Overview

Gameplay

The game takes place in 10 Sq. Mi. of open-ended environments and the player can traverse all the scenary without any problem as long as he/she plays on it, unlike any other "Sandbox" open-ended games like GTA or Saints Row, in Mafia II, the player is supposed to obey various codes including Traffic Laws and trespassing restrictions; this means that the player needs to stop behind the red traffic lights, avoid reckless driving and stay out of restricted areas. In this way you can be disobedient but expect the cops to cause you trouble.

Mafia II has a dynamic "Newspaper system" which allows the player to follow the latest news all the time, the news and their contents are directly related to player’s behavior and his/her choices made during the gameplay.

Vehicles play a very major role in Mafia II.

Mafia II was meant to approach realism as much as possible and as a result Money plays a major role in this game, unlike games like GTA IV you can NOT easily possess cars or weapons by just stealing them, in fact the game forces you to be as low profile as possible for the sake of Crime family.

In Mafia II, the players will have their own cars and motorcycles with their specific registration plate which can be illegally customized, this means you will not race through the city stealing and wrecking one car after another and instead you will have to be more cautious about your car, its condition, its legal history and even its gasoline. In this game vehicles will run out of fuel and therefore the player will have to refill the car from time to time, you can also buy various foods and drinks such as hamburgers and coffee via restaurants scattered about the city, purchasable safe houses are to save your game progression and Empire Automobile Shop is there to present you with numerous services including replacing the engine, enhancing the power and speed of the cars and so on, you will also able to change your look by purchasing new outfits, buy the best clothes and hail a taxi all the time, the afore-mentioned features further increase the necessity of earning as much money as possible which is not as easy as you might think.

Other Features

• Vito can learn new combos and fighting styles in the game.
• The Artificial Intelligence has been improved so, the pedestrians will smoke, buy clothes, wait for buses, or even take a bus, go home and so on.
• Car hoods can be forced to do things on that, like disabling brakes, etc.
• The urban landscape changes from day to night.
• At several points of the game, the player will take decisions that will affect his/her progress in the end of the game.
• New and multiple strategies to deceive the police.
• Vito can shoot through vehicle doors.
• Cars will be more realistic than in the first installment; they can be washed at car washes, suffer panel damage, get dirty and explode.
• There will be three families.
• On the map will feature marked points with collateral missions.
• The city will also feature structures such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building.
• While you're shopping, you cannot be attacked.
• Taps, bottles, chairs will all be interactive, also the In-Game Radio.
• There will feature a "Respect system"; if the player character kill innocent people that will impact his respect.
• The police can chase other criminals, not only to you.
  

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