Comments on: Bleeping Bleep! It’s Mafia II Game Footage

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:16:45 +0000

I love you.

Seriously, @~1:25 in. Foulest language I ever did hear.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:47:33 +0000

Holy shit, the ‘OMG consolitis’ paranoia is hitting fever pitch here. Dear god, listen to yourselves. Now even third-person perspective is a sign of further console encroachment? Do I HAVE to provide a list of classic PC games with third-person cameras?

By: bill

bill — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:26:50 +0000

cutscenes = meh

open world + linear narrative = no no

From what it looks like this “fat man” missions plays out exactly the same way every time. You can’t kill him with the machine gun, he runs off, you chase.

Variation in how you approach each mission would help alot, and could still work with the linear narrative.

Not that this makes it a bad game, but it certainly isn’t reaching.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:47:09 +0000

“Eventually, what could have been an open-ended hit, whereby you could have basically done it your own way (up close / far away / or even failed alltogether) was infact a linear scripted mission.”

^ This. Unfortunately, once again the player character is forced to be incompetent so that narrative can happen and Henry can get his balls shot off.

By: jamie

jamie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:50:24 +0000

why cant they make it 1st person? That way the aiming is better and you can peak out from behind cover yourself. It looks exactly like a bland GTA4. Why dont they do 3rd person versions for the console retardos and 1st person for the sensible mouse users

By: JonnyBase

JonnyBase — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:52:50 +0000

Why is he saying ‘narrative’ that way?! Your British mate!

By: Jambe

Jambe — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:18:42 +0000

It’s been a while since I played Mafia; I don’t have my copy anymore. A search around indicates it is only available from, er, less than reputable dealers? What’s the story of Mafia’s publishing history? Isn’t it available as a download somewhere?

regards Mafia II footage: yeah, that’s hot.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:53:28 +0000

What intelligent approach of the first one? The combat in the original game was ‘Run into room, and pray that you fire first’. There was no AI to speak of, just a reaction test to shoot the other guy before you got shot.

By: The Colonel

The Colonel — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:46:28 +0000

God this looks like console-o-rama. What happened to the intelligent approach of the first one? Agree with Sartoris on the whack-a-mole thing. Cover system in this game would only work if they can work out a way to make it different every time. An AI routine which seems primarily built around “begin shooting when you are approaching the doorway they are facing (despite having no way of knowing you’re coming), empty a clip into nothing, stand very still in the open whilst reloading and don’t waver from this goal, even if you are interrupted by many bullets to the head”. Thought we’d come further than this. At least the driving looks as great at the original mafia. Better not drive too fast though, since the cars blow up massively with little or no provocation.

By: airtekh

airtekh — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:50:57 +0000

Oh, and the Wire is bleeping excellent.

By: airtekh

airtekh — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:43:19 +0000

The world of Empire Bay looks impressive, but the gameplay doesn’t exite me.

I think enjoyment of Mafia 2 will hinge on the story.

By: Megazver

Megazver — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:32:40 +0000

This bleeping bleep is bleep bleeping good. I can’t bleeping wait to bleep bleep bleeping bleep.