Mafia III

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1740 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. Drive637
    Oct 12, 2016
    6
    I'm so disappointed in this game. It could have been great but Hangar 13 totally screwed the player. I'm truly starting to get tired of these **** console ports (in this case it's a disaster as well) that require an insane rig whereas the performances are pitiable. The quality is just absent. 1440p looks like a goddamn 720p upscale. The scenario is breathtaking this said, although when theI'm so disappointed in this game. It could have been great but Hangar 13 totally screwed the player. I'm truly starting to get tired of these **** console ports (in this case it's a disaster as well) that require an insane rig whereas the performances are pitiable. The quality is just absent. 1440p looks like a goddamn 720p upscale. The scenario is breathtaking this said, although when the jaw-dropping cutscenes come to their end and force you to go back to the playground, you take a massive slap right into the face that serves as a constant reminder of the fact that without its blissful and climactic progressive scenario, that game would be a derelict. Not even gameplay lifts the whole thing up since it is inaccurate and formulaic. I just hate to think that Mafia III got destroyed by the lack of time (I can't think of anything else explaining this). It's such a shame to see this license being dragged to the bottom of the chasm.… Expand
  3. SWERY_51
    Oct 10, 2016
    6
    I didn't spent $2500 in a f****** PC to play games that looks like old gen consoles.

    It's too bad because execpt the visual aspect and graphic gliches, the late 60's atmosphere is cool. Anyway, I will not buy games without reviews from no on, it looks like an alpha version but i paid for a finished game... :(
  4. MugZter
    Jun 16, 2020
    5
    My thoughts on Mafia III PC (Steam version)

    I have got the game, but only because I wanted to see for myself the issues at first hand. To begin with I now have to agree wholeheartedly with a number of people that this is not a Mafia game. The whole layout structure and how the game plays is very similar to games like Saints Row from 2009 some GTA-IV elements and even a smidgen of    My thoughts on Mafia III PC (Steam version)

    I have got the game, but only because I wanted to see
    for myself the issues at first hand. To begin with I
    now have to agree wholeheartedly with a number of people
    that this is not a Mafia game. The whole layout structure
    and how the game plays is very similar to games like Saints
    Row from 2009 some GTA-IV elements and even a smidgen
    of Ubisoft similar open world games. There are similar
    mini maps also the flashing red on the mini map when
    you are wanted by the police...and yes you've guessed
    it..."Lose the cops!"...gameplay is so GTA it is
    unbelievable.

    As a game that should not even have the word Mafia in
    the title it is passable for something to do. If the game
    had been released under another name I might give it
    possibly a 6/10 - yes the graphics (once you do a few
    tweaks and occasional groans under ya breath) are OK
    but not ground-breaking.

    The game itself is a cliché "revenge story"
    There is nothing new that has not been done in
    other similar games. Another point I would like
    to make - "cutscenes" hoish! I loved the cutscenes
    of the first game and yeah some of them in the
    second game, but here they jump out at you
    when you least expect them and the pop up
    tutorial just grates on me (would rather have a
    key you can press if needed) - But as it stands I am
    giving it *4/10 because of the misleading manner in
    which the devs have gone about the making and
    release of this game.    … Expand
  5. Veska
    Oct 8, 2016
    5
    It isnt Mafia game....Realistic driving? Nope, every car is same. Cops? Stupid and dont care about your speed etc. AI? Stupid. Vietnam eyes renthgen from NUKE war? Yes. Sountrack? Really good. Story? Around 6 hours and yes, good, but in 1st Mafia was the best story, 2nd Mafia still better. Graphic? Just like GTA IV. Shadows? Maybe next time. FPS locker? For now, yes 30 fps with fps drops.It isnt Mafia game....Realistic driving? Nope, every car is same. Cops? Stupid and dont care about your speed etc. AI? Stupid. Vietnam eyes renthgen from NUKE war? Yes. Sountrack? Really good. Story? Around 6 hours and yes, good, but in 1st Mafia was the best story, 2nd Mafia still better. Graphic? Just like GTA IV. Shadows? Maybe next time. FPS locker? For now, yes 30 fps with fps drops. AA and other? Maybe, but game just looks ugly. SLI support? Nope.

