r/MafiaTheGame • u/Ok_Community_9632 • 8d ago
Discussion Mafia 2
This game sucks so far, how is this the definitive edition with these graphics. The controls are so weird compared to mafia 1 and 3 and this game feels like slop thrown together within 30 minutes
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u/PlanktonFew2505 8d ago edited 8d ago
Mafia 2 was simply a shitty remaster of the original that was pretty much worse and buggier than the original Mafia 2 in every way, whilst Mafia 1 got a full on remake. That's why the quality between Mafia DE and Mafia 2 is such a leap backwards in graphical fidelity.
In my opinion, I don't think the Mafia trilogy was necessary. They should have just made Mafia 1 remake its own standalone title (without the dumb Definitive Edition title), made all the DLCs available for free for Mafia 3 and then make a full-on remake of Mafia 2 and then moved on to Mafia TOC.
Suffice to say, the Mafia Definitive Edition trilogy pack was a disaster despite its commercial success and bringing many newcomers to the series. Mafia 1 DE was a good game and alright remake but popular consensus is that it wasn't as good as the 2002 original. Mafia 2's remaster was simply a disaster, up there with the likes of Bioshock remastered and Mafia 3 DE offered no improvements besides some new bloom effects that is barely noticable. Some have even reported that Mafia 3 DE is even MORE buggier than the original patched Mafia 3.