25 reviews
I don't get people who say this game is repetitive.
I do have minor annoyances with some of the decisions they made, like weirdly unintuitive controls (skipped so many cutscenes cause X apparently means skip, all the doors open with a square, except for when you're in a car and the garage opens with the down button on the D pad, you beat people with a circle and you jump with the triangle... why...?) Also I hate when games decide to have customizable characters AND prerendered cutscenes. Just do one or the other, 2K, don't pander to youtubers who are constantly complaining about things nobody cares about. In that sense Mafia III is a downgrade from Mafia II.
But the story is incredible, the gameplay is pretty nice and I think a lot of the decisions for this game came from the backlash from Mafia II being "boring".
This was perfectly predictable. Mafia II comes out "boring, nice story, too linear, not enough to do in open world". Mafia III comes out, you have side missions, better gameplay and more collectibles and people are like "too long, too much stuff to do and they're all the same, Mafia II was way better".
I blame video game reviewers. It shouldn't be a thing. They definitely don't improve the medium with their constant drivel but for some reason some developers actually pay attention to that feedback.
And I really don't get it. I prefer playing a game that does one or two things right, than to just play any random Ubisoft, EA or you-name-it franchise that tries to cram everything good from other games into one mess of a game just cause they need the money. And yeah sure... for some this game may be boring, but playing through it, apart from the minor annoyances all I get out of it is the impression that they put a lot of effort into it.
I also love this game as a stealth fan, so yeah... You have the areas. You get the objectives. You have the means and they give you a pretty good scope on the layout of each area. You can do whatever you like for each mission. You have plenty of approaches and a good arsenal for each mission.
If you're bored playing this game - you're probably playing it in a boring way...
I do have minor annoyances with some of the decisions they made, like weirdly unintuitive controls (skipped so many cutscenes cause X apparently means skip, all the doors open with a square, except for when you're in a car and the garage opens with the down button on the D pad, you beat people with a circle and you jump with the triangle... why...?) Also I hate when games decide to have customizable characters AND prerendered cutscenes. Just do one or the other, 2K, don't pander to youtubers who are constantly complaining about things nobody cares about. In that sense Mafia III is a downgrade from Mafia II.
But the story is incredible, the gameplay is pretty nice and I think a lot of the decisions for this game came from the backlash from Mafia II being "boring".
This was perfectly predictable. Mafia II comes out "boring, nice story, too linear, not enough to do in open world". Mafia III comes out, you have side missions, better gameplay and more collectibles and people are like "too long, too much stuff to do and they're all the same, Mafia II was way better".
I blame video game reviewers. It shouldn't be a thing. They definitely don't improve the medium with their constant drivel but for some reason some developers actually pay attention to that feedback.
And I really don't get it. I prefer playing a game that does one or two things right, than to just play any random Ubisoft, EA or you-name-it franchise that tries to cram everything good from other games into one mess of a game just cause they need the money. And yeah sure... for some this game may be boring, but playing through it, apart from the minor annoyances all I get out of it is the impression that they put a lot of effort into it.
I also love this game as a stealth fan, so yeah... You have the areas. You get the objectives. You have the means and they give you a pretty good scope on the layout of each area. You can do whatever you like for each mission. You have plenty of approaches and a good arsenal for each mission.
If you're bored playing this game - you're probably playing it in a boring way...
The story and soundtrack are really good, but graphic ( for 2016 ) and optimization are not so much. It's not better than Mafia 2, but it's a good game.
- apacino-88361
- Jan 5, 2020
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Well, If you are here then you definitely like open world games. So simply just go and buy it, it really worths the price. Yes it has some issues, yes propably all the yapping about it being a not finished game with glitches is true but there is more to it than that. As far as I am concerned it is not as good as mafia 2 concerning the script, feeling and how close you get to the characters BUT it is a whole other story so let's just get over with the nagging. I definitely enjoyed playing the game. Did all the main & side missions along with getting all the city wire tapped and finding all the collectibles. I gave it an easy 8 out of 10. I hope we ll see another mafia game soon..
- hkritikos2004
- Sep 4, 2018
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Before I get in to the main review, let me just grab your attention with this: YOU CAN GROW AND SELL WEED! And create your own strains. EPIC!
This game is unjustly maligned and seriously underrated. Though 2K did get a smidge political and overly racial, the fundamentals of the game are just too strong to ignore. I highly encourage you to enjoy this phenomenal game.
