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  1. May 29, 2020
    4
    Nothing has changed + bad optimization. I can't believe they present it as definity edition! waste of money and time...
  2. Jun 29, 2020
    2
    esta tan plagado de bugs y glitches que se me ha echo imposible terminarlo cuando meto un auto al taller se me crashea varias veces
  3. May 22, 2020
    6
    This game feels empty. Originally released in 2010, 2 years after GTA 4 despite having less features. The trains do not work. I can imagine a much better version of this game.

    This could have been Malcolm X: The Early Years: The Video Game. But instead its like Sopranos in the 50s. You gotta buy clothes every time the cops chase you.
  4. May 27, 2020
    1
    Optimization - piece of sh*t. Never buy it, because of optimization and big amount of bags
  5. Jul 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are so many reasons why I disliked this game. For starters, it wasn't a remaster as much as it was a tuneup on models of most of the main characters. Practically nothing else changed with this game from the previous-gen version. Almost every NPC looked unpolished , the audio in a number of cutscenes sounded horribly outdated, and most of the glitches and bugs from the original game were persistent. I remember enjoying this game when it first came out 10 years ago. Maybe it was because I was younger and I didn't know a thing about good story. The story in this game is, practically, nonexistent--or, at least, it branches off or creates new storylines so many times to the point where there's no actual basis for what's going on. The open world is enjoyable but feels unnecessary as there are almost 0 rewards for exploration and no side missions or activities in the world. This game might've been better if it had no open world to speak of as there's very little substance to it. There are multiple points in the game where you lose ALL of your money without any prompting. While I don't wish to slight the game for it, the use of ethnic and racial slurs throughout the game has not aged well and gives the game a very poor modern scope. The combat is unbelievably frustrating and punishing. I did not feel any better at shooting or aiming in this game in the final mission than I did in the first. The ending is also one of the worst I've ever seen in a video game...AND IT WAS NEVER RESOLVED, even after a bunch of DLC. I despise this game and I wish I could give it a 0 but I instead give it a 1. Why? Because the music was fine. Expand
  6. Apr 17, 2021
    4
    Just to make it clear, my 4/10 score here doesnt reflect the quality of Mafia 2 as a game, but the underwhelming remaster work of the Definitive Edition...definitive my bloody arse...as the original release is still a good game and overall still offers a superior experience than the one found in DefEd.

    The only praise worthy part about DE remaster are the in places visibly upgraded
    Just to make it clear, my 4/10 score here doesnt reflect the quality of Mafia 2 as a game, but the underwhelming remaster work of the Definitive Edition...definitive my bloody arse...as the original release is still a good game and overall still offers a superior experience than the one found in DefEd.

    The only praise worthy part about DE remaster are the in places visibly upgraded textures, especially the road/ground textures aswell as sharper looking cutscenes, character models look a bit more refined, but overall in most places it's hard to notice any major visual upgrades. As far as i experienced and know, there are no gameplay refinements in this release, for better or for worse...probably for the better.

    Then comes the fun stuff. The frame rate is mostly solid, but the game keeps micro stuttering all the time, no matter the graphics settings. It's tolerable by my standards, but for many people it would probably be deal breaking. Then there are frame drops where there shouldnt be any, especially during times when it rains in-game. There were some bugs and glitches, like an NPC spawning in out of nowhere and starting to beat me up, in one cutscene a character's eyes glitched out for the entire duration, but overall nothing literally game ruining. Oh and the game now loves to crash way too much for my liking. The PhysX appears to be even more broken in this remaster than it was in the original, with PhysX on, the frame rate simply dies, like 10 frames per second dies. So, sadly i had to go about without seeing the fancy PhysX effects on display. The DefEd also comes in at around 35 GB in size, compared to around 10 GB originally, i dont see why it should be taking up 3.5x bigger size since the visual upgrades are subtle at best.

    Save yourselves the headaches and just get the original Mafia 2 release...
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  7. Jun 9, 2020
    1
    Gerçekten baştan sağma Bir iş yapılmış hani playstation hangar 13 zaten rezalet firma mafia 3 gibi bir oyunu da çöp ettiler ve bu oyunda 2010 yılında çalışan oyunu 2020 de çöp ettiler ve gerçekten baştan sağma iş yapmışlar silinen şeyler geri getirilmemiş vs. ama olmamış mafia 1 definitive edition'da bu olmaz umarım
  8. Jul 2, 2021
    9
    Summary:
    The storyline saves this from being forgotten.
    The Good; + The characters are voiced superbly and very natural movie-like acting. + Driving feels more realistic. + The theme is done right, you feel like you're in the 40's and 50's thanks to the art direction, city detail and licensing of music from that era. The Bad: - You don't get to do a lot in this city other than
    Summary:
    The storyline saves this from being forgotten.

    The Good;
    + The characters are voiced superbly and very natural movie-like acting.
    + Driving feels more realistic.
    + The theme is done right, you feel like you're in the 40's and 50's thanks to the art direction, city detail and licensing of music from that era.

