Questions for 2K_Jack

[2K_Jack]

No, Wait, I think there is going to be christmas or atleast christmas songs in Mafia II.

I just remembered that all the way back at GDC 2010, IGN writed up a lovely preview, In that preview they said this...



Let It Snow - Is a christmas song, So that means that christmas is in Mafia II? :D

Source : http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/107/1076189p1.html

By the time you guys are done speculating, you're going to ruin any chance of being pleasantly surprised when you play the game :)

[Thymen Molizzo]

:p
I love how Jack basicly confirms things, while telling us we're ruining our own surprises.

[Vito Scaletta]

By the time you guys are done speculating, you're going to ruin any chance of being pleasantly surprised when you play the game :)

I completely agree.

[2K_Jack]

Well thanks 2K_Jack for the reply about the demo. i kind of figured that nowadays they got to do there usual promoting crap *roles eyes* ;) ... to bad it was not like the old days where a demo just came online without any BS dragged along with it.

but anyways i got another question but it might not be your area of expertise but i figure it's worth a shot to ask in here (since i need to get 100percent confirmation :) ) and that is...

the 'minimum system requirements' say 'Geforce 8600'. my graphics card is a Geforce 7900GT. but the thing is, doing a quick search on Google and the general consensus seems to be that my card is faster than a Geforce 8600GT but slightly slower than a Geforce 8600GTS. so i should be able to play the game then, right? ... or is there some sort of feature the game uses on the 8xxx series graphics cards that mine does not have.

Thanks for your time.

I honestly don't know much about the minimum specs. Being an oldschool PC gamer myself, I recommend you upgrade your system if you can afford to do so. That's what I do whenever a new game comes along that looks amazing and is really going to tax my system.

[2K_Jack]

That I do. But don't get me wrong it looks really good but when that car crashes roof first against the wall (1:35), nothing happens to the roof at all. The roof is saying to us "You want me to show damage? I'm sorry I'm not dynamic" and all we can do is :( .

I will make sure to add dynamic roof damage to the feature wishlist of the next game.

[Vito Scaletta]

I will make sure to add dynamic roof damage to the feature wishlist of the next game.

2K Czech should have payed attention to us originally, By using the exact same damage engine from Mafia I on PC. All Mafia I fans that played the PC original loved it. When Denby said that it was location based, Everybody here was crushed. All 2K Czech could have done was keep the same scripts, No need for extra works. Just keep the old crash scripts, And everyone would be alot happier, Sadly though it's location based, Wich means more along the lines of " GTA STYLE " crash physics.

Everyone on this forum feared what 2K Czech was gonna do with the damage, And our nightmare became reality by 2K Czech using fake damage.

From what I know all the way back to a year ago, People on here wanted the dynamic engine.

The dynamic wrecks should have been in Mafia II.

[Carfax]

I honestly don't know much about the minimum specs. Being an oldschool PC gamer myself, I recommend you upgrade your system if you can afford to do so. That's what I do whenever a new game comes along that looks amazing and is really going to tax my system.

I'm a PC gamer myself, and my rig should be capable of playing this game without any problems at maxed out settings.

The only thing that gives me pause, is the recommended PhysX card for high Apex. A GTX 285?! :eek:

That has to be an over estimation, much like the 8GB of memory was with Metro 2033.. I have a GTS 250 for PhysX, and I can't see how the game could need more than that.

[Fugue]

Everyone on this forum feared what 2K Czech was gonna do with the damage, And our nightmare became reality by 2K Czech using fake damage.

I'm not everyone :p

did someone elect you forum spokesman? :o

take a baseball bat to a car in Mafia 1, there's really nothing that good about it, watch the sector car video, there's nothing wrong with the damage.

[2K_Jack]

ay J
can u casualy meet up with people like in gta. for example when niko calls roman and they have a drink and so on?

No. Mafia II is focused on story-driven action. All of the meet-ups and drinks happen in the cutscenes that move the story forward.

[2K_Jack]

Why there is no exact date leave a demo?
Productivity of a demo will differ from productivity of full game?

I can't give you a date because I don't know it. "August" is all we have right now.

[2K_Jack]

Hey Jack, I wanted to ask. What is your favourite platform to game Mafia 2 on? PC or console (in case its console you dont have to say which one, in order to prevent fanboy flame war lol)

I mean obviously there are the positives of having enhanced physics and graphics when it comes to the PC. But maybe you find it more satisfying to drive cars using a controller etc?
What is your preferance? Just curious :)

I prefer to play the game on a ridiculously fast PC, on a huge screen, with the Xbox 360 controller. Keyboard and mouse isn't my style when it comes to 3rd-person action games or driving games.

[Vito Scaletta]

I'm not everyone :p

did someone elect you forum spokesman? :o

take a baseball bat to a car in Mafia 1, there's really nothing that good about it, watch the sector car video, there's nothing wrong with the damage.

Lol, Actually it depends on your settings when you hit a car in Mafia I on the PC, Here is differences...

If you want to change the damage sensitivity do this...

Menu > Options > Controls > Other - And then set the " FeedBack " to high by filling all the boxes below in red, And when you hit something or hit a baseball bat at the car, It will get 10x more damage cause the car is more sensitive to the environment, Also if your Mafia I has Patch 1.3 you won't have scratches, But if you have version 1.0 then scratches are on the cars when in crashes or baseball bats hit the car.

[Vito Scaletta]

I prefer to play the game on a ridiculously fast PC, on a huge screen, with the Xbox 360 controller. Keyboard and mouse isn't my style when it comes to 3rd-person action games or driving games.

I agree, PC gaming is the best, You get pure 1080p HD and way better graphics. Consoles have compressed visuals, And have terrible Draw Distance's.

PC is the best for gaming.

[Ljud]

"pure 1080p HD" lol. You get a lot more than just 1080p.

[Fugue]

Lol, Actually it depends on your settings when you hit a car in Mafia I on the PC, Here is differences...

If you want to change the damage sensitivity do this...

Menu > Options > Controls > Other - And then set the " FeedBack " to high by filling all the boxes below in red, And when you hit something or hit a baseball bat at the car, It will get 10x more damage cause the car is more sensitive to the environment, Also if your Mafia I has Patch 1.3 you won't have scratches, But if you have version 1.0 then scratches are on the cars when in crashes or baseball bats hit the car.

collisions is maxed by default, it still doesn't look good, ok it was 2002 but it's very basic, take a baseball bat to any area of any car and it's hardly "advanced" I don't really know why anyone raves about it, keep hitting the same panel more than a few times and see what happens....

[ThatBadAssMofo]

I will make sure to add dynamic roof damage to the feature wishlist of the next game.

Really? Just for little old me? :D


... Or are you just messin' with me? To shut me up :p

[Fugue]

it did look like it was missing [sarcasm] tags ;)

[ThatBadAssMofo]

2K Czech should have payed attention to us originally, By using the exact same damage engine from Mafia I on PC. All Mafia I fans that played the PC original loved it. When Denby said that it was location based, Everybody here was crushed. All 2K Czech could have done was keep the same scripts, No need for extra works. Just keep the old crash scripts, And everyone would be alot happier, Sadly though it's location based, Wich means more along the lines of " GTA STYLE " crash physics.

Everyone on this forum feared what 2K Czech was gonna do with the damage, And our nightmare became reality by 2K Czech using fake damage.

From what I know all the way back to a year ago, People on here wanted the dynamic engine.

The dynamic wrecks should have been in Mafia II.

But GTA4's damage is dynamic :confused:

Heres some guy smashing up a Lambo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS1igURneUo (and yes theres roof damage :p )

[Fugue]

yes but it's "GTA STYLE"

that doesn't count, have you got an example from another game? ;)

[ThatBadAssMofo]

yes but it's "GTA STYLE"

that doesn't count, have you got an example from another game? ;)

Does Rigs of Rods count? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isLfcaMpl8g

[Vito Scaletta]

But GTA4's damage is dynamic :confused:

Heres some guy smashing up a Lambo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS1igURneUo (and yes theres roof damage :p )

I meant, GTA III, GTA VC, GTA SA.

GTAIV went dynamic, But it's not as good as Mafia I's car damage.

[Vito Scaletta]

collisions is maxed by default, it still doesn't look good, ok it was 2002 but it's very basic, take a baseball bat to any area of any car and it's hardly "advanced" I don't really know why anyone raves about it, keep hitting the same panel more than a few times and see what happens....

I am not sure by what you mean, I think you have a total different version, Btw you are the first person I have ever met in the past 8 years that said the damage was bad. In Mafia II when you hit the car with a bat, I bet there is no damage caused, I bet it's a scratch, Or maybe nothing at all. In my version of Mafia I on the PC, I will smack my car with the bat, Windows will bash out, And dents are made and scratches are all over the place.

I'm not sure what kind of Mafia I your playing but my damage is insane.

[ThatBadAssMofo]

I meant, GTA III, GTA VC, GTA SA.

GTAIV went dynamic, But it's not as good as Mafia I's car damage.
:confused:

What? Mafia I came out in 2002 and GTA4 in 2008 of course GTA4's damage is better.

[andrew.]

can you skip cutscenes? not that i plan on doing that my first playthrough but say im on my 5th replay and just want to get to the mission.

[Muffin]

I guess you can... but in Mafia I when you lost you started from the cutscene, I hope that in Mafia II you (re)start in the actual gameplay...

[ME!]

I was thinkin more of pausing or even playback on the cutsence.?

[Muffin]

Never played the game so... dunno

[Fugue]

I am not sure by what you mean, I think you have a total different version, Btw you are the first person I have ever met in the past 8 years that said the damage was bad. In Mafia II when you hit the car with a bat, I bet there is no damage caused, I bet it's a scratch, Or maybe nothing at all. In my version of Mafia I on the PC, I will smack my car with the bat, Windows will bash out, And dents are made and scratches are all over the place.

I'm not sure what kind of Mafia I your playing but my damage is insane.

yes it's insane, it's insane that you can easily deform strong door pillars with a baseball bat :o

it's not bad, for the time, it's not that good either, the idea that you can lift the damage from Mafia 1 and paste it into a game made 8 years later is absurd, and I can't imagine anything worse.


can you skip cutscenes? not that i plan on doing that my first playthrough but say im on my 5th replay and just want to get to the mission.

although I hope you can, playing Mafia 1 without them really isn't the same, they're so well crafted, I still never skip them :)

[King123]

Hope it has checkpoints, pshh saints row no matter how far you was in the mission if you die or fail the mission you start allllllllllll the way from the begining

[Vito Scaletta]

:confused:

What? Mafia I came out in 2002 and GTA4 in 2008 of course GTA4's damage is better.

Actually, Your wrong no offense.


Here is a list of Mafia I damage features...

1. Dynamic scratches - GTAIV does not have that, It has Pre-Placed scratches

2. Doors do not fly off or hood or trunk - GTAIV does have that

3. Bumpers and headlamps will fall off if you get into a big enough wreck - GTAIV does not have that.

4. In Mafia I if you get into a big enough wreck, And depending on where the wreck happened, The wheel on the axel will wobble, If you continue to wreck the wheel will fall off, And this of course leads into the inability to drive. - GTAIV has none of that.

5. You can damage the axels, You can affect the whole way the car reacts by damaging the chassy.

6. If you shoot the gas tank fuel will run out - GTA IV does not have that

7. Bullet holes on cars - GTA IV does have that

8. Tires can get flat - GTA IV does have that

9. If you hit a car with a bat it will damage and scratch - GTA IV does not have that.

Out of 9 Damage features from Mafia I, GTA IV only has 3 of those.

[Vito Scaletta]

yes it's insane, it's insane that you can easily deform strong door pillars with a baseball bat :o

Your right, The reason why you could mess up pillars was because the cars are low poly, With Mafia II cars the damage would be insane, Cause the cars are way higher in polygons, And they could make the damage stronger. You have to realize that back in 2002 those cars were extremely low poly, But the best in it's time of course. If the polygons were higher, Then you couldn't smash down pillars.

[ThatBadAssMofo]

Actually, Your wrong no offense.


Here is a list of Mafia I damage features...

1. Dynamic scratches - GTAIV does not have that

2. Doors do not fly off or hood or trunk - GTAIV does have that

3. Bumpers and headlamps will fall off if you get into a big enough wreck - GTAIV does not have that.

4. In Mafia I if you get into a big enough wreck, And depending on where the wreck happened, The wheel on the axel will wobble, If you continue to wreck the wheel will fall off, And this of course leads into the inability to drive. - GTAIV has none of that.

5. You can damage the axels, You can affect the whole way the car reacts by damaging the chassy.

6. If you shoot the gas tank fuel will run out - GTA IV does not have that

7. Bullet holes on cars - GTA IV does have that

8. Tires can get flat - GTA IV does have that

9. If you hit a car with a bat it will damage and scratch - GTA IV does not have that.

I've been noticing in your posts your really have something against GTA4...have you ever played it?

