Mafia II
Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure game set in the fictional American city of Empire Bay between 1945 and 1951. Players control Vito Scaletta through a story-driven campaign involving organized crime…
Mafia II is an adventure developed by 2K Czech, released 24 August 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $5.24 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 16.1 hrs to finish.
What Mafia II is
Mafia II is an adventure game developed by 2K Czech and released in 2010. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on The Illusion Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1943, Sicilian immigrant Vito Scaletta is arrested during a robbery and chooses to enlist in the United States Army rather than serve prison time. After returning home on leave to Empire Bay in 1945, he reunites with childhood friend Joe Barbaro, who has become involved with the city's organized crime families. When Vito learns his late father left the family deeply in debt to a loan shark, he turns to the criminal underworld for work, taking on jobs with Joe and various mob contacts to settle what is owed. After a stint in prison, Vito emerges in 1951 and rises quickly through the ranks of the Falcone crime family alongside Joe, securing the lifestyle he has always wanted. But as…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Mafia II holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 1,267 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 16.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 51 hrs, roughly 3.2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $5.24, that works out to about $0.33 per hour of the main story, or $0.10 per hour if you finish everything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $5.24 at Fanatical, 83% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Mafia II launched on 24 August 2010, within three weeks of Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mafia II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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