Mafia 2 any good?

opethdisciple · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:43

Reviews for Mafia 2 seem good.

Worth a £5 pickup on steam?

alex24 · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:45

I liked it a lot, despite its various shortcomings. Depends what you want from a game really. For £5 it's a good buy as it has a great story that grips you and immerses you in its living world until it's over too soon.

AHarvey · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:55

lots of minor niggles with the game, but is still definitely worth a play through, and for £5, it'll last longer and give you a lot more enjoyment than 2 pints will

orderoftheflame · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:55

alexhull24 said:
I liked it a lot, despite its various shortcomings. Depends what you want from a game really. For £5 it's a good buy as it has a great story that grips you and immerses you in its living world until it's over too soon.

This.

If you want a GTA clone set in Mafia New York, you're barking up the wrong tree.

If you treat it as it's own game, it's a lot of fun.

opethdisciple · 2 Jan 2011 at 19:06

So its fun and wont be boring?

Mr Krugga · 2 Jan 2011 at 19:17

opethdisciple said:
So its fun and wont be boring?

You'll finish it and won't ever go back to it. Unless the devs cut out even more content than the current DLCs add

KIA · 2 Jan 2011 at 21:20

It's worth £5.

CD32 · 2 Jan 2011 at 21:57

orderoftheflame said:
This.

If you want a GTA clone set in Mafia New York, you're barking up the wrong tree.

If you treat it as it's own game, it's a lot of fun.

I prefere the Mafia games over GTA TBH. However I'd agree with the above post. treat it as it's own game. Personally Mafia 2 never gave me the same wow factor as the first Mafia game. I did however love it all the same. Also went on to complete the expansion pack "Joes adventure". If you like this type of game, just go for it

DELETED_83755 · 2 Jan 2011 at 22:06

CD32 said:
Also went on to complete the expansion pack "Joes adventure". If you like this type of game, just go for it

How did you you find this DLC? How long is it and was it fun?

Serpantine · 2 Jan 2011 at 22:29

Great Story, Great Game - It is a shame it pushes you through the storey so there is a somewhat limited free roaming feel.

1940s New York is a very beautiful place to be.

Cutshaw · 2 Jan 2011 at 22:34

Excellent game and well worth a fiver.

But as it's been said, it's NOT a GTA game, it's a cinematic experience with some driving and third person action.

If you want to drive around knocking people down and causing mayhem, stick with Just Cause 2, this is for someone after a good story driven game with high production value.

Cutshaw · 2 Jan 2011 at 22:35

teddy3578 said:
How did you you find this DLC? How long is it and was it fun?

I'm interested myself, seeing as the current DLC options add NO content at all.

I've heard that it's much like the arcade mode jimmy dlc?

CD32 · 2 Jan 2011 at 23:50

I bypassed Jimmy as I read reviews saying it was crap. I enjoyed the later Joe's adventure myself. More like extending the game with additional story in Joe's shoes. Do a google search for joe's adventure +download. Gamesplanet.com seem to do it for £6.30 atm. Played a few games since then so minds a bit foggy. Google it for reviews. If you liked Mafia 2 & wanted more, don't think you can go too wrong.

jayextreme · 3 Jan 2011 at 06:19

great story but definitely not a GTA clone

tom113 · 3 Jan 2011 at 09:15

CD32 said:
I bypassed Jimmy as I read reviews saying it was crap. I enjoyed the later Joe's adventure myself. More like extending the game with additional story in Joe's shoes. Do a google search for joe's adventure +download. Gamesplanet.com seem to do it for £6.30 atm. Played a few games since then so minds a bit foggy. Google it for reviews. If you liked Mafia 2 & wanted more, don't think you can go too wrong.

Or you could just get it on steam where it's £1.57 until 6pm.

arc@css · 4 Jan 2011 at 13:54

Just completed it today, great game for the £5 it cost me during the sale. I shan't bother just yet with the DLC though. Most enjoyable storyline in a game in over ten years, voice acting was near perfection.

Ice Globe · 4 Jan 2011 at 15:39

Thoroughly enjoying this so far. Absolutely loving the attention to detail throughout which puts most other games to shame!

Hope the story isn't too short.

arc@css · 4 Jan 2011 at 15:42

Ice Globe said:
Thoroughly enjoying this so far. Absolutely loving the attention to detail throughout which puts most other games to shame!

Hope the story isn't too short.

I didn't find it as short as I thought it was going to be. I clocked up 13.5 hours during my run.

Sem · 4 Jan 2011 at 15:46

this has the best story telling of any game i have played in a while

the gameplay has some flaws and it is very short but the story makes up for it

due to how short it is with little replay value i wouldn't pay more than £8-10 for it

arc@css · 4 Jan 2011 at 16:10

Sem said:
this has the best story telling of any game i have played in a while

the gameplay has some flaws and it is very short but the story makes up for it

due to how short it is with little replay value i wouldn't pay more than £8-10 for it

Agreed. As far as I'm concerned the gameplay is quite good at best, the replay in it is virtually zero. Though, if I had an nvidia set-up I probably would try out physx (if I could source a very cheap second hand card), and 3d.