Mafia 2

 

Introduction:

            Mafia 2 was released in August 2010. 2K Czech developed this Action-adventure game. As well as this game was published by 2K Games. This is the second game of the Mafia series. Mafia II is an open-world game and played from a third-person perspective. Lukas Kure is the producer of this game and this story was written by Jack Scalici and Daniel Vavra. It has a single-player option and it was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360.

            However, the game also received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise focusing specifically on its story, characters and gameplay. But the restrictive world design and lack of certain features present in other sandbox games also were criticized by the audience.

            This game was also remastered by D3T and it was released in May 2020 by 2K Games. It was able to receive some positive reviews. But there were bugs in some places. 

Story:

            The main character here is Vito Scaletta. In 1932, he and his family move to Empire Bay in the USA to find a job for his father. After his father died there, he and his family face big trouble. This time Vito meets a thug named Joe Barbaro. Vito joins him in various robberies where the two become good friends. In 1943, Vito is caught by the police during a robbery. There he has to join the army. Vito, who was wounded in the war, returns to Empire Bay for a month's leave after receiving treatment at the Army Hospital. There he meets his old friend Joe Barbaro. Joe makes some fake certificates showing that Vito was completely released from the army. So that Vito does not want to go back to the army.

            At this time, Empire Bay was divided into four major mafia gangs. They are the Clemente crime family led by Alberto Clemente, the Falcone crime family led by Carlo Falcone, the Vinci crime family led by Frank Vinci and the Empire Bay Triad. All of these American mafia gangs were controlled by a group of individuals called the Commission. They were the top leaders of the mafia gangs.

            Upon returning home, Vito learns that his family was suffering from not being able to repay the $2000 his father borrowed from a mafia Commissioner named Bruno Levine. So Vito goes to his father's worked Derek Pappalardo to find a job. He worked with the Vinci crime family. Vito was able to earn very little money from the job offered by Derek. So Vito decides to tell Joe about this problem. There Joe introduces him to Henry Tomasina of the Clemente crime family. While they are working for the Clemente family, Vito and Joe plan to rob a jewelry store under the direction of its member Luca Gurino. During the robbery, Brian O'Neill's gang also comes to rob the store. At this time the police arrive and Vito and Joe manage to escape, but Brian O’Neill is caught by the police. Vito and Joe's next mission is to assassinate a businessman named Sidney Pen who previously worked for the Clemente family. Upon successful completion of this task, Vito receives the expected $2000. After that, Vito is able to pay off family debts from that money.

            Meanwhile, the police arrest Vito for the crimes committed by him. This information is provided by Richie Mazzeo who worked as a spy in the Clemente family. Upon learning of this, Joe kills Richie. However, he has to face up to 10 years in prison for his crimes. Angered by this, Joe threatens Luca Gurino. Because of this, although Luca Gurino plans to kill Joe, Henry is able to inform about this plan to Joe. Then Joe Barbaro decides to escape from Empire Bay city.

            In prison, Vito meets one of his old enemy, Brian O’Neill. He threatens Vito. Because of the incident in the jewelry store. He threatens to kill Vito because of what happened at the jewelry store. Here, Vito meets Leo Galante, the mentor of the Vinci crime family. He is a talented boxer and he teaches Vito about boxing as well as the power of the mafia. After that, Brian O’Neill is killed in the prison by Vito. 

            Joe returns to Empire Bay in 1950. Later, he befriends Eddie Scarpa of the Falcone crime family and tries to join the Falcone crime family. Vito is released from prison in 1951 and after that, joins with Joe and Eddie. His first task there is to kill Luca Gurino. After that, Vito is introduced to Carlo Falcone who is the leader of the Falcone crime family. After that, Vito and Joe have to assassinate Alberto Clemente, the leader of the Clemente crime family and they both manage to complete it successfully. Meanwhile, Carlo Falcone wants to kill Leo Galante who is the mentor of the Vinci crime family. But because Leo helped Vito in prison, Vito helps him to get out of town safely. 

            Meanwhile, Henry, Vito and Joe plan a large-scale drug deal. That is to give the Empire Bay Triad a stock of drugs. They borrow money from a mafia Commissioner named Bruno Levine for this drug deal. After they buy the required drugs, they inform the Empire Bay Triad about that. But the Empire Bay Triad kills Henry Tomasina without paying and gets all of the drugs. Angered by this, Vito and Joe start a war against the Empire Bay Triad. They are also looking for a way to repay the money of Bruno Levine. Meanwhile, they hear that the Salieri family in Lost Heaven are looking for someone to kill a man living in Empire Bay. Vito and Joe accept this Salieri family contract. They are trying to assassinate Tommy Angelo (The main character of Mafia 1), who provided the evidence needed to imprison Don Salieri. There, Vito and Joe are able to fulfill the target. After finding some money from that contract, Vito goes to Derek Pappalardo to find the balance. There Vito learns that his father was killed by Derek Pappalardo. Infuriated, Vito kills Derek, steals his money and pays Bruno Levine's debts.

            During this time, Leo Galante returns to Empire Bay and he also currently joined with the Commission. He tells Vito and Joe to kill Carlo Falcone who is the leader of the Falcone crime family. After that task, the Commission decides to separate Vito and Joe. So in the end, Leo Galante takes Vito out of Empire Bay and takes Joe in another direction.

Minimum System Requirements:

• CPU                         - Intel Pentium D @ 3GH_Z / AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (Dual core)
• RAM                        - 1.5GB
• Video Memory      - 256MB
• OS                           - Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 / later) / Vista / 7 / 10
• Hard Drive Space - 8GB