Mafia III

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1740 Ratings

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  1. KosmosRoman
    Oct 10, 2016
    0
    Another big lie and collapsed hopes. Only 2 hours of the story. Thousands of boring missions like "kill this guy, kill another, kill.... Copypaste from UBI games.
  2. ElHard
    Oct 9, 2016
    1
    I think 2K has deceived us. They have sold a fraudulent product. That upset me a lot. The game is unfinished. That is why they have not allowed the press to analyze it before release. Shameful.

    To put it directly: this game should not have gone on sale. Not yet. It is unfinished. The PC version is a bad port from console. Full of bugs, full of graphics problems ... but that could be    I think 2K has deceived us. They have sold a fraudulent product. That upset me a lot. The game is unfinished. That is why they have not allowed the press to analyze it before release. Shameful.

    To put it directly: this game should not have gone on sale. Not yet. It is unfinished. The PC version is a bad port from console. Full of bugs, full of graphics problems ... but that could be fixed with patches.

    The real problem is all that can not be fixed. Artificial Intelligence is painful. Almost ridiculous. And worst of all, they are more than 20 hours to do the same. the same missions are always repeated, without changing any detail. Soon you're bored.

    I have not put a zero for how the story is told, but the game can not be recommended for anything. Quite the opposite.    … Expand
  3. MalistiX
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    Ok so it has a 30FPS lock, crashes fequently and looks worse then anything I have played in years, wow this is a dissapointment. Do not buy this game!!
  4. Kauzer
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    -GFX is so bad, all blured. Looks like you are underwater all the time. Crap port from console, this is not finished version for PC. Textures are very poor.
    -Changeg "fire" button in options by mistake, then swithed back for default but could not shoot after that on both hot keys...
    -Crap console animation and covers gameplay. -30fps lock and no SLI support. My 2x980Ti spit on it.    -GFX is so bad, all blured. Looks like you are underwater all the time. Crap port from console, this is not finished version for PC. Textures are very poor.
    -Changeg "fire" button in options by mistake, then swithed back for default but could not shoot after that on both hot keys...
    -Crap console animation and covers gameplay.
    -30fps lock and no SLI support. My 2x980Ti spit on it.
    -Stupid bots run under the cars even if they have a red color for them on traffic light.

    4/10 Game is not ready for PC realase. Made a refund.    … Expand
  5. AsyxA
    Oct 10, 2016
    0
    DO NOT BUY! In 5 hours I experienced 4 crashes, 2 times the entire PC crashed and the last one corrupted my savegame. The game is not optimized at all and even the actual game itself obviously was not finished.

    This is a lazy copy&paste port and it's release in this state is inexcusable. Shame on you 2K!
  6. daddyingrave
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    I don't want to rate this game, because it isn't a game. My score describes attitude of developers to gamers. I have spent only five minutes in game and already flew out through textures. When I tried to screenshoot this fail, game was crashed. Terrible. How can it be possible in 2016?
  7. whave
    Oct 9, 2016
    0
    I wish companies would soon realise they should not release crappy, underperforming, shameful ports of console games. In the age of instant refunds and reviews, this is shooting yourselves in the foot. GTA IV figured this out in 2008, and look at GTA V now which is basically the messiah of PC ports done properly AND can be considered a direct competitor to your ridiculous game. You had 8I wish companies would soon realise they should not release crappy, underperforming, shameful ports of console games. In the age of instant refunds and reviews, this is shooting yourselves in the foot. GTA IV figured this out in 2008, and look at GTA V now which is basically the messiah of PC ports done properly AND can be considered a direct competitor to your ridiculous game. You had 8 years to fail, congratulations.… Expand
  8. dimedrol_by
    Oct 9, 2016
    3
    Terrible depth of field simulation. The thing about true depth of field is that it depends on the object your eyes are focused on. In Mafia 3 you can only guess where that object is and most of the things on the screen are pretty randomly blurry. Looks weird and cheap. Tons of glitches too, some are shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZokdmzvDGA
  9. Lokidos
    May 20, 2020
    10
    I had a bad opinion when it first released...Gotta say that now after 4 years that ive retried playing it i find this game is a dope! I enjoy every moment of it. Music ,enviroment , gun shooting all i wanted.
  10. Tubey
    Oct 8, 2016
    4
    Thoroughly mediocre. Muddy, dated graphics and no innovation on show here - indeed, this is a massive leap back from Mafia II and is basically a poorly done GTA clone.

    At the time of writing, an FPS patch is in place to fix the 30 FPS lock, but not only was the fact the game wasn't released with that already in place shocking enough, it won't fix the issues the actual game has. It's    Thoroughly mediocre. Muddy, dated graphics and no innovation on show here - indeed, this is a massive leap back from Mafia II and is basically a poorly done GTA clone.

    At the time of writing, an FPS patch is in place to fix the 30 FPS lock, but not only was the fact the game wasn't released with that already in place shocking enough, it won't fix the issues the actual game has.

    It's lazy basically. Everything about the game is formulaic, paint-by-numbers laziness to capitalise on a franchise. In a post Steam refund world, I'd be amazed if this wasn't returned en masse, as this is a AAA priced purchase for a D- product.    … Expand
  11. Drackenfels
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    Pros
    - Soundtrack

    Cons
    - There is no mafia atmosphere
    - Ugly low res textures in many places on max graphics
    - Horrible shooting mechanics
    - Driving controls are unrealistic and floaty.
    - Game crashes

    That game has no right to be called “Mafia”. Real name for this trash is “New Bordeaux Vermin”.
  12. PAA1
    Oct 9, 2016
    1
    I was waiting for this game since quite a while.
    Was totally disappointed with the poor product.
    1) Extreme low textures - looks like a game for 2004-05 2) Brightness issues - Sometimes during cutscenes the brightness goes 100% all of a sudden - everything white, whatsoever 3) Poor framerates and FPS drops all of a sudden 4) Sluttered texture in almost every 2 minutes of gameplay -    I was waiting for this game since quite a while.
    Was totally disappointed with the poor product.

    1) Extreme low textures - looks like a game for 2004-05
    2) Brightness issues - Sometimes during cutscenes the brightness goes 100% all of a sudden - everything white, whatsoever
    3) Poor framerates and FPS drops all of a sudden
    4) Sluttered texture in almost every 2 minutes of gameplay - you see road, bushes, building - you will notice sluttered textures every 2 minutes
    5) Not at all optimized for PC - it is not even close to a Beta Release

    Pros
    1) Gameplay and Storyline is fun, nice build-up for each lead character, a smooth story line and way less deteriorating from the main mission, yet that's it.
    2) Nice music

    Don't buy it until they release a correct patch.    … Expand
  13. stopesbox
    Oct 9, 2016
    0
    Я люблю 60-е. Люблю здоровенные, ревущие, мощные "баржи", оружие, которое выглядит как оружие - суровое весло M16A1, АК-47, рок-н-ролл, атмосферу южных штатов и это в "Мафии 3" есть. Как у человека без опыта вождения, "симуляторный" режим управления вызывает приятные эмоции. У "Мафии" есть даже какая-то завязка сюжета, хотя мстящий супермен, которого и пуля в голову не берет, вызываетЯ люблю 60-е. Люблю здоровенные, ревущие, мощные "баржи", оружие, которое выглядит как оружие - суровое весло M16A1, АК-47, рок-н-ролл, атмосферу южных штатов и это в "Мафии 3" есть. Как у человека без опыта вождения, "симуляторный" режим управления вызывает приятные эмоции. У "Мафии" есть даже какая-то завязка сюжета, хотя мстящий супермен, которого и пуля в голову не берет, вызывает меньше сопереживаний, чем тот же Вито. Наличествует приятная лицевая анимация, сочные кровавые убийства в рукопашной и, в общем-то, сносная графика по меркам простого обывателя. А объекты слежки наконец стали реагировать на нарушение главным героем правил ПДД и подозрительные остановки посреди дороги. С другой стороны, автомобиль, за рулем которого здоровенный негр в военной форме, следующий по пятам вот уже который поворот, вполне ожидаемо не вызывает подозрений.

    А вот чего нет, так это оптимизации, патч с анлоком фпс только показал истинное лицо - 30-40 фпс на GTX970 на средних настройках, выше только в исключительных случаях. Нет целого ряда мелочей, которые делают мир игры живым. Можно списать, конечно, отсутствие возможности вскрыть замок автомобиля на то, что Линкольн не профессиональный угонщик, хотя с другими замками он разбирается без проблем. Или стремление полицейских пристрелить чернокожего водителя за поцарапанный бампер можно обусловить традиционным для того времени расизмом, хотя стоит задуматься о лени разработчиков. На эту самую лень указывает целый ряд вещей. У путей можно стоять до второго пришествия - поездов в мире игры нет. Как и осколков стекла и стреляных гильз. Зеркала словно из фильма ужасов, изображение в них искажено и обновляется весьма неожиданно. Сверкающий хром? Не, не видели. Написать скрипт, чтобы полиция реагировала на происходяще реалистично? Зачем, если можно просто сообщить игроку, что она куплена и заведомо настроена только против него. Мелкие детали при вождении автомобиля, в духе штрафов за превышение скорости, механической коробки передач, кончающегося бензина или работающих поворотников, утрачены с первой части окончательно. Как и модель повреждения этих самых автомобилей. Но большинство из этого можно было бы простить, будь у игры захватывающий сюжет. Но и тут не обошлось без удара ниже пояса. Сюжет-то есть. Только он безбожно порезан на мелкие части и щедро разбавлен однообразным процессом захвата районов по примерно одной и той же схеме. Снова лень, лень придумывать длинный сюжет, чтобы удержать игрока на десятки часов? Да и качеством не отличается, честно сказать. Убийство Марти во второй части было трагедией, смерть второстепенных героев здесь вызывает куда меньше эмоций, слишком уж слабо они прописаны. И подобное отношение к написанию сценария встречается буквально на каждом шагу.

