Attention to detail, especially period detail, abounds in Mafia II, right down to the clothing on passers-by and the wartime posters on the walls. What we really need here are some Tommy guns, am I right?Īs Joe drove us away from the station, Empire Bay revealed itself as an attractive wintry cityscape.

It's February 1945, Empire Bay is snowbound, and Vito is met at the train station by Joe, a tubby hustler and Vito's old buddy, who later passes on his best pick-up lines in a way reminiscent of Roman, the cousin of Grand Theft Auto IV's Nico. We get introduced to Vito in Home Sweet Home, the game's opening chapter, in which he arrives back in Empire Bay for a month's leave after recovering from being wounded in battle. Vito is an Italian immigrant, a US soldier, and the only son of a deceased father who has left his mother and sister with debts they can't hope to repay. 2K Czech splits the action between two distinct periods: an icy winter in the mid-1940s set against a World War II backdrop and a brighter, more colourful summer in the mid-1950s as Vito Scaletta, the star of the show, rises through the ranks as a Mafioso. The game is set in Empire Bay, which, at 10 square miles in area, feels like a miniature New York. Mafia II comes from studio 2K Czech, formerly Illusion Softworks, which brought out the first Mafia game back in 2002. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

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