Mafia: Definitive Edition review - the best of what this classic franchise has to offer

One of my favourite game franchises of the last decade has to be Mafia, and I was excited at the prospect of the games getting a remaster for Mafia Trilogy.

Growing up on a diet of the Godfather films and the likes of Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, The Untouchables and Scarface, I have a natural fascination with all things mafia.

So the chance to have all three games in my current collection was one I relished. But is it a diamond or a fugazi?

What's new?

With Mafia Trilogy you have the chance to live the life of a gangster across three distinct eras of organised crime in America.

But the centrepiece of Mafia: Trilogy is undoubtedly Mafia: Definitive Edition - a complete overhaul of the original game first released back in 2002.

This isn’t just an aesthetic gloss over. It has been rebuilt from the ground up by Hangar 13.

Expanded in 4K- and HDR-ready, there are dramatic