    С горечью на сердце могу констатировать, что пациент хоть и скорее жив, но находится в вегетативном состоянии. Задуматься о покупке стоит только большим любителям эпохи 60-х. А вот фанатам серии не стоит, это плевок в душу.    … Expand
  14. zergum
    Oct 9, 2016
    1
    Mafia 3 is a fraud to the pc gamers; 30fps lock isn't the problem, the problem are bug, crash, low texture quality (worst than Mafia 2!!!) and lot of others problem; this software is in alpha! Don't buy.
  15. MaximusDecimus3
    Oct 11, 2016
    3
    A politically-correct, white-guilt fueled mess of a console port. Gameplay is boring and generic, city has nothing to offer outside of the main story missions and is a modern day revisionist-historical rendition of New Orleans, not accurate in any way whatsoever with the time and location. Don't waste your time or money with this garbage. Wait for a sale under 10 dollars. Also terribleA politically-correct, white-guilt fueled mess of a console port. Gameplay is boring and generic, city has nothing to offer outside of the main story missions and is a modern day revisionist-historical rendition of New Orleans, not accurate in any way whatsoever with the time and location. Don't waste your time or money with this garbage. Wait for a sale under 10 dollars. Also terrible performance on top of the line rigs, even though the game doesn't look spectacular or outstanding in any way. Riddles with bugs, muddy textures, texture pop-in, and awkward controls top off this cherry sundae of ****

    One positive thing is that the music is great, but that's a product of the times and not these incompetent white-guilt riddled cuckold developers.    … Expand
  16. Kinedrill
    Oct 14, 2016
    1
    This game is hot aspirant to GOTY - Garbage of the Year. Alongside with win10 version of Forza Horizon 3 and ofc NMS.

    PROS: Semi-good atmosphere + characters (characters?)
    CONS: Well, everything else.
  17. Getpoor
    Oct 14, 2016
    2
    1. Why should you ruin and implement x-ray vision into a game like this?
    2. With the whistle u can kill everyone piece by piece with nobody to notice
    3. Playable and fun maybe between ages of 3-12 4. Everything is much to easy, all the tasks are similar. 5. I hate the help icons that appear all around the game, i hate the AI( he is so stupid), i hate x-ray, i hate this game and i am    1. Why should you ruin and implement x-ray vision into a game like this?
    2. With the whistle u can kill everyone piece by piece with nobody to notice
    3. Playable and fun maybe between ages of 3-12
    4. Everything is much to easy, all the tasks are similar.
    5. I hate the help icons that appear all around the game, i hate the AI( he is so stupid), i hate x-ray, i hate this game and i am sorry that i bought it.

    Graphics not bad, but i cant play a game just because it looks good
    Cheers!    … Expand
  18. uplink777
    Oct 10, 2016
    0
    Incredible. I thought this was suppose to be AAA game, but it came out as a heavy caliber Z grade game. Gameplay is extremely poor with no headroom whatsoever for repairs in future patches. Gameplay is simply super bad. They must've re-worked whole engine from bottom up and it was a bad bad move. Mafia and II are legends. Mafia III is a super failure. It's like the game was made by a wholeIncredible. I thought this was suppose to be AAA game, but it came out as a heavy caliber Z grade game. Gameplay is extremely poor with no headroom whatsoever for repairs in future patches. Gameplay is simply super bad. They must've re-worked whole engine from bottom up and it was a bad bad move. Mafia and II are legends. Mafia III is a super failure. It's like the game was made by a whole different people, with not a slightest clue nor hint of what the first two were about.

    Graphics are total **** it feels like a budget game from Unity engine, made by team of two to three people. Sounds, music and script is below mediocre. I'm still playing Witcher 3 and I was expecting something on similiar level. But I was so wrong, so badly wrong.

    When I move in the game, it feels like they barely used some motion capture technologies for the character movement, or some more advanced physics engine for rigging and motion of characters. When I remember some tech videos from 10 years ago, they had better technologies used for character motion than Mafia III alltogether.

    Music is really weak, leaves no emotion in You.

    Character performance is very poor due to weak facial expressions [afaik, games like this are all about facial expressions] and a lot of bugs in graphic is taking it's toll in the game atmosphere.

    Ai and enemy movement is superbly dull. It's totally worthless taking stealth approach in missions, since when You wreak havoc, You only need some basic counter-strike skill to pass through enemies.

    Overall this game is definitely not worth Your time, money, nor energy spent playing it.

    Go and play tetris, mines, or Pokémon Go, rather than Mafia III. This game is super bad. And not because of frame lock, I'm writing the review playing the game on 60 fps cap.

    Oh, and another thing. I naively thought that Asus X99 Deluxe II, Core i7 6850k @ 4.7 GHz, 32 gigs of RAM, 1.2TB Intel 750 SSD NVMe PCi-e drive with humongous throughput all powered by MSi GTX 1080 SeaHawk X will at least give me an option to play the game on high details in 2k. Well, here's the newsflash. I can't in play it in full HD xD

    If You bought this game, throw it to the trash, or return it. It's a bad game overall and as I wrote in the beginning, there's absolutely and whatsoever no headroom for improvement. They'd have to rework it from scratch, maybe some GOTY, or remaster will do the trick, but nothing in following months.    … Expand
  19. LordNord
    Oct 10, 2016
    3
    Worst thing in the franchise. This game is a joke only. Quests is boring as hell, all same.: Go iinterrogate a man after go destroy after go kill the boss....only this quest type in the game very very boring! And of course lot of bugs, high end pc cant running this sh!t, fps drops like hell.
  20. Faustito
    Oct 10, 2016
    0
    Another bad console port. I wont stop talking about the story or any kind of details, this is just another example of this crap generation. Mafia 2 makes look this game awful in every aspect if you just compare them.
  21. SerchTESCHA
    Oct 10, 2016
    1
    Well you buy it and I think the game has technical sections in deplorable PC, here I stress upon "defend the defensible" some people do for the game, I personally do not make me angry 30 fps although I enjoy playing at 60 fps and more if allowed by the hardware, but I've found with a myriad of mistakes in the game that make me think that they brought him hastily, for example (even withWell you buy it and I think the game has technical sections in deplorable PC, here I stress upon "defend the defensible" some people do for the game, I personally do not make me angry 30 fps although I enjoy playing at 60 fps and more if allowed by the hardware, but I've found with a myriad of mistakes in the game that make me think that they brought him hastily, for example (even with Update1) presents failures configurción keyboard, translations erroneous text, graphic part well below other current games such as the new Deus Ex (just glorious and superb) and above all a deplorable sadly artificial intelligence in many parts of the game. When you come to play gems like Deus Ex and then play a game with the quality of Mafia 3, the truth in my case I was very disappointed, I say this sincerely, and I am not a troll who goes around hitting the game, I say to support the developer by buying the game, which plot level is supreme, that if the height almost, of great historical novels, but technically there if I'm not playing, I enjoy it as much as I can, but I think could do much better at the technical level (that you see is that the developer is not the same as the previous Mafia, 2k Czech and now Hangar13), a Mafia 2 visual level is stunningly beautiful, even today despite being a game with several years development and output currently looks beautiful, colorful, bright with a recreation of great historical scenarios that give you the feeling of living the nostalgia of those years, this Mafia 3 will feel stiff, dark, opaque, only by history is saving and therefore I'm playing, to be honest this Mafia is not the best, and ended with a detail that caught my attention when I was playing I enter my cousin and saw the game and wonder what it was, I answer is the new Mafia 3 !!!, excited, and he answers me hear it looks like xbox 360 and more direct without first impression, not excited or anything, of course if you dare to play it but hey, graphic level the impression that he had, and never forget.… Expand
  22. Dave3d
    Oct 10, 2016
    2
    I am writing this review based on what little time I have played the game (on what little time the game has allowed me to play since it came out).

    I will start with the Cons: 1. No mouse or keyboard proper rebinding. You CAN rebind to any key you want, but the keys may not work at all, especially if you rebind using the right side keyboard and mouse buttons, actions will NOT work    I am writing this review based on what little time I have played the game (on what little time the game has allowed me to play since it came out).

