Never played the original Mafia II, so I don't really have anything to compare this 'remaster' to - you know it's bad if I give it a negative review.
The game itself is decent - a linear experience that has some pretty solid writing and voice acting, and OK gameplay. Going in, I didn't have that nostalgia link that a lot of people do, so there was nothing really that stood out to me as a first-time player, except perhaps the city, which is pretty convincing and helps set the atmosphere of the game pretty well. The DLC, especially the Jimmy DLC, is very not good...
The performance is absolutely abysmal. I don't think I ever played a game that ran as bad as this one (besides maybe Hitman Contracts). CONSTANT and hard-hitting frame drops made playing through this otherwise decent game an absolute chore. Perhaps I should have just played the classic version...
The game itself is decent - a linear experience that has some pretty solid writing and voice acting, and OK gameplay. Going in, I didn't have that nostalgia link that a lot of people do, so there was nothing really that stood out to me as a first-time player, except perhaps the city, which is pretty convincing and helps set the atmosphere of the game pretty well. The DLC, especially the Jimmy DLC, is very not good...
The performance is absolutely abysmal. I don't think I ever played a game that ran as bad as this one (besides maybe Hitman Contracts). CONSTANT and hard-hitting frame drops made playing through this otherwise decent game an absolute chore. Perhaps I should have just played the classic version...
La saga Mafia vivra malheureusement toujours dans l'ombre de GTA pour le grand public et c'est bien dommage car Mafia II est excellent. Le jeu est bon dans sa globalité (malgré quelques glitchs agaçants), le scénario est sympa mais je retiendrai surtout l'immersion dans les années 40-50, mention spéciale aux musiques diffusées sur les stations radios.
It feels like a very outdated game in terms of gameplay, AI, character development, and story. It doesn't stand out in any aspect, and the only good thing is the setting. Full of bugs and glitches. I understand that it was a great game and a revolution in its time, but nowadays there's no reason to play this instead of the
first Mafia remake. This game also needed a remake that does it justice.
first Mafia remake. This game also needed a remake that does it justice.
First off I want to say this game was great and if you haven't ever played the Mafia series before you should treat yourself. Also I played the Definitive Editions of both games.
I played Mafia earlier in the year and it became a top 5 game of the year so far for me with a score of 9. I love that the games are set about 15 years apart from each other so you have an overlap of characters albeit pretty small. Mafia was set around 1930-1938 with Mafia 2 being set at the end of WW2 so 1945-1951.
I would like to start off with gameplay and it is was great the whole way through the game. Although it would have been easier if i was using a controller, but I didn't feel like getting it out of the closet. The weapons in the game were fun, but they were pretty simple to use which is fine since there is no first person ads. The driving in the game was a whole lot better than Mafia and felt great to speed around from cops or just driving while listening to some great music.
The story being set right at the end of WW2 was pretty nice and felt pretty realistic to how people were back in the day. The overall story was decent being Vito pretty much wanting to make money and striving not to end up like his late father. With how the story connected throughout the chapters it seemed like it jumped around pretty fast with little to no explanations for certain things.
The characters are where the story shined though with Joe, Henry, Leo, Vito and others. All of their interactions with each other were great, but when it came to the actual "Family" of the mob it was done pretty poorly compared to Mafia. It felt more like being an errand boy
than an actual family like the Salieri crime family of the first game.
All in all if you enjoyed the first game you will definitely enjoy the second game. I will get to Mafia 3 sooner rather than later to finish off this amazing trilogy so far.
Mafia 2 (7.75/10)
I played Mafia earlier in the year and it became a top 5 game of the year so far for me with a score of 9. I love that the games are set about 15 years apart from each other so you have an overlap of characters albeit pretty small. Mafia was set around 1930-1938 with Mafia 2 being set at the end of WW2 so 1945-1951.
I would like to start off with gameplay and it is was great the whole way through the game. Although it would have been easier if i was using a controller, but I didn't feel like getting it out of the closet. The weapons in the game were fun, but they were pretty simple to use which is fine since there is no first person ads. The driving in the game was a whole lot better than Mafia and felt great to speed around from cops or just driving while listening to some great music.
The story being set right at the end of WW2 was pretty nice and felt pretty realistic to how people were back in the day. The overall story was decent being Vito pretty much wanting to make money and striving not to end up like his late father. With how the story connected throughout the chapters it seemed like it jumped around pretty fast with little to no explanations for certain things.
The characters are where the story shined though with Joe, Henry, Leo, Vito and others. All of their interactions with each other were great, but when it came to the actual "Family" of the mob it was done pretty poorly compared to Mafia. It felt more like being an errand boy
than an actual family like the Salieri crime family of the first game.
All in all if you enjoyed the first game you will definitely enjoy the second game. I will get to Mafia 3 sooner rather than later to finish off this amazing trilogy so far.
Mafia 2 (7.75/10)