    The Bad:
    - You don't get to do a lot in this city other than the standard rob shops, buy items, piss off cops, shoot pedestrians, drive around or run over people.
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  9. Nov 7, 2021
    8
    This is no definitive edition! more like a crash grab. I gave it an 8 because I enjoyed this game so much back in the day, and now its a fantastic opportunity to replay this experience. But as gameover.gr said below the problems with the plot, mission development, character development, driving and gunplay are still present. It can be boring some times too. Gets repetitive driving fromThis is no definitive edition! more like a crash grab. I gave it an 8 because I enjoyed this game so much back in the day, and now its a fantastic opportunity to replay this experience. But as gameover.gr said below the problems with the plot, mission development, character development, driving and gunplay are still present. It can be boring some times too. Gets repetitive driving from point A to B since the game its so empty an we are used to open world experiences with tons of stuff to do. Sometimes the game will drop below 30 frames with my last gen rig, never in the open world but some indoors get 20 frames with 10% GPU and 5% CPU utilization, like my PC is relaxed and the game struggles to get 20 frames. Then why an 8? cause its mafia II and replaying Vito story was worth the buy and the play time. Expand
  10. May 24, 2020
    2
    The graphic is terrible and they didn't change much. It is just a cash grab to make some money for them.
  11. May 27, 2020
    0
    The games even worse than the original. EVERYTHING H13 touches turns to crap! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY BUYING THIS GAME.
  12. May 21, 2020
    1
    This game is poorly optimized, frame rate drops, a lot of bugs and glitches, trophies that are not obtainable because they are bugged, i can't even finish the story because the mission is bugged and there is no way to progress. stay far away from this "remaster". go play a stable version on xbox 360 or ps3
  13. Jun 13, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mafia II is a lazy repetitive, buggy, unfinished GTA IV wannabe with no charm or identity whatsoever. Usually people accuse games like Sleeping Dogs of being a GTA clone but at Sleeping Dogs has an original and unique setting with melee combat that, while not the best ever, manages to separate it from GTA. GTA IV has better combat than Mafia II despite coming out two years before it. The mission structure is non-existent, and yes GTA games have always been repetitive but at least sometimes you had a tailing mission or in GTA IV you have the choice to kill certain characters or not, or if you don't catch to this guy something different happens. Here it's just go here, oh **** went wrong, kill this guy and his goons, go there, oh **** went wrong (again), (don't) catch up to these guys because the game is not programmed to let you. The story is half-assed but the best part of the game so I'm willing to let it slide, despite it not being as good as the first. the gameplay is horrendous, cars handle as well as forklifts on **** LSD, and yeah yeah realism all you want it doesn't for fun gameplay when cars either turn too fast, or too slow. The shooting is horrible, don't even bother with the lock-on, it almost never works, and the game developers thought it was a good idea to make the crosshair as big as your character's head and bright red in the middle of the screen, making the shooting galleries where you gun down poorly designed lines of identical clones (oh and I mean that literally, as Asian and African-American NPCs literally have two models for the entirety of the game) that serve as missions, unbearable. Money is meaningless, no need to even mention it as half the weapons you can ''buy'' with money are either useless or ones you'll have already obtained from the bodies of dead clones, oh and you can buy cars with it, why anyone would want to own cars in this game is beyond me as you can steal vehicles that are a hundred times better than the ones you can actually afford. The open-world is empty and lifeless despite having businesses, likely due to the fact that half the game was cut and mission checkpoints prevent any kind of interesting exploration as you'll often lose 40 minutes if your game crashes or you make a mistake. Bugs are frequent, as well as graphical glitches, cars flying across a street for no reason, leaving me to guess that the game was unfinished and that's why most of its content is cut. I remember people complaining about GTA V's downgraded and terrible melee combat, well despite it being the truth they clearly haven't played this game, where half of the animations are atrocious looking and every fight is avoid, avoid, punch, to add to that the broken physics make it especially jarring. The way the ''mob'', oh and calling it that is generous, is portrayed is ludicrous, especially when you watch real life criminal and caporegime Michael Franzese debunk myths about the way the mob is shown, so I suppose the writer was the developers' 12 year-old son that wrote the story after seeing Scarface for the first time. One last thing you'll notice is how broken the physics and hitboxes are for NPCs and etc, sometimes you'll shoot a cop 2 or 3 times through the head with a revolver, only for him to shoot you back and kill you, add to that the broken ragdoll physics and you have Mafia II, a game that tries to be a Mafia game and fails, a game that attempts at being a GTA game but fails, overall a terrible and lackluster experience that I couldn't recommend for anyone who loves the first game. Expand
  14. Sep 28, 2020
    0
    I just played through Mafia 1 Definitive Edition, and what a gem! But this? I mean honestly this has to be the worst remaster of a game i have ever played. Honestly nothing is done right here, mechanics are aboslutely terrible, cut scenes looks terrible, screen teetering and the list goes on and on, I mean it took all of 2 minutes if game play to released this was a waste of time andI just played through Mafia 1 Definitive Edition, and what a gem! But this? I mean honestly this has to be the worst remaster of a game i have ever played. Honestly nothing is done right here, mechanics are aboslutely terrible, cut scenes looks terrible, screen teetering and the list goes on and on, I mean it took all of 2 minutes if game play to released this was a waste of time and money!
    I mean i created my metacritic account just to give this feedback so people can avoid using money on this "remastered edition"
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  15. Nov 24, 2020
    1
    Sell one game TWICE WITH NO additions to the GAMEPLAY! **** HELL! TO make YOU DIE H13 :((
  16. May 22, 2020
    0
    seven times the size of the original? due to what?
    размер в семь раз больше оригинала? за счёт чего?
  17. Aug 2, 2020
    1
    Разочаровывает халатное отношение разработчиков к ремастеру - так они показали своё неуважение к поклонникам и сообществу в общем.
    Суть проявилась и это - зарабатывание лёгкх денег на чужих кошельках.
  18. May 23, 2020
    0
    Отвратительная оптимизация на ps4. Постоянные фризы и зависания.
  19. May 19, 2020
    1
    Take original mafia 2 + vanilla-sweet face mod aaaand DONE. Only for 29.99$, Best True HD Top Quality MAFIA 2.
  20. May 21, 2020
    6
    I think graphics is not changed at all, faces changed little bit, I played Mafia 2(not remastered) there were many bugs, but in Definitive edition bugs has fixed.
    Score for Definitive Edition is 3-5, but I have scored 6 points because of nostalgia and old feelings.
  21. Oct 5, 2020
    9
    I think story and graphic is very good. They did the same as the previous game and I think it's nice.
  22. Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Отвратительная работа, десятки багов, ужасная оптимизация!
  23. May 19, 2020
    10
    This Game Is Awesome and now it's in Portuguese Thats Awesome As well Finally Finished It I Wanted To But Never Could
  24. Jun 3, 2020
    8
    beautiful story with a dubbing in spectacular Italian is affected graphically of his years but still highly recommended
  25. May 21, 2020
    10
    For Mafia 2 fans the best opinion to buy it. It is GREAT!!! And the Voice actors are perfect in German and in English.
  26. May 19, 2020
    7
    great remaster in which the appearance of the classic mafia ii from 2010 has been slightly improved
  27. Feb 17, 2021
    2
    Nefarious, sorry excuse for a remaster that introduces nothing but game-breaking bugs, truly disgusting
  28. Jun 22, 2020
    7
    As a remaster of Mafia II, this sucks, I'm only giving this a 7 because the story itself is damn good, the best play to play this game to this day is on PC with graphic mods.
  29. Jun 2, 2022
    3
    This game has too many bugs. The story is very poor. They didn't change anything than the original one. This game isn't a mafia game. It is just a driving simulation. Optimization is very bad, graphics are not looking good. This game has a great potential but they didn't use it.
  30. May 20, 2020
    10
    Mafia II is one of the most atmospheric games, a must play for everyone. People dont know how to appreciate this piece of art...
  31. May 19, 2020
    10
    great remaster in which the appearance of the classic mafia ii from 2010 has been slightly improved
  32. Jun 6, 2020
    7
    Remaster of the great game with little improvements and tons of bags.
    Pros:
    - Amazing atmosphere of the Epoque through the nice-looking city and great music - Interesting plot with many twists - Cool characters with their own story - Nostalgia Cons: - Empty open world. You don't have anything to do and the game doesn't motivate you to do this - missions go back to back. Also, you
    Remaster of the great game with little improvements and tons of bags.
    Pros:
    - Amazing atmosphere of the Epoque through the nice-looking city and great music
    - Interesting plot with many twists
    - Cool characters with their own story
    - Nostalgia
    Cons:
    - Empty open world. You don't have anything to do and the game doesn't motivate you to do this - missions go back to back. Also, you don't have a lot of options to spend money: some car upgrades, limited weapon selection, and some clothes
    - Poor gameplay. There is no challenge in shooting - you just hide, peek, and kill. All opponents are always in the same position
    - The graphics still look straight out of 2010
    - Lots of bags. Sometimes you will have to rerun a mission because of them but there is nothing very serious
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  33. Sep 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Brrrrt grrrrrr bulldhit grrrrrr grrrrrrhhhhhhjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkjkjkkkkkkkkk Expand
  34. Mar 24, 2021
    0
    This is a bad port of a mediocre PS3 game. The original Mafia, while rough around the edges, was great because it had great characters, an engaging rags to riches story, and a memorable city to explore. Mafia II has none of those things. The playable character, Vito, is a generic war veteran who comes home from the war, and through circumstances beyond his control starts rising up theThis is a bad port of a mediocre PS3 game. The original Mafia, while rough around the edges, was great because it had great characters, an engaging rags to riches story, and a memorable city to explore. Mafia II has none of those things. The playable character, Vito, is a generic war veteran who comes home from the war, and through circumstances beyond his control starts rising up the ranks of the mafia (never heard that story before). The characters are at best unremarkable and at worst insufferable. The city is entirely empty. Money is barely needed for anything, which is good, because the story really loves to give Vito large sums of cash just to take it away two or three missions later. The police are either completely idiotic or omniscient depending on how lucky you are. The game has an overreliance on driving from one end of the city to another, sometimes two or three times in just one mission. The gunplay is downright terrible. The game has a real problem with questionable hitboxes and enemies that are total bullet sponges. No joke, you can shoot a guy at point blank range in the chest with a shotgun and he will probably walk it off. The checkpoint system is also garbage. Most missions don't have any, making you redo at least 20 minutes of gameplay each time, which usually also involves needing to skip several cutscenes. One particularly egregious instant comes late in the game when you are tasked with killing a character. You are thrown into a massive firefight with 20 or so enemies only to then be thrown into a small, enclosed room with about 10 more guys while the boss is chucking molotov cocktails at you. The only problem is that due to the wonky hitboxes, the cheap enemy placement, the lack of cover, and the small environment, you basically don't stand a chance. Every time you die, you have to do the entire sequence all over again too. There's also a very common glitch on another mission where you are required to race to another character's house, break down his front gate, and get in the home on the most tight time limit I think I've ever seen where the gate to his home is suddenly protected by an invisible wall. The only known fix for this glitch is to shut off the game completely and restart the game. On top of all this, the game looks like an early PS3 game. Character models are reused constantly. This is especially noticeable when doing missions that involve Black or Chinese characters because they could only bother to create about two or three character models. On top of that, the game runs like garbage too. Almost anything you do will cause the framerate to tank. Texture pop ins are to be expected. I also had several cutscenes which had real Assassin's Creed Unity vibes because characters and their skin were moving independently of each other. There was even one bit in a prison where everybody from guards to inmates were all t-posing to assert dominance. All in all, this is a buggy, poorly optimized version of an already bad game. Save your money. Expand
  35. Jun 20, 2020
    9
    A frew glitches but still the same old Mafia 2 as we remeber it with a bit of better graphics,not drastic improvments but it looks little better than the old version
  36. Sep 22, 2020
    1
    Mafia II: Definitive Edition is a remastered version of the well known 2010 action-adventure game Mafia II. This remastered edition was created with the sole intent of milking more money out of people buying the original Mafia remake version. And the quality of this remaster corresponds with that fact. The actual changes are pretty mild and you might even play the whole game withoutMafia II: Definitive Edition is a remastered version of the well known 2010 action-adventure game Mafia II. This remastered edition was created with the sole intent of milking more money out of people buying the original Mafia remake version. And the quality of this remaster corresponds with that fact. The actual changes are pretty mild and you might even play the whole game without realizing you are playing the remastered version. Actually that is not true at all. You are definitely going to notice that this is not the original Mafia II. The huge number of bugs will definitely distinguish this remaster from its original counterpart. These bugs affect the graphics (glitching hats, glitching smoke, you have to enable clothes physics manually by deleting a folder etc.), audio (mission music will keep playing forever after finishing the mission, glitching cutscenes audio) and gameplay (you might get twice the amount of money for Bruno from Joe). Lots of the bonus cars and clothes are only available on second playthrough, which is just idiotic given that this is a remaster of a game that we have all played at least once in the past and also the fact that this game is very linear that the second playthrough will be exactly the same as the first one. Oh and the best bonus car is locked until you connect your game with a 2K account.

