Mafia 2 - looks pretty damn cool to me...

[MinionZombie]

I never played the original Mafia, but I was aware of it - it just slipped me by I guess. However, I've just been to ActionTrip and seen this 15 minutes of gameplay shown at E3, and damn ... me likey. Cool to see a GTA-like game set in the 40s/50s too. I don't think GTA itself could pull off such an era (although a 70s set GTA would be awesome I think), but yeah man, I'm quite looking forward to more Mafia 2 videos and then it's release. I think I'll get myself a copy, looks like fun - although you can easily see the influence of GTA IV on it (in this video mainly in the cover system) - but I've read that they're going for a "gritter, more real" style in Mafia 2, so apparently that means less "mass destruction" ... which is a bit of a shame, unless they give you more breathing room for fun than what you got with GTA IV. Regardless - looks like a lot of fun, anyone else been looking at it, or indeed played the first game? As for the stiff animation - that's apparently getting fixed right now (good).

[capncnut]

I just came in my pants so hard I even peed a little bit. Loved, loved, LOVED Mafia. I know it's a bit of a controversial statement but I preferred it over GTA. While it was really basic and a lot easier to complete (you can tell by the shootouts in the above YouTube video that Mafia is quite simple to get to grips with), I got more out of the story and the whole authentic-ness of it all. The missions were really exciting, the characters were likeable and there was no having to f**k about doing a mission twenty times because the developers are utter bastards. It was fun, you progressed well (gamewise and storywise) and it was still a fair challenge. After watching that video I am most definitely gonna get Mafia II, and now I feel like getting the original Mafia again for my Xbox. Good news!

[MinionZombie]

I'll have to check out some gameplay of the first one on YouTube to get a taste for it (I don't think I could be bothered playing a 7 year old game all the way through right now ) - but hell yeah, I'm really liking that video for Mafia 2 (and a couple of other 'pre-rendered' ones on the official website that provide background/flavours of the game itself) - I have to say I'm quite excited about it now. Providing they sort out the animations (the stiffness was the only thing that put a smudge on an otherwise spiffing presentation), then I think Mafia 2 is gonna kick ass.

[AcesandEights]

Damn...you guys are sellin' this game hardcore. I may have to give it a shot, as I always wanted a GTA style game that got deeper into to the Mafia politics/culture etc.

[MinionZombie]

Damn...you guys are sellin' this game hardcore. I may have to give it a shot, as I always wanted a GTA style game that got deeper into to the Mafia politics/culture etc. Well then I think this game is for you. I must say, that 15 minutes of Mafia 2 has been swirling around my head these last couple of days, and well that's a good sign surely. I'm getting silly excited about it now just thinking about it - looks hella fun.

[Craig]

It's weird, I've seen some gameplay vids of this and it does look very cool yet it's one of those upcoming games I keep forgetting about. Like every game I've bought on 360 it looks like something I'll no doubt enjoy a lot but can't get truly excited about.

[Mr. Clean]

It was an ok game but 4 years later....The Godfather video game came out for the 360 and blew it the hell out of the water... I have to agree....Not too many games I'd be playing on a 2nd generation consoles right now....So many good games lined up to come out soon...

[capncnut]

It was an ok game but 4 years later....The Godfather video game came out for the 360 and blew it the hell out of the water... Disagree wholeheartedly.

[Mr. Clean]

Disagree wholeheartedly. Just curious but I'd love to see your reasoning on disagreeing...

[EvilNed]

I played the original Mafia game, and it was nice and cozy somehow. Good game. Got stuck on the damn racing level, tho.

[Mr. Clean]

Targeting system blew..Pretty decent Storyline....but not so much of a replay value...

[CooperWasRight]

The demo just hit xbl...Downloading now. Should be on psn tomorrow.

[MinionZombie]

The demo just hit xbl...Downloading now. Should be on psn tomorrow. I was hoping to DL if for PC, but you can only do it via Steam apparently ... and the PC I game on from time-to-time isn't anywhere near my connection (it has Steam on it) ... but I also really dislike Steam. It's slow-as-fuck, awkward and buggy and you know, whatever happened to just downloading a fucking .exe file and transferring it to whatever computer you wanted via USB memory stick?! I'll be getting the game for Xbox, but wanted to have a quick go on the PC demo ... not to be it seems ... ... fucking Steam.

[CoinReturn]

The demo is really rough on 360. Lots of screen tearing and about 25fps to boot. Hopefully the PS3 and PC versions will run better.

[darth los]

After the bar Red dead redemption set this game is going to have to be pretty fookin' awesome to impress me.