[Official] Mafia II

[Setnom]

BTW For all people who didn't bother looking for all playboys - obviously NSFW <<snipped>> :cool:

Some fine playmates in there. Women back then sure were hot, with some meat on their bones. Today, it's either skinny models or artificial breasts.

[WastedJoker]

It's probably to stop people from hammering down everywhere, to keep some of the authenticity. I did try to drive legally but in the long run it gets a bit tedious, now I just put the pedal to the metal and whenever a blue square shows up on the radar up ahead I slam the breaks till I get below 40 and just go past 'em.

On Chapter 8 and haven't had any police chasing me due to speeding in the game yet.

I do also have to give credit to the sound team at 2K Czech, they did an awesome job on everything! I just drove a Hot Rod and they sound amazing, a real pleasure to just rev the engine and hear it purr :D Also the .38 Snub sounds awesome, like it packs a massive punch - One of the best gun firing noises I've heard in a game for a very long time.

It's easier to just switch the limiter back on than braking, imo.

[Konstanov]

This game stops being fun after your house burns down, then it's a chore. Chapter 15 was also pretty bull****, it feels like they needed an ending to the game and they just wrote down random **** on post its and put them on a dart board and threw darts blindly until one stuck.

Edited August 28, 2010 by Nicholas-c
Spoiler tags added.

[HostileGamer]

Oh and a suggestion for all the ATi users wanting to use the PhysX / APEX performance 'trick' ( Removing all cloth files except Vito's ), look through the Effects folder and remove all the files starting with "Hit" in all folders and also every filed named something with Crazy Horse. I had two levels that killed my PC because of all the crappy debris, the warehouse level from the demo and the crazyhorse shot-up, which is also debris hell - Killed my performance completely.

With those removed you get to keep everything else PhysX / APEX related and that doesn't take too much of a performance hit.

Umm I saw that website and I did that....then I got the the part where we shot up the greaser bar lol. Ya I went from a smooth 70 fps with my quad phenom II and my ATI 5850 down to 6fps lol with the Physx set at high. It's really not worth it to enable physics in this game because I really don't think physics brings gamechanging experiences to the table. Would I like to play games with ACCURATE physics enabled? You bet your ass I would lol but I'm not going to move to evil green just to get that feature. It's a shame 2kchech got in bed with shitvidia to bring physics in their game. :(

[Sethos]

Umm I saw that website and I did that....then I got the the part where we shot up the greaser bar lol. Ya I went from a smooth 70 fps with my quad phenom II and my ATI 5850 down to 6fps lol with the Physx set at high. It's really not worth it to enable physics in this game because I really don't think physics brings gamechanging experiences to the table. Would I like to play games with ACCURATE physics enabled? You bet your ass I would lol but I'm not going to move to evil green just to get that feature. It's a shame 2kchech got in bed with shitvidia to bring physics in their game. :(

Yeah, I totally agree. The only feature of PhysX in Mafia II that is worth getting is the smoke collision, when doing a burnout for an example and the smoke hits your car and bounces off, looks okay. All the debris just looks awful and so badly optimized because it just sits there, the more you shoot the lower FPS you get because those huge chunks of rock just keeps piling up.

But the tiny features PhysX bring like the collision cloth and smoke can still be enjoyed if you remove the hit files, crazy horse files and the cloth files not tied to Vito. So might as well do it :D

[Briandl79]

Hmm... So I got to a point where I didn't want to pick the controller back up to finish the game, but when I finally did I couldn't put it down. The ending was "off" for lack of a better word.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Hmm... So I got to a point where I didn't want to pick the controller back up to finish the game, but when I finally did I couldn't put it down. The ending was "off" for lack of a better word.

:(

The ending of Mafia was stellar!

[Briandl79]

Yeah the ending of Mafia was stellar, the ending of Mafia 2 isn't nearly as good.

[Zain Adeel]

not happy at all with the ending myself..

:(

i want moar!!..

it was a very nicely done game.

attention to detail was awesome.

i appreciate hardwork.

but they ..... the ending.

[Knife Party]

should be getting this by next week lastest, will try that ATi trick Sethos thanks for mentioning it

[ahmz]

???? I was gearing up for what I felt was going to be an epic final chapter... then the credits started to roll. Very disappointed with that ending!

[MindTrickz]

What a terrible ending to a awesome game. There are so many things left unanswered and in the air.

[ViperAFK]

Yeah the ending could have been a lot better if you

got revenge on the people who killed joe

I don't think it was terrible though. It was a pretty sad ending.

[san.W10]

10% into game, feels like refurbished mafia1 :p

details are really really awesome.

compared to gta4, this one's more interactive.

would like more peds population tho.