    Way to go Hangar 13, you incompetent idiots. I have absolutely no faith in you and I am really praying that you do not mess up the Mafia remake, although I know you probably will. Final verdict: 10 %
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  37. May 23, 2020
    8
    08/10......................................................................
  38. gyk
    May 20, 2020
    10
    This is a great job! We have corrected the detail, high resolution and brought new textures are good. That's all you need.
  39. May 20, 2020
    8
    Not a bad remaster, there are bugs but not so many.Regarding complaints about shadows(everything is fine with them).Not a bad remaster turned out, the atmosphere of the game was preserved.Не плохой ремастер, есть баги но их не так много.Касательно жалоб на тени(с ними все нормально).Не плохой ремастер получился, атмосфера игры сохранилась.Not a bad remaster, there are bugs but not so many.Regarding complaints about shadows(everything is fine with them).Not a bad remaster turned out, the atmosphere of the game was preserved.Не плохой ремастер, есть баги но их не так много.Касательно жалоб на тени(с ними все нормально).Не плохой ремастер получился, атмосфера игры сохранилась.
  40. May 21, 2020
    10
    Good for for the first time playing i have good times with this game i prefer to play.
  41. May 24, 2020
    9
    As a remaster, works very well. no more bugs like in the original and you can play it now in UltraHd form.
  42. May 24, 2020
    8
    If you want to get lost in a good story and a decent setting then this is the game for you. I wouldn't call this a full remaster but you can slightly feel the difference while playing. The graphics might not be up to par for nowadays standards but the story and decent mechanics will make you forgive that.
  43. Jun 6, 2020
    8
    I loved the story and the plot in the end was amazing.Never got boring for me (maybe because it wasnt too long) and I hadnt played the original game but I was expecting something better with the graphics improvements,still a great game .
  44. Jun 20, 2020
    6
    Mafia 2 is my all time favorite game and that's why I have 10/10 on the original, however this remaster is nothing but a next-gen console port. There are no noticeable differences between the original and the remaster. I wouldn't recommend buying this on PC if you haven't received it for free for owning original.
  45. Jun 21, 2020
    9
    Es un juego realmente interesante, su historia tiene ciertos cliché pero la verdad vale la pena cada peso invertido.
  46. Jun 22, 2020
    6
    En general, Mafia II: Definitive Edition es una actualización de buen aspecto a la mafia IIoriginal, pero hay una serie de problemas de arrastre que impiden que sea genial. Sin embargo, mientras que los controles engorrosos y el mundo vacío retienen el juego un poco, todavía disfruté de mi tiempo con el juego. Si eres un fan de la serie que quiere volver atrás y volver a jugar esto o eresEn general, Mafia II: Definitive Edition es una actualización de buen aspecto a la mafia IIoriginal, pero hay una serie de problemas de arrastre que impiden que sea genial. Sin embargo, mientras que los controles engorrosos y el mundo vacío retienen el juego un poco, todavía disfruté de mi tiempo con el juego. Si eres un fan de la serie que quiere volver atrás y volver a jugar esto o eres un fan de los juegos de crimen / acción de mundo abierto, le sugiero dar un vistazo al juego. Expand
  47. Aug 2, 2020
    8
    Que si que si, no es un GTA 5, pero que juego lo es.....tiene una muy buena historia y es muy entretenido.
  48. Mar 5, 2021
    1
    God damn what a glitchy mess hangar 13 really **** this one up. So depressing
  49. Feb 21, 2021
    7
    It is empty compared to the original. I can imagine a much better version of this game. The story and graphics are very good! It is worth it. (Expect a promotion)
  50. Oct 28, 2020
    3
    In 2010 A lot of cut content that was not included in the game - on the modders' website there is information about how badly the developers reacted to this priceless game - even at the pre-release stage, the game was cut and unfinished missions were deleted in the content! It was not the conscience of the game that decided, but dirty money!

