After an unavoidable break, we’re back with a video preview of Mafia II, sequel to 2002’s PC classic.
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Frank · August 16, 2010 at 1:55 pm
A while back I saw a video about this game where they talked about getting the trenchcoats to flow properly, rather than being statically animated. I believe it might have been in an NVidia newsletter.
The game looks great in your video, and though I never played the original, I’ll be sure to give the demo a go.