Mafia III

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1740 Ratings

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  1. 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.
  2. IE-33
    Oct 8, 2016
    3
    Story of the game is really great, I enjoy it very much so far, main characters are OK.

    However PC version is just a COMPLETE JOKE, why? - Most of the textures does not exceed 512x512 (WTF did 2K think?) - Resolution is upscaled from 720p to 1080p, clap clap... - Various graphical issues (Lightning etc.) - Ultra repetetive gameplay - In around 8 hours of gameplay, at least 70% of    Story of the game is really great, I enjoy it very much so far, main characters are OK.

    However PC version is just a COMPLETE JOKE, why?

    - Most of the textures does not exceed 512x512 (WTF did 2K think?)
    - Resolution is upscaled from 720p to 1080p, clap clap...
    - Various graphical issues (Lightning etc.)
    - Ultra repetetive gameplay - In around 8 hours of gameplay, at least 70% of the missions is basically identical, go there kill those guys/interrogate, sometimes destroy this or that... it became boring, very boring.
    - 30 FPS lock
    - Performance issues
    - Un-rebindable keys
    - Poor choice of graphical settings, there is literally only 5 settings you can change and no more.

    To sum up: Poor console port, don't buy.    … Expand
  3. 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.
  4. Kso
    Oct 7, 2016
    3
    Don't buy now. if you really need play that game at PC wait for patches.
    After only 2h playthru

    -
    Low textures
    30 fps lock
    constant game crashing
    bad lightning
    glithes fallen under the textures over and over again

    +
    story so far
    soundtrack
    you can refund that game
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. ak_arora
    Oct 14, 2016
    3
    Very poor graphics, blurry at best. The game feels a Beta release due to the glitches. Does not draw inspiration from Mafia 2, and is a huge step backwards.

    +1 for music and storytelling.
  9. svgpc
    Oct 20, 2016
    3
    Useless game. Full of bugs and glitches, crashes every 20-30 minutes. The only good thing is the storyline, very good storyline. For that reason i give it a rating of 3.
  10. ExpertPL
    Nov 11, 2016
    3
    Don't even bother buying it. The game takes many hours of your life to finish it, while the plot could be few hours long, but the repeatable gameplay makes it last much longer. If this wasn't enough, this game has a ton of technical issues and has cut out the best mechanics of it's predecessors.
  11. 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
  12. Mjr_REAPER
    Dec 18, 2016
    3
    Definitely Mafia III is an example of how not to do this type of game. The game is completely backward compared to the previous views lack a lot of things to the point that I made a mistake this game with beta because in such a game looks one big beta. Everything is linear comes to the implementation of the same scheme. The history of the main character also does not knock on my knees andDefinitely Mafia III is an example of how not to do this type of game. The game is completely backward compared to the previous views lack a lot of things to the point that I made a mistake this game with beta because in such a game looks one big beta. Everything is linear comes to the implementation of the same scheme. The history of the main character also does not knock on my knees and the only thing that was solidly made this audio track… Expand
  13. Jaal
    Apr 12, 2017
    3
    Mafia III isn't only bad because the story itself is OK but the rest of the game is literally all the time exactly the same. Got to point A kill somebody or destroy something, than go to point B and do the same thing again. And do this like 50 times in the game. So DON'T buy this game for the gameplay, because that is horrible. If you are a really big fan of mafia and don't care about theMafia III isn't only bad because the story itself is OK but the rest of the game is literally all the time exactly the same. Got to point A kill somebody or destroy something, than go to point B and do the same thing again. And do this like 50 times in the game. So DON'T buy this game for the gameplay, because that is horrible. If you are a really big fan of mafia and don't care about the gameplay, then you can think about buying this game on sale.
    So in conclusion: The game has a great soundtrack and an acceptable story. But the rest is seriously bad.    … Expand
  14. Lo-Fi_Suicide
    Jan 21, 2018
    3
    I've played Tolerant White People Slaughter III for about 30 hours, i've seen all endings. What can I say? Shooter element is quite interesting. First few hours. Prologue is good and promising. It lasts 1 hour though. Then if you want to see some good cutscenes you need to grind, grind and grind.
    Revenging Afroamerican III shouldn't take name of great game series, but everyone want to    I've played Tolerant White People Slaughter III for about 30 hours, i've seen all endings. What can I say? Shooter element is quite interesting. First few hours. Prologue is good and promising. It lasts 1 hour though. Then if you want to see some good cutscenes you need to grind, grind and grind.
    Revenging Afroamerican III shouldn't take name of great game series, but everyone want to sell as many copies of crappy odd games as they can, hiding under famous title, right, Andromeda? Cutscenes are good, some main missions are made like they belong to some game with some kind of story. But about 2/3 of the game are compulsory side activities, coming from AC series.
    Defenetly don't recommend to buy this "game". Don't worth it's price. Trying to forget it. Here comes the Mafia IV with coop. Oh, God.    … Expand
  15. AlexKVideos1
    Feb 20, 2021
    3
    This is not an acceptable game for 2016. The amount of glitches, repetitiveness, and lack of other missions, and jobs to do after you complete the story is poor. Mafia 3 tried hard to bring back the Mafia series, but it crashed and burned. I had so much hope for this game, but it turned out to be another No Man's Sky of 2016.

