Mafia 2
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MattyB_

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2,330 posts

286 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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Demo out today.

As this is primarily console-orientated forum, I suspect many of you either missed out (or had the crap port) of Mafia 1, an absolutely stunnning game that easily topped GTA at the time for story, style, characterisation and atmosphere. Shame that those who tried it dismissed it based on a 'slow' start.

Demo of the sequal is out now, 360 & PC. Its well worth checking out. Full game out at the end of the month.

RichyBoy

3,749 posts

246 months

Tuesday 10th August 2010
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First one on the PC was truly amazing, remember playing it many hours.

5harp3y

1,966 posts

228 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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loved the first one, esp when you unlocked some of the hotrods.

chugging away in one of the weak cars was brilliant.

wish they made this for the 360 :-(

Robatr0n

12,362 posts

245 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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5harp3y said:
loved the first one, esp when you unlocked some of the hotrods.

chugging away in one of the weak cars was brilliant.

wish they made this for the 360 :-(
The original or the sequal? Mafia 2 is coming out on the 360. smile

Cheers for the heads up OP, I'll download the demo for this tonight.

Aiten

540 posts

219 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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Mafia 1 is one of my all time favourite games.

After getting used to the polish of GTA and Red Dead, I am left a little underwhelmed. I had great fun with it last night, but the actual shooting, character controls and driving do not stand up to R*'s efforts. To be fair, Mafia vs GTA is like comparing an Audi with a Bentley.

Soundtrack is brilliant, and importantly, I still had a huge amount of fun. No need to cancel my preorder. Phew.


Oh, and can anyone else confirm this. Everything had a hint of blue, which was especially noticeable on the blacks such as the hair or suit - like a poor quality LCD with the backlight on full brightness. Ever other game runs perfectly.

defblade

8,052 posts

242 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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Enjoyed Mafia but... dear God.... driving everywhere under the speed limit... I have to do that in real life frown

Altrezia

8,740 posts

240 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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defblade said:
Enjoyed Mafia but... dear God.... driving everywhere under the speed limit... I have to do that in real life frown
or drive faster than the cops :~)

WreckedGecko

1,191 posts

230 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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oooh goodie.

Im looking forward to this, loved the first one. Whats it like graphically?

Daston

6,148 posts

232 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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trailers look pretty slick. Loved the first one shall be getting this for sure

soad

34,649 posts

205 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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First one on Xbox was bloody good, loved the storyline and the way it progressed. Good gameplay too, shame about fairly poor graphics.

MattyB_

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2,330 posts

286 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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Aiten said:
After getting used to the polish of GTA and Red Dead, I am left a little underwhelmed. I had great fun with it last night, but the actual shooting, character controls and driving do not stand up to R*'s efforts. To be fair, Mafia vs GTA is like comparing an Audi with a Bentley.
This on PC or 360? An associate reckons the 360 version is poor compared to the PC version, suffering from tearing and FPS issues.

The PC version suffers from sluggish controls as standard because mouse smoothing is on. Make sure you turn if off.

GG89

3,693 posts

215 months

Wednesday 11th August 2010
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I'm sure this was out before, I've played this demo before. Just cant think when..

Shinobi

5,129 posts

219 months

Thursday 12th August 2010
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Had a go last night, reminded me alot of Godfather 2 which I really enjoyed. Defo will be picking this up but not at full price had enough of open world games for a while with RDR, GTA 4, Fallout 3, Oblivion, Crackdown 2 and Assasins creed 2 recently.

Aiten

540 posts

219 months

Thursday 12th August 2010
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MattyB_ said:
Aiten said:
After getting used to the polish of GTA and Red Dead, I am left a little underwhelmed. I had great fun with it last night, but the actual shooting, character controls and driving do not stand up to R*'s efforts. To be fair, Mafia vs GTA is like comparing an Audi with a Bentley.
This on PC or 360? An associate reckons the 360 version is poor compared to the PC version, suffering from tearing and FPS issues.

The PC version suffers from sluggish controls as standard because mouse smoothing is on. Make sure you turn if off.
Sorry. It's on the 360.

Original Poster

5,429 posts

205 months

Thursday 12th August 2010
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Looks interesting, will have to pre order it!

Daston

6,148 posts

232 months

Thursday 12th August 2010
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soad said:
First one on Xbox was bloody good, loved the storyline and the way it progressed. Good gameplay too, shame about fairly poor graphics.
The graphics were poor because the game used the original Hidden & Dangerous engine. Plus Mafia had been out for quite some time before it hit the PS2 and Xbox

MadRob6

3,594 posts

249 months

Friday 13th August 2010
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Just had a quick go at the demo on the PC.

Surprised by how pretty it was compared to how smoothly it ran on my mediocre graphics card. Now it's got me listening to 50s blues on Spotify.

I also quite like the way the cars handle like you'd expect big American barges from that era to handle...like a boat! I did only have a go in the car you get from the garage so far though.

MattyB_

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2,330 posts

286 months

Friday 13th August 2010
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MadRob6 said:
I did only have a go in the car you get from the garage so far though.
There are 4 cars in the garage I think, you can switch between them when you visit.

MadRob6

3,594 posts

249 months

Friday 13th August 2010
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Ah, I'll have more of a poke around next time. Was just having a quick go while I was waiting for something else.

OllieWinchester

5,700 posts

221 months

Friday 13th August 2010
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Intrigued, might give this a go when it is out, depending on reviews. I'm not on Live so can't get the bloody demo...