Mafia II Message Board  

I played the game on PS3 I got stuck near what I think is the end of the game because the game keeps freezing, but yeah this game clearly had a lot of potential yet didn't deliver on it. I get the sense this was going to originally be more like the GTA series in terms of it having side missions and making use of the open environment. As it is, it seems there wasn't a point to making an open environment since there is nothing significant to do in it. It seems like it's just there to create the illusion of things not being so linear or controlled. Overall it's too short and could stand to have its cover, aiming, and hand to hand mechanics enhanced. It was still worth the rent though.

i blame the game reviewers, at least for part of the game turning out the way it did, the developers are at fault too, but these reviewers like ign, gamespot, pcgamer and the like, they review so many games they essentialy standardize their reviews down five or six key points, they may elaborate in their written review, higling some highs and lows, but they don't get into the meat of the game, finding all the wanted posters, getting the playboys, etc... The developers don't seem to listen or maybe they don't here it, but they should be listening to critiques in previews and beta tests about complaints they could improve upon, and sure, you can't please everyone, as the old song goes, but they could certainly try harder.