Game is also 15 hours long according to developers...so about 10 hours in reality
No multi also
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Game is also 15 hours long according to developers...so about 10 hours in reality
No multi also
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have they talked about any other modes? the first game was around that same length but after you finished it unlocked free ride extreme. With all the things about car customization and whatnot, I'd expect there to be more.
The Mafia II demo will be available from August 10, according to a new print advert for the game.
The ad appears in the latest issue of trade mag MCV, proudly providing the firm date for the Xbox Live and PSN trial.
The mag gives the Mafia title 80% in its new October (yes, bloody October) issue - which is with subscribers now.
The game's major drawback, says Zone, is that it's an 'extremely linear driver and shooter'.
However, if you can get over that rather restrictive fact, there's plenty to enjoy for those nostalgic for the Cosa Nostra's days of US dominance.
The mag says that the dialogue is 'fine, and extremely well acted', adding that driving, 'as you'd expect from the former Illusion Software [2K Czech], is great'.
It continues: 'The collection of cars is great too - all timely models that damage so gently that you'll try to take care of them.'
All aspects of the game are covered in Zone's spectacular seven-page review - with more praise coming for the game's weapons and action sequences, despite a slightly 'cold' storyline.
It adds: 'Mafia II is 10 hours of driving, story and extremely competent gun action. Running at top specs, it looks stunning, and if there was a soundtrack album, I'd buy myself a copy.'
I got to play the Mafia 2 PS3 Demo a few days ago at a 'premiere' type event and came away underwhelmed. Graphically the game seemed to have no anti-aliasing whatsoever so it was jaggy central; now I loved inFamous despite it also having no AA, but the stylised comic book world vs real world really makes a difference there in terms of the jaggies. The other major compaint is the shooting controls, they felt very clunky and more in line with what was the norm on the PS2 rather than the PS3. After games like Uncharted 2 and RDR they felt backward. I'm not a regular at these premiere type things so maybe these were down to some TV setup issues (maybe gaming mode wasn't enabled on the TV and the sharpness may have been maxed out or something) but when the demo is publicly released in a fortnight I really hope that it looks and controls a lot better on a properly setup TV...
Some unusual gameplay choices too. You can't swim at all, and by that I don't mean you drown: instead there's actually an invisible barrier that stops you from going into the water. And if you drive a car into the water the screen goes black, and then you suddenly respawn at the water's edge minus car. Also if you roll a convertible you die instantly :(
Textures were a mixed bag, the grass texture used on the lawns looks awful, but some of the texturing at the waters edge was brilliant. Animation was pretty good too, I did like the way you kind of feel your way with the back of your free hand when shuffling along in cover. I only got to use the MG42, M1911 and shotgun in the demo (although there is a Thompson in there as well) but they all felt pretty good. I played without any sound so can't comment on sound effects or voice acting. You do have the ability to change clothes at your house too, I don't think I saw that shown or mentioned yet. Car damage was fairly simple in comparison to the GTA games; maybe it's due to the cars being used, but external damage is mostly cosmetic with not much model deformation other than flying bonnets/hoods. When the engine starts smoking and eventually dies you have an on-the-fly repair button press option although I never got a chance to use it.
I got to play the Mafia 2 PS3 Demo
"which isn't to say the script is completely terrible, it will hold your attention - it just won't give anything back. its exactly the same with the driving and shooting. for all the hundreds of man hours that have gone into making Empire city, mafia's 2 missions feel a little drab. You're not quite driving the cars as much as dragging them through the city...and while the 3rd person based cover based shooting is perfectly satisfying, 95 percent of enemies will spawn run to a certain piece of cover and stay in the same position just popping up and down forever like a target at a funfair."
''nobody in mafia2, not vito, nor his friends, nor the rest of the extended cosa nostra, is somebody you'd want to spend any amount of time with. good mafia movies (not to mention the mafia game that spawned this one) understand the importance of making their mafiosos entertaining and fundamentally warm people"
I'll play it since August is kind of dead. I liked the storytelling in the first mafia game but mechanically it was just average. Seems like they struggled with that aspect in the sequel. Although honestly I find nearly all open world games to have relatively crude control mechanics.I don't think it's fair to judge the mechanics of this new game using the original as a basis. When the original Mafia was released, it's mechanics were actually quite good. It played much better than games like Grand Theft Auto 3, which were popular at the time, and came close to matching dedicated PC shooters. It has been quite a while since the game hit shelves, however. Media of the second game demonstrates that the sequel incorporates most of the modern day shooter mechanics.
'nobody in mafia2, not vito, nor his friends, nor the rest of the extended cosa nostra, is somebody you'd want to spend any amount of time with. good mafia movies (not to mention the mafia game that spawned this one) understand the importance of making their mafiosos entertaining and fundamentally warm peopleThis is perhaps the most disappointed aspect of the review for me. They really nailed this in the original game.
The mafia atmosphere is nailed. I think it is great. Definitely gonna raep this for the points.
I will agree that the cover system isn't very good. You can't even pull back on the analog stick to detach,
Very good demo.
Heard the console versions are sub-HD, pathetic.
Very good demo.
Heard the console versions are sub-HD, pathetic.
Yep. They look like a Wii game.
