[Official] Mafia II

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Is it out yet? No? Ok :(

Why does time crawl when awesome games are on the horizon

[Pupik]

Is it out yet? No? Ok :(

Why does time crawl when awesome games are on the horizon

Only a week (or four days if you're from NA) left. And it's really a short time, if you count the time that some people waited for another Mafia game since finishing the first one... back in 2002.

[Sethos]

Is it out yet? No? Ok :(

Why does time crawl when awesome games are on the horizon

Why do I see you calling the game boring within 3 weeks :p ?

[Singh400]

Review:- http://gameinformer.com/games/mafia_ii/b/xbox360/archive/2010/08/20/mafia-ii-review-jump-into-this-thing-of-ours.aspx 9/10

[Sethos]

Review:- http://gameinformer.com/games/mafia_ii/b/xbox360/archive/2010/08/20/mafia-ii-review-jump-into-this-thing-of-ours.aspx 9/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLy5xIjA6Z8&feature=search

[inferniac]

In 30 mins theres gonna be an official playthrough of the first hour of the game:

Stream

I ain't gonna watch it ;) don't wanna spoil the experience when I get the game myslef.

[Pupik]

Stream

I ain't gonna watch it ;) don't wanna spoil the experience when I get the game myslef.

I'm watching it. But only because I clicked on that Stream link almost a hour ago and still can't stop watching it :blink:

[Sethos]

Here's the full song list for anyone who wants to get a head-start with the listening;

"Mafia II has an impressive song list - the largest in 2K Games history, in fact. Want to know every track you'll hear in Empire Bay? They are all here!"

Track List

I also found out,

you get to play a part of the story involving Vito in WW2, probably the introduction to the game and Vito - That is so sweet!

[Pupik]

I also found out,

you get to play a part of the story involving Vito in WW2, probably the introduction to the game and Vito - That is so sweet!

Watched the stream yesterday and it's how you start the game. It's the tutorial section of handling weapons and introducing you to the power of the mafia.

[Sethos]

Watched the stream yesterday and it's how you start the game. It's the tutorial section of handling weapons and introducing you to the power of the mafia.

That is sweet, I love when developers do that - really helps to immerse yourself in the story and character.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

For anyone that's interested I put together a Spotify playlist of the OST...

A few songs missing but it's pretty complete.

[Guyro]

cheers for that Andy

will be fun to listen to

i added you as a spotify contact as well

[Sethos]

For anyone that's interested I put together a Spotify playlist of the OST...

A few songs missing but it's pretty complete.

Wish Spotify was available here.

[san.W10]

Once you have the game, you can listen/convert the tracks.

Play Mafia 2 Radio Music

The recently released Mafia 2 Demo has given us a taster of the great soundtrack that has been chosen to showcase the 50′s era of which the game is set in. I?ve played the demo to death and naturally some of those catchy songs are now stuck in my mind but the 50′s side of my music collection is a little lacking. How on earth am I going to listen to some of those great songs outside the game?

Forum member Sonix notes that free Java based MusicPlayerEx can play Mafia?s music files straight from Mafia! Simply head over to the MusicPlayerEx?s homepage and download (or start the web version) and add whatever songs take your fancy from:

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\mafia ii -- public demo\pc\sds\music\

The songs are in FSB format and MusicPlayerEx will not only play the files but also allow you to convert them to MP3! My guess is that tip will also work for the soon due full version of Mafia so get ready to enjoy some more of that 50′s music!

http://mafiascene.com/2010/08/play-mafia-2-radio-music/

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/921970-mafia-ii/page__view__findpost__p__593048176

[houlty]

For anyone that's interested I put together a Spotify playlist of the OST...

A few songs missing but it's pretty complete.

nice one. the music's just helping me get more excited for this game.

this is one of the first games i've looked forward to for a long time.

[inferniac]

Wish Spotify was available here.

Same here :/

[Ayepecks]

Recent reviews aren't being so kind to the game. Kotaku didn't think it was worth the money, Joystiq basically thought it was average.

[Sethos]

Recent reviews aren't being so kind to the game. Kotaku didn't think it was worth the money, Joystiq basically thought it was average.

I tend to avoid Kotaku like the plague, they are the journalistic equivalent of gibbon apes. Just read the Joystiq review and while I can see their points, much of it is carbon copy of the old Mafia's flaws - Long driving sequences etc. but that's what made the game so great, it wasn't constant action or cheap thrills, it was a slow build-up and you truly enjoyed every action sequence and every major event because they were sparse, without being game-breaking.

I can however see that sort of gameplay not go down well in the current gaming market, it's all a bit "Modern Warfare 2" minded with cheap and fast action. So I think this game will be a case of; did you like Mafia 1 or not and do you want more.

I completed Mafia 1 over 6 times and I loved the driving every time, seems driving even got a notch up despite the hit on some realism aspects, it's still fun and I'm so looking forward to it (Y)

[ViperAFK]

Kotoku seemed to dislike it because it wasn't gta. Mafia II isn't a gta style sandbox game, its a more linear story driven game. Many seem to think its gta but are disappointed when its not. I was impressed by the demo, the voice acting, gameplay and cutscenes are great and I am sure the story will be too.

[WastedJoker]

You can see why people assume it's like GTA tho. I wouldn't mind it being more like GTA with the funny NPC interactions rather than JC2 where you feel like you're in a bubble until you're in an active mission.

[Massiveterra]

Destructiod rated the PS3 version the highest because of the exclusive content with a 7.5. It gave the PC and 360 versions 6.5 even though they both are graphically superior to the PS3 version

http://www.destructoid.com/review-mafia-ii-181950.phtml

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Destructiod rated the PS3 version the highest because of the exclusive content with a 7.5. It gave the PC and 360 versions 6.5 even though they both are graphically superior to the PS3 version

http://www.destructo...ii-181950.phtml

People do like to say gameplay > graphics around here

On a game related note it makes me sad to see low scores, but I still really want to play this. Mafia was a classic.

I did not expect nor want this to be GTA, not by a mile.

[Ayepecks]

People do like to say gameplay > graphics around here

On a game related note it makes me sad to see low scores, but I still really want to play this. Mafia was a classic.

I did not expect nor want this to be GTA, not by a mile.

No disrespect, but if they gave it a mediocre score without the extra content, why would the extra content amount to anything more than more mediocrity?

[Boxster17]

I did not expect nor want this to be GTA, not by a mile.

This is what I was pretty much thinking as well. Kept reading reviews and they seemed to be knocking it because they wanted it to be like GTA, when I personally didn't want to have to worry about random side missions and such. I just wanted a good story driven game to play through to keep me entertained for some time. Considering most of the negatives that reviewers are giving it are some reasons I liked the sound of this game, I haven't been paying too much attention to them. Will be picking it up tomorrow none the less so I'll see how it plays out, but I don't really expect myself to be disappointed with the full game.

[+Random Stranger Subscriber¹]

PALGN 08/23/10 Review 8.5 out of 10

IGN 08/23/10 Review 7 out of 10

Gameplanet 08/23/10 Review 8.5 out of 10

Game Informer 08/20/10 Review 9 out of 10

looking good to me.