Mafia 2 Playboy guide

 It’s hard to imagine a less dignified or mobster-like activity than continually dropping everything to search every inch of every room for pornography, but that’s exactly what Mafia II asks you to do – assuming, of course, that you’re trying to collect all 50 issues of Playboy scattered throughout the game and net the Ladies’ Man Achievement/Trophy. Stop. Don’t waste time and/or ruin the tension of every action scene by scrounging for naked  pictures of women now old enough to be your great-grandmother.  We already did it for you, and now we’ll save you the guesswork by pointing out where to find every last one.

Above: Just think – your grandpa may have once kept this very centerfold hidden under his mattress. Now you can bond!

Bear in mind that, unlike the wanted posters (which we’ll have a guide on very soon), issues of Playboy are tied to their particular chapters – just because something’s in a freely accessible location doesn’t mean you can go back and find it later. If you miss them, you’ll need to reload the appropriate chapter to find them again – and we recommend holding off until you’ve finished the game (or at least finished whatever chapter you’re currently playing so that your last save isn't overwritten) before you do that.

CHAPTER 2
• Playmate 1
• Playmate 3 

CHAPTER 3
• Playmate 18
• Playmate 4
• Playmate 40
• Playmate 6
• Playmate 5 

CHAPTER 4
• Playmate 9
• Playmate 2
• Playmate 8
• Playmate 7 

CHAPTER 5
• Playmate 11
• Playmate 10
• Playmate 12 

CHAPTER 6
• Playmate 13
• Playmate 14
• Playmate 15 

CHAPTER 7
• Playmate 50
• Playmate 16
• Playmate 17 

CHAPTER 8
• Playmate 46
• Playmate 19
• Playmate 21
• Playmate 20 

CHAPTER 9
• Playmate 41
• Playmate 23
• Playmate 22
• Playmate 24 

CHAPTER 10
• Playmate 25
• Playmate 27
• Playmate 26
• Playmate 48

CHAPTER 11
• Playmate 47
• Playmate 29
• Playmate 28
• Playmate 49
• Playmate 30

CHAPTER 12
• Playmate 33
• Playmate 31
• Playmate 32

CHAPTER 13
• Playmate 34
• Playmate 36
• Playmate 35

CHAPTER 14
• Playmate 44
• Playmate 37
• Playmate 38

CHAPTER 15
• Playmate 45
• Playmate 39
• Playmate 43
• Playmate 42

Chapter 2

Playmate 1: Your very first issue of Playboy is sitting on Joe’s coffee table in plain sight. Be sure to grab it before you head outdoors with him.

Playmate 3: When Joe takes you to meet Mike Bruski, look across the yard from where Bruski’s office and the giant car crusher are. You’ll see a building with garage doors and one normal-sized door. Head on in.

Once inside, look to your right. You’ll see the next issue on a shelf.

Chapter 3

Playmate 18: As you leave Derek Papalardo’s office, look on the floor immediately to the left of the door. You’ll find what presumably was the Playboy Steve was reading just moments before.

Above: Ew, it's still warm 

Playmate 4: When you enter Maria Agnello’s apartment building, look to the left of the shelves standing just opposite the door. You’ll find the next issue laying on the floor.

Playmate 40: After you break into the building, you’ll find the next Playboy sitting on the corner of the guard’s desk in the lobby.

Playmate 6: Facing the back of the guard's desk, turn to your left and walk straight toward the adjoining hallway...

... where you’ll find a set of double doors on the left. Open them and head through the next hallway until you reach a blue door. Open it and go down the stairs.

You’ll enter a circular hallway (this is also where you’ll find the alarm system, if you’d like to shut it off). Head around to the far side, where you’ll find this solitary door:

Go inside and walk to your left. You’ll see the next issue laying in this well-lit alcove.

Playmate 5: When you reach the director’s office (which has the key you'll need to access the room with the safe), walk just across the hall to find the industrial specialist’s office. Go inside.

Once you’re in the door, the next issue will be on a windowsill immediately to your right.

Next page: Chapters 4, 5 and 6