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Zeek1

Mafia II demo discussion.

I'm just wondering what everyone else thinks about the Mafia II demo. I played it on the PS3 and there we're some slowdowns (while fighting inside the building) for brief moments but nothing that really causes any bother. I've never played a Mafia game before so I'm not sure if any of these characters we're in the first one.

I've enjoyed the demo so far, The driving is OK, i like that if you drive like a maniac the police will actually chase you (unlike in GTA) I can't wait to get to explore the whole map. I'm definitely getting this on day 1.

Also is there anything i need to know from Mafia I that will carry over to Mafia II or is it a completely different story?

Posted Aug 11, 2010, 9:43 PM UTC

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pat965•

I'm kind of wondering if there will be more to do when the full game comes out. Of course there will be the main mission, and side missions, but the buildings you can enter seem kind of underwhelming. It feels like the Crackdown 2 demo, where maybe everything I see pretty much everything the game has to offer already.

That said, noone really has this answer so I intend to buy the game and hopefully not be disappointed

Edit: It really bothers me how sometimes a car will just stop in the middle of the road, and never move. It could be a police car, or a civillian in a truck, or sedan, but they just sit there on the road, not dead, and not doing anything. The other cars need to figure out how to get past this, because they end up just sitting there and it feels silly.

Double Edit: Also weird that if I anger a black dude, every black dude in a laaarge area is now my enemy

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APeacefulWarrior•

I agree, their civilian traffic routines need some work - especially if we're going to be expected to drive inconspicuously, as in the first game.

However, it's actually not weird at all about the black people. I'm a little surprised they were willing to do this, but that town is segregated. There is definitely a white part and a black part. If they've gone to that extent, I'm not surprised word would get around under the bridge about the honky being a jackass. ;-)

(And just to be clear, I'm not endorsing segregation. I'm just saying it's fairly impressive that they were willing to model a part of our history that a whole lot of people would rather forget happened.)

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pat965•

However, it's actually not weird at all about the black people. I'm a little surprised they were willing to do this, but that town is segregated. There is definitely a white part and a black part. If they've gone to that extent, I'm not surprised word would get around under the bridge about the honky being a jackass. ;-)

Heh, yeah I expected them to not like me if I did something bad, but it's literally the moment I punch one of their gang members (or whatever), all black people in like a 5 mile radius SUDDENLY know what I did, and that they must kill me. It's like they're psychic.

Also, once I was running on the sidewalk, I ran into someone, and the cops tried to arrest me. It only happened once, but then again I don't think I run into people often. It was weird. ( I wasn't wanted)

Overall I'm happy with the game, and I hope these issues are looked at soon

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APeacefulWarrior•

Hey, I've got a question: How much of the city can you wander around? Is there any free roam \ sandboxing in the demo, or is it all scripted? And how big is the area you can explore?

Edit: To answer my own implied question, the game world is excellent. This is the closest anyone's come yet to equaling Liberty City, and they get some details right that even GTA IV missed. (I was truly impressed the first time I saw a pigeon fly down in front of me, land, and then take off when I stepped towards it.) And it's got the 50s vibe down pat - it really does look like you're wandering around Happy Days.

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Zeek1OP•

The demo allows you 10 minutes of free roam then the rest is scripted, the free roam is just you travelling to the mission start, but you can skip the mission and just kill people or whatever you like to do when you free roam. I've actually not explored yet so i don't know how big the area it, i just went straight to the mission start, sorry!

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APeacefulWarrior•

I love exploring virtual environments, especially if they're recreations of historic periods. I would play this JUST to take in the 40s NYC atmosphere. Hence why I'm asking about that part specifically - the pictures of the environment just look incredible.

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dt_vibe•

You get 10 mins to explore and then with this patch for the PC you can take the timer off. Its free roam but the borders are cut off so pretty much 1/10th of the map you get to play around with.

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APeacefulWarrior•

Congratulations. You just convinced a long-time holdout to install Steam for the sake of trying this out.

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dt_vibe•

You reddit and don't steam! :O and I hope the ultra fast downloads convinces you to keep it.

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APeacefulWarrior•

Well, to tell you the truth, I have no plans to buy anything off it - I don't spend money to support DRM. However, there is enough free content on it that I realized I don't have any real problems with installing it to access THAT. After all, they're paying for me to play DRM-laden games at that point.

And that seems like an acceptable proposition.

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BASTONT•

I think it very much feels like the original Mafia with some better implementations which is high praise. I think they transferred a game that was by all means dated into something cohesive in 2010 which was one of my biggest concerns about the whole thing. It looks good to boot. I'll be picking this up for sure.

As far as I can tell it's an entirely original story. Maybe a wink and nod here and there, but you should be alright on the story details.

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Wimc•

The thing I was looking for was atmosphere, and I got it, loads of it. Now it will be exciting to see if the game as an entirety will be as fun as the first one.

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mal_tez92•

I thought the gameplay was pretty horrible. The camera angle is annoying and makes movement very clumsy. The shooting and aiming is ok, but that camera angle and horrible movement is enough to drive me crazy. I also hate how the aimer is on screen even when you aren't pushing L2.

I really wanted to like this game, but I just hated the gameplay too much to enjoy it.

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