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I keep coming back to how GOOD the period atmosphere feels, the cars, the radio, all of it, even if the open world itself barely gives you anything to do…
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Mafia II
2010 · TPS, Action-adventure, Racing, Sandbox · PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 · 2K Games
Mafia II is ranked no. 312 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,758 and 62% of duels won.
World rank
no. 312
ELO score
1,758
Wins
62%
Duels played
655
About Mafia II
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.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,758 ELO points over the last 123 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Grand Theft Auto V 23% 31 duels played · 70 points behind
- against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 33% 15 duels played · 154 points behind
- against Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 40% 15 duels played · 6 points ahead
- against Grand Theft Auto III 11% 9 duels played · 33 points behind
- against Grand Theft Auto IV 75% 8 duels played · 30 points behind
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41 comments
rowe_trystan
I keep coming back to how GOOD the period atmosphere feels, the cars, the radio, all of it, even if the open world itself barely gives you anything to do outside missions, which is kind of a shame honestly.
CritWolf
L'atmosphère de l'époque, ça compense vraiment le manque d'activités pour toi ?
Phyllis_73
La atmosphere carries a lot here, sure, but is that enough when the map itself barely has content?
RetroSniper1988
Man, I remember getting this right when it came out and just cruising around listening to the radio for hours.
bdickinson
Say what you want about the empty world, I still think about Vito's story more than most GTA plots combined.
Pacheco72
¿pero de verdad crees que su historia supera a todas las de GTA juntas o es la nostalgia hablando?
QuestRex5
Why does everyone judge this against GTA when the whole point was never to copy that formula in the first place?
LootFox
¿Alguien más siente que la ciudad está ahí solo para verse bonita? Porque a mí me costó encontrar una razón para explorarla fuera de las misiones. Comparado con lo que ofrecen los GTA de la lista, aquí casi todo lo demás es decoración sin vida.
ArcadeMaster
Al final el debate siempre vuelve a lo mismo, comparar mundos y no lo que cada uno propone.
FrameKid
Replying to ArcadeMaster
al final siempre se repite lo mismo en cada hilo, comparar mapas en vez de hablar de lo que cada uno hace bien