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2K Games has announced today that it is bringing Mafia 2 to "next generation consoles" (i.e. 360 and PS3) and PC. A release date has yet to be revealed.
Once again developer Illusion Softworks is behind the wheel to bring us a crime-rife fictional 1940s city with a seedy mob underbelly. Promised this time around are more gunfights and car chases than we can wave a Tommy Gun at, plus a strong story told by believable characters in a strong, cinematic style.
"As the original Mafia was a big success, we are excited to leverage the power of next generation console technology to create an all-new experience, while embracing the elements that resonated with the previous game's fans," said Christoph Hartmann, Don of 2K. "The 'wow' factor of Mafia 2 is definitely the benchmark-setting visual quality and action that you expect to see only in Hollywood movies."
Mafia was originally released on PC in 2002, before being later ported to PS2 and Xbox. Its score has remained a point of contention between us and you lot ever since.
Head over to our Mafia 2 gallery for the very first and very impressive screenshots.
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luigiardingo
21/08/07 @ 16:02
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This was a FANTASTIC game in 2002 and still looks great. Remember buying a GeForce 4-Ti4200 card just to play it!! Those were the day's. Now I'll wait for the
360 Version of Mafia 2. |
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squarejawhero
21/08/07 @ 16:10
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The first was one of the most evocative games ever. Can't wait for this.
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luigiardingo
21/08/07 @ 16:19
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I remember the part when you had to KILL the Bosses Solicitor, as he'd been talking to the cops. The cut scene, music and dialogue was superb!
Games that people remember 5 years ago, like this just go to show that game reviews don't count as much as the reviewers think. |
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thesnowman
21/08/07 @ 16:21
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Loved the first one on the PC, would I will probably get this on the 360 if they dont bugger it up
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"Its score has remained a point of contention between us and you lot ever since."
esp me :/ seriously, your reviewer should be ashamed, he couldn't have got it more wrong, a lot of ppl remember Mafia as a truly great game, comparing it to GTA was just stupid.
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DutchDemons
21/08/07 @ 16:39
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you guys gave Mafia on the PC a 4/10?
wow..i must have missed that fuzz, if the game wasn't 5 years old, i would've started a riot here! OT: Mafia 2!!!! YES!!!! |
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the_dudefather
21/08/07 @ 16:50
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looks great in the screenshots
loved the original game (escept the level everyone hates) |
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The game looks fantastic! I'm so looking forward to this now. I hope it's got the great atmosphere like the first did. In fact, they don't really need to change much at all, just up the graphics (which they did) and tweak the controls slightly, and provide a great story, like the first.
I'm so happy now. |
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captainrentboy
21/08/07 @ 17:14
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Fook me, they are some sweet screenshots, so sweet infact that I find it hard to believe they're ingame, and if they are they must've been touched up a little :/
Wont get too excited about it right now though, as I'm sure it's moooonths away and there's loads of games to be excited about that are coming out soon. |
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4/10...............4/10...................4/10 you on drugs WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the best games ever, and you gave it 4/10............... better give Mafia 2 plenty of coverage or you'll be sleeping with the fishes..... I maybe alone here but i am getting more excited about Mafia 2 than GTAIV
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"I never played the original but am put off somewhat by the GTA comparisons. "
see, look what that EG muppet did. Mafia is NOTHING like the GTA games. it had a very cinematic style, the location was quite big but you never got lost, you could explore as much as you wanted bewteen missions (asuming they wern't timed) but the whole thing was driven by a very strong story (which was superbly written) which kept it moving at the right pace. PC version was good, Xbox version was horrible, just hope they've worked on that ;) |
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DutchDemons
21/08/07 @ 21:16
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I don't wanna read the review of mafia, but am kinda wondering what the HELL eurogamer was thinking when they dished out that 4/10.
did they play it as a GTA game, what the f*Ck. That game is without a doubt in my top 10 games ever. seriously....can someone summarise what is up? OT: YES! |
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In Gestalt's own words: I think it's one of those games that you either love or hate. There is a great game under there somewhere, but it's buried under so many stupid little design flaws that it's hard to find, and the whole thing just frustrated me after a few hours. Kinda like Hidden & Dangerous really - great idea, flawed implementation.
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DutchDemons
21/08/07 @ 22:13
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well....that's just retarded.
maybe they played a really early version...or maybe I played the patched up version. God....how I loved that game. Crazy EG reviews i tell ya. This (5 years later) proves it: EG dunno sh*t about games :-D |
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I played Mafia again recently and didn't enjoy it quite as much as I did all those years ago. I don't think it's aged too well, but as I was playing it I remembered the joy and wonder I had when I'd first played the game.
Quite simply, the person who reviewed Mafia for EG is a twat. A big, hairy twat. |
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foreverafternothing
21/08/07 @ 22:52
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Still can't believe they gave the original 4/10.
Four. Out of ten. Was this the same genius who gave FIFA Street 8/10 not much later? |
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foreverafternothing
21/08/07 @ 22:54
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Mafia was hard as hell and I hope this sequel will be as well. To get through that freaking church must have taken me 30 tries. The race was peanuts compared to that.
Oh my! Yes! The church mission where you had to get to the roof or something like that right? Man I loved this game. The whole vibe it had was something else. Superb ending too. Re; the race - there was a way to cheat on that wasn't there? Swear that's what I did.
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Mafia was a great game, I hope you fired the person which gave it 4/10. Look at Metacritic and the average score the game got was 88/100, so you must have been very wrong with the low score.
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platform... |
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i really loved the title page and the cinematic birds eye sweep over the town using the in game engine on the introduction lead in. That game had some of the best facial representation and voice acting that I had seen. on reading the review some of the criticisms were valid, but to give a game that had obviously had so much thought and effort poured into it a 4, leaving it languishing alongside the unloved movie tie-ins was a real shame.
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tobs, I think you over-estimate the importance of a Eurogamer review :) Or indeed any review. If reviews really affected sales in any significant way, we wouldn't have Transformers at the #1 spot in the UK charts right now.
As for Mafia, it was bloody awful in many ways, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy it for what it is and take reviews with a pinch of salt. I hated it first time around (got stuck on the fucking racing car level). Came back to it again later, got the patch to skip the hateful racing car level, and enjoyed it more second time. There's a LOT wrong with, a lot that is just plain broken, but it comes down to how much you're willing to invest and how much you want to have fun. There's definitely fun to be had in Mafia, and some things it did very well. A sequel would be interesting I think. |
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