    I will start with the Cons:
    1. No mouse or keyboard proper rebinding. You CAN rebind to any key you want, but the keys may not work at all, especially if you rebind using the right side keyboard and mouse buttons, actions will NOT work anymore, and you will be forced to use the wasd scheme. Not good for Disabled gamers. or gamers used to playing on the right side of keyboard, or using different mouse keys.
    2. Extra mouse buttons are not seen, nor are they mappable.
    3. There are 4 different FOV's in this game, and they are all different, and they change about every minute to 2 minutes. Fine if you are 15 feet from a tv, not good when you are a foot from a Monitor.
    4. The game is worse than Max Payne 3 or the worst Tomb Raider at taking control away from the player.
    5. On monster rigs, even with their so called fps patch, the game is still limited to 62 fps, on 144hz monitors.
    6. NO FOV slider, ini, cfg, anything to change the fov. Get ready for headaches and migraines.
    7. Graphics are as dated as 2003-2004. Only the cut scenes look good. But, even the cut scenes have doubling in them, like the AA is off, or maybe its the blur they put in.
    8. Shooting has no weight, or feel to it. It feels like an old arcade shooter from the 80's.
    9. Driving feels like they took it from the game Driver: San Francisco. Feels more like drift car than even most drift car games.
    10.
    11. Shadows from clouds. They follow you indoors, as well as ABRUPTLY cutting off one inch one way or the other.
    12. Shadows. You are either in pitch black, or you are in hallogen lighting. The in-game lighting cannot be adjusted correctly, its either one or the other.

    Pro's:
    1. The muscle car you drive looks nice.
    2. The narrator is excellently voiced.
    3. I will have to get back to you anything else good, as so far there isnt anything else I think is good.

    TL:DR
    Do NOT buy this game, as it is incomplete at this time. Even console players are complaining about serious bugs in the game.    … Expand
  23. Enerla
    Oct 11, 2016
    0
    How Mafia 3 earned a 0/10 rating, normally reserved for games with severe issues? You can guess: Some essential game mechanic doesn't doing it job at all. And in this case it is the save game system for a relatively long game. You only have an autosave and no other save slots. And sometimes quest state gets corrupted, and when that state is saved, you would have to start the whole gameHow Mafia 3 earned a 0/10 rating, normally reserved for games with severe issues? You can guess: Some essential game mechanic doesn't doing it job at all. And in this case it is the save game system for a relatively long game. You only have an autosave and no other save slots. And sometimes quest state gets corrupted, and when that state is saved, you would have to start the whole game over. Good save game mechanics was expected for long games even in C=64 era... And it is a huge design flaw.

    Having to start over and over would be a serious issue even if we would want to start over when we finish the game, but in case of Mafia 3 it isn't that case. The game is far too repetitive for that, and as you don't have much choices with storyline impact, the replay value is low. Ohh and when you have to try a mission a few times not because it poses a challenge, but because you have to restart it because of a crash to desktop that breaks the fun.

    At first the story and the setting looks interesting. But even the society lacks detail and the picture we see is inaccurate. And what's even worse? It isn't a living setting. When your enemy learns you are alive and you are gunning for him, he doesn't try to take you out... he is just waiting for you to take him down. And once you realize this issue and start to notice several others, add unimaginative mission design, issues with AI (both combat AI and traffic AI) and gameplay elements that break the immersion (how wiretapping lets you see through the wall in intel view)... You know, that just doesn't feel right.

    And it makes sure when you would have to restart due to a bug, you don't want to fight with the same repetitive mission you had to try 7 times due to crash to death. Good reason to abandon the game halfway.

    You have read the rants about the graphics. But to keep a long game fresh there are tricks developers can do with music (and sound editing)... But when even the radio is repetitive because they can save a few $ with it, and it takes away a potential redeeming value.

    I don't want to sound rude, but official reviews have to side with a ill interpreted political correctness. But since when organized crime offers free food for the poor? When loyalty and family values are "too important" for them? It never happened. When you want to portray one color as good and other color as bad and the image you display is this flawed? That is a HUGE issue.

    Multicultural criminal empire, you lead not with leadership skills, not with men who were loyal to you in the beginning... Not by politics, diplomacy, decision making... But by shooting enemies. And now all the people you "helped with it" are loyal to you even if you have killed their friends and family before. And they even take you as leader when they have led organized crime, was capable of fooling you, using you and you lack leadership traits? Why... Because PC **** means we need a black superhero without any in character explanation. If you are super PC and call that as excellent: Fine...

    But I am sure that games like the good old GTA: San Andreas had more "believable" heroes. With some leadership skills, dedication, flaws and strengths. And they were likeable, and that game built bridges. Stupid lies in the name of political correctness only burin bridges and create more motive for racism.    … Expand
  24. gameren82
    Oct 18, 2016
    3
    How many times do I have to do the same thing? This is crazy! Every single quest should be unique and different. The quests are repetetive. And the game is not about Mafia; this is about a black serial killer who wants to make a revenge.
  25. yogibbear
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    Honestly, this is a HUGE giant step backwards from Mafia 2. How the hell does something like this happen? Does nobody do internal QA/QC or internal reviews before releasing this horrendous pile of trash? How does a game called "Mafia 3" have less features, a worse engine, and more pathetic gunplay than the previous game?
  26. Cyper
    Oct 14, 2016
    1
    This game is not worthy the Mafia heritage. Not because the main protagonist is black and not sicilian - but because the game itself share's more simliarities with games such as Watch Dogs and Saint's Row than Mafia. Truth is, even GTA V closer to the Mafia formula than MAFIA III.

    Why? First off, the formula is 30% Mafia and the rest 70% of the formula is copied- and pasted DIRECTLY    This game is not worthy the Mafia heritage. Not because the main protagonist is black and not sicilian - but because the game itself share's more simliarities with games such as Watch Dogs and Saint's Row than Mafia. Truth is, even GTA V closer to the Mafia formula than MAFIA III.

    Why?

    First off, the formula is 30% Mafia and the rest 70% of the formula is copied- and pasted DIRECTLY from the typical, generic gameplay, themes, features, style and mechanics you see in all other games. You can use xrayvision and see enemies through walls by pressing a button (they glow read) which is copied from Batman. The ''brutal takedown'' are directly copied from Hitman including many HUD-elements such as ''Trespassing'' appearing on the screen when you enter restricted areas. Weapons on the ground has glowing icons over them. The game even borrow ''one punch, one kill'' from GTA V; punch a person one time and the fall down dead. It is directly copied - and there is too much of it. The screen feels littered with HUD elements.

    Secondly, the game is dumbed-down. Xrayvision might fit in Batman, but certainly not in a mature (at least supposed to be mature) gangster game such as Mafia. Neither does the devs love for Hollywood explosions fit into the game; no it does not make sense that a car explodes just because you put a few bullets into it. A part from the fact that the game is dumbed down in terms of aids for the player, the AI is dumbed down as well. AI is dumb as rock; they are more or less deaf, blind and lacks shooting accuracy. Shootouts becomes a shooting gallery.

    Third, in terms of story, Lincoln Clay is a black Vietnam-vet with superhuman abilities. Lincoln Clay is a lone-wolf, one-man army. The whole gameplay evolves very much around a vietnam vet literally going RAMBO and takes down whole crime syndicates on his own. The storytelling is good though - and cutscenes is what makes it worthwhile playing at all. But then there is just repetetive missions that has very little to offer. Typical gameplay is running to cover - mow down enemies - and maybe sprint towards them in full speed to use a quick stealth-takedown aided by a bombastic sound effect to it. Or jump out of a speeding car watching it crash into the bad guys and then and exlode.

    Fourth, In terms of graphics, the game is nothing special. There is as a matter of fact many issues. The skybox is horrible, there is pop-ups, low resolution textures, and the screen game is drenched in a orange-tint. Graphics is generally not a big deal - gameplay is what i consider most important. But Mafia III got does nothing of it right.

    Final verdict: Mafia III is not a special game. It is certainly not worthy the Mafia heritage.    … Expand
  27. tarzankill
    Oct 10, 2016
    3
    grafphics are blurry
    character animation scripts are poor exapmle: idle animation starting while talking to me
    aiming is terrible, even wothout assist
    car phisics are horror
    story allways stop to listen a old priest as narrator
    just terrible cheap game
  28. Ricco_
    Oct 18, 2016
    1
    This is another great evidence of how easily one company can ruin the product with the approach of copy pasting game-play and other parts of it of really bad product examples, instead of continuing the path of what was started in previous series.

    In overall by its game-play style, mechanics, strategy of story telling, arcade alike overall style (x-ray view - wtf????) this product    This is another great evidence of how easily one company can ruin the product with the approach of copy pasting game-play and other parts of it of really bad product examples, instead of continuing the path of what was started in previous series.

    In overall by its game-play style, mechanics, strategy of story telling, arcade alike overall style (x-ray view - wtf????) this product reminds me a lot of such Ubisoft rubbish as Watch Dogs (capturing towers, stupid - linear AI's, practically non existent stealth elements), all FarCry series, except first, which was really great (again capturing towers/copy paste basis and the rest of that similar crap), Asassin Creed (the same stupid approach, capturing towers - AGAIN?!?!) and this list can be extended. It just shows how eager are companies in gathering fast and easy money, not giving a sh*t about their reputation and quality of product - it is much easier to copy the mechanics from other crap, just re-skin the product and resell the same a multiple times what so ever. This is just another copy paste crap that hamsters, owning the consoles will anyway consume without objectively seeing the reality, whose vision is blurred by heavy and expensive marketing machinery, which most likely costed more than the actual development of the game (as usual).

