Great game in all honesty, ok driving can be a bit of a pain like the first game but it actually makes me laugh how awkward it is at times so it kinda adds too the fun in a weird way. Voice acting is good although not superbly synced with player models. Nice music in the game. If your a fan of old gangster stuff in general just buy it and have a good laugh.

It's more or less what you'd expect. It's Grand Theft Auto in a 40's/50's gangster town, albeit with less ludicrous side quests and mini-games, but that all works out just fine. The story is great, the graphics are great and the music is awesome, at least if you like post-WWII era jazz and early 50's rock 'n roll, which you should. Actually, I looked it up and there are 118 songs on the soundtrack! It's a hell of a mix.

If you played Mafia I, the first difference you'll notice, aside from the stunning visuals, is the ease of control. The cars are actually drivable, and the third-person interface is far superior to the clunky original. Speaking of visuals, they're beautiful. It's nice to stroll or drive through a sunny and colorful world for a change. What gamer isn't at least a little tired of trudging through nothing but brown and gray grit all day in modern shooters? The cars, the clothes, the grass, the sky, the snow, it's all very pleasing to the eyes. Oh, and by the end you'll be speaking in an New York/New Jersey-Italian accent as inevitably as you would after a Sopranos/Goodfellas/Godfather marathon. Guaranteed.

Mafia 2 is one of the best sandbox games. However, unlike GTA or Just Cause, you cannot feel that you are free to do what you want because game doesn't give sidequests to do. However, it has a great story, you will love it. And I must add that driving is pretty fun in Mafia 2.

Mafia II could have been more, a lot more, even though it is not bad as it is. The secondary activities could have been a lot more and even more diverse, and the AI could have been better. But still, the story manages to send you to the 40s-50s and records the mafia activities in it's glory days.

Personally, I got caught in the game's atmosphere and I liked the story (even though voices around the net say it's not good). It's full of cliches but this is what it takes to create the great feeling the game gives the player. Everything is done in an elegant fashion and the game was great for me overall.

amazing game, i cant see any bad sites t this game, i bought it 5 days ago and i've been hooked ever since, atleast every second of my sparetime. the game have many great aspects. and just as you think that nothing wild and new is gonna happen BAM! something new and totally unexpected happens, just amazing keeping the blood on your teeth hungering for more mafia II can wait for the follower to come out! this is a must have, and come on its not even expensive for this great a game. definately recommended from my side

The style of this game was confusing. Throughout playing it I had no idea if it was a linear game that has the illusion of an open ended game, or vice versa. It seemed to me that you had very little to no options of extra stuff to do in between missions except finding hidden collectibles (the important ones are during the missions anyways) and there was technically no "break" between missions. It starts with a chapter which is completed by sleeping, and when your character wakes up the next chapter starts which triggers the next mission with no control.

Either way this game is extremely short for what seems to be an open ended game. I have beaten it in under 14 hours. It also lacks any challenge whatsoever. The only challenge of the game is a huge gap between checkpoints. Tits are also plentiful with this game, and they're all real rather than animated. But I can not fathom why someone would purchase this game just for tits, that's what google is for. However it is still a pretty entertaining game and if you buy it for a cheap enough price (I would never pay $60 for this) then it's worth it. Just don't expect a sandbox crime game like Sleeping Dogs or the Grand Theft Auto series.

If you are going to play Mafia 2, you are going to have great fun. This game is set in a beautiful fictional city which is doomed in the first part and awesome, full of liveliness in the second. The missions are awesome, each having its own difficulty. Visually this game is godlike. This game has everything that Mafia didn't have. Like its prequel Mafia 2 is also set mainly on missions with a little to do in the glorious open world. All you can do is just buy guns, clothes have a snack, drink or get your car repaired. While shopping you can be a good citizen paying for everything or just go in and blow the whole shop, steal money, and clothes, guns etc. And if you are a Rambo then come back after blowing the shops and you'll see a POLICE! DON'T CROSS Tag. A very sweet touch :D. Missions are great fun and the ending is ultimate. But unfortunately there is nothing to do in the open world except concentrating on missions. Those who have played mafia will love Mafia 2 Chapter 14! The cars are just superb, with the varietes of sits backing it up. Overall this game is a complete package.

Cant wait for Mafia 3......

