

In Jimmy's world, the missions are the sole focus and I found myself fooling around a bit more - I run from police rather than trying to play it straight, I fire my guns into crowds of people, and I crash rides just for the hell of it. When I was playing as Vito, I was trying to polish off a section of his life and get to the next bit of story. This focus on gameplay is a nice change of pace as the missions in Vito's Mafia II story almost seemed like filler between cutscenes. Drive over there and kill a bunch of fur thieves, steal this certain car and get it to the docks, and blow up these marked gas trucks. There's a bit of story to this - an opening cutscene recaps the basics of who Jimmy is and each mission begins with a paragraph about why you're about to do what you're doing, but for the most part these tasks are bite-sized versions of the Mafia II gameplay. Complete the quest, and all that action is boiled down into a score and letter ranking. You have to finish the job before the timer ends, and as you fly around Empire Bay blowing dudes away, you'll bank points for headshots, kills, speeding, and more. What's an arcade mission in the Mafia world? Well, you'll roll up to a floating icon, accept the mission, and a timer starts. Furthermore, if you already own Mafia III on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or Steam, you will be upgraded to Mafia III: Definitive Edition at no additional cost," 2K wrote in a blog post.Play Whereas the game you know from the Mafia II disc follows the story of Vito and his best friend Joe, Jimmy's Vendetta is a $9.99 download that packs 30 arcade-style missions for you to jump into from the game's main menu. "Note that if you already own Mafia II on Steam, you will be automatically granted Mafia II: Definitive Edition at no additional cost.

The free upgrades were announced alongside the first official details on Mafia: Definitive Edition. In fact, the game will automatically update to the Definitive Edition if you have the original installed on your console already, and you can claim the extra content packs in the various digital stores, as well. Mafia III's upgrade is free on all platforms (PS4, Xbox One, and PC) and grants access to all of the post-launch DLC. If you own Mafia II on Steam, you can update the 10-year-old title to experience the adventure in high definition for free. Fans of the Mafia series are also getting some free content in the form of Definitive Edition upgrades for Mafia II and Mafia III. It'll come packaged with the Mafia: Trilogy and as a standalone title that's available to pre-order now. 2K games has confirmed Mafia: Definitive Edition, a full remake of the 2002 action-adventure for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, will release August 28.
