It's better than the original! The script is way more believable and funnier than the previous one. Cars are very slippery, tough, but manageable. Police is much more forgivable when it comes to minor transgressions, which is always welcome.
I wanted to play the DLC but the arcadey design of it discouraged me to finish it.
A fine ten hours or so. Worth my time.
I wanted to play the DLC but the arcadey design of it discouraged me to finish it.
A fine ten hours or so. Worth my time.
Mafia 2, and I must say that it is quite good technically, the only technical thing that failed me a lot is the AI of the NPCs, since many enemies could not be found or they did not advance and I had to go look for them, which is annoying, It's not great, but not to play it, it's an "open world" since it lets you do what you want only between missions, which takes away from the immersion (immersion, which is the best thing about the game). I feel like this game could perfectly be a movie and would work better. since there are many missions that are about going from point A to point B and are only to advance the story. The rest of the gameplay feels pretty good, the shootings are the main thing, I didn't like the driving as much but it's not bad. overall I recommend it 9/10
So while Mafia 1 got a full remake, Mafia 2 settles for a remaster, Although calling it that seems generous.
Starting with the positive; The game is now in 4K on the newer consoles. Some of the textures are improved, and a few of the main cast have more detailed character models. That's about it though, and even this comes at at cost. There's far more visual glitches and bugs in this than I remember from the 360 version and the still 30fps framerate frequently stutters (even on Series X). It's also missing quality of life improvements that are in both the Mafia remake and Mafia 3, like road signs appearing to direct you to your objective so you're not driving staring at the mini map.
The game itself is still decent. Although it was a little jarring coming from Mafia 1 remake. The first entry has gentleman gangster Don "No cursing on the premises. There's a million words out there, and the man who needs to resort to "fuck this" and "fuck that" is just ignorant or lazy." Salieri easing you in to the game where as Mafia 2 has foul mouthed, whore obsessed Joe "When you measure seven soft, you don't got to be good with words" Barbaro with you for the whole game. That drop in classiness extends to the whole game.
Mafia 2 ramps up the misogyny and has a solid amount of racism (especially against the Chinese). Now I know this is a game about criminals in the 50s but the way the game handles this stuff just feels...immature. It wasn't in Mafia 1 and Mafia 3 approached it in a mature way. here it just comes across as there for the sake of it.
The gameplay itself is mostly good although the majority of my deaths felt cheap, Vito can only take a very small amount of damage and the game frequently drops you in front of multiple enemies nowhere near cover or an enemy through a doorway you can't see 1 shots you. It's made more frustrating with the long gaps between checkpoints.
Overall it's still a fun game but I enjoyed it a lot less than I remembered the first time around.
Starting with the positive; The game is now in 4K on the newer consoles. Some of the textures are improved, and a few of the main cast have more detailed character models. That's about it though, and even this comes at at cost. There's far more visual glitches and bugs in this than I remember from the 360 version and the still 30fps framerate frequently stutters (even on Series X). It's also missing quality of life improvements that are in both the Mafia remake and Mafia 3, like road signs appearing to direct you to your objective so you're not driving staring at the mini map.
The game itself is still decent. Although it was a little jarring coming from Mafia 1 remake. The first entry has gentleman gangster Don "No cursing on the premises. There's a million words out there, and the man who needs to resort to "fuck this" and "fuck that" is just ignorant or lazy." Salieri easing you in to the game where as Mafia 2 has foul mouthed, whore obsessed Joe "When you measure seven soft, you don't got to be good with words" Barbaro with you for the whole game. That drop in classiness extends to the whole game.
Mafia 2 ramps up the misogyny and has a solid amount of racism (especially against the Chinese). Now I know this is a game about criminals in the 50s but the way the game handles this stuff just feels...immature. It wasn't in Mafia 1 and Mafia 3 approached it in a mature way. here it just comes across as there for the sake of it.
The gameplay itself is mostly good although the majority of my deaths felt cheap, Vito can only take a very small amount of damage and the game frequently drops you in front of multiple enemies nowhere near cover or an enemy through a doorway you can't see 1 shots you. It's made more frustrating with the long gaps between checkpoints.
