Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven: Difference between revisions

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* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Sergio's luck runs out when {{spoiler| Tommy finds the perfect opportunity to finish him off as Sergio is hiding in a fuel depot by lighting up the fuel barrels ablaze, frying Sergio to a crisp.}}

* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Most of the principal cast was modelled after the actors who portrayed them, with Haden Blackman stating in an interview that "we looked for actors who not only sounded the part, but also looked the part and could perform on both the motion capture stage and in the VO booth."

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler| Tommy's death meant that he took the fall for testifying against the Salieri family, ultimately sacrificing his life to ensure his family's safety.}}

* [[Hide Your Children]]: Played straight in the remake. You can hear sounds of babies wailing during certain missions, but no child under the age of 18 shows up ingame at all, as Frank's daughter Alice is now in her teens as opposed to the six or seven-year old girl in the original. Whether this was due to concerns about portrayal of children in M-rated video games or not is unknown, even though Alice in the original only appeared in cutscenes and could only be interacted with in one mission strand; it could be that the Take-Two higher ups or Haden Blackman didn't want any such controversies with minors to crop up hence the decision to age up Alice (''[[BioShock]]'' gained some controversy for its portrayal of little girls where one is given the moral choice to save a Little Sister from being used as an ADAM harvester or kill them to gain extra abilities).

* [[Jerkass]]:

** Paulie is a lot more antagonistic towards Ralphie, {{spoiler|to the point that the mechanic has developed a pent-up sense of contempt where he wished he could sabotage the brakes off the car Paulie is driving.}}

** To an extent with Tommy himself. Compared to the original game where he was easily mortified by the things he had to do for the Salieri family, the remake portrays him as being far more confrontational and aggressive to the point of almost killing {{spoiler|Michelle and Frank}}.

** To an extent with Tommy himself. Compared to the original game where he was easily mortified by the things he had to do for the Salieri family, with Frank sensing hesitation from him, remarking that he only joined the family because he had no other choice, the remake portrays him as being far more confrontational and aggressive to the point of almost killing {{spoiler|Michelle and Frank}}.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Speaking to Ralph just after the race during "Fair Play" has him tell Tommy that he made the race look easy, recalling that "most guys didn't make it to the finish" some twenty years prior, in reference to the horror stories of many a gamer who rage quit in frustration especially in the initial 1.0 release of the original game. It didn't help that the race is just as frustratingly hard if not harder should one go with the Classic difficulty.

* [[Named by the Adaptation]]: Cigarette card collectables reveal the surnames of most of the characters in the game who were previously known only by their given names: Paulie Lombardo, Sam Trapani, Luigi Maino, Marcu Morello, Vincenzo Ricci...

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: The Classic Mode, which is a nod to the original, frustrated players especially in the mission "Fair Play". Easier difficulties do exist with more generous enemy AI and time limits however.

* [[Religious Bruiser]]: Tommy is shown to be making the sign of the cross a few times especially during tense moments.

* [[Shoot the Dog]]:

** Averted in the remake in a literal way, as only ''dead'' dogs could be found likely due to animal cruelty concerns.

** As in the original, this is a core plot point throughout the game, where Tommy is faced with difficult choices but is actually mortified by it. Tommy was forced to {{spoiler| shoot up a church in "The Saint and the Sinner" out of self-defence, as one of the thugs whom Tommy and Paulie encountered recognised Tommy and opened fire at him in revenge for the Salieri family's actions. The priest was clearly shocked and kneeled in prayer over the massacre that ensued, crying "Murder in the house of God!" and sternly chastising Tommy and the others over the blasphemous deed they made. Tommy tried to justify his actions in that the ones who went after him and Sarah were "thieves, rapists and murderers" who were just as abhorrent, but the priest rebuffed them.}}

* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Though being based on the ''Mafia III'' engine, Tommy can still swim but the main map prevents him from doing so; loading up the debug or leftover maps allows you to use what was supposedly a [[Dummied Out]] feature.