    In other words, this product is really far from what a real, genuine Mafia series was offering - with their special tension to little details, like interaction with different objects (cars, buildings, transport, citizens and so on), comparably much smarter AI's, much more interesting and exciting story, more realistic than "arcadish" approach of making both previous Mafia games, which is what a real Mafia fans where loving. As one reviewer wrote: "It is far more Saints Row III than anything else...", which says it all.

    In a conclusion, just search on the Internet for some comparison of detail of Mafia 1 (which is a 14!!!! year old game) or 2 vs Mafia 3 and you will understand how much worse this product has become.    … Expand
  29. N3V3R
    Oct 12, 2016
    2
    To say Mafia III is a disappointment is an understatement. It has all of the surface components to form a great game: the writing and acting are superb, its direction and style are great, but its mechanical underpinnings are archaic and desperately unimaginative. It’s ironic that Mafia III’s predecessor had a similarly stylish open world, but wasted it by giving players nothing to doTo say Mafia III is a disappointment is an understatement. It has all of the surface components to form a great game: the writing and acting are superb, its direction and style are great, but its mechanical underpinnings are archaic and desperately unimaginative. It’s ironic that Mafia III’s predecessor had a similarly stylish open world, but wasted it by giving players nothing to do besides its main story missions. Mafia III has the opposite problem – tons that you have to do, you just don’t want to do any of it.
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    TLDR : Bugs , Crashes, Glitches , Terrible low res textures , Bad yellowish color filter , Too demanding for what it delivers, Non existent optimization . - that's Mafia III for you .    … Expand
  30. XapaRon
    Oct 10, 2016
    4
    La verdad me encanta la saga de mafia, los primeros me parecen muy buenos, pero este desentona mucho, creo que hacer el juego mundo abierto no estuvo bien, ya que, la recreación esta bien, pero falla en que el mundo no hay mucho que hacer en realidad si no estas de misión no hay nada que hacer, no se puede customizar el personaje, no hay minijuegos, ni minitareas al azar en el juego, muyLa verdad me encanta la saga de mafia, los primeros me parecen muy buenos, pero este desentona mucho, creo que hacer el juego mundo abierto no estuvo bien, ya que, la recreación esta bien, pero falla en que el mundo no hay mucho que hacer en realidad si no estas de misión no hay nada que hacer, no se puede customizar el personaje, no hay minijuegos, ni minitareas al azar en el juego, muy poca interacción con el mundo. En resumen el mundo es aburrido.

    Relacionando con la historia me parece bueno, el juego si tiene algo que contar, posee buenos personajes y buen desarrollo de estos. Muy buena ambientación y banda sonora.

    Lo malo seria, por la parte técnica, gráficos que parecen de la generación pasada y peor diría yo, no a la altura de los actuales, mala optimización para lo pobre que es en temas de gráficos, añadiendo que no puedes jugar a unos 60 fps estables con una PC gamer de gama alta, la IA también muy mala, no representa un reto en el sigilo es muy fácil colarse en instalaciones enemigas.

    Entorno a la jugabilidad, es buena, es cómoda, las ejecuciones violentas me parecen bien, pero lo que haces en el juego es siempre lo mismo, colarte en un edificio y matar a un objetivo, lo que cae en que en el juego siempre estarás haciendo lo mismo, muy monótonas las actividades y misiones.

    El juego en verdad no esta a la altura de un AAA y te hace recordar que 2K no esta a la altura de Rocktars Games.    … Expand
  31. marcoklein
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    OMG this is terrible its not MAFIA it should be called Haitians war 3 ! Have I Played a worse game? No I can't say that I have. This was pathetic. If the producers are still alive: 1. They shouldn't be. 2. They should be ashamed.

    To give you guys a few pointers of the "game": 1-I don't know who was in charge of ``special effects``, but I could have done better in my backyard with my    OMG this is terrible its not MAFIA it should be called Haitians war 3 ! Have I Played a worse game? No I can't say that I have. This was pathetic. If the producers are still alive: 1. They shouldn't be. 2. They should be ashamed.

    To give you guys a few pointers of the "game":

    1-I don't know who was in charge of ``special effects``, but I could have done better in my backyard with my VHS camcorder that doesn't have a battery.

    2-I was a devout Catholic before this "game". But since playing it, I know there is not a God, because if there was, he wouldn't have let this game be produced. I am now an atheist.

    Folks however bored you get, however curious(or brave) you are, however many laughs you THINK you will get out of this game, please DO NOT BUY THIS. It has literally ruined my life. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

    Comment to the producer: I hate you. You have ruined my life. After playing this I feel empty inside. My wife and kids have left me and hate me because I couldn't speak or hardly move after playing this. I lost my job, my dignity, and above all my pride. I will never forgive you in this life or the next(which is not looking good from my new found beliefs) .    … Expand
  32. Trytobefair
    Oct 17, 2016
    2
    This game is a complete desaster in everything.

    - Overall graphic even in highest settings still looks blurred. - Game physics feels like first console games out of the nineties. - Nobody can identify with such dumb looking character. - A bad and poor imitation of the Assassins Creed series My final quote: 2 Points for this Game. 1 for the music and 1 point for the    This game is a complete desaster in everything.

    - Overall graphic even in highest settings still looks blurred.
    - Game physics feels like first console games out of the nineties.
    - Nobody can identify with such dumb looking character.
    - A bad and poor imitation of the Assassins Creed series

    My final quote:

    2 Points for this Game.

    1 for the music and 1 point for the deinstallation routine.

    Both worked perfect for me.

    Thanks to the devs and publishers for being completely foolish.    … Expand
  33. PapaEmeritus
    Oct 14, 2016
    2
    It's bad pretty much all across the board (other than the music). Hopefully though, other developers will play it and learn what NOT to do when developing their own games. There is a lot here to learn what not to do. Hangar13? Give it up. Developing games isn't for you. You all should go and find another career. You suck.
  34. xpxt
    Oct 8, 2016
    4
    This is a good game, but not the Mafia. Riding disgusting. I added one point for great music. Shooting is boring and uninteresting. I'm not going to blame the schedule. Almost nothing has changed since the last part.

    The plot is simply repeating the robbery from GTA V, and the story itself seemed charged with GTA SA. We're playing for a black guy who grabs areas. I was waiting for    This is a good game, but not the Mafia. Riding disgusting. I added one point for great music. Shooting is boring and uninteresting. I'm not going to blame the schedule. Almost nothing has changed since the last part.

    The plot is simply repeating the robbery from GTA V, and the story itself seemed charged with GTA SA.

    We're playing for a black guy who grabs areas. I was waiting for this game and placed his hopes. Sadly they did not materialize.    … Expand
  35. Hun73rdk
    Oct 19, 2016
    1
    Loved Mafia 1 and mafia 2 was a disaster.
    But mafia 3 is a total letdown its a overly discounted with features due to the fact is has no features.
    It has nothing at all compared to Mafia 1 this game is life less no fuel gauge no mileage no saving cars you find no upgrading and painting no washing your car. There is nothing to do in the game other than to collect playboy stuff and listen    Loved Mafia 1 and mafia 2 was a disaster.
    But mafia 3 is a total letdown its a overly discounted with features due to the fact is has no features.
    It has nothing at all compared to Mafia 1 this game is life less no fuel gauge no mileage no saving cars you find no upgrading and painting no washing your car. There is nothing to do in the game other than to collect playboy stuff and listen to music that's all its not even a game.
    Hanger 13 is a no go after this no more games they have made if they ever made a game other than mafia 3    … Expand
  36. BoxedPanda
    Oct 12, 2016
    4
    Gameplay:
    -Kill goons
    -Get mini boss's attention -Kill mini boss -Take control of place -Give place to associate -Repeat Game would be better if it wasn't missing features from the last game like clothes customization and car customization (although car customization was teased to be implemented in the game). I hate how I can't let my hair grow out, Lincoln looks good with a full    Gameplay:
    -Kill goons
    -Get mini boss's attention
    -Kill mini boss
    -Take control of place
    -Give place to associate
    -Repeat

    Game would be better if it wasn't missing features from the last game like clothes customization and car customization (although car customization was teased to be implemented in the game). I hate how I can't let my hair grow out, Lincoln looks good with a full head of hair and a strong beard. There should also be a garage for that sweet car I stole from Tickfaw Harbor, but nah, game doesn't let you.

    30 FPS lock on launch is garbage, and it takes an awful lot of ram (reduces all of my other running processes, making them unresponsive, and takes up 60%). I can say the Witcher 3, a game with three times more content, takes up less ram (40% with responsive processes) while not causing me a near blue screen. (I'm on a standard 8 gigs.)

