Mafia II

GTR63 · 26-07-2010 2:11pm

How long is the campaign in this game,No matter what anyone says there is noting else to do in these type of games but play the campaign I finished Red Dead & there is nothing else to do but get the remaining achievements.

Kiith · 26-07-2010 2:45pm

GTR63 wrote: »

How long is the campaign in this game,No matter what anyone says there is noting else to do in these type of games but play the campaign I finished Red Dead & there is nothing else to do but get the remaining achievements.

Can you not just be satisfied with a game that has a compelling and believeable story? Assuming its similar length to the original, you get 10-15 hours of gameplay, with what looks like a great story, great voice acting, and great action. Not every game needs multiplayer.

GTR63 · 26-07-2010 4:17pm

Kiith wrote: »

Can you not just be satisfied with a game that has a compelling and believeable story? Assuming its similar length to the original, you get 10-15 hours of gameplay, with what looks like a great story, great voice acting, and great action. Not every game needs multiplayer.

Trust me I hate multiplayer & tacked on Co-op but a few more missions in the final 3rd of Red Dead (when you return from Mexico)wouldn't of hurt the story.Huge open world games have noting in them beyond the missions, they could be on rails & I wouldn't complain. I hear the developers of Mafia II are Polishing this game a lot which caused the Delays.At least I know that just hope its a lenghty & enjoyable.

Shuggana · 26-07-2010 4:24pm

Direct2Drive has Mafia 1 up with a cost of $0.00, too. I'm not sure if it's still up but it's worth a look! It's not abandonware or anything, so I guess whoever owns the rights to the franchise felt generous.

Kiith · 26-07-2010 9:43pm

Shuggana wrote: »

Direct2Drive has Mafia 1 up with a cost of $0.00, too. I'm not sure if it's still up but it's worth a look! It's not abandonware or anything, so I guess whoever owns the rights to the franchise felt generous.

I think thats only there because you get it for free when you pre-order Mafia 2. I dont think its actually free without the pre-order.

humanji · 27-07-2010 1:00am

Kiith wrote: »

I think thats only there because you get it for free when you pre-order Mafia 2. I dont think its actually free without the pre-order.

Yeah, it's the same for when you pre-order Mafia 2 on Steam, though I think D2D is a little cheaper.

Kiith · 27-07-2010 8:47am

humanji wrote: »

though I think D2D is a little cheaper.

Wow, thats a surprise

Bus77II · 29-07-2010 10:20am

Mafia 1 was the only game I felt guilty about downloading the 'sly' way.
I still remember driving over the big bridge with the sun coming up and thinking ''wow. I really should have paid for this''

No more crime for me. I'm buying this one.

Zero-Cool · 29-07-2010 10:30am

Something tells me this won't have the magic the 1st one had but I can only hope. I will be waiting for the demo before I decide if its a purchase for me or not. Will be trading in RDR (Sick of it, only played half way through and so bored of it!!) I thought it was announced Mafia 2 will have MP??

Kiith · 29-07-2010 10:53am

From everything i've seen of this, its going to stay pretty faithful to the first one. I've watched pretty much every video released, including the interviews with the staff, and they really know their stuff. Its probably my most anticipated game of 2010.

The Sparrow · 31-07-2010 7:26pm

New trailer here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-kick-mafia-ii/702414

Looks absolutely fantastic. Loving the music.

Valmont · 31-07-2010 10:18pm

Kiith wrote: »

Not every game needs multiplayer.

I thought I was the only one! I've been confused lately with perfectly good single player story games containing pointless multiplayer add ons. Bioshock 2, Red dead redemption and I'm sure there are many more. In these later years of my gaming life all I want is a riveting storyline and some novel gameplay elements.

The Freeman · 09-08-2010 1:48pm

First review is out lads...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=257937

80%:eek:

Kiith · 09-08-2010 1:53pm

From reading that, i don't have any problem with their main fault. It was never meant to be a sandbox game, and the first Mafia was extremely linear. No need to change a winning formula. As long as the story and gameplay are good (and from the sounds of things, they are), i'll be happy.

Personally, i can't wait for it.

humanji · 09-08-2010 2:01pm

I read that review in PC Zone today. I'll spoiler the rest in case anyone doesn't want to know.

The reviewer was f*cking atrocious. I'm not expecting Booker Prize winners to be reviewing things, but how did an editor let him get away with all that? Anyway, the overall impression that I'm getting is that it's just a "meh" game and nothing more. They gave it an 80, but reading the review, you'd wonder why. It's almost like he felt he would get lambasted if he gave it lower. It's a strange review that is quite negative for a lot of it, but seems to apologise for being negative and then praises it at the end.

So basically, that review may as well not have happened for me because it's just left me confused as to whether or not the game is any good.

The Freeman · 09-08-2010 3:09pm

Kiith wrote: »

From reading that, i don't have any problem with their main fault.

same as that mate, p.c. zone were never great for reviews anyways tbh, linear isin't a bad thing these days seen as how many sandbox games are flooding the market.

reading that the mark down if 20% pretty much was for the linearity, would they give the same score to uncharted 2 due to it being quite linear, if it was on the p.c. too?

Burgo · 09-08-2010 3:26pm

Isn't the demo supposed to be out today or tomorrow?

humanji · 09-08-2010 3:30pm

In fairness, there were a lot more downsides in the actual review. The characters seem a little dodgy and unrelatable. There aer annoying colelctables of playboy that flash up on the screen even when you're in the middle of a gun fight. It has a ****ty checkpoint system that makes you backtrack through long sections to get back to where you were. The missions themselves aren't anything new and there's zero replayability.

The line in the review that pretty much sums up what they feel about the game is, "Details like this distinguish Mafia II as a game that you could actually love, rather than play, but with seven years in the pipeline, there should have been more."

I think I'll hold off a week or so after release to see how the general public feel about the game.

The Freeman · 09-08-2010 3:40pm

humanji wrote: »

In fairness, there were a lot more downsides in the actual review. The characters seem a little dodgy and unrelatable. There aer annoying colelctables of playboy that flash up on the screen even when you're in the middle of a gun fight. It has a ****ty checkpoint system that makes you backtrack through long sections to get back to where you were. The missions themselves aren't anything new and there's zero replayability.

ya apologies there, bad wording on my part alright.

for myself i think bad checkpoints and possibly ten mins of backtracking to get to an area over and over again is very frustrating, Can't see why they haven't integrated quick saving feature in console games in fairness.

The Freeman · 09-08-2010 3:42pm

Burgo wrote: »

Isn't the demo supposed to be out today or tomorrow?

Tomorrow;)

there is a video of the demo up on youtube if anybody is interested at all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGHG_g-CfjM

humanji · 09-08-2010 3:58pm

The Freeman wrote: »

ya apologies there, bad wording on my part alright:o.

for myself i think bad checkpoints and possibly ten mins of backtracking to get to an area over and over again is very frustrating, Can't see why they haven't integrated quick saving feature in console games in fairness.

Probably because most games would be about 5 hours shorter.