![]() Gun gameplay is pretty standard fare in the game as well, where you can hide behind cover and then peek out to shoot from a third-person perspective. The game does have an actual melee combat system that occasionally comes into play, but it’s nowhere near as intricate as something like Assassin’s Creed or the Arkham series have done over the years. In Mafia II, you have three weapon slots that you can select with the D-Pad, with the fourth direction being your bare fists for melee combat. You can really rack up the stars and wanted level in the game though, which has cops following you like crazy everywhere around the town.īesides the driving, the on foot segments in the game typically end up with you having to face some sort of enemies in a gunfight, whether that may be rival gangsters or the police. On the other side, this also means the driving segments are a little more boring, as police are very prone to try and chase after you just when you’re cruising around the town. This is a pretty neat feature that sets it apart from other series that would not allow you to do this. Running into other vehicles and trying to run over people isn’t the only way to get police to get after you here either, as even going over the speed limit around them can get them to try and pull you over, where you can simply pay the ticket if it’s a minor enough offense. ![]() Driving around is also enhanced with the inclusion of three radio stations that play classic songs from the era, which helps to add to the authentic experience for the time period it is set. The game has its fair share of different vehicles to choose from that you can then take to body shops to change as a way to hide from the cops or just fix up for aesthetic reasons. Driving in Mafia II: Definitive Edition is pretty much as you would expect from this style of game, with the controls feeling a bit dated times, but still working well enough to get you from place to place. ![]() The gameplay in these story missions usually consists of two different parts, the drive to and from a location in a car and then some sort of other on foot segment that leads to gunfights. The good news here though is that you also have access to all of the DLC that released for the game in the past, which includes some additional story missions as well. As a result, this makes the game feel very linear most of the time, even with the decent sized city of Empire Bay surrounding you. Unlike many other similar series though, there are really no side missions along the way to take on besides the basic robbing of places and playing keep away from the cops. On top of that, there are some problems with loading of textures on time as well, at least in the console version.įor those that have never played a Mafia game before, Mafia II: Definitive Edition is split into multiple different chapters that push the game’s main story along, where you have various missions to complete while trying to stay out of trouble with the law along the way. There are definitely some improvements in this area, but there is still a pretty large gap between the second and third entries in this department. ![]() While the environments look much more like what you would expect from this generation of games, the character models still feel a little left behind due to their stilted movement and overall last generation look. The design of the city itself is pretty typical, but fits the era that the game is set quite well.īeing the Definitive Edition of the game, Mafia II looks better than ever this time around thanks to polished textures and really just about everything about the visual style. However, the map size was a good size back in 2010 and still works for the game to where things don’t feel too bloated at times. Even though Grand Theft Auto V came at the end of the last generation of consoles, you should not be expecting a map anywhere near that size in Mafia II: Definitive Edition. As mentioned, Mafia II: Definitive Edition is set in the fictional city of Empire Bay, which is an amalgamation of multiple real cities like New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
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