New Mafia II screenshots are Mob-tastic

The first was a bit rough around the edges, but at its core it was a pretty fun play through. Not enough shoot outs or "hits" for me though. I wanted to light up the town Dick Tracy style with my tommy gun but I only got to do that about half the time. The other half I was driving... a lot. Very slowly mind you.

you mean "... hit 1930s gangster simulator"

=/

The driving in the first game could be brutal with those historically accurate 2 hp cars.

I hated the first Mafia game. The save restriction and effects of failing a mission were too overboard and completely ruined my fun with the title. It didn't help you couldn't change the radio station or choose music, and the routes through the city were pretty linear depending on where you wanted to go, so redoing a mission if you fucked up somewhere meant a good 10-15 minutes of repetitiveness per failure.

I like the look of that screenshot, graphically. The matte softness of the cloth objects works well. The face of the guy holding the gun looks static and expressionless, though. In other words, bad.

Mafia was a great game, with the only shortcoming being that it came out 9 months after GTA3 redefined the series. If you played it on consoles, you were doing it wrong... firstly it was released on consoles two whole years after the PC release, and secondly most who were playing it were expecting GTA3 in the 1930's.

This game stands out as giving a true, realistic account of mafia life in the 30s and 40's. The cars, the police, the guns, the story... they were all based on reality. It's a documentary in a game, and I can enjoy that just as much as I can enjoy GTA's over the top gameplay and story.

I can't wait for this sequel, and hope that it comes out before EA potentially buys Take2 and shits all over this series.

The first one was decent, but with gta coming out soon, this game really is gonna be in the shadows.

Gah, I forgot to change it to the 30s when I went back and changed the structure of that sentence. This new one is in the 50s though.

Also, I completely agree with the GTA IV comments.

Oh BTW people commenting that this game will be overshadowed by GTA4 last I read it wasn't scheduled for release until 2009. But I suppose EA might own Rockstar by then and we'll have a yearly GTA to compete with.

The farther away this game is from the GTA launch, the better its chances.

Looks...meh? This is going to get lost in the shuffle once GTA IV is out.