-I finished Mafia 2 long before I finished Mafia 1 and I loved it. But after playing Mafia 1 DE, I replayed Mafia 2 and the story felt worse than Mafia 1.
-F***ing police. They are everywhere.
-Stupid achievements like "drive 1000 miles", "collect 150 posters".
I remember it was fine when I played it 14 years ago. Not as good as the original, but quite enjoyable. The remaster is comically bugged though, at least on Xbox.
I'm not going to play Mafia 2 since Mafia 1 was way too short for me, like 5-6 hours and I didn't rush it. Not much to do after the main story ist complete and not the biggest replay value.
I kind of liked it but there was not enough content to justify the price, even at the sale i got it from. But maybe i was just asking too much from a game that has been released more than 20 years ago.