Mafia II: Definitive Edition Reviews

Far from "definitive", in fact a very lazy and incompetent remaster. There were: [list] [*]Consistent and [b]heavy[/b] fps drops during gunfights--like from 60 to sub 20 at some points, indicating a chronic problem about either Nvidia Physx implementation or just poor optimization. [*]Horrendous NPC and companion path-finding, to the point of missions getting soft-locked or civilians running [b]towards[/b] your car like they are suicidal or something. [*]An objective not progessing even after I completed it, soft-locking the game. [*]A [i]floaty[/i] feeling combat almost making the entire thing feel RNG based. [*]Minimal but apparent traversal stutters (even when on not the highest settings). [*]Many small texture glitches like characters' hair and sometimes clothes disappearing, cars falling into and under the map or glitching inside other cars--mostly yours, etc. [*]The odd crash here and there. [*]And finally the single weirdest bug I've ever encountered in any game I played; after a while everything got "duplicated". Each time after I compeleted an objective the next one would show up twice on the upper left corner on the screen, all characters would repeat all their dialogue one after another, speaking over eachother and the most shocking part was I got double the rewards and it was a particularly big payout too. Not game-breaking and surprisingly positive but definitely immersion breaking for sure. [/list] And these are the ones I bothered to take note of. What's even worse is, these issues are only the stuff I think were either caused by or obvious enough to be fixed during the remastering process, because there are many more and core issues with Mafia 2 itself, completely unrelated to the f*ck-ups of "Definitive" Edition. The ending for example was so sudden that it made me feel it was the ending solely because either 2K pulled the plug in the middle of development or developers/writers just ran out of ideas. On the other hand there were the many small mission design issues like; letting you take on a mission that requires at least a three passanger car with a two passenger sports car or taking away the car [b]you[/b] bring to the mission away at the end of it, right before dropping you in the middle of nowhere where there are no cars in sight but I have to stop myself because I don't want to waste more of my time by listing every miniscule detail since the game did that thoroughly with its broken self but instead focus on the worst of the worst and by that I mean the side content. I hope the original team of developers that designed the entirety of the side content and additionaly the team responsible for remastering said content and okay-ing it in its unchanged abhorrent state, recieved a multi-generational shadow ban from the industry right after the release of their work which made sure to leave the children of their children unable to find work in the industry so they couldn't/can't plague games with their clueless design philosophy. I just wanted to play a couple story missions consisting of what [spoiler]Joe [/spoiler] was up to while [spoiler]Vito[/spoiler] was in [spoiler]prison[/spoiler], that's it. What I got instead was a series of unending and unrelated high-score based, timed challenge missions disguised as [spoiler]Joe[/spoiler]'s "Adventures" but if anything it felt more like his personal hell. If you want to create an arcade mode, just do that. You want time trials? Okay but let me have my DLC "story" missions without having to constantly worry about how much time I have left to finish each mission. Honestly if that's what he went through, what happens him at the end of the main game is a blessing. Right after rage-quitting that part of the side content--after that abysmal "[spoiler]Bomb Under the Seat[/spoiler]" and at a whopping 50% completion, I reluctantly checked what the other stuff was offering and it was exactly the same; go to a marker on the map, read the mission description with concept art plastered in the background and continue with the same cycle of trial and error with timed challenge missions so I just quit the game then and there. As far as I'm concerned, Jimmy doesn't exist in the Mafia universe and can go f*ck himself for all I care. So yeah, I don't think you should waste your time with Mafia 2 DE. It does a couple fascinating things here and there thus making all the technical problems it has sting even more, yet those problems had a complete chokehold over the good stuff I've experienced. Like, I haven't seen a game making the jump from [spoiler]one decade to another[/spoiler], almost completely changing the entire game like both visuals and mechanics-wise or how it decides to take its time and let the player enjoy certain parts of a story some other works similar in both tone and themes would rather skip with a lazy montage, both impressive stuff. However, not enough for me to recommend it, I never uninstalled a game faster. I would rather get my time spent raging on the broken parts of it back than to having played an okay story with a couple bright points here and there.

Is this what you called a Remake? the checkpoint is so bad .Every fighting mission when you die , you have to restart the entire mission again.Bad graphic even though this is a remake.So disappointing.

Stutters on Steam Deck while having no major graphical improvements compared to 15 year old original. Neither do I understand a 35GB storage requirement increase. The biggest drawback for me was lack of cloud save functionality. Don't buy it if you plan to play on Steam Deck.

