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Game data
Metacritic 77- Released
- 2010-08-24
- User rating
- 4.25 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
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, navigating an open world on foot or by vehicle. Gameplay combines shooting, driving, and limited melee combat, with a wanted system that escalates law enforcement response based on criminal activity. The game features era-appropriate vehicles, licensed period music across multiple radio stations, and a cover-based combat system.
- Released
- 2010
- Genres
- Shooter, Racing, Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- The Illusion Engine
- Developer
- 2K Czech, Massive Bear Studios
- Publisher
- 2K Games, Take-Two Interactive
Key facts
- Developer
- 2K Czech
- Publisher
- 2K
- Producer
- Lukáš Kuře
- Designers
- Pavel Brzák Josef Vašek Jiří Matouš Jiří Řezáč Daniel Vávra
- Programmers
- Laurent Gorga Michal Janáček Dan Doležel
- Artist
- Roman Hladík
- Writers
- Jack Scalici Daniel Vávra
- Composers
- Matúš Široký Adam Kuruc
- Series
- Mafia
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360 Mac OS X PlayStation 4 Xbox One
- Release
- 24 August 2010 PS3 , Windows , Xbox 360 NA : 24 August 2010 AU : 26 August 2010 EU : 27 August 2010 Mac OS X WW : 1 December 2011 Definitive Edition PS4 , Windows , Xbox One WW : 19 May 2020
- Genre
- Action-adventure
- Mode
- Single-player
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Encyclopedic overview
Mafia II is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by 2K Czech and published by 2K. It was released on 24 August 2010 for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. The game is a standalone sequel to 2002's Mafia, and the second installment in the Mafia series. Set within the fictional city of Empire Bay from 1945 to 1951, the story follows Vito Scaletta, a young Sicilian-American mobster and war veteran, who becomes caught in a power struggle among the city's Mafia crime families while attempting to pay back his father's debts and secure a better lifestyle.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. The player character's criminal activities may incite a response from law enforcement agencies, measured by a "wanted" system that governs the aggression of their response. Development began in 2003, soon after the release of the first Mafia game. Upon release, Mafia II received positive reviews, with praise particularly directed at its story, characters, and gameplay; however, the restrictive world design and lack of certain features present in other sandbox games were criticized.
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