1. Yes there are dynamic scratches
2. Yes doors, hoods and trunks fly off
3. Yes bumbers and lights will fall off
4. I've never come across a wheel falling off but a car will stop driving if the wheel can't spin
5. Yes there is axel damage
6. This one you are correct. But if you shoot the fuel tank the car will blow up.
7. Yes there are bullet holes on cars...did you watch the video I posted earlier?
8. Yes tires get flat
9. Yes if you hit a car with a bat the car will get damaged.

[Vito Scaletta]

I've been noticing in your posts your really have something against GTA4...have you ever played it?

1. Yes there are dynamic scratches
2. Yes doors, hoods and trunks fly off
3. Yes bumbers and lights will fall off
4. I've never come across a wheel falling off but a car will stop driving if the wheel can't spin
5. Yes there is axel damage
6. This one you are correct.
7. Yes there are bullet holes on cars...did you watch the video I posted earlier?
8. Yes tires get flat
9. Yes if you hit a car with a bat the car will get damaged.

You need to do what I listed in GTAIV, And yes I have played GTAIV many times.

I don't make lists like that for fun, That list is factual, Believe it or not.

Bumpers don't fall off or anything. Only thing that happens is the lights can blow out, In fact since you say bumpers fall off, Show me a video of a car in GTAIV without a front bumper or a rear bumper, While your at it show me a car in GTAIV that has a wheel off.

And yes, A wheel does lock on the axel, But it does not affect the driving, It just makes the car slower. There is no real chassy damage.

[McGee]

I don't know why people are so obsessed with Mafia 2 damage. It's great if you ask me, but it was announced since day 1 that the damage will be scripted, so have no idea why people are looking for dynamic damage.

[ThatBadAssMofo]

You need to do what I listed in GTAIV, And yes I have played GTAIV many times.

I don't make lists like that for fun, That list is factual, Believe it or not.

Bumpers don't fall off or anything. Only thing that happens is the lights can blow out, In fact since you say bumpers fall off, Show me a video of a car in GTAIV without a front bumper or a rear bumper, While your at it show me a car in GTAIV that has a wheel off.

*sigh* alright by the way I said I never seen a car with the wheel off.

[Vito Scaletta]

*sigh* alright by the way I said I never seen a car with the wheel off.

I don't want to argue, And I do like GTA IV, It's a good game for what it is, It has a very detailed city, Alot of realism is in GTAIV's city. But the gameplay is very clunky. Cars are terrible to drive, Combat is beyond bad. But the city is nice. And the storyline is terrible, In comparison to Mafia I.

[I Mafiusi di la Vicaria]

I've been noticing in your posts your really have something against GTA4...have you ever played it?

1. Yes there are dynamic scratches
2. Yes doors, hoods and trunks fly off
3. Yes bumbers and lights will fall off
4. I've never come across a wheel falling off but a car will stop driving if the wheel can't spin
5. Yes there is axel damage
6. This one you are correct. But if you shoot the fuel tank the car will blow up.
7. Yes there are bullet holes on cars...did you watch the video I posted earlier?
8. Yes tires get flat
9. Yes if you hit a car with a bat the car will get damaged.

5. no there is no axel damage
9.always the same damage
and there is one thing i hate so much
there always the same person

i dont now how this wil be in mafia 2

[ThatBadAssMofo]

I don't want to argue, And I do like GTA IV, It's a good game for what it is, It has a very detailed city, Alot of realism is in GTAIV's city. But the gameplay is very clunky. Cars are terrible to drive, Combat is beyond bad. But the city is nice. And the storyline is terrible, In comparison to Mafia I.

Im telling you your list is very, very wrong only one maybe two points are valid.

[Vito Scaletta]

I don't know why people are so obsessed with Mafia 2 damage. It's great if you ask me, but it was announced since day 1 that the damage will be scripted, so have no idea why people are looking for dynamic damage.

Well in all honesty, Location based damage is very Out-Dated. It's a real shame GTAIV move forward with dynamic damage, And Mafia II goes backwards. People say the damage is really good, But atm I have seen nothing about the damage in Mafia II that has impressed me yet.

[Fugue]

I don't know why people are so obsessed with Mafia 2 damage. It's great if you ask me, but it was announced since day 1 that the damage will be scripted, so have no idea why people are looking for dynamic damage.

yep, you can see it working in the sector vid where the dev keeps crashing into the wall, is nothing wrong with it.

I'm a huge fan of Mafia 1 but I also accept it's 8 years on and things have changed, a lot.

[Vito Scaletta]

Im telling you your list is very, very wrong only one maybe two points are valid.

Play GTA IV, And scratch cars up, Keep side swiping people in traffic.

Get out of the car, And look at the scratches, Get in another car in traffic that is just like your original scratched car on the side, And side scrape people, You will see the exact same scratch marks. And in the exact same positions.

[Vito Scaletta]

yep, you can see it working in the sector vid where the dev keeps crashing into the wall, is nothing wrong with it.

I'm a huge fan of Mafia 1 but I also accept it's 8 years on and things have changed, a lot.

I forgot about that vid, It had some really nice damage.

I guess I do like the damage in Mafia II. :)

[McGee]

I forgot about that vid, It had some really nice damage.

I guess I do like the damage in Mafia II. :)

Wow you are truly bipolar...:rolleyes:

[Vito Scaletta]

Wow you are truly bipolar...:rolleyes:

Lol, Well when I was talking on here, I was thinking about the video that spurred on the convo of car damage in Mafia II. And that was the police car that went in the air.

I had forgotten, About the nice damage in the dev video's.

[ThatBadAssMofo]

5. no there is no axel damage
9.always the same damage
and there is one thing i hate so much
there always the same person

i dont now how this wil be in mafia 2
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm_wJB4i59U&feature=related Back axel is preventing car from driving normally
9. Yes always the same damage...if you hit the same spot ;)
Ya I didn't like that either there wasn't much variety in the NPCs, but they were wearing different clothes and do many different activities, I guess that count for something.


Play GTA IV, And scratch cars up, Keep side swiping people in traffic.

Get out of the car, And look at the scratches, Get in another car in traffic that is just like your original scratched car on the side, And side scrape people, You will see the exact same scratch marks. And in the exact same positions.

Well if you scratch the cars in the same spot...wouldn't the scratches be in the same spot?

[Vito Scaletta]

To - ThatBadAssMofo

I am not sure what your experiences are in GTA IV, But from what I have listed I have spent many hours smashing cars in GTA IV, Testing it in comparison to Mafia I on the PC. And that list is what I had found.

It's my opinion is all, We're all friends here, No need to argue.

[McGee]

Umm guys maybe we should remember this thread is dedicated to Jack and asking him questions, rather than our own mini topics. ;)

[Fugue]

I really need a drink :o

[Vito Scaletta]

Umm guys maybe we should remember this thread is dedicated to Jack and asking him questions, rather than our own mini topics. ;)

Agreed.

It's nice that Jack is still on here, Denby left 3-4 days ago.

Thanks Jack for staying on the forum with us, And apologies for starting this irrelevant topic in the thread.

[ThatBadAssMofo]

To - ThatBadAssMofo

I am not sure what your experiences are in GTA IV, But from what I have listed I have spent many hours smashing cars in GTA IV, Testing it in comparison to Mafia I on the PC. And that list is what I had found.

It's my opinion is all, We're all friends here, No need to argue. Are you playing on extra-quadrouple low or something? ;)

And American is right lets get back on topic.

[Onionbelt]

I'm really surprised some people care so much about the car damage. All I want is for my car to look banged up when I crash. mafia 2 does a mighty fine job of this.


Anyway, thanks for answering everyone's questions Jack. I appreciate the time and patience you've spent on us. I'm pretty much out of Mafia 2 questions and look forward to playing the game when it releases. But I did have a few off topic questions if you don't mind answering them.

-I see you still play a lot of videogames. Does working in the industry detract from your enjoyment of other games? Do you wish you could play Mafia 2 as a consumer knowing little about it?

-Many videogames have very bad stories. Some people have argued that videogames are not a good medium for storytelling because of their interactive nature. Since Mafia (& presumably Mafia 2) is considered one of the best stories in videogames I'm curious on your opinion(if you have one). Are videogames a good storytelling medium? Why are there so many bad stories in games?

Thanks for your time :)

[McGee]

Not sure if this was already asked Jack, but have a few questions for you as well...

1) Will Vito have a love interest in the game, similar to Sarah in Mafia 1?

2) Is the pacing of the story good (in your opinion)?

3) Will we see marketing increase, because there are still loads of gamers who still haven't heard of Mafia 2.

[Ljud]

Not sure if this was already asked Jack, but 2) Is the pacing of the story good (in your opinion)?

What do you expect he will say? From a guy that is working on a story. A creative director. Seriously.:rolleyes:

[floyd06]

Jack,

Is it true you can literally do missions in your underwear? I remember seeing a preview at one of the gaming conventions and the guy said you don't even have to get dressed of you don't want to. So basically I could get made in my underwear? :D :D

[andrew.]

Jack,

Is it true you can literally do missions in your underwear? I remember seeing a preview at one of the gaming conventions and the guy said you don't even have to get dressed of you don't want to. So basically I could get made in my underwear? :D :D

lol i hope so that would be fricken hilarious

[Don_Vito]

Floyd06 you might have read that wrong

[2K_Jack]

can you skip cutscenes? not that i plan on doing that my first playthrough but say im on my 5th replay and just want to get to the mission.

Yes, you can skip them if you want to.

[rimesire]

If you skip a side mission, does it have any effect on the main story overall?

also, is the demo that is being released in august timed, or was that just for E3 to get people moving

[Vito Scaletta]

I have a question, I am quite worried about this one...

Is there only 1 loading screen in Mafia II? Denby Grace said for a full year and even to the G4TV staff that Mafia II only has 1 loading screen, He said...



Once You Load In The Game, The Player Will Not See Any Loading Whatsoever

And in the latest E3 2010 demo, I saw that when Vito went to exit his house, Vito went to use the door he didn't stream from outisde and inside, It loaded of a somwhat black fade. And then dropped him outside the house, Instead of simply opening the door and walking outside.

Is there only 1 load in Mafia II? Or has that feature been removed?

To see what I mean watch this video...

E3 2010 Demo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Vp9MagRBA&hd=1 - Scroll to ( 0:45 )

[Don_Vito]

Wasn't that just on the PS3 verison

[Dsmooth16]

No it's the same on all platforms some doors you can walk right through,and this is not something to be worried about it only takes a sec to teleport outside

[McGee]

If you skip a side mission, does it have any effect on the main story overall?

also, is the demo that is being released in august timed, or was that just for E3 to get people moving

All the side missions are mandatory.

[ThatBadAssMofo]

This is an Xbox 360 question:

Will Mafia II play better (i.e faster loading) installed on the HDD or is it optimized for disc?

[Don_Vito]

No it's the same on all platforms some doors you can walk right through,and this is not something to be worried about it only takes a sec to teleport outside

okay but if you open a door inside a building you won't teleport will you ?

[McGee]

okay but if you open a door inside a building you won't teleport will you ?

This was done, because without teleporting, you'd have constant load screens like in GTA. This was done for a reason.

[Don_Vito]

This was done, because without teleporting, you'd have constant load screens like in GTA. This was done for a reason.

I understand the reason, and I guess it was a pointless question on my part considering in the videos and they won't change something like that, and Alex Cox did say the game is DONE (at least I think it was him)

[ThaCrip]

I honestly don't know much about the minimum specs. Being an oldschool PC gamer myself, I recommend you upgrade your system if you can afford to do so. That's what I do whenever a new game comes along that looks amazing and is really going to tax my system.

Well thanks for the reply and all but the main reason i asked is i was hoping to get confirmation that i at least meet minimum requirements and they are not really clear on what cards are needed. (because i am at the minimum requirements. it's just the graphics card is the only thing in question right now)

because right now, even though i obviously agree with you on upgrading, my financial situation basically means i won't be getting a new PC in the foreseeable future (i.e. no more upgrades).

so unless the 8600 card has a feature that Mafia II requires then i should be within minimum spec because of the general power of my graphics card lands between a 8600GT and 8600GTS like i was saying... i just wanted to get confirmation from someone who could do that for me ;) *hint hint*

so if you could get this info i would appreciate it. but if not, thanks anyways as i am sure your busy and we already appreciate your extended stay on the forums as Denby pulled a Houdini on us very quickly. ;) (but i guess he's forgiven because it sounds like he's very busy)

p.s. i PM'd "2K_Elizabeth" about it but so far no reply. i don't know if she's super busy or maybe gets spammed with to many PM's or what. but i had a legitimate question ;) (it was around July 9th when i sent the PM i believe and it's the 14th as i type this message. i figure if she don't reply in a little over a week then i probably ain't going to get anywhere there either)

[azzaulter]

Hi Jack. I have few questions..... So, can I carry/move bodies? Can I put Dead bodies into the luggage-rack?(suitcase). Of cource, storyline is good, but if I cannot move bodies - it is VERY bad

[andrew.]