One of the greatest games of all time. finished it on both ps3 and xbox 360 back in the day countless times, collected all the playboy magazines. Even this "remaster" is a joke in terms of graphical improvments (not even gonna mention the horribal glitches in some cutscenes) still gonna recommend it. Just dont expect any fix from the lazy developers, just go and download fix mods and move on.

This game is so bad, it boggles my mind. It takes effort to make a definitive version of a 2010 game worse than of a 2002 game... Every single thing is atrocious: - Driving is consistently bad - Weapon control is still archaic - Cutscenes are forced and set you at an inescapable disadvantage - Aiming and shooting is random and more based on luck than skill ...that's just a few things on the top of my mind... MAFIA I Definitive feels actually updated, crisp and enjoyable. MAFIA II has nothing definitive to it, feels exactly like the original one with an exeption of some upgraded graphics... very dissapointing...

It doesn't really offer much except a few minor graphical tweaks. Also, the driving and combat didn't stand the test of time. It has a very good storyline, and I appreciate that this version was free for old Mafia II owners, but overall, I can't recommend it.

It is basically Mafia 2 with a coat of paint and some added bugs. Buy it and you get the classic version though, so play the classic edition. While it is a good game, I felt like it was a step down from the original. Graphically it is better, but that is to be expected with the gap between 1 and 2. The world is well designed with great atmosphere and vibe same as all entries in the mafia series. There is a little bit more to do now compared to the first one in the open world but still not much. Story wise, it is okay but I guess the characters just didn't connect with me. It felt a bit like Uncut Gems where the MC just goes from bad decisions to bad decisions. I don't get the hype for Vito, especially coming from Mafia 1 where Tommy was an incredible MC. One of my pet peeves in gaming are when they give you the option to buy stuff like guns, clothes and stuff and just takes it away at a certain point of the story and this game has like 3-4 points where it just takes away everything. I could forgive it one time, but multiple times just annoys me. It's still enjoyable to play though, flaws and all. 6/10

Just beat this game for the first time and damn the story was so damn good! However it felt like it was unfinished. I know they cut out a lot of content, and the ending was not very satisfying imo. Gunplay is great, and I love the traffic rules and system, also, it has a working gas station?! My only complain is that where the hell is the manual save!? istg it is the most infuriating thing ever.

A timeless crime drama with an incredible atmosphere and a gripping story. The city feels alive, the characters are memorable, and the soundtrack is pure gold.

So I played definitive editions with the following order: Mafia 3, Mafia and Mafia 2. It's important to know that you shouldn't expect in any way the same treatment as Mafia 1.Mafia 2 is still a gem but it's pretty close to the original. Pros ==== - Graphics show their age but still hold well. - Snowy and non snowy version of the city. - Amazing Music. Now I am gonna drive around town playing some old tunes irl! - Snow Drifting! - Gunplay feels good even with today's standards! - Story,characters and voice acting all perfect! - Interacting with various world objects e.g. light switchs. Small thing, but still adds to realism. - City feels alive. I will say particularly the highways are very well designed! - Buy clothes. - Buy guns. - Environmental destruction is top notch, you see tiles falling of walls etc which makes the combat actual feel destructive especially with automatic weapons! - Bodies don't despawn (as far I've seen). - Good car variety. - Scrap cars. - Rob shops! - Car modification (small but still it's there!) - Being in bushes slows you down. I mean such a little feature that most game lack! - Some collectibles. Cons ==== - Can't blind shoot from cover (enemies shoot though!). - Certain weird bugs (nothing game breaking) - Small/Weird view distance on some stuff. - Some performance issues on certain shooting scenes. Like from 160 fps to 20 fps so it's noticeable! I am 99% sure it has to do with the destruction of objects and particles not despawning :/ - No shooting from cars (As player) Lessons Learned (Bonus Section) ============================== - House Insurance is important. - Car Insurance important too! - Don't let your sister get involved with scumbags. - Speeding gets you tickets :/ - Speed kills! - Make sure your buddy got a good couch. - Make sure your buddy has a fridge with a beer and a sandwich. - Make sure who you consider your "friend". - Make sure you check your friends trunk before you get his drunk ass home ! - Everything is better with some good music! - Being a snitch doesn't pay off in the long term. - All actions have consequences. - Should do some research on the collectible posters just for encyclopedic reasons ! PS : If this gets a orioer remaster like Mafia 1 it will be amazing!