Mafia II is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by 2K Czech and published by 2K Games.
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15 Facts About Mafia II
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Version of the game including all previously released downloadable content, entitled Mafia II: Director's Cut, was released by Feral Interactive in December 2011.
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Mafia II is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective.
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Preliminary work on Mafia II began in 2004; the work on the script began in 2003.
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Mafia II was expected to release in late 2009, but was delayed until its release in August 2010.
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Mafia II was released on 24 August 2010 in North America, 26 August in Australia, and 27 August internationally.
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On 22 August 2015, digital sales of the PC version of Mafia II were suspended on Steam and other digital retailers for unexplained reasons.
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Mafia II: Special Extended Edition is a compilation package published by 1C Company for the Russian market.
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Version of Mafia II was developed for mobile phones by Twistbox Games and published by Oasys Mobile; the iOS version was published Connect2Media.
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Mafia II received "generally favorable reviews" for the Windows and PlayStation 3 versions, and "mixed or average reviews" for the Xbox 360 version and Definitive Edition remaster from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
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Mafia II criticised the mundane parts of the game, such as driving, making the game feel "unnecessarily padded".
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In November 2021, designer and lead writer Daniel Vavra showcased prototype images from Mafia II which had recently been uploaded to a colleague's online portfolio, explaining that there was going to be a full campaign in Sicily rather than just the one mission.
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Take-Two Interactive quickly responded to the issue, stating that the game's depiction of the American Mafia II was no different from organized crime films such as The Godfather.
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The game features several callbacks to Mafia II, including the return of Vito Scaletta, who plays a supporting role in the game.
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