    It isnt Mafia game, it just like GTA met Watch Dogs and had baby. Ugly baby. And main hero is sympathetic as syphilis.    … Expand
  6. jelikey
    Oct 16, 2019
    7
    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
  7. ajosanyi
    Aug 21, 2021
    7
    The definitive edition is a very good game. Most bugs have been fixed. There are very few Bug. The story is very good. The vehicles are well controlled. The game can become repetitive after a long time. Many times you do the same thing in the game. I recommend buying it at a discounted price.
  8. dandalis
    Feb 28, 2020
    6
    Altough the game was a mess in it's launch period, after patches that have come, the game is in a much more acceptable and playable state. And while the game in terms of tone and setting is quite different compared to previous Mafia games, Mafia 3 still offers a decent experience if you're willing to give it a try.

    Where Mafia 3 stands out the most is in its mature story telling. It's    Altough the game was a mess in it's launch period, after patches that have come, the game is in a much more acceptable and playable state. And while the game in terms of tone and setting is quite different compared to previous Mafia games, Mafia 3 still offers a decent experience if you're willing to give it a try.

    Where Mafia 3 stands out the most is in its mature story telling. It's rare to see a AAA game that deals with such heavy political themes as racism in 1960's american south. They're present in both story and gameplay, where you get a certain treatment by cops and other NPC's. It's mostly done pretty well, considering that in this day and age where many agressive ideologically driven gaming industry and media pundits demand games to be preachy with ''progressive'' themes and ask for objectivity to be thrown out of the window for their bias confirmation. Mafia 3, for the most part, handles the strong political themes with a balance, if only with few times when they feel like they're being too heavy handed. The core story aspect is based around vengeance, and it's pretty satisfying to take down the mob one bit at a time. The documentary styled cinematic narrative aspect felt really well done aswell, as the game delivers the story with real time events and from a future perspective, where certain characters retell their stories from times, when you as Lincoln, were on your revenge path during the game.

    Gameplay wise Mafia 3 is a rather mixed bag. It involves quite a lot of repetition, doing same objectives over and over to advance the plot. Though, with the game being more in line with something like GTA, it can be tolerable, for me as a GTA fan atleast. Gunplay is somewhat fun, though the gun sound effects are quite lacking and dont deliver that satisfying ooomph. Driving takes up a lot of gameplay as the game pushes you to go from one point to another, i can say that i atleast appreciate that the driving model was made to somewhat resemble how the cars of the 60's handled, with heavy steering and weighty feeling during cornering. However it works best for slow to moderately fast cars, the supercar car types at high speed really dont feel satisfying to drive, with a feeling that the driving physics are almost falling apart. I'm glad that Hangar 13 kept the collection of Playboy magazines in the game, 1960's had some mighty fine ladies. Another positive is the soundtrack, Take Two has licensed some really nice music for the game to enhance the recreation of the time period.

    Taking over districts by bringing down the members of mafia's chain of command and taking over their businesses one by one was pretty satisfying, and the subplots of each of the underbosses were unique and pretty interesting. Well, maybe apart from the fact that the game doesnt give you a choice in whether to spare or kill the underbosses, as most of them you're being forced to kill, while the lives of a couple of them you're forced to spare. Satisfying aswell was the mechanic in how you need to assign the districts to one of your own of the 3 underbosses, that you recruit during the game, the fact that they can turn on you, if you dont give them districts to run, was a bold move aswell, though i managed to keep all 3 happy. I was happy to see Vito coming back and having him as my underboss, at times i wished you could play as him instead, as i really liked him in Mafia 2. Lincoln himself isnt bad either, he's a likeable, bad arse force of nature.

    The game world, that consists of New Bordeaux city and the bayou swamp lands, is quite well made, with nice attention to details and successfully give you that 1960's american southern vibe and atmosphere, but from a gameplay standpoint, the world really lacks when it comes to things to do in it, there is little incentive to keep playing Mafia 3 after you finish the story, as the game world doesnt come close to the sand box freedom and fun that GTA open worlds offer.