Gameplay : 10

Graphics : 9.5

Sound : 9

An very good game indeed, you basically play as a mafia gangster who who just came back from the war, and do missions which include robbery, killing, etc

the game story telling is awesome, the graphics are very good, and the voice acting is really good too.

only downside is that the city becomes empty and nothing to do after finishing the story

This game has a very good story and the shooting is also satisfying. While I kinda dislike that it makes you feel like playing an open world game, but in the same time all you do is driving from A to B and there is no way to simply explore the city as you wish.

If they would combine the possibilities of GTA with the good storytelling of this game, it would be awesome.

What really adds to the game is the really good (licensed) music.

Oh and it also runs smooth as hell on every mid range computer while looking absolutely fantastic.

Just for atmosphere alone, I rate this game to five stars. I cannot praise the immersiveness and evocativeness of the period recreation highly enough. Just driving around nighttime 1940s New-York style streets listening to old-time jazz, blues and other wartime music and seeing all the old-fashioned cars and the snow-covered streets is a wonderfully enjoyable treat, particularly on the PC version with its superlative, realistic graphics. It really gave me enormous joy and pleasure to just drive around listening to the radio whilst completing the early missions, I found the period setting superbly evocative, and the snowy nighttime setting of one of the missions and the music really evoked a lovely wistful feeling as I drove around, it really was very emotionally engaging indeed just from the visuals and music. The design of the city is very convincing, you see lots of realistic-looking streets and sights as you drive around, you almost feel you are watching a film, it's terrific. I loved it. Also the shooting is great in this game, the reaction of the enemies when you shoot them is very realistic, and the ragdoll physics are better and more realistic than in any other game I've seen. So I thoroughly enjoy the shooting also, I find it fun and immersive and satisfyingly convincing shooting the enemies. I rate this game very highly for these three reasons, the visuals, the music, and the shooting. Fantastic. As to the story, well, I'm still near the beginning, but it's pretty good too.

I recommend the game to fans of the first Mafia.

It has a great story, a great graphics (with physx is really awesome)and music and a great gameplay. The only problem I see is for those people looking for a sandbox. Be aware that this is not a sandbox and it is very linear.

A beautiful setting, oozing atmosphere at every street corner backed by a competent engine and sturdy gameplay mechanics help set the scene wonderfully in this period sandbox title. Unfortunately, all that feels massively underutilised thanks to a main storyline that is too short by half. On top of that, beyond pursuing the plot, the rest of the game is criminally (excuse the pun) undernourished when it comes to off-story content. Mafia 2 is the perfect example of a missed opportunity.

At first I was skeptical of the game because some people said it tried hard to be more like gta IV but I personally liked it better than GTA. This game has a sandbox world with a linear story which most thinks was a con but it did not bother me. I loved the game, played it three days straight and unfortunately beat it. The graphics are wonderful, if your computer can handle them and they put a lot of detail in the game. The cars look beautiful and so does everything else. Gives a great 40's 50's feel and has a wonderful story behind the main character, Vito Scaletta. 10/10

Mafia 2 is a great story of a young man's life as he grows up from a child immigrant in pre-WW2 USA into a man involved in a life of crime. The story is excellent, the voice acting spot on for all the main characters. The real star of the game however is the city of Empire Bay, a sprawling and beautiful creation by the developers which is begging to be explored, though the game offers few chances to do so.

Highly recommended as single player action game.

I liked it quite a bit. The biggest thing to be aware of is this isn't an open world sandbox gta type game. It is a very linear story set in a living/open world, so it looks like there is a lot going on but it is really just a back drop. The time period and setting gives it extra marks for me and especially the winter scenes were beautiful. I just wish it was longer. A few more meaningful hours in the story could make it awesome, but it is still quite good. What there is though is a solid story with good characters and fun gameplay.

A pretty good game, runs nicely, great graphics, has nice characters and voice acting. It's an immersive game that makes an old style game with a 1940-50's setting feel fun. However, the repetitive gameplay where there's almost nothing to do beyond driving between missions is disappointing.

Really good game with a great atmosphere. I liked all the details they put into the game to make it feel authentic. It works great with both mouse and keyboard as well as with Xbox 360 controller, though I feel like mouse and keyboard is preferred.

Great story that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Beautiful environments and Fantastic action sequences.

it's a good game and you won't be disappointed

I Love This Game! You can feel the era of the 50s: if you like oldtimer cars, retro music, gangster stories, you shouln't avoid this stuff. Really good gaming experince, lot of in-game videos, and a whole story...as you were in the movie. Atom music...I repeat, atom music from the car audio :-)

Mafia 2 is a great game. I never played the prequel, but this one is really good. Great story and really good graphics. On the other hand, some more cars in town and more sidequests would be great. Once you finished the main storyline you don't have much to.

