for that posted up here.
Until later.
-Jo Pete out-
Todays game to review is...MAFIA. Excellent. Well, this review will be as complete as possible without me having even played it...so I'll have to trust the word of some informants and write about it as effectively as possibly.
Alright, Mafia is a game set in the 30's in the midst of the Depression. As the name clearly shows, you do indeed work for the mafia. You end up doing a wide variety of jobs for the Don (your boss), including killing people, to racing a car for him. The graphics on this game a supposedly very good, and the costumes are stylistic of the time period the game represents. The storyline also transitions smoothly and is written well. Also, another added bonus for Anal Retentive bastards like me is the fact that the storyline doesnt take of in some make belive world of the thirties, but actually includes real events from the thirties, such as prohibition pissing everyone off and the mafia trying to topple those damnable labor unions. Also, the attention given to little details in supposed to be incredible. Even the race cars seem stylistic of the 30's, are slim, easy to topple, and look like it came out of the past.
But, now for the bad news. What can I say, this game (according to my sources, damn me for being a college kid and not having enough money to by this game) has very few flaws. One flaw that I have heard of though is that you only have a decent arsenal of weapons. I suppose this isnt to big of a deal, but if you're like me, you like lots of crazy weapons to blow the shit out of things. I mean, Im the guy who got pissed after playing Harry Potter for an hour cause you dont get any dark magic to blow the shit out of things (stupid game). However, the fighting style is supposedly very good, so that makes up for the lack of weapons. And at least the weapons are stylistic of the 30's, so it wouldnt make sense to have a rocket launcher in your arsenal. The MAIN problem I've heard about is its difficulty. This game is supposedly INCREDIBLY hard. I mean, everyone likes a challenge, but the racing level in this game, given the disabilities of the race car, is nuts. Even master gamers are having trouble with this level. But, the good news...give it enough time and it can be beaten. Just stick out the game, dont give up and its worth the time.
Over all this is a very good game. If you like GTA3 you should love this game. Actually thats how I first had it described to me, "GTA3 in the thirties". My sources gave this game 4.5 stars out of 5. Not a bad rating. Usuallt I give worse.
Anyway, Im going home this weekend and am going to see Red Dragon, so come this Monday I hope to have a review for that posted up here.
Until later.
-Jo Pete out-