-Joe's fate will be explained, Vito returns
-protagonist: Lincoln Clay, complete orphan, Vietnam veteran
-you will fight agains the Italian mob
-you will get help from Vito Scaletta, Cassandra (the afro woman) and Burke (man with moustache)
-you will be able to call them via a phone booth, as well as other kinds of support (snipers, drive-by)
-no coop
-your partners will only help in special missions, besides that, you are on your own
-late 60s / early 70s atmosphere in New Orleans, including Mississippi flair (French Quarter, Jazz Bars, Rollings Stones)
-graphic is not as good as it looks in screenshots, textures are weak, lighting is good, facial animations seems unfinished (early gameplay version)
-"more focussed" than the Open World of GTAV
-side activities like clearing a gang hideout
-choices affect the world: do you let a informant run or not
-you will "conquer" the several districts of the map and then assign parts to administer to your friends, which one you choose will have different effects
-no "deep" economy system like in The Godfather 2
-you can shoot AND drive
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no health regeneration
-different pistols, revolvers. shotguns and mps as weapons, as well as grenade(launchers)
-you can still sneak