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Title: Mafia 2
Post by: GilloD on August 20, 2010, 11:24:01 PM
This game is UN FUN. The cars drive like shit, you lose health for getting in accidents (THATS THE WHOLE POINT), too easy to get killed and the guns dont 'feel' like anything. Feels like homework.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 21, 2010, 12:42:06 AM
Sounds better than GTA4. Thanks for the review!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 21, 2010, 03:29:17 AM
I'm fighting to steal this one away from my girlfriend. I loved the first game and the second one is even more awesome. Plus its got a great soundtrack.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 23, 2010, 11:53:23 AM
(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1849/captureve.jpg)
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 23, 2010, 11:57:41 AM
Mine shipped this morning also from GF.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: BlackMage on August 23, 2010, 01:47:44 PM
I was reaaaally high when I played the demo so I loved it.  :P
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 23, 2010, 01:50:41 PM
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/111/1114635p1.html
http://gameinformer.com/games/mafia_ii/b/xbox360/archive/2010/08/20/mafia-ii-review-jump-into-this-thing-of-ours.aspx
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/23/review-mafia-2/
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/08/23/mafia-2-review-crime-is-sometimes-punishment/
http://www.destructoid.com/review-mafia-ii-181950.phtml
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261431
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 23, 2010, 01:56:26 PM
someone doctor this photo and make it more evilbore please...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4920777120_b85ce06b76_b.jpg
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 23, 2010, 02:46:19 PM
All of those reviews have a line similar to "Let's get this straight:  Mafia II isn't an open world game, nor is it intended to be." and then a bit later "There aren't many side activities, the open nature is wasted, it's 10 hours long, etc. etc."  One of them even appears to be glad there isn't as much busywork as there is in games like Saint's Row and RDR, only to complain about the lack of side missions later in the review.  So which is it?  It seems like they all go in knowing (and telling the reader) that it wasn't meant to be an open world game, and then ended up reviewing it like it was.  I don't trust a single review I read from Stoney's links.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 23, 2010, 03:40:14 PM
Yeah, but it seems like they're saying that because they wanted it to be something that it isn't, even though they knew that going in.

"Story is great, shooting and driving are fine, but it's only ten hours long and there isn't much to do outside of the main missions" doesn't seem like a bad game to me, seems like someone wanted Goodfellas Theft Auto and didn't get it.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 23, 2010, 04:52:05 PM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on August 23, 2010, 03:31:32 PM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on August 23, 2010, 02:46:19 PM
All of those reviews have a line similar to "Let's get this straight:  Mafia II isn't an open world game, nor is it intended to be." and then a bit later "There aren't many side activities, the open nature is wasted, it's 10 hours long, etc. etc."  One of them even appears to be glad there isn't as much busywork as there is in games like Saint's Row and RDR, only to complain about the lack of side missions later in the review.  So which is it?  It seems like they all go in knowing (and telling the reader) that it wasn't meant to be an open world game, and then ended up reviewing it like it was.  I don't trust a single review I read from Stoney's links.
What I'm getting out of the links is "the game isn't all that good"

The game is amazing, one of the best games ever, you just can't go in expecitng a sandbox shitfest like Saints Shit 2 or Grand Theft feggits 4. This is a mans computer game by a Eastern Europe developer, the world is just a setting for the missions and the story. It's one of the best games ever made and a sequel to the former best game ever made
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 23, 2010, 04:54:08 PM
"Journalists" are missing the fact that this is Mafia 2. They're blatantly ignoring the first one, mostly because these console fanfags and Xbots never played the first one so they just dont' "get it". This is a high class game, when a bunch of Saints Shit 2 loving feggits are playing this and expecting to throw shit over mobsters.

Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 23, 2010, 05:22:01 PM
saint's row 2 is pretty awesome, though
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 23, 2010, 05:22:31 PM
If you like bad games, yes.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Wario64 on August 23, 2010, 05:23:45 PM
if 'journalists' did play the first one, they would have never gotten past the racing sequence anyway and just give it a bad score
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 23, 2010, 05:23:51 PM
Methodis is justpraising it cause it has exclusive DLC... lol.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 23, 2010, 05:25:38 PM
Quote from: demi on August 23, 2010, 05:23:51 PM
Methodis is justpraising it cause it has exclusive DLC... lol.

Im not getting it on PS3 im getting it on PC. I love Mafia 1 i'm the biggest mafia fan. I am going to genocide a race of angels supporting this game.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 23, 2010, 05:29:18 PM
:lol
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 23, 2010, 06:11:37 PM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on August 23, 2010, 05:53:49 PM
Quote from: Wario64 on August 23, 2010, 05:23:45 PM
if 'journalists' did play the first one, they would have never gotten past the racing sequence anyway and just give it a bad score
The original Mafia was highly praised and received great scores.  sorry, seems this one just sucks.

