Mafia II is an upcoming 2009 sandbox-style third-person shooter video game which is the sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. It is being developed by 2K Czech, previously known as Illusion Softworks, and will be published by 2K Games. Development of Mafia 2 was announced on August 21, 2007 at the Leipzig Games Convention. The game will be set in the 1940s and '50s in Empire City, a fictional city based on San Francisco and New York City. The name is a reference to New York's state nickname "The Empire State". Mafia 2 will be available for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It is set to be released in the second half 2009

Gameplay

The player can read newspapers to learn about recent news between 1945 and the early 1950s. The game features a completely open-ended map of 10 square miles, including surrounding countryside. No restrictions are included from the start of the game.Based on models of the time, and changing with the era, cars will play a central role. Laws, including traffic laws, must be obeyed, but the police interaction will be toned down compared to the original Mafia game. Unlike its predecessor - in which the player had to be taught how to steal certain cars before they are drivable - every car can be driven from the beginning of the game. The fictional Empire city is based on both New York City and San Francisco, hinting that the tram service from the original Mafia game will make a return. The city will also feature sights such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building.



The player can get "very high" in the city, adding a possible vertical element. The player will be able to buy safehouses where they can store gear and use as a home. Restaurants will be accessible to buy food like hamburgers and sandwiches and drinks such as coffee to restore lost health.Upgrades can be performed on cars at the "Empire Automobile Shop". Engines can be replaced; cars can be resprayed; the license plates can be changed and interiors can be refitted, to name a few. Things such as sink faucets/taps, switches, bottles, and chairs will all be interactive, as well as radios that the player can turn on to hear a few licensed period tunes.Gyms will be featured, so the player can learn new combos and fighting styles. As seen in screenshots, Vito will be able to hail taxi cabs and they will take him wherever he wants.Car trunks can be opened, and weapons and bodies may be stashed there. Car hoods can also be opened to tamper with the vehicle by doing things like disabling brakes etc.The player will have their own car, the registration plate of which can be customised.Vito can go into clothing stores and purchase different outfits.Motorcycle are included in the game.

Synopsis

The storyline for Mafia 2 is a gritty drama and chronicles the rise of Vito Scaletta, the son of Sicilian immigrants. As the game progresses, Vito will join a crime family and become "a made man." The game will include multiple situations where the player can decide the outcome and their choice will lead to one of several different endings.
The story begins with the player character Vito returning home from World War II. Vito had joined the U.S. military as a way of avoiding jail time for a botched robbery. Vito reunites with his old friend, Joe Barbaro, and the two quickly embark upon a life of crime. Their criminal ascension starts with Mikey, a car mechanic who gets in a conflict with Joe. Mikey also needs a certain type of car to chop for parts, and will pay $400 for one that the police are not tailing. Soon enough, Vito, Joe, and Henry Tomasino (already a made man) find themselves battling with, for, against, and around three crime factions: the Falconi, Vinci and Clemente families.
The game will contain two hours of in-game cutscenes. The original game, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, had a screenplay of 400 pages, opposed to the 700 pages of the sequel. Daniel Vavra, the writer and director of the original and the sequel, discussed the new angle of the game stating: "The old game was a tribute to gangster movies, a romantic vision. Mafia 2 is grittier, real, a darker world, and the effects are based in reality." The Official Playstation Magazine states: "A high body count is still promised in this tale set in a fictional city 'inspired by' New York of the 1940s and '50s, but those casualties will come the hard way -- through small-scale operations rather than mass firefights."








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wow.. nice game!

Looks good. '50s style GTA.

I still have awful memories of the first Mafia's car race on a PC with keyboard and no difficulty settings -.-

ya, that part quite hard...i keep on crashing there and here...

wasn't there a patch that fixed the difficulty for the race?



anyway, this game is taking forever to be released...but nonetheless will be the worth the wait.


Those Czech developers will shove the pitiful Godfather game up the American developer's ass'

Only much later. The original PC version was hard as hell, and the subsequent xbox version was dead easy.

hahah i played the part 1 b4 on pc.. quite good game...

for driving u can cap the speed la so the police tarak tangkap u for speeding..

no la, it's the race part where you got to steal a race car in the middle of night and race it the next morning. not about police traffic..By the way, i can't wait for this game..The story line of the first Mafia game is awesome.. i hope this second game will not disappoint me.

I still remember i can't win that stupid race for days and b****ed bout that to my friends, one of them which is very good in driving games decided to see how hard it is and he won the race by second try... from that day onwards i become not really into driving games.

2 words!

CANT WAIT!!

coming out when in 2009?

not related to mafia 1 i believe
so back to the future again?
as Mafia 1... the last part u are watering the plants and suddenly BANG BAGNG BANG and there u go... ^^
sad ending...

yes the car racing keep on over steering is really a pain in the A$$

BEST ENDING EVER...you busted your arse to finish the game and you still die at the end. Awesome...

The racing was a bit difficult. Think I managed to win after 4-5 tries. The handling was a pain..but I guess realistic enuff..heck this is not need for speed anyway..cars in those era are pure brawns..Cant wait for the game!

I mean GTA is cool. But Mafia is xcellent in its own way. Especially when you have to obey traffic laws. Really like you in a movie or something. hope they include sex in some way like GTA..u cant be without booze and sex now can u? hope they include a brothel or strip joint like GTA..

Good departure from the unrealistic mindlessness of GTA. I liked how in lots of missions it made more sense to just follow the traffic code rather than randomly speed and run red lights.

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anyone downloaded the demo? it seems like not available.

Demo let u play for 10mins. Awesome graphics. Must have for collection. I like the 1st one very much.

can't seem to find the demo, have to check again. have placed for pre-order already anyways so will wait until release. can't wait!

played the demo, hopefully better on full game, crappy framerates...