Robert Costanzo, Joe Hanna, Sonny Marinelli, and Rick Pasqualone in Mafia II (2010)

Daniel Vávra

The action packed crime drama brings another intense story set in 1950 where you play as Joe Barbaro. Whilst his close friend Vito Scaletta is away in prison Joe goes on a one man mission to discover what the Clemente Crime Family...

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Mafia II: Joe&apos;s Adventures

Joe on Wheels and Packing Heat

&quot;Mafia II: Joe&apos;s Adventures&quot; is an expansion to the main &quot;Mafia II&quot; game that, for a change, lets you step into the shoes of Joe Barbaro - Vito&apos;s friend, a lover of women, booze, and spontaneous gunfights. The game feels like a mini-series set inside a grand gangster movie. At its center is Joe, trying to sort things out while Vito is behind bars and mafia wars rage through the streets of Empire Bay.

The story unfolds through a chain of missions where Joe, acting like a streetwise detective, starts to suspect that someone ratted his friend out. Who did it? Why? And, of course, what is he going to do about it? You find out while cruising through familiar streets and blasting away at enemies. By the finale, the plot picks up steam, and the ending - let&apos;s just say - turns out to be a bit unexpected, maybe even bold.

The graphics are on par with the main game - stylish, atmospheric, and full of love for the 1940s-50s setting: shiny cars, period-accurate outfits, and beautifully crafted cityscapes. The locations are mostly familiar, though a few new areas were added to keep things fresh, so it doesn&apos;t feel like the developers just repainted the old map.

As for gameplay - everything&apos;s in its place. Cars roar, guns thunder, and the atmosphere hits the right notes. Joe gets his missions, which loosely drive the story forward. Sometimes it feels like he&apos;s just running errands around town, back and forth, but he does it with such swagger that you don&apos;t mind at all.

In the end, &quot;Joe&apos;s Adventures&quot; is a lively and immersive expansion that fleshes out Joe&apos;s character and lets you experience what it&apos;s like to live life perpetually on edge - behind the wheel and with a gun in hand. A solid story with a cheeky ending, a bit of drama, a dash of crime, and just the right dose of madness for a proper mafia adventure.

7 out of 10.

"Mafia II: Joe's Adventures" is an expansion to the main "Mafia II" game that, for a change, lets you step into the shoes of Joe Barbaro - Vito's friend, a lover of women, booze, and spontaneous gunfights. The game feels like a mini-series set inside a grand gangster movie. At its center is Joe, trying to sort things out while Vito is behind bars and mafia wars rage through the streets of Empire Bay.

The story unfolds through a chain of missions where Joe, acting like a streetwise detective, starts to suspect that someone ratted his friend out. Who did it? Why? And, of course, what is he going to do about it? You find out while cruising through familiar streets and blasting away at enemies. By the finale, the plot picks up steam, and the ending - let's just say - turns out to be a bit unexpected, maybe even bold.

The graphics are on par with the main game - stylish, atmospheric, and full of love for the 1940s-50s setting: shiny cars, period-accurate outfits, and beautifully crafted cityscapes. The locations are mostly familiar, though a few new areas were added to keep things fresh, so it doesn't feel like the developers just repainted the old map.

As for gameplay - everything's in its place. Cars roar, guns thunder, and the atmosphere hits the right notes. Joe gets his missions, which loosely drive the story forward. Sometimes it feels like he's just running errands around town, back and forth, but he does it with such swagger that you don't mind at all.

In the end, "Joe's Adventures" is a lively and immersive expansion that fleshes out Joe's character and lets you experience what it's like to live life perpetually on edge - behind the wheel and with a gun in hand. A solid story with a cheeky ending, a bit of drama, a dash of crime, and just the right dose of madness for a proper mafia adventure.

7 out of 10.

The action packed crime drama brings another intense story set in 1950 where you play as Joe Barbaro. Whilst his close friend Vito Scaletta is away in prison Joe goes on a one man mission to discover what the Clemente Crime Family have been up to and looks to uncover truth behind his friends prison sentence.

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