    In the version definitive edition, nothing
    In 2010 A lot of cut content that was not included in the game - on the modders' website there is information about how badly the developers reacted to this priceless game - even at the pre-release stage, the game was cut and unfinished missions were deleted in the content! It was not the conscience of the game that decided, but dirty money!

    In the version definitive edition, nothing was even supplemented and this is another making money on a dummy clone)
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  51. Nov 9, 2020
    0
    Оптимизация говно, студия H13 только чушь и может делать. Дизреспект, проседает вечно графика, блики, неприятные и очень отвратительные текстуры, не советую никому покупать переиздание, только оригинал!!!
  52. Nov 4, 2020
    6
    Even in the updated version, the cut content and improvements were not added) Everything is just copied into the new name and nothing more) But this game is better than Mafia 1 remake Definitive Edition
  53. Dec 1, 2020
    1
    After playing Mafia 1 Definitive Edition, I am so angry I wasted my time on Mafia 2. This game is so much worse than the original. Horrible story, graphics are not good I could barely tell the difference between this and the original. BORING!
  54. Dec 28, 2020
    2
    Want to advise this studio not successful games Hangar_13 remove this game from the pages of sales and not to desecrate the original version of the game from 2002.
    Because think this project is a rough sham that shames the original game, reducing it in everything and negatively changing, rather than complementing the game as a more extended process in 2020.
    The name of the game does
    Want to advise this studio not successful games Hangar_13 remove this game from the pages of sales and not to desecrate the original version of the game from 2002.
    Because think this project is a rough sham that shames the original game, reducing it in everything and negatively changing, rather than complementing the game as a more extended process in 2020.