Hangar 13 deserves so much credit for the functionality and rich gameplay Mafia III provides.
This game has it all: Clean, incredibly realistic sounding gunfire. Strong, reactive hand-to-hand combat complimented by gruesome finishers and chilling stealth kills. An efficient and well designed weapon wheel with very unique "summon" options for your weapons dealer, cash handler, and car delivery services. I could go on for a while!
Though this game has an invigorating main storyline, the beginning is quite dark and abrasive. It gets a little heavy, but the payoff is well worth the weight of the plot. Vengeance is sweet!
The vehicles were so beautifully designed, and the driving is as fulfilling as I've ever experienced. Perfect engine, and tire sound replication.
Give this game a chance. You'll be glad you did.
This game is unjustly maligned and seriously underrated. Though 2K did get a smidge political and overly racial, the fundamentals of the game are just too strong to ignore. I highly encourage you to enjoy this phenomenal game.
Hangar 13 deserves so much credit for the functionality and rich gameplay Mafia III provides.
This game has it all: Clean, incredibly realistic sounding gunfire. Strong, reactive hand-to-hand combat complimented by gruesome finishers and chilling stealth kills. An efficient and well designed weapon wheel with very unique "summon" options for your weapons dealer, cash handler, and car delivery services. I could go on for a while!
Though this game has an invigorating main storyline, the beginning is quite dark and abrasive. It gets a little heavy, but the payoff is well worth the weight of the plot. Vengeance is sweet!
The vehicles were so beautifully designed, and the driving is as fulfilling as I've ever experienced. Perfect engine, and tire sound replication.
Give this game a chance. You'll be glad you did.
- MellowStello
- Jun 23, 2021
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Mafia III is a game that is a great in some departments, good in most departments but also bad in other departments.
First the positives, 'Mafia III' has to me the greatest soundtrack of any video game I've ever played, and this is epitomised in the radio, I often found myself enjoying playing the game the most just driving and listening to the radio. The game has a good story and a great story telling technique (doing it through a documentary), the gameplay was also good and I found all the characters tolerable and some I genuinely liked (Lincoln and John Donovan).
Now for the negatives, 'Mafia III' biggest problem is it's repetitive nature, often when playing the game you have to figure out ways to keep yourself engaged in the story, and towards the end almost force yourself to take over the last couple territories. However I feel another problem I have with this game is the ending, I don't like the choice aspect of the ending as I think a lack of a definitive ending diminishes the story.
In conclusion, 'Mafia III' is a fun game at times, with a good story, decent characters and amazing music, and in its best moments is a genuine great game but at its worst moments it becomes a bit of a chore.
Rating [7/10]
First the positives, 'Mafia III' has to me the greatest soundtrack of any video game I've ever played, and this is epitomised in the radio, I often found myself enjoying playing the game the most just driving and listening to the radio. The game has a good story and a great story telling technique (doing it through a documentary), the gameplay was also good and I found all the characters tolerable and some I genuinely liked (Lincoln and John Donovan).
Now for the negatives, 'Mafia III' biggest problem is it's repetitive nature, often when playing the game you have to figure out ways to keep yourself engaged in the story, and towards the end almost force yourself to take over the last couple territories. However I feel another problem I have with this game is the ending, I don't like the choice aspect of the ending as I think a lack of a definitive ending diminishes the story.
In conclusion, 'Mafia III' is a fun game at times, with a good story, decent characters and amazing music, and in its best moments is a genuine great game but at its worst moments it becomes a bit of a chore.
Rating [7/10]
- gamerreview
- Dec 29, 2021
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Definitely a bit of a disappointment compared to the first two but still a great game. Great story, amazing soundtrack, really fun gameplay. It lacks diversity in mission structure but you can make it really fun for yourself by trying different approaches to each mission. There are a bunch of different weapons and you can choose between a stealthy approach or a loud and violent one. Both really fun. I suggest you give it a try and don't give up on it too early.
