Joe isn't getting the attention Vito's tale did. With the movie-like atmosphere removed, you're just running to floating "mission start" icons on the screen, getting your mission and trying to get it done before the timer runs out. We get a few cutscenes in the beginning of the game, but then you start getting the static screens that introduce missions with text - the storytelling flair disappears. I'd love to get a compelling Joe story that has some substance like the one told in the proper Mafia II game, but that doesn't happen here. The DLC is stuck not knowing what it really wants to do - it's somewhere between the disc-based game and the arcade DLC that has come before. He doesn't fight or react like a real person. Trouble is, when you do catch him, he just sits in the car like a spud and lets you cap him in the head. You need to zig and zag around gaps in the ice and catch up to the bad guy. At one point, you're driving across a frozen lake as you chase your target. Play Some of these are cool and shake up the Mafia II formula.
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