    Controls are solid and general mechanics (on-foot, driving, shooting, stealth) are not bad at all.

    Historical accuracy and setting is always a plus.

    It's K. I waited for this game ever since 2011, but it's not living up to my hype. I'd be fuming if I didn't get this for free, and remember guys, the rest of the game will come out within the course of a year. Yeah, lmao, stuff that should be base game is DLC, I would've given this a five but I'll just leave it at a 4.    … Expand
  37. harto
    Oct 11, 2016
    3
    Game has been patched to include 60 frames, but an initial 30 fps release is dissapointing at best, an insult to PC at worst. Game is entertaining for the first couple of hours, but every aspect of the open world is bugged, so the game fails to pull you into its atmosphere like GTA is able to. Hindering any fun you might have in messing with it.

    The story itself is again entertaining    Game has been patched to include 60 frames, but an initial 30 fps release is dissapointing at best, an insult to PC at worst. Game is entertaining for the first couple of hours, but every aspect of the open world is bugged, so the game fails to pull you into its atmosphere like GTA is able to. Hindering any fun you might have in messing with it.

    The story itself is again entertaining the first couple of missions, but it slowly becomes apparent that you are doing the same missions over and over. In the missions, bugs are also frequent which again makes it hard to get immersed in the story.    … Expand
  38. Gangast
    Oct 9, 2016
    0
    No man sky version 2.
    Bad graphics, poor optimization, pink everywhere, too many bugs. Another crude port from the console.
    For the money to buy a better GTA 5 multiplayer though there is.
  39. Leedavies123
    Oct 24, 2016
    0
    So I thought it was only fair that now we have had 2 patches to fix this mess I should write another reviews.. So here goes.

    Textures - 1/10, the worst textures I have ever seen for a AAA title, mafia 2 looks a million times better. Performance 1/10- Using 2 x 980ti and a 5960x the fps is just plain awful, the game optimization is the worst I have ever seen on a "AAA" title. Computer    So I thought it was only fair that now we have had 2 patches to fix this mess I should write another reviews.. So here goes.

    Textures - 1/10, the worst textures I have ever seen for a AAA title, mafia 2 looks a million times better.
    Performance 1/10- Using 2 x 980ti and a 5960x the fps is just plain awful, the game optimization is the worst I have ever seen on a "AAA" title.
    Computer AI 1/10- I wouldn't know, I bought a game to play in 2016, I refuse to play a game that looks and plays that poorly.

    Overall - 1/10. This is the worst game I have played on PC in the 25 years I have been gaming on PC. The graphics are 1990s at best, the game has clearly been rushed throughout and there is nothing good to even say about it. it is safe to say Hanger 13 have well and truly ruined their reputation with their first effort of a game, maybe they should have stuck to a game that is on their level like pong maybe?

    My Score 1/10
    Avoid this mess with your life    … Expand
  40. kbx
    Oct 8, 2016
    3
    What a disapointment. You know which part of this game is good? Soundtrack, only soundtrack. But you know what? They ddidnt make it so kudos to somebody else. Everything else looks cheap, dated and from the start you know you are not playing AAA game. This game looks like it was made by some small studio somewhere in asia.
  41. Koreenium
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    NOT A MAFIA GAME

    This game has as much to do with mafia as any of the GTA games. You are some thug who fights other thugs and that is pretty much it. Driving is bad, the camera movement when driving makes me sick. Sounds are not very good. Graphics are meh, blurry textures and this stupid 30 fps lock. Menu is awful. This game would be better off if it was named something else but    NOT A MAFIA GAME

    This game has as much to do with mafia as any of the GTA games. You are some thug who fights other thugs and that is pretty much it.

    Driving is bad, the camera movement when driving makes me sick. Sounds are not very good. Graphics are meh, blurry textures and this stupid 30 fps lock. Menu is awful.

    This game would be better off if it was named something else but even then it would be mediocre.    … Expand
  42. MatoBoost
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    So, game is really, really poor console port, textures are probably from Xbox One version and even with GTX 1070 and i5 3570K on 4,2 GHz I got FPS drops down to 24 when every object farther than 10 meters looked like from 2006 game. Don't bother buying it, it has no gameplay mechanics from Mafia 1 and 2, its just go there, shoot everything and continue with this. Best definition is GTA 5So, game is really, really poor console port, textures are probably from Xbox One version and even with GTX 1070 and i5 3570K on 4,2 GHz I got FPS drops down to 24 when every object farther than 10 meters looked like from 2006 game. Don't bother buying it, it has no gameplay mechanics from Mafia 1 and 2, its just go there, shoot everything and continue with this. Best definition is GTA 5 wannabe. #Trashia3… Expand
  43. shreddedshrapnl
    Oct 9, 2016
    0
    bland saints row 3 clone with last gen gfx. would have been AAA in 2010 but not 2016!

    there was a reason we did not receive review copies ahead of release! and the reason was to scam the hell out of customers with a sub par product!
  44. Catchy
    Oct 8, 2016
    2
    This does not feel like a Mafia game at all, its far from it. I stopped playing the game after I got bored of it, also got tired of some of the bugs in the game and the extremely bad AI.

    Mafia 3 reminds me of other bad or mediocre games. For some reason they have put alot of time into graphics (which sucks by the way) and not to much into game-play. You're doing much of the same over    This does not feel like a Mafia game at all, its far from it. I stopped playing the game after I got bored of it, also got tired of some of the bugs in the game and the extremely bad AI.

    Mafia 3 reminds me of other bad or mediocre games. For some reason they have put alot of time into graphics (which sucks by the way) and not to much into game-play. You're doing much of the same over and over and over again. All the missions are the same, or follows the same pattern.

    Also, I don't understand how the system requirement can be so high, when graphics in other games looks better or similar and require much less HW.

    I liked the cut scenes and some of the story, therefore I gave it a 2.    … Expand
  45. Sahl
    Oct 11, 2016
    1
    If you like.

    A generic revenge story without much plot. Console style gameplay (3p shooter with lure and kill actions) Dumb AI (the AI will wait for you to kill it and never actually try to kill you) Badly optimzaed game Repetatative missions Dead Open world Main char with good apperance but lacking in deepth and motivation Then this is the game for you. Unless ofc you    If you like.

    A generic revenge story without much plot.
    Console style gameplay (3p shooter with lure and kill actions)
    Dumb AI (the AI will wait for you to kill it and never actually try to kill you)
    Badly optimzaed game
    Repetatative missions
    Dead Open world
    Main char with good apperance but lacking in deepth and motivation

    Then this is the game for you.

    Unless ofc you disregarded the above and bought it to make a political statement.    … Expand
  46. awdrifter
    Mar 12, 2017
    2
    The user reviews are right, this game is still buggy, the missions are repetitive and poorly designed. Much of the user friendly feature from newer games are not here, there's no fast travel. Most missions do not have check poitns, so you spent 10 mins trying to steathly kill every cop and steal the car, but you get killed by the hit squad when driving the car back. Guess what? You'll getThe user reviews are right, this game is still buggy, the missions are repetitive and poorly designed. Much of the user friendly feature from newer games are not here, there's no fast travel. Most missions do not have check poitns, so you spent 10 mins trying to steathly kill every cop and steal the car, but you get killed by the hit squad when driving the car back. Guess what? You'll get spawned at the quest giver's locaiton, all your work gone, but they somehow remember the ammo and items you use, so not only you wasted time, you also waste money/resource. This is just one of the example of how poorly designed this game is. I can see glimpse of fun here and there, but everytime I start to enjoy the game, something pull me right out. I have not finished the game, this is a review of about 8-10 hours of gameplay.… Expand
  47. coconutboy12
    Oct 8, 2016
    1
    It's ugly, it's locked at 30fps, and they dont want you playing this on PC. I don't understand how they could let this fly after all the recent fiasco with batman and all the other **** ports.
  48. usernaem
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    Can't even start the game. Refunded. All I got was a launcher menu worth eighty bucks. Maybe I will buy it again, later, when I no longer hear complaints about the game being a broken console port, and boy I don't think those complaints will go away in the next half a year. So, probably waiting for at least a 50% sale. Or maybe I'll go for torrents - they provide a better product in thisCan't even start the game. Refunded. All I got was a launcher menu worth eighty bucks. Maybe I will buy it again, later, when I no longer hear complaints about the game being a broken console port, and boy I don't think those complaints will go away in the next half a year. So, probably waiting for at least a 50% sale. Or maybe I'll go for torrents - they provide a better product in this case anyway.… Expand
  49. Hason94
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    Weeks before the Mafia 3 release date, i installed and started playing Mafia 2 again because i was so excited for Mafia 3, and i wanted to catch up on the amazing story again, and even though i've already completed the game a couple of years ago, i immediately fell in love with the game play, just by driving around and completing missions, everything seems so realistic, the way you drive,Weeks before the Mafia 3 release date, i installed and started playing Mafia 2 again because i was so excited for Mafia 3, and i wanted to catch up on the amazing story again, and even though i've already completed the game a couple of years ago, i immediately fell in love with the game play, just by driving around and completing missions, everything seems so realistic, the way you drive, the way you crash etc. an absolute masterpiece, and Mafia 1 was also one of my favorite games back then, both have a great and dark story, and gameplay. It is those kind of games that when you start playing, you just can't stop..

