History VideoGame / MafiaII

* WritersCantDoMath: When Vito returns home, he discovers his family is being hounded by a loan shark's goons, and that the $2,000 debt is due in one week before it gets raised. When Vito hears this, it is the 9th of February. Vito does some small work on that day, works with Derek at the dock and Henry on stealing the gas stamps on the 10th, then robs the jewelry store with Joe on the 11th. He is able to earn the needed $2,000 dollars by murdering Sidney Pen and gives it to Francesca in order to free them from the shark. The problem is, the mission where Vito does this is set on February ''20th'', making this a good four days late from the deadline.

A sequel, ''VideoGame/MafiaIII'', came out in 2016. A ''Definitive Edition'' remaster of ''Mafia II'' was released in May 2020, with all DLC included and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} owners of the original release getting the ''Definitive Edition'' update for free.

* MoodWhiplash: The host of Press Radio News gives one of these while reporting the finding of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. A bit jarring given on how he usually remains professional in the rest of the game but here he takes a moment to compose himself and actually apologizes for reporting such disturbing news.[[note]]This troper has not played the game is some time so please correct this if needed.[[/note]].

* RiseAndFallGangsterArc: Much like [[VideoGame/MafiaTheCityOfLostHeaven]]. The game opens with Vito in hard times, with the rest of the game showing his start as a petty thief, before fighting in WWII, getting discharged, rising through Empire Bay's criminal underworld, and finally becoming an official mobster. Unlike the first game's Tommy Angelo, however, he only briefly gets to enjoy the gangster life, [[spoiler:before a handful of bad deals turn his life upside-down again.]]

* MoreDakka: The Model 1928 Thompson, [=M1A1=] Thompson, [=MP40], Beretta Model 38, and, ultimately, the MG-42.

* MeleeATrois: In the open world sandbox, the cops can randomly join in on firefights between you and enemy gangsters, and will shoot at anyone they see firing off a gun.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: The Roller [=GL300=] does not have gullwing doors unlike its real life counterpart Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.

* MoreDakka: The Model 1928 Thompson and, ultimately, the MG-42.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The characters are about as racist as you would expect them to, the game being set in the 1940s and 1950s and all that. For instance, on the way to a bar situated in an African-American community, when asked about whether the place has changed since Vito had left for Europe, Joe goes on a bitter tirade against the local black community, calling them animals who only know how to sell dope, multiply and kill each other. Later on, while DrowningHisSorrows at the same bar, he tells Vito he walked there because he "wouldn't park [his] car in this neighborhood!"

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The characters are about as racist as you would expect them to, the game being set in the 1940s and 1950s and all that. For instance, on the way to a bar situated in an African-American community, when asked about whether the place has changed since Vito had left for Europe, Joe goes on a bitter tirade against the local black community, calling them animals who only know how to sell dope, multiply and kill each other.

*** A similar, yet strange case exists with the Lassiter Series 69, a car based off a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Sixty_Special#1948.E2.80.931949 late '40s/early '50s Cadillac]] that is plentiful in the 1945 sections, where its bulkier post-war design makes it stick out like a sore thumb. And while the Series 69 still sees some occasional use as a MookMobile (in both the main game and in two of the [=DLC=]s) once the story transitions to the '50s, it becomes vanishingly rare among civilian traffic until it's phased out entirely by the late game. They had the right year for the car, yet for some reason they placed it in the wrong one.

*** A similar, yet strange case exists with the Lassiter Series 69[[labelnote:*]]Based off the '49 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Sixty_Special#1948.E2.80.931949 Cadillac 60 Special]][[/labelnote]], a car with a late 40's/early 50's design that is plentiful in the 1945 sections, where its more streamlined post-war look makes it stick out like a sore thumb. And while it's still in use by the fifties, it becomes vanishingly rare before being phased out entirely by the late game (despite this, the car occasionally appears being driven by enemies in both the main game and in two of the [=DLC=]s). They had the right year for the car, yet for some reason, put it in the wrong era.
*** Inverted with one car in the game, the Smith Deluxe Station Wagon. Despite the fact that it is based on a late '30s Ford car (with a continental tire at the back and wooden plating, both of which became popular in the early '40s) that wouldn't be out-of-place in 1945, the car doesn't actually appear until 1951. This mistake appears to be fixed in two of the [=DLC=]s that take place in the '50s, where the car does not appear at all.

* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:Vito and Joe are the originally nameless hitmen who kill Tommy at the end of the first game.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** The Sicilian Mafia actually did help in the Italian theater of the war, providing logistical support, maps, and translators for the United States forces. While popular myth depicts Calogero Vizzini as having provided extensive support to Allied troops who invaded Sicily (as depicted in the prologue where Don Calo urged the fascist troops to surrender while on board a Sherman tank), most historians downplay his role as he had next to no influence due to prefect Cesare Mori's persecution of the mob on UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini's orders.
** The Italian-American Mafia actually did do a thriving business in falsifying papers which fraudulently discharged men out of service during WWII.

* WhamLine: For players of the [[VideoGame/MafiaTheCityOfLostHeaven first game]].
-->'''Vito''': [[spoiler:Mr. Angelo]]?\\

* RareVehicles:
** In real life, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_48 Tucker 48]] only had 50 examples ever produced. In-game, it is the basis for the [[https://mafiagame.fandom.com/wiki/Walker_Rocket Walker Rocket]], which is surprisingly common on the streets of Empire Bay.
** Just over 250 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_507 BMW 507s]] were produced in real life. In-game, you can occasionally find the [[https://mafiagame.fandom.com/wiki/ISW_508 ISW 508]] in the wealthier parts of Empire Bay.
** The [[https://mafiagame.fandom.com/wiki/Delizia_Grandeamerica Delizia Grandeamerica]] in Joe's Adventures is most likely based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_America#410_Superamerica Ferrari 410 Superamerica]], of which only ''35'' were produced.

* StealthSequel: The game's storyline has absolutely no relation to the storyline of Mafia 1. That is, until [[spoiler:Joe and Vito show up on Tommy Angelo's doorstep and gun him down in cold blood.]]

** Several cars, such as the Shubert Beverly (second generation Chevrolet Bel Air), Smith Custom 200 (1957 Ford Custom 300) and Smith Thunderbolt (1953 Ford Thunderbird), are based on, and have the design aesthetics of, cars produced much later in the decade.

* TimeSkip: Vito's years in prison are quickly glossed over, and only covers his meeting and befriending of Leo, and him killing O'Neill. You wouldnt know it actually covers six whole years if the game didnt tell you.