Tne Godfather has proven itself to be one of the best movies ever made and also it has a neat game following its story, pretty much. Mafia II could be compared to 'Godfather the game' but it sure wouldn't be coming out as a winner.
PRESENTATION
You are Vito Scaletta, a guy who came to Empire Bay (a recreation of 50s New York City) when he was only 6-7 years old. After 15 years, he got into crime business and got arrested while robbing a store with his friend, Joe Barbara. After he had been arrested, he was recruited to serve in the front lines of the US Army invading the island of Sicily. Soon after he goes back home as a war hero (of some sort) and finds out a lot of debts have to be payed. The campaign is 7-8 hours long after playing on normal difficulty and if you decide to go through it again (which i don't doubt you will) you will finish it in under than 6 hours. The campaign is consisted out of many chapters that usually end by Vito going back home to bed. It just is really boring to go back home to bed at the end of every chapter, after which in the next one you wake up with a phone ringing (the most usual situation). There are missions that may get you off your chair, but there's just few of them that you barely notice them. The story is interesting but watching Vito do his nonsensical animations of intercation is just pure dullness, mainly because most of them cannot be skipped and don't really show Vito doing anything else except for moving his hands around. The end-of-the-40s and 50s atmosphere is cool and has a nice touch, the pedestrians have fashionable clothes, old cars... 2K has really outdone themselves when it comes to the atmosphere. The voice acting is nice and neat, but some of it is just plain stupid and nonsensical. Some cutscenes just end in silly ways with Vito just freely walking out and not really caring about Leo Galante being shot by Henry, or sad scenes where Vito kind of reminds of a badass. It may sound like from an Italian gangster movie, but it's not. Enemy AI and friendly AI can fail a lot sometimes, enough for you to fail your mission. I was once following Luca in his fast car and while i was getting on the expressway, he crashed into a car and didn't move, and after a few seconds i got a mission-failed-screen saying that Luca didn't reach his destination, kinda makes you think that the devs wanted to troll you. If i would, for example jump of a not-so-high ledge, i would fall and lose a lot of my health.
GRAPHICS
The faces of the main characters looked washed and muddy, while the city and the vehicles look nice and clean.
MULTIPLAYER
Brick.
THE VERDICT
I liked Mafia II, even though it has some issues, it still fairly delivers most of what it promised. 5 years in development and a game like Mafia II is a nice buy, but if you don't like all-around-action games, stay away from this game. I give Mafia II an 8/10 because of its clumsiness and a cliffhanger ending that we mind never get to see the ending of, considering that there won't be Mafia III because 2k Czech is falling apart. For more gaming reviews, check out my blog. Laters.
PRESENTATION
You are Vito Scaletta, a guy who came to Empire Bay (a recreation of 50s New York City) when he was only 6-7 years old. After 15 years, he got into crime business and got arrested while robbing a store with his friend, Joe Barbara. After he had been arrested, he was recruited to serve in the front lines of the US Army invading the island of Sicily. Soon after he goes back home as a war hero (of some sort) and finds out a lot of debts have to be payed. The campaign is 7-8 hours long after playing on normal difficulty and if you decide to go through it again (which i don't doubt you will) you will finish it in under than 6 hours. The campaign is consisted out of many chapters that usually end by Vito going back home to bed. It just is really boring to go back home to bed at the end of every chapter, after which in the next one you wake up with a phone ringing (the most usual situation). There are missions that may get you off your chair, but there's just few of them that you barely notice them. The story is interesting but watching Vito do his nonsensical animations of intercation is just pure dullness, mainly because most of them cannot be skipped and don't really show Vito doing anything else except for moving his hands around. The end-of-the-40s and 50s atmosphere is cool and has a nice touch, the pedestrians have fashionable clothes, old cars... 2K has really outdone themselves when it comes to the atmosphere. The voice acting is nice and neat, but some of it is just plain stupid and nonsensical. Some cutscenes just end in silly ways with Vito just freely walking out and not really caring about Leo Galante being shot by Henry, or sad scenes where Vito kind of reminds of a badass. It may sound like from an Italian gangster movie, but it's not. Enemy AI and friendly AI can fail a lot sometimes, enough for you to fail your mission. I was once following Luca in his fast car and while i was getting on the expressway, he crashed into a car and didn't move, and after a few seconds i got a mission-failed-screen saying that Luca didn't reach his destination, kinda makes you think that the devs wanted to troll you. If i would, for example jump of a not-so-high ledge, i would fall and lose a lot of my health.
GRAPHICS
The faces of the main characters looked washed and muddy, while the city and the vehicles look nice and clean.
MULTIPLAYER
Brick.
THE VERDICT
I liked Mafia II, even though it has some issues, it still fairly delivers most of what it promised. 5 years in development and a game like Mafia II is a nice buy, but if you don't like all-around-action games, stay away from this game. I give Mafia II an 8/10 because of its clumsiness and a cliffhanger ending that we mind never get to see the ending of, considering that there won't be Mafia III because 2k Czech is falling apart. For more gaming reviews, check out my blog. Laters.
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