Who is excited about Mafia 2 ?

psychoticprankster · Feb 2009

Who else is excited about Mafia 2 ?

Here is the Trailers page for this Amazing looking game and of course its website
itself. This is a game I'm very excited about.

http://www.mafia2.co.uk/index.php?page=trailers

unarmed Combat and Gyms in it. World War 2 era guns and cars
I'm super pumped for what looks to be a Master Piece.

AshleyTayles · Feb 2009

I'll pick it up at some point, maybe not straight away though... I need to see some gameplay before I decide.

Jay Evans · Feb 2009

I was a big fan of the first one. Hope its more of the same. .. but better:)

Eclipse · Feb 2009

Loved the first one, and am really looking forward to this one A LOT!

StJoris · Feb 2009

Yeah I'm pretty pumped for this one, first one was top-notch! Might not have too much time to play it, oh well.

ebagg · Feb 2009

Gotta say... thats some of the best art for an open world game I've seen. I started the original game...still need to finish, I just hope the second doesn't have that getting pulled over by the cops if you are speeding bullshit.

psychoticprankster · Feb 2009

ebagg wrote: »

Gotta say... thats some of the best art for an open world game I've seen. I started the original game...still need to finish, I just hope the second doesn't have that getting pulled over by the cops if you are speeding bullshit.

Yeah! the realism of it was Charming for a while. Then it got annoying.

Wahlgren · Feb 2009

Im gonna get it day one. No question. Shit is making me excited on so many levels. Loved the first one. LOVED.

leilei · Feb 2009

I AM I LOVE MAFIA THIS GAMES GONA GREAT

Bronco · Feb 2009

the first game was one of my favorites, it didn't get the praise it deserved when it came out. looks like they learnt there lessons with the marketing side of things with this one....really pumped for it.

John

ghost-d · Feb 2009

Hm... so you guys really liked Mafia. I read about huge popularity of Mafia overseas and stuff in local games-magazines, but I just thought that they just really exaggerate things.

But don´t get too excited about the screenshots. Although I believe that they wouldn´t put in stores something that won´t look at least a bit similar to the pics, but I read that models and textures were specially done by some Australian studio. All very hires, just for the purposes of good presentation.

mLichy · Feb 2009

hell ya, I check their site everday

rolfness · Feb 2009

the trailers look nice, but what the actual game will be like I dunno..

I never played the first ones.. Im thinking maybe I should get it. Is it on Steam ?

hmm Mafia 1 looks pretty old..

ebagg · Feb 2009

rolfness wrote: »

the trailers look nice, but what the actual game will be like I dunno..

I never played the first ones.. Im thinking maybe I should get it. Is it on Steam ?

hmm Mafia 1 looks pretty old..

The first Mafia game was on the Quake 3 engine I recall...personally I think the art of it aged really well, my main annoyance is the vehicle physics were shit.

vik · Feb 2009

psychoticprankster wrote: »

Yeah! the realism of it was Charming for a while. Then it got annoying.

...and that was when you grabbed your tommy gun and got out of the car

mLichy · Feb 2009

Elliot, it wasn't on the quake 3 engine, lol. It was on their own in-house engine called LS3D. Also the vehicle physics were pretty damn realistic. Much more so than alot of games in it's time or even now. People may say their shit because it was somewhat difficult to drive at times, but I loved it. The damage was quite nice too.

MikeF · Feb 2009

If i had to chose a favorite game of all time it would be mafia.
Story, sound, music, art, everything was great. Still play through it once a year or so. The only fuck ups were the racing level and the free ride extreme mode got boring really quick. Gonna be getting this on day 1

pestibug · Feb 2009

HELL YEAH!!!!! I'm excited for it! If it's as godo as the first one (or, god fobid, even BETTER) It'll be a blast to play. Mafia, easilly the all time fav game for me.

I demand releasage nowz!

rolfness · Feb 2009

ebagg wrote: »

The first Mafia game was on the Quake 3 engine I recall...personally I think the art of it aged really well, my main annoyance is the vehicle physics were shit.

hmmm it should be in the budget section now.. if it is I'll pick it up and give it a spin

glynnsmith · Feb 2009

Man. The first Mafia was ace. Reading through this thread almost makes me want to play through it again.

As for the physics - I think this was the first game I'd played to feature any kind of object-based physics. I remember nudging a barrel with my car and being impressed because it toppled over and rolled around for a bit.

Simple things.

lio · Feb 2009

dying to get my hands on it... loved the first one and played through it 3 times...

diZzyWalnut · Feb 2009

ouuuph man ;
Yes , Yes , Yes ......

[Deleted User] · Feb 2009

I don't think any amount of love for the original could keep me from laughing at the opening speech in the first trailer there

hopefully most of the dialogue turns out a bit better than that

|Buddy| · Aug 2009

some new screenshots here:

http://kotaku.com/5342109/ah-your-mother-was-a-mafia-ii-screenshot/gallery/

http://www.mafia2game.com/enter.html?lang=us#/screenshots/54 (gallery as well)

CANT WAIT

looks so sharp

JasonLavoie · Aug 2009

Damn... when does this come out again?

[iWi] · Aug 2009

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9hsc4_mafia-2-gameplay-hd_videogames

MattLichy · Aug 2010

I know this is kind of an old thread... or well.. pretty damn old, but the Mafia II Demo is out on Tuesday, the 10th, for PC, 360 and PS3!!!

