The first thing that hits you during the first few hours is how old the game still looks. For a remaster, Mafia 2: Definitive Edition is less than a let down – it’s a step back. In actuality, what you get is the exact same experience, with clearly outdated models and textures, not a whiff of improved visuals anywhere, and even the downgrade of features like the Physix clothing animation and the dynamic snow present in the original, non-definitive title. This “Definitive Edition” is officially a remaster – a pack-deal with all the previous DLC in one single bundle, supposedly boosting better graphics than the decade-old release.
That was true of Mafia 2 back in the day, and it is unfortunately true of Mafia 2: Definitive Edition. The pretty, seemingly intricate city proves to be one-dimensional and flat – a mere backdrop to a tale of crime that features a handful of meaningful interactions over a deluge of menial tasks. At first glance an open-world adventure game in the molds of GTA or Saints Row, it quickly reveals its true face as a very linear and exceedingly ordinary tale.
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