Hi Jack. I have few questions..... So, can I carry/move bodies? Can I put Dead bodies into the luggage-rack?(suitcase). Of cource, storyline is good, but if I cannot move bodies - it is VERY bad

so does story, gameplay, graphics, etc. not matter as long as you can move bodies?

[Fugue]

I have a question, I am quite worried about this one...

Is there only 1 loading screen in Mafia II? Denby Grace said for a full year and even to the G4TV staff that Mafia II only has 1 loading screen, He said...



And in the latest E3 2010 demo, I saw that when Vito went to exit his house, Vito went to use the door he didn't stream from outisde and inside, It loaded of a somwhat black fade. And then dropped him outside the house, Instead of simply opening the door and walking outside.

Is there only 1 load in Mafia II? Or has that feature been removed?

To see what I mean watch this video...

E3 2010 Demo : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Vp9MagRBA&hd=1 - Scroll to ( 0:45 )

why on earth are you worried about that :eek:, if you blinked you would miss it, the screen goes black for a fraction of a second, there is no loading screen :o

[azzaulter]

So fellows, I'm from Russia, it is a little bit difficult to me to write, but I understand everything:) I want you to understand, that if we will have nothing to do in Free Ride, it will be bad. Jack said, that we would have something interesting. But in free play, I would like to hidden dead bodies in Vito's flat, in luggage-rack(it is a suitcase, yes?). I would like to ride Public Transport, Taxi... I want cops check my luggage-rack, if there are dead bodies or guns. I want REAL GAME with realistic world. I don't want ONLY story

[Fugue]

I would like to hidden dead bodies in Vito's flat, in luggage-rack(it is a suitcase, yes?). I would like to ride Public Transport, Taxi... I want cops check my luggage-rack, if there are dead bodies or guns. I want REAL GAME with realistic world. I don't want ONLY story

if you read through the whole of this thread you can't do any of those, hiding bodies is mission specific.

[azzaulter]

Then it is a game for 5 days... It will not be as good, as first Mafia. But I have a hope...

[McGee]

Then it is a game for 5 days... It will not be as good, as first Mafia. But I have a hope...

Why wouldn't it be better than Mafia 1? Considering Mafia 1 didn't have any of these features......:confused:

[Wiseguy88]

Heya!!

I've been sitting at work today and just reading through this whole thread and enjoying it very much. ;)
I'm very impressed and happy with Jack and all the other directors that actually take their time to talk with us here on a personal level about a series we all love. I never felt so "connected" to another gaming lable as I do with
2k. I really get the feeling that you care about us consumers more than any others out there. :)
I also never felt so excited about a game before, and your dedication to us is one of the many factors that I feel such exictment.
I'm planning on staying on this forum for a long time to discuss things about Mafia 2 and the projects to come in the future.

I don't have any questions really, I just felt like writing down my feelings for you and hopefully make you happy :p
I also gotta say I envy you Jack, working with games and working with a great title as Mafia 2 must be absolutely amazing. I wish I could do something like that in the future, I'm really into writing, acting and of course games and mob themes is something that's very close to my heart.

Thanks in advance for making this title happen and I appreciate, hopefully along with all the other mafia fans out there all the work you put in. :D

[Wiseguy88]

Heya!!

I've been sitting at work today and just reading through this whole thread and enjoying it very much. ;)
I'm very impressed and happy with Jack and all the other directors that actually take their time to talk with us here on a personal level about a series we all love. I never felt so "connected" to another gaming lable as I do with
2k. I really get the feeling that you care about us consumers more than any others out there. :)
I also never felt so excited about a game before, and your dedication to us is one of the many factors why I feel such excitment.
I'm planning on staying on this forum for a long time to discuss things about Mafia 2 and the projects to come in the future.

I don't have any questions really, I just felt like writing down my feelings for you and hopefully make you happy :p
I also gotta say I envy you Jack, working with games and working with a great title as Mafia 2 must be absolutely amazing. I wish I could do something like that in the future, I'm really into writing, acting and of course games and mob themes is something that's very close to my heart.

Thanks in advance for making this title happen and I appreciate, hopefully along with all the other mafia fans out there all the work you put in. :D

Sorry for posting two times, I messed something up! :D

Oh, come to think about it! If I may ask a question, what's you favourite moment from Mafia 1 !?

[onixer2010]

Hi Jack
Is it Mafia 2 on PC , support the steering wheel and pedals ?

[Meskis]

Jack, I appreaciate for your answer about clothes :)
What i know now, that i will love Mafia II, but i am just a bit curious about some things ;)
1. Or other road users will do a misconduct?
2. In gameplays and screenshots i saw one thing, that in snowy weather, on cars tyres there's no snow. Or maybe that was only in older game versions?

I was written question about fonts, but it is don't really matter :p

It is amazing to talk with game developer of brilliant game like Mafia 2. Thank you for answers :)

[Muffin]

Why wouldn't it be better than Mafia 1? Considering Mafia 1 didn't have any of these features......:confused:

Neither does Mafia II :(

[Muffin]

2. I saw, that some fonts changed, like in these pictures:
old http://mafia-daily.net/wp-content/gallery/gamescom-gameplay-caps/m2_gamescom_gameplay_145.jpg and new http://mafia-daily.net/wp-content/gallery/mafia-2-screenshots/e3screen1.jpg
I know that these pictures taken in different consoles and different versions of the game, but i like the old one. Which fonts are gonna be in final product?


Do the fonts really matter?

[Fugue]

Then it is a game for 5 days...

or 8 years, some things are just timeless, like Mafia :p

[Muffin]

6. If you shoot the gas tank fuel will run out - GTA IV does not have that



Or the car will blow up! :D (but I dunno if GTA IV has that)

[Meskis]

Do the fonts really matter?
For me, just a bit.

[Fugue]

fonts? seriously? :o

[Mafioso]

Hey Jack i wonder how much the main characters/Npc will talk, interact with you during the gameplay in Mafia 2?

For example in Alan wake the character only say their lines in the gameplay and then they stays quiet, even if you try to interact with them by pressing the buttons. :( Or Untill something comes up, or you use your flashlight on them

So Will you be able to get reactions, or smalltalk, get a word out of ex Joe by pressing a button. Or will the characters blab enough during gameplay /missions so i dont feel the need for the above? I have seen some of this(smalltalk) during the more tense action missions, but will this also be the case with the other missions? For me this is a realism thing, so i feel the NPC /character is alive and not just some dead objects. That destroys the games immersion.

Thanks again for answering our questions Jack :) And you right, games like Mafia is Art.

[Fugue]

Alan wake the character only say their lines in the gameplay and then they stays quiet

Alan Wake stays quiet? the constant and mostly unnecessary prompts for every single puzzle in the game annoyed the hell out of me.

I've never played a game where I've wanted a stfu button before :p


So Will you be able to get reactions, or smalltalk, get a word out of ex Joe by pressing a button.

things like that can get very repetitive though, hopefully the dialogue can carry it.

[Muffin]

I know it sounds kinda stupid but can you smoke? You know outside the cutscenes, just walking in the street and light a cigarette?

[McGee]

I know it sounds kinda stupid but can you smoke? You know outside the cutscenes, just walking in the street and light a cigarette?

He's already said no.

[Muffin]

He's already said no.

Thank you. I must have missed that post. :)

[2K_Jack]

yeah it sounds fun :) I think I might have seen clips of that mission in trailers but not sure, well it was clips of a drunk Joe and Eddie

Forget you read about that! :) That moment was supposed to be a surprise.

[2K_Jack]

It was supposed to have the feel of a director's cut of a movie if you decided to play the side missions. But I as well hope that mission from GDC 09 is still in the game :D

I need to come back and answer this one at a later date. Please remind me to do this :)

[2K_Jack]

:p
I love how Jack basicly confirms things, while telling us we're ruining our own surprises.

Or I could be feeding you all a bunch of bull**** to throw you off the trail... ;)

[Vito Scaletta]

Jack, In the trailers and dev diary's, Is it pieces from the whole game or some missions?

I am kinda worried if I have seen pieces from the whole game, I really want the whole story to amaze me.

[Fuzzy McDoodle]

Now that you are here... I have a question about weapons and upgrades to them. I'm not sure if this has been confirmed or answered and if it is please let me know, but is there an upgrade system for weapons (bigger clips, grips etc.).

I remember seeing that mission where Vito goes to the skyscraper and blows it up, near the end he pulls out a Colt 45 with a HUGE clip on it. I'm wondering if this was an upgrade or just how the Colt 45 is in the game

[2K_Jack]

it did look like it was missing [sarcasm] tags ;)

No, I was serious. I will suggest that time and effort be spent on this feature on your behalf. 5 seconds later, a roomful of Czech guys will burst out in laughter at my funny joke :D

There is a character model in there. If we allowed the cars to have massive roof damage, I would then get complaints that the person driving the car is not reacting realistically to the damaged roof. If we had the character reacting to the crushed roof, this would eat up more memory and we'd need to remove something else. No matter what we do, we will never please all of you. So it's best to leave it as it is, which is honestly fine for 99.9% of all players.

[2K_Jack]

I was thinkin more of pausing or even playback on the cutsence.?

Yeah you can pause it, or skip it.

[2K_Jack]

Umm guys maybe we should remember this thread is dedicated to Jack and asking him questions, rather than our own mini topics. ;)

THANK YOU. If you want to discuss other topics, I completely encourage you to do so. In another thread :)

[2K_Jack]

Agreed.

It's nice that Jack is still on here, Denby left 3-4 days ago.

Thanks Jack for staying on the forum with us, And apologies for starting this irrelevant topic in the thread.

I'm happy to answer any questions I can. Denby is working on something extremely important for the next month or so, or I know he'd be around to answer your questions as well. You can ask him what he was working on when he gets back.

[Jukebox]

Jack, how many clothes do you have in this game? Is there any short-sleeved shirt? Beside the underwear shirt that Vito wearing.

[andrew.]

if vito runs into people does he start to stumble or push them aside?

[Vito Scaletta]

if vito runs into people does he start to stumble or push them aside?

Yea, Here is a nice vid that shows that...

Gameplay : http://www.sector.sk/video/11595/mafia_2_studio_tour_cz_dabing.htm

To see the pushing go to... ( 2:05 )

As you can see Vito reacts very realisticly when he runs into people, It's amazing what they do at 2K Czech.

They have implemented there own chracter physics, Instead of using " Euphoria " wich is obviously a purchasable animation engine.
Mafia II went the step above and built there own, And did a excellent job at there character animation physics.

[McGee]

Now that you are here... I have a question about weapons and upgrades to them. I'm not sure if this has been confirmed or answered and if it is please let me know, but is there an upgrade system for weapons (bigger clips, grips etc.).

I remember seeing that mission where Vito goes to the skyscraper and blows it up, near the end he pulls out a Colt 45 with a HUGE clip on it. I'm wondering if this was an upgrade or just how the Colt 45 is in the game

You can't...sorry:o

[2K_Jack]

I'm really surprised some people care so much about the car damage. All I want is for my car to look banged up when I crash. mafia 2 does a mighty fine job of this.


Anyway, thanks for answering everyone's questions Jack. I appreciate the time and patience you've spent on us. I'm pretty much out of Mafia 2 questions and look forward to playing the game when it releases. But I did have a few off topic questions if you don't mind answering them.

-I see you still play a lot of videogames. Does working in the industry detract from your enjoyment of other games? Do you wish you could play Mafia 2 as a consumer knowing little about it?

Oooh, great questions.

It actually gives me a greater appreciation for the great ones. I am probably one of the harshest critics you will meet, so if I am fully engrossed in the overall experience of a game, it's a sign that the developer has triumphed.

On the other hand, my insight into the industry makes me really upset when I play a game that could have been great, but was executed poorly. This happens far too often in this industry, and the sad thing is that with the cost of the current generation of games, these days it can kill a developer. A game will come out and it will more or less suck. Then the developers get laid off and studios are closed, and everyone rushes to the side of the developer and makes the publisher out to be the villain. No one ever seems to point out that the reason for all of this is almost always because the developer made a game that cost a lot of money to make, that they assured the publisher would be great, and it sucked and no one bought it, killing what could have been a great franchise in the process.

As for 2K's games, the only thing that truly sucks about my job is that I usually work on games from the very beginning of their dev cycle, and my job is to help the developer create something amazing, so if I succeed, I rob myself of the experience of playing that game for the first time.

