Mafia II

[Lingwo]

http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Action-Adventure/Mafia-II-Special-Edition/~r350431/?s=mafia

Here is the special edition, it looks game exclusive too :no:

[Lamp0]

Downloaded..played..loved...feels like a more refined gta...will be a great game for consoles as the controls are simplistic.

I wouldn't call it a refined GTA. The controls and camera weren't any better than GTA.

None the less I enjoyed it alot more than I thought I would.

[Sethos]

http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PC-Games-and-Downloads/Action-Adventure/Mafia-II-Special-Edition/~r350431/?s=mafia

Here is the special edition, it looks game exclusive too :no:

No it isn't, seen that on most Danish shops as well :)

As for the game, it's really amazing. Graphics are very vibrant, very atmospheric and the engine is very well optimized - Running well over 100FPS Average at most times. Although, it does suffer from

some LOD issues, objects and vehicles being drawn almost right in front of you etc. but I guess that's the trade-off and it's fair. The gameplay itself feels very solid, although, it feels as though some of the

minor things like how you move the camera and the variable throttle control was designed with consoles in mind and then just crowbarred to fit the PC - So it does have a whiff of 'port-job' about it, unfortunately.

Gunplay feels very solid and sounds are good, though, the porting thing comes into play with the cover system which is toggle on / off which is quite annoying and the weird looking blood sprites when you

shoot someone as an indicator almost, also console minded 'features'.

Not too sure on the vehicle handling, does feel like it has weight to it, the cars feel nice and bouncy but sometimes it's all a bit too arcadey despite using "Simulation" as physics.

Looking past all the port-job oddities, the game is a gem and definitely an instant-buy! Feels like a worthy successor to Mafia - I say bring it on (Y)

[Lingwo]

No it isn't, seen that on most Danish shops as well :)

I was talking about the UK.

[BoneyardBrew Member]

I just played the demo and I couldn't be more sold on it.

I can't wait to pick it up at the end of the month. :cool:

[Konstanov]

Anyone find all the porn in the demo? I want to know if it unlocks anything.

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Tried the demo on current rig, and it was rated an E in the test!!! Pretty dire considering I was running at 1280x800 with everything on lowest settigns or off. It said something like average 19FPS and lowest 1FPS :/

FYI Currently using an e8400@3ghz, Win7 Pro x64, 4GB ram and a Nvidia 9800GTX+ (512MB) with latest drivers :( Hopefully the new system will be better :)

[Briandl79]

360 here, I don't have a gaming rig.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Downloading on PSN just now!

[treemonster]

wow got an avg of 10.2 fps with all setting on high/on including aa and apex(?) physx on my system:

i7 920(stock)

gtx 480(stock)

6gb 1600mhz ram

8800 gts 512 (PPU)

will try again later with the 8800 disabled in nvcp and see if it helps.

[Pupik]

Tried the demo on current rig, and it was rated an E in the test!!! Pretty dire considering I was running at 1280x800 with everything on lowest settigns or off. It said something like average 19FPS and lowest 1FPS :/

FYI Currently using an e8400@3ghz, Win7 Pro x64, 4GB ram and a Nvidia 9800GTX+ (512MB) with latest drivers :( Hopefully the new system will be better :)

Is that in the benchmark, or during gameplay? Because I have almost the same rig as you (except that I have an 5770 1GB instead of the 9800GTX+) and the FPS never dropped below 60 according the the fraps's benchmark, running everything on max (with PhysX off) @ 1920x1080. Can't believe you had those results with everything at low @ that resolution.

[Sethos]

AA kills performance in the demo, without it I average well over 115 in the benchmark.

[ViperAFK]

my 4870 could play it smoothly with max settings (physx off obviously), vsync and aa on at 1680x1050.

[Singh400]

First chance I've had to get onto the home PC, downloading it now!

[Knife Party]

will play when it launches, looks nice

[treemonster]

well disabling my 8800 lowered my avg fps by .3 abut raised my min to 2.4 from 2.2

will try again later with aa off. will be kinda surprising if this increases fps that much since the 480 tends to handle aa so well in most other games but meh, i can live without it.

[treemonster]

http://physxinfo.com/news/3628/mafia-ii-demo-tweaking-physx-performance/

is an interested physx tweak guide for mafia 2.

[Minifig]

It looks DAMN nice on my system and runs like a dream..

[Victor Rambo]

:D

[scaramonga]

Great with the 'timer' fix, so we can keep playin for the moment lol ;)

[Briandl79]

You guys are killing me, I wish I had a rig capable of running Mafia 2.

[WigglesTheFish]

I am planning on getting the regular Xbox 360 version, I don't have a gaming rig (nor do I care for PC gaming) but the game looks great.

[scaramonga]

I am planning on getting the regular Xbox 360 version, I don't have a gaming rig (nor do I care for PC gaming) but the game looks great.

Nuff said :)

[Briandl79]

Damn I knew it looked better but I didn't think it was that much better. Shouldn't at least one of those consoles be capable of something more closely resembling the PC version, and the PS3 looks horrible.

[WigglesTheFish]

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Nuff said :)

I'll admit that the PC version looks the best, but that is supposed to make me want to get into PC gaming? Or negate my choice in console gaming instead?