Truly long-awaited was the game "Mafia 2".Became a hostage to the popularity of her predecessor, she was doomed to success - one way or another. Despite its ambiguity, it was warmly received by many. And they play it to this day, because "Mafia 2", the system requirements of which are very democratic, will be launched on almost any computer that is not even new.
Prehistory. The success of the first "Mafia"
So what does the game "Mafia 2" have to do with itsfame? In the early 2000s, guys from the Czech studio Illusion Softworks created a sensation for the whole world, releasing the project Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. The game for its time was striking with high-quality graphics, attention to detail, a well-crafted plot, a huge game world. Listing the advantages of the first "Mafia", you can still talk very, very much. But always any list of its advantages will be headed even not listed above. The main highlight of the game was the unique atmosphere of the Great Depression.
Approximately at one time with the "Mafia" was published notless iconic GTA III, which became a hit and the founder of the most popular series of games Grand Theft Auto. But even the presence of such a powerful competitor did not prevent the creation of the Czechs to settle down and fall in love with gamers around the world for many years. People thronged with the story of a simple London taxi driver, Tommy Angelo, who, as a result of the confluence of circumstances, was the mafiosi of the great Salieri clan. Run and fight, robbery and gunfights - all this was happening on the streets of the huge City of Lost Heaven, painted almost under a carbon copy from Chicago of that time.
The same atmosphere
As already mentioned above, the first partfell in love with the players for the amazing atmosphere of the United States of the Great Depression. All this was shown with historical accuracy and very detailed - flooded with skyscrapers and gangsters city, disassembly of mafia clans, "dry law", hard life of ordinary people of that period. All, absolutely everyone was delighted with its elaboration. Do not forget about the beautiful, well-executed models of cars of the 30's.
The second part of the game also excelled in itsentourage, relevant already for the later, post-war period of the game. The system requirements of the game "Mafia 2", of course, increased since the publication of the first part, allowed to improve games in the technical plan. Perhaps, because of the change in the time of the action, the project has lost a little in its charm, because much of what was in the first part, in the second could not be anymore. However, the game continued to show thoroughly the life and work of honest and not so American people in the mid-twentieth century.
Rivalry with GTA
In view of the subject matter and similar game mechanics, the series"Mafia" was simply destined to compete with the famous Grand Theft Auto. And it began with the release of the first "Mafia", which was to compete with GTA III - no longer the first game in a competing series, but the first released in 3D-action format. And there, and here - the Italian mafia, though, the difference in the time of action in 70 years. Among the two wonderful games it was difficult to identify the winner. However, the GTA series pulled ahead, because, as long as the "Mafia 2" was forged, the bestsellers GTA Vice City and San Andreas were released. The release of the second "Mafia", although it took place, was questioned for a long time, and it happened much later than all expected.
"Mafia 2", the system requirements of which weremuch softer than that released again at about the same time with her long-awaited GTA IV, was received by all in general as a positive, because it turned out to be comfortable playing on the average for that time computer. It ran without problems on the newest hardware, and even gave out a good amount of FPS, while its rival, due to its not better optimization, could easily braked on powerful gaming PCs.
However, there was one more aspect not in favor ofgames "Mafia 2". The system requirements of GTA IV were much higher, this is a fact, however, it was performed at a higher technological level. And the gaming jump in GTA IV was seen clearly, while "Mafia 2", in spite of its good quality, did not show anything fundamentally new.
The game "Mafia 2"
The story of the game tells about the adventures of a guyof Italian descent named Vito Scaletta. Moving to the US from his native Italy in the 1920s, Vito, while still a child, became friends with Joe Barbaro, with whom fate linked him for many years. Growing up, Vito and Joe began to be engaged in theft and robbery for the sake of earning, as a result of which the protagonist was captured by the police and then, in order not to go to jail, went to the front. Recall, was already the Second World War.
Вернувшись с войны, Вито, доросший к тому времени to a middle-aged mafiosi, attracts Joe to the criminal industry again, but now in the form of work on influential people and a few other scales. Together with his friend Vito it is necessary not only to become a respected and wealthy gangster, but also to uncover some secrets of his family ...
"Mafia 2" on the computer is a fascinating symbiosis of action and racing, giving the player a free world, as in the GTA (we will clarify that the "Mafia" could not boast of the first completely free world).
System requirements
As a result of the fact that it was created at the junctiontwo generations of game consoles and the development process was late, its developers had to change the engine about three times, eventually stopping to develop their own. At the same time, as you can see, the system requirements are not very high.
Which puts forward the minimum system requirements "Mafia 2":
- Operating system Windows XP SP2, Vista or 7.
- Processor Intel Pentium D 3 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (dual-core).
- 1.5 gigabytes of RAM.
- 8 GB of free space on the hard drive.
- Video card NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or ATI Radeon HD 2600.
- The presence of an Internet connection to activate the game and access to Steam.
Recommended system requirements:
- Operating system Windows XP SP2, Vista or 7.
- Processor Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz.
- 2 gigabytes of RAM.
- 10 GB of free space on the hard drive.
- Video card NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX or ATI Radeon 3870.
- The presence of an Internet connection to activate the game and access to Steam.
Summary
"Мафия 2", системные требования которой ниже, чем for GTA IV and its later versions, can become a worthy, interesting alternative to fans of chases and shootings in one game. And, of course, it is absolutely recommended for all fans of the first part, as well as for lovers of old black and white American films about the mafia - the blessing is supplied with sufficient requisites.