So yes, I really wish I could experience Mafia II the same way you guys will. After you play it, come back and we'll start a thread about what you liked and what you didn't.



-Many videogames have very bad stories. Some people have argued that videogames are not a good medium for storytelling because of their interactive nature. Since Mafia (& presumably Mafia 2) is considered one of the best stories in videogames I'm curious on your opinion(if you have one). Are videogames a good storytelling medium? Why are there so many bad stories in games?

Thanks for your time :)

I answered this question in an article for... I forget... it was one of the major U.S. magazines. Let me see if I can dig it up... ****, can't find it. I'll post it if I do. The gist of it is that games are actually equal to if not superior to any other medium when it comes to storytelling. The problem is that many developers have no clue what they're doing when it comes to telling a story, and they're too cheap or too proud to hire someone who does. A lead designer or producer or studio head will get his big chance to bring his (usually) nerdy Lord of the Rings- or Star Wars-inspired story to life inside of a game, and they'll completely screw it up in the process. Even if they do come up with a good story, they'll screw up the telling of that story. For example, hiring bad actors is a great way to kill your game. I'm just gonna stop now. I could go on forever on this topic. Again, great questions.

[2K_Jack]

okay but if you open a door inside a building you won't teleport will you ?

No, you will open it and walk through.

[2K_Jack]

Hey Jack i wonder how much the main characters/Npc will talk, interact with you during the gameplay in Mafia 2?

For example in Alan wake the character only say their lines in the gameplay and then they stays quiet, even if you try to interact with them by pressing the buttons. :( Or Untill something comes up, or you use your flashlight on them

So Will you be able to get reactions, or smalltalk, get a word out of ex Joe by pressing a button. Or will the characters blab enough during gameplay /missions so i dont feel the need for the above? I have seen some of this(smalltalk) during the more tense action missions, but will this also be the case with the other missions? For me this is a realism thing, so i feel the NPC /character is alive and not just some dead objects. That destroys the games immersion.

Thanks again for answering our questions Jack :) And you right, games like Mafia is Art.

Some of the pedestrians will stop and talk to one another, having a conversation you can listen to if you want to.

All of your friends and associates will talk to you when you're walking together or driving or shooting. We tried to make this realistic and not overdone. After you play it, come back and let me know how you liked the dialog.

Everyone in the world will react to what you do in a different way. For example, stand too close to a male civilian and he'll ask you to back up. Stand too close to a wiseguy and he'll wonder out loud about your sexual orientation. DO the same thing to a woman and she might be flattered and tell you she has a husband. I wrote and recorded a ton of dialog for every possible situation.

Before someone asks - the team squeezed everything they could into the game. I can't tell you how many of these situations they will react to or how many responses there are per situation. All I can tell you is that it makes the characters seem real and makes for some entertaining situations.

[Vito Scaletta]

Some of the pedestrians will stop and talk to one another, having a conversation you can listen to if you want to.

All of your friends and associates will talk to you when you're walking together or driving or shooting. We tried to make this realistic and not overdone. After you play it, come back and let me know how you liked the dialog.

Everyone in the world will react to what you do in a different way. For example, stand too close to a male civilian and he'll ask you to back up. Stand too close to a wiseguy and he'll wonder out loud about your sexual orientation. DO the same thing to a woman and she might be flattered and tell you she has a husband. I wrote and recorded a ton of dialog for every possible situation.

Before someone asks - the team squeezed everything they could into the game. I can't tell you how many of these situations they will react to or how many responses there are per situation. All I can tell you is that it makes the characters seem real and makes for some entertaining situations.

That sounds fantastic, I have never seen a game with what you're saying is in Mafia II's NPC's.

I can't wait to experience it. :D

And sure Jack,
I am sure many others including myself will return the favour and be back on here to talk with you about our experiences with Mafia II.

[2K_Jack]

Jack, In the trailers and dev diary's, Is it pieces from the whole game or some missions?

I am kinda worried if I have seen pieces from the whole game, I really want the whole story to amaze me.

Not sure what they used. I've actually never watched the dev diaries.

I completely agree with you though. If it was up to me, you animals would have seen only screen shots up until now and some gameplay demos. I'd personally love to reveal the story only in a big launch trailer and TV ad when we launched. But the marketing people want to satisfy you, so you get some of the story early. BUT... and this is a big but, there is a lot from the story that has not and will not be revealed in trailers. So even if you have paid close attention to everything released so far, the story will still surprise you.

[2K_Jack]

Now that you are here... I have a question about weapons and upgrades to them. I'm not sure if this has been confirmed or answered and if it is please let me know, but is there an upgrade system for weapons (bigger clips, grips etc.).

I remember seeing that mission where Vito goes to the skyscraper and blows it up, near the end he pulls out a Colt 45 with a HUGE clip on it. I'm wondering if this was an upgrade or just how the Colt 45 is in the game

It's just how that particular weapon is in that mission.

[Vito Scaletta]

Not sure what they used. I've actually never watched the dev diaries.

I completely agree with you though. If it was up to me, you animals would have seen only screen shots up until now and some gameplay demos. I'd personally love to reveal the story only in a big launch trailer and TV ad when we launched. But the marketing people want to satisfy you, so you get some of the story early. BUT... and this is a big but, there is a lot from the story that has not and will not be revealed in trailers. So even if you have paid close attention to everything released so far, the story will still surprise you.

Oh, That sounds fantastic then, I am glad that that the story has not been spoiled. :)

I agree, It would be alot better to just see screenshots, And random gameplay.

[Jukebox]

Jack can you answer my question please. How many clothes do you have in this game? Is there any short-sleeved shirt? Beside the underwear shirt that Vito wearing.

Personally I do love the ol' Vegas apparel that you guys offers from the pre order.

[McGee]

Jack are you going to have good ending credits, because so many games seem to have crappy ending credits:rolleyes:

[poila]

Jack, i am really appreciating your time witch you spend answering our questions, but lately i`we been thinking about one thing that keeps worrying me:
- Opening house doors will teleport you, or in full game, we could walk outside for ourselves :D .. I know you answered similar question, but but but i can`t get over it :D

[Wiseguy88]

Jack, i am really appreciating your time witch you spend answering our questions, but lately i`we been thinking about one thing that keeps worrying me:
- Opening house doors will teleport you, or in full game, we could walk outside for ourselves :D .. I know you answered similar question, but but but i can`t get over it :D

You won't be teleported to the other side of the door. You walk through yourself after you pushed a button. Jack already answered this question two times I think. You can also see it in the gameplay videos.

[poila]

In the Gameplay videos you are being teleported outside of your house, so it mislead me :D

[Dsmooth16]

I think it only happens for certain doors like Vito house and the door you have to enter to go inside Joe apartment building

[Wiseguy88]

In the Gameplay videos you are being teleported outside of your house, so it mislead me :D

What gameplay videos are you referring to? :confused:

[Fugue]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Vp9MagRBA&hd=1

having watched it a few times I'm not sure he does open a door when going from the house to the street, there are several parts of the vid where it goes very dark, maybe he's opening a door and you just can't see it although even with the brightness cranked right up it looks like there's nothing opening but the open door button is there.

[sedlbob]

In the Gameplay videos you are being teleported outside of your house, so it mislead me :D

I think one of the reasons for this could be to keep the front door closed. Usually people in the game become more lazy, so they would just open the door letting everybody on the street watch in and tempting thieves for a visit.
And that's what you normally don't even think of.

This way you get out and have the doors locked (probably).

[azzaulter]

Jack i want you to reed it !
I have asked you already, but you are not answering. The question was, "if there is regdoll in the game?". And now I have real question. So, if I watch many videos of Mafia II, and I will see 2 new trailers-I will now many things about storyline? 2)Are You sure, that the "ability" to hidden dead bodies in luggage-rack, and our flat, was cut? 3) why did you cut public transport? You are not very clever, that what you said "who are riding public transport? Loosers". So, from your point of view, Tommy Angelo is Looser? In first Mafia there is public transport. You are lazy, fellows. You want to sale us not Mafia, but piece of ****, yes? Storyline.. And after story? 5 years before another game? **** you, you have killed the fantastic. Can I use taxi? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺... Can vito use subway? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺

[azzaulter]

Sorry, I have mistake. The question "if I will see 2 new trailers, will I know a lot about story?"

[Wiseguy88]

Jack i want you to reed it !
I have asked you already, but you are not answering. The question was, "if there is regdoll in the game?". And now I have real question. So, if I watch many videos of Mafia II, and I will see 2 new trailers-I will now many things about storyline? 2)Are You sure, that the "ability" to hidden dead bodies in luggage-rack, and our flat, was cut? 3) why did you cut public transport? You are not very clever, that what you said "who are riding public transport? Loosers". So, from your point of view, Tommy Angelo is Looser? In first Mafia there is public transport. You are lazy, fellows. You want to sale us not Mafia, but piece of ****, yes? Storyline.. And after story? 5 years before another game? **** you, you have killed the fantastic. Can I use taxi? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺... Can vito use subway? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺

That was some rather odd questions... But funny

[glesson]

Jack i want you to reed it !
I have asked you already, but you are not answering. The question was, "if there is regdoll in the game?". And now I have real question. So, if I watch many videos of Mafia II, and I will see 2 new trailers-I will now many things about storyline? 2)Are You sure, that the "ability" to hidden dead bodies in luggage-rack, and our flat, was cut? 3) why did you cut public transport? You are not very clever, that what you said "who are riding public transport? Loosers". So, from your point of view, Tommy Angelo is Looser? In first Mafia there is public transport. You are lazy, fellows. You want to sale us not Mafia, but piece of ****, yes? Storyline.. And after story? 5 years before another game? **** you, you have killed the fantastic. Can I use taxi? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺... Can vito use subway? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺

Buddy, you belong on a different forum. You are a strange, strange person.

[azzaulter]

I am sorry for my bad English, but if it will be nothing to do in the game, it is bad(((

[Mafiashock]

Jack i want you to reed it !
I have asked you already, but you are not answering. The question was, "if there is regdoll in the game?". And now I have real question. So, if I watch many videos of Mafia II, and I will see 2 new trailers-I will now many things about storyline? 2)Are You sure, that the "ability" to hidden dead bodies in luggage-rack, and our flat, was cut? 3) why did you cut public transport? You are not very clever, that what you said "who are riding public transport? Loosers". So, from your point of view, Tommy Angelo is Looser? In first Mafia there is public transport. You are lazy, fellows. You want to sale us not Mafia, but piece of ****, yes? Storyline.. And after story? 5 years before another game? **** you, you have killed the fantastic. Can I use taxi? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺... Can vito use subway? No, because Vito is a ****ing ☺☺☺☺☺☺

You're very strange. There's probably some guy with a net and tranquilizer gun looking for you right now.

[Wiseguy88]

Quite hysterical how people whine about that there is no public transportation. Sure it would add to the realism a bit, but if I had a car from the 50s I wouldn't take the subway or taxi voluntarily. Hell, I don't ride public transportation voluntarily in real life! :D

[azzaulter]

I don't want you to be angry on me, fellows) I only want answers...

[Mafiashock]

I don't want you to be angry on me, fellows) I only want answers...

You shouldn't expect anyone here to take you serious at all when you bash the developers, tell them **** you, call them lazy and call a game a piece of **** on a fan-forum of the game you're talking about.

[Muffin]

Wow... everybody calm down... this is "questions for 2K Jack" not "let's have a fight about our opinions on the game" (By the way, AZZAULTER, you are TROUBLED!)

[azzaulter]

Of cource, cars are good, but... If you buy a ticket, and wait the bus, you enter a bus (and there is first person camera like in first Mafia) and you look at the amaising city... Or ride by taxi... I was dreaming while reading previews... But we have HOPE that those things WILL be included in the game

[Muffin]

Of cource, cars are good, but... If you buy a ticket, and wait the bus, you enter a bus (and there is first person camera like in first Mafia) and you look at the amaising city... Or ride by taxi... I was dreaming while reading previews... But we have HOPE that those things WILL be included in the game

They won't... there will be some missions where you ride a cab but you can't choose to ride it...

[azzaulter]

But I have hope:) You have not played the FINAL version of the game, have you?) "Jack said... Jack answered.." Jack is not in Czech Republick, is he? So... He may be have no idea about it. See Profile of Elisabeth, she is not in Czech.. But she said that Jack is near her place of work.. He may be in 2к games, not "Czech". Am I right? Sorry for my strong language in previous massages:)

[Muffin]

But I have hope:) You have not played the FINAL version of the game, have you?) "Jack said... Jack answered.." Jack is not in Czech Republick, is he? So... He may be have no idea about it. See Profile of Elisabeth, she is not in Czech.. But she said that Jack is near her place of work.. He may be in 2к games, not "Czech". Am I right? Sorry for my strong language in previous massages:)

Dude... that's not the question... the game is already shipping, it is already done... they've finished it... besides he is the DIRECTOR OF PRODUTION doesn't matter if he's in Czeck Republic... is one of the most important developers... almost everything goes through him...

