Good to know the concerns of fans
Well, it definitely is a useful thread! To prove it, I will try to answer the concerns from the pool at least briefly.
Repetitive NPCs - We are still working on our technology that automatically mixes and generates variations of pedestrians.
Popping up cars/NPCs - Early Alpha version is not yet optimalised too much in this department but I believe that the streaming technology and visible distance are adorable already.
Arcade driving - Answered more detail in the thread devoted to that topic:
Car handling in Mafia II - Page 8 - 2K Forums
Facial FX - Work in progress, will get fixed for sure.
Death animations - The system for those is partially mocap and partially ragdoll, we are still working on it and getting quite amazing results lately.
No blood - It was safer to do the demo like this but you can definitely expect the blood in the final game.
Vito animations - Work in progress, will be improved for sure.
Vito´s speed - Work in progress, these things take time to tweak perfectly.
Anyway as stated before, this thread was definitely useful as we do want to know what things are fans most concerned about - even though we may know that we already have them noted or worked on.
...although, as you can imagine, we love the positive reactions/feedback even more