- elliot_ekstrom
- May 19, 2021
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The story and the pace of the game was amazing. The way the story was told was amazing. The setting is incredible too as the city based of New Orleans sets a great playground for the character who is also well build. I must say it was an amazing story full of twists and interesting moments, especially when showed with them great music setting the vibe of the late 60s. The huge disappointment of the game wasn't so much the gameplay, which was alright with a bit of downgrade on the driving from the last Mafia game, but the missions were so repetitive. To progress in the game the protagonist Lincoln Clay has to take up territories/neighbourhoods one by one from the main boss - Marciano. To take a neighbourhood or at least to get to meet the underboss who owns this territory, you have to make 2 or 3 missions which exact copy paste in each of district you have to overtake. The missions for taking down the underbosses of the districts are diverse and pretty good but the path to get there is repetitive as you have to go trough it over and over again. The characters in the game are great and fun to explore, the world is beautiful and stays as a cool background as it looks alive but in the same time there is not much to do if you want to free roam since it's an open world. The story is 10/10 but the repetitiveness of the missions really make the game to be a disappointment. If you are able to sit trough those repetitive missions and ignore them, I ensure you it's worth it, just so You can experience this amazing storyline.
Greetings from Lithuania.
I picked up "Mafia" III (2016) for free as a PS plus free give away. After playing trough the half of the story i eventually quit it. That happens for me ultra rare. Why? Because "Mafia" III is one of the most disappointing game i have ever played - at the end of day.
"Mafia" III has to be the most repetitive game ever. First i enjoyed it. Shooting mechanics in this game are great. The sound when bullets hits your target, head shots - it done great. Other and the last good thing about this game is driving mechanics, i really enjoyed it. Other then that, there is nothing in this game that would make you to come back to it. Every single mission (literally, well except one where you have to box someone inside of the ring) is a copy/paste of previous one. All of the side missions are copy/paste. Literally. Outside of the main story which is kinda OK and side quests which are as boring as hell, there is absolutely nothing to do in this open world. It feels dead and empty, and it is dead and empty. There are glitches as well.
Overall, even for free i couldn't finish Mafia III. Its the most repetitive and boring game i have probably ever played.
I picked up "Mafia" III (2016) for free as a PS plus free give away. After playing trough the half of the story i eventually quit it. That happens for me ultra rare. Why? Because "Mafia" III is one of the most disappointing game i have ever played - at the end of day.
"Mafia" III has to be the most repetitive game ever. First i enjoyed it. Shooting mechanics in this game are great. The sound when bullets hits your target, head shots - it done great. Other and the last good thing about this game is driving mechanics, i really enjoyed it. Other then that, there is nothing in this game that would make you to come back to it. Every single mission (literally, well except one where you have to box someone inside of the ring) is a copy/paste of previous one. All of the side missions are copy/paste. Literally. Outside of the main story which is kinda OK and side quests which are as boring as hell, there is absolutely nothing to do in this open world. It feels dead and empty, and it is dead and empty. There are glitches as well.
Overall, even for free i couldn't finish Mafia III. Its the most repetitive and boring game i have probably ever played.
I was hesitant because, well, Mafia. You aren't really in the mafia in this, not even really the Dixie Mafia... which would also not really work.
But on the other hand, it's the 1960s. And the thing that I loved most about Mafia II was the world of the 40s and 50s it created.
Unfortunately, as much as it does a GREAT job depicting the 60s... it depicts the 60s in the South and you kind of take on the role of an African-American Dukes of Hazard character... with gangland ties.
Lincoln Clay oscillates between looking too much like Vin Diesel to really get the feel that he's a Black man living in the segregated south, to actually feeling like a Black man living in the 60s south, and it's all dependent on lighting, which is a shame that they couldn't exactly get his skin tone to stay consistent.
Moving it to somewhere that the culture clash and the hippie movement was a bit more profound would have been more of what I wanted.
HOWEVER, instead you get the Civil Rights movement and fights along those lines and, honestly, I can't complain about that either. It was true to the era and made for a moving story line even if the characters are bad guys and not too sympathetic on either side.
It made for a compelling and fun story that I don't think I'd trade... even if I wanted Italian Mob and more Hippie culture. It was completely enjoyable.
The shooting certainly improved from Mafia II... the story is just as great. The exploration of post Vietnam America is pretty freaking fantastic, especially with the Civil Rights Movement thrown in there to spice it all up.
But, unfortunately, like Mafia II, it's just too darn short given the world they throw you into and how much effort they took into making it look period and beautiful.... so where it's a little longer, the lack of side missions, the lack of length, means that you only really experience it for a weekend. And that is a shame.
I went back and revisited it and GTA 5... and the navigation system is far and away better than the GTA series, this time incorporating street signs that allow you to play without wrecking because your eyes are on the little mini map in the corner.... and again the speedometer is something GTA has always lacked. And the addition of a rear view mirror also promotes better driving and less GTA style navigation crashes.