The two big DLC's are also very good, and worth buying.

Mafia 2 is a great game which reminds the first Mafia but with the GTA4 touch. Nice story line, interesting characters, missions are differ from each other but they keep You feels like watching some gangster movie. Would be great to have more side missions and activities in town but still its a must have game!

It had tremendous potential but it squandered it. Instead of making a real sequel for Mafia they tried to make a GTA clone in the Mafia universe and failed even at that. You have a sandbox environment but a fully linear game that doesn't make use of it... Play the original if you want Mafia, play GTA if you want GTA.

The game itself is quite limited. Driving, shooting/ boxing, that's about it; hardly any replay value. The storyline is never far away from the clichees we all know. Still, the game experience, continuity, and museum-like atmosphere are among the best in the game industry. I loved the hours I spent with Mafia 2.

One of the best storytelling styles I've seen in a game. It is on Academy Award level-- just totally draws you in. The open world part was disappointing since there isn't much to do other than steal cars and rob stores, but driving around 1940's-1950's New York is a pretty amazing experience by itself.

This is not a sandbox game like GTA - there is a city to drive around in but not a lot to do. What this game does and does well is provide a set of quality fun missions to do. If you are looking for a good shooter in an interesting setting then this is the game for you.

Mafia II is not a sandbox game; nor does it really try to be one. If you go into this expecting a sandbox game, you will be left severely disappointed. Mafia II is a linear game set in an open world city environment. It is also not a very long game; somewhere between 10 and 15 hours long. However, the story and writing is pretty strong, the game is visually impressive, and the mechanics work well enough. Not a masterpiece by any means, but still a decent game (if you don't expect a sandbox game).

In my honest opinion, this game is fantastic. I know there were some people who didn't love it but I love everything about it apart from the fact that the checkpoints aren't frequent enough. This game is beautiful to look at and the vehicles look amazing, I personally prefer this to LA Noire. The gameplay is very fun and keeps you immersed, the only issue is that the game is centered entirely on the missions so free roaming really isn't as fun as you'd expect and you can't save the game unless you do a mission but it didn't really bother me having completed it 3 times now I think, started my 4th playthrough already. Get it! It's great. :)

Having played through many open world games I can say this is definitely worth some attention. At first I wasn't all that interested in this sequel as the first Mafia didn't appeal to me, however after trying a console version, the interesting characters and quality of voice acting sold me on getting it on PC.

The overall gameplay is mostly centered around the story which makes for a very immersive experience. The city is full of detail, but can often lack in activites or side quests for an open world game. Melee and shooting combat works well together to add more variety. The sets and cutscenes are filled with action and help to balance out some of the less interesting parts of the game. Despite a different ending than expected, Mafia II offers a great combination of story and gameplay and is well worth a look.

Nice gameplay, great animated individual characters...all in all a lot of fun

Pure magic. As a huge fan of Mafia, I was waiting for this game long time. But it was worth it! Despite high expectations Mafia II is really a proper sequel of the Legend. The atmosphere is really amazing. The plot is interesting. The technical side is also great. Mafia II looks amazing, sounds amazing and runs really great on middle-class PC.

It is worth every penny I paid. Can't wait for Mafia III.

Nice game with an oldschool look. The feeling of the old times is great in this game. Great graphics und nice gameplay in this game.

But this game is way to short and not as good as GTA 4 with the lack of missions and freedom.

A nice game for 6 Euros, but not for a full price game.

But it makes fun to play, and this is the most important thing for a game, in my opinion.

A pretty good successor to the first Mafia. Not a lot to do with the city, but the main story is pretty cool and keeps you playing till the end :)

Mafia has good shooting controls (at least with controller), lot of action, nice fistfights. A bit empty world put I bought it for such a price that it was worth of my money. graphics are nice and the game isn't over all bad. =)

I really enjoyed this game for than I thought I would, it's not like other open world games I've played. They start out the game telling a story of his family and how he went to fight the war, you actually get to fight the Germans..I think it was Germans...anyway, after that section you go home, back to Empire Bay and meet up with you friend from your childhood and let the escapades begin. Between going back and forth between jail and clearing out entire warehouses full of armed men...well its a good time, I really liked the lock pick system too.

Bought this on sale for like $5 so it was well worth it. You should give it a chance it may surprise you too.

I've read a lof of bad reviews about this game so I didn't expected much, I've been pleasently suprised and now I'm waiting for a sale on the DLCs. Isn't GTA and doesn't try to be, it's a cinema style story driven game that you will enjoy a lot.