    In it's latest build the game runs fairly well and isnt as buggy as in the launch period. Though they haven't changed how weird the skybox looks and the unnatural looking and feeling shift from clear weather to rainy one still remains.    … Expand
  9. TprAgile
    Nov 3, 2019
    7
    it deserves this point because of cinematic scenes and documentary scenes. but in major part of this game, you do same thing
  10. Highlander117
    Mar 24, 2022
    5
    First of all, it's not as bad as some people say, but here we go.

    First the good parts: the story is good, nothing to look down on. Solid characters. Good setting. Good music. Now the bad part: the gameplay is pretty repetitive. For some, it's not that bad, but for me it just seems a bit lazy ( I mean its good but not after you done it for the 100th time). Graphics for the "    First of all, it's not as bad as some people say, but here we go.

    First the good parts: the story is good, nothing to look down on. Solid characters. Good setting. Good music.

    Now the bad part: the gameplay is pretty repetitive. For some, it's not that bad, but for me it just seems a bit lazy ( I mean its good but not after you done it for the 100th time). Graphics for the " definitive edition" are pretty bad. I don't know what they are doing. The settings are really lackluster. There is no real menu for the underboss system, which is the big thing in the game. There is also no menu to check your character stats or what upgrades you got. In general, buying upgrades is really weird. And finally (maybe it's just me), the world feels a bit lifeless.

    Overall, it comes down to an average score. But only because the story is not trash, it really carries the game. If you don't mind the repetitive stuff, then I would say it's slightly above average (6/10).    … Expand
  11. New_Horizons10
    Jul 31, 2019
    7
    This isn’t the best chapter of Mafia at all. Obviously the graphic is disappointing for a game of the current generation and even for the previous one. I don’t think that in 2016/17 a software house can sell a game that look like this and ask for 70 $ or € or whatever. Moreover, trying to don’t mind the low texture quality, we will still encount lighting bugs, enormous pop-up effects andThis isn’t the best chapter of Mafia at all. Obviously the graphic is disappointing for a game of the current generation and even for the previous one. I don’t think that in 2016/17 a software house can sell a game that look like this and ask for 70 $ or € or whatever. Moreover, trying to don’t mind the low texture quality, we will still encount lighting bugs, enormous pop-up effects and low framerate moments, and all this even on ps4 pro. I felt like I was playing with a strobo light pointed on my face, so I definitely recommend epileptic people not to play it. Nevertheless, I like the fact that you can literally smell the 60’s. Unless people don’t disappear while you’re looking them, you can see how the streets are full of life, lights and colours. You can hear people discussing in bars and along the street, so you’ve always the impression of looking at something alive. There are even appropriate collectibles for the setting, which can be magazines like Playboy or Hot Rod, music albums and communist propaganda manifests. The soundtrack is beautiful and perfect for the setting. The whole world is well defined and rich of particulars, but the defects that I previously said ruin a big part of all this. The gameplay is funny but nothing special. The driving isn’t too bad, but the pointing system is so horrible that I had to activate many aids. Moreover, the fact that you’re constricted to repeat many times the same actions can make the game repetitive after a while. The plot is very poor and simple, but I didn’t expect more from a game that tells about mafia. In the end i gave a rating of 7 just because I loved too much the other chapters and because I think that a rating of 3.6 is too low. I didn’t give more because it would have been just too much for this game. I didn’t play any dlc but I hope they’re better than that.… Expand
  12. Lazyyybone
    Apr 19, 2020
    7
    반응이 엄청 나빴지만 느와르를 좋아하는 나에게 있어서 대부와 마피아 게임은 해볼 가치가 있다고 느껴서 해봤음. 오히려 마피아2보다는 마피아 3의 컷씬과 스토리들이 영화보는 것 같아 매끄럽고 좋았고, 선택할 요소들 그리고 그 시대에 있었던 18가지 범죄들, KKK 고증 등이 역시나 너무 잘 되어있어서 재밌었음. 다만 확실히 왓치독, GTA 보다는 메인 스토리를 제외한 다른 게임요소는 조금 부실했던 게 맞는 듯.반응이 엄청 나빴지만 느와르를 좋아하는 나에게 있어서 대부와 마피아 게임은 해볼 가치가 있다고 느껴서 해봤음. 오히려 마피아2보다는 마피아 3의 컷씬과 스토리들이 영화보는 것 같아 매끄럽고 좋았고, 선택할 요소들 그리고 그 시대에 있었던 18가지 범죄들, KKK 고증 등이 역시나 너무 잘 되어있어서 재밌었음. 다만 확실히 왓치독, GTA 보다는 메인 스토리를 제외한 다른 게임요소는 조금 부실했던 게 맞는 듯.
  13. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 1, 2022
    7
    Score: 7.8

