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Six reasons Mafia 2 is a must buy

After playing a near final build of Mafia 2 at a private media event hosted by 2K Games in San Francisco, the game’s 1950s authenticity is its most intriguing feature. The open world action-adventure not only brings fans back to a gritty world of organized crime, but shares an engaging story that’ll have Mafia purists clamoring for more.

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Letros5024d ago

Yea I was going to wait til it came out, but free Mafia 1 copy sold me, always wanted it on Steam!

table5024d ago

yeah im prob gonna pre-order jst for the steam version of mafia 1. PC is where mafia is at.

bjornbear5024d ago

Mafia 1 is one of the best story-laden games i've ever played. its so immersive and convincing you feel like you are watching a scorsese movie =D

Mafia II is a given if you ever played Mafia 1 and/or you love a good story/gameplay match up.

probably a contender to best story/immersion of the year along with RDR

beavis4play5024d ago

mafia2 is "day1 buy" just based on how much i liked the first one.

pimpmaster5024d ago

along with rdr??? sorry man but mafia 1>>> rdr. the story in rdr dragged so much. after the first land i found myself not caring about the story anymore.

Spenok5022d ago

The more i see of this game the more im intrequed by it.... i guess ill have to look into it.

Madis0075024d ago

I like Mafia settings, music and missions
Mafia 2 has story mission not mini missions like in GTA 4

MGRogue20175024d ago (Edited 5024d ago )

On the morning of it's release, I'm running to my local store like crazy! :D

I was going to pre-order.. but my pre-orders Never arrive in the morning.. I want to be able to play it immediately & not have to wait for the fucking postman lol, especially for a game like Mafia II, You DO NOT want to wait! :)

Here's my plan:

1. Run into store

2. Grab game

3. Chuck money into employee's face & run back home

4. lock bedroom door, shut curtains, play game!

xD

zeeshan8105024d ago

That's called no life!

"Here's my plan:

1. Run into store

2. Grab game

3. Chuck money into employee's face & run back home

4. lock bedroom door, shut curtains, play game!"

Charmers5024d ago (Edited 5024d ago )

I was a massive fan of Mafia 1 on the PC and was eagerly anticipating Mafia 2. How times change, this game has gone from "must pre-order" too "meh might buy it for a fiver in a steam sale".

Fristly the specs put me right off, to max this game out with Apex physics you need a damn i7, a GTX470 AND a GTX285. That is ridiculous and makes me gravely concerned for how well Mafia 2 will actually run on my quad + GTX260 (I am expecting sub console visuals going by those recommendations).

The main reason this has dropped off my radar is the "exclusive" PS3 content. Basically Xbox and PC gamers will be paying the same price as PS3 users but PS3 users will get "significantly" extra content for their money. I don't support companies that try to sell me an inferior version of their product. So 2K and 2K Czech can take their game and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

table5024d ago

pc users will be paying less than both ps3 and 360 users.

Charmers5024d ago

That is only if you factor in the fact that PC users do not have to pay for a licence fee. If you remove the licence fee from the cost of the PS3/360 version then PC gamers are paying the same price for the content. I should have been clearer in my post about that.

It doesn't change the fact that PC gamers are paying the same price as PS3 users (minus the console licence fee) and getting lesser content. In my view that is disgusting and despicable and not to be tolerated.

I don't enjoy paying companies to shaft me so I will quite happily keep my money and they can keep their game.

asyouburn5024d ago

that way you can play at least in 720p, and get the extra content. makes sense.

Charmers5024d ago

Because I do not own a PS3, nor do I own a 360. I am a PC gamer and I prefer to play games on the PC. They are selling me the lesser version after making some shady deal with Sony and I am not going to go out and reward both Sony (by buying their console) and 2K by buying a cut down version of the game.

I don't like it when companies try to have their cake and eat it too. They may get others to buy the lesser version on the PC and 360 but they are not going to get this PC gamer to do it.

asyouburn5024d ago

didnt know you didnt have one. it does suck that you cant get the extra content, but im sure its not such a huge part of the game that youre gonna be missing something.

ATi_Elite5024d ago

Video Cards and resolution: APEX High settings

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 (or better) and a dedicated NVIDIA 9800GTX (or better) for PhysX
Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 for Graphics and a dedicated NVIDIA GTX 285 (or better) for PhysX NVIDIA GPU driver: 197.13 or later.
NVIDIA PhysX driver: 10.04.02_9.10.0522. Included and automatically installed with the game.
Recommended Processor: 2.66 GHz Core i7-920 RAM: 2 GB

Yeh right just like Metro 2033 recommends a GTX 480 SLI set-up. If Nvidia recomends you jump off a bridge are you gonna do it?

Core 2 Duo Core 2 Quad Core i7 Phenom X2 X3 X4 Athlon 2 X4 will run this game just fine.

A GTX260 is far superior to console graphics no matter what your playing. A GTX260 sli set up with a 9800gtx for physx will run this game just fine.

just tweak your settings for best results.

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knight6265069d 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

Conloles5069d ago

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

MightyMark4275069d ago

The only game I'm waiting for is Mafia II

killyourfm5069d ago

O_O - Not interested in XCOM?

Syaz15069d 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.

AliTheBrit195069d 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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ShwaaMan454d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya454d ago

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

SonyStyled454d ago (Edited 454d ago )

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

jasonismoney454d ago

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

SonyStyled454d 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

cthulhucultist454d 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

Fist4achin454d ago

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

SonyStyled454d 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

JEECE454d 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.

iNcRiMiNaTi454d ago

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

JEECE454d ago

In terms of art style it still holds up.

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2K Support Hacked, Warning Issued To Affected Users

The help desk platform used by 2K Games for its customer support has been hacked, with malicious emails sent to certain players.

JBplusVB582d ago

I was one of those users that got an email. Good thing I didn't open it. The email is from actual 2k support so I'm sure many people opened them. Scary stuff Take Two. You guys should invest some of your billions of dollars into some advancements for network security. I wonder who's getting hacked next at Take Two. First GTA 6 and now this.