Overall it's still a fun game but I enjoyed it a lot less than I remembered the first time around.
some bugs in the gameplay, but the story still shines here.
Not as great as the first one- but a cool continuation of the story nonetheless. Basic and somewhat unfair 3rd person shooting, cool cars, and a good-looking open world.
7/10
7/10
The story was as good as the first. The gameplay, like the first, wasn't the best.
queria fazer uma review sobre o quão FODA é mafia 2, mas meu primeiro contato com o jogo foi justamente com o remake, e MEU deus, que desastre é esse remake, é bonito graficamente (por mais que pareça um shader baixado no nexus (se fosse seria mais bonito)), mas nossa que desempenho porco, trocentas missoes que eu fiquei com o jogo rodando a 2 FPS, trocentas vezes de carros surgindo do nada na minha frente, bugs toda hora, IA burra que simplesmente te atrapalha quase toda hora, o save que não funciona direito, bug em cutscene, tudo DESAGRADA TANTO nesse remaster
A unica coisa boa é possivelmente o melhor ponto do jogo original, a história. E como foi meu primeiro contato com o jogo, o que falar dessa historia foda pra caralho? scaletta é simplesmente fodastico, muito foda ver todo o arco desse personagem, a relação dele com o Joe é engraçada e foda demais, muitas missoes desse jogo sao extremamente bem feitas, por mais que eu tenha achado o jogo bem curto no final de tudo
no geral é um jogo com uma puta historia (por causa do jogo original) o remaster em si não tem NENHUMA melhora ao jogo original, com toda certeza quem jogou o original e esse remaster, prefere o original
vindo de alguém que amou Mafia 1 Remake, bem feito e conseguiu deixar o jogo bem moderno, jogar esse remaster de um jogo que na história é bem melhor que o antecessor, faz parecer que o 1 é o melhor da saga
pela história é 10/10. mas como tenho que julgar o remake, um 6 tá ótimo, não vale o sofrimento, joguem o original.
A unica coisa boa é possivelmente o melhor ponto do jogo original, a história. E como foi meu primeiro contato com o jogo, o que falar dessa historia foda pra caralho? scaletta é simplesmente fodastico, muito foda ver todo o arco desse personagem, a relação dele com o Joe é engraçada e foda demais, muitas missoes desse jogo sao extremamente bem feitas, por mais que eu tenha achado o jogo bem curto no final de tudo
no geral é um jogo com uma puta historia (por causa do jogo original) o remaster em si não tem NENHUMA melhora ao jogo original, com toda certeza quem jogou o original e esse remaster, prefere o original
vindo de alguém que amou Mafia 1 Remake, bem feito e conseguiu deixar o jogo bem moderno, jogar esse remaster de um jogo que na história é bem melhor que o antecessor, faz parecer que o 1 é o melhor da saga
pela história é 10/10. mas como tenho que julgar o remake, um 6 tá ótimo, não vale o sofrimento, joguem o original.
its a damn shame this port is an ass "rush it and forget" port because this is probably one of the best "gta-likes" that exist and deserves a proper touch up. all it would take is just fixing the bugs and maybe add a proper free ride mode.
Terrible port, it hurts otherwise a good game.
Ta wapo
Last chapters could be better but in overall it’s A very good game,story and characters are so well written gun play and drive are so solid too.
Why play this when games like Witcher or Skyrim exist?
I think this game is worth the money that it is especially if you get the mafia trilogy the mafia trilogy is a pack where you all there of the games mafia one mafia two and mafia three I have completed mafia 1 and 2 but I am currently playing on mafia three I don't want to go into to much detail because I don't want to spoil the game for anyone I played this on my ps4[ just to let you know] and I liked it and I generally enjoyed the time I had on it there is something at the end that I am really mad about [its not about the story its something else after you complete the story] but if you come from mafia one the controls are a little bit different but it took me close to no time to get used to it and the game is just a lot different from both mafia one and mafia three the bad thing about the mafias games for me is that when you play mafia one you get used of the controls the when you go onto mafia 2 you are used to the controls of the first game thinking they will be the same but to be honest they are really not the same then you get used of the mafia 2 controls then when you go to play mafia three the controls are completely different from mafia 1 and 2 but except for this the game is really good
The original game is fun, has a great story and all that, but this remaster is one of the most bugged games I've ever played, it ruins it.
