Mafia 2

Puslisher: Take Two

From our Mafia 2 review:
There’s a lot to like in Mafia 2; the (gun) combat is excellent, the music slick, the graphics lush. Even the script, which we’ve already labelled as rambling on like a excited Ross Noble, is still worth sitting through if you’re patient enough. Mafia 2 is occasionally more of a film than a game, but at least it’s a pretty good film.

The Wanted system too is worthy of praise, allowing the cops to chase you based on what they know; if you run over someone then your car will be wanted, forcing you to either ditch it for a new model or get it repainted. If they see you commit a crime then they’ll take your description, forcing you to change clothes. It’s inventive and occasionally a pain in the ass, but makes for some suitably desperate pursuits.

Developer 2K Games played it safe with Mafia 2 and despite investing in a completely new engine only made it DirectX 9c with bells and whistles like PhysX and Ambient Occlusion thrown in on top.

We tested the game at its High Settings, with anti-aliasing off, ambient occlusion on and APEX PhysX set to Medium.


See Page 8 for Overclocking Analysis.