Trivia / Mafia II

• Acting for Two:
  • Robert Costanzo voices both Joe and Derek.
  • Rick Pasqualone voices both Vito and Giuseppe.
  • André Sogliuzzo voices both Luca Gurino and Carlo Falcone.
  • Mark Mintz voices both Steve Coyne and Rocco.
• Dummied Out:
  • A look on the script files in the PC version reveals that the game was originally going to be much bigger. Remains of scripting still exists for a bunch of missions, side missions, and sections of Empire Bay which does not appear in the final game, working subways and taxis, usable melee weapons and car trunks, and children NPCs, all of which were cut from the final version.
  • Frankie Potts was originally going to be a much more important character with lines, but they all got cut.
• The Other Darrin: Bill Buell voiced the hitman who delivered the Pre-Mortem One-Liner to Tommy Angelo in the original Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. Here, Vito, who turns out to be the one who said it, is voiced by Rick Pasqualone.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Among the things axed from the final versions were working taxicabs, subway system, moving trains, ability to buy cars and houses, melee weapons like knives and baseball bats, a job system, a reputation system, and a race track. But considering the racing mission from the first game...
  • The game's Action Prologue set in Sicily was originally significantly longer with ingame files indicating there were 8 missions cut from the first chapter.
• Writer Revolt: Writer and Director Daniel Vávra, apparently dissatisfied with 2k, left the development team mid-production, explaining that "I want to do my stuff according to myself." He went on to found Warhorse Studios.

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