[Official] Mafia II

[Zain Adeel]

if ur at 60% and havent collected the mag and posters like me then it will end at 65% or so.

[ahmz]

Wow what an awesome game - havent completed yet, am at 60% - how many % is finish?

I feels like I am playing the movie goodfellas and pulp fiction :D

You'll be finished before you know it... the % also includes all collectibles etc which are over 30%.

[HostileGamer]

Im assuming now that I'm finished I can load a prev chapter and go on the hunt for porn and posters right?

[Zain Adeel]

anybody got the DLC??

made man??

the suit and cars are awesome!!!...

but i wish there were actually some new missions in it.

[akav0id]

10% into game, feels like refurbished mafia1 :p

Only 10%? I'm only up to chapter 6 but this doesn't seem like a sequel to me, it feels like a remake and apart from teh story line, I may as well be playing Mafia 1 :/

[Sethos]

Only 10%? I'm only up to chapter 6 but this doesn't seem like a sequel to me, it feels like a remake and apart from teh story line, I may as well be playing Mafia 1 :/

No offence but, what a load of rubbish.

What should they have done differently, yes the games share some similarities due to being sequel to each other and the fact they are made by the same developer but the game is a worthy sequel in all the areas. Car handling got a nice overhaul, Mafia didn't have this sort of suspension on the cars, didn't have this excellent feel of the car and how it reacted through various road conditions. Graphics engine looks gorgeous, the city looks good, weather looks fantastic and the entire atmosphere in the game is just quality.

Should they have added perks, killstreaks, ability to call your friends from a 1950s luggage phone, fly planes, what?

For the first time in years I'm actually surprised by much of the negative vibes towards a game. I went into this with an already 'tainted' view from all the whiners and I have seen NONE of it. The game fully lives up to the Mafia name and the quality standard set by the first game except the story which is great but doesn't have the same immersion and quality writing as the first game did - But it works.

I think it's sad to see such a quality game get the stick, seems like most people have a hard time dealing with a game that doesn't have the ADHD-syndrome most games have these days; instant action, fast travel and lots of random.

Nice to see a few Neowin members actually enjoy a quality title with a more mature gameplay style.

These sort of games is a dying breed.

anybody got the DLC??

made man??

the suit and cars are awesome!!!...

but i wish there were actually some new missions in it.

Yeah, the Made Man pack is awesome - Some quality threads and cars in that pack, I wear those clothes all the time :laugh:

Wait for "Jimmy's Vendetta" - Quite a few achievements for that DLC, it's advertised on the back of the DLC card I got, should be arriving soon.

Oh and on the DLC card, they printed "Man Made" instead of "Made Man" :laugh: funny little oopsie.

[sanctified Veteran]

I'm kinda "afraid" to play this game since the original one's story is among my all time favorites. Story is practically the only reason i play games.

[HostileGamer]

Story is awesome, you will not be disappointed...until the end lol

[sanctified Veteran]

Story is awesome, you will not be disappointed...until the end lol

Then I will be disppointed, totally :/

[Singh400]

The ****ers, they

burnt my house down

:(

[ViperAFK]

Am I the only one that didn't think the ending was that bad? It was a cliffhanger but I thought it was decent and it caught me off guard.

[WastedJoker]

I bought the digital deluxe pack and don't see any mention of Jimmy's Vendetta - what's all this about Jimmy's Vendetta?

[lalalawawawa]

Best thing of this game is how you

kill your character in Mafia 1

. Or worst... The end of Mafia 1 made me a sad panda. :(

[san.W10]

Chapter 6 is a first in games, right?

its awesome :D

the map seems smaller compared to mafia1's.

was hoping for lots of country side driving :D

[san.W10]

Mafia 2 Freeride mod!

Got bored after finishing the game? Then look no further!

Someone called 'Costa' was kind enough to do 2K Czech's work for them by adding a freeride option to the menu.

Just put 'gui-main.sds' in the /pc/sds_en/gui/ directory. Please be sure to backup the original file and savegames.

http://www.modmywhat.com/content/gui-main.rar

http://www.modmywhat.com/article/Mafia-2-Freeride-mod/715

free riders happy now? :p

btw, there's also a multiplayer mod in workings now :o

http://www.modmywhat.com/article/Oh-hai--Mafia-2-Multiplayer--its-real-now/716

[Kev1n]

I'm in Chapter 12 now. The graphics are really great, and the car and character models look spectacular, as does the lighting, how the sun reflects off the tarmac, etc... superb, really. Aside from that, the game is a total derivative of the first game, some of the missions are similar to the ones in the first, only they come in a different order. Same can be said of the story (so far anyway), it's a bit less romanticized than the first and leans a bit more to Goodfellas than The Godfather (and I'm of the opinion the latter is very much superior), the writing isn't as good as the first, and at times comes across as forced, and the main character is dull as a dishwasher, and utterly wooden. The story doesn't draw you in as much as the first does, but the high production values and atmosphere are splendid enough for the game to absorb you. This is the reason why boring chores like moving crates around and selling cigarettes don't actually feel boring. The city looks so much more ravishing than the drab Liberty City of GTA IV. It's just that much more satisfying to drive and take in the atmosphere in this game than any other 'sandbox' game I've played. The story is actually beginning to sound interesting now, so hopefully it ends on a high note. Oh and the game runs flawlessly on my midrange PC, with resolution of 1980x1080 and everything at max and Physx turned off. GTA IV runs like a cow.

It really is just the first Mafia done less well in every aspect except the visuals, and I'm enjoying it a lot. A testament to how brilliant the first is.

P/S: Anyone got a link to the whole set of Playboy centerfolds? :D The first few I saw were a bit too... old fashioned for me, but some of them look really nice.

[akav0id]

P/S: Anyone got a link to the whole set of Playboy centerfolds? :D The first few I saw were a bit too... old fashioned for me, but some of them look really nice.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2010/08/24/mafia-2-playboy-magazines-locations-guide-xbox-360-ps3-pc.htm

[san.W10]

one major complaint in this game for me = the car brakes - they're too powerful

& they turn ON automatically when very slow :pinch:

i like free rolling, used to do that a lot in mafia1 . :D

[Sawyer 99]

Btw, nVidia is giving a free copy of Mafia II with certain types of GPU's.. pretty cool if your interested in a new GPU, you get this awesome game for free too!

for info here

[soniqstylz]

Should they have added perks, killstreaks, ability to call your friends from a 1950s luggage phone, fly planes, what?

No, that stuff's exclusive to the PS3 DLC. :p

[Pupik]

btw, there's also a multiplayer mod in workings now :o

http://www.modmywhat...ts-real-now/716

Niiiiice :yes:

[Singh400]

Just been playing some more now. Currently up to Chapter 15, where I have been order to kill

Carlo Falcone

up at the

Observatory

. Doing Chapter 14, was a right shocker, I should have guessed from the chapter name. Gonna take a wee break, then gonna jump right back in and see if I can complete it tonight.

[san.W10]

in ch. 11.

so far, its really good.

mafia brand= storyline, & this game lives upto it, no doubt.

this should have got 9.5 for PC, for how well its optimized :p

its so much better than gta4.

[Mekun]

How can it be better than gta4? Theres no side missions or anything else to do. ITs boring.

[san.W10]

1. gta4 is worst port ever.

2. details :p

tho its wrong to compare these two games, but i'd rate this higher than gta4.

wouldnt it be great if gta5 has a new feature, where when you get arrested, you're put behind bars for few game days ? :p