Mafia 2 is really boring

I mean ilike the idea the story is probably great but wow the realism is just way too much it sufferes in the same way that GTA did. Seriously i hope we get some news on Saints row 3 soon.

I quite liked the demo, but it's not a game i'd want to spend forty quid on. At least, not unless the full game offers much much more scope thn shown in the demo.

SimianWonder wrote:

I quite liked the demo, but it's not a game i'd want to spend forty quid on. At least, not unless the full game offers much much more scope thn shown in the demo.

Also this game is looking terrible compared to the 360 version check this:

I played the 360 demo. The graphics, yes, were pretty good, but it still played a little stiffly.

I just found a lot of things annoying i.e. refueling your car. If you get seen by the cops change outfit and car after you escape them. When your car breaks down you have to fix it.

I mean sure its great to have detail but hardly seems like a sandbox to have fun, all those people wondering around is just asking for mayhem.

You have to admire that they've put that much work into it, but no, it's not my cup of tea either. I play games for entertainment, not to have to re fuel my bloody car... (It's enough of a chore doing that in real life, especially at a fiver a gallon!) Sandbox games in particular, should be about letting you explore and discover the world around you, they're about giving you a huge playground to dick about it. That's why Saints Row 2 gets so much love, despite it being a bit of a mess technically, it was just insane how much it actually encouraged you to A) be a jerk and B) mess about. The whole game was (literally I suppose) just a huge power trip.

Downloaded the demo, started the game, quit and deleted it in two minutes because I hated the camera angle.

SimianWonder wrote:

You have to admire that they've put that much work into it, but no, it's not my cup of tea either. I play games for entertainment, not to have to re fuel my bloody car... (It's enough of a chore doing that in real life, especially at a fiver a gallon!) Sandbox games in particular, should be about letting you explore and discover the world around you, they're about giving you a huge playground to dick about it. That's why Saints Row 2 gets so much love, despite it being a bit of a mess technically, it was just insane how much it actually encouraged you to A) be a jerk and B) mess about. The whole game was (literally I suppose) just a huge power trip.

Completely agree. I mean games are meant to get away from the drudgery of real life. I mean in games like GTA4 he inclusion of TV over radio seemed like a good idea in theory, but fact is even though it was funny i'd rather just watch a movie then dick about in front of an in game tv, i mean the radio is great as you can listen to it while your messing about on missions, but the TV was a step too far.

Mafia 2 gave me a sense of me thinking its kinda cool addition to the game at the same time as making me feel like it was a complete waste of time. I mean i don't know why i had to refuel my car i was unaware if there was a fuel gauge or what but considering the amount of work running from the cops was i thought in addition to that i have to worry about fuel management. I think I finally got extremely annoyed when i realised i couldn't even skip the refueling i had to banter with the guy at the fuel pump. Suddenly the 10 minute time limit to get to the mission started to feel too long.

There are some interesting additions though i mean i did like the idea you could dress yourself very differently. The gun shop clerk getting pissy as soon as you looked at your guns was a nice touch, rather then calling the cops immediately. On the other side of things i thought the duck and cover system was nice, but i did think there was a lot of frame rate dropping and reflections looked horrific. Nowhere near as bad as in GTA4, but really why even bother putting in mirrors if your gonna make things look that bad i thought MGS1 did a perfectly good job of mirrors as did MGS2, not sure why things go so horrible this gen.

I actually had a quick go on SR2 again today and completely realised just how amazing that game is.

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but i did think there was a lot of frame rate dropping and reflections looked horrific. Nowhere near as bad as in GTA4, but really why even bother putting in mirrors if your gonna make things look that bad i thought MGS1 did a perfectly good job of mirrors as did MGS2, not sure why things go so horrible this gen.

I had no frame rate issues on the 360 demo, and the reflections were fine. Is Mafia 2 another dodgy PS3 port a la Bayonetta?

Who developed and published Mafia?

Bonehead wrote:

Who developed and published Mafia?

Try Googling it, you lazy bum.

Kimarous wrote:

Bonehead wrote:

Who developed and published Mafia?

Try Googling it, you lazy bum.

Thanks for nothing suck