    First game of the franchise i've played, and i really loved it. I still remember, i cracked it the first time i played and spent a lot of hours on it. Then i discovered there were DLCs, and i just kept trying to find a way to donwload and use them... Some years later i bought the complete game with all DLCs and spent around 60 hours with it all. Very very fun, yes the    Score: 7.8

    First game of the franchise i've played, and i really loved it.
    I still remember, i cracked it the first time i played and spent a lot of hours on it. Then i discovered there were DLCs, and i just kept trying to find a way to donwload and use them...

    Some years later i bought the complete game with all DLCs and spent around 60 hours with it all.
    Very very fun, yes the gameplay loop is repetitive, but it didn't bother me.
    The story was phenomenal and the soundtrack too.

    I recomend it but only if you don't mind doing some repetitive ****    … Expand
  14. Bortx
    Apr 29, 2017
    5
    I have owned all three in the series and each one has gotten worse. The first one was amazing and ahead of its time. The second was a bit of a let down but still good. The third is a total let down.

    This whole south thing is just not what I think of when I think Mafia. Where are the Italians? There is no Mafia vibe in this. The story is so uninteresting and long winded. The game play is    I have owned all three in the series and each one has gotten worse. The first one was amazing and ahead of its time. The second was a bit of a let down but still good. The third is a total let down.

    This whole south thing is just not what I think of when I think Mafia. Where are the Italians? There is no Mafia vibe in this. The story is so uninteresting and long winded. The game play is very repetitive without the variety of previous Mafia games. Unlike the first two, the music in this one sucks. I have never been a fan of the 60s music. In many ways the graphics looks dated and have a cheaper feel compared to Mafia II, which I replayed recently.

    Again, unlike the previous two, the story is so dull that there is nothing keeping me interested to continue playing. I have played for about 5 hours (experiencing several crashes) and I don't thing I am going to continue. Overall it doesn't seem like the same love and care went into this one compared to the previous two. No save on demand?! This is going backwards.

