History YMMV / MafiaII

** 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 ''Definitive Edition'' released for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, Usefulnotes/XboxOne, and PC has a large number of issues, including poor performance despite the more powerful hardware and minimal upgrades to the visuals, and numerous additional glitches not found in the original. Cloth physics were removed from the campaign, but bizarrely enough are fully intact in the DLC, and fire physics were also removed.

* {{Narm}}: Settle down Vito, we know your hyped up on adrenaline, but shut up about the barber already.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5f2AIS-qU HEY! HEY, WATCHU DOIN' MOTHAFUCKA?!]]

--> "Right, Steve?"
--> "Suuuure, Derek."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A recurring line where Derek asks his associate Steve about what he said, with Steve affirming it.[[/labelnote]]

* NarmCharm: In ''Definite Edition'', [[GoodBadBugs presumably due to a glitch]], the tense cutscene in "Per Aspera Ad Astra" where [[spoiler:Leo orders Vito to kill Falcone in exchange for his life]] inexplicably has the former's eyes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1cBZ028lM unnaturally rolled to the side]]. As silly as it looks, it also makes it ''more'' tense since it makes it look like [[spoiler:Leo is so [[TranquilFury furious]] at Vito that he can't even bear to ''look'' at him.]]

* HistoricalInJoke: While in prison, a black inmate will shout out during one of the boxing matches, "Fella's got as bout much chance as [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a brother runnin' for president]]!" [[note]] The game was released in 2010, a full two years after Obama was elected president. [[/note]]

* NintendoHard: The ''[[Film/{{Speed}} Bomb Under the Seat]]'' mission in Joe's Adventures, to be specific. Expect a mother lode of irate players who bashed 2K for putting up an unbearable mission that involves driving a car to a specific location, all while under time pressure, traffic, winding roads and with the threat of a bomb exploding if you go too slow.

* NarmCharm: In ''Definite Edition'', [[GoodBadBugs presumably due to a glitch]], the tense cutscene in "Per Aspera Ad Astra" where [[spoiler:Leo orders Vito to kill Falcone in exchange for his life]] inexplicably has the former's eyes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1cBZ028lM unnaturally rolled to the side]]. As silly as it looks, it also makes it ''more'' tense since it makes it look like [[spoiler:Leo is so [[TranquilFury furious]] at Vito that he can't even bear to look him in the eye.]]

* CriticalResearchFailure: Whoever was in charge of music should've known that some of the licensed music wasn't even available in 1951.

* NarmCharm: In ''Definite Edition'', [[GoodBadBugs presumably due to a glitch]], the tense cutscene in "Per Aspera Ad Astra" where [[spoiler:Leo orders Vito to kill Falcone in exchange for his life]] inexplicably has the former's eyes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1cBZ028lM unnaturally rolled to the side]]. As silly as it looks, it also makes it ''more'' tense since it conveys that [[spoiler:Leo]] is so ''[[TranquilFury furious]]'' at Vito that he can't even bear to look him in the eye.

* NarmCharm: In ''Definite Edition'', [[GoodBadBugs presumably due to a glitch]], the tense cutscene in "Per Aspera Ad Astra" where [[spoiler:Leo orders Vito to kill Falcone in exchange for his life]] inexplicably has the former's eyes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1cBZ028lM unnaturally rolled to the side]]. As silly as it looks, it also makes it ''more'' tense since it conveys that [[spoiler:Leo]] is so ''[[TranquilFury furious]]'' at Vito that he can't even bear to look him in the eyes.

* NarmCharm: In ''Definite Edition'', [[GoodBadBugs presumably due to a glitch]], the tense cutscene in "Per Aspera Ad Astra" where [[spoiler:Leo orders Vito to kill Falcone in exchange for his life]] inexplicably has the former's eyes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1cBZ028lM unnaturally facing the side]]. As silly as it looks, it also makes it ''more'' tense since it conveys that [[spoiler:Leo]] is so ''[[TranquilFury furious]]'' at Vito that he can't even bear to look him in the eyes.

* UnfortunateImplications: Despite the game being more of a cautionary tale and deconstruction of the mobster lifestyle with Vito's life going to a low point around the end of the game, Sonia Alfano, an European Parliament member and antimafia activist, [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-17-mob-violence-victim-calls-for-mafia-ii-ban took umbrage]] at the game as it reminded her too much about her father's death at the hands of Sicilian mobsters in 1993, and called for the game to be [[BannedInChina banned]], stating "We can't allow this to happen, our wounds are still too fresh" and accusing the publishers of trivialising the Cosa Nostra, "a reality of death and destruction, into a thrilling and hands-on virtual pastime." Similar concerns were expressed by the Italian-American service organisation Unico National who accused the game of anti-Italian racism.[[note]]This is similar to how ''actual mafia groups'' protested against the release of ''Film/TheGodfather'', only for them to yield when the producers compromised with said groups.[[/note]] Take-Two responded quickly to said issues, maintaining that they were no different from other mafia fiction such as ''Goodfellas''.

** "Holy shit, what a fucking disappointment!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A line uttered by Joe Barbaro, which was popularized by the late [=Kitty0706=]'s ''Machinima/MassDefect'' as well used in response to something which is deemed disappointing, like ''VideoGame/MafiaIII'' for example.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5f2AIS-qU HEY, HEY, WATCHU DOIN' MOTHAFUCKA?!]]