Simple and short yet very effective, and a slight improvement to it's first one!
Mafia Stories 1 was kind of a point-and-click game with some varied mechanics and for its pixel graphics it had some effects that are visually colorful, this one doesn't change the visuals style either the charm the First one had also.
This is sort of a side scroller brawler style and doesn't feel like a very different turn that doesn't fit the style because you feel it in it's charm of the first one, while it has a linear scroller brawling style it also has some cool tricks like small segments that keep you thinking (which is a nice method of variety in puzzles), a very small stealth segment, not for a long while but manages to do so, and quick time events that are refreshing to do or fail them which lows your lives number most of the time.
It has cool animations, its cool he added a punch animation to the characters and some few details with the characters as well, for its pixelated look. It has good audio and soundtrack, keeps some of the mafia atmosfere with this matching good with its visuals.
In its downside, there is a forced mechanic where you repeat the game if your lives drop, the game feels a bit short showing each mechanic by another and another, the game is also kinda short on length, the money mechanism only works on only one segment other wise feels a bit useless, otherwisely, the game is entertaining and its a heck of a good time waster.
9 out of 10 (4.5 Stars in Newgrounds Rating)