Amazing game

User Rating: 8.5 | Mafia II PC
So far, its been an amazing ride through Mafia II. Graphically, the game looks amazing, there some slight slowdown at times, but all in all, not bad for my mid range machine (e7500 4 gb ram, radeon 4760 1gb win 7 64). Empire City looks alot like a 1950's version of New York, just without the Empire State Building. Cars leave trails of snow while driving, people look realistic, as do the buildings.

The cover system for shooting is almost perfect pop into cover with a button, pop out from a button, its borrowed from a few games, but feels polished. There is damage modeling, so head shot kills are instant, and guns feel satisfying to shoot. The melee combat could have used a bit more polish though, not much, just easier timing for the combos.

The main story is great so far, up for chapter 4, but outside of that, not much content exists. There's phone booth's spread all across the city, but for now, there are just filler. You can purchase new clothes, use gas stations, but you have to steal all your cars,which can be tricky at times. 2K was planning DLC cars, but canned the feature. Hopefully we'll get some DLC content soon.

All in all, fantastic game so far, cant wait to see what happens next.