    The Mafia series has always been ahead on game play, graphics, and story telling when compared to the GTA series. I can't say the same thing about this third incarnation that brings nothing new to the table. GTA5 was a lot better and came last year.    … Expand
  15. Memphis_ST
    Apr 12, 2019
    7
    The game left a good impression. Writers and artists have done great job, as well as actors who played the main characters (+ awesome soundtrack), but the game designers disappointed. In general I enjoyed the game and I hope see the Mafia 4.
  16. Baronz
    Oct 29, 2016
    5
    I can stand the low fps, the not so good graphic, and also some random crashes. I like the music.
    What i don't really like is the gameplay, so boring and repetitive. Kill all the guys, kill 2 minor boss, kill a major boss, repeat.
    Where is the wonderful story and the thrill from the first mafia ? It's all gone. A bad GTA clone.
  17. PimN
    Mar 3, 2017
    6
    A horrible PC port, repetitive gameplay and bad graphics. So why am I still giving this game a 6? Because the game down to its core is still a Mafia game (storywise). The world is also very well created even though the graphics don't serve it well. The best part about the game is the music. This game has gotten me into 60's and 70's rock. So thank you Hangar 17!
  18. KittyWhisky
    Mar 12, 2017
    5
    Mafia 3 mixed feelings. But, if I had a choice, I would have returned the money - and it is an indicator. We are not the Mafia, and AC: Syndicate, there is also a need to capture areas to kill the bosses of these areas. The gameplay is standard GTA clone. Good shooting, nice to cut enemies in melee, stealth is terrible (the enemies are stupid, and I don't hear you). The plot is standard toMafia 3 mixed feelings. But, if I had a choice, I would have returned the money - and it is an indicator. We are not the Mafia, and AC: Syndicate, there is also a need to capture areas to kill the bosses of these areas. The gameplay is standard GTA clone. Good shooting, nice to cut enemies in melee, stealth is terrible (the enemies are stupid, and I don't hear you). The plot is standard to horror, but has excellent videos, they characters really nice to listen to, especially the Holy father. Little characters revealed, especially your three "generals". The main character is not the typical mother-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, he's a good character. Vito turned in an ordinary bandit, Vito from Mafia 2 there is nothing left. The story we are given after a typical yubisoft routine. After a hard day to relax by performing a dull job, after which to obtain the excellent story missions, but objectively it's complete crap. Mafia 3 should consist only of the topical tasks, which is really nice. Although, we all knew it would be open world for open world with a lot of similar missions, the developers have fed us gameplay video. You're first drawn, the gameplay is good, but then I get tired. In the game, besides the story missions and clips, happy music but it does not merit developers, and musicians of the time. The machines are driven by normal, I on the realism went well. Graphics are so-so, not the level of 2016, especially the sky, this is the most miserable in the sky games!
    The finale of the game is good, proper. There even 2 endings. After passing you can feel satisfaction, although the passage you were doing some stuff. This is not a Mafia, this is a typical game in the open world. WD 2 a definite better. To make the game worse not work for anybody. IT'S NOT MAFIA.    … Expand
  19. DeletedForMoney
    Oct 10, 2016
    5
    Минусы
    1. Заёбывающее обучение. Нет возможности блядь отключить ебучие подсказки что не дают играть/засоряют пол экрана.
    2. Скучные миссии. Пиздец прям просто. 3. Непропускаемые диалоги. Я дропнул игру на 3ьем часу. Мне очень скучно её проходить. 4.    Минусы
    1. Заёбывающее обучение. Нет возможности блядь отключить ебучие подсказки что не дают играть/засоряют пол экрана.

    2. Скучные миссии. Пиздец прям просто.
    3. Непропускаемые диалоги.

    Я дропнул игру на 3ьем часу. Мне очень скучно её проходить.
    4.
  20. Dohbear
    Jun 16, 2018
    7
    A good game ruined by repetitive missions, poor pc performance and a slightly too predictable story, still worth a play if on sale though - 7/10
  21. TheLedPonty
    Sep 3, 2018
    7
    Несмотря на весь хейт, вылившийся на головы разработчиков, я считаю,что данный проект имеет право на существование, несмотря на обилие багов и косяков. Мир неинтересен, но во всяком случае на голову превосходит оный в Mafia II. Также не радует постоянные обязательные захваты чужих территорий. Если бы их было ченьше раза в три и у разрабов было бы еще полтора лишних года на разработку, онаНесмотря на весь хейт, вылившийся на головы разработчиков, я считаю,что данный проект имеет право на существование, несмотря на обилие багов и косяков. Мир неинтересен, но во всяком случае на голову превосходит оный в Mafia II. Также не радует постоянные обязательные захваты чужих территорий. Если бы их было ченьше раза в три и у разрабов было бы еще полтора лишних года на разработку, она бы вышла на среднюю оценку от игроков "6-7,5". Крепкая семерка данной игре.… Expand
  22. jlh
    Sep 2, 2019
    5
    Picked this up for the PS4 on some sale a month or three back and finally got around to playing it. What a waste. You've got a great script. You've got some really great characters. You've got a great city and surrounding areas to play in. Driving around is fun. But

    Every Mission Is The Same Damned Thing. Dafuq? Need to steal a truck? Sneak in, whistle, kill someone,    Picked this up for the PS4 on some sale a month or three back and finally got around to playing it. What a waste. You've got a great script. You've got some really great characters. You've got a great city and surrounding areas to play in. Driving around is fun. But

    Every
    Mission
    Is
    The
    Same
    Damned
    Thing.

