Quick Look: Mafia II

Dam. I was looking forward to this game. They cut some pretty mean trailers for it.

omg Brad didn't pull a brad. 0.o he didn't want to die, take that dude that makes lists of Brad pulling a brad.

I didn't even care about Mafia II until I played the demo last night; now I want to buy it today.

" @Jeknod said:

" No Vinny? What? "

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" Why aren't they allowed to show boobs? They showed them at the very beginning of The Saboteur QL. "

Yeah! Mafia II quick look!

"Let's turn on subtitles so people can hear" ----> Best thing I herd today xD

Where is Vinny? :verysadface:

" @cwdawg1224 said:

" Why aren't they allowed to show boobs? They showed them at the very beginning of The Saboteur QL. "

Probably because that stuff is embargo'd somehow and the game wasn't out as of this being recorded. "

that must have gotten in trouble with the touchmaster video, sounds like they can't show boobs anymore

in real world standards, it looks bland. and empty. and is it so hard to ask for a story that isn't a straight ripoff of a movie story.  
 
Good quicklook guys, got what i wanted out of the video :P  
 
also, just me or does the map seem pretty small? 

huge ugly crosshair  is huge... and ugly!

Mafia II definitely looks like the sequel to Mafia, no doubt about that. It's still strictly linear with the illusion of open-worlding, with the plot driving things forward. I don't usually disagree with the staff at Giant Bomb, but I feel that they are being slightly unduly critical here. So many games these days, like Red Faction: Armageddon for example, chose to value side-missions and extras over a good plot. I kind of like it when the opposite happens, as Mafia II is undoubtedly trying to show.

OMG, Brad didn't die!

When they're shooting the house that's Miller's Crossing. Mr. Chup0n, back me up here.

I'd like to get this, but I'll wait till it's cheap. Worse PS3 version and a 3/5 star review screams wait.

" @Skillface said:

" @cwdawg1224 said:

" Why aren't they allowed to show boobs? They showed them at the very beginning of The Saboteur QL. "

Probably because that stuff is embargo'd somehow and the game wasn't out as of this being recorded. "

Probably because they have decency, know what's tasteless and not and don't want to alienate demographics? There is no point in displaying pornography in a video game quick look.  "

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" @Jeknod said:

" @Skillface said:

" @cwdawg1224 said:

" Why aren't they allowed to show boobs? They showed them at the very beginning of The Saboteur QL. "

Probably because that stuff is embargo'd somehow and the game wasn't out as of this being recorded. "

Probably because they have decency, know what's tasteless and not and don't want to alienate demographics? There is no point in displaying pornography in a video game quick look.  "

Smashing faces with bats, firefights with blood and murder are ok, but boobs aren't. Gotcha. "

" ¨Brad is so effing bad at video games, just look at the end there in the shootout. Plenty of guys behind him lighting up red on the minimap, then he says "wow where did those come from"  Come an. Seriously. Im getting tired of watching "professionals" playing these games which can be played better by my mom.  And seriously brad, nice pick of missions.    "

Mmmm! tear-lines, delicious.

" @DaBuddaDa said:

" @Jeknod said:

" @Skillface said:

" @cwdawg1224 said:

" Why aren't they allowed to show boobs? They showed them at the very beginning of The Saboteur QL. "

Probably because that stuff is embargo'd somehow and the game wasn't out as of this being recorded. "

Probably because they have decency, know what's tasteless and not and don't want to alienate demographics? There is no point in displaying pornography in a video game quick look.  "

Smashing faces with bats, firefights with blood and murder are ok, but boobs aren't. Gotcha. "

Correct. That's how it has worked in society for a long time now. "

" @DaBuddaDa said:

" @Jeknod said:

" @Skillface said:

" @cwdawg1224 said:

" Why aren't they allowed to show boobs? They showed them at the very beginning of The Saboteur QL. "

Probably because that stuff is embargo'd somehow and the game wasn't out as of this being recorded. "

Probably because they have decency, know what's tasteless and not and don't want to alienate demographics? There is no point in displaying pornography in a video game quick look.  "

Smashing faces with bats, firefights with blood and murder are ok, but boobs aren't. Gotcha. "

Correct. That's how it has worked in society for a long time now. "

" @Jeknod said:

" @DaBuddaDa said:

" @Jeknod said:

" @Skillface said:

" @cwdawg1224 said:

" Why aren't they allowed to show boobs? They showed them at the very beginning of The Saboteur QL. "

Probably because that stuff is embargo'd somehow and the game wasn't out as of this being recorded. "

Probably because they have decency, know what's tasteless and not and don't want to alienate demographics? There is no point in displaying pornography in a video game quick look.  "

Smashing faces with bats, firefights with blood and murder are ok, but boobs aren't. Gotcha. "

Correct. That's how it has worked in society for a long time now. "

Right. Sounds like your problem is with society, not Giant Bomb. "

I already fuggotaboutit.

