Yeah I'm glad we agree about GTA IV Hunter. It was a good game and worthy of some praise but all the 10/10 scores made me think it was going to be immense! I actually much preferred GTA San Andreas.
The original Mafia game is probably my favourite game ever! I enjoyed it far more than I've enjoyed any of the GTA games.
I've just read the Eurogamer review.... the guy gave Mafia 2 a 4/10!!! :shocking:
Having played the demo I can safely say there's no way it deserves a score that low. I think your right about taking reviews with a large pinch of salt! The reviewer seems to just be slating the game because it's not the same as GTA. That's the whole point!! Mafia is a story driven game that immerses the player in the storyline, where as GTA is far more about the world and side missions. The whole review just made me really angry cos the guy also criticised the first game and I still think the original Mafia pees all over GTA IV! He seemed to be criticising Mafia for being different to GTA but that was the exact reason why the first game was so enjoyable!!!
Overall though I'm still disappointed by the demo and reviews. I've been waiting for this sequel for years and it doesn't look like it's going to quite live up to the first game. I'll wait and see though.
Forget about taking Eurogamer's review with a pinch of salt. I wouldn't take it with a boat load!! I've just searched for their review of the original Mafia game on the PC:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_mafia
Guess what? They gave that a 4/10 as well!! That game was friggin amazing and gave me hours of joy and they gave it a 4/10!?!
They must have something against 2k or against Mafia games in general?