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* ForeShadowing: In Mafia 2, Henry says that his thirteenth contract is unlucky because he almost got his balls shot off. [[spoiler: He dies in Chapter 13]]

** In ''Mafia II'', [[spoiler: you end up being the hitman.]]

* BigApplesauce: Empire Bay.

* ContinuityNod: In ''Mafia II'', Vito and Joe [[spoiler: are the gunmen who kills Angelo from the first ''Mafia''.]]
** DisContinuity: [[spoiler: Tommy is killed in 1951 instead of 1957.]]

* DidNotDoTheResearch: In an early mission in ''Mafia II'', one of Derek's associates is shown reading ''{{Playboy}}''. The mission takes place in 1945; ''Playboy'' didn't debut until 1953.

** ''Mafia II'' detects all enemies and police.

** Semi-averted in ''Mafia II''. Cars won't explode if you smash them or shoot the engine, but will burst into flames and explode if you AttackItsWeakPoint.

* ProductPlacement: ''Playboy'' magazine shows up in the second game (even if it's [[DidNotDoTheResearch before 1953]]). Justified, in that it amplifies the period atmosphere.
* [[spoiler:PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo]]: [[spoiler:In ''Mafia II'' it turns out that Tommy and his family was moved to the suburbs of Empire Bay. Oh, and you and Joe are tasked with killing him]].

** In ''Mafia II'', you do it ''again''.
* SceneryPorn: Empire City is really quite gorgeous, especially in the snow.

* TruffautWasRight: "The old game was a tribute to gangster movies, a romantic vision. ''Mafia II'' is grittier, real, a darker world, and the effects are based in reality." - Daniel Vávra, Writer and Director of ''Mafia'' explaining the decision to make the sequel DarkerAndEdgier.

* YouKilledMyFather: In ''Mafia II'', [[spoiler: Vito to Derek.]]
* YouBastard: [[spoiler: Although the game never chastises you for it, it's hard for the player not to feel guilty for being the trigger man in killing Tommy, especially if you played the first game.]]

As noted above, ''Mafia'' is a ThirdPersonShooter that combines an [[SatireParodyPastiche affectionate pastiche]] to the classic mafia movies (''TheGodfather'' and co.) with the ''GrandTheftAuto''-like gameplay to produce a sweeping storyline with many sudden revelations, intense gunfights, and adrenaline-laden car chases. The sequel, ''Mafia II'', is set during WorldWarII and in the early '50's, and take place in the city Empire Bay, a FictionalCounterpart of NewYorkCity with elements from SanFrancisco. The game's setting and story be supposedly much DarkerAndEdgier (which will be quite a feat).

* ProductPlacement: ''Playboy'' magazine shows up in the second game (even if it's [[DidNotDoTheResearch before 1953). Justified, in that it amplifies the period atmosphere.

* [[spoiler:PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo]]: [[spoiler:In ''Mafia II'' it turns out that Tommy was moved to Empire Bay. Oh, and you and Joe are tasked with killing him]].

* ContinuityNod: In ''Mafia II'', Vito [[spoiler: is the gunman who kills Angelo from the first ''Mafia''.]]

* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: Sergio. Four times. In the end Tommy decides to just chase him down and kill him rather than being discreet about it.

As noted above, ''Mafia'' is a ThirdPersonShooter that combines an [[SatireParodyPastiche affectionate pastiche]] to the classic mafia movies (''TheGodfather'' and co.) with the ''GrandTheftAuto''-like gameplay to produce a sweeping storyline with many sudden revelations, intense gunfights, and adrenaline-laden car chases. The sequel, ''Mafia II'', is be set during WorldWarII and in the early '50's, and take place in the city Empire Bay, a FictionalCounterpart of NewYorkCity with elements from SanFrancisco. The game's setting and story be supposedly much DarkerAndEdgier (which will be quite a feat).

** Semi-averted in ''Mafia II''. Cars won't explode if you smash them or shoot the engine, but will burst into flames if you AttackItsWeakPoint, which will cause them to explode.

''Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven'' is a video game about TheMafia (see that article for the scary Italian dudes with guns trope).

As noted above, ''Mafia'' is a ThirdPersonShooter that combines an [[SatireParodyPastiche affectionate pastiche]] to the classic mafia movies (''TheGodfather'' and co.) with the ''GrandTheftAuto''-like gameplay to produce a sweeping storyline with many sudden revelations, intense gunfights, and adrenaline-laden car chases. A sequel, ''Mafia II'', currently in development, will be set after WorldWarII and take place in the city Empire Bay, a FictionalCounterpart of NewYorkCity with elements from SanFrancisco. The game's setting and story be supposedly much DarkerAndEdgier (which will be quite a feat).

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler: Vito to Derek.]]

* WhyWeCannotHaveNiceThings: The final stage takes place in an art gallery. Nearly everything can be broken, and those that can't be can still show very large bullet holes. Feel free to wreck havoc on priceless works of art.

Tommy Angelo is an ordinary taxi driver working in the city of Lost Heaven during TheGreatDepression. One evening, he is caught in a wild car chase involving thugs of two rivaling mobs in town trying to kill each other. Forced to side with one party, he soon faces retribution from the other and has no choice but to start working for [[BenevolentBoss Don Salieri]], whose men he saved earlier. This turns out to be a wise decision, since the other family is [[BadBoss much worse]]. Thus begins Tommy's ascention from a simple cabbie to the best [[CareerKillers hitman]] in the entire mob.