There’s a lot of get from point A to point B, tailing missions and the worst of all, driving all the way home just to proceed to the next story chapter. Vehicles are limited, have terrible handling and feel identical to one another. The driving is where the real pain is at, it’s monotonous and unforgiving, and not the least bit enjoyable. The cover-based shooting system is pretty sub-par, nothing special. You’ll spend most of your time driving and shooting from cover. The game essentially consists of four gameplay elements: cover-based shooting, stealth, fist-fighting and driving. After almost fourteen hours of the main story, I was left with nothing that really stuck with me. The writing is usually hit-or-miss and repetitive.Įach of the fourteen chapters were more or less the same, the only one I thoroughly enjoyed and showed even the slightest hint of character development was Chapter Six – ‘Time Well Spent’.
The main characters weren’t particularly unique or interesting a couple of side characters dropped in and out occasionally, and frankly never significantly impacted us enough to care. The story focuses almost entirely on the lives of the protagonist Vito and the lead supporting character Joe, and their antics, while the whole mafia aspect of the game remains only as a decorative backdrop. With such emphasis on the narrative one might expect the story of Mafia II to be a classic tale akin to the likes of The Godfather or Goodfellas, instead we get a disappointing drama downtrodden with multiple plot holes, clichés, stereotypes and some of the most predictable twists I’ve seen to date. A decade later, the definitive edition is still plagued with all the issues of the original, and new ones of its own. Unfortunately, it particularly excels at none of them. It has plenty of different gameplay elements such as stealth, straight-up gun fights, fist-fighting and driving lots and lots of driving.
Mafia II is a 2010 linear action game developed by Hangar 13 set in the 1940’s starring a returning immigrant war hero, Vito Scaletta, who turns to a life of organized crime along with his pal Joe Barbaro, working up the ranks as they try to make a name for themselves. MAFIA II Definitive Edition Reviewed on the Playstation 4
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