[Mafioso]

"Fugue wrote "Alan Wake stays quiet? the constant and mostly unnecessary prompts for every single puzzle in the game annoyed the hell out of me.I've never played a game where I've wanted a stfu button before.

I said characters, not the main character that is Alan Wake. The things you call unnecessary prompts is Alan thoughts, and its done so it sounds like a book/movie.:p The manuscript was more annoying for me sometimes.

Anyway thanks for answering Jack. I will come back to you about the dialog when i have played the game. ;)

[Mafiashock]

But I have hope:) You have not played the FINAL version of the game, have you?) "Jack said... Jack answered.." Jack is not in Czech Republick, is he? So... He may be have no idea about it. See Profile of Elisabeth, she is not in Czech.. But she said that Jack is near her place of work.. He may be in 2к games, not "Czech". Am I right? Sorry for my strong language in previous massages:)

Jack stated he's completed the game over a dozen times...I think he would know.

[Mafioso]

Forget you read about that! :) That moment was supposed to be a surprise.

Then you should whack Denby , it was he who ratted you out in the Podcast :D

[DanDud88]

Hey everyone, I think you all need to chilax. If I were in charge Q and A session with Denby and Jack I would have had some rules such as 1 Question per person or up to 5 questions per person or somthing, no repeat questions and if you dont like the answers they give then no being rude to them. All i see is people asking unlimted Questions and thinking that there owed answers, when realy these people are taking time out from there jobs to talk to you. You should be more greatful.

[Don_Vito]

Well if people ask repeat questions someone here on the forums will more than likely answer that for them

[Fugue]

all i see is people asking unlimted Questions and thinking that there owed answers, when realy these people are taking time out from there jobs to talk to you. You should be more greatful.

have you actually read the whole thread?

it's not an official Q&A so of course there'll be repeat questions, because it's a very long thread.

it seems to be working fine so far, Jack is still here ;)

[Muffin]

Hey everyone, I think you all need to chilax. If I were in charge Q and A session with Denby and Jack I would have had some rules such as 1 Question per person or up to 5 questions per person or somthing, no repeat questions and if you dont like the answers they give then no being rude to them. All i see is people asking unlimted Questions and thinking that there owed answers, when realy these people are taking time out from there jobs to talk to you. You should be more greatful.

1 question per person? Who are you, the QA Nazi? C'mon man... the fans have the right to ask questions (the developers have the right to not answer them) but I agree with you in the rude part...

[Mafioso]

QUOTE=Vito Scaletta;919549]Yea, Here is a nice vid that shows that...

Gameplay : http://www.sector.sk/video/11595/mafia_2_studio_tour_cz_dabing.htm
To see the pushing go to... ( 2:05 )


IS this PC or Console or is this how the game will look on all platforms?

No fanboyism please........

[Fuzzy McDoodle]

QUOTE=Vito Scaletta;919549]Yea, Here is a nice vid that shows that...

Gameplay : http://www.sector.sk/video/11595/mafia_2_studio_tour_cz_dabing.htm
To see the pushing go to... ( 2:05 )


IS this PC or Console or is this how the game will look on all platforms?

No fanboyism please........
It's most likely console since that is almost what they showed all press people. Granted some videos are PC but the majority are on a 360.

[Fugue]

is a PS3 sat next to the monitor, is using a PS3 pad....

[Wiseguy88]

Why doesn't Vito have the hat on him when Eddie shows up? :eek:

[Vito Scaletta]

Why doesn't Vito have the hat on him when Eddie shows up? :eek:

I think it happens in some scenes, That they remove the hat and sun glasses.

And to be honest I like it that his hat goes off in certain scenes, It really makes the scene different and alot more realistic.

[Vito Scaletta]

Hey, Jack I have a question, I am not sure if you know about this...

But this is about a detail that I saw in Empire Bay and it amazed me, And I want to know if it is still in Mafia II, Take a look at the image below...

ScreenShot : http://mafia-daily.net/wp-content/gallery/mafia-2-screenshots/mafia2_screen_022.jpg

In that screenshot there is bicycles around that street, Are bicycles still in Mafia II?

I don't mean my question as if you can ride them, But are they still in Empire Bay as props for around the city?

[Fugue]

Why doesn't Vito have the hat on him when Eddie shows up? :eek:

maybe he took it off, being polite ;)

or it's a continuity thing :o

[Don_Vito]

yeah it shows Vito taking it off in and holding it in his hands before Eddie arrives

[Dbeat]

hey jack another question for you i've recently heard that there will be pre rendered cutscenes ..4 of them its true?, i may suppose that these are the most epic cutscenes in the game

[Don_Vito]

hey jack another question for you i've recently heard that there will be pre rendered cutscenes ..4 of them its true?, i may suppose that these are the most epic cutscenes in the game

Why ask Jack, the Czech guy in the interview confirmed it.

[Muffin]

Hey, Jack I have a question, I am not sure if you know about this...

But this is about a detail that I saw in Empire Bay and it amazed me, And I want to know if it is still in Mafia II, Take a look at the image below...

ScreenShot : http://mafia-daily.net/wp-content/gallery/mafia-2-screenshots/mafia2_screen_022.jpg

In that screenshot there is bicycles around that street, Are bicycles still in Mafia II?

I don't mean my question as if you can ride them, But are they still in Empire Bay as props for around the city?

Does it really matter?

[Pittsburgh Phil]

While playing as Vito, will i be able to drop weapons that i dont want to carry at any point, not just when im busted or run out of ammo?

Sorry if this has been asked, but i see that people here ask the same questions over and over, so what the hell;)

[Jukebox]

hey jack another question for you i've recently heard that there will be pre rendered cutscenes ..4 of them its true?, i may suppose that these are the most epic cutscenes in the game
Yeah I want to know this info straight from Jack's mouth.

[McGee]

Yeah I want to know this info straight from Jack's mouth.

But it's already been confirmed by the other developers...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Don_Vito]

But it's already been confirmed by the other developers...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Exactly that's what I said

[Vito Scaletta]

Jarek Kolar said it, He said the reason why there is 4 pre rendered cut scenes was because the consoles cannot handle it.

[Don_Vito]

So does that leave it open to assumption that PC doesn't have the 4 pre rendered cutscenes or not because it's the same on all platforms

[Vito Scaletta]

So does that leave it open to assumption that PC doesn't have the 4 pre rendered cutscenes or not because it's the same on all platforms

I would believe that the PC version does not have 4 pre rendered cutscenes, Cause PC's can handle it, And plus people that play the game on low are seeing a cutscene on high, Lol. On the consoles it will definately be pre rendered on those 4 cutscenes, But since Mafia II is built simultaneously that means that the PC version has it's own differences.

[McGee]

I would believe that the PC version does not have 4 pre rendered cutscenes, Cause PC's can handle it, And plus people that play the game on low are seeing a cutscene on high, Lol. On the consoles it will definately be pre rendered on those 4 cutscenes, But since Mafia II is built simultaneously that means that the PC version has it's own differences.

What?? The Illusion Engine in General can't handle it, so it would apply for the PC as well. The cut scenes would be CGI, and last I checked no pc can do that...

[Fugue]

And plus people that play the game on low are seeing a cutscene on high, Lol

pre rendered means it's not in real time, it has nothing to do with graphics settings, it's made using different hardware.

[azzaulter]

Jack! Did Vladimer Simunek (main composer of Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven) make music for Mafia II? Fellows! In Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven I can ride from point "A" to point "B" by 4 varieties: by lags, by train(metro) by trolleybus, by car. In Mafia II I can ride (as Jack says) only by car and lags. In Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven I can (in free ride): drive a car, fight with cops, fight with gangsters, by guns. In Mafia II I can do the same, and OH GOD!!!! I can by CLOTHES!!! and upgrade cars. For what I should pay MY money? Jack, if you want me and 4 of my friends buy your game, show me free ride.(not after game, keep that in secret.) show me regdoll... Show me "clever" NPS... Show me "REAL "car demages... And I want to know Jack... Can I have LITTLE hope, that I CAN hidden dead bodies, or move them... can I Have a LITTLE hope, that the game have something, not only story... have you ever play Red Dead:Redemption? You can do with dead bodies evrything... In Mafia II I CAN open a luggage-rack,but I can't do something with it?! I saw video... A czech fellow opened it ... It is just opening? What the reason... Vito opens it by power of his thoughts... jack doesn't know...

[McGee]

Jack! Did Vladimer Simunek (main composer of Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven) make music for Mafia II? Fellows! In Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven I can ride from point "A" to point "B" by 4 varieties: by lags, by train(metro) by trolleybus, by car. In Mafia II I can ride (as Jack says) only by car and lags. In Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven I can (in free ride): drive a car, fight with cops, fight with gangsters, by guns. In Mafia II I can do the same, and OH GOD!!!! I can by CLOTHES!!! and upgrade cars. For what I should pay MY money? Jack, if you want me and 4 of my friends buy your game, show me free ride.(not after game, keep that in secret.) show me regdoll... Show me "clever" NPS... Show me "REAL "car demages... And I want to know Jack... Can I have LITTLE hope, that I CAN hidden dead bodies, or move them... can I Have a LITTLE hope, that the game have something, not only story... have you ever play Red Dead:Redemption? You can do with dead bodies evrything... In Mafia II I CAN open a luggage-rack,but I can't do something with it?! I saw video... A czech fellow opened it ... It is just opening? What the reason... Vito opens it by power of his thoughts... jack doesn't know...

No offence but Mafia 2 isn't a game. It's a experience. A beautifully woven, cinematic experience, with incredible voice acting, Dialogue, and story.

If your lookin' for somethin' else, then buddy I'd say it's best if you high tail it outta' here's!:(

[azzaulter]

Sorry for mistakes, (buy guns) (buy clothes). And another question... It was said, that I can buy/sale a car.. It was cut to DLC too? Jack will sell us ****ING DLC, so he will earn money, and drink beer...

[azzaulter]

So.... Wait wait wait... It WAS SAID that Mafia II is a REVOLUTION(!!!) in TPS. It was said that they Have AMAISING(!!!) face animation (look at NPC faces, at face of Juan Burner, she does not show ANY emothions, she does not blink)... It was said that NPC ARE THE CLEVEREST in game... So, I have question for you... Why did they make open world? For what? What the reason? To show us sucks Free Ride(worse than in First Mafia). Fellows, PLEASE understand me... They saY THAT they will be better then Grand Theft Auto 4... they ARE better of cource... But now we have ANOTHER GAMES... Which are better than gta

[McGee]

So.... Wait wait wait... It WAS SAID that Mafia II is a REVOLUTION(!!!) in TPS. It was said that they Have AMAISING(!!!) face animation (look at NPC faces, at face of Juan Burner, she does not show ANY emothions, she does not blink)... It was said that NPC ARE THE CLEVEREST in game... So, I have question for you... Why did they make open world? For what? What the reason? To show us sucks Free Ride(worse than in First Mafia). Fellows, PLEASE understand me... They saY THAT they will be better then Grand Theft Auto 4... they ARE better of cource... But now we have ANOTHER GAMES... Which are better than gta

Nobody said that...the city is only there because it HAS to be there. It supports the narrative.

You have to understand this isn't a game that's trying to COMPETE with GTA. It's a game that is trying to create a cinematic experience.

[azzaulter]

American mac... It is for you... It was SAID that Mafia II IS REVOLUTION IN TPS... In Russia, in America, we MUST earn money. Your parents will buy you a game... I want to buy a collector editor...(100dollars) For WHAT? seasons(winter, summer.etc) ?-bully. PhysX? Metro 2033(best 3d vision, (as nvidia says). Ages?(from 40s to 50s)- driver... mafia HAVE NOT her own revolution..all things have been stollen from other games...

[McGee]

American mac... It is for you... It was SAID that Mafia II IS REVOLUTION IN TPS... In Russia, in America, we MUST earn money. Your parents will buy you a game... I want to buy a collector editor...(100dollars) For WHAT? seasons(winter, summer.etc) ?-bully. PhysX? Metro 2033(best 3d vision, (as nvidia says). Ages?(from 40s to 50s)- driver... mafia HAVE NOT her own revolution..all things have been stollen from other games...

Let's just put it like this...if you enjoy good story telling, then pick up Mafia 2.

