For example, if the player is riding in a car and a cutscene starts, the player will be driving the same car with the same condition (damaged or intact) and will be wearing the same clothes. The game's cutscenes are created by the game engine in real-time. This feature provides tactical support against enemies and has become a crucial technique of the genre. New controls include a cover system that allows the player to take cover behind objects and shoot enemies, rather than just entering an arbitrary crouch pose behind them as in the first game. A map is included as in the original Mafia game, but the checkpoint system has been completely overhauled. Interacting with objects in the environment involves two action buttons: a standard action and a 'violent' action, used in context-sensitive situations for example, when stealing a car, the player may choose to either pick its lock or break the window glass.

New World War II–era weapons, such the MG 42 and the Beretta Model 38, also appear in the game. Many firearms from the previous game return, such as the Thompson submachine gun and Colt 1911, as well as a pump-action shotgun. For example, during the early chapters in winter, vehicles are more likely to slip on the road due to the ice. Depending on the weather during the course of the game, vehicles handle differently. There are 50 era-accurate vehicles in the game as well as licensed music. The core gameplay revolves around shooting and driving a limited melee combat system is also included, which combines punching and dodging.

Most of the game is set in the fictional city of Empire Bay, based on New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and Detroit, during the mid-1940s and early 1950s. Mafia II is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. Police awareness in the game works in a similar manner as with the previous game, although the player now has the option to bribe officers after committing an offense. Gameplay Vito engaging in a gunfight with the authorities. This Definitive Edition was later bundled in the Mafia: Trilogy, released on 25 September 2020. To coincide with the remake of the first game of the series, Mafia II: Definitive Edition, a remastered version of the game developed by D3T, was released by 2K Games on, to mixed critical reception. A sequel, Mafia III, developed by 2K Czech's successor Hangar 13, was published in October 2016. Upon release, Mafia II received positive reviews, with praise particularly directed at its story, characters, and gameplay however, the restrictive world design and lack of certain features present in other sandbox games were criticized.Ī version of the game including all previously released downloadable content, entitled Mafia II: Director's Cut, was released by Feral Interactive in December 2011.

Development began in 2003, soon after the release of the first Mafia game. The player character's criminal activities may incite a response from law enforcement agencies, measured by a ' wanted' system that governs the aggression of their response. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Set within the fictional city of Empire Bay from 1945 to 1951, the story follows Vito Scaletta, a young Sicilian-American mobster and war veteran, who becomes caught in a power struggle among the city's Mafia crime families while attempting to pay back his father's debts and secure a better lifestyle. The game is a standalone sequel to 2002's Mafia, and the second installment in the Mafia series. It was released on 24 August 2010 for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. Mafia II is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by 2K Czech and published by 2K.

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