The music is a great selection for the period... car theft, however, is much more difficult and annoying, especially given all the classic cars that litter the game... the cars that you always wanted and could never afford... they are there, in the game, and pilfering them for a joy ride results the police being instantly alerted, even if they are out of view... and the noise they make is ridiculously loud. So the first thing you want to do is tone down the SFX audio.
But on the other hand, it's the 1960s. And the thing that I loved most about Mafia II was the world of the 40s and 50s it created.
Unfortunately, as much as it does a GREAT job depicting the 60s... it depicts the 60s in the South and you kind of take on the role of an African-American Dukes of Hazard character... with gangland ties.
Lincoln Clay oscillates between looking too much like Vin Diesel to really get the feel that he's a Black man living in the segregated south, to actually feeling like a Black man living in the 60s south, and it's all dependent on lighting, which is a shame that they couldn't exactly get his skin tone to stay consistent.
Moving it to somewhere that the culture clash and the hippie movement was a bit more profound would have been more of what I wanted.
HOWEVER, instead you get the Civil Rights movement and fights along those lines and, honestly, I can't complain about that either. It was true to the era and made for a moving story line even if the characters are bad guys and not too sympathetic on either side.
It made for a compelling and fun story that I don't think I'd trade... even if I wanted Italian Mob and more Hippie culture. It was completely enjoyable.
The shooting certainly improved from Mafia II... the story is just as great. The exploration of post Vietnam America is pretty freaking fantastic, especially with the Civil Rights Movement thrown in there to spice it all up.
But, unfortunately, like Mafia II, it's just too darn short given the world they throw you into and how much effort they took into making it look period and beautiful.... so where it's a little longer, the lack of side missions, the lack of length, means that you only really experience it for a weekend. And that is a shame.
I went back and revisited it and GTA 5... and the navigation system is far and away better than the GTA series, this time incorporating street signs that allow you to play without wrecking because your eyes are on the little mini map in the corner.... and again the speedometer is something GTA has always lacked. And the addition of a rear view mirror also promotes better driving and less GTA style navigation crashes.
The music is a great selection for the period... car theft, however, is much more difficult and annoying, especially given all the classic cars that litter the game... the cars that you always wanted and could never afford... they are there, in the game, and pilfering them for a joy ride results the police being instantly alerted, even if they are out of view... and the noise they make is ridiculously loud. So the first thing you want to do is tone down the SFX audio.
- generationofswine
- Dec 1, 2020
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If like me, you're into old timey/retro cars, fashion and music. Then this game will be an all you can eat buffet for you.
Mafia III drops you in the middle of the late 1960's, everywhere you look you'll see a really inspired and accurate recreation of the time period. But things are not as pretty as they seem.
After the exciting intro, the story takes a fast and surprisingly dark turn. Leaving you as a player with a strong motivation to complete your characters daunting mission.
You play as Lincoln Clay, a dark-skinned Vietnam veteran who's just returned from battle. You'll discover with him that the world you've come back to could very well be worse than that of the battlefield. Crime, Racism, Crooked cops and Sinister politicians infect the streets of your hometown.
Right off the bat, the game does it's very best to remind you constantly that these are not happy times. The story is formatted like a dark Netflix crime drama, missions are broken up by cut-scenes of interviews about the events that take place in the story.
Exciting blocks of fast paced action are very neatly divided by these intriguing interviews, but you're not limited to the story. Mafia 3 permits you to travel around it's exciting open world at your will. And with the incredible choice of classic songs at your disposal, cruising around the city is a genuine joy that you'll want to experience as a gamer. You may very well be reminded of L.A Noire.
But this is where there's a couple points of complaint, despite the fantastic racing mini game. And incredible (But not overwhelming) collectibles, You might quickly discover how there isn't much for you to take part in, but this absolutely does not ruin the game, let me convince you why!
Firstly, the objectives in the game are very open ended. You're never limited as a player, you're instead given many different ways to conquer a mission. Do you prefer stealth? Guns blazing? Being a sniper? Drive by shooting? Your objectives are never closed areas, You can approach or escape any mission whenever you fancy. Need to escape and stock up on ammo? That's fine!
Secondly, the game world sometimes feels alive. You can enter bars or night clubs that are always bustling with life inside. But because of your skin color, you may find that you aren't welcome in most of the joints. It's little things like this that really differentiates Mafia 3 to other Free roam titles.