    The name of the game does NOT correspond to its content!!!
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  55. Mar 9, 2021
    0
    How can you make an open world so bad?

    The story is the biggest cliché in the world of the mafia, everything seen in mafia movies happens in the game with expected results, without emotion and the character cannot be flatter and boring. Who had the great idea that you are always on a mission? How is refueling fun or something? Why are there invisible walls and you can't fall
    How can you make an open world so bad?

    The story is the biggest cliché in the world of the mafia, everything seen in mafia movies happens in the game with expected results, without emotion and the character cannot be flatter and boring.

    Who had the great idea that you are always on a mission?

    How is refueling fun or something?

    Why are there invisible walls and you can't fall into the water?

    In addition to the countless bugs of all kinds, even in the trophies.

    The dlc, are even worse and with that dlc wanted to compete against the episodes of gta iv? LOL

    The ridiculous collectibles the amount of them and they do not contribute anything

    The map is small and boring

    In short, mafia ii shows the rest of the developers how NOT to make an open world game
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  56. Jan 23, 2021
    9
    This game is an absolute blast for every Godfather fan. It has an exciting and fun story with multiple plot changing aspects and a compelling wrap up. It still has some flaws, but the overall experience is great. I would have loved to see a more open and active world map. But for the standard which occured at the time of the games publishment it was pretty well handled. It isn`t a long andThis game is an absolute blast for every Godfather fan. It has an exciting and fun story with multiple plot changing aspects and a compelling wrap up. It still has some flaws, but the overall experience is great. I would have loved to see a more open and active world map. But for the standard which occured at the time of the games publishment it was pretty well handled. It isn`t a long and complicated story but isn`t quality over quantity more preferable? If you are searching for a fun and compelling experience, go and get it. Expand
  57. Mar 21, 2021
    8
    I have good computer I haven`t problems. I didn't play the last parts I like this game.
  58. Mar 22, 2021
    9
    I liked the reissue, but the bugs were not fixed and will not be there anymore, nothing was changed, the gameplay of the game is not outdated
  59. Apr 9, 2021
    1
    A broken port of a classic game. Some bugs are so bad the game becomes unplayable. Sometimes hard reloading the game/restarting the mission helps, but sometimes it doesn’t. The game also likes to freeze dead in random occasions. So sad, the original game is so good and exciting.
  60. Sep 19, 2021
    3
    Original is so much better. I know graphics maybe here is so much better. And only this. No more changes.
  61. Dec 31, 2022
    8
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  62. Dec 23, 2022
    3
    I bought the remastered trilogy of hearing for years nothing but praise for the series, especially the plot and characters, and wanted to give it a go now it's remastered.
    However I found the games incredibly dull and shallow. This is especially true for Mafia 2. The characters were 2 dimensional and the plot was daytime-tv level. The gameplay was pretty unexciting and run-of-the-mill.
    I bought the remastered trilogy of hearing for years nothing but praise for the series, especially the plot and characters, and wanted to give it a go now it's remastered.
    However I found the games incredibly dull and shallow. This is especially true for Mafia 2. The characters were 2 dimensional and the plot was daytime-tv level. The gameplay was pretty unexciting and run-of-the-mill. Also the remasters force creation of online accounts. I had instances where my game completely locked up on playstation because it mid-game asked me to create a 2k Account and I clicked the refuse button. I had to force close the game to be able to do anything. Then one time, whilst playing the game, I got screen lag whilst pressing buttons, only for a privacy policy screen pop up saying it wants to remove my privacy and do i accept, immediately followed by a thank you for accepting message.
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  63. May 25, 2020
    5
    Let me start by saying that the game itself is pretty good. It has aged pretty well and is still fun. Great story, great characters, great music, really good setting and atmosphere. The game has a lot of nice touches and attention to detail that a lot of other city-based open world games do not have. The shooting mechanics are decent however some of the guns feel very weak and inaccurateLet me start by saying that the game itself is pretty good. It has aged pretty well and is still fun. Great story, great characters, great music, really good setting and atmosphere. The game has a lot of nice touches and attention to detail that a lot of other city-based open world games do not have. The shooting mechanics are decent however some of the guns feel very weak and inaccurate especially from longer range. The AI of course can snipe you with a Tommy gun from 100 yards away even when you're in cover but you couldn't hit a wall from 10 yards, it can definitely get frustrating but again not a deal breaker as most of the time it does work. However, this being advertised as the "definitive" edition is where the game fails. It is riddled with bugs and audio sync issues. Constant stuttering in and out of cutscenes. Frame drops are constant, lots of pop in, and the game crashes quite a bit. I'm playing on the regular PS4 but these issues have been reported on all platforms including PC. The graphics themselves do look better, and the lighting is improved over the original but again the performance issues are absolutely noticeable and do interfere with game play especiallythe driving. I'm not going to lie I have still been having fun with this game as its not entirely unplayable but if you're sensitive to the performance issues you will hate it. There is no way to defend this game, this "remaster" is an absolute slap in the face to fans and the fact they're charging money for a game that performs worse than the original is unacceptable. Hopefully a patch will be released to fix these issues but as of yet I haven't heard a word from 2K of course, they're more concerned with selling their inferior product. Game itself is solid, the performance however, is terrible and I cannot recommend this game whole heartedly as I would like to because of performance. Either wait for a sale, or until the issues are fixed. ✌ Expand
  64. Oct 23, 2020
    5
    Mafia 2 is a great game with an awesome story, unfortunately Mafia 2 definitive edition doesn't do anything except make it a less enjoyable experience, with an absolutely absurd amount of bugs and glitches. This is not the definitive way to experience Mafia 2.
  65. Oct 17, 2021
    7
    I loved that game, the story and the gameplay, esp. the shooting is very good
  66. May 1, 2021
    4
    I think the biggest issue with this remaster is that it doesn't look like a remaster. Taking a look at comparison videos, a lot of the textures did get upgraded... but to less blurrier textures. At least with remasters like Burnout Paradise, every textures looks crisp and clean. However, it just seems that you are just playing the original game since many textures are still low quality andI think the biggest issue with this remaster is that it doesn't look like a remaster. Taking a look at comparison videos, a lot of the textures did get upgraded... but to less blurrier textures. At least with remasters like Burnout Paradise, every textures looks crisp and clean. However, it just seems that you are just playing the original game since many textures are still low quality and blurry. Also, none of the models were updated to higher quality ones.

