Did Zynga`s game from Facebook, “Mafia Wars”, tempt you to become a person outside the law?! Well, you should continue your passion for action with something really dark and bloody, “Mafia II ”, freshly released on games market.
The simple named “Mafia” game is the father of every little game based on street fighting and struggle for supremacy. If you have the curiosity to follow all the links, that appear while typing this tag, you will see that there hundreds of bloody games, supposing related with the old Mafia of New-York. In “Mafia”, the legends are brought again to life and this, respecting a loyal adequacy to the historical background. You will see old but powerful hunting guns, little but speedy cars of 1930s and a lot of ambitious gangsters willing to conquer more and more power. Even the soundtrack, that spins on the official site, is strange, powerful, tense and inciting to more action.
“Mafia II” starts with a first chapter, called suggestively, “The tools of the trade”. You will meet all the characters involved, between smokes of cigarettes or street fights. Expect yourself that your gun runs out of bullets in a minute. You will have to watch your back, no matter if you are in your den or the streets, danger is everywhere and probably that`s the feature that makes this game so attractive despite time and vogues in gaming.
One feature, that really made me wonder, is the realistic creation of characters. Starting with their retro clothing and ending with their soft gestures, you have in front of you a very touching picture of what that age meant into the history of an American metropolis.
Cars will blow, either it`s summer or winter, gangsters undercover (for example as maritime workers) will make you wake up, bloody deaths will make you search for revenge and so to become a true Mafia member.
This game has to be taken away from children, it contains nudity, sexual content, marks of drugs and alcohol, besides the classical bloody and intense violence, that a similar game could contain. “Mafia II” is meant to bring more profit than the first version, which managed to convince more than 2 millions of gamers, that`s the best game ever about Mafia stuff. If you are looking for “Mafia II”, you will have to wait until August 24, for its official release, until then some trailers will satisfy your need of street fighting. Participate to the contest available on the site and you might win a promotional gift.
If you use a Playstation 3, you can consider yourself luckier that the other gamers: 2k Games, the producers of “Mafia II” offer you exclusively a downloadable content, “The betrayal of Jimmy”. What can I say in the end of the article: may the Sky or your gun protect your life either in front of the Mafia or inside the “family”!
