Bleeping Bleep! It's Mafia II Game Footage

Catching up a bit here, but just before the weekend 2K released a new video for Mafia II. It's not brand new, but rather the clip shown at E3 last... wow, it feels a long time ago, but only last month. In fact, it's literally the E3 demo, with Denby Grace narrating it as it goes along. It's like you're there, man, like you're in that stuffy little room with the uncomfortable park benches. It's well worth a look, since it includes some really fantastic examples of the voice acting. Well, if you can hear it behind the bleeps.

I'm not entirely sure why 2K have felt the need to remove all the naughty words from this trailer, especially when you're asked to lie to GameTrailers about being 109 years old before it starts. But still, you can see the slippy-slidey cars in the mid-40s, get some background on central character Vito, and the way action can play out. It also features some of the really smart direction in the cutscenes, interesting use of focus, and my favourite, the really awesome smoke effects.

It's fifteen minutes of the game in action (compare it to what I wrote about it here), featuring about fourteen minutes of ear-hurting bleep sounds. But otherwise very enjoyable.

After that we need some swears: