Mafia II: Definitive Edition

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  • Summary: After taking a bullet during World War II and returning home to Empire Bay on leave, Sicilian immigrant Vito Scaletta discovers that his late father was indebted to a loan shark. He needs to make a lot of money fast, and thanks to his career criminal best friend Joe, soon becomes entangledAfter taking a bullet during World War II and returning home to Empire Bay on leave, Sicilian immigrant Vito Scaletta discovers that his late father was indebted to a loan shark. He needs to make a lot of money fast, and thanks to his career criminal best friend Joe, soon becomes entangled with the mob. As Vito, you need to prove yourself by committing crimes of escalating reward, status, and consequence. But what happens when your motivations become less about necessity and more about greed? When having it all is not enough? For the first time ever, Mafia II: Definitive Edition packs the entire Mafia II crime drama into one HD package. HDR and 4K resolution are supported on PC as well as on PlayStation®4 Pro and Xbox One X consoles. Mafia II: Definitive Edition also benefits from improved facial animations to give cutscenes an even more cinematic feel. While technological and graphical improvements have given Empire Bay and its inhabitants a visual overhaul, Vito's timeless story is unchanged.… Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. BaziCenter
    May 31, 2020
    70
    Although Mafia 2: Definitive Edition is full of bugs and glitches and the gameplay feels a bit dated, it is still a fun experience especially for the fans of the series, and as soon as updates and patches start to roll out, we can expect a much more stable game.
  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    May 20, 2020
    70
    Mafia II: Definitive Edition is not especially a good remaster... Avoid if the game is fresh in your memories.
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 26, 2020
    60
    Offering many memorable moments and a well-realised if empty world, this remaster is dragged down by some technical flaws . The Definitive Edition? Not quite. [Issue#177, p.147]
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  4. PlayStation Universe
    May 27, 2020
    50
    What should have been a great return for the ten year old classic ends up being one of the worst remaster I've ever played, with almost no graphical updates and staggering framerate issues. A remaster should fix the issues of the original not make them worse.
  5. GameCritics
    Jun 22, 2020
    50
    Unfortunately, this version of Mafia II feels like a barely-touched-up version of a last-gen game that constantly tested my patience and despite my love for the script, I can’t recommend that anyone play through hours and hours of a mediocre, buggy mess just to see the cutscenes. In its current state, Mafia II: Definitive Edition is not worth a player’s time or money — without any further improvements or substantial patches, this one needs to sleep with the fishes.
  6. Softpedia
    Jun 9, 2020
    50
    The remaster of Mafia II remains a great opportunity totally missed by the publisher to turn the bad memories, softened anyway by nostalgia, into a new worthwhile adventure. Instead, we received a console port put together haphazardly and without any care or consideration. The Definitive Edition of Mafia II dooms the game to go down in history as an experience that went from bad to worse.
  7. Push Square
    May 24, 2020
    40
    Mafia II: Definitive Edition could have been a welcome distraction during the quieter summer months, but in its current state, it must be avoided at all costs. While its narrative and writing may still hold up 10 years later, the long, long list of technical flaws and glitches overshadows its few accomplishments. And that's all it deserves because this is the worst remaster of the PS4 generation.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 63
  3. Negative: 31 out of 63
  1. Nancy1234
    May 19, 2020
    10
    great remaster in which the appearance of the classic mafia ii from 2010 has been slightly improved
  2. frederik1478
    Jan 5, 2022
    9
    This is one of my favourite stories in gane in character drama, the gun paly is good and hefty and driving is good and it's fun to driveThis is one of my favourite stories in gane in character drama, the gun paly is good and hefty and driving is good and it's fun to drive between the fourth and fifth cars , I think their story is one of the best in the Sandbox genre and you will feel some thing even if the main character and Joe are kind of awful people. I love the game enough to get a platinum trophy even if it is completely tedious and took me 4 hours to get all wanted posters… Expand
  4. spesini
    Oct 2, 2021
    8
    It still has some technical issues on PS4 (FPS drops, weird audio in cutscenes), but it's still Mafia 2, one of the best games of the earlyIt still has some technical issues on PS4 (FPS drops, weird audio in cutscenes), but it's still Mafia 2, one of the best games of the early 2010s. 9/10 game, minus one point for the technical issues.… Expand
  5. tanonero
    Jun 4, 2023
    5
    Although I understand why the original version of this game was praised for its captivating story and immersive atmosphere, I can't help butAlthough I understand why the original version of this game was praised for its captivating story and immersive atmosphere, I can't help but view this remaster as a missed opportunity. It's difficult for me to identify any notable improvements over the original version. The frame rate remains disappointingly low, and historical glitches persist. I simply hope that d3t Ltd, the developer responsible for this remaster, won't be entrusted with the task of remastering any of my favourite old games in the future.… Expand
  6. TheCroWolf
    May 1, 2022
    3
    Dont buy this so many bugs ...i played original version and this version have so much bugs that didn't existed in original
  7. ONEEX
    Aug 2, 2020
    1
    Разочаровывает халатное отношение разработчиков к ремастеру - так они показали своё неуважение к поклонникам и сообществу в общем.

    Суть    Разочаровывает халатное отношение разработчиков к ремастеру - так они показали своё неуважение к поклонникам и сообществу в общем.

    Суть проявилась и это - зарабатывание лёгких денег на чужих кошельках.    … Expand
  8. Chonsch
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    Note: Review for the BASE PS4 only.

    I have been a big fan of the original Mafia game back in 2001 and the original release of Mafia 2, I    Note: Review for the BASE PS4 only.

    I have been a big fan of the original Mafia game back in 2001 and the original release of Mafia 2, I absolutely love both games for their story, setting and (for their time) fun shooting mechanics. So this is not a review for the game itself, for which I would give a solid 8/10. This is a review concerning the "efforts" or lack of put into this so called "definitive edition". To make it quick, here is a list of my problems:

    - Framerate: I just can't believe how poorly optimized this game is. EVERY time you are out driving in the open world (which you do a lot) the framerate can drop TO THE SINGLE DIGITS! This happens for some reason every time you make a turn, and quite frequently when just driving down a straight road. This is just unacceptable and just straight laziness on the devs side.

    - Visual bugs: So, while I can forgive the pop in at distance (which is very predominant in this game), the visual glitches do bother me a lot. When you enter the second part of the game, summer season, you get this constant glitch where building, streets or just chunks of the screen wont load, and instead you get for a few seconds this black/purple/green fillings, it just breaks the immersion.

    - Sound: This is a big WTF. I have a Yamaha Dolby Atmos receiver and I love playing all my games with surround sound...until this game. First of all, EVERY cutscene in this game is IN MONO with a horrible sound quality that raises the volume so loud that me speakers nearly exploded, just horrible. In-game sound is also just horribly mixed. The gun sounds are very underpowered, same with the FX sounds and sometimes is just hard to listen to the dialogue. Again, unacceptable.

    - Sound bugs: Yes, the sound also glitches in this game. Tracks from cutscenes sometimes keep looping in the game, and the only way to make them disappear is to get into a car and turn the radio on.

    So there you have it, it's just an unfinished, unacceptable product that comes out as a quick cash grab for the studio.

    Don't buy this.    … Expand

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#49 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020