A very faithful recreation of the original, with solid gunplay taken straight from Mafia 3 and the same amazing story and characters, whose stories have been expanded on. The only part where I feel it's worse than the original is in Tommy's character.
In the original, he stood out because of his strong morals and a distaste for the mafia life, specially the killing. Although he keeps his aversion to killing (but still lessened) in the remake, he's much more willing to get into the life, to the point of ASKING the Don to get revenge on the thugs who trashed his cab before joining the family. These changes hurt Tommy's character in my opinion, but on the bright side Sarah's character is greatly expanded, which means Tommy's romance with her isn't just a background event anymore.
Beyond that, it's a great labor of love, but I still recommend you play the original as well.
In the original, he stood out because of his strong morals and a distaste for the mafia life, specially the killing. Although he keeps his aversion to killing (but still lessened) in the remake, he's much more willing to get into the life, to the point of ASKING the Don to get revenge on the thugs who trashed his cab before joining the family. These changes hurt Tommy's character in my opinion, but on the bright side Sarah's character is greatly expanded, which means Tommy's romance with her isn't just a background event anymore.
Beyond that, it's a great labor of love, but I still recommend you play the original as well.