You may find that the police even present some racism, in a black neighborhood police are less interested, they arrive later and the dispatch call seems generally bored. Whereas if you cause trouble in a wealthy white neighborhood, the police will be all over you before you have a chance to say sorry.
And you best always be ready for a gunfight, a well placed shot (Even on easy mode) can do some serious damage. Sometimes even killing you instantly. Gunfights are brutal, you're forced to be light on your toes and dance around the battlefield. Always keeping an eye on enemy locations.
The characters are also surprisingly interesting, the story is missing any 'good guys' meaning you're likely to be conflicted at some points about who your friends and enemies should really be.
In conclusion, Mafia 3 is a really solid free roam title. The historical accuracy is a fantastic experience. And the dark story should intrigue you in a really satisfying way, don't believe all of the negative hate for this game. It's absolutely worth giving it a try for yourself.
Mafia III drops you in the middle of the late 1960's, everywhere you look you'll see a really inspired and accurate recreation of the time period. But things are not as pretty as they seem.
After the exciting intro, the story takes a fast and surprisingly dark turn. Leaving you as a player with a strong motivation to complete your characters daunting mission.
You play as Lincoln Clay, a dark-skinned Vietnam veteran who's just returned from battle. You'll discover with him that the world you've come back to could very well be worse than that of the battlefield. Crime, Racism, Crooked cops and Sinister politicians infect the streets of your hometown.
Right off the bat, the game does it's very best to remind you constantly that these are not happy times. The story is formatted like a dark Netflix crime drama, missions are broken up by cut-scenes of interviews about the events that take place in the story.
Exciting blocks of fast paced action are very neatly divided by these intriguing interviews, but you're not limited to the story. Mafia 3 permits you to travel around it's exciting open world at your will. And with the incredible choice of classic songs at your disposal, cruising around the city is a genuine joy that you'll want to experience as a gamer. You may very well be reminded of L.A Noire.
But this is where there's a couple points of complaint, despite the fantastic racing mini game. And incredible (But not overwhelming) collectibles, You might quickly discover how there isn't much for you to take part in, but this absolutely does not ruin the game, let me convince you why!
Firstly, the objectives in the game are very open ended. You're never limited as a player, you're instead given many different ways to conquer a mission. Do you prefer stealth? Guns blazing? Being a sniper? Drive by shooting? Your objectives are never closed areas, You can approach or escape any mission whenever you fancy. Need to escape and stock up on ammo? That's fine!
Secondly, the game world sometimes feels alive. You can enter bars or night clubs that are always bustling with life inside. But because of your skin color, you may find that you aren't welcome in most of the joints. It's little things like this that really differentiates Mafia 3 to other Free roam titles.
You may find that the police even present some racism, in a black neighborhood police are less interested, they arrive later and the dispatch call seems generally bored. Whereas if you cause trouble in a wealthy white neighborhood, the police will be all over you before you have a chance to say sorry.
And you best always be ready for a gunfight, a well placed shot (Even on easy mode) can do some serious damage. Sometimes even killing you instantly. Gunfights are brutal, you're forced to be light on your toes and dance around the battlefield. Always keeping an eye on enemy locations.
The characters are also surprisingly interesting, the story is missing any 'good guys' meaning you're likely to be conflicted at some points about who your friends and enemies should really be.
In conclusion, Mafia 3 is a really solid free roam title. The historical accuracy is a fantastic experience. And the dark story should intrigue you in a really satisfying way, don't believe all of the negative hate for this game. It's absolutely worth giving it a try for yourself.
- Sausage_Dog
- Jan 2, 2017
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Yo this game is bad.... the way it is i was excited when it first came out because i played mafia 2 and a little of the first mafia and i loved them and now that i have played mafia 3 it just disappointed me very very very much and i dont like how its just set up in general. Its really not even a mafia game its really just killing racists and taking down the mafia/ controlling it really.
- hammerhead-08158
- Apr 17, 2020
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- ViolinsinVideogames
- Dec 7, 2019
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As always, I will review this game from the story and cinematography point of view. But first let's talk about the gameplay. It's extremely repetitive but a lot of games are. Hell, all games are repetitive. you just do the same thing over and over until it's over. But the variety of tasks is bigger and you don't feel it.
In this game, there are only 2 things to do: driving and shooting and all missions are a combination of these 2 things. That can be a problem as there aren't a lot of combinations you can make from only 2 things. The shooting is great and the driving the best in open world games but I guess only 2 really good things without any context can create a repetitive experience.