    Then comes the issue with Apex, and PhysX. From what I understand, NVIDIA PhysX is still there, especially since the logo is shown when you start the game, but the option to enable/disable isn't in the menus anymore. However, the Apex coat physics seem to be gone or at least disabled. Once we find out more, then I'll update this.

    I'm still happy I got it for free for owning Mafia II, but for the people who were looking for a true remaster, this isn't it.
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  67. Aug 3, 2020
    3
    I've beaten Mafia twice in my life, once when it first came out in 2010 and now a decade later. There are two primary positive aspects to the game: the story is relatively enjoyable, if a bit short, and the aesthetics were pretty good for the time period that it came out. I would say most everything else about the game is at best, neutral or "meh" and at worst, just absolutely terrible.I've beaten Mafia twice in my life, once when it first came out in 2010 and now a decade later. There are two primary positive aspects to the game: the story is relatively enjoyable, if a bit short, and the aesthetics were pretty good for the time period that it came out. I would say most everything else about the game is at best, neutral or "meh" and at worst, just absolutely terrible. There are bug/glitches galore and you spend as much time fighting the controls/camera/poor vehicle handling as you do the enemies.

    A truly tragic amount of content was cut during development and it is very obvious; the main story-line is a shell with virtually nothing to do besides the primary missions. Basically all side content was not completed in time and tossed into the garbage. This is immediately noticeable as two characters in-game were obviously going to have numerous side-jobs, but instead they just comment that they have nothing for you to do right now.

    A minor nit-pick that I was personally flabbergasted at, is that the voice actor for the secondary protagonist, Joe Barbaro, also voices another main character in the story. They sound almost identical, except one is constantly making "lip-smacking" eating noises while speaking. It's puzzling how they failed to appropriately properly budget for another voice actor.

    Speaking of Joe, his DLC titled, "Joe's Adventures" may possibly be one of the worst hunks of flaming trash that I have ever encountered. I'm not sure if they put some junior intern team on this debacle or what, but it fails spectacularly in every aspect. It is frustratingly unbalanced and was not play-tested in the least, the missions come in floating icons hovering off the ground with no cut-scenes nor rhyme or reason explaining the greater story behind your actions, and it adds virtually no new concepts/mechanics. They also failed to record enough lines from the voice actor, so like that Rick and Morty episode, you're going to hear, "Hey, it's me, Joe." multiple times. All together, this is something I would expect from a fan-made mod, not a professional team. If I had purchased it as DLC (rather than coming packaged with the whole game now) I would be furious that I had been swindled