None of those journalists who played the First mafia are reviewing this game, and if they did, they're the ones giving it a 9.0.

Go play Saints Shit some more.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 23, 2010, 06:14:32 PM
Methodis enters a thread and the IQ level of it immediately drops 30 points.


Mission Accomplished.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 24, 2010, 11:50:55 AM
BEST FUCKIGN GAME EVER OH MY GOD I CAN DIE IN PEACE NOW
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 24, 2010, 01:36:39 PM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=22972102&postcount=217


This GAFfer says he finished in 10 hours. He must have just did the story or something...

* I havent read any reviews so dont bother to correct me BITCH
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 24, 2010, 01:39:59 PM
10 hours isn't bad for a story themed game.

I've been playing it all morning on PC. Ordered the PS3 special edition too. God I am so happy this game is back.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on August 24, 2010, 09:41:02 PM
Will fish out of a bargain bin in three years.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 24, 2010, 09:48:13 PM
Didn't come into today. Probably tomorrow. I'll post my impressions then.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 24, 2010, 10:30:00 PM
it's been so long since i've played a game on the ps3 that i'd forgotten how much donkey dick psn sucks

it's telling me that it's going to take 45 minutes to download that "betrayal of jimmy" dlc, and it's only 299MB

fuck you, sony

Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on August 24, 2010, 10:32:54 PM
Lucky you didn't have a firmware update to do as well
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 24, 2010, 10:34:33 PM
i did that at lunch

i could've made a whole tray of sandwiches in the time that took

Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: GilloD on August 25, 2010, 12:11:14 AM
People who like this game are the same people who eat like. Wheat Germ for breakfast.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 25, 2010, 01:06:36 AM
So far the game is awesome.

NPCs that slip on icy sidewalks? porno magazines scattered through the city? 1940s racism? talk of Nazis on the radio? eating gyros? this game has everything

Quote from: GilloD on August 25, 2010, 12:11:14 AM
People who like this game are the same people who eat like. Wheat Germ for breakfast.

Shenmue :bow2

Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 25, 2010, 01:22:50 AM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on August 24, 2010, 10:30:00 PM
it's been so long since i've played a game on the ps3 that i'd forgotten how much donkey dick psn sucks

it's telling me that it's going to take 45 minutes to download that "betrayal of jimmy" dlc, and it's only 299MB

fuck you, sony



I don't understand what the deal with the DLC is

on the manual (pc version) it says something about a Jimmy DLC (Jimmy's Vendetta? something like that).  I thought it was something only for the PS3 and included with the game.  Then I see on the PS3 store that it is sold for $10 and it is betrayal of jimmy, not his vendetta.  So confusing.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on August 25, 2010, 02:42:53 AM
Isn't it set in the 50s though?

Playing through the Mafia games makes me want a Mad Men game no matter how shit it is just for the atmosphere
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: dark1x on August 25, 2010, 07:35:49 AM
Quote from: Genghis Cohen on August 23, 2010, 05:53:49 PM
Quote from: Wario64 on August 23, 2010, 05:23:45 PM
if 'journalists' did play the first one, they would have never gotten past the racing sequence anyway and just give it a bad score
The original Mafia was highly praised and received great scores.  sorry, seems this one just sucks.
The worst score yet can be found on Eurogamer, which also slapped a 4/10 on the original PC version of Mafia.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 25, 2010, 07:59:59 AM
Quote from: Linkzg on August 25, 2010, 01:22:50 AM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on August 24, 2010, 10:30:00 PM
it's been so long since i've played a game on the ps3 that i'd forgotten how much donkey dick psn sucks

it's telling me that it's going to take 45 minutes to download that "betrayal of jimmy" dlc, and it's only 299MB

fuck you, sony



I don't understand what the deal with the DLC is

on the manual (pc version) it says something about a Jimmy DLC (Jimmy's Vendetta? something like that).  I thought it was something only for the PS3 and included with the game.  Then I see on the PS3 store that it is sold for $10 and it is betrayal of jimmy, not his vendetta.  So confusing.

Betrayal of Jimmy is exclusive to PS3, and the code comes with new copies (If you buy used, you gotta cough up the $10).  Jimmy's Vendetta will be available to all systems as paid DLC later on.  They're both just sets of missions.  In essence, you're paying for (or getting free on PS3 in the case of "Betrayal") all the extra missions and side stuff left out of the main game.  I'd imagine there will be a Free Ride DLC at some point, too.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 25, 2010, 09:21:28 AM
Quote from: GilloD on August 25, 2010, 12:11:14 AM
People who like this game are the same people who eat like. Wheat Germ for breakfast.

I eat steak and eggs and fuck fake pussies during my lunch break at work. Me :bow

Mafia 2 :bow
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 25, 2010, 07:46:59 PM
Played for a number of hours since I got home. Seems ok. I mean this ain't RDR but its decent enough. As expected its a very linear and scripted open world game much like the first. Some people will like that and some won't.