Then only 2 more weeks till the full game

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Autocon · Aug 2010

im as gitty as a school girl for this game

[HP] · Aug 2010

Man I cant wait for this game! Demo tomorrow! :O

bbob · Aug 2010

I've been having blue balls for this ever since it got rumored back in what, 2004?

Pedro Amorim · Aug 2010

I am.

piippo · Aug 2010

Demo is out now on Steam. A mission made for the demo.

c0ldhands · Aug 2010

The frack I am! Been excited for to long that is, when I get my copy Im gonna be exicted all over it! YAH EXCITED!

piippo · Aug 2010

Demo mission was the same that has been demoed on many occasions. So nothing new for those that have seen gameplay videos of Mafia II. Still, it was good. Run great, I was bit worried that it might not run so well on my machine.

Not sure if I will pre-order it though.

Ark · Aug 2010

Looks great, although its quite unstable, crashed a few times. The FOV seems abit low for my taste aswell.

haiddasalami · Aug 2010

How are the PC controls? I always hated playing open world games with keyboard and mouse

Might pick this up for PS3 and get Mafia 1 on steam to relive it.

Ark wrote: »

Looks great, although its quite unstable, crashed a few times. The FOV seems abit low for my taste aswell.

:O Might be getting headaches again...its like HL and Hl2 all over again.

bbob · Aug 2010

Yay, it feels like the old mafia, through and through..

c0ldhands · Aug 2010

Such a great game, everything from the soundtracks on the radio to the 50`s skyline. Love how they added such details to the driving experience, like the sound when you drive over diffrent pavements. Amazing art direction and the opportunity to pimp your ride in the demo was totally unexpected. I would buy 11 copies. Why 11? So my unborn children can have a copy too. And yes Im planning to have 10 childred....with the makers of MAFIA2!

MattLichy · Aug 2010

I've played it like 4 times or so now. I have to say I really like it overall. The amount of detail, lighting/shadow quality is very impressive. I have a decent machine, nothing too crazy, but it runs fine for me, no issues at all.

The only things that I would like to see fixed/changed if possible is crouching whenever u want, possibly jumping, fixing of some AI issues with cops having a car rolled on them while hanging out the window and are OK and things like that.

Overall though, it felt very much alive, more so than GTA IV I thought. I'm still excited for the full game, I've been waiting for 6 years for this game. The audio is very well done, and you can tell they put alot of time into it.

I agree that it feels like Mafia 1, which is great. It has the same type of dialog and story setup, which is fine. I'm curious if the full map is larger than what the demo map shows... I think so... but not sure.

I know people have issues with AA and screen tearing on consoles, but on my PC it looks/runs almost flawlessly, my specs are:

Intel Core 2 Quad 2.67GHZ
8GB DDR2 1066mhz Ram
Asus Nvidia GTX260 Overclocked 896MB Ram

My FPS are like 25-40 I think, running all high settings with 8x AF, and Apex on Medium, Vsync is on, so no screen tearing. Audio is on high too.

haiddasalami · Aug 2010

Just played it. ran okay on my 3870 but I figured Im 2 gens behind and I guess its time for a new video card. Hopefully it runs somewhat decent on ps3. Dont really notice lack of AA or screen tearing. Loving the soundtrack...I wish I could just sit in the car always.

00Zero · Aug 2010

is the demo timed? or can you just ignore the mission and walk around forever?

Joseph Silverman · Aug 2010

10 minutes free roam.

00Zero · Aug 2010

mmm, very beautiful game. the art is refreshing

Ark · Aug 2010

Ok so i managed to play through the demo without it crashing. Beautiful looking game, they really captured the atmosphere very well. Playboy mags are a nice touch.

Currently got it on pre-order, wonder if theres any chance of modding it?

MattLichy · Aug 2010

There is a cracked exe for no time limit

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Also, Nvidia released updated PhysX for PC which makes FPS increase quite a bit, like 30% increase in performance.

ebagg · Aug 2010

Played the demo on PS3, kinda choppy framerate, but a damn fun experience. The character art is top notch, what platform do you guys think is ideal for this game?

PixelMasher · Aug 2010

Yea the 360 demo also had an uneven frame rate and felt a bit slugish. art looks pretty nice, probably have to give it a try on the PC, should run a lot better. I really hope it doesn't fall into the trap most open world games have of a ton of generic boring driving missions and a few really neat ones. cant wait to hear the reviews on this one.

00Zero · Aug 2010

im so torn. i hate playing third person games on pc (driving is also horrible with keyboard and i dont want to switch to wheel, then keyboard over and over) but if i get it for console i wont get the sweet crisp graphics that i can haz with my pc

Ark · Aug 2010

00Zero wrote: »

im so torn. i hate playing third person games on pc (driving is also horrible with keyboard and i dont want to switch to wheel, then keyboard over and over) but if i get it for console i wont get the sweet crisp graphics that i can haz with my pc

Get it for PC and use a controller. Works great here with the 360 controller.

Wahlgren · Aug 2010

speaking of controllers. Is it possible to get a wireless xbox controller to work with the computer? Cabled ones just feel like a sin to me now when I'm used to the ones without.

Ark · Aug 2010

Wahlgren wrote: »

speaking of controllers. Is it possible to get a wireless xbox controller to work with the computer? Cabled ones just feel like a sin to me now when I'm used to the ones without.

I believe you need one of these: [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-Windows-Pc/dp/B000HZFCT2[/ame]

Who is excited about Mafia 2 ?

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