    ... so as soon as the game got released, i installed it and started playing, and to be honest i didnt expect the game to be as good as the previous just by watching the game play trailers, but i did expect the game to be atleast half as good as Mafia 1 or 2, and man i was wrong.. This game is just a disaster, the gameplay is just sad, and can't be compared with Mafia 2. the AI is **** as if they didnt feel like scripting it properly, the story is boring, i could have lived with the 30fps, as long as the game would be good, but sadly even if they fix that the game will still be sad, i took a day off work to play Mafia 3 the whole day, and i turned the game down after 2 hours, i just had enough, i've waited a long time for this game and i'm very disappointed, they shouldn't even have named this game Mafia3 .    … Expand
  50. TuringDev
    Oct 11, 2016
    1
    An affront for PC gamers
    Very poor performance, very low quality textures, blurred, after two hours of gaming, becomes very boring and repetitive. A great bull **** !

    Don't waste your money
  51. coffi
    Oct 8, 2016
    1
    One of the worst ports of the year. It would only be a slightly above average game at best if it was a stellar port, but as it is it's garbage. Options ported straight from console with vsync and resolution options added. Pop up galore. Muddy textures. Horrible upscaling. 30fps frame rate cap. I'm playing in 2560x1080 and all the cutscenes and menus are cropped, and I've got it good.One of the worst ports of the year. It would only be a slightly above average game at best if it was a stellar port, but as it is it's garbage. Options ported straight from console with vsync and resolution options added. Pop up galore. Muddy textures. Horrible upscaling. 30fps frame rate cap. I'm playing in 2560x1080 and all the cutscenes and menus are cropped, and I've got it good. Apparently for many people playing in ultrawide the game is unplayable. I wish I'd bought it on Steam, cause I would have returned it after one hour.… Expand
  52. Frederico12
    Oct 10, 2016
    1
    Repetitive, terrible game play, less features and things to do than mafia 2, graphics are terrible, there is almost nothing good about this game.

    Not worth it even if it go on sale for 3$
  53. clarky
    Oct 9, 2016
    1
    Dear Publisher/Developer. PC gamer's are like wine connoisseurs of gaming. The fact they have PC, instantly puts them into the Gamer category. Every other platform will always settle for less. For that reason, either, support the PC release with another year's worth of development before release. Or don't do it. You are trying to sell cheap wine in an expensive bottle to people whoDear Publisher/Developer. PC gamer's are like wine connoisseurs of gaming. The fact they have PC, instantly puts them into the Gamer category. Every other platform will always settle for less. For that reason, either, support the PC release with another year's worth of development before release. Or don't do it. You are trying to sell cheap wine in an expensive bottle to people who will never accept it. I find it pretty offensve… Expand
  54. vidyarebiews
    Oct 7, 2016
    1
    I got the game not expecting too much, but I was still sorely disappointed with the overall product.

    -30 fps lock -bad graphics and textures that keep glitching -constant crashes on a high-end rig -gameplay is clunky and generic Story itself deserves more than a bullet point. It seems to me that the people in charge of writing the story wanted to make political statement and not    I got the game not expecting too much, but I was still sorely disappointed with the overall product.

    -30 fps lock
    -bad graphics and textures that keep glitching
    -constant crashes on a high-end rig
    -gameplay is clunky and generic

    Story itself deserves more than a bullet point. It seems to me that the people in charge of writing the story wanted to make political statement and not create a meaningful story in the Mafia universe. In the earlier two games, you took the role of a starting mobster and slowly grow in rank and become a respected member of a crime family. In this game, you take the role of a young black man who starts to rid the world of evil, racist white people. It's a black writer's power fantasy and has little to do with the original games of the series, no matter how much Vito is present in the game. It bugs me that an unskilled hack managed to hijack the series name to use it as a crutch in order to make a political statement.

    The soundtrack is kind of decent, though, as is the fact that you can refund the purchase if you bought it through Steam anf if you have played the game for two hours or less. A solid 1/10.    … Expand
  55. nikeee18
    Oct 9, 2016
    3
    I never uninstalled PC game so fast like Mafia III. My expectations were really high, because Mafia I was really amazing (One of the my first games), Mafia II was really cool too. I do not understand why they could not follow such a good series...Maybe the story is a little bit interesting but that port. The game is so f**** broken. I am afraid that either updates won't help.
  56. Kellogs1911
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    A really poor console port and definitely not acceptable for a game in the year 2016. I can't recommend it to anyone at the moment.

    Pros: You can refund the game.

    Cons: Everything else.
  57. renao
    Oct 10, 2016
    2
    Mafia III is not only UGLY (especially on PC, since the differences between the low and high settings are barely visible) it's also quite boring and repetitive. There's absolutely nothing new about this gameplay, you played it a million times before.

    The missions structure reminds me a lot of Assassin's Creed Syndicate: do a couple missions in this assigned area, unlock the area's boss,    Mafia III is not only UGLY (especially on PC, since the differences between the low and high settings are barely visible) it's also quite boring and repetitive. There's absolutely nothing new about this gameplay, you played it a million times before.

    The missions structure reminds me a lot of Assassin's Creed Syndicate: do a couple missions in this assigned area, unlock the area's boss, kill the boss, conquer the area. Rinse and repeat. FOREVER!!!
    Mafia III plays exactly the same. It's not new, it's not fresh and it's not fun.

    And don't get me started on bugs and gameplay issues. This game is definitely not on release state.

    The developers do try something different and new with the narrative: the documentary style to tell the story is quite new and enjoyable to watch, but the game has so many flaws, is so god-awfuly repetitive and feels so old that I just can care enough about the story.

    Save your money, Mafia III is not worth it.    … Expand
  58. CristobaL
    Oct 13, 2016
    0
    This is not a game actually. It is 5 missions and 100+ checkpoints in the middle. Routine and bugs from the start to the end. Do not fun at all. Let's play something else
  59. stone_house
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    This is an abysmal port, and 2K knows it. The press statement and review embargo made this clear enough. We don't know what kind of update the company is planning - but if they really wanted to release a quality port, they probably would have done it already. It's most likely that the game will not substantially improve unless the community backlash is comparable to that which followedThis is an abysmal port, and 2K knows it. The press statement and review embargo made this clear enough. We don't know what kind of update the company is planning - but if they really wanted to release a quality port, they probably would have done it already. It's most likely that the game will not substantially improve unless the community backlash is comparable to that which followed Arkham Knight.… Expand
  60. OnlyOneWing
    Oct 10, 2016
    1
    The game play is mediocre, not even close to GTA V. The plot is not really interesting, everything is so politically correct it is fake. All the white people are evil racists and all the black people only want equality for "everyone", none are angry and out for revenge. Even the conversations that bystanders have are all politically charged rhetoric. It's not even genuine, it all sounds toThe game play is mediocre, not even close to GTA V. The plot is not really interesting, everything is so politically correct it is fake. All the white people are evil racists and all the black people only want equality for "everyone", none are angry and out for revenge. Even the conversations that bystanders have are all politically charged rhetoric. It's not even genuine, it all sounds to polished like a speech writer wrote it. The voice acting is not great. The main character has no problem murdering people, yet he is righteous enough to risk his life attacking brothels. The game also plays into the nonsense that all sex workers are inherently slaves. On top of all that, the graphics feel like they could be on last gen consoles. No better than LA Noir.… Expand
  61. joxxxx
    Oct 7, 2016
    1
    Really disappointed ! It has absolutely nothing to do with the mob. No mafia, no great dark ambiance. It's just a gta-like for black power. Graphics are also quite low even on high end hardware.
  62. thyphonius1
    Oct 10, 2016
    1
    It looks really really bad. Crashes a lot. Lot's of bugs after FPS patch. Stay away from this game on pc.
    It's BATMAN all over again. Was not able to get over 40fps on a i7 6400k and GTX 980 while it looked worse than a 2016 console game
  63. Jack91
    Oct 24, 2016
    4
    After so many years of waiting it's as though they have applied a Watch Dogs feel to the game. The graphics are nice in places but even now the Illusion engine from Mafia 2 is better. It has gone incredibly towards the arcade side, and not in a good way. Repetative gameplay that for me at least does not immerse me in the game, and I'm incredibly disappointed this was the end product. ThisAfter so many years of waiting it's as though they have applied a Watch Dogs feel to the game. The graphics are nice in places but even now the Illusion engine from Mafia 2 is better. It has gone incredibly towards the arcade side, and not in a good way. Repetative gameplay that for me at least does not immerse me in the game, and I'm incredibly disappointed this was the end product. This is not Mafia and once again a company like this, takes what was a good franchise and goes in reverse… Expand
  64. Ozore
    Oct 10, 2016
    4
    Great soundtrack for not so great game.
    + Nice scenes and historical survey
    + Great music
    + First hour of gameplay

    - Somehow boring
    - Some textures are just out of date
    - Game crashes
    MAKE THE CITY MMO SANDBOX TO MAKE MONEY!
  65. Aumie
    Oct 12, 2016
    2
    Poorly optimized even on strong PC's. outdated graphics engine.Relatively interesting story...for the first hour then its the same repetitive. go kill this guy. go kill that guy. No original ideas and i was bored after about 3 hours. Very poor game.
  66. Revelation216
    Nov 3, 2016
    4
    So, the first 3 hours are good but that's it, you know exactly how the game is going to end. All you do is take a zone and go to the next one, and the way you take these parts of the city is ALWAYS the same way. It's a shame that this game has the "Mafia" tittle because mafia 1 and 2 were great but this game, just a repetitive garbage.
    You can't do anything in the world of mafia 3, only    So, the first 3 hours are good but that's it, you know exactly how the game is going to end. All you do is take a zone and go to the next one, and the way you take these parts of the city is ALWAYS the same way. It's a shame that this game has the "Mafia" tittle because mafia 1 and 2 were great but this game, just a repetitive garbage.
    You can't do anything in the world of mafia 3, only the same boring missions.