The story and voice acting seem to be the best part so far. The shooting and driving is just average but then its average in most open world games so this isn't really that different.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 25, 2010, 07:48:00 PM
This game poops all over GTA and RDR. Amazing game. Playing on Hard btw.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: drew on August 25, 2010, 07:48:56 PM
Quote from: demi on August 25, 2010, 07:48:00 PM
This game poops all over GTA and RDR. Amazing game. Playing on Hard btw.

and you would know, how?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 25, 2010, 07:51:35 PM
Quote from: pilonv1 on August 25, 2010, 02:42:53 AM
Isn't it set in the 50s though?

Playing through the Mafia games makes me want a Mad Men game no matter how shit it is just for the atmosphere

like the first game, as the story progresses the world reflects that.

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on August 25, 2010, 07:59:59 AM
Quote from: Linkzg on August 25, 2010, 01:22:50 AM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on August 24, 2010, 10:30:00 PM
it's been so long since i've played a game on the ps3 that i'd forgotten how much donkey dick psn sucks

it's telling me that it's going to take 45 minutes to download that "betrayal of jimmy" dlc, and it's only 299MB

fuck you, sony



I don't understand what the deal with the DLC is

on the manual (pc version) it says something about a Jimmy DLC (Jimmy's Vendetta? something like that).  I thought it was something only for the PS3 and included with the game.  Then I see on the PS3 store that it is sold for $10 and it is betrayal of jimmy, not his vendetta.  So confusing.

Betrayal of Jimmy is exclusive to PS3, and the code comes with new copies (If you buy used, you gotta cough up the $10).  Jimmy's Vendetta will be available to all systems as paid DLC later on.  They're both just sets of missions.  In essence, you're paying for (or getting free on PS3 in the case of "Betrayal") all the extra missions and side stuff left out of the main game.  I'd imagine there will be a Free Ride DLC at some point, too.

so there isn't free ride at all even when you finish the game? that's pretty lame
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 25, 2010, 07:51:57 PM
Saw a video on youtube.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 25, 2010, 07:56:02 PM
Quote from: demi on August 25, 2010, 07:48:00 PM
This game poops all over GTA and RDR. Amazing game. Playing on Hard btw.

lol. Funny.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 25, 2010, 09:11:05 PM
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2010/08/24/mafia-2-wanted-posters-locations-guide-xbox-360-ps3-pc.htm

Link to all the collectables
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 25, 2010, 11:36:38 PM
Probably stop for tonight.

Just finished chapter 8. Looks like there are 14 according to the achievements. About 5 hours in.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 26, 2010, 12:11:25 AM
Theres 15 chapters. Chapter 14 has the Mafia 1 reference, so if you played that game (AND YOU SHOULD) then prepare to have ur mind blown.

This ist he best game ever. Demi is amazing and I want to suck him off.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 26, 2010, 12:11:41 AM
Fuck can someone edit out that last part
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on August 26, 2010, 12:23:03 AM
fuck so I need to finish Mafia 1?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 26, 2010, 12:35:45 AM
Not really. A quick google shows:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
You re-enact the ending to Mafia 1, you kill Tommy (as Vito)
[close]
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 26, 2010, 12:51:30 AM
It makes me want a remake of Mafia 1 in this engine SOOOOOOO BAD.

I'm praying we get a Mafia 3. I think this game will actually sell well.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on August 26, 2010, 12:54:58 AM
I didn't think the stories were connected
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 26, 2010, 01:06:17 AM
Played a bit more before I stopped. I'll probably beat it tomorrow in another long session.

I like it. Unless the second half just completely falls apart I can say I've enjoyed it. I like the era specific recreation and music. I like the voice acting. I like the arc of the story.

There is nothing revolutionary here or very advanced for the genre. And the action is average. But it appeals to me. You sort of bear with the average action to get to the next story bit or more cutscenes.

If you like Mafia movies as interpreted by Hollywood then you'll probably like this. If you're not overly a fan of that then you'll probably not like it as much. There is almost nothing "extra" to do. It's really structured in a such a way that you just go from mission to mission and there isn't a lot of extra stuff in the world. But I've always been the type where that's fine with me in an open world game. I don't mind the structure and I need a good story to propel me through these kinds of games. When its very very open I tend to find it too plotless for me to enjoy. 
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 26, 2010, 08:50:01 AM
Quote from: pilonv1 on August 26, 2010, 12:54:58 AM
I didn't think the stories were connected

They aren't.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 26, 2010, 11:40:59 AM
Quote from: demi on August 26, 2010, 08:50:01 AM
Quote from: pilonv1 on August 26, 2010, 12:54:58 AM
I didn't think the stories were connected

They aren't.

It's like Vice City to Liberty City in the PS2 games. There's references to Lost Heaven everywheres, and then that aforementioned cutscene. It's not directly connected, but they do intertwine.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 26, 2010, 11:24:55 PM
Finished it up this evening. I was home sick today so I played alot.

