The game will feature 3 families.
-Cops only call reinforcements if you committed a large enough crime.
-In total, there are about 2 hours of cutscenes.
-The game will contain references to the original game along with easter eggs.
-The game has 3 acts.
-All of the 2.5 square mile city available for travel at the start.
-You can use taxi's to get around the city.
-Cars get damaged, dirty, and even explode if shot in the gas tank.
-You can customize cars with your own license plates.
-There are 2 types of context sensitive environment interactions: Standard and Violent.
-You can buy food from vendors such as hotdogs.
-While buying stuff you cannot be attacked.
-NPC's will smoke, read newspapers, wait for buses, look through trash cans, etc.
-In several points in the story, you can make choices that affect the game.
-The game will feature multiple endings.
-Police will go after other criminals instead of just you
-You can buy houses where you can store your gear
-You can take missions for and against competing families.
-There will be many interactive objects such as chairs, bottles, sinks, etc.
-The map will have waypoints including sidequests.
-Checkpoints have improved from the original game.
-There will be no on screen interface.
-You can go to gyms to learn new hand to hand combo moves.
-Shooting through doors will possibly be added.