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If you love one, you'll love the rest. Plus, Mafia only loosely connects the 3 games. While in Yakuza every game is a direct sequel from the previous one. So get Yakuza, play from 0 and enjoy the ride. And if you want, you can get Mafia remastered as a standalone at some point. Well worth it too.
- 13 Grand Theft Auto 5
- 12 Saints Row: The Third Remastered
- 11 Empire of Sin
- 10 Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes from Liberty City
- 9 Omerta: City of Gangsters
- 8 The Getaway
- 7 Scarface: The World Is Yours
- 6 The Godfather
- 5 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- 4 Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
When it comes to open-world crime games, there are few bigger than Grand Theft Auto 5. Even though the general focus has been on the online features, GTA 5 has an outstanding single-player experience with one of the most immersive worlds ever seen. GTA 5 features three interesting and deep protagonists. Fans of Mafia: The Definitive Edition will ap...
Where the GTA series is looked at as a cleverly satirical tale, the Saints Row games are comedic, silly, and outrageous. So those looking for an open-world crime game that never takes itself as seriously as the Mafia games, Saints Row: The Third Remasteredis arguably the best option from the series. Mafia fans will get a kick out of fighting to bec...
Set in Chicago during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and early 1930s, Empire of Sin is an easy recommendation for fans of the Mafia games and mobsters in general. It is a strategy game that sets you up as a crime boss trying to gain control of the city by taking over rackets, running speakeasies, clearing neighborhoods of gangs, and running your ...
Launched in 2009 as a compilation of two expansion packs for Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes from Liberty City features The Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. For many of you, these two expansions were better fun than the original game and featured more focused storylines and better checkpoint systems. RELATED: Things GTA 4 Still Does Bet...
Launched in 2013, Omerta: City of Gangsters is a strategy game set in 1920s Atlantic City. The turn-based strategy game shares similarities to the XCOMseries and attempted to capitalize on the popularity of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire starring Steve Buscemi. You take on the role of an Italian immigrant as he rises through the ranks of the crimi...
Launched in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, The Getaway is an open-world action-adventure game set in modern-day London. It hit the shelves after British Cockney gangster movies from Guy Ritchie were at their peak. At the time, The Getaway had state-of-the-art visuals and motion capture, and featured recognizable locations and landmarks in London. Whil...
Scarface: The World is Yours is an open-world action gamebased on the events of the iconic Al Pacino film, Scarface. Instead of dying, the protagonist, Tony Montana, survives and vows vengeance on those who tried to kill him. RELATED: Video Games I’m Shocked Haven’t Been Made Into Shows Or Movies Although Pacino’s likeness was used, Montana was voi...
Launched in 2006, The Godfather videogame was another gangster movie tie-in, and like Scarface: The World is Yours before, it was a lot better than expected. The game featured a non-canonical protagonist named Aldo Trapani, a new member of the Corleone crime family. This meant the story could follow its path without upsetting Godfather fans too muc...
First launched in 2002 for the PlayStation 2, Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityis an open-world action game set in a fictionalized version of 1980s Miami. The game takes inspiration from the film Scarface and the popular cop drama Miami Vice. Other movie inspirations include Scarface and Carlito's Way. RELATED: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - The Best Weap...
Launched in 2015, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate is the ninth installment in the series and was set in the backdrop of Victorian-era London. Syndicate is highly regarded as one of the last true Assassin's Creedtitles in the series - even if it was not fully appreciated at the time. You can take control of dual protagonists Jacob and Evie Fryeas they w...
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- Yakuza 0. Yakuza 0 has everything you could want from a Yakuza game, and then some. Yakuza 0 truly feels like the “definitive” Yakuza experience in every way, from the dynamic combat with multiple styles to the dual-protagonist story that surges with melodrama.
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Like a Dragon is a bold reinvention of the Yakuza formula. Yakuza: Like a Dragon feels like a complete reinvention of the series, and it’s brilliant in almost every way.
- Judgment. Judgment is a brilliant twist on the Yakuza formula, with a cast of characters that instantly feel like classics. Judgment is a brilliant use of the Yakuza formula and a game that has one of the very best stories RGG has ever told.
- Yakuza 5. Yakuza 5 runs with the formula established by the previous game, making a truly special experience. Yakuza 5 takes the formula established in Yakuza 4 and turns it into something truly special, making each character’s story feel dynamic and different, both in terms of story, combat, and extra gameplay like minigames.
May 4, 2012 · As far as brawlers and GTA alternatives go, Yakuza 3 is one of the better games available. Mafia, on the other hand, is only on the cusp of its first sequel.
Mafia 1 (on PC, the PS2 version was poor) was amazing, but it's gone downhill since then. Mafia 2 was decent, I guess, but Mafia 3 is utter s***e. Yakuza, from what I've played, seems like...
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Sep 24, 2020 · Verdict: On the merit of story and characters alone, Mafia: Definitive Edition is a fantastic game. Memorable personalities, gripping and intense storyline with a superb soundtrack behind it, Mafia is indeed worth sitting through until the curtains close. This is the Mafia that you’ve come to remember and love.
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Dec 20, 2017 · You can expect all of the usual twists and turns, secret motivations, and shifting loyalties of a good Mafia movie in Yakuza 0, albeit with that famous Japanese quirkiness. Yakuza 0 is unique in that you play as two different protagonists.