Most of my feelings remain the same as they were earlier. I really enjoyed it. It's a great little mafia story with great little characters. As far as videogame stories, it was one of the more engrossing ones I've ever came across.

I still like RDR a hell of a lot more as an overall game because that is a more complete, and audacious, and generally better game but the story and cutscenes and voice acting in Mafia 2 are superior imo. And that's saying a lot because I thought that aspect of RDR was damn good.

Mafia 2 is kind of let down because the game parts of the game are just average. Rolling around and shooting people is just average. But damn if I wasn't motivated to do it because the story has great motivation and reason for you to be doing all the stuff you are doing.

Despite its technical shortcomings such as iffy frame rate at times and the screen tearing and the aliasing, sometimes its actually a really pretty game even on the consoles. There were a couple of times where I kinda just wanted to take a screen-cap because the world looked so cool and realized.

I don't know. A part of me can't help be disappointed and wish the game had a more realized world with stuff to do in it, but honestly I really enjoyed playing it and going from linear mission to linear mission because they told a really good story. Surprising game. After the first hour or two I was ready to call it a big disappointment and failure but the more I played the more immersed I got and the more I liked it. Finished it in about 12 hours which feels right. One of the better games I've played this year even with its faults.

Sadly I didn't get very many of the playboy collectibles.  :'(
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 26, 2010, 11:30:25 PM
I found one that had a bithc with puffy nipples. You could also slightly see her bush through her panties.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 26, 2010, 11:34:54 PM
I finished it earlier.  I really liked it.  I can't really compare it to Red Dead Redemption because I wasn't a fan of the main missions of that game; it was the hunting, saving women, and being a dude in a western world that made me really like that game.  If we were comparing the main story stuff only, I liked Mafia 2 more.  But I don't think it is really a fair comparison.  Mafia 2 hardly tries to be an open world game, even though it tries a hell of a lot more than Mafia 1, and it does some incredibly cool stuff that is ultimately pointless and shallow.  Things like if you rob a Diner, then return some time later, you'll see cops interviewing the people inside and they will point you out a the crook and have the cops chasing your ass.  It just never tries to be an open world game in the way that games following GTA are.  That and the ending were the two things I actually disliked about the game.
spoiler (click to show/hide)
Really, there is no ending.  When the credits rolled, I expected "chapter 16" to appear.  The game just stopped.
[close]
  I expect there will be lots of DLC eventually.

more about the ending
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I mean, if they wanted to end it on a low note and just make it seem like the cycle is repeating again, it didn't even feel like that happened.  If the credits didn't appear and there was just a black screen, I would have thought the game crashed.

They also didn't go anywhere with the idea of Vito becoming like his dad.

It feels like there is more that just isn't there.
[close]
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 26, 2010, 11:46:35 PM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I noticed complaints about the ending over at GAF and I just don't agree. I thought the ending was great. It basically ended like a good movie. Life goes on. But poor Joe is fucked even after he did the right thing. And Vito continues on in the life conflicted as he has always been. The real story of the game was Joe and Vito and their relationship.

I hope they don't fuck it up personally by adding some DLC or a sequel that has to "explain things" but I have a feeling they will because videogames never have any balls to leave some good questions.
[close]
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 27, 2010, 01:20:15 AM
personally I think the best DLC would be
spoiler (click to show/hide)
you playing as Henry.  There could be good stuff considering he got mixed up with the law.
[close]
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 27, 2010, 12:07:20 PM
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j19/tomrudderham/2-11.jpg

What is this!!!!!!!!!!!!! Describe plz. Is it as homogay as implied? Is that Joey on the left? ^_^
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 27, 2010, 12:10:56 PM
^
spoiler (click to show/hide)
It isn't Joe.  There is a point in the middle of the game where you go to jail and that fat guy tries to rape you.  You guys have a fist fight in the prison showers.
[close]
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 27, 2010, 12:23:04 PM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
I thought it was hilarious how the guard is basically like: "Go ahead and have your fun you crazy goofballs. Sodomize him!"
[close]
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 27, 2010, 12:26:32 PM
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait to get there. I'm gonna get raped so hard.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 28, 2010, 07:17:32 PM
i thoroughly despise lock picking in all games
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 28, 2010, 07:23:28 PM
The lock picking here was completely easy though.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 28, 2010, 07:28:12 PM
Yeah the picking is casual
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 28, 2010, 07:39:44 PM
well, i'm glad you two straightened me out and made me see the error of my ways, i wish the whole game was nothing but lockpicking now, how dare i not like something that's easy for you
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 28, 2010, 07:41:06 PM
lol defensive much?

I was mainly just commenting. Hate it. Love it. Who cares really. For what its worth you only have to do it like 2 maybe three 3 times in the game. You can just smash windows instead of picking car locks.

Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 28, 2010, 07:43:57 PM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on August 28, 2010, 07:39:44 PM
well, i'm glad you two straightened me out and made me see the error of my ways, i wish the whole game was nothing but lockpicking now, how dare i not like something that's easy for you

Hope you learned your lesson.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 28, 2010, 07:45:10 PM
well, that's a relief

also this gas stamps mission is the pits
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 28, 2010, 09:36:01 PM
you gotta be shitting me with these checkpoints
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 29, 2010, 03:22:34 AM
If there's one thing that is totally a mood-killer is that you have to fill your car's gas tank. Holy shit. It was funny to see a full tank only costed me $1.63 - man they had it good back then.

What's wrong with the gas stamps mission btw? Take out the guards, cut the basement wire (although they leave this nice detail OUT), mosey out the window. The driving part isnt required to hit 6 stations, thats just for an extra bonus. You could deliver 1 and just chill at Joe's until the time runs out.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 29, 2010, 09:31:50 AM
yeah, i didn't know that about the gas stamps mission, and ended up doing a ton of damage to my car trying to get it finished

i kept restarting the mission instead of letting the time run out
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 29, 2010, 09:39:34 AM
I didn't know about the basement wire which made that mission a bit annoying although I figured I didn't have to deliver all those packages.

I only filled my car up with gas like once in the game. But I did often switch vehicles so maybe that had something to do with it. 
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Eel O'Brian on August 29, 2010, 09:50:06 AM
there's a lot of anachronistic stuff in the game, and i know they were just going for a certain mood, but the music bugs me a little - i like it, but none of the rock and roll songs were around in 1951 ("no particular place to go" didn't even come out until 1964, for instance) so it kind of draws me out of the game a bit

Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 29, 2010, 09:55:08 AM
The music era doesn't match up but I'm glad they did that. Its kind of like a movie in that sense. They are going for a mood rather than direct truth so they cheat the time periods but I think that's the right call for a diverse and interesting set of music. Although of course some movies are strict about being true to time on their soundtrack and some aren't.


 A lot of good old music on there.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 29, 2010, 10:22:50 AM
I found some nice pornos though. Straight full on nipples. fap fap fap
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 29, 2010, 06:39:49 PM
:bow fat men showering in jail

Only in the 1940s
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 29, 2010, 06:46:37 PM
subsequently,

letting yourself get your ass fucked by the fat guy who wants to drill your perky virgin butthole in the jail showers :bow
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 29, 2010, 07:27:20 PM
I like how many racist slurs this game has.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 29, 2010, 07:40:38 PM
ahahahaha Eddie got a blowjob and blew in her mouth. Fucking win.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on August 29, 2010, 11:20:34 PM
Potential DLC / cut content found in the PC version. Spoilers: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1418473
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 29, 2010, 11:52:01 PM
how did you miss that achievement for fixing the gals car demi?  :lol your not a real gentleman!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 30, 2010, 12:07:01 AM
I didn't see a girl who needed a car to be fixed... must have been a glitch
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 30, 2010, 12:20:47 AM
Ah, just reload the 2nd chapter then. I've seen some hilarious stuff in this game in the way of glitches thats for sure.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 30, 2010, 09:28:20 AM
I read reloading chapters screws with your difficulty achievements so I'm gonna clean up everything first.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on August 30, 2010, 12:25:20 PM
It's hard to miss if you're just running and bolting straight to your home. It's in a alley way. You have to listen to the girl babble then she offers to suck your dick but Vito says no.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: WrikaWrek on August 30, 2010, 10:39:50 PM
This game fucking sucks. Tedious shit most of the time.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 30, 2010, 11:00:29 PM
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3537/hpim1395g.jpg

look at this bitch's tits. god damn. you can sorta make out some bush too.

 :nsfw
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 31, 2010, 07:44:44 PM
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6328/hpim1397.jpg

look at these aerolas. wazoo
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: OptimoPeach on August 31, 2010, 07:48:27 PM
It's like Traci Lords with a wig.

Where are these from? I don't get it
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on August 31, 2010, 07:49:38 PM
Quote from: OptimoPeach on August 31, 2010, 07:48:27 PM
It's like Traci Lords with a wig.

Where are these from? I don't get it

One of the collectibles is playboy images from the 60's.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 31, 2010, 07:51:22 PM
You find playboy mags that have bitches titties in them. Some of them are shitty ass shots, but then you get full on tits like that one

No bush unfortunately... but one of them had seethru panties
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 31, 2010, 08:00:41 PM
the collection of tasteful playboy shots in this game is astounding!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 31, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
playboy is a shit magazine, who cares about tasteful. i want vag and tits. and pics of a bitch getting railed by joe barbaro.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 31, 2010, 08:26:28 PM
Hustler seem's like the magazine your looking for in that case Sir!  :lol

I personally like the older Playboys and Hustlers of the day. If I wanted porn that's what Bang Bros and Brazzers is for!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 31, 2010, 08:29:52 PM
thats even worse... fake porn shit
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 31, 2010, 08:31:12 PM
Where's the real porn then?!?! Any good homemade sites?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on August 31, 2010, 08:32:46 PM
hell yea man... hit up xtube or yuvutu. nice homemade movies there.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on August 31, 2010, 08:36:40 PM
But those can not be streamed to SexBox 360! DAMN YOU PS3 for dying today!!! the real reason to own a PS3.