    Dafuq? Need to steal a truck? Sneak in, whistle, kill someone, sneak a little closer, whistle, kill, sneak a little closer, yeah, you got it.

    Kill someone? See Steal A Truck (SAT)

    Interrogate someone? SAT

    Take over an area? SAT

    I mean, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Once you do, I don't remember, maybe the 2nd or 3rd mission in the game, every other mission is exactly like that. How do you have such great characters, and such a great setting, and absolutely zero creativity when it comes to missions?

    Minor nits? The music. Why can't I crank the music up separate from everything else? Why is the music forced to be the same volume as the screeching tires, or the dialog?

    Why can't I save a car? Not far along to see if Burke can enhance my car, but it's kinda irrelevent as I can't seem to save a car anywhere. Yeah, google might help here. But if I need google to explain gameplay then you've failed.    … Expand
  23. herculess
    May 4, 2017
    6
    The game is actually nice.But there is a very graphical error the most beautiful event in the game songs.
    A game linked to old mafia games Play your mafia fan. :)
  24. feather7
    Aug 25, 2019
    5
    I can say that Mafia is bad game. But, it can be compared with previous mafia 1,2. This game has a big problem regarding using Ubisoft f**k method I mean go and kill this gang, then again and over and over and over. After 4-5 times of this sh**t you has good mision with some cutscene. And then again. If you like game like latest farcry then this game maybe will be ok for you. I hate gameI can say that Mafia is bad game. But, it can be compared with previous mafia 1,2. This game has a big problem regarding using Ubisoft f**k method I mean go and kill this gang, then again and over and over and over. After 4-5 times of this sh**t you has good mision with some cutscene. And then again. If you like game like latest farcry then this game maybe will be ok for you. I hate game with this method. I feel like in work not like in game. I want play for fun, not for work. This style is for MMO RPG.… Expand
  25. mr-NachoMen
    Jan 11, 2019
    6
    Mafia III could have been a great game, it has a huge potencial on it but it has de misfortune of not being well executed and the end product looks and plays like a rushed product.
    The story itself is really strong, taking place in a fictional kind of New Orleans during the Vietnam war and one the most violent decades in history. Touching subject matter like; Sex, Drug wars, Racism, to    Mafia III could have been a great game, it has a huge potencial on it but it has de misfortune of not being well executed and the end product looks and plays like a rushed product.
    The story itself is really strong, taking place in a fictional kind of New Orleans during the Vietnam war and one the most violent decades in history. Touching subject matter like; Sex, Drug wars, Racism, to name a few, that's a good start point for a story, like i mention, the story is strong and dark... better than the previous games. The ending... not so good.
    The gameplay is boring, the game is a third person shooter, giving the player the freedom to explore the city and do the missions at his own time. The game is split in the main story missions and side missions that will reward you with affiliate favors and earn more money. Now... aside of that, the mission design is so repetitive that later turn to not bee engaging anymore, the missions goes from steal something, or kill someone, interrogate someone and that's all... with shooting more mobs in your way. In the first hour you have taste all what the game has to offer. Playing this game in one sit doing both; the main missions and side missions can take you like 45 hrs to beat (kinda), and like i mention in 1 hr you have experience all what the game has to offer, there you have 44 hrs of the same mission design all over and over again. whit a small addition that you can explore the city to find collectibles like: Hot Rood magazine, Playboy magazine, album covers and Vargas paintings, to keep the game a bit more "interesting"
    Visually the game it's "ok" the cutscenes looks beautiful thus because they are pre-rendered, but the actual game graphics are "ok" for a next gen game.
    One last thing to keep on mind, the game has tons of graphic glitches and some other technical issues, some times some missions will not start at all or some important NPC'S will not react at you and will cause to reload the last checkpoint so they can work. ohh my...
    There's people who said that this game runs badly in every system... for some people. During my 45 hrs i had a smooth frame without any drop (so... i think that frame drops might happen more often with low GPUs).    … Expand
  26. 13sins
    Mar 29, 2019
    5
    as much as i love the mafia series, this one just ruined everything.
    -plain boring revenge story ( good character development though)
    -gameplay gets boring after the first 3 hours, cause you have to repeat the same kinda side missions to get into the real things
    -the AI is stupid
    but at least it runs decent and has some good graphics.
  27. Crimert
    Apr 5, 2020
    6
    The story wasn't as deep as the Mafia II. The gameplay was repetitive. Also, the bugs in this game were really making you annoyed. I couldn't enjoy this game much. 41hrs on record.
  28. PhatMonkey
    Oct 8, 2016
    5
    Pains me to say this, I know the game is locked at 30FPS, that is not my main issue, the issue is that the game does hold at 30 but it stutters, it stutters badly, I do not know if it is because I have a 144hz monitor and I am noticing it more, its not playable in this state for me, such a shame.
    The game graphics are ok, not 2016 worthy and here's another kicker, it seems upscaled from    Pains me to say this, I know the game is locked at 30FPS, that is not my main issue, the issue is that the game does hold at 30 but it stutters, it stutters badly, I do not know if it is because I have a 144hz monitor and I am noticing it more, its not playable in this state for me, such a shame.
    The game graphics are ok, not 2016 worthy and here's another kicker, it seems upscaled from 720p which could be the blur everyone is reporting, people are asking for an AA option, but realistically only a texture pack is going to fix it.