The first few hours before you are let on your own to do the same things over and over again create a really good context for the story. Lincoln Clay returned from Vietnam gets involved with the mob in New Bordeaux and well, if you don't know, don't look for more, just play the opening hours, these are really, really good.
But after that, the story becomes so simplistic that could have been told in only one mission and that is the disappointing part of the game. There's not enough to justify just wondering through the city for the next 20 hours (I took my time because of the driving)
All in all, I enjoyed the story (beginning and ending, as there's nothing in the middle) but I didn't find it as offensive as the developer said. Instead of being repulsed of how the NPC react to my character (it was not easy to be a black man in the 60s), I was pleasantly surprised to hear a lot of characters being nice to me and greet me on the streets. A change of tone from the normal open world game where everyone swears at you and makes you an idiot for driving on the wrong side of the road.
In this game, there are only 2 things to do: driving and shooting and all missions are a combination of these 2 things. That can be a problem as there aren't a lot of combinations you can make from only 2 things. The shooting is great and the driving the best in open world games but I guess only 2 really good things without any context can create a repetitive experience.
The first few hours before you are let on your own to do the same things over and over again create a really good context for the story. Lincoln Clay returned from Vietnam gets involved with the mob in New Bordeaux and well, if you don't know, don't look for more, just play the opening hours, these are really, really good.
But after that, the story becomes so simplistic that could have been told in only one mission and that is the disappointing part of the game. There's not enough to justify just wondering through the city for the next 20 hours (I took my time because of the driving)
All in all, I enjoyed the story (beginning and ending, as there's nothing in the middle) but I didn't find it as offensive as the developer said. Instead of being repulsed of how the NPC react to my character (it was not easy to be a black man in the 60s), I was pleasantly surprised to hear a lot of characters being nice to me and greet me on the streets. A change of tone from the normal open world game where everyone swears at you and makes you an idiot for driving on the wrong side of the road.
- bogdanbalostin
- May 3, 2019
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- darthsitkur
- Jan 23, 2017
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6.5/10, C tier. As a fan of the previous two mafia games I was really excited to try this one. I know the gameplay of these games is very basic but I love the story and interesting character development these games seem to get right.
For the first hour or so I loved it. The documentary, non linear style was a bit jarring at first but I got used to it. I was really interested in Lincoln Clay and his Vietnam background, it definitely felt right to continue the world of mafia in the 60s/70s.
The music was great and much like the other mafia games the period of the game was perfectly captured. The graphics in this game are gorgeousthe world looks so detailed and looks incredible. The combat is brutal in this game, shooting is really bloody and looks so real. The stealth kills are so brutally realistic but are a bit over powered as it is really easy to avoid enemies in stealth.
The opening part of the game is great, I won't spoil the story but how the game is set up was incredible. The characters who were introduced, one in perticular, were all interesting and I wanted to see where they would go from the first part. From then on however, the story took a back seat, with not much story and mostly missions, it became really monotonous.
The game whist having more freedom than the others in the mafia series, just feels so lifeless after the opening part of the game. It literally becomes completing simple repettative missions one after another with very little story behind each mission.
You have to take out these gang territories by doing certain missons, saving people, killing targets, opening safes, stealing cars. It just goes like this for ages and ages.
Even if there are a few interesting characters who give you missions and help you such as Donovan and Cassandra they have such little impact in the actual missions you do. Yes the first two games have very basic gameplay but it puts its story and characters as the main focus of the game. The story in mafia 3 started out exceptionally but as soon as the story was gone I felt no drive to complete any of the missions.
I was still going to keep playing but I checked how long the game is and it's around 20 hours. I honestly can't be bothered to put that amount of time into this game. Have played around 4-5 hours or so and honestly think my opinion won't change.
I will definitely watch the story on YouTube but I am really dissatisfied the game didn't keep me engaged as long as the others in the series.
For the first hour or so I loved it. The documentary, non linear style was a bit jarring at first but I got used to it. I was really interested in Lincoln Clay and his Vietnam background, it definitely felt right to continue the world of mafia in the 60s/70s.
The music was great and much like the other mafia games the period of the game was perfectly captured. The graphics in this game are gorgeousthe world looks so detailed and looks incredible. The combat is brutal in this game, shooting is really bloody and looks so real. The stealth kills are so brutally realistic but are a bit over powered as it is really easy to avoid enemies in stealth.