So now that we've completely derailed this thread...

DLC next week 360 owners get fucked with a story that has no beginning and PS3 owners get a conclusion.

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FUCK YES HOME MADE PORN TO THE RESCUE, going to the NSFW thread lets start posting our favorites over there!
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Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 01, 2010, 12:53:07 AM
The Derek fight on Ch. 14 is ARHGAGHGHAGHGAHGAGH
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 01, 2010, 12:54:41 AM
That's why I didn't play on hard. The action isn't good enough to tolerate it for me. I wanted to breeze through the rather average combat sections and not linger on them.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 01, 2010, 12:55:19 AM
Because of one fight? lol.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 01, 2010, 12:56:42 AM
Quote from: demi on September 01, 2010, 12:55:19 AM
Because of one fight? lol.

No because of all the other average fights in the game. The combat isn't compelling or challenging and is actually broken in a few cases. Simply not worth it. But yes even one especially shitty section in a game with average mechanics isn't worth it for me. I liked Mafia 2 despite the combat. Not because of it.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on September 01, 2010, 12:57:38 AM
I'm going to play on easy 8)
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 01, 2010, 12:58:16 AM
Casuals, ruining my hobby
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 01, 2010, 01:00:47 AM
Quote from: pilonv1 on September 01, 2010, 12:57:38 AM
I'm going to play on easy 8)

Maybe kidding but its not that hard on normal outside of two or three situations that are more cheap than difficult. Most of them come later in the game. I play most shooters on whatever is the hard difficulty but if a game has rather poor or average mechanics I won't do it. Not to say that Mafia 2 is broken in this regard. It's just really average and not especially fun on the combat side. 
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on September 01, 2010, 01:18:49 AM
I don't have as much time to game as I used to, the last thing I want to do is waste time on a harder setting for a story based game when I can get just as much enjoyment out of finishing it on easy.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 01, 2010, 01:23:29 AM
Quote from: pilonv1 on September 01, 2010, 01:18:49 AM
I don't have as much time to game as I used to, the last thing I want to do is waste time on a harder setting for a story based game when I can get just as much enjoyment out of finishing it on easy.

oh I agree. The moment a game starts to annoy me with bullshit is when I stop playing. I don't mind a fair but tough challenge. But many games simply substitute bullshit for fake difficulty.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: G The Resurrected on September 01, 2010, 01:28:30 AM
The misses just 1000 the game and it get laughably harder towards the end. The fucking building under construction and the observatory are notably the worst. Not only does the cover not work right but the enemy's can actually shoot through the geometry in the level and kill you in what seems like magic bullets.

The game is hard if only cause its pretty rough around the edges.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 01, 2010, 01:34:07 AM
I beat the Derek fight. Was easy when you just run to the back of the warehouse and work from there.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on September 01, 2010, 10:15:06 AM
You shouldn't spoil things dude.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 01, 2010, 10:19:46 AM
Gonna cry about it?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on September 01, 2010, 10:59:55 AM
No but in return ill spoil Dead rising 2, chuck's daughter dies half way through and the other half has you actually outside LA finding his zombiefied wife.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 01, 2010, 11:05:30 AM
You got me there
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: drew on September 01, 2010, 02:00:38 PM
Quote from: The Worst Poster Ever on September 01, 2010, 10:59:55 AM
No but in return ill spoil Dead rising 2, chuck's daughter dies half way through and the other half has you actually outside LA finding his zombiefied wife.

if this is true i will kill you
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on September 01, 2010, 04:14:42 PM
I was right about RDR.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: drew on September 01, 2010, 04:15:21 PM
dude, i like you, but stop being such a cunt, come on
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: chronovore on September 02, 2010, 12:22:05 AM
Quote from: drew on September 01, 2010, 02:00:38 PM
Quote from: The Worst Poster Ever on September 01, 2010, 10:59:55 AM
No but in return ill spoil Dead rising 2, chuck's daughter dies half way through and the other half has you actually outside LA finding his zombiefied wife.

if this is true i will kill you

Bitchin'. "Ignore Poster" doesn't hide when the jackass is quoted. If this is true, I'm releasing ninja hounds on methodis, directly trained on his shriveled raisin sac.