    GG    … Expand
  67. commandercool
    Oct 8, 2016
    4
    Simply its not even half way for PC, feels like pre alpha or something, really disappointment, do not buy Pc version its not worth it even with 60 fps, i doubt that a major texture fix its done, this is really REALLY bad for an AAA(?) game
  68. KeyboardPlayer
    Oct 11, 2016
    0
    Horrible port. Terrible offcentered camera. 30fps lock. Runs really, really bad even on modern pcs. It's really, really bad. this is unacceptable. Avoid like the plague.
  69. makama025
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    24 hours upon acquisition, still can't even launch the game or get even past the launcher. Tried everything; launching from the .exe, updating both Windows and my graphic card drivers, etc. Still, no hope. 30 FPS capping is ridiculous. Been playing with a friend's and AI is just unfitting for 2016. A true scam. Do NOT buy any 2K game in the future, this is just a fraud. Took a day off from24 hours upon acquisition, still can't even launch the game or get even past the launcher. Tried everything; launching from the .exe, updating both Windows and my graphic card drivers, etc. Still, no hope. 30 FPS capping is ridiculous. Been playing with a friend's and AI is just unfitting for 2016. A true scam. Do NOT buy any 2K game in the future, this is just a fraud. Took a day off from work to play and I haven't been able yet.… Expand
  70. Outrage
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    It is almost the worst game i have ever played. Bad console port. Garbage. Graphics is outdated, AI is stupid. Controls are broken. Don't buy this game atm.
  71. JamesSteal
    Oct 7, 2016
    1
    A generic and bland "open world" with obnoxious unlikable protagonists and strawman villains. Low textures, framerate and constant crashing. This is not a Mafia game, buyer beware.
  72. ReDDoTNeckbeard
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    First - the game is poorly ported, awful framerate lock, graphics are not great at all despite me having top-of-the-line hardware. The game feels unfinished.

    Second - this game smells of SJW / BLM themes. Why not make a game about cartel? In any case, I issued a refund and recommend not wasting your money on this game. Save yourself the headache and buy something more fun.
  73. eldumloido
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    30 fps poor console port. Bad graphics and bland gameplay. They coulnd't bother to port this properly so I don't see point in reviewing this properly.
  74. Turkak90
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    30 FPS lock, low textures, boring gameplay not to mention dumb story. Maybe the only good thing about this game is its music but you can hear that on youtube.

    I was looking forward to this game and i am deeply disappointed.
  75. skeith
    Nov 5, 2016
    4
    Although this game sets in an open-world, I feel like the devs had not fully utilize it. There aren't many things to do in New Bordeaux. Gameplay gets old very very quickly, and the missions are very repetitive. Story wise, it was meh. Maybe it is the lack of content, the game forces you to play those what are supposed to be boring repetitive side missions to progress further into the mainAlthough this game sets in an open-world, I feel like the devs had not fully utilize it. There aren't many things to do in New Bordeaux. Gameplay gets old very very quickly, and the missions are very repetitive. Story wise, it was meh. Maybe it is the lack of content, the game forces you to play those what are supposed to be boring repetitive side missions to progress further into the main story. I am sorry 2k, but this game is really disappointing.… Expand
  76. Battletoad
    Oct 8, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. +1 NOT A MAFIA GAME .The gaming industry seems to be lost all the talents and ideas. Fallout 4, Mafia 3. Hard to believe that these games do the people who made them. Pathetic… Expand
  77. shArk87
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    I'm on a GTX 960 and i'm just disgusted at how this game was released. While Mafia 2 was a beautiful title, excellent optimization and Mafia 3 just plain the opposite. What heck did the devs think about capping it at 30FPS? And these huge FPS drops, what is going on with PC games? Forza horizon 3, No Mans Sky, now this..
    I already asked for a refund and mark my word i'm gonna spread this    I'm on a GTX 960 and i'm just disgusted at how this game was released. While Mafia 2 was a beautiful title, excellent optimization and Mafia 3 just plain the opposite. What heck did the devs think about capping it at 30FPS? And these huge FPS drops, what is going on with PC games? Forza horizon 3, No Mans Sky, now this..
    I already asked for a refund and mark my word i'm gonna spread this to all my friends, social network and my youtube subscribers already got a video which every single one of them are pissed at 2K Games.
    What a POS of a game, honestly...    … Expand
  78. Thranenkind
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    Nomination for worst game 2016 AAA grade. On its background, many indie games in 2016 look much better. No one in their right mind would not recommend to buy.
  79. Credo666
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    The game is very poor, outdated graphics. The plot is primitive, boring and primitive. Worst 2016. 0 points, more than this game does not deserve. The main disappointment of the year :(
  80. 99sh0ts
    Oct 12, 2016
    2
    My older rig (PhenomII x6 1090T + 16GB DDR3 + GTX 960) couldn't run this game as it needs SSE4.x Instruction set for some reason which my Processor Lacks . So I had to play this on a Friends PC.

    1. Graphics : Terrible Terrible graphics - All I see is low res textures with washed out colors and a horrible yellow filter . FC2 had this color filter too - but at least it didn't look like    My older rig (PhenomII x6 1090T + 16GB DDR3 + GTX 960) couldn't run this game as it needs SSE4.x Instruction set for some reason which my Processor Lacks . So I had to play this on a Friends PC.

    1. Graphics : Terrible Terrible graphics - All I see is low res textures with washed out colors and a horrible yellow filter .

    FC2 had this color filter too - but at least it didn't look like a blurry mess like this one . This game has 10 GBs of movies and ~6 GBs of audio + 15 Gb laguage packs. . Everything else goes to models, animation and textures. So one can guess, why the game is so blurry and why it can’t be fixed by any patch. They simply made it with year 2000 textures. Most of them do not exceed 512×512 pixels in resolution. Meh.

    2. AI - Non Existent .
    3. Repetitive ? - yes , but i didn't mind it.
    4. Combat - Satisfying , not challenging at all - but GOOD.
    5. Story - Good .
    6. Vehicle control - easy , mafia 2 had harder controls .
    7. Optimization : Really really poor - A game that looks this bad with such a terrible AI should not demand this kinda resource.

    Question to the Devs - why do you need SSE4.x instruction set for this dogs**t?

    Current state of game : unfinished .

    AAA games these days ......;.....    … Expand
  81. BombSench
    Oct 10, 2016
    0
    Mafia 3 is a return to the first part of the Mafia, and even worse. There is no such feature in action playing as: fuel the car, do not remain objects on the ground sleeve of bullets, pieces of glass, even the smoke from under the wheels of cars modest. Mafia 2 was much more serious and plausible Igor and Mafia 3 is a misery. Pazor developers !!!
  82. PetuchelloAnjel
    Oct 12, 2016
    1
    This game looks like sh!t played like sh!t 13 people trapped in the hangar, very lazy, 1/10 for the music!

