D+PAD - Mafia II Reviewed

You’d be a fool to doubt 2K Czech’s intentions coming into Mafia II; as if they weren’t going to deliver a wholly entertaining, bloody and brutal experience as the one that expounds from this, the follow up to Illusion Software’s 2002 original. So forward have 2K been in promoting their game from way back at E3 2007 that it was looking like the game would be hard pressed to live up to the lofty expectations that were unsurprisingly accrued. Thankfully, this gangster flick is never short of brilliant, from some remarkable and daring heist missions, to powerful character types and the beautifully realised setting. 4/5