Mafia is not a sandbox game...

[Void(null)]

I just have to get this off my chest... Mafia is not a sandbox game, it is not Grand Theft Auto, it is not Saints Row, It is not Infamous, is it not Prototype, it is not Just Cause, It is not the Saboteur.

Mafia is a story driven single player game. Yes it takes place in a Cityscape but that does not automatically make it a sandbox game.

You take missions, you drive around, you follow the story and enjoy the gameplay.

If you want a sandbox game, play a Sandbox game. There are plenty of sandbox games out there and most of them are pretty good, but accusing Mafia of being bad because its not an open world sandbox game is like accusing Baldurs Gate of not being a First Person Shooter... IE: Ridicules and entirely missing the point.

That is all.

[spidyp777]

you have a free roam mode though

[PeterWheeler]

... but accusing Mafia of being bad because its not an open world sandbox game ...

Wowowow. Did someone actually say that?

[Reviz]

Wowowow. Did someone actually say that?

Yes there are people like this. And I want to hit them.

[Neverpleased]

Yes there are people like this. And I want to hit them.

I already took care of those. I trust you to give the car on the cliff a little nudge.

[JK_DC]

You can take as long as you want to get to missions unless it is timed. I hope Mafia 2 will be the same.

[Wearwolf]

But I spent hours and hours in freeride extreme collecting cars and doing quests all over town. If that isn't sandbox I don't know what is.

[dungeonseeker_1]

Freeride Extreme was a sandbox extension to a linear story driven game. It had no story per sa, and was meant only to add some replay value to the game.

[DJ_Professor_K]

Freeride was the sandbox of Mafia, besides the linear storyline it had.

*waits for free ride of Mafia 2*