Mafia II

Added:Mon 20th Dec 2010 12:23, Post No: 10

I'd argue that Mafia II is actually less linear than most open-world games in some ways. For a start, there are a handful of missions that change around the storyline depending on how you play them.

Added:Thu 16th Sep 2010 00:34, Post No: 8

lol quite a hypocrite arnt you, you hated the saboteur yet it had some origonality (with the black and white into colour) all because of topless women in 1 small part of the game, yet you say mafia 2 isnt a bad game really i thought you might have learnt somthing when i dropped this argument but there you go again with a medicore sandbox game and say its not bad (just 1 DLC with nude women and youll suddenly say its rubbish) lmfao.

Added:Wed 15th Sep 2010 00:00, Post No: 6

Personally I was very disapointed by Mafia 2.

1.The story everyone was hyping about is nothing more than cut and paste from mafia movies. There is nothing really original about it.

2. The AI is not very good. The behavior of the cops is not very convincing. They are easily fooled. They come after you when you are speeding or are involved in a carscrash, but they do not care about every other traffic violation you can think of.

Also when not in a scripted mission you partners in crime will totally ignore the police, even if dozens of them are shooting at you.

Every male, even the elderly, can fight like pro's. It is ridiculous.

Your tough mafia friends keep whining about traffic lights and speeding.

3.Many of the animations are seriously lacking. For example people who jump away from your car skip animations. People regularly are standing in their cars wth their upperbodies through the roof.

4.The cover system is quite bad. You are unable to shoot through a piece of cloth(emipire hotel), while the enemy is able to shoot you through walls.

5. Weapon models are badly aligned. When you think you shoot the enemy it is not unusual you are shooting walls.

6. Saving is abismall. It is almost as terrible and just as irritating as in GTA IV.

7. The game tries to tell a realistic story, but you have a magic garagebox and a magic dresser. What is that about? It is ridiculous.

8. Cars can not really touch eachother.  There is a very noticable space between the cars, even whe they do damage. Very sloppy.

9. I am not against linear storytelling (GTA4 has it too), but in Mafia 2 that is all there is. The city is dead. Nothing to do there. Nobody to meet outside the linear story. Because of that the city is like a piece of dead cardboard decor. Not once I got the feeling the city was alive and real. It is fake and it feels fake and empty.

10. The game is only about 10 hours. THat is ridiculously short in my book. Some cool sidemissions would have served at least two purposes, making the city feel more alive and immersive, and adding some very necessary playing time to the game.

11. The camera is terrible. When you drive and look around the camera keeps tugging at you. And during indoor shoottouts the camera regularly ends up inside walls and other stuff.

The game does not live up to the hype at all. I consider it to be a failure.

Added:Sun 05th Sep 2010 14:41, Post No: 4

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Added:Wed 09th Jan 2008 12:24, Post No: 2

the first mafia was a much overlooked game and hopefully this will be a lot better than the godfather game