But in Mafia II, the core focus is on the epic Mafia story Playing through it as this guy Vito, going through what heвЂ™s going through.

So there will be some similarities to some other games. It doesnвЂ™t feel like anything else out there, does it? If some people did certain things right, and we wanted to do them right, instead of re-inventing them for no other purpose than being different, we didnвЂ™t do that we did it right. JC: YouвЂ™ve played it, thereвЂ™s nothing else out there like it. PSB: What differentiates this game from other open world games? ( skynidas) Is Mafia 2 just like GTA4? (asked on Twitter) You donвЂ™t even need to know anything about the Mafia to play Mafia II. Mafia I fans will have something that theyвЂ™ll jump out of their seats when they get to a certain part of the gameвЂ™s story, but you donвЂ™t need to know anything about Mafia I to play Mafia II. There are a couple of links to Mafia I, but you wonвЂ™t really pick up on those unless you played Mafia I. JC: ItвЂ™s a completely new story with completely new characters. PSB: How will Mafia II be connected to Mafia? ( VesterDK) I havenвЂ™t played the first Mafia game, and IвЂ™m wondering if I jump right into the second installment, will I miss out on important story lines, controls or game play techniques? ( luckyinlove777) So you take reality, and you bend reality into whatвЂ™s going to equal great gameplay. There are a lot of one way streets, and itвЂ™s not as much fun as it could be if you were driving around doing 90 mph in a convertable blasting 1950вЂ™s rock вЂnвЂ™ roll. But when you do New York you have to do it right, and it has to be exact, and youвЂ™ll get some psychopaths on the forums whoвЂ™ll take a map of New York City, and a map of your game and point out everything that you did wrong and bad and why go through that? And also, if youвЂ™ve ever driven through New York, itвЂ™s not the most gameplay-driving-friendly city. Jack Scalici: ItвЂ™s New York, with a little bit of influence of Chicago, with a bit of San Francisco mixed in there. PlayStation.Blog: Why go with Empire Bay instead of New York City? Since there isnвЂ™t enough in there for me to mix margaritas for all of you, IвЂ™ll just cut straight to the interview. After speaking with Director of Creative Production Jack Scalici, I left with those answersвЂ¦ and a tommy gun filled with tequila (seriously). Last week I attended a Mafia II preview event, armed with a list of questions you wanted me to investigate.

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