Vito’s father slaved away at the docks, so your attitude towards Derek may be very sour before you even meet him. As a union boss at the dockyards, he was Vito’s father’s boss. He’s a very shady and unsavory character. When you first meet Derek, you’ll probably instantly dislike him. Instead, Vito races over to save Leo, despite the consequences of getting found out.ĭerek Pappalardo, a shady man who Vito’s father used to work for. When he is given the task to assassinate Leo, Vito outright refuses, a rare moment when he turns down an instruction from his superiors. Vito is also devastated when Henry Tomasino is brutally killed, his eyes being opened to the ruthlessness of the criminal underworld.

Vito is utterly stunned when he discovers that Joe may have been killed at the end of the game. Joe Barbaro is his best friend, and Vito is always grateful for the things Joe does for him. It seems that Vito can’t do right from wrong. Unfortunately, Francesca dislikes Vito’s dark side, when he violently threatens her abusive husband, and she wants nothing more to do with him. Vito is also very protective of his sister, Francesca, fighting off a loan shark hassling her and hastily getting some money to pay his father’s debts off. He may secretly blame himself for her early demise. It’s heart-wrenching the moment when he learns that his mother has died, particularly as he’s in prison at the time. Vito also wants to do right by his family, who he cares about greatly. You feel like Vito is trying to do what’s best, for himself and other people, even if it isn’t morally right. You feel for him when his mother dies while he’s locked up in prison, as well as when Henry is brutally killed. Vito is tough as nails, but he’s human, too. He has to deal with all kinds of craziness, and luck isn’t always on his side, but he finds a way to get through it. Vito has a rough ride in Mafia II, growing up in poverty, fighting in the war, going to prison, and losing his friends and family. Since Vito and Joe were responsible for killing Tommy, you might be forgiven for hating them, but Vito is actually a likeable person. Now Vito is the protagonist, and it’s his story that we follow. He makes his first appearance at the very end of Mafia, when he and his buddy Joe pay Tommy Angelo (the protagonist of Mafia) a visit.

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