Vito talks with his childhood friend, Joe Barbaro, and the two embark on a life of crime that entwines them with the three dominant crime families in the city, the Clemente family, the Falcones, and the Vincis.Īlthough Mafia II starts in 1945, the majority of the game is set during 1951, and both eras have their own look and feel. Scalletta, the son of Sicilian immigrants, returns to find that when his father died, he left the family with $2,000 of debt, and the bill is due. With the shadow of Red Dead Redemption still looming, fans of the open world genre hungry for more will likely flock to a mafia-inspired game, but the depth and surprises that made RDR (and G rand Theft Auto IV before that) such a hit, are noticeably missing from Mafia II.Īfter a brief tutorial level in 1943 Italy, the game begins in 1945, as juvenile delinquent turned war hero, Vito Scalleta, comes home to the New-York-esque Empire Bay. Mafia II will both benefit from and suffer from inevitable comparisons, and the release date will be the best and worst thing to happen to the game. Which is a shame, because it really is a fun game, and with a little more time, 2K Czech’s Mafia II could have been something special. Mafia II is a great game, with high technical marks and a compelling story tailored for an adult audience, but its lack of depth and substance will ultimately drop it from being a classic to just being a good game. After that the metaphor kind of falls apart. Then the fielder turned around and threw it back. Unfortunately, at the last second, a ridiculously fast outfielder scaled the wall and caught the ball to deny the homerun.

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