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Mafia II |OT| Hey Vito, drive me to the other side of town
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EvilDick34
Banned
Why aren't they letting us pre-load, SIGH..i'm gonna have to wait until tomorrow evening to play 
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.Macho Madness
Member
Loving the game so far. Really does feel like 1940s NYC.
Hooterville
Member
What does the limited edition look like?
Anyone have it yet? Pictures?
Anyone have it yet? Pictures?
wormstrangler
Banned
Anyone feel like testing whether you can copy the demo files to the Mafia ii directory before Steam starts to download the game to save ~1GB?
I did it with the original L4D and it worked well, so it may work with Mafia II and be a good way to get the game several hours quicker.
I did it with the original L4D and it worked well, so it may work with Mafia II and be a good way to get the game several hours quicker.
GameStar Review:
Graphics: 9/10
Liked:
- The lighting and color settings
- the physics effects
- the cars can be nicely wrecked (damage on them is very visible and detailed)
Didn't like:
- not much variety in models for (random) NPCs
Sound 10/10
Liked:
- great soundtrack
- excellent voice actors
- gunfire and engine noises are well done
- you can choose to change speech/audio output to english
Didn't like:
- nothing
Balance 7/10
Liked:
- automatic regeneration of health
- three difficulty levels that can be changed during chapters
Didn't like:
- difficulty perhaps not balanced very well --> they say "easy" is sometimes too difficult
- the player is not free to save wherever they want
- not enough checkpoints
Ambiance 10/10
Liked:
- the game radiates a convincing mafia-mood
- nice 40's and 50's flair
- change of time (seasons and daytime) during chapters
Didn't like:
- seems a bit "stretched"/lenghty at times
Controls 8/10
Liked:
- you can save up to 10 cars
- cover system
Didn't like:
- you can't shoot from a vehicle
- drawing of weapons sometimes takes too long
Length 7/10
Liked:
- 15 long chapters
- large selection of drivable vehicles
- nice looking mafia-wardrobe
Didn't like
- nothing/not much too do outside of missions
- very little replay value
Level design 9/10
Liked:
- detailed and believable areas
- parts of the environment are destructable
- the city is a diverse location
Didn't like:
- while to city looks nice, it is mostly a facade
AI 7/10
Liked:
- AI partners semi-competent
- police cars are a real threat
- enemy gangsters are good at using cover
Didn't like:
- police men are bad at using cover
Weapons 8/10:
Liked:
- classic mafia style guns, that one would expect, are available
- shooting gas caps on vehicles makes them explode
- changing of weapons works well
Didn't like:
- not much too the melee combat
Story: 10/10:
Liked:
- the history plays during six xears
- many nice cutscenes
- nice gray-area characters that are believable
- good dialogues
Final Score: 85/100
Play time: 12 hours
Source: http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/mafia-2/wertung/43581.html
Graphics: 9/10
Liked:
- The lighting and color settings
- the physics effects
- the cars can be nicely wrecked (damage on them is very visible and detailed)
Didn't like:
- not much variety in models for (random) NPCs
Sound 10/10
Liked:
- great soundtrack
- excellent voice actors
- gunfire and engine noises are well done
- you can choose to change speech/audio output to english
Didn't like:
- nothing
Balance 7/10
Liked:
- automatic regeneration of health
- three difficulty levels that can be changed during chapters
Didn't like:
- difficulty perhaps not balanced very well --> they say "easy" is sometimes too difficult
- the player is not free to save wherever they want
- not enough checkpoints
Ambiance 10/10
Liked:
- the game radiates a convincing mafia-mood
- nice 40's and 50's flair
- change of time (seasons and daytime) during chapters
Didn't like:
- seems a bit "stretched"/lenghty at times
Controls 8/10
Liked:
- you can save up to 10 cars
- cover system
Didn't like:
- you can't shoot from a vehicle
- drawing of weapons sometimes takes too long
Length 7/10
Liked:
- 15 long chapters
- large selection of drivable vehicles
- nice looking mafia-wardrobe
Didn't like
- nothing/not much too do outside of missions
- very little replay value
Level design 9/10
Liked:
- detailed and believable areas
- parts of the environment are destructable
- the city is a diverse location
Didn't like:
- while to city looks nice, it is mostly a facade
AI 7/10
Liked:
- AI partners semi-competent
- police cars are a real threat
- enemy gangsters are good at using cover
Didn't like:
- police men are bad at using cover
Weapons 8/10:
Liked:
- classic mafia style guns, that one would expect, are available
- shooting gas caps on vehicles makes them explode
- changing of weapons works well
Didn't like:
- not much too the melee combat
Story: 10/10:
Liked:
- the history plays during six xears
- many nice cutscenes
- nice gray-area characters that are believable
- good dialogues
Final Score: 85/100
Play time: 12 hours
Source: http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/mafia-2/wertung/43581.html
Alright, fuck it. I'm keeping the game. So what, it's only 10 hours. I've replayed the demo, which is ten minutes, like 7 times!
Anyway to cancel a support ticket with Steam?
Edit: The possibility of playing this game in 4 hours (figure an hour to dl) did play a significant role in this decision. I'm really happy they moved up the availability to midnight, but I am disappointed about no preloading.
Anyway to cancel a support ticket with Steam?