    Never do the games!leave it to the professionals
  83. 900p15fps
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    30 FPS LOCK and constant crashes on a PC game in 2016. Looks like the game's running on a PS3 emulator with vaseline smeared all over the screen. Another Quantum Break. So disappointing.
  84. AloneUA
    Oct 15, 2016
    2
    Моё самое большое разочарование за последние года 3.
    Начну с хорошего. В игре нормальный сюжет, прекрасный саундтрек и красивые катсцены. Хах, недолго хорошее длилось. Те самые отлично срежисированные катсцены так хороши, потому что их кот наплакал. Большинство диалогов проходят как в ГТА между тобой и продавцом хот-догов: подошел, нажал Е, смотришь как герои тупо стоят перед друг-другом    Моё самое большое разочарование за последние года 3.
    Начну с хорошего. В игре нормальный сюжет, прекрасный саундтрек и красивые катсцены. Хах, недолго хорошее длилось. Те самые отлично срежисированные катсцены так хороши, потому что их кот наплакал. Большинство диалогов проходят как в ГТА между тобой и продавцом хот-догов: подошел, нажал Е, смотришь как герои тупо стоят перед друг-другом и разговаривают, изредка двигая руками.
    Весь сюжет и атмосфера рушатся бесхитростностью геймплея. Захват района занимает часа полтора и это вам придется провернуть раз 15. Причем затравка всегда одна и та же: ну этот парень рулит районом, но он прячется, пойди вымани его и убей(завербуй). Хоть бы раз я появился на районе и местный босс вылетел бы на меня, как говорится, guns blazing, и мне не пришлось бы снова проворачивать всю эту мутотень. Но нет. Езди по району, ставь прослушку, вали тупых болванчиков пачками, а потом тебя вознаградят 15 минутами более-менее адекватного геймплея и 2-минутной кат-сценой. Повторяйте пока не стошнит.
    О, а теперь давайте подробней пройдемся по самому процессу нанесению ущерба мафии. Каждый раз вы будете зачищать одну и ту же локацию минимум два раза. Один раз вы придете туда и кого-нибудь допросите/что-то взорвете/украдете/кого-то убьете, а второй раз вы вернетесь туда же убивать мини-босса. КАЖДЫЙ РАЗ. А иногда приходится и по 3 раза возвращаться, потому как ты не взорвал какой-то там ящик, а больше вариантов нанести ущерб не осталось. Зачищаешь локацию еще разок и бегаешь ищешь, что же ты пропустил.
    О, а вам понравились внезапные дополнительные миссии в ГТА, вроде съемки кинозвезд, спонтанных пробежек, спасения схваченной бандюгами девушки? - Забудьте. Вот там стоит грузовик, угоните и перегоните его через всю карту. Повторить еще 15 раз.
    Это я молчу про Титановые кусты, которые, черт возьми, тот же грузовик останавливают на полной скорости. Я молчу про волшебные заборы, которые ГГ не может перелезть просто потому что(ГГ вообще много куда не может попасть просто потому что). Я молчу про баги и просто дебильный дизайн уровней из-за которых приходится перезагружать чекпоинты.
    В сухом остатке, мы имеем хороших персонажей и неплохой сюжет, отличный саундтрек и на этом все. К сожалению, все это перечеркивается невероятным однообразием и цикличностью геймплея. И пусть Господь даст вам сил выдержать это занудство и скуку, чтоб в тех самых 2-минутных проблесках кат-сцен разглядеть вышеупомянутые плюсы.
    НЕ БРАТЬ, ЭТА ИГРА ПОЗОРИЩЕ ЧЕРТОВО.    … Expand
  85. black_pirate
    Oct 13, 2016
    1
    Mafia 2 is my favorite game of all time. Mafia 3 is the worst game I have ever played. It is complete waste of time. Very ugly game and terrible PC port. They have destroyed one of the coolest franchise in gaming industry. WP!
  86. malys113
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    **** port. locked at 30 fps, options are barebones, crashes, and controls are clunky. Not worth the money currently, luckily steam refunds are a thing.
  87. fallouts
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    This screams of a console port - 30 FPS lock, broken beyond belief, average graphics, limited options to improve said graphics and wonky performance. Do not buy this. Send a message and get it on sale.
  88. robert357
    Oct 8, 2016
    0
    This game is garbage. Boring, bugged, ugly. They just recreate Mafia 2 DLCs. Even more! Those DLCs are playable than Mafia 3. Just don't waste your money and time.
  89. joanjett
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    I can get by with the graphics BUT NOT THE AI. Is it me or have games become a joke anymore.
    Game companies know the deal......you can pretty much put out anything and the masses will buy it.
    NO MAN SKY anyone..........thank god for steam refunds lol!
  90. Chapa9dj
    Oct 7, 2016
    4
    Poor quality port. The only thing this game has going for it is the music and the location.
    Its a generic open world game with a world that feels absolutely empty and lifeless. Graphics are nothing to write home about, there are many problems and bugs in the game, not to mention the awful 30 fps lock. What were they thinking?
    Not even a real Mafia game. Just a pathetic studio trying to    Poor quality port. The only thing this game has going for it is the music and the location.
    Its a generic open world game with a world that feels absolutely empty and lifeless. Graphics are nothing to write home about, there are many problems and bugs in the game, not to mention the awful 30 fps lock. What were they thinking?

    Not even a real Mafia game. Just a pathetic studio trying to push an agenda behind a remarkable franchise. Shameful and disgusting at the same time.
    Save your cash and spend it elsewhere. Get Gears Of War 4 instead.

    I cannot believe another franchise is going down the toilet, such a disappointing year 2016 is turning out to be.    … Expand
  91. AnimeGamesBlog
    Oct 8, 2016
    3
    This game looks terrible.Very awful port from consoles.Textures looks like from 2004(really) and drops to 17 fps(on i3 6100 and rx 470).Empty city.Only one plus in this game- music.
  92. Schnoor1987
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    The picture is blurry and it looks like a very old game. I have the GTX 1080 so this is bad and it´s not ok. This is a sad day for pc gamers all over the world. Another developer who releases an unfinished game or were not qualified enough to make a playable game. The Game developers just released a big POO and i bought it. ;(
  93. kr4nker
    Oct 7, 2016
    2
    The game is locked to 30 fps. And 2k didn't say anything untill the game was released.

    Luckily, we have a refund button on steam now. Go ahead and click it ladies and gentlemen
  94. rBose
    Mar 2, 2021
    1
    I truly hope it's their last game

    This cant even be called a video game, the PC build is a massively consolized and poor console port, aside from having massive performance issues, being a blurry mess and locked to "SOLID 30 FPS" as the devs said, the game is plagued by crashes and by the fact that it even exists, a pathetic attempt at creating a video game.

    this doesnt even deserve a review
  95. LifeHistory
    Apr 26, 2017
    2
    I am really sad about this after being waiting for it for years since Mafia 2. As Mafia 2 one of my favorite games of all times. it had such good graphics and story and gameplay and characters. But this one has none of that..

    -Bad optimized unpolished unfinished game. -Boring story and bad characters. -Graphics are outdated. -Mechanics are not good like the shooting and stuff.    I am really sad about this after being waiting for it for years since Mafia 2. As Mafia 2 one of my favorite games of all times. it had such good graphics and story and gameplay and characters. But this one has none of that..

    -Bad optimized unpolished unfinished game.
    -Boring story and bad characters.
    -Graphics are outdated.
    -Mechanics are not good like the shooting and stuff.
    -Black dude trying to be a bad ass mafia are you kidding? BOO!!!

    All in all a waste of time you could watch a movie instead cheaper and a lot better.    … Expand
  96. ZackSilverStone
    Nov 26, 2016
    3
    This is so lame.. Some part of this game just like plague from GTA5.. I like MAFIA II better than MAFIA III. Some features in MAFIA II are missing in MAFIA III and I did'nt like it.. This game consume too much space but the game is so lame..

    BROKEN
  97. GameLord
    Jan 1, 2017
    0
    This game is updated to very bad graphics for fixing performance issues. The game is empty in practical, nothing to do just the story which is boring.
  98. Warmuro
    Jul 8, 2017
    0
    This game is the ugly child of Mafia II and Watch Dogs 1. Game has a feeling of a Watch Dogs mod for Mafia II, which performs so much worse in every possible way. Your best alternative would be Mafia II, if you like nostalgia = definitely Mafia 1. Even The Godfather 1 is far better than this garbage. DO NOT BUY.
  99. SundanceKid17
    Nov 25, 2016
    0
    Doesn't even worth to download for free. 8 **** hours game was forcing me to do the same **** and I finally rage quited this game. Never to be played again. 1&2 are masterpieces this is worse than poop
  100. Duperre
    Oct 13, 2016
    1
    As am owner of the last two games I cannot express my disappointment in 2k games. So, I will let the other user reviews do it for me. They all cover the vast issues.

    Oh, and my brand new GTX 1070 & i7 4790k @ 4.5GHz I can't even run this close to a locked 60fps at 1440p. You better have a GTX 1080 overclocked and an i7 6700 overclocked to get to see 60 fps @ 1440. Doesn't even look good    As am owner of the last two games I cannot express my disappointment in 2k games. So, I will let the other user reviews do it for me. They all cover the vast issues.

    Oh, and my brand new GTX 1070 & i7 4790k @ 4.5GHz I can't even run this close to a locked 60fps at 1440p. You better have a GTX 1080 overclocked and an i7 6700 overclocked to get to see 60 fps @ 1440. Doesn't even look good enough to warrant these issues. This is just a TERRIBLE console port. Another developer, 2k, who doesn't care about PC gamers. It's all about the money to them.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 31
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  1. BaziCenter
    Feb 10, 2017
    60
    Mafia III isn’t necessarily a bad game, but it is definitely not a true heir to the Mafia series. The story is rich and the gameplay is satisfying (although it’s nothing special), but having played the previous games in the series (especially the first one), I never felt like I was playing a Mafia game.
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  2. PC PowerPlay
    Feb 8, 2017
    60
    The story and characters are excellent and the game is enjoyable, but the open world detracts from the experience rather than adding to it.
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  3. games(TM)
    Dec 18, 2016
    60
    The story and characters are excellent and the game is enjoyable, but the open world detracts from the experience rather than adding to it. [Issue#257, p.62]
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