- "Hahahoho! I like your buddy, Joe!"
- — Mike Bruski
Michael "Mike" Bruski is a minor character in Mafia II.
History[]
Ostensibly a mechanic, Mike is a career criminal, having served two brief prison terms in his early twenties for involvement in Lost Heaven bank heists. After his second stretch, Mike moved to Empire Bay and used his stash to open a junkyard. Mike runs various scams - trading in stolen auto parts, fencing stolen goods, and allowing the mob to use his junkyard to dispose of incriminating evidence.[1]
He is a fanatic about cars, most of the time he spends in his garage. It is with him that Vito Scaletta starts after returning from World War II. Besides the preparation of vehicles, Mike is responsible for distributing drugs throughout the city. He loves all the screws and pieces of a car, and his main source of income is the sale of stolen cars through the city.
Cars can be brought to Bruski's Scrapyard and put into the car compactor to earn money. Semi-trucks and other bigger vehicles cannot be crushed as they are too big for the compactor. Once a car is driven inside, the player gets out and goes up the stairs to the control panel where it is activated, and the money is then added. Each vehicle can earn around $400.
Appearances[]
Mafia II[]
- Home Sweet Home
- In Loving Memory of Francesco Potenza (Optional)
- Stairway to Heaven (Optional)
Joe's Adventures[]
- Wheels of Evidence (Boss/Unseen)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Joe refers to Mike as a "polack", which is a derogatory racial slur referring to Polish people.
- Joe mentions that Mike has a "serious anger problem", telling Vito "Once he beat up a Mick at the race track until one of his eyes went blind" just for spilling a beer on Mike's winning ticket, which was worth only $10. Vito says he sounds like kind of a scumbag, however Joe claims Mike is a "pussycat" compared to some of the other people he knows.
- In Stairway to Heaven, when Vito searches for Joe, he can ask Mike if he has seen Joe. Mike will suggest visiting Giuseppe.
- The player can visit Mike in his office and speak to him sometimes in the main game. However, he will always apologize to Vito and remark that he doesn't have any work for him right now.