Synopsis
The game begins with the protagonist, Tommy Angelo, exiting the train and entering the cafeteria. He sits down with a police detective and agrees to trade information about his mafioso past for his family's safety. The player then takes on the role of Tommy, who, while trying to make a living on the streets of Lost Paradise as a taxi driver, unwittingly becomes embroiled in a car chase between Salieri and Morello mobsters. Two of Saileri's mobsters, Paulie and Sam, style Tommy to drive them to safety, which they don't, Sam then gives Tommy an envelope full of money to compensate for the damage to his taxi. The next day, Tommy is attacked by mobster Morello while taking a break, so he flees to Salieri's Bar and the attacker is then killed by Salieri's men. Tommy later becomes a driver for the Salieri Crime Family, led by Don Ennio Salieri. Through the events of the game's story, Tommy begins to rise through the ranks of the Salieri Family, who are currently battling against the Morello Family, led by the sharp-dressed Don Morello.
Realistic mafia car physics and fine cop behavior add to the occasional boredom of the easy driving segments. For the most part, 60 or so 1930s era games vehicles were not rocket cars. They don't often go very fast, they don't always start the first time you turn the key, and they have some serious trouble climbing steep hills. You're not going to make a 300-foot barrel-roll jump in any of them. Furthermore, The Lost Heaven PD will make sure that you don't even drive as fast as the cars are going. They will entice you more for driving over 40 and running red lights, among other things. Even if you're in a really cool old-time car, simulating speed limit driving isn't exactly a recipe for thrills.
The texture work in the city segments is a little muddy at times, though, and there are some pop-ups on the skyline that are especially noticeable when you're going over bridges. The action levels, on the other hand, contain some truly beautiful lighting and texture work, and the game's cutscenes feature some of the most detailed and expressive facial models ever created for a computer game. The sound is the same quality. The period soundtrack, consisting mostly of cuts by swingy jazz legend Django Reinhardt, with extra tracks by artists such as Louis Prima and the Mills Brothers, fits the game's theme perfectly and also acts as a brilliant alternative to the generic techno and orchestral music used in most games .
Minimum PC Specifications
CPU : Pentium III 500MHz/ Athlon XP 1600+
OS : Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP
RAM : 128 MB
Video Card : 16 MB video card with DirectX 8.1 compatible drivers
Hard Drive : 2 GB
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