    This is clearly a game for consoles that has been ported at the last min for PC with no love, care or attention, truly shocking, Hanger 13 should be ashamed of themselves right now, I would...

    i7 5960x / Titan X (2) Maxwel / 64gDDR4 / Win 10 64bit    … Expand
  29. DissTurbo
    Oct 8, 2016
    5
    *CRUDE FACTS BASED REVIEW*

    Great story, great pacing, great atmosphere of the city. Yet, Mafia 3 does not feel like Mafia. It could very well be called New Bordeaux (as the city IS the main character) and sold as new IP. It has some fantastic moments which are unfortunately obscured by clunky gameplay and inexcusable poor porting of the inherently console game. +city! +story    *CRUDE FACTS BASED REVIEW*

    Great story, great pacing, great atmosphere of the city. Yet, Mafia 3 does not feel like Mafia. It could very well be called New Bordeaux (as the city IS the main character) and sold as new IP. It has some fantastic moments which are unfortunately obscured by clunky gameplay and inexcusable poor porting of the inherently console game.

    +city!
    +story
    +atmosphere (music, attention to detail, cars, tunes, people, setting)
    - IT IS NOT MAFIA game although props to Hangar 13 for trying something new and innovative in terms of historic setting
    - wonky mechanics and mouse/keyboard control
    - butchered port for PC (no graphical options, antialiasing making game look super blurry, 30fps lock is plainly disrespectful for pc community, crashes)

    Just another developer showing that PC gaming has to be downgraded to the lowest common denominator...Please, learn from CD Projekt Red and Witcher 3

    I really really really wanted to like this game, well, I do like it in small doses but it is frankly impossible to get immersed into fantastic story Hangar 13 concocted due to sheer number of technical issues plaguing the PC version.

    Really disappointed with Mafia 3. Please respect PC community and finish your product guys (so now, 2 days after release when the game got negative reviews you plan to unlock the framerate? Like that could not have been thought of prior to release).

    *note* I do understand there is patch coming but you have to judge the product as it's shipped.    … Expand
  30. MickEllix
    Oct 10, 2016
    5
    If the AI, graphics and a few other game play mechanics were more polished I would give it a 9 but those things bring what could be an epic game down to mediocre and **** fps caps at least they fixed it fast but why do that unless they are trying to keep console/PC versions similar
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 31
  3. Negative: 3 out of 31
  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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