Nom Pretentieux said:
I've just been checking it out, and I really don't see what's so special about mafia 2, it looks way too over the top and unneccessary explosions and generally just way too flashy. When will a mafia style game dare to be as political as the godfather movies?
Frankly I'm not sure which upcoming games I'm looking forward to. MoH I guess but that's still a while off. I'm torn about Kane and Lynch 2, I'll wait for the reviews. I'm so tired of cod clones and gta clones and samey games =\ Guess I'll stick to inFAMOUS.
Maybe I just haven't watched many trailers, but weren't most of them pre-rendered, or at least not very indicative of the final product? Anyway, video games aren't meant to be a biting political commentary on it's respective time zone. Leave that to books or, better yet, the Godfather movies themselves.
They made a Godfather video game, and a sequel. Apparently, they didn't fare so well in the critical side of things.