Comments on: E3 09: Mafia II Trailer

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:27:47 +0000

Wow, that 30′s limo would have to be around 20 years old right? Some poor guy’s been babying it in the garage and waxing it weekly to protect it from the harsh city for all that time…and then BOOM. Sucks to be the detailer for a mob boss I guess.

By: John Beeler

John Beeler — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:28:25 +0000

This looks great. I’m still holding out hope though that Mafia III is a Russian Mafia simulator.

By: Petrushka

Petrushka — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:18:56 +0000

In addition to the fact that this is a superb trailer, as others have noted plentifully, I just want to say how glad I am that they have stuck so close *stylistically* to the world of the first game. The way that this is so clearly the same city — or if not, it looks damn similar –; and the music!

It sounds like the music is, if not by the same composer, very clearly in the same style. Not so much the piano tinkling at the end, but the lush strings playing a single held note above a barely-present accompaniment are in the same style, and especially the part about halfway through where the strings start playing in octaves. (One of the surprising things about the soundtrack in the first game is that the orchestral title music was actually recorded, not synthesised. That must be pretty rare for a game.)

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:39:06 +0000

Wow. Those are some pretty impressive face graphics—they seem to have somehow straddled the Uncanny Valley without plummeting into it.

By: Wooly

Wooly — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:00:20 +0000

“The trailer became so wrong at the end. If the game manages to capture the feeling the trailer had….”

Oh man, this could be *so* good. I loved the first Mafia except for the driving, and hopefully this will be better in every way!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:57:56 +0000

Everything ive seen of this game looks fantastic. High hopes for this. Just got a horrible feeling it might not do so great at retail. Still…fingers crossed

By: MetalCircus

MetalCircus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:42:03 +0000

I think there’s white wee wee in my pants after seeing that. This kind of game-making can only be a good thing.

By: Stupoider

Stupoider — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:47:34 +0000

Wow, that trailer gave me hope in Mafia 2. ^^ Absolutely adored the first game, I hope the sequel lives up to the glory that is its predecessor!

By: Vandelay

Vandelay — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:13:17 +0000

What a shame that this only has half the number of comments compared to the Mass Effect 2 trailer above (as I type this I’ve not looked at it yet, so they may all be complaining.) Great trailer. Fantastic atmosphere, brilliant music, animation is great and the voice acting seems to be top notch. In some ways, I’m less bothered about the game play, as the plot of the original was so engrossing that I mainly hope they can recapture that. Of course, getting the game play right again (mostly) wouldn’t go a miss neither.

By: Barky

Barky — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:03:00 +0000

Looks good. I hope the game actually is like this all the way through, and doesn’t lose it half way through or something.

By: Koopa

Koopa — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:01:49 +0000

I really hope you can make some choices in this game. In the first one you did what the script said, but I would like to have the choice to wack someone or let them “leave the city before I change my mind”.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:26:32 +0000

This does look good. And as soon as I play/finish Mafia, my interest will no doubt shoot up.