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Why Mafia 2 Is Still Worth Playing in 2020

Despite being released in 2010, Mafia 2 is still an excellent game and worth playing even today, perhaps even more so than Mafia 3.

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ReelBigMike1520d ago

Mafia II was a really good, narrative-focused game. It got a lot of flak for it's empty open world. But honestly, I felt like the only reason the open world existed was to give the main story a better sense of place and a more grounded feel. I thought the ending was terrible, but I had a lot of fun with it. I thought Mafia III was great also, but I absolutely understand the flak that game got for its repetitiveness.

TheProfessional1520d ago (Edited 1520d ago )

Mafia 2 is one of the greatest singe player games ever made, mafia 3 is a repetitive letdown that threw away everything interesting from Mafia 2 just to make a generic revenge story. The world, graphics and music were well done but the gameplay was boring and repetitive and the story was average at best. Why not have Vito going to war against the mafia over Joe if they were going to do a revenge story anyway?

Instead they introduced random new characters who were killed within 5 minutes of the intro so you don't care about them at all. That is Lincoln's motivation for going against the mob? Some guy who owned a bar? Such a waste. Also the interviews they used constantly were an atrocious way to tell the story. "I remember Lincoln.." ugh. Must've been different writers

mandf1520d ago

Mafia 2 nailed its era. Really good story

franwex1520d ago

I regret not buying this during the xbox sale. It was like $8. Dammit.

mch2011uk1520d ago

Is Mac and Me still worth watching knowing you can watch ET?

knight6265071d ago

Only game iam waiting for is for mafia 2 nothing else intrest me well only Metal gear solid peace walkers but ill get that soon

Conloles5071d ago

Mafia 2 lol all 2K get money from is GTA style games and Nba 2K.

MightyMark4275071d ago

The only game I'm waiting for is Mafia II

killyourfm5071d ago

O_O - Not interested in XCOM?

Syaz15071d ago

nice. waiting to see what mafia 2 and spec ops the line has too offer. not into rts games, so civ 5 not for me, and not too familiar with x-com series.

AliTheBrit195071d ago

I think 2K are probably the best Publisher.

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10 Old Games With Outstanding Graphics

GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."

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ShwaaMan455d ago

Bioshock still looks fantastic, one of my all time favorites.

Yui_Suzumiya455d ago

Beyond: Two Souls on PS3 can compete with modern day graphics.

SonyStyled455d ago (Edited 455d ago )

Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3

jasonismoney455d ago

I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.

SonyStyled455d ago

@jason I watched some gameplay videos of KZ2 and R3 on my full screen. They are on par or succeed graphically to the first person shooters mentioned in the article that also launched on the seventh generation of consoles. Try the same and see what you think

cthulhucultist455d ago

Killzone 3 was super impressive! I could not believe the graphics back then as I was regularly pausing the game to stand in awe looking at the surroundings! Resistance however did not impress me that much. Heavy rain is also another amazing graphically speaking game. It almost felt next gen

Fist4achin455d ago

I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.

SonyStyled455d ago

They did for their day. I recently played gears judgement with on the 360 and the draw distance was so blurry. The characters up close look great though

JEECE455d ago

Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.

iNcRiMiNaTi455d ago

It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good

JEECE455d ago

In terms of art style it still holds up.

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Mafia 2 Definitive Edition Review - Taking a Hit - SP1st

Originally released back in 2010 for last-gen (PS3, Xbox 360) consoles, 2K Games has re-released Mafia 2 as part of the Mafia Trilogy, and has called it the “Definitive Edition.” Now, the question is, does this mafia go for the kill, or does it run out of bullets? Read on for our Mafia 2 Definitive Edition review.