Mafia 2, while not as well received as another sandbox game from recent memory, is still a formidable game and should be checked out by any and all sandbox fans.

While definitly more story driven, the joy in this game lies in the detail of the enviroment, the cars and the characters. It seems like everything is done in the utmost detail and makes for quite the immersive experience.

A nice game from Czech devolopers. On by my taste is little bit short, but I am really enjoyed it a lot, game had a nice and catchy gameplay with good story line. In comparison with first Mafia, Mafia 2 was (in my opinion) little bit ''weaker'', but it's still a really, really good game which deserve your attention. :)

This game is a 5 out of 5 when it comes to atmosphere, really immersing you into that 50's mobster life. Now don't make the mistake of going into this expecting a GTA style game cause Mafia 2 is nothing like that. Mafia 2 is a linear story driven game where the city, while fully open, only acts as a backdrop for the action and as a hub between missions. The story is interesting and gameplay is fun, unfortunately in the end, Mafia 2 fails to live up to the original 2002 Mafia. Clocking in at about 10-12 hours, Mafia 2 is great game that everyone interested in that time period or the mob, should try, even with all its shortcomings.

You've seen "The Godfather" and "Goodfellas" right? It's fun to go around wacking guys.....you know just because you can. Yes, welcome to the world of Mafia 2, where you too can go around and commit a raft of offences, including armed robbery, assault and a host of other crimes. The action is set towards the end of the second world war in Empire Bay, a suburb of a sprawling American city. The graphics and settings are superb, the city bustles with life, people walking around, cars driving. The place is full of life. I expected more from the action itself. It feels too much like a console port to me. The action is ok but never reaches more than adequate. Given the setting and the gorgeous look of the game I expected more. Think I'll go watch "The Godfather" again.

This is a very good game. It gets a lot of undeserved hate for not being as good as it's amazing prequel, but it is not a bad game by any means. The cars feel great to drive and the game looks amazing, especially the physics. The story is nothing special but it feels a bit cliché at times.

As the title says, it's not as good as the classic Mafia. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game, but just not as good as the first one.

All tough it might look like a sandbox game, it is NOT. The city is big and detailed but unfortunately empty, there aren't any side-missions or anything to do in the city, you'll just drive from mission point A to B.

The story is not that great, but interesting enough to see it through to the end. It's the cookie-cutter mafia story, intrigues and stuff, but in general nothing great. The shooting is solid and fun, the fist fighting fluid and a pleasure to look at, and most important, the driving is also fun. Unfortunately most of the time you'll just drive from point A to point B, the few car chases aren't that great, the driving just stretches the games length, which makes it a little boring.

Overall I would recommend Mafia II for a budget price, I'd say for 10 bucks it's ok, but for a full-priced title I would rather recommend GTA IV.

Mafia 2 this is game similar too GTA 4 but in oldies time 40th years XX century. Graphic and game-play is better for me as in GTA 4. Music atmosphere is to pattern on 40th years XX century. Action and missions been different but too gut. The game story is interesting.

This game is too activated on Steam platform. we have too choice 8 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Russian.

PLUS:

+ graphic

+ music

+ 40th years XX century atmosphere

+ game and graphic is more stability and better optimized as GTA4.

+ story

MINUS

- not too much liberty in the game as in GTA4

- game to lead player too much you must make all what authors have thinning

- only 15 chapters.

Conclusions if you have played in GTA4 or Saints Row 2 then game is perfect for you. If you like Action games I thing too :)

Excellent game! Great graphics, fun story line and wicked gameplay!

Personally like it much better than GTA, mostly due to the story & plot.

The old cars are a blast to cruise in :)

Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure game, set in an open world type fictional city called Empire Bay after the second World War. The game tells the story of Vito Scaletta, as he joins a crime family and becomes a ruthless Mafioso.

I did not play the original Mafia, but I heard a lot of good stuff about it. Many video game magazines gave it the title "Game of the Year". So I was anticipating a great game, as Mafia II was announced, and I didn't want to miss it this time.

The game came out and I heard a lot of negative reactions from the players. So, as I started playing Mafia II, I already knew that it didn't become the great sequel to the "Game of the Year". I lowered my expectations. But even that couldn't help me enjoy the game.