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It can't be true anyway; the whole thing takes place in Fortune City; they wouldn't set up two entirely unrelated environments for an OWG.
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Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: drew on September 02, 2010, 12:36:42 AM
oops

sorry
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 02, 2010, 12:01:25 PM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ6_TmFEDj8[/youtube]
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: WrikaWrek on September 02, 2010, 05:05:08 PM
Finished, shit game.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 02, 2010, 05:13:59 PM
Finished, best open world since Assassin's Creed 2
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: WrikaWrek on September 02, 2010, 05:40:01 PM
I think so too, aside from RDR
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 02, 2010, 11:43:01 PM
That ending was awesome :bow

Fucking Mafia 2. Amazing game.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 02, 2010, 11:46:11 PM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQy8l5VLE3w
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Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 02, 2010, 11:49:35 PM
Joe is up there in the rank of Barry Wheeler. Fat guys in videogames :bow
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 02, 2010, 11:50:40 PM
He's pretty great. I liked a lot of the characters.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: cool breeze on September 03, 2010, 12:09:59 AM
the best Joe line is
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Henry "what do you guys know about this group"
Joe "the chinks?"
Vito says chinese immigrants or something and Joe nonchalantly follows with "That's what I said, the chinks."

It's a taste of all the racist shit he would be saying in the following chapters.
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Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on September 03, 2010, 12:19:23 AM
He's racist way before that, I LOVE the racism in this game. God this game is awesome.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on September 04, 2010, 09:00:38 AM
Can't see why so many reviewers shat on this game. It's focused and polished, much more than something like GTA4 or Assasins Creed. I don't see the issue with an open world game having fuck all to do outside of the main missions, if you're desperate for things to do then there's some stuff. It just strikes me as reviewers totalling up bullet points and giving a score.

Would this be any better game if it had man dates or rampage missions or taxi driving missions? Not at all, you're a mafia member. Docking the game for what it isn't instead of what it is.

The story is decent enough too. Reviewers fail again.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: chronovore on September 04, 2010, 09:07:29 AM
Well, in truth, other than the distracting and troublesome man-dates you mention, there's nothing to do in GTA IV. Compared to OWGs like Saints Row or Red Dead Redemption, or even Red Faction, GTA IV is a vacuum outside the main storyline.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on September 04, 2010, 09:21:47 AM
Quote from: Eel O'Brian on August 29, 2010, 09:50:06 AM
there's a lot of anachronistic stuff in the game, and i know they were just going for a certain mood, but the music bugs me a little - i like it, but none of the rock and roll songs were around in 1951 ("no particular place to go" didn't even come out until 1964, for instance) so it kind of draws me out of the game a bit

This was driving me insane. I had to keep checking to see what year the game was in, hearing Long Tall Sally which was 1956, Buddy Holly didn't start releasing records until 1957 and John Lee Hookers song was from 1961.

Quote from: chronovore on September 04, 2010, 09:07:29 AM
Well, in truth, other than the distracting and troublesome man-dates you mention, there's nothing to do in GTA IV. Compared to OWGs like Saints Row or Red Dead Redemption, or even Red Faction, GTA IV is a vacuum outside the main storyline.

Exactly, yet it doesn't get pinged for it.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on September 06, 2010, 08:57:44 AM
:rofl @ the Derek fight. Didn't realise I signed up for Gears of Mafia. Fucking distinguished mentally-challenged shit.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on September 07, 2010, 07:42:40 AM
What a shitty ending.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Stoney Mason on September 12, 2010, 02:01:00 PM
 :nsfw

http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2010/09/10/all-50-mafia-2-playboy-pictures-uncensored-nsfw-18/
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 11, 2011, 12:24:13 AM
the collectors edition of this game is dirt cheap. Should I buy

edit: alright cheevo guide says one playthrough required and no bullshit online. This is a plus. And tits
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: iconoclast on May 11, 2011, 01:12:03 AM
The game is awesome, and it has a good story & characters. One of my favorite games of 2010.

so yes.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on May 11, 2011, 01:49:03 AM
Ending and cut content aside it's good fun. A bit too much taxi work but nothing offensive as it's not a long game.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 11, 2011, 03:11:58 AM
sweet as, bought.

the DLC is cheap this week so if I'll scoop that too if I like the game

Got Red Faction Guerilla too
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on May 11, 2011, 04:30:46 AM
You never played RFG?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 11, 2011, 04:37:27 AM
nope!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on May 11, 2011, 04:38:30 AM
shit son get into it first
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: Cravis on May 11, 2011, 08:12:43 AM
The setting and atmosphere were ace. Really enjoyed it. I believe the DLC is going to be XBLA's Deal of the Week starting Wednesday.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 13, 2011, 12:17:57 AM
just started on this, game is fucking awesome. Will get the DLC
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 13, 2011, 04:11:50 AM
goddamn this game has the best collectibles ever. I got a boner looking at one of the pictures omg
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: chronovore on May 13, 2011, 09:14:46 AM
There's another way you can get porn-based collectibles:
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The Internet.
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Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 13, 2011, 10:02:19 AM
just played for about 6 hours straight, just beat chapter 8. You guys were right, the game is great! A lot of reviewers dinged the game unfairly. It's much better than GTAIV
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: naff on May 13, 2011, 10:05:08 AM
Yep, played a bunch with scenester tonight as we polished off a bottle of whisky. A+ would play again *hic*
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on May 13, 2011, 10:07:13 AM
Did you like the part where you wrestle with fat guys in the shower?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: naff on May 13, 2011, 10:09:13 AM
Sent them to find another guys ass to drill that's for sure
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 13, 2011, 10:10:14 AM
 :lol it was pretty good.

