HookedGamers writes: "It is difficult to understand why we have had to wait eight long years for 2K Czech to release a sequel to its excellent sandbox crime tale, Mafia. It was in its own quiet way one of the best games of its time and made huge advances in terms of combining the freedom of roaming an authentic depression-era city with some rock-solid 3rd-person shooting mechanics. It made Grand Theft Auto III - the granddaddy of sandbox games released barely a year earlier - look dated.
Instead of having a booming soundtrack and comically referencing every crime film under the sun, Mafia gave a more realistic portrayal of the criminal underworld that seemed influence not only by films, but by what you would discover in books or documentaries about the mafia. You could say it was The Godfather - downbeat, epic, personal - to Grand Theft Auto III's Scarface - campy, colourful, excessive. 2K Czech seems to have taken a similar approach with Mafia II, aiming not only to uphold the authentic feel of the original, but use it to create a crime saga that will stick out in the overpopulated sandbox genre."
With E3 starting next week, 2K Games revealed the biggest E3 line up they have for the year
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
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.
GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."
Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3
I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.
@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
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
I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.
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
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.
It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good
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.