Despite how buggy this version is, i still loved it
Although I understand why the original version of this game was praised for its captivating story and immersive atmosphere, I can't help but view this remaster as a missed opportunity. It's difficult for me to identify any notable improvements over the original version. The frame rate remains disappointingly low, and historical glitches persist. I simply hope that d3t Ltd, the developer responsible for this remaster, won't be entrusted with the task of remastering any of my favorite old games in the future.
Esse segundo jogo é uma maluquice! O Mafia 1 tinha uma narrativa inteligente e uma trama concisa, tudo rodava ao redor do mesmo tema, já esse jogo aqui ele não sabe que história quer contar, é uma coisa que puxa a outra e no meio disso vão te jogando nome atrás de nome e é muito fácil se perder ou sentir que você tá sem rumo na história. E os personagens desse também perdem muito pro primeiro jogo, quem se salva aqui é o Joe Barbarro, mas tirando ele o protagonista é uma porta sem sentimentos, ele foi pra guerra, ele vai preso, a mãe dele morre, queimam sua casa... e nada parece realmente afetar o Vito, o cara é uma pedra, e essas coisas não trazem consequência nenhuma pra história, então é muito difícil se conectar com essa história e deixou muito a desejar pra mim.
O gameplay foi uma complicação, eu tive que me adaptar aos controles da época do PS3 e XBOX 360, esse gameplay devia ser ótimo pra época, mas pra hoje em dia foi o motivo de quase desistir de jogar no início. Apesar disso eu me peguei me divertindo e querendo jogar mais, então não é um jogo ruim.
O gameplay foi uma complicação, eu tive que me adaptar aos controles da época do PS3 e XBOX 360, esse gameplay devia ser ótimo pra época, mas pra hoje em dia foi o motivo de quase desistir de jogar no início. Apesar disso eu me peguei me divertindo e querendo jogar mais, então não é um jogo ruim.
I am a sucker for Mafia/Mobster media I must say.
Absolutely horrible excuse for a "remaster". Multiple game-breaking bugs, including where you have to replay all of chapter 14 if you steal any money from shops during the chapter, as it won't progress to chapter 15. Terrible story that pulls from Goodfellas a lot with zero degree of care to make something new or interesting from those references. Absolutely horrific collectible hunt at the end of the game if you want a platinum trophy. The driving model was slightly better than in the remaster of Mafia I, but the combat wasn't really improved that much and the general feel of the game is still very sluggish. Again, the hardest parts of the game are difficulty because of a battle against the sluggishness of the controls rather than anything the game is throwing at you.
more like the Definitively Buggy Edition
Played for 3 hours and ditched it. I got hold of the PS3 version instead. But this feels very poorly optimized.
Que jogo PERFEITO vsfd, tava tão focado, tão imerso na historia que simplesmente eu tava na ultima missão eh nem percebi kkkkk (essa versão teve alguns bugs, como o cabelo do vito sumindo do nada, joe sumindo em algumas cutscenes kkkkkk.
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JOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hablando puramente de la versión original de PS3 y Xbox 360 ya que la “Definitive Edition” es más “ Definitive Basura” con muchas caídas de frames sin venir a cuento cuando es un juego de la anterior generación. Dejando eso atrás y hablando del juego, es el mejor Mafia de toda la trilogía, una historia buenísima junto a un protagonista con rebosa carisma y personalidad, el sistema de conducción es muy bueno y preciso, mecánicas muy interesante de persecución policial por exceso de velocidad y otras bastante mecánicas que me dejaron sorprendido para un juego de 2010, gráficamente se ve de 10 para su época y engancha desde las primeras misiones, es un juego que cualquiera debería probar.