If all you care is about graphics, and doing random stuff (like in GTA)...then I wouldn't reccemond Mafia 2 for you...

ps: I'm just as poor as you my friend;)

[Fugue]

Fellows! In Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven I can ride from point "A" to point "B" by 4 varieties: by lags, by train(metro) by trolleybus, by car. In Mafia II I can ride (as Jack says) only by car and lags. In Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven I can (in free ride): drive a car, fight with cops, fight with gangsters, by guns. In Mafia II I can do the same, and OH GOD!!!! I can by CLOTHES!!! and upgrade cars. For what I should pay MY money? Jack

is everyone so angry in Russia? :o

nothing is going to transform this game into the thing you want it to be, all you can do is decide whether the game is going to be worth you buying it based on the info here & elsewhere.....

[azzaulter]

I cannot understand, why did they kill the game of our ideal? My American friend (are you from America?) they really said that they would make revolution... Face Animation... Look at the sales manager, (joan burner) she HAS NOT got ANY emothions... Where is there "amaising" face animation? Where is there luggage rack with dead bodies, as it was said?) I will buy Mafia II, and the reason is not free ride, is not story(I have not played it yet) but Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven.

[McGee]

I cannot understand, why did they kill the game of our ideal? My American friend (are you from America?) they really said that they would make revolution... Face Animation... Look at the sales manager, (joan burner) she HAS NOT got ANY emothions... Where is there "amaising" face animation? Where is there luggage rack with dead bodies, as it was said?) I will buy Mafia II, and the reason is not free ride, is not story(I have not played it yet) but Mafia:the City of Lost Heaven.

Can you show me an example of that?

Because this cutscene for example shows great facial animation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAo4c-INtxE&feature=related

[Meskis]

Does it really matter?
What is wrong with you all people? If he wants to ask, he ask. Or, he should first ask you, does it really matter? Other's can talk about everything they want, speaking off-topic on thread named "Questions for 2K_Jack", askking about how long bullets stays on the ground? And that's ok? That's sounds ridiculously. Seriuosly. And I don't think that Jack Scallici are gonna show again in this thread, because people arguing and speaking off-topic, answering questions instead of Jack. (I'm not talking about already answered questions.)

[Fugue]

So does that leave it open to assumption that PC doesn't have the 4 pre rendered cutscenes or not because it's the same on all platforms

I read something a while ago but can't remember where, think it was mafiaii.net, all versions have pre rendered cutscenes, 360 has 1 more than the others, or something like that.

[Jukebox]

But it's already been confirmed by the other developers...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I want to hear the news about it... I mean the latest one. I know there will be 4 pre-rendered cutscenes, but who knows if the devs discard the 3 and leave 1 just for the ending. We never know that, right? So answer from Jack is the best way to confirm it.

[McGee]

I want to hear the news about it... I mean the latest one. I know there will be 4 pre-rendered cutscenes, but who knows if the devs discard the 3 and leave 1 just for the ending. We never know that, right? So answer from Jack is the best way to confirm it.

He's probably never coming back...I mean look at this thread...it's a MESS. If you were a developer, would you try answering questions in this thread...

plus that SOB Xardas left....

[Jukebox]

Really? Too bad he left us :(
No wonder, this thread full of jerky questions. They shouldn't ask that silly questions, but they did! Pathetic! I just hope Jack will come back here, and spend some time with us.. at least we can do chit chat with him. He's such a kind guy, I've never met dev guy like him.. so friendly:)

[glesson]

Even if he's coming back, what more can he tell us that much that we already don't know about the game, without spoiling it? There's one month left and 2 weeks 'till the demo. Just breathe....

[McGee]

Even if he's coming back, what more can he tell us that much that we already don't know about the game, without spoiling it? There's one month left and 2 weeks 'till the demo. Just breathe....

I think some of you guys are a bit demanding:rolleyes:

[TheWarPope]

You want jack back (he it rymes :D) to this forum?

The Awnser is simple: Make him an offer he can't refuse

Just saying.....

[Fugue]

Really? Too bad he left us

not like he has been gone long :o

everybody needs time off, esp from this place :p

[Vito Scaletta]

pre rendered means it's not in real time, it has nothing to do with graphics settings, it's made using different hardware.

Yea, I know...

It's why I said if someone could only run Mafia II at low settings and if a cutscene played that is pre-rendered means that the game will show the pre-rendered cutscene on high.

If those 4 pre rendered cutscenes are not in Mafia II on the PC version then that means people that run at there own PC specs will see the same all the way throughout the game.

Mafia I actually did the exact same thing a while ago, But on the PS2/Xbox, They had beautiful pre-rendered scenes, But when the cutscene ended, Walk away from the PS2/Xbox!

[Don SUCKFACE]

Jack ain't commin' back.

[ThaCrip]

Yeah you can pause it, or skip it.

Well that's great that you can PAUSE or skip cut-scene as most games tend to have it to where if you bump a button it will skip it.

i assume since you can pause, if you accidentally bump a button while the scene is playing that it will ASK you if you want to skip or pause? ;)


Oooh, great questions.

It actually gives me a greater appreciation for the great ones. I am probably one of the harshest critics you will meet, so if I am fully engrossed in the overall experience of a game, it's a sign that the developer has triumphed.

On the other hand, my insight into the industry makes me really upset when I play a game that could have been great, but was executed poorly. This happens far too often in this industry, and the sad thing is that with the cost of the current generation of games, these days it can kill a developer. A game will come out and it will more or less suck. Then the developers get laid off and studios are closed, and everyone rushes to the side of the developer and makes the publisher out to be the villain. No one ever seems to point out that the reason for all of this is almost always because the developer made a game that cost a lot of money to make, that they assured the publisher would be great, and it sucked and no one bought it, killing what could have been a great franchise in the process.

As for 2K's games, the only thing that truly sucks about my job is that I usually work on games from the very beginning of their dev cycle, and my job is to help the developer create something amazing, so if I succeed, I rob myself of the experience of playing that game for the first time.

So yes, I really wish I could experience Mafia II the same way you guys will. After you play it, come back and we'll start a thread about what you liked and what you didn't.



I answered this question in an article for... I forget... it was one of the major U.S. magazines. Let me see if I can dig it up... ****, can't find it. I'll post it if I do. The gist of it is that games are actually equal to if not superior to any other medium when it comes to storytelling. The problem is that many developers have no clue what they're doing when it comes to telling a story, and they're too cheap or too proud to hire someone who does. A lead designer or producer or studio head will get his big chance to bring his (usually) nerdy Lord of the Rings- or Star Wars-inspired story to life inside of a game, and they'll completely screw it up in the process. Even if they do come up with a good story, they'll screw up the telling of that story. For example, hiring bad actors is a great way to kill your game. I'm just gonna stop now. I could go on forever on this topic. Again, great questions.

Very interesting! ;) (i enjoyed reading that comment)

even though i ain't in the know like you are... i do have a feeling your exactly right about the 'blaming the publishers' thing when at the end of the day the developers are the ones who ultimately MAKE the game so if they mess up, regardless of how good or bad the marketing is for the game, the game will probably fail if the game is not all that good at the end of the day.

i also think like you said you got a advantage and can appreciate the quality games since you worked on Mafia II so i am sure that more than qualifies you to SEE the higher quality stuff from the good to total crap and so on.

i believe you about the critique stuff but the thing is... regardless of how good or bad Mafia II is... it's not like you could talk bad about it since it will look bad for you. so i am sure you can see it from our perspective to where i basically think your telling us like it is, but someone could say that though and they would have a legitimate point. (not that i doubt Mafia II's greatness as right now they have a perfect reputation as far as i am concerned because Mafia was basically my favorite single player 'experience' ever.)

but since you got first hand experience on all of that... you do got a very good point in the sense if you make a quality game you can never experience like us fans could simply because you already know it from beginning to end in good details and probably see a lot of the game as it progresses etc.... so i guess that's one good thing for us that's basically a drawback for you.

so basically your initial experience can never be like us fans could. but at least if Mafia II is like Mafia then it won't be to bad since that game has solid long term replayability which never really gets old just like a quality movie. so at least this much you can still see like us fans can.

about your job helping developers create something amazing... this is where i wonder if you sometimes get frustrated, because say you do a quality job but a decent portion of the overall team is not up to a higher standard, then you will look worse because of it i would think.... but the good thing is, since your working with top spec devs on Mafia II this will make you really shine. (i.e. a true test of your talents)

i think a nice example in terms of film off the top of my head is the quality gap between the James Bond films 'Casino Royale' (2006) (which was top spec) and then you got the much weaker 'Quantum of Solace' (2008) ... in CR Daniel Craig really stood out because of the director (i.e. Martin Campbell) etc but when you removed Campbell from it the 2008 film was not nearly as good and even though Craig did his part well he did not really stand out like he did in the 2006 film.... i think that's a nice example of a movie to where even if you have a quality actor, without a quality director etc it can dull the overall experience down quite a bit.... i think you get the basic idea here ;) (i.e. if you do your job very well but some other areas of the game are fairly weak to where it semi ruins the overall game, then you won't look nearly as good as you should have even if you did your job as good as possible)

also about the 'coming back here after we play it to give the positive and negative comments'.... if Mafia II is on par (maybe better?) than the first game then that is basically a automatic no negative comments from me as i would have to start nit-picking to find any real negatives for the most part.


Some of the pedestrians will stop and talk to one another, having a conversation you can listen to if you want to.

All of your friends and associates will talk to you when you're walking together or driving or shooting. We tried to make this realistic and not overdone. After you play it, come back and let me know how you liked the dialog.

Everyone in the world will react to what you do in a different way. For example, stand too close to a male civilian and he'll ask you to back up. Stand too close to a wiseguy and he'll wonder out loud about your sexual orientation. DO the same thing to a woman and she might be flattered and tell you she has a husband. I wrote and recorded a ton of dialog for every possible situation.

Before someone asks - the team squeezed everything they could into the game. I can't tell you how many of these situations they will react to or how many responses there are per situation. All I can tell you is that it makes the characters seem real and makes for some entertaining situations.

i think i see what you mean... you spent a good portion on getting it to feel real but nothing extreme to where it was overdone and took time away from doing other areas of the game.

but i am sure with a 8 year gap between the first and 2nd game that gives you guys more than ample time to get everything just right.


No offence but Mafia 2 isn't a game. It's a experience. A beautifully woven, cinematic experience, with incredible voice acting, Dialogue, and story.

If your lookin' for somethin' else, then buddy I'd say it's best if you high tail it outta' here's!:(

Exactly. it seems like most of these random comments are from people who have not played the first game so they don't really know what to expect from the 2nd game and usually start asking for random features etc that the core fanbase of Mafia does not really worry about.

because ultimately it was a great collaboration between the story/characters/gameplay as that's what ultimately makes Mafia really stand out at the core of the game. because while there's a moderate amount of games that have solid gameplay very few (damn near none) have what Mafia has.

because as i said before... to get what Mafia gave you, you pretty much have to start getting into higher quality films to get the experience/feeling that you get from Mafia (and soon to be Mafia II :) )

[2K_Jack]

Yo guys. I'm still around. I'll get back to the questions as soon as I can.

[poila]

Good to here that :)

[Peterek93]

Why did you changed the name of the city? First was Empire City, now Empire Bay. The reason was inFamous wich the name of the city sounds Empire City?

[Don_Vito]

Why did you changed the name of the city? First was Empire City, now Empire Bay. The reason was inFamous wich the name of the city sounds Empire City?

That's what fans have concluded

[Dick1501]

As for me, The Empire Bay sounds much better, rather than the early version.

[Wiseguy88]

As for me, The Empire Bay sounds much better, rather than the early version.

Totally agree!

[Mafioso]

I also prefer Empire Bay, to Empire city.

That was not the case in the start, but with time i realised that Empire Bay sounded more realistic, and less fake to me. :)

[Fugue]

Empire Bay has a nicer "ring" to it.

[2K_Jack]

Jack, how many clothes do you have in this game? Is there any short-sleeved shirt? Beside the underwear shirt that Vito wearing.

I don't know the exact number of outfits. There is at least one short sleeve shirt Vito will wear, and it won't be optional ;)

[2K_Jack]

if vito runs into people does he start to stumble or push them aside?

Watch the videos. It looks realistic.

[2K_Jack]

Jack are you going to have good ending credits, because so many games seem to have crappy ending credits:rolleyes:

I've actually never seen the final end credits. I haven't played through the end of the game in a while, and at that time we only had placeholder credits in there.

[2K_Jack]

Jack, i am really appreciating your time witch you spend answering our questions, but lately i`we been thinking about one thing that keeps worrying me:
- Opening house doors will teleport you, or in full game, we could walk outside for ourselves :D .. I know you answered similar question, but but but i can`t get over it :D

That barely ever happens, and you won't even notice it when it does.

[cravens]

That barely ever happens, and you won't even notice it when it does.

how many cars can we store in one lot at a time??

also is there a limit of how many clothes we can have in a colset?