Edit: The possibility of playing this game in 4 hours (figure an hour to dl) did play a significant role in this decision. I'm really happy they moved up the availability to midnight, but I am disappointed about no preloading.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
I can't wait
cjtiger300
Member
Revolutionary said:
Any impressions? How is the framerate and tearing? Is is better than the demo?
cjtiger300
Member
Revolutionary
Member
I don't know if it's an improvement over the demo. The framerate seems fine, I've noticed a few dips in sequences with a lot going on but nothing substantial or detrimental to gameplay. As for tearing, I honestly rarely notice it unless it's really obvious - I always play PC games with Vsync off to avoid mouse lag so yeah, tearing doesn't bother me.cjtiger300 said:
As for the game, it seems fairly linear so far (2 Chapters in), because you aren't given a gun to do any robberies or anything immediately (I have one now)... so you're basically forced to continue with the objective.
The story seems fine so far, as well. I'm more intrigued by Jimmy's story (DLC) from the short time I played it, though. Very interesting character.
Oh, and the first Playboy is hawt. They even have a slideshow function in the menu for maximum fappage!
goddammit.
Another think I dislike is that if it starts the reload weapon animation you're forced to wait till it ends before you can change weapon.
Also, wasn't the original Mafia one of the few games to ditch all the remaining ammo in your gun if you reloaded it before the mag was empty?
cjtiger300
Member
Revolutionary said:
Sounds good! Sounds like the exclusive DLC is actually pretty good! That is awesome!
I have to say, the Mafia II instruction book is the best I've ever seen. Glorious full colour all the way through and so much time spent on the buttons used in gameplay!
It's a four page (four numbered pages, but technically an eight page booklet) One page on connecting to Xbox Live, a centerspread of Set 1 controls for driving and walking, three pages of warnings about epilepsy and warranty info, the front cover and the back cover - dedicated to the Jimmy's Vendetta DLC. SAD, SAD, SAD!
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
I'd say the game is .... okay.
Played 2 hours so far.
Some quick impressions:
+ Shooting and cover mechanics are vastly superior to GTA IV.
+ Game oozes atmosphere with visuals and music.
- MTV was probably right. There's about 1.5 hours of driving in the first two hours. More egregious is that the driving kind of sucks; steering is just bad. And police are ridiculously pedantic.
- Story and dialogue are pretty meh. In one mission, a character literally sits with you in the car telling you pickup lines for 10 minutes.
- Rote missions. Ex. steal car, bring person from point a to b, learn how to shoot. Same shit that's been done ad nauseum.
Played 2 hours so far.
Some quick impressions:
+ Shooting and cover mechanics are vastly superior to GTA IV.
+ Game oozes atmosphere with visuals and music.
- MTV was probably right. There's about 1.5 hours of driving in the first two hours. More egregious is that the driving kind of sucks; steering is just bad. And police are ridiculously pedantic.
- Story and dialogue are pretty meh. In one mission, a character literally sits with you in the car telling you pickup lines for 10 minutes.
- Rote missions. Ex. steal car, bring person from point a to b, learn how to shoot. Same shit that's been done ad nauseum.
MMaRsu
Member
DevelopmentArrested said:
Yeah that's why it's probably the start of the game right? I mean it's better to get those shitty basic missions out of the way before the fun starts. Plus the first mission you do ( tutorial ) is actually pretty awesome. In GTAIV pretty much a whole shitload of missions were like this, even late into the game.
Driving doesn't suck imo, going by the demo. This seems to be a love it or hate it kind of thing, since Rez didn't like it either. From what I saw on the stream of the first hour, story and dialogue seems amazing.
giantbomb 3/5 stars
http://www.giantbomb.com/mafia-ii/61-20538/reviews/
http://www.giantbomb.com/mafia-ii/61-20538/reviews/
zero margin
Member
miladesn said:
That read like a 2/5.
MMaRsu
Member
miladesn said:
I understand the dislike for the fact that there is nothing to do in the city aside from the main missions.. and I dislike it as well. I mean it's sad, and they probably could have made some fun side missions but it wouldn't fit in with the story.
The game is an open world game yes, but surely no sandbox game. I feel that Brad is treating it as such, just BECAUSE it's an open world.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
It reads like Giant Bomb misunderstood what they were playing.zero margin said:
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
I really want this game, but I just can't see myself getting it for a console. It's just so damn fugly!Might have to upgrade my PC for this.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
5.732GB install from steam
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
I'm downloading it from Steam now.
MMaRsu
Member
Mafia 1 review by Greg Kasavin from back in the day..
Here you can really notice the similarities from Mafia 1 > 2 > GTA. Greg is basically saying the same thing, it has some things in common with the GTA series, but the game really stands on it's own as something different.
I think Mafia 2 is the same, and there really is nothing wrong with a good 12/15 hours of gametime in a linear fashion. It's sad to see reviewers bash this game because it doesn't have wacky side missions.
Here you can really notice the similarities from Mafia 1 > 2 > GTA. Greg is basically saying the same thing, it has some things in common with the GTA series, but the game really stands on it's own as something different.
I think Mafia 2 is the same, and there really is nothing wrong with a good 12/15 hours of gametime in a linear fashion. It's sad to see reviewers bash this game because it doesn't have wacky side missions.
EvilDick34
Banned
Ugh, steam download is already crawling!!!!