Mafia II: Definitive Edition

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  1. nascent
    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.    … Expand
  2. Ra4a
    Oct 10, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game was completed on PS4 pro. constant crashes, freezes, black screen soiling ... This is rubbish, compared to the remaster of the first part, in which the work was noticeable, and this “semblance” of alteration leaves much to be desired ... 1 fat Joe out of 10… Expand
  3. gameking
    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.
  4. Mrmuffiine
    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.
  5. RyanCrawford
    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
  6. Yiky
    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.
  7. Pikoho8642
    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!
  8. Paulica00
    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,
    PS: HANGAR 13 SA IMI MANCATI OUALE
  9. MunhozMCM
    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.    … Expand
  10. NevWave
    Sep 19, 2021
    3
    Original is so much better. I know graphics maybe here is so much better. And only this. No more changes.
  11. NoobnGrelou
    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
  12. AlexKVideos1
    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.    … Expand
  13. dandalis
    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...    … Expand
  14. Divuar
    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.
  15. PeaTearGryfin
    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
  16. psmoon21
    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    … Expand
  17. TheLight2
    Mar 5, 2021
    1
    God damn what a glitchy mess hangar 13 really **** this one up. So depressing
  18. Garybaldo
    Feb 17, 2021
    2
    Nefarious, sorry excuse for a remaster that introduces nothing but game-breaking bugs, truly disgusting
  19. simon01920
    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
  20. khyronk
    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
  21. RovaxiX707
    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!!!
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    … Expand
  22. edub33
    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!
  23. Tim11
    Dec 1, 2020
    3
    Poor Graphics, Poor Optimization, Technical issues with the game files, etc.
    Failure.
  24. Bikili768
    Nov 25, 2020
    1
    Nothing has changed from the classic version And all the cut content was not included here.
  25. bobbi91
    Nov 24, 2020
    1
    Sell one game TWICE WITH NO additions to the GAMEPLAY! **** HELL! TO make YOU DIE H13 :((
  26. Vladyslav3199
    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!!!
  27. kelmis
    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)    … Expand
  28. Oswinoswald
    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
  29. Tomish
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Отвратительная работа, десятки багов, ужасная оптимизация!
  30. Emmortan
    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"    … Expand
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  1. GameOver.gr
    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.
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  2. COGconnected
    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.
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  3. Game Rant
    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.
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