[BigKush]

not happy at all with the ending myself..

:(

i want moar!!..

it was a very nicely done game.

attention to detail was awesome.

i appreciate hardwork.

but they ..... the ending.

but they ..... DLC!

an... the.. cash!

[Richard Hammond]

I LOVED the car mechanics sliding around corners etc.. probably one of the first sandbox games that i cared about the car, games like GTA there is relatively no punishment for just taking cars you could fly around the city bashing into everything then when the car is trashed just jump out and steal another. Gunplay was a little too basic for my liking though i loved the variety of weapons especially the M1 Garand.

The story was brilliant though i REALLY enjoyed watching the cutscenes, most games today i just skip them.

What i cant forgive is the ending, complete and total anticlimax and left me with a bad taste in my mouth, spent all this time being immersed in the game, the stories and the characters who i cared for, for the most part, and then they take a huge great big crap on your head from up high, if they use this as a cliffhanger for Mafia 3 i wont be impressed.

[lalalawawawa]

What i cant forgive is the ending, complete and total anticlimax and left me with a bad taste in my mouth, spent all this time being immersed in the game, the stories and the characters who i cared for, for the most part, and then they take a huge great big crap on your head from up high, if they use this as a cliffhanger for Mafia 3 i wont be impressed.

Expect a DLC. Oh, and Mafia's ending was no "better" either. You got pwned in the end. :D

[Briandl79]

Mafias ending was infinitely better. Just because he died in the end didn't make it a bad ending at all. He was a rat and even though he was a likable rat because you played him for the entire game, and even though it kinda sucked to see him die, you knew deep down he got what he deserved.

I haven't beaten a ton of games, but definitely one of the best endings I've ever seen.

Having said that:

Imagine: Old guy says: "Joe wasn't part of our deal", Vito says: "He is now" and much like he shot both guards when they asked him to surrender his weapon earlier, he shoots both the old man and the chink in one smooth, quick motion, a second later he shoots the driver, and the car slows and crashes into a guard rail. Vito gets out and runs back to the house where they took Joe, which isn't too far. Insert save Joe mission, then cue ending scene. Joe and Vito are standing outside of the home where he was almost killed, and where Vito had just saved his life, the spot overlooks Empire Bay, Joe says to Vito: "We're gonna have a lot of people after our asses now Vito", Vito says to Joe:"I wouldn't have it any other way. It's just you and me Joe, like it always has been", or insert other cool line. Cue Joe and Vito cocking their Tommy guns, then pan out behind them to show a wide shot of Empire Bay.[/FIN]

[ahmz]

Yea that would have been much better... except in true Mafia 2 style you would have to drive

to where they took Joe

.

[Singh400]

Just played a good couple of hours. Just "woke up" to Chapter 9, and a ringing phone. Quitted the game there, will take a break and resume later on tonight. So far, I'm loving it. The cops are idiots though. I've always speeding past them, and they never say anything? Only time I got done was when I sped past them at 100mph+ in the hot rod :D

[HostileGamer]

I'm already done with the game & I want DLC now!!!

[Briandl79]

Yea that would have been much better... except in true Mafia 2 style you would have to drive

to where they took Joe

.

Alright so a revision, because I can't argue with that logic:

Vito kills the driver, the car slows and hits a guard rail. Vito gets out, goes to the front of the car, pulls the guy out and drives the car back to where Joe is. While he's driving maybe the old man and the chink are just barely alive, maybe they are moaning in pain, maybe they are talking smack, and maybe at the end Vito tells Joe about what happened and what he had to do to get there, and maybe Joe says a cool line and finishes them both off, or maybe they each finish one of them, when the camera pans out behind them overlooking Empire Bay Joe is on one side of the car and Vito is on the other, where they were standing when they finished off both guys. Insert cool ending lines, guns cocking, etc.

Another idea, because things don't always have to end all pretty and sweet like:

Vito kills both guys, goes back but Joe is already dead, he smokes a bunch of guys in a rage, maybe even a few innocent bystanders (a maid or butler in the home) and leaves the building. At the end he's crying, overlooking Empire Bay, he's tired, his shoulders are dropped, his head is tilted to the side, he sighs, and takes the clip out of his gun, he holds it in his hand, looks at it, and then drops it on the ground, he's done with this life.

[inferniac]

Yeah the ending sucks big time.

Let's hope for some DLC where you actually go and try to save Joe. Otherwise story feels just unfinished.

[Huleboeren]

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

[WastedJoker]

1920x1080, high PhysX, 16x anis, AA off and all settings on high.

Looks very atmospheric.