Resolution's Steve K Peacock writes: Mafia 2 is one of the most disappointing games I’ve played, made all the worse by the fact that it isn’t bad. The mechanics hold up well. Shooting is especially joyful, popping out of cover to introduce a couple of mooks to the afterlife is greeted with satisfying death animations, giving the guns weight. There’s a grittiness to the shooting that, at least until the later missions, lacks that Hollywood feel. The deaths are far from graceful, people stumbling and scrabbling to cover in a manner reminiscent of the best 50’s gangster movies.
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.
Mafia 2 could have been special
The fuck...
Mafia 2 may have no lived up to the hype of the crazy fanboys on the official forums (yes they are insane...like psychopaths and what not) but this game is far better than a 6, its an 8.5 at the lowest. I'm on my 3rd playthrough because I love the story in this game, and the amount of detail put into the game is truly something special. There are a few complaints I have about the game, but certainly nothing strong enough to give it a 6 out of 10.
@Stuart5756 - The game has been out for a few weeks now, its only around 10-12 hours long. Hell it only took me 3 days to get 1000G/1000G. I actually been spending a lot of time with MAG, but when I'm not playing that its been all about Mafia 2. Its a really good game IMO.
Again, do people really expect that GTA killer clone? Simple answer, yes. But guess what? Get the fuck over it. This is Mafia 2. NOT GTA.