[Don_Vito]

Thanks for the answer on the house doors

[2K_Jack]

hey jack another question for you i've recently heard that there will be pre rendered cutscenes ..4 of them its true?, i may suppose that these are the most epic cutscenes in the game

Yes. The ones that were possible to do in real time were done in real time. The ones that needed to be pre-rendered for technical reasons were pre-rendered. There is no difference in quality.

[Wiseguy88]

Hey Jack! You're back ;)

I was just sitting and playing Mafia 1 and just wondered out of curiosity what your favourite moment from mafia 1 was? :)
Don't really have any questions about Mafia 2 anymore, it all looks great and can't wait to finally play it!

[packardcaribien]

Hey Jack. I'm not sure if you'd know much of it (Not in the art dept. really) but do you know around how many weapons there are in the game? How many in each section? And about how they're carried. I've run out of automotive and non-specific music questions. ;)

[Mutagen_XLT]

Jack,I got a question.If I got GF8500GT,it's more powerful than 8600 without any GT's etc.? Do I can have normal fps w/1024x768 resolution?

[azzaulter]

Jack! Is there regdoll in the game? I want move bodies and hidden them((( can you do it? Why did you cut public transport? I will NOT call you good fellow, if you will not answer me. In first mafia there is public transport. It is really cool. You said"who rides public transport? Loosers!" so from your point of view, Tommy was looser? Thank you.

[Charles_Australia]

hey jack i have a little question regarding language will you hear people talk in their native languages like if you saw a italian man walking down the street talk to someone in Italian or something simelar if you can awswer that thanks if not still thanks lol

[McGee]

Jack! Is there regdoll in the game? I want move bodies and hidden them((( can you do it? Why did you cut public transport? I will NOT call you good fellow, if you will not answer me. In first mafia there is public transport. It is really cool. You said"who rides public transport? Loosers!" so from your point of view, Tommy was looser? Thank you.

Jack already explained why there's no public transportation.

With Mafia 2 they've built a great radio system that they want you to use, they spent many hours collecting the various music, and worked very hard on the whole system. Also adding public transportation took alot of memory, and would've caused other things to become cut.

Also with Mafia 2, the cars are a real treat. An they want to you to drive them, since they spent a long time perfecting them.

Dude, I can get why your upset, but seriously public transportation is nothing to get mad about.

[onixer2010]

Jack! Is there regdoll in the game? I want move bodies and hidden them((( can you do it? Why did you cut public transport? I will NOT call you good fellow, if you will not answer me. In first mafia there is public transport. It is really cool. You said"who rides public transport? Loosers!" so from your point of view, Tommy was looser? Thank you.
Public transportation and cab taxi it is good part of Mafia 1 , I do not understand why it was canceled from game ?


P.S Тоже был разочарован этой новостью , но видать всем буржуям тут лишь бы пострелять..они не романтики ))

[glesson]

Because you can't be a cab driver in every game! The point of the game is not to do random things, shoot people like a maniac or go bowling. This is a game about the mafia, linear story telling and getting to relive those years, which all of us feel a bit nostalgic about. Roman's cab depot doesn't belong in this game's universe. If you don't get why they did this, then you're not a true fan of this game, and you don't know what is truly about.

I can't believe some of your complaints....

[jdwarfer]

I've a question.

I've a PC and preordered collector edition.
What's wrong with 2K ?? Why is those exclusive DLC for PS3 ???
I pay for the game, why can't I have this "special" DLC for PC ? What's the matter about this ? It's totally wrong.

Devs wanna offer special gaming experience, the same for everyone, that's was the explanation for cuting secondary missions in the first place... as Denby said I think, yeah ?
But obviously, those DLC stuff will offer some additionnal experience to players who will afford it... what's the point then ? It's only money huh ? Marketing ****. "Fill up my pocket policy"... yeah I'm quite mad about that ****.

:(

[Fugue]

Public transportation and cab taxi it is good part of Mafia 1 , I do not understand why it was canceled from game ?

if you read back through Jack's posts he has explained why, and it has been repeated many times.

personally I always saw it as a redundant feature, as long as you can see public transport I'm happy with that but I could see no reason to use it in Mafia 1, riding on a train or tram when you have a garage full of cars made no sense to me...

I have a car parked outside my house, I enjoy driving it, I also have a bus stop just a few yards away, in nearly 20 years of living here I've never been on the bus :p

you can complete Mafia 1 and only use the train once when you have to, spending hours standing in trains/trams doesn't add anything to the experience imo.

[Mafiashock]

if you read back through Jack's posts he has explained why, and it has been repeated many times.

personally I always saw it as a redundant feature, as long as you can see public transport I'm happy with that but I could see no reason to use it in Mafia 1, riding on a train or tram when you have a garage full of cars made no sense to me...

I have a car parked outside my house, I enjoy driving it, I also have a bus stop just a few yards away, in nearly 20 years of living here I've never been on the bus :p

you can complete Mafia 1 and only use the train once when you have to, spending hours standing in trains/trams doesn't add anything to the experience imo.

Ya I never used the trains/tram in Mafia...and I still don't understand why people would want to have the main character be a taxi driver again. I really don't understand why someone would be that upset over something like that. Some people just can't be pleased. I would imagine the 2k Czech dev's are laughing their asses off right now reading azzaulter's posts...the guy is very strange.

[Don_Vito]

Ya I never used the trains/tram in Mafia...and I still don't understand why people would want to have the main character be a taxi driver again. I really don't understand why someone would be that upset over something like that. Some people just can't be pleased.

You are exactly right

[poila]

I would imagine the 2k Czech dev's are laughing their asses off right now reading azzaulter's posts...the guy is very strange.

Wohoo, I am not the only one thinking that way :D, azzaulter acts like a 9 year old boy, personally I don`t care about public transport goodies, all i care, is that we get our hands on the game faster .. :)

[Ganja]

Jack! Is there regdoll in the game? I want move bodies and hidden them((( can you do it? Why did you cut public transport? I will NOT call you good fellow, if you will not answer me. In first mafia there is public transport. It is really cool. You said"who rides public transport? Loosers!" so from your point of view, Tommy was looser? Thank you.

Go make your own game and put public transportation in it.






****ing weirdo...

[azzaulter]

Не зря говорят что пендосы тупые:)

[Don_Vito]

I've a question.

I've a PC and preordered collector edition.
What's wrong with 2K ?? Why is those exclusive DLC for PS3 ???
I pay for the game, why can't I have this "special" DLC for PC ? What's the matter about this ? It's totally wrong.

Devs wanna offer special gaming experience, the same for everyone, that's was the explanation for cuting secondary missions in the first place... as Denby said I think, yeah ?
But obviously, those DLC stuff will offer some additionnal experience to players who will afford it... what's the point then ? It's only money huh ? Marketing ****. "Fill up my pocket policy"... yeah I'm quite mad about that ****.

:(

Okay calm down there is only 1 dlc that is for PS3 only the other one is for all platforms

[Spiral Static]

I usually just look at this thread, but c'mon....No matter how many times someone tells this azzaulter the reason that public transportation was taken out, he still asks why over and over and over. I wouldn't of used it anyway, as I like playing videogames, not watching them (unless it is a cutscene).

[2K_Jack]

Why did you changed the name of the city? First was Empire City, now Empire Bay. The reason was inFamous wich the name of the city sounds Empire City?

We settled on Empire City after tossing around a lot of names. I think it was changed to Empire Bay for some legal reason. It wasn't influenced by any other game taking place in "Empire City." I don't think we had even heard of inFamous at that time.

[2K_Jack]

Hey Jack! You're back ;)

I was just sitting and playing Mafia 1 and just wondered out of curiosity what your favourite moment from mafia 1 was? :)
Don't really have any questions about Mafia 2 anymore, it all looks great and can't wait to finally play it!

The farmhouse in A Trip to the Country. That was the kind of atmosphere I had rarely experienced in a game at that time. It was the kind of thing that we all agreed we wanted in Mafia II.

[2K_Jack]

Jack! Is there regdoll in the game? I want move bodies and hidden them((( can you do it? Why did you cut public transport? I will NOT call you good fellow, if you will not answer me. In first mafia there is public transport. It is really cool. You said"who rides public transport? Loosers!" so from your point of view, Tommy was looser? Thank you.

I think you misunderstood me. I said in the eyes of a wiseguy, he would see a guy who has to ride public transportation as a loser. If you read that post again, you will see all of the reasons we cut public transportation. I went into a lot of detail.

You will be able to drag bodies around. You will not be able to hide bodies within things.

[2K_Jack]

Hey Jack. I'm not sure if you'd know much of it (Not in the art dept. really) but do you know around how many weapons there are in the game? How many in each section? And about how they're carried. I've run out of automotive and non-specific music questions. ;)

I've lost track. At one point we had more than 20. The final number should be somewhere around there. There is no visual indicator on Vito as to how many weapons he's carrying. You can access all of your weapons at any time.

[2K_Jack]

hey jack i have a little question regarding language will you hear people talk in their native languages like if you saw a italian man walking down the street talk to someone in Italian or something simelar if you can awswer that thanks if not still thanks lol

Some of the Italian guys in Little Italy, and some of the Chinese guys in Chinatown, will speak to you in their native languages. They will attempt to speak to you in heavily accented English or in their native language, and when they have conversations, it's often in their native language.

I can only say this for the English version. Our localization team handles the others.

[2K_Jack]

I've a question.

I've a PC and preordered collector edition.
What's wrong with 2K ?? Why is those exclusive DLC for PS3 ???
I pay for the game, why can't I have this "special" DLC for PC ? What's the matter about this ? It's totally wrong.

Devs wanna offer special gaming experience, the same for everyone, that's was the explanation for cuting secondary missions in the first place... as Denby said I think, yeah ?
But obviously, those DLC stuff will offer some additionnal experience to players who will afford it... what's the point then ? It's only money huh ? Marketing ****. "Fill up my pocket policy"... yeah I'm quite mad about that ****.

:(

I've already explained this in a prior post. Please search for it. Also, we just made an announcement about the Mafia II DLC.

[poila]

Seems like everyone is running out of questions :D

[ciuscu]

Can you throw grenades when driving?

Can you cook grenades?

What types of police vehicle will it be? I mean normal and special supercharged cruisers, armored trucks or some kind of heavy vehicle that ram you of the road...vehicles built for different purposes...some for speed, some for roadblocks etc

Will it be tire spike trips? love them in Mafia 1

[2K_Jack]

For those of you who are using this thread as a way to piss and moan about all the things that we're doing new and differently in Mafia II, please do it in another thread. My advice is that if you want to play Mafia 1 again, go play Mafia 1.

For those who have been asking technical and very specific gameplay questions, I'm going to ask Dan Schmittou to come on here and answer these questions in Denby's absence. Dan works with me and Denby and is very knowledgeable about these little things that honestly, I can't believe you people actually care about :)

To be clear, I will answer any questions you may have about the story, characters, dialog, music, actors, etc.

I'm going to ask Dan to answer as many of the other questions as he can. Do not complain to him.

And again, do not complain to me. Please whine in another thread, or preferably not at all. Thanks.

[Spiral Static]

So Vito will have all of his weapons on him at all times, like in Red Dead Redemption? I guess that's alright. I would of rather had it that you could only carry one main weapon, one secondary, and one type of thrown weapon, and the rest could be stored at Vito's house. That's more realistic, but this is fine.


This may have been answered already, but will things like Vito getting mugged, or his prostitute getting into an accident happen still, or were those removed?

And is there any way to change the reticule? I'm not too fond of the big, white cross. It's fine on PC, but why is it so big on Xbox?

[Fugue]

I'm going to ask Dan Schmittou to come on here and answer these questions in Denby's absence. Dan works with me and Denby and is very knowledgeable about these little things that honestly, I can't believe you people actually care about

always nice to have someone new to ***** & moan at ;)

re the little things, for me it's what makes Illusion Softworks/2Kczech previous games so good, all those little details that other developers wouldn't even think about, downside is you get a a load of obsessives as fans :D


The farmhouse in A Trip to the Country. That was the kind of atmosphere I had rarely experienced in a game at that time. It was the kind of thing that we all agreed we wanted in Mafia II.

it's a brilliant mission from start to finish & great to know there's more of that atmosphere.

[Don_Vito]

Future question for Dan Schmittou or Jack

Is the final selection for picking weapons ala Gears of War (and I assume it is,seeing as it's the most resent one we've seen) , because that would only leave 3 weapons and then grenades or molotovs. Or is there a weapon wheel as well?

[Vito Scaletta]

You will be able to drag bodies around. You will not be able to hide bodies within things.

Awesome, I am thrilled that feature is still in Mafia II. I saw in a gameplay video from GDS where Vito was dragging corpses, I was assuming the whole time it was a removed feature, But it appears that it has stayed in the game. :D

Thanks again Jack for everything. I am absolutely thankful that you spend your time with us, And talk with us. :)

Btw, Is the Mafia II Gun Lamp made out of metal? Or plastic?

