Mafia II: Jimmy's Vendetta

Mafia II: Jimmy's Vendetta

Mafia II showed a lot of fun filming and punches, but it was a story and staged at a level that gave him the extra power. First additional premium downloadable game, Revenge of Jimmy, it is clear, but it is a dark shadow of his older brother. Opening action-packed and chaotic gets the blood pumping, and some of the tasks to provide good opportunities to blow up the vehicle volatile. But all in all, this task-based romp through the Empire City was a disappointment. Transmission quality is everywhere always deadly boring, the fun and satisfaction that frustrating cheap. There is no story as to give more than what you did in relation to the job description and a couple of cutscenes short but spectacular. Mafia II core business remains solid, but has slipped a package of illegal migration, without any character or soul.

His first reaction to the DLC may well be "Who is Jimmy?" PlayStation 3 were given an introduction to the villain in a free bald called Jimmy's betrayal, everyone will have a difficult time wondering why they should care about this character beyond its frequent use and fun to the F-word . The hoarse voice of action and dark colors give an air of bitterness Jimmy evening, but apart from the cinematic adventure of opening and closing the description of the mission are the only source of context for their crimes. You may think the exciting escape into the air pushing Empire City sets the stage for another exciting and well-tumble crowd script. Instead, Jimmy Vendetta is more of an arcade take chaos Mafia II.

Unfortunately, the lack of story really hurts Jimmys escapades. Some missions involve stealing a car and drive to the garage, often in a good distance from your starting position. Many of these vehicles as a police and an oil giant, is slow, cumbersome and tedious to run. Mafia II was in the context of sequences in the longer term the biggest story, and funny and talkative Joe Barbaro was usually willing to give a few laughs and groans. After all, a road trip is always more fun when you have someone to ride. It is not only to run slower vehicles, but you also have some business, and there is no attempt to raise these missions beyond "truck driving from point A to point B." In action-based missions are fortunately more challenging because they are dependent on mechanical Mafia II fight against the strong.

Other fire missions are very frustrating because they lack coverage and intelligent placement of the enemies of the main game. In many settings, is facing angry legions of enemies, but given little or no resting places. This is an unusual design choice, because the shooting mechanics Mafia II are derived directly from modern shooters like Gears of War cover and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Too often, you're stuck outdoors with only your wits and luck to save, and Jimmy is very fragile. And because they are usually in a hurry because the timer is ticking, they are often faced with the police, in addition to their main enemies. As fans know, Mafia II, Empire City is full of fluff thirst for driving a speeding vehicle, and because the timer encourages you to move up a gear, who are constantly on your tail here.

Tinker the DLC character is disappointing, given the exceptional sense Mafia II place and time. Empire City is a wonderful place, and the effects of day / night cycle and time for the world to live. The game also comes alive when you get a chance to light the sky with flames and fury, taking nearby enemies and collect points in the process. However, these sparks are often drowned out by the mission design of the driving sequences frustrating and deadly boring. It could take five hours to gun your way through Jimmy Vendetta, that $ 9.99 sounds like a great value. However, there is both a unique value add-on of this contradiction, and even the most fanatical players of Mafia II should give pause before spending time and money to get revenge tale of Jimmy.

You run the mission from one place to another timed to the inevitable final confrontation, getting scored on your performance and a chance to see how you did compared to other players on the online ranking.

Many of them are very good, and how you earn more points for stringing kills in rapid succession, you push forward to obtain, headshot after headshot. The best of these missions have the potential to blow up cars and trucks, which is always fun because of the spectacular explosions that Mafia II looks and sounds great and leaves the metal shells of burning. A few missions where you protect vulnerable civilians is as fun as they give you a chance to shoot the incoming enemies from a shelter and accumulate points.

These two elements - the police and a clock hypersensitive push you to rush - although all significant adjustment, and some missions are already incredibly enough without throwing officers in battle. The final operation is the most exasperating, above those of other trouble, you agree enemies in close to a mansion. Remember how the camera pulled in close to Vito when you enter the apartments and corridors in Mafia II? Now imagine trying to handle a shotgun or Tommy Gun at the same time. You can not see, can not handle, and you can not wring some fun out of it.