Go Behind The Scenes Of Mafia II

towards the top?
Edit: Huzzzzzzzzzzah!

I hope this game is actually good.

Slow down with the news/videos! Ive been trying to go play some games, but you just wont let me will you!
 
EDIT: Meh, get kinda bored of behind the scenes videos, only good ones these days are where the developers have some fun and mess around in their offices, not just sit there in perfectly lighted rooms and scroll through some crap in a monotone voice that has the sole purpose of trying to sell the game. Oh, you went to [city] and took photographs? I havnt heard of that method being used to model cities in any GTA clones in the past 10 years....

This game looks pretty awesome.

Something just feels weird about Europeans talking about authentic American culture.

Can't wait. The original Mafia was the first PC game I ever really played. Love the franchise.

The difficulty curve in Mafia was all over the place and some of the bugs made it very hard to love on occasion, but in the end the story and setting made it a must play. As long as they get those two things right I'm in.

i really really hope this game is just as good or better than the first game.  The first Mafia basically got me into trying to get into game development.  I was just soo impressed that a small Czech company(called Illusion Softworks at the time) were able to make an ambitious game and did it well.   
 
My only worry is that this game is going multi platform from the start.  The first game was PC only so they made sure the controls for the PC game worked and apparently the ports to the consoles weren't that great.  I really hope they make sure no platform suffers because they went multi platform. 
 
But we will see once the reviews come out.

looks like a winner, can't wait

lololol never in my life seen anything as fantastic or as beautiful (with inspiring music in background). 10 mins later, Vito is happily shooting up the entire city and laughing.

as a Mafia game..i really cant wait... but as a Sicilian.... OH GOD

Who is willing to shell out 60 bucks for a singleplayer experience that might or might not be worthwhile?

I wonder if this game will look that good on consoles.

Looks awesome

so how does the 20 years time-lapse work?

" Something just feels weird about Europeans talking about authentic American culture. "

Soon see how this PS+ 24 hour exclusivity is like

" so how does the 20 years time-lapse work? "

" Something just feels weird about Europeans talking about authentic American culture. "

i realllllly hope this game is good, because those PhysX effects on PC look amazing.

I wanna go to New York and soak up the atmosphere and take pictures, anyone wanna sponsor me? :)

what annoys me about these videos is that they speak of the game's details as something NEW or INNOVATIVE... everything they described and detailed exists in ummm A MILLION OTHER OPEN WORLD GAMES? 
 
im not saying the game sucks or is gonna be boring, but DONT TALK LIKE THAT SHIT IS SOMETHING NEW THAT ONLY YOUR GAME HAS !! every other fucking open world game has weather changing, detailed textures, tons of radio tracks, etc....

Excited!!

Very nice tech but how is the game.

Always love seeing videos like this, as someone who's getting into the industry soon and works on the art aspects for games I like to see these behind the scenes for games.

Loved the first Game, this looks good too. But please Rockstar release something about L.A. Noire.

I have high hopes for this game and I am very excited. I just hope people don't hype themselves up to unrealistic levels.

This looks beautiful. 
Also, the transition to the 50's is a nice touch, I can imagine how smoothly it will convey a feeling of progression. 
Alsoplustoo, there *has* to be a combat tutorial taking place in WWII, right?

Looks amazing! loved the first aswell.

There better be some Jazz Bebop on the radio! I know the 50's were the rock 'n' roll era but they also saw the rise of Bebop! Don't forget Thelonious Monk! :P

this could be dope, like soap on a rope

" I usually don't enjoy sandbox games.  For example, I found both Grand Theft Auto IV, and Crackdown to be both incredibly frustrating.  But, this game intrigues me, because you get to live the life of a mobster.  Let's just hope third time's a charm, for me this time. "

I loved the first game (and the Hidden & Dangerous games) but I'm not feeling the hype for this game. Maybe it's because I see GTAIV as the spiritual successor to Mafia, maybe I'm tainted but the meh-feeling the giantbomb crew. Not sure why but I hope I'm wrong and this will be a great game.

" Something just feels weird about Europeans talking about authentic American culture. "

Behind the scenes of a 10 hour game .. LOL .. Why bother.

Authentic textures! none of those poser textures.

01:45 "[...] The snow sliding off the cars when you accelerate".
They bring this up as a high-light of the game and it's attention to detail. But, excuse me, am I the only one who  thinks it looks horrible!? It just disappears, melts away super quick-like... And I know snow. It does not look like that.... Just made me sour on the whole idea of the game! ;)
 
Not really... I loved the first game, so I will probably pick this up.

I hope the stuff in the demo that's out does not at  all represent what's going to be in the final product.
I had high hopes for this one but I think I will hold out and read/view some reviews on it before a decision because of the the stuff I've experienced in the demo.
 
One of them are that pedestrians doesn't react when you are aiming straight into their faces (except for shop owners & cops). And no shooting while driving, no smart cops, no swimming, and no jumping except for some obstacles.
Somehow I feel that I've been spoiled by playing GTA IV and I thought that Mafia II was going to feel even more alive than that one.

Hope I'm completely wrong otherwise I think this game will flopp.:/

This game looks amazing, I loved the demo and have played it so many times that I have lost count, cant wait to pick this up