    If you want to play a crime open-world, play one of the newer ones: Red Dead, GTA, or Sleeping Dogs. Skip this.
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  68. Jul 14, 2022
    8
    The story of Vito Scalleta is one that I will surely not forget anytime soon. The game is as fun as the first one and still retains the format of linear open-world. However the remaster is not that different from the original and it's best to play that instead.
  69. Oct 22, 2020
    7
    Es difícil valorarlo debido a que simplemente es una adaptación del original en HD. Contando con una gran historia y unos personajes excelentes es un buen juego. Pero no hay que olvidar que las mecánicas y jugabilidad están desfasadas pero en este caso lo valoro como una adaptación y mi puntuación es de 6.
  70. Oct 28, 2020
    8
    I loved that game, the story and the gameplay, esp. the shooting is very good
  71. Apr 24, 2022
    6
    Mafia II: Definitivní edice je velmi povedený remaster, i když neopravuje žádné chyby nepřináší ani nic navíc do příběhu, i tak krásně osvěžuje svou vylepšenou grafikou starou dobrou Mafii 2. Svět je nyní detailnější, působí větší a propracovanější + je parádně prosvícený. Rázem si všimnete mnohem více detailů okolí i charakterů což velmi obohatí váš zážitek ze hry, zvlášť pro lidi co užMafia II: Definitivní edice je velmi povedený remaster, i když neopravuje žádné chyby nepřináší ani nic navíc do příběhu, i tak krásně osvěžuje svou vylepšenou grafikou starou dobrou Mafii 2. Svět je nyní detailnější, působí větší a propracovanější + je parádně prosvícený. Rázem si všimnete mnohem více detailů okolí i charakterů což velmi obohatí váš zážitek ze hry, zvlášť pro lidi co už to projeli několikrát. Také navíc přibylo pár partiklů a například lepší textury sněhu. Story nebyl nijak upraven a v této edici navíc dostanete veškeré DLC, takže kdo hru nemá určitě doporučuji do sbírky. Mafia 2 je perfektní příběhová akce.
    Některé bugy a gliče ve hře stále zůstali, ale s tím se dalo počítat, hra se pouze graficky vylepšovala, neopravovala, stále je i tak na svou dobu dost inovativní a patří do toho lepšího soudku série. Furt zde ale pociťujete pocit že z předchozího dílu si jenom vzala ale nic nového nepřináší, tedy zlatá jednička, ale stále doporučuji i tento kousek.
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  72. Oct 19, 2020
    10
    Отличная игра, прошел с удовольствием, отличная графика, сюжет, музыка, геймплейт, не понимаю почему ноет народ, вокруг большинство шлака, а тут игра шедевр, пусть где-то текстуры подлагивают или накладываются, на них ты смотришь ровно 5 секунд и бежишь дальше. Вообщем 10/10 рекомендую!Отличная игра, прошел с удовольствием, отличная графика, сюжет, музыка, геймплейт, не понимаю почему ноет народ, вокруг большинство шлака, а тут игра шедевр, пусть где-то текстуры подлагивают или накладываются, на них ты смотришь ровно 5 секунд и бежишь дальше. Вообщем 10/10 рекомендую!
  73. Oct 27, 2020
    3
    I played mafia 1 and said why dont i play 2nd game people are saying its a good game ah what a mistake piece of **** its a garbage It has so many bugs and story overall is so boring i really tried to play but couldn't stand more than 1.5 hour everything is slower and worse compared to mafia 1
  74. Oct 25, 2020
    7
    7/10 .............................................................................................
  75. Dec 18, 2022
    8
    Тк все обладатели оригинала получили игру бесплатно, претензий к разрабам не имею.
    В целом ремастер чутка подтягивает графику, но я бы не сказал что отличия прям явно заметны. Само собой все это было сделано чтобы продать трилогию вместе с ремэйком оригинала.
    кароч дефолтный ремастер
    Тк все обладатели оригинала получили игру бесплатно, претензий к разрабам не имею.
    В целом ремастер чутка подтягивает графику, но я бы не сказал что отличия прям явно заметны. Само собой все это было сделано чтобы продать трилогию вместе с ремэйком оригинала.
    кароч дефолтный ремастер
  76. Oct 29, 2020
    7
    the best part of the trilogy, interesting story, characters. I haven't played the classic version of the game, so I can't judge the quality of the remake, the graphics are certainly far from the best, but still it was more or less pleasant to play. The main thing is history!
  77. Oct 10, 2020
    7
    Посредственный ремастер, средняя игра. Ремейк первой части лучше по всем параметрам.
  78. Dec 1, 2020
    3
    Poor Graphics, Poor Optimization, Technical issues with the game files, etc.
    Failure.
  79. Jan 30, 2021
    3
    Not optimized even on my Ryzen 7, RTX 2070 drops to 30FPS for no reason (explosion, fire, lots of shooting) even changing graphic doesn't help because it is a bug, even on 4K same FPS and even on the lowest setting still the same framerate. Bugs a lot of bugs, bugs like jumping 10 meters high, Vito missing part of his head texture, and so on. Even the graphics and textures weren't reallyNot optimized even on my Ryzen 7, RTX 2070 drops to 30FPS for no reason (explosion, fire, lots of shooting) even changing graphic doesn't help because it is a bug, even on 4K same FPS and even on the lowest setting still the same framerate. Bugs a lot of bugs, bugs like jumping 10 meters high, Vito missing part of his head texture, and so on. Even the graphics and textures weren't really changed or improved, the only thing that I appreciate is the cutscenes looking actually good compared to the original cause they are pre-rendered. But other than the cutscenes, I would rather play the original game that was FINISHED instead of this and I will bit my tongue and look at those cutscenes like retro like it was 10 years ago. Also, they could add some story at the end, but no it is REMASTER and not a good one if you ask me. Expand
  80. Sep 22, 2020
    1
    I can't believe this game was ever considered good. It's so damn boring. The gameplay is a snoozefest and the story is as cliche as it gets. Good lord. How did this deserve a remaster?
  81. Oct 8, 2020
    9
    Great game with one of the best and most engaging mafia stories in gaming. Not sure why it's getting review bombed, game was even given free to any OG Mafia II owners and it's half the price of a modern game for a new buyer... $30 SHOULD be the price of a Singleplayer only 15 hour-30 hour game with DLC.
  82. Dec 21, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is good, but i hated the final. unacceptable. when your dude saves you, and you let him die having not to do, it's unbelievable. i would have preferred the two of them to have died together. Expand
  83. Dec 9, 2022
    8
    Karlı bölüm var hem de baya var onun dışınad hikaye ve görevler çok iyi ama bazı buglar ve eksikler yüzünden 2 puan kırdım
  84. Nov 30, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Expand
  85. Nov 25, 2020
    1
    Nothing has changed from the classic version And all the cut content was not included here.
  86. Aug 14, 2023
    5
    Overrated as hell. Very cliche (which is not a problem by itself) but the cliche was not done that good. The fact that everyone around me kept saying that would be one freaking good game didn't help it neither, and I ended up very disapointed. Probably will never play it again unless if I decide to make a video for YouTube or something like that.
  87. Jul 12, 2021
    6
    In general the main game is not bad, not as immersive as first game but it's also entertaining. Game just got a little old and remaster is not enough for it.
  88. Jan 10, 2021
    3
    I got into this series because of the Mafia remake (which I highly recommend but it is short at 18ish hours) and bought the 3 game collection on sale on Steam. Bear in mind, I hadn't played these originally when they came out. That being said, Mafia II: Definitive Edition is less a remaster and move a 10 year old game with an updated texture pack. Frankly, I don't even think this was aI got into this series because of the Mafia remake (which I highly recommend but it is short at 18ish hours) and bought the 3 game collection on sale on Steam. Bear in mind, I hadn't played these originally when they came out. That being said, Mafia II: Definitive Edition is less a remaster and move a 10 year old game with an updated texture pack. Frankly, I don't even think this was a good game for 2010 considering how much better it's contemporaries like GTA IV played. If you bought the first Mafia: Definitive Edition solo, for the love of all that is holy, don't waste your hard earned money on this. I got it free and it's still not worth my time. Watch a YouTube of the plot of 2 and go straight to Mafia 3. Expand
  89. Feb 5, 2022
    0
    The worst remastered i have played so far. Every time i play the game, i encountered a bug that is so **** irritating. Also, no changes is gameplay sucks.
  90. Aug 22, 2021
    2
    that's not a remaster i dont recomand this in 2021 it's not a good game already and they made it worst when no bug fixed and no optimisation you will just trow your money of the window
  91. Oct 20, 2021
    4
    Mafia 2 is an amazing game, and it doesn't deserve to be treated as a cash grab as it is being treated. The reasons I wouldn't recommend this remaster are:

    • Mafia 2 does not need a remaster: The game holds itself very well to this day, a remaster was not necessary, sure, it would have been a good thing, if the publisher had not decided to be scummy about it. If you think this is a
    Mafia 2 is an amazing game, and it doesn't deserve to be treated as a cash grab as it is being treated. The reasons I wouldn't recommend this remaster are:

    • Mafia 2 does not need a remaster:
    The game holds itself very well to this day, a remaster was not necessary, sure, it would have been a good thing, if the publisher had not decided to be scummy about it. If you think this is a good remaster, you're wrong, the only thing they did was remaster the textures, but many of the original bugs such as smoke flickering for example are still present, and some bugs which I have never seen on the original game are now also present.

