Looks pretty sweet. I never played Mafia, but heard it was a good game that was slept on. But the design of this game has a real movie feel to it- like it'd be easy to find yourself caught up in the story and lose track of time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BAmPgS1dXc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwvcFmt_Te4 ^newest trailer. Perfectly done.
Mafia was one of the best games I ever played. Some guy has the whole game on youtube. It's a new story since the main character was wacked. The whole story, the ambience and the video clips are so cool. The city was really cool with distinct neighborhoods and the cars are awesome. As you play you get access to more and better cars.
The story in mafia 1 was great. You are this cab driver parked in hoboken smoking a cigarette checking the tires between rides when you here gunfire, a car crashing. These 2 guys come around the corner demanding that you drive them. You out maneuver the bad guys and drive the hoodlums to salieri's bar in little Italy. There they pay you for your trouble and let you know they owe you a favor if you ever need anything. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dgj2jdvacs4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dgj2jdvacs4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> After dropping a ride in little italy you are attacked by these 2 guys from the rival gang to salieri. Seeing salieri's bar a few blocks away you run for your life for safety. Now you have no choice but to work for them.
I downloaded the trailer on PSN before. I gotta say it looks impressive. I never played the first one before.