The opening part of the game is great, I won't spoil the story but how the game is set up was incredible. The characters who were introduced, one in perticular, were all interesting and I wanted to see where they would go from the first part. From then on however, the story took a back seat, with not much story and mostly missions, it became really monotonous.
The game whist having more freedom than the others in the mafia series, just feels so lifeless after the opening part of the game. It literally becomes completing simple repettative missions one after another with very little story behind each mission.
You have to take out these gang territories by doing certain missons, saving people, killing targets, opening safes, stealing cars. It just goes like this for ages and ages.
Even if there are a few interesting characters who give you missions and help you such as Donovan and Cassandra they have such little impact in the actual missions you do. Yes the first two games have very basic gameplay but it puts its story and characters as the main focus of the game. The story in mafia 3 started out exceptionally but as soon as the story was gone I felt no drive to complete any of the missions.
I was still going to keep playing but I checked how long the game is and it's around 20 hours. I honestly can't be bothered to put that amount of time into this game. Have played around 4-5 hours or so and honestly think my opinion won't change.
I will definitely watch the story on YouTube but I am really dissatisfied the game didn't keep me engaged as long as the others in the series.
- Severinplates853
- Feb 13, 2022
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- Postal_Dude_Paradise_AZ
- Nov 4, 2016
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- pace-94127
- Sep 30, 2020
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When did the mafia start employing black people? Why not make a game about African gangs? This doesn't make sense
- mwrpen-78675
- Dec 21, 2019
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The gameplay is awesome, it has huge variety of weapons and cars and the story is also amazing. The protagonist relatable, well written and badass. The antagonist as well is also very well made. The only problem here is the racket missions, which get SO repetitive and boring. Most of the missions in the game are almost the same. The real missions though, the ones that aren't the racket ones are mostly very good. All in all, I think it's the weakest game of the series, but still worth playing.
- julianvinnesholm
- Oct 5, 2021
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The graphics really looking impressive, the story actually not quite bad and still good enough i think but the gameplay is worse, found many bug, confusing map and objective, very repetitive and not amazing at all.
- syaril-99019
- Sep 22, 2020
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Missions dont show up. Missions dont count. Vehicles disappear while driving them causing your mission to fail and need to be replayed again. Invincible enemies that cannot be hurt or defeated with 200+ headshots. After an hour of playing you quickly realize the lazyest devs ever just copied and pasted the whole game. Every mission with the exception of a few are all the same. It seems this game was only released to promote racism as no effort was put into making a functioning game. How can developers today make games so bad that you almost cant even play them from so many bugs? Even atari and nintendo made games that worked really well with almost no error. Sorry, but 2k should be sued for charging players money for a game thats this bad at release. No excuse for this many issues on a game. Had to erase all my game data to start over because the game saves became so messed up from all the bugs corrupting saves and causing the game to freeze.
- mailgamingu
- Jun 20, 2020
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- Marynewcomb2013
- Feb 16, 2022
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Mafia 3 had a solid framework but unfortunately it plays in such a way that's it's more a chore than enjoyable recreation time.
Clunky gameplay mechanics and quickly devolving story make it a disappointing play.
Very similar in style to Assassin's Creed but without fluid movement or combat. I found the fps engine unplayable without heavy aim assist, and I pride myself in fps multiplayer.
Fantastic soundtrack though, they did nail that.
Would play a remaster provided they use a new movement and combat model.
Gameplay: 2/10 Combat: 2/10 Vehicle usability: 3/10 Story: 6/10 Button layout: 4/10 HUD: 6/10 Character development: 5/10 Visual appeal-characters: 4/10 Visual appeal-environment: 6/10 Content: 5/10 Soundtrack: 9/10
Clunky gameplay mechanics and quickly devolving story make it a disappointing play.
Very similar in style to Assassin's Creed but without fluid movement or combat. I found the fps engine unplayable without heavy aim assist, and I pride myself in fps multiplayer.
Fantastic soundtrack though, they did nail that.
Would play a remaster provided they use a new movement and combat model.
Gameplay: 2/10 Combat: 2/10 Vehicle usability: 3/10 Story: 6/10 Button layout: 4/10 HUD: 6/10 Character development: 5/10 Visual appeal-characters: 4/10 Visual appeal-environment: 6/10 Content: 5/10 Soundtrack: 9/10