PC graphics seem way better, from what ive played of it (on chapter 5 atm).

I remember Mafia for being that game with the sex scene that no one got up in arms about. 
 
I want to know the connection of story between the two games, if any. Mafia had a pretty hard ending. I don't think any of the original cast was left alive at the end.

" Mafia II definitely looks like the sequel to Mafia, no doubt about that. It's still strictly linear with the illusion of open-worlding, with the plot driving things forward. I don't usually disagree with the staff at Giant Bomb, but I feel that they are being slightly unduly critical here. So many games these days, like Red Faction: Armageddon for example, chose to value side-missions and extras over a good plot. I kind of like it when the opposite happens, as Mafia II is undoubtedly trying to show. "

Oh hey! I started the first Mafia last night. The incessant driving between missions, focusing all your effot on not speeding or crossing lights, and not having a path set for you was all I got to focus on. Seemed fun though.

Can you walk around the neighbourhood and get cannolies?

" Remember The Getaway, Ryan? You couldn't run red lights in that game without gettin the fuzz on you! Mafia 1's  strict laws weren't exactly unheard of... "

Brad continues to show how really incompetent he is as a video game player.  I'm sure he's integral to the Giant Bomb team, he does plenty of great interviews and is always funny on the Bombcast, but he can't play anything worth shit.  I'm not saying "YOU'RE BAD YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FUN", it's just that you can't really be a proper critic for this medium without having the capacity to swivel your thumbs around effectively, or maintaining the necessary attention span as to not miss all your turns.
 
If you argue that he doesn't need this (by now should be well-developed) skill and is only there to write, then that means a blind person has all the credentials to examine a film.  Okay, yeah, what the blind person writes may be interesting, but he's still blind and missing so much of what everyone else sees.  Brad has a handicap when it comes to playing video games.  He may not always be wrong, but his thoughts and opinions about gaming should be taken with a grain of salt.

A gangster RPG.
 
Think about it.

Wow, I have the same exact t-shirt as Dave in that ad! :)

Brad always gives away spoilers.

The best thing about the first 15 minutes is Summertime Blues...

A mediocre game, just like the first.
 
Also a mediocre reviewer. As always.

cool bro story

Brad didn't die, but he ragequit!

" Brad continues to show how really incompetent he is as a video game player.  I'm sure he's integral to the Giant Bomb team, he does plenty of great interviews and is always funny on the Bombcast, but he can't play anything worth shit.  I'm not saying "YOU'RE BAD YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FUN", it's just that you can't really be a proper critic for this medium without having the capacity to swivel your thumbs around effectively, or maintaining the necessary attention span as to not miss all your turns.
 
If you argue that he doesn't need this (by now should be well-developed) skill and is only there to write, then that means a blind person has all the credentials to examine a film.  Okay, yeah, what the blind person writes may be interesting, but he's still blind and missing so much of what everyone else sees.  Brad has a handicap when it comes to playing video games.  He may not always be wrong, but his thoughts and opinions about gaming should be taken with a grain of salt. "

Brad is focusing too much on open world. This game isn't an open world game. It's a linear story based game. They've said that since the begginning.

boobs!

NICE, it posted my comment with no comment here.... so now i gotta edit a comment.... sheesh!
 
i made a really funny joke (not really) about the traffic jam Brad got in being as bad as the one in china right now, (nine day traffic jam going into hong kong where you can get trapped for DAYS!), and i commented that I don't think Mafia was ever a "sandbox" game, it was "free roam" which is different, (sand box implies there is stuff to do, free roam is like GUN or Assassins Creed, it just lets you travel in real time and go off coarse if you wanted to), but it was totally a mission based game that just tried to be more realistic and let you take your time, enjoy the city and the music, drive around, but it was never sandbox - as in "a lot to do outside of story", its totally a mission based game, maybe they should have added sandbox trappings for a game released in 2010? Or maybe taken out the free roam altogether so you wouldn't miss something that wasn't there, but I don't think it needed minigames or side missions necessarily (they wouldn't have hurt either)...