AsurasEyes said:
"So, the general point of this seems to be that I'm stupid because I like a game you don't? Well, that's what I usually hear.
Honestly, people, get off your bloody horses. Not liking a game doesn't make you smarter. It makes you... Well, not liking that game. You've got your taste, other people have theirs. It doesn't make you special, like you've seen the light surrounded by people who haven't.
Why in Sheogorath's name can't we just play and let's play?"
It doesn't put me on a higher level of intellect. I merely didn't enjoy it, and cannot understand why so many people called it the BEST GAEM EVAR when it was mediocre at best. The title is hyperbole, but I can understand how hard that it is to grasp that concept of sarcasm through text. One of the reasons I prefer face to face. You lose a lot of subtle things on a screen.
Calm down guy, it's just a "Games you hate that everyone else seems to like" thread. Take a chill pill, dude. He was probably being ironic anyways.
OT:Mafia II. I cannot say it enough for the rest of the damn year. It's the worst sandbox game I've ever played.
"But it's an interactive drama!". Well, then why have the open world? It barely even serves a purpose. As for the "drama" it's just every mafia movie ever made smashed together into an unidentifiable gray sludge. I lost all my money due to story convenience twice. I was in debt to drug dealers because of a deal gone bad at least 4. Worst of all, through most of it I have to follow traffic laws, so between every dramatic scene and shootout, there's at least 10 minutes of sitting in traffic.
But back to the movie rip offs. Tell me if these names sound familiar. Vito Scaletta. Henry Tomasino. See? They even ripped two name halves from the godfather!
Then there's the chores. Oh yes there are chores. There's the 3rd chapter where you have to carry a box to a truck, there's chapters 6-8 which include cleaning toilets in prison, chaperoning around drunk friends with the radio not only stuck on, but stuck on one station, and then immediately following all of that you have to sort cigarette colors. Say what you want about bowling in GTA IV, at least I LIKE bowling. I don't like sorting cigarettes or cleaning toilets. Nobody does. Having it in a video game makes it all the more insulting, as if the game's telling you "What? You want entertainment? Well FUCK YOU! This is all you're getting".
I paid $20 for this game, and it did come with an additional content CD so I get all the DLC as well, and I still feel ripped off. All the DLC does is remove the automatic missions and waypoints so you can discover how truly empty Empire Bay really is. You can annoy cops, get drunk at a bar, buy weapons and clothing, and customize vehicles. That's it. 4 things. This is probably the emptiest open world I have ever experienced in a game.
I know what you're thinking though. "Getting drunk could be fun, right?". Yeah, they could easily have made it like GTA IV and RDR and have you hilariously stumble around and shit, but no, you don't get that. You wanna know what happens? You get a slight blur effect. That's it. A slight blur effect. No stumbling, not even some funny phrases, just some blurring and a slight yellow tint.
In fact, nothing is fun in this game. You want to know what happens when you speed or even scratch another car? The police chase you. Yes, this is the only sandbox game on the current gen that has traffic laws, and they're the most annoying thing since house flies. Don't even think of going above 60 mph or hitting another car in front of a cop. If you do, they chase you. Yes, you can pay the tickets or bribe them on a two star level, but even then you have to sit through minute long animations where you just want to get back to regular play. You're going to get pulled over constantly if you drive in any manner even close to resembling a maniac. It sucks.
In conclusion, I played this game because people on GTAForums keep asking for features from Mafia II to be in GTA V, and I can say with %100 certainty that every single part of mafia II barring the garage system should stay as far away from GTA V as possible, lest it turn GTA V into a boring slog like Mafia II was. I still can't figure out what the hell anyone sees in it. Whatsoever. But that's okay, they can enjoy what they want. As long as I don't have to do the same.