    • The Scummy strategy which is being applied to the Mafia franchise:
    The strategy which was applied is an absolute insult, they removed the original mafia 2 to give place to a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ half-baked remaster which is more expensive than the original game. They should have kept the original Mafia 2 for cheaper and also add the definitive edition to the store as a more expensive version for those interested, instead of shoving this ♥♥♥♥ down everybody's throat.
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  92. Oct 5, 2022
    8
    Отличная игра со своими недостатками, которые могут очень сильно подпортить впечатления от игры. ДЛСы к игре не проходил.
    Сюжет стал насыщеннее и явно интереснее, чем в первой части.
    Стрельба, вождение и прочие игровые механики примерно на том же уровне, сделаны приемлемо/хорошо. Что лично меня очень выводило: - долгие поездки от одного края карты к другому (таким болела оригинальная
    Отличная игра со своими недостатками, которые могут очень сильно подпортить впечатления от игры. ДЛСы к игре не проходил.
    Сюжет стал насыщеннее и явно интереснее, чем в первой части.
    Стрельба, вождение и прочие игровые механики примерно на том же уровне, сделаны приемлемо/хорошо.
    Что лично меня очень выводило:
    - долгие поездки от одного края карты к другому (таким болела оригинальная первая мафия, насколько знаю, не представляю, кто может это счесть забавным. Более глубокого погружения не почувствовал, только раздражение);
    - редкие чекпойнты - ближе к концу игры есть миссия на заработок денег. Сам по себе процесс крайне муторный, и не дай боже вы случайно умрете со скопившейся суммой, как это получилось у меня) ну и по ходу миссий тоже хотелось бы их почаще (умерев на 3 крупной перестрелке за миссию, где вас может убить одна дробь, начинаете всю миссию заново).
    Еще в минусы можно добавить кривой движок и отвратительную оптимизацию физики (спасибо ужасному PhysX), но в целом особого дискомфорта мне это не доставило, так что этот пункт так, к слову.
    Если бы не перечисленные недостатки, то можно было бы и 9 вполне поставить.
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  93. Nov 17, 2021
    8
    I’d previously played the Mafia series but revisited with the definitive editions, have to say that the original game was a better remaster graphics wise imo but both stories were amazing, especially the endings. Definitely worth a play imo..
  94. Jan 28, 2022
    4
    Great game and great storyline just think 2k could have done better with the definitive edition like they did Mafia definitive edition. Overall still a fantastic game though
  95. Nov 6, 2022
    7
    + story
    + sound
    + cars
    + playboy - save game manually
    - remastered could be better
    - gameplay
  96. Nov 26, 2021
    0
    BAg CEVA IN CHAPTER 11 DE 3 ORI MOR CA PROSTU CA NU MERE TATSTATURA ODATA JOE SE BUGUIE CU POLITIA SI O DATA TRAGE LUIGI SI NU SALVEAZA,
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  97. Jan 2, 2022
    7
    Игра просто прекрасна. Физика - шедевр, мне очень понравилось в отличии от первой мафии. Очень интересная история, которая даже в один момент смогла с меня выбить капельку слезы.. В момент убийства Генри. Очень жестокая картина, на самом деле и реплики Джо после убийства практически полностью олицетворяли мои эмоции.. Порой персонажи какие-то безэмоциональные и скучные, но это сугубо моеИгра просто прекрасна. Физика - шедевр, мне очень понравилось в отличии от первой мафии. Очень интересная история, которая даже в один момент смогла с меня выбить капельку слезы.. В момент убийства Генри. Очень жестокая картина, на самом деле и реплики Джо после убийства практически полностью олицетворяли мои эмоции.. Порой персонажи какие-то безэмоциональные и скучные, но это сугубо мое мнение. Графика и оптимизация отстой. Expand
  98. Jan 19, 2022
    1
    It has nothing new in this title. The main game is being re-sold, but there are no changes and cut content
    Fake game double 2
    Replay one game several times without changes, cheating!
  99. Jun 24, 2023
    6
    6/10. Message cannot include less than seventy-five letters, so I have to write it.
  100. Jan 27, 2022
    2
    Keep away lots of bugs you should stay with the original. Mafia 1 definitive edition is worth it in my opinion, but if you get this one it would be a waste even on sale.
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 32
  2. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Jun 6, 2020
    60
    The new version of Mafia 2 is more polished, cleaner and more detailed than ever before, but the problems with the plot, mission development, character development, driving and gunplay are still present. Ultimately, players who still own the original (now dubbed "classic") version of the game on Steam, had better stick to it.
  2. Jun 3, 2020
    58
    There are other modern updates, I’m sure. It runs fine on my PC, and though I have seen reports of bugs and glitches, I didn’t encounter anything egregious. But there’s still a question of why. Why remake these games? Why put a fresh coat of paint on this weird little action shooter that is not so fondly remembered? I’m sure there are compelling business reasons, but nothing that makes sense to me as a gamer. Mafia II is an imperfect fix to a game that was already pretty flawed. Now it’s just as flawed, but in a way that can be appreciated by modern audiences.
  3. Jun 3, 2020
    60
    Mafia 2: Definitive Edition is a decent buy for anyone that hasn't played the original (on PC, anyway). It's a more complete package with superior graphics, but there are definitely aspects of the game that haven't aged well.