First of all, Mafia II is terribly linear. When you are driving a car, a red line on the minimap shows you where to go. You simply follow the line from point A to point B. There is no need of an open world. The virtual city of Mafia II has practically no interaction. The biggest thing you can change in the world is to turn off the lights in a room. Empire Bay has nothing to explore. You won't find any side missions. What you will find are a bunch of unnecessary restaurants, shops, and gas stations.

During my playthrough I never needed to visit any of those, if it wasn't a part of a mission. There is no need to refill your gas tank, since you get a new car in every mission. Food restores your health, which is restored automatically after finishing a mission. If the police is after you, they are either searching for your vehicle or a man in your clothes. In the first case you can change the color of your car or buy a new license plate in a workshop. Or you can just steal another car. In the second case you can buy new clothes or simply finish the mission, because the police can't see you if you are in a car. After you've finished the mission you are no longer wanted by the police. You can tune your car in a workshop but it costs a lot of money and you don't really need the tuning. I was always able to lose the chasing police cars (due to the AI wayfinding failing when I leave the road) and never had problems to pursue somebody. Finally there is no need to buy weapons and ammunition. Your enemies drop enough of them.

In games with such an open world concept, the vehicles are playing an important role. Too bad that the variety of cars in Mafia II is very limited. Most of the time, you end up driving one of the three common models that are barely different in their handling. Of course you can always improve your playing experience by spending (real) money on DLCs. But this is, by all means, not the point of buying a game. I payed money for the full game, not just a part of it.

The AI is not challenging at all. The enemies sit behind a cover and occasionally come out to shoot at you. All you need to do is to wait until they come out and kill them.

I played on the hard difficulty because I wanted to have some challenge. With the exception of one level, which had an unfairly placed checkpoint, I didn't have any problems beating the game.

Mafia II has achievements, if you are into those. They include stuff like traveling 50 miles in one car, driving at least 30 different vehicles, searching for wanted posters hidden in back alleys (why would you hang a wanted poster where nobody can see it?), and collecting Playboy magazines which unlock photos of Playmates from the '50s.

Now, let's talk about the story.

Mafia II has a weak plot. Some missions simply don't fit into the story arc. Sometimes I couldn't understand the motivation of the protagonist. At the end of the game I felt that some missions were only made so the game could have a decent playing time. This feeling was amplified by the fact that most missions are not really related to each other. The mission design is repetitive. Almost every mission starts with the protagonist being woken up by a call. He answers the phone and is told to go to point A. There, he is send to point B to complete a job. Then he goes back to point A, only to say that he has done the job. After that he drives back home to go to sleep. The developers must have realized this flaw, as Vito makes a joke about that near the end of the game.

Why can't the mission already start at point A? Why can't it end at point B after I've done the job? Why do I have to drive back home and press 'E' in front of the bed? The only answer to these questions, that I can think of, is: because I can, because Mafia II has an open world. And the only purpose I can see in the open world concept of Mafia II is to artificially prolong the game's playing time.

I spent 14 hours in Empire Bay. Without all the driving of the same route multiple times it would be much less.

The ending of the game is quite open and very disappointing. It seems that Mafia III is coming soon...

After it's "Game Over" you can't do anything other than start a new game. There is no free-roam mode. But why should there be such a mode? There is nothing to do in Empire Bay. Well, you can always pay more money and get the DLCs...

"Is this game really that bad?", you may be asking. "Doesn't it have anything good?"

Well, it has. The cutscenes are very good. The good graphics and animations make them look almost like movie scenes. The voice actors are really good. The dialogs are authentic. The atmosphere of the time period the game takes place in is caught very well. The orchestral soundtrack is very good. The shooting mechanics are good and each weapon feels different. But other than that, there is nothing that, in my eyes, could make Mafia II withstand or even come close to competition like the GTA series.

I loved this game. The feeling of being immersed in the 40s and 50s is just amazing due to the truly deep attention to detail. This is not Grand Theft Auto, nor was it intended to be. It is a tight story driven game with fun gameplay set in an open and detailed world. Weapons are fun and rewardingly destructive. The real treat though is the art, which really brings the era alive.

Gameplay - 85

Graphics - 85

Story - 90

Not good as the first one,Mafia 2 it's an interesting game.

Between 1940 and 1950,you can esplore a whole city,Empire Bay,for 26 km2.

And if you already played the first Mafia,you will find some interesting easter eggs,but the game it's also enjoyable without knowing the prequel

The game play is simply amazing and every cent in the $30 I had to pay was well worth it. The story line and the graphics are wonderful. I only wish it would run quicker on my computer though.

Definitely recommend this game to everyone. 5/5.