Mafia II Gun Lamp : http://www.flickr.com/photos/33445505@N08/4800214566/sizes/l/in/set-72157624516730058/

[McGee]

For those of you who are using this thread as a way to piss and moan about all the things that we're doing new and differently in Mafia II, please do it in another thread. My advice is that if you want to play Mafia 1 again, go play Mafia 1.

For those who have been asking technical and very specific gameplay questions, I'm going to ask Dan Schmittou to come on here and answer these questions in Denby's absence. Dan works with me and Denby and is very knowledgeable about these little things that honestly, I can't believe you people actually care about :)

To be clear, I will answer any questions you may have about the story, characters, dialog, music, actors, etc.

I'm going to ask Dan to answer as many of the other questions as he can. Do not complain to him.

And again, do not complain to me. Please whine in another thread, or preferably not at all. Thanks.

A question for you Jack.

Do you ever feel deppressed by the lack of interest of Mafia 2 from the gaming journals? Like for example Game Informer mentioned Mafia 2 once or twice about it. I've noticed for many magazine's, it's like Mafia 2 is being released...and yeahhh...it's like no one really cares. No one seems to be hyped (except for us, and maybe incgamers...they really seem to enjoy mafia 2)...An I don't get why?

IGN wrote an article about the top 25 titles there looking forward to (for 2010). Mafia 2 wasn't even mentioned!!!

An I've noticed this everywhere..

Do you think Mafia 2 might be the sleeper hit that came out of no where (like how batman arkham ayslum was?)

[Fugue]

did ask before but don't think I read an answer? can you give us some info on difficulty levels?

the info I read on a German site said there is some sort of aim assist that reduces as the difficulty level increases, is that right?

what else changes? things like damage taken/dealt, enemy accuracy?

does the hardest setting really have no crosshair?

[glesson]

Jack, in a podcast you said that with Dan Vavra you did something like splitting some cutscenes or trying to be a bit more creative and cut a long cutscene, so gameplay wise the game can be more fun. How long did this took you and are you talking something like in Half Life 2 for example where there were almost no cutscenes, and while something important happened the player was free to look around the room or do something else, etc...

Also have you thought of adding a moral dilemma for Vito when he first joins organized crime? I mean you guys were clear about what his motivation was - he is broke and in debt, but this is not an excuse to do certain things. Back in Mafia I one of the things that I always thought was a bit rushed was Tommy joining the family. In the cutscene after the first mission he says something like: "It's better to be broke, but alive", and in the second mission he turns that understanding all around: "It's better to die young and loaded". So that whole drastic life chaning decision was decided too quick. A little beating and wrecking somebody's car can't change a person's view that quickly.

Also in the first game, in my opinion, there were too few characters from the "family". You see the don, the consiglieri, and of course Paulie and Sam who are soldiers/capos. When Tommy gets in the life of crime, he is introduced to the don immediately, no one is even a little suspicious, and everything seems to easy. Did you got in more detail about earning your new "friends"' trust, because of course Joe can be trusted at least in the beginning, but how other characters react when they are doing business with Vito for the first time? In the podcast you said there are ~ 200 voiced characters. How many are the ones from the families and are we going to experience the whole hierarchy fully this time around? (by that I mean - it would be quite unrealistic after one cigarette job for Vito to become best buddies with a don)

During the recordings of the dialogue, how the actors were engaged in the whole experience? We know you searched for people who lived in NYC, and know the accent, but do they like video games or mob movies, this whole culture? After all no matter how big of a professional you are, you must have some passion for a certain project. Were there any improvisations of certain lines of dialogue, or you were keeping things tight? :)

What's your favourite character in the game? If it is someone we didn't met, who is your favourite from the characters revealed so far?

During the production were there times you thought "This is too big, we can't pull it off!", and what was the first thing that attracted you to this project?

I think that attention to detail makes the difference between a good and a great game, and without a doubt I'm sure that Mafia II will be the hit no one expected for this year. But during the development what kind of inspiration you guys had for the details you made in the game? I mean were you guys looking at old pictures/movies or stories from people who lived during those times? You said your grandad was a cop, I'm sure he had an influence on you.

Mafia II is a game with mature themes. Years ago it was said that the game will show the darker side of organized crime. Was it hard for you to balance the game? After all it's not all serious, there is some comedic relief as we've seen from teh Confession trailer, and Denby's description of his favourite moment.

[ciuscu]

always nice to have someone new to ***** & moan at ;)

re the little things, for me it's what makes Illusion Softworks/2Kczech previous games so good, all those little details that other developers wouldn't even think about, downside is you get a a load of obsessives as fans :D



it's a brilliant mission from start to finish & great to know there's more of that atmosphere.
true...true

[Dsmooth16]

Good questions glesson

Leo Galante is his favorite character :cool:

[Mafiashock]

Ya those were good questions glesson.

[floyd06]

Jack,

Is it true you can literally do missions in your underwear? I remember seeing a preview at one of the gaming conventions and the guy said you don't even have to get dressed of you don't want to. So basically I could get made in my underwear?

[Don_Vito]

Jack,

Is it true you can literally do missions in your underwear? I remember seeing a preview at one of the gaming conventions and the guy said you don't even have to get dressed of you don't want to. So basically I could get made in my underwear?

No this is a serious game

[2K_Jack]

Awesome, I am thrilled that feature is still in Mafia II. I saw in a gameplay video from GDS where Vito was dragging corpses, I was assuming the whole time it was a removed feature, But it appears that it has stayed in the game. :D

Thanks again Jack for everything. I am absolutely thankful that you spend your time with us, And talk with us. :)

Btw, Is the Mafia II Gun Lamp made out of metal? Or plastic?

Mafia II Gun Lamp : http://www.flickr.com/photos/33445505@N08/4800214566/sizes/l/in/set-72157624516730058/

It's my pleasure to speak to you guys. As for the lamp, I'll let you know when I get mine. Based on how much they cost, I am fully expecting them to be metal.

[2K_Jack]

Seems like everyone is running out of questions :D

Then I'm doing my job. ;)

[Lucky_Lu]

Hey Jack!

How much did it cost to make the lamps? if you dont mind asking:p

also..

Can you tell us something about "Jimmy"?
Is he in a Family?
(DLC jimmy)
I understand if you can't reveal info..

last one..

Is there an all white suit+white fedora that the player can purchase? ( like al capone's goon in the untouchables)

thanks again jack

[packardcaribien]

You mentioned that different ethnicities will speak in native languages - will they have subtitles so we know what they're saying? I don't know Italian or Chinese ;)

On the music; are you more centalized on "big" names (Elvis; Buddy Holly; Bill Haley; Chuck Berry" or do you have some songs from less know people (Robert & Johnny or the Chordettes; Ie). Also; is there a Doo ☺☺☺ station? :confused:

[Fat Tony]

JJ,
i dont think u answerd this 1 but wat r the differnt melee weapons that u can use beside the baseball bat and molotov cocktail.
and can u tell us what the trailers earning your keep and the ties that bind are about and when they will come out
thnks brahhh

[Charles_Australia]

Some of the Italian guys in Little Italy, and some of the Chinese guys in Chinatown, will speak to you in their native languages. They will attempt to speak to you in heavily accented English or in their native language, and when they have conversations, it's often in their native language.

I can only say this for the English version. Our localization team handles the others.
thank god i live in Australia aye lol thanks jack

anyway the only other language i speak besides English is a tiny bit of Italian so it works out

[Vito Scaletta]

It's my pleasure to speak to you guys. As for the lamp, I'll let you know when I get mine. Based on how much they cost, I am fully expecting them to be metal.

Oh, If they are expensive I would as well want it to be made out of metal, It would be quite a shame if it was made out of plastic.

In my opinion, I always prefer metal over plastic.

[Charles_Australia]

ok odd question but regarding the story not a spoiler question in your oppinon will it be a emontinal experince? by emotinal i mean will it make you cry like in saving private ryan or will it be more

[Fat Tony]

ok odd question but regarding the story not a spoiler question in your oppinon will it be a emontinal experince? by emotinal i mean will it make you cry like in saving private ryan or will it be more

y did u cry in saving private ryan

[Charles_Australia]

yep first time i cried from watching a movie my first game was Call of duty 4 when gaz got shot well......its emontinal

[adils3d]

To answer your question - I don't know. It looks great at 720p and knowing what I know about console games, I've never even bothered to change the resolution. Let me explain...

If you've played PC games, you know that with increased resolution comes decreased frame rate. But running console games at 1080p (a massive jump from 720p) produces no performance decrease compared to running them at 720p. How do they do that? No console games actually render 1080 lines. They render frames at something like 800x600 and then they get scaled to 720p or 1080 before the video signal gets sent to your TV. The UI or HUD will scale differently and will be sharper at 1080p, but the graphics look the same.

If you want the sharpest picture possible, get the PC version. The PS3 and 360 both look great, but the PC version with all the bells and whistles turned on looks incredible.

I've lost track. At one point we had more than 20. The final number should be somewhere around there. There is no visual indicator on Vito as to how many weapons he's carrying. You can access all of your weapons at any time.


Hello Jack, so how much will Mafia 2 be upscaled to on the PS3. will be expecting something around 1080p.
And you said Vito can have access to all weapons at a time, dont you think this looks unrealistic having all 20 guns available. In mafia 1 we could manage 4 rifles and 2 long guns(tommy gun or a shotgun) or baseball bat.
I feel its this part that should be made realistic as well.

[Fugue]

I don't think he was suggesting you can carry 20 weapons.

and presumably if you can pick up a weapon you can drop one as well?

so you can make it as realistic as you want it to be.

[Mafiosi21]

Hello Jack. I´ve got a question: Can you give homeless people Money like in GTA 4? Second Question: Are you still polishing the game for the best performance or are you already done. Thank you :)

[Vito Scaletta]

Hey Jack, I got a question about texture resolutions on the PC...

I have noticed from watching the video's that Joe and Henry are quite lower rez then Vito.

In the PC version will Henry and Joe have Hi-Rez textured faces similar to Vito's? Also are the texture resolutions different from the console version?

Reason I ask is GTAIV claimed that it had Hi-Rez textures on the PC version, And all it had on the PC was the exact same resolution textures as the console version, Just that they increased displacement maps on the textures and when they did that...
It made everything look worse and made everything look like a sponge.

When I played GTAIV I ran it on medium texture settings, Cause the High texture settings were horrific.
And apart from that GTAIV had a terrible port the PC, I have never seen such a bad port in all my life.

But since Mafia II is built simultaneously I have no worry's about a terrible running PC version. :)

[ThaCrip]

Jack,I got a question.If I got GF8500GT,it's more powerful than 8600 without any GT's etc.? Do I can have normal fps w/1024x768 resolution?

Well, taking a quick look on Google, and it appears that 8500GT card is clearly below the 8600 line of cards. (i.e. it's not looking good for you on running Mafia II with it)

so while i can't give you a 100percent guarantee, it's a pretty safe bet that the 8500GT card is not going to work as there is a pretty big performance gap between the 8500 and 8600 series. if it does work, it will probably be very underpowered and you would probably have to turn graphics/resolution WAAYYY down to even have a small chance.

bottom line... if you got a decent CPU i would seriously look into upgrading your graphics card to something decent if that's possible. maybe a Geforce 8800 or better if possible (which is a pretty healthy boost in performance over the 8600 series). but if your CPU is solid i would consider getting the recommended card for the game but if your on a tight budget your probably going to have to upgrade regardless. but i guess you ain't got much to lose by testing the demo when it comes out which should be about 2-3 weeks before the full game is released and then you can work something about from there. ;)

p.s.but basically most of those Geforce x5xx cards pretty much suck for gaming (i believe the GF9500 is pretty bad to)

and regardless of what i say... the cardinal rule when getting PC components is to do RESEARCH BEFORE buying anything as it will pay off ;)


The farmhouse in A Trip to the Country. That was the kind of atmosphere I had rarely experienced in a game at that time. It was the kind of thing that we all agreed we wanted in Mafia II.

ill have to agree here and it's nice that type of stuff will be in Mafia II ;)

that Farmhouse level (at night with the rain etc where you had to save Sam) was definitely one of the more memorable levels in the original game and i still think it's holds up well even to this day like the entire Mafia game does.

and as you said it had/still has nice atmosphere that get you in the moment quite well ;)

[azzaulter]

I think you misunderstood me. I said in the eyes of a wiseguy, he would see a guy who has to ride public transportation as a loser. If you read that post again, you will see all of the reasons we cut public transportation. I went into a lot of detail.

You will be able to drag bodies around. You will not be able to hide bodies within things.


Fellows,so... I can move them, yes?) but I don't understand the second part of sentence. I wiil be able to move them in Free Ride, but I can't hide them?) Thank you