Great fucking story, great characters and gameplay. But it feels rushed, the open world everything is so empty it feels like they had so much planned but it got cut. The story saves the game big time
It was a really solid experience, but ending just kinda messed everything up for me.... Still really good story with great characters and with super good cutscenes. Gameplay is pretty solid too and shooting mechanics are satisfactory, close combat is rough but when you get the pattern you can get through melee fights very easily. Driving is ok i guess, but i really didn't like long and meaningless driving sections.
And i think this is an acceptable port. I downloaded og version thinking i will have a better experience but NOPE, turns out original version doesn't like when you have a powerful pc and get more than 60FPS. So installed DE and it ran very good. Not 165FPS, not 144FPS but it ran above 120FPS most of the time and yeah not really good for a remaster but game looks pretty and i can live with that.
I didn't play the original version (obviously), so i can't compare two versions but if you have old machine or less powerful machine you can rock with og version no problem. But if you have newer 7 level cpus and a monitor that supports more than 60FPS go for the Mafia 2 Definitive Edition, size is bigger but for me it was worth the waiting.
And i think this is an acceptable port. I downloaded og version thinking i will have a better experience but NOPE, turns out original version doesn't like when you have a powerful pc and get more than 60FPS. So installed DE and it ran very good. Not 165FPS, not 144FPS but it ran above 120FPS most of the time and yeah not really good for a remaster but game looks pretty and i can live with that.
I didn't play the original version (obviously), so i can't compare two versions but if you have old machine or less powerful machine you can rock with og version no problem. But if you have newer 7 level cpus and a monitor that supports more than 60FPS go for the Mafia 2 Definitive Edition, size is bigger but for me it was worth the waiting.
Masterpiece. Amazing story and gameplay.
i finished on PS5.
the story was nice. I really liked the tie in to Mafia 1. the biggest complaint I have is that it didn't feel like I was a gangster in the mafia until about chapter 9 or 10 out of 15. it was a very slow burn until it cranked the heat up to 100 in the last few chapters.
the overall open city of Empire Bay has more to do in it unlike Mafia 1 which was so narrative driven that I didn't see anything you could do besides drive around, which I liked very much.
the game was very buggy with the audio levels being either too loud during cutscenes or too quiet during gameplay. the landscape or minimap would occasionally flicker, textures would sometimes flicker to red or blue, and some models in cutscenes got hilariously glitchy.
the combat started to get really annoying in the later segments of the game because I would get gunned down by the air if I wasn't behind cover. another issue is the food. I could never find food to replenish my max health so I was constantly at 75% of my max health for a majority of the game.
to add to the frustrating combat, the checkpoint system is also just as frustrating simply because it didn't checkpoint enough especially when the entire game, as far as I'm aware, is entirely reliant on auto-save. I'd go through a majority of a combat section and then I'd usually get sent back to the beginning of that section because I died from a random goon spawning in front of me and erasing me with a tommy gun in 2 seconds.
I like Tommy more but Vito is cool protag.
the overall open city of Empire Bay has more to do in it unlike Mafia 1 which was so narrative driven that I didn't see anything you could do besides drive around, which I liked very much.
the game was very buggy with the audio levels being either too loud during cutscenes or too quiet during gameplay. the landscape or minimap would occasionally flicker, textures would sometimes flicker to red or blue, and some models in cutscenes got hilariously glitchy.
the combat started to get really annoying in the later segments of the game because I would get gunned down by the air if I wasn't behind cover. another issue is the food. I could never find food to replenish my max health so I was constantly at 75% of my max health for a majority of the game.
to add to the frustrating combat, the checkpoint system is also just as frustrating simply because it didn't checkpoint enough especially when the entire game, as far as I'm aware, is entirely reliant on auto-save. I'd go through a majority of a combat section and then I'd usually get sent back to the beginning of that section because I died from a random goon spawning in front of me and erasing me with a tommy gun in 2 seconds.
I like Tommy more but Vito is cool protag.