Sometimes it’s good to be bad. 2K games makes you an offer you can’t refuse with their recent release, Mafia 2. Transport yourself to Empire City, a pseudo-New York City of the 40’s and 50’s, for a gritty adventure of betrayal and violence.
Gameplay:
Mafia 2 plays a lot like a standard open world third person action adventure game. You drive or walk to missions. The missions are linear so you don’t get much distraction from the story. The problem with this type of build is that the missions start becoming redundant. Go save this guy, drive here, go kill that guy. No real side missions. No decision making.
You can go anywhere but there unfortunately isn’t much to do outside of the storyline based missions. You can make money by stealing cars or robbing shops. You can buy new clothes, get your car washed, or get your car souped-up.
This gathering of wealth and buying of material things isn’t very useful as the game makes you restart with nothing due to various plot points throughout the game. This unfortunately leads to an uneventful experience when not in the missions.
There are also collectibles that can be found throughout the game. Playboy magazines are hidden through out the levels, and are time sensitive, which means if you missed them the first time you were in an area they will disappear and they can later appear in areas you already visited.
Wanted poster collectibles are not time sensitive and can be found hidden in back alleys, on fences and behind buildings. There are no in game benefits that I can discern, but you can view them in your gallery.