The fat guy was like: "we can do this the easy way, or the hard way". Could be a Fleece Johnson reference?!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 16, 2011, 03:30:43 AM
Quote from: demi on September 01, 2010, 01:34:07 AM
I beat the Derek fight. Was easy when you just run to the back of the warehouse and work from there.

man this tip saved me from pulling all my hair out! I just beat Derek on hard :rock
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on May 16, 2011, 06:17:18 AM
Derek fight was a cunt.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 16, 2011, 06:48:02 AM
were you playing on hard?

Just beat the game. Last mission was a bit annoying on hard, but not too bad. Just gonna mop up the cheevs now, then get into the DLC

awesome game!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 16, 2011, 08:01:50 AM
hmmm I'm reading that the DLC isn't that good. Does anyone here have it? I'll grab it tomorrow as it's cheap this week only. Being the completionist I am I'll need to get all the extra achievements.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on May 16, 2011, 08:02:34 AM
No  :-[

One of the DLC is just some shitty score mode. Bin it and go straight to the awesome Red Faction Guerrilla
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 16, 2011, 11:01:18 PM
ugh, man Mafia 2 would have been a very easy 1000 if it wasn't for the the damn wanted posters. At least they aren't the most worthless collectibles ever, i.e each one is a weird picture of one of the pasty Czech guys that made the game. I suppose you gotta give them credit.

I'm gonna DL the DLC for this now, but start playing RFG for a change of scenery
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on May 17, 2011, 11:36:38 PM
The DLC sucks ass. Enjoy driving for even more hours. Lol
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on May 17, 2011, 11:53:56 PM
I'm glad now they cut it out. Would have been a brutal game with it included
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 17, 2011, 11:56:59 PM
drive 1000 miles :dizzy

demi did you get 1500?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: demi on May 18, 2011, 12:25:48 AM
I didnt get the DLC. It sucks.

Chek out my map I made for RF Guerilla :bow
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 18, 2011, 12:33:24 AM
yeah I just picked it up cos it was cheap(er). You get to play as Joe which will be cool!
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: chronovore on May 19, 2011, 12:21:18 AM
Quote from: pilonv1 on May 17, 2011, 11:53:56 PM
I'm glad now they cut it out. Would have been a brutal game with it included
So if I get this, I should bag the vanilla version, and not the Platinum Hits version, which has the DLC built-in?
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 19, 2011, 03:10:09 AM
if you can get the Platinum version for a comprable price I would get it.

The DLC is OK. I played a few missions in "Jimmy's Vendetta" last night. Theres a lot moer blowing shit up. In one mission I had to blow up 6 gas tankers and a bunch of goons. The scoring and going for multipliers is fun. Not bad DLC for 5 bucks
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: pilonv1 on May 19, 2011, 03:31:26 AM
You can play the story without the DLC so it doesn't really matter. If it's the same or near the same price go for it.

I just assume that some of the DLC was cut from the original game.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 19, 2011, 10:22:42 PM
I kinda regret buying the DLC now. Theres one fucking TROLL of an achievement in Jimmy's Vendetta, which is drive 1000 miles. I see myself having driven <200miles by the time I've done all the other achievements, which leaves 800miles of grinding  :-\ There are various methods of getting it which involve just leaving the 360 on, so I'll probably try those while catching up on PS2/3 games.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: chronovore on May 22, 2011, 06:33:56 PM
Quote from: The Sceneman on May 19, 2011, 03:10:09 AM
if you can get the Platinum version for a comprable price I would get it.

The DLC is OK. I played a few missions in "Jimmy's Vendetta" last night. Theres a lot moer blowing shit up. In one mission I had to blow up 6 gas tankers and a bunch of goons. The scoring and going for multipliers is fun. Not bad DLC for 5 bucks

Danke. I'll keep an eye out for it then.
Title: Re: Mafia 2
Post by: The Sceneman on May 25, 2011, 10:49:20 PM
okay I started playing Joe's Adventures. This is MUCH better than Jimmy's Vendetta. It actually has cutscenes, new locations and setpieces, and adds a bit to the main story of the game. It's still padded out with fodder missions but at least theres a payoff.

Relatively close to 1500'ing this