So....let me try and play by your rules


 


 


 




Since Frediriko, (Derick) is now dead....the guys at the dock like me, I have history through my father at the dock.....and its one heck of a cushy racket


 


 




I take the dock.

I'd rather be a live chicken then a dead duck


 


 




Bwack!  

 




It took me a year to get over that game....not because it sucked so bad, but because it could have been so GOOD!!!! You could see the original genius in the game design, and if the Czechs had been allowed to finish it, it would have been every bit as good as we hoped it would


 




LOL at the song!

Me....I am on the next train out of dodge,


 




Because maybe not tomorrow or the next day....they are going to start thinking about my reliability....and my loyalty....and their ass behind bars....and it won't take long before I am looked on as a liability.


 




Before I end up in someone's trunk....I am outta there.

As I thought this game would grow on me as I played it


 




Wanted to give an update, now that I am a few more hours into the game


 




Over all impression 8 out of 10 Stars


 




The game runs a little sluggy, but that may be my vid card more than the game. After making some adjustments it runs a little smoother


 


 




My Ratings


 




GraphicsÃâà 8 (Mafia 2 was 10)


 




Details 10 (Mafia 2 was 8 )


 




CityÃâà 10 Damn thing is huge


 




Action 4 This is turning out to be a much more cerebral game of investigation with some action interspersed


 




DrivingÃâà 6 (Mafia 2 was 8 )


 




Story 9 (Mafia 2 was 4)


 


 




Notables... The whole game can play like a freeride, while driving from place to place one of 40 missionsÃâà can pop up of regular police work. Every game seems to want to have notable features, Mafia 2 made a big deal of destructible surroundings, this game has it as well, their big puff point is facial expressions, which are really rather good.


 




Searching for clues is pretty standard, but the interrogation feature is really nice, and you have to pay attention to the facial expressions to catch them in lies.


 




The city is amazing, truly LA of the era from the traffic, to the gruddy streets to the red cars (which I haven't tried to see if you can ride...I doubt it.)


 




Only being in a few chapters the story is compelling and you get the feeling that something is hanging over our boy's head. The first few Chapters are rather tame and geared for training, but the first detective mission is rather complex.


 




If you are looking for a shooter, this ain't it. But if you are looking for something that will immerse you in the era. have a huge city to roam around in with other things to do and something that might stretch your brain with enough action to keep you busy this is a good buy.


 




Screens:







 







 







 







 

Thank you,


 




If you need to take longer, please don't rush for my sake.

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Floor plan is below. I showed the bathroom with the fixtures (tub, toilet, sink) so you could get and Idea of scale. I ain't much of an artist and I am not architect and I am certainly no model builder


 




Thanks


 

Meh, Initial impressions are not so good.....but they are just initial impressions. These things tend to take a while to grow on me.


 




M2 had better graphics , better cars and driving and better game mechanics (for all its vast and many flaws)Ãâà Getting screens off it is very iffy.


 




But the biggest problem I had is they can't even spell....


 







 




Thats two T's in Matteo BoysÃâà   <img src="/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/wink.png" alt="" data-emoticon="" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/invision_emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20">


 







 


 




I'll give it a chance, but it ain't taking me away from Mafia I

Hmmm


 


 




me I am that yapping dog behind Pepe's that will take the seat out of your pants if you get too closeÃâà  


 


 




Haha :lol: - Cole

I am sure there is the right way, and then there is my way.


 


 




I'll tell you my way.Ãâà  UsingÃâà Z modeler I removed all the texture from a character model (In this case TommyOLD.i3d) and renamed it (To TommyOLD1.i3d)


 




Now I can place this model anywhere, and set it on a loop of talking the same thing over and over again. We know that the talking is nothing but a wav files with 8 numbers in the title so I take the sound effect I need, record if it as a .wav and name it in the speech range ( like 36661001.wav). it has to have those 8 digits or it won't behave like speech and won't work.


 




When you place the character, make sure you make use the "No Reaction" option for the character or your invisible sound effect character will get up and run awayÃâà ;o)


 




But this works really well for localized sound effects, like:


 




The water sound effect for this fountain







 


 




The train Sounds







 


 




As usual , not being well versed in programming I found a way to make things work, and they work well.....but its not the right way ;o)

Side note. I ran into this story on Yahoo News about some titanic related photos (during and after the rescue)


 




I thought might like it


 




http://news.yahoo.com/photos/rare-titanic-photos-and-letters-1319127118-slideshow/

Someone give me a towel......sorry I will wipe up the drool


 


 


 




That is utterly AWESOME!!!!!Ãâà in the ocean with the light......woof

I love em, but then I have a quirk sense of humor!

Alright welcome fellow f-bomb dropper

Brother you have some mad skills and some kind of dermined commitment, I loved seeing the vid on the complete exterior