GTA4 is the standard at which open world games go to shit. Like, you have to royally fuck up to reach GTA4.lol you get keep talking about GTA 4. I'll stick to mafia 2.
Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000)
Thank me later.
If it weren't for Crackdown 2, GTAIV would be the worst open-world game of this generation.
After I beat up this one guy, he said "it's because I'm black!" :'(:lol
I just wanted him to get out of the store!
Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000)
Thank me later.
As I said sub hd resolution never bothers me. Only bothers graphic nerds. A tribe I happily avoid or mock.
Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000)
Thank me later.
As I said sub hd resolution never bothers me. Only bothers graphic nerds. A tribe I happily avoid or mock.
"Graphics nerds", I like that excuse.
Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000)
Thank me later.
As I said sub hd resolution never bothers me. Only bothers graphic nerds. A tribe I happily avoid or mock.
"Graphics nerds", I like that excuse.
I have a PC more than capable of playing all these games at hd resolutions. I know your puny brain can't comprehend this but not all of us give a shit about nerd shit like you do or agenda post constantly.
Good, so you know the advantages of an HD resolution.
Good, so you know the advantages of an HD resolution.
I know you have very little constructive to add to any conversation actually involving a videogame so I'll ignore you for a bit until you actually make a post worth a damn.
(http://www.abload.de/img/pooebi6.gif)
:rofl
On more serious note,not sure why are some PC nerds are jumping around...being better than 5+ years old consoles is not some great achievement.Anyway,didn't play the demo,will play full game,watched few videos aaand...
I want bullet time,dead eye,etc system in GTA like games,in addition to normal third person cover system.Upgradable of course,by shooting people and mission progression.
Yep. Unimpressed and the driving is worse than GTA4.
Yep. Unimpressed and the driving is worse than GTA4.
(http://www.abload.de/img/pooebi6.gif)
:rofl
Yep. Unimpressed and the driving is worse than GTA4.
Yep. Unimpressed and the driving is worse than GTA4.
You can modify cars, you know this right?
Man, I'm so looking forward to playing the hell outta dis game here....
in about a couple of years when I get a new PC. Just like Mafia 1, the PC version is going to waaaaaaay outclass the console revs. The PS3 has a janky framerate and just doesn't feel optimized. The world appears to be ludicriously detailed though, so I'm in for that.
The 360 demo was alright. Probably the best thing was how vibrant the game is. The art style is great and is a joy to look at, assuming you don't look off into the distance. Anything beyond like ten feet looks like blurry shit, much like GTA4 on PS3. The game almost seems over ambitious on consoles but I think they could have done marginally better.The actual color scheme reminds me a lot of Half-Life 2, to be honest. Especially when looking out over the water.
Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000)
Thank me later.
As I said sub hd resolution never bothers me. Only bothers graphic nerds. A tribe I happily avoid or mock.
"Graphics nerds", I like that excuse.
I have a PC more than capable of playing all these games at hd resolutions. I know your puny brain can't comprehend this but not all of us give a shit about nerd shit like you do or agenda post constantly.
Yep. Unimpressed and the driving is worse than GTA4.
You just don't get it. This isn't a GTA or a SA game. This is a simulator like Flight Sim.
Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000)
Thank me later.
As I said sub hd resolution never bothers me. Only bothers graphic nerds. A tribe I happily avoid or mock.
"Graphics nerds", I like that excuse.
I have a PC more than capable of playing all these games at hd resolutions. I know your puny brain can't comprehend this but not all of us give a shit about nerd shit like you do or agenda post constantly.
*a plate of nonsense*
Welcome back to it!Actually I was mocking Triple A but then I don't have the same hard on against GTA 4 that you did. Technically its a bit of a mess on the consoles either way not that I overly care outside of the frame rate.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/TV-Video/Televisions/abcat0101000.c?id=abcat0101000)
Thank me later.
As I said sub hd resolution never bothers me. Only bothers graphic nerds. A tribe I happily avoid or mock.
"Graphics nerds", I like that excuse.
I have a PC more than capable of playing all these games at hd resolutions. I know your puny brain can't comprehend this but not all of us give a shit about nerd shit like you do or agenda post constantly.
*a plate of nonsense*
I feel honored to be on your ignore list.
I thought the game looked pretty cool but I'm not interested in a Mafia story. PASS.Still feeling bit by the stupid-ass mafia crap from GTA IV?
I played the ps3 demo :lolspoiler (click to show/hide):lol[close]
Hey guys,
When designing Mafia II, we optimized for each of the three different systems the game would run on to make sure the core experience was the best it could be. Because of this, there are some differences from one platform to the next. In terms of the PS3 version, I wanted to clarify a couple points you have been asking about: There will not be highly detailed grass or large pools of blood, the cloth movement is less noticeable than, for example, the PC version, and the visual fidelity in the demo is generally representative of what you’ll see in the full game.
Our aim is to make a cohesive and immersive experience and optimize the game for each platform so that it could run its best. And while there are some differences between each version, I’m sure you’ll find that the core gameplay and the heart of Mafia II remains no matter whether you play on PS3, 360, or PC.
Thanks for your patience while I checked with the dev team on the specific issues you were asking about, and I hope you see you in Empire Bay next week.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have follow up questions for me, you can ask them here. Insults, spam, and other off-topic behavior will result in you being banned, so let's all play nice.
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