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.