    This is what happens when you give a good game series to a    This is not an acceptable game for 2016. The amount of glitches, repetitiveness, and lack of other missions, and jobs to do after you complete the story is poor. Mafia 3 tried hard to bring back the Mafia series, but it crashed and burned. I had so much hope for this game, but it turned out to be another No Man's Sky of 2016.

    This is what happens when you give a good game series to a different developer who has no idea on how to make proper video games. I had so high hopes for this game, but I was let down once again by the gaming industry.

    This game is so awful. When I decided to play on PC, it was because I have a choice. I could choose my hardware, my software, my resolution, my framerate, and my graphics, but what Hangar 13 did is unacceptable. They locked the game to 30FPS, and their reason for that is: "The team has been hard at work ensuring that Mafia III’s performance is consistent across all platforms, and right now the game runs at a solid 30 frames-per-second."

    That's the most **** I have ever heard in one sentence. Mafia III for PC is a console port. The game has so many problems when it comes to reflections, lighting, and no SLI support. The antialiasing just blurs the game to make the edges look better, the PC controls are horrendous, and the game is being upscaled from 720p. It's so damn hard to focus on the story aspect when the screen is tearing, the graphics are glitching out, things pop in at ridiculous distance, but wait, they are releasing a patch to make the game run over 60FPS, and fix the issues. Too late, you already screwed up the game's launch, and what you have done will not be forgotten. They did release the patch to unlock the framerate, but since they never optimized the game good, it still runs like **** This was my birthday present, and it's the worst **** birthday present I have ever gotten. Hangar 13 didn't deliver on their promise on putting time, and effort into their PC version. You had 5 **** years to sort all this **** out, but you didn't. Nice job Hangar 13, you made a sequel to Mafia II worse.

    Don't buy this game.    … Expand
  16. Pharaoshka
    Mar 1, 2019
    3
    The game completely disappointed me. Awful shooting physics. Awful physics of cars. The story of how Lincoln Clay kills everyone in its path. This is not like a real story! In this game, Lincoln Clay in the role of Rambo brings everyone. this is not realistic. I will play Mafia 2 with great pleasure. Part 3 completely disappointed me.
  17. 044mores
    Aug 18, 2020
    3
    В целом игра неплохая. Сюжет мне показался интересным. Явным минусом игры является такая себе графика при запредельных системных требованиях. Оптимизация игры, она ужасная. При моём среднем пк, который вытягивает новые игры в среднем на высоких ( не ультра ) настройках, я играю на низких настройках графики, с постоянными просадками и микрофоизамиВ целом игра неплохая. Сюжет мне показался интересным. Явным минусом игры является такая себе графика при запредельных системных требованиях. Оптимизация игры, она ужасная. При моём среднем пк, который вытягивает новые игры в среднем на высоких ( не ультра ) настройках, я играю на низких настройках графики, с постоянными просадками и микрофоизами
  18. Alexandr_Mrz
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    I can’t believe what 2k dared to do ugly with such a franchise, with such an era, with such impeccable music, to spoil this game ...
    The gameplay was copied from the game Godfather 2, and they did even worse compared to the aforementioned game.
    The characters are boring, cutscenes disgusting. Most of all, it annoys me how stupidly they used the excellent music of those times, not in a    I can’t believe what 2k dared to do ugly with such a franchise, with such an era, with such impeccable music, to spoil this game ...
    The gameplay was copied from the game Godfather 2, and they did even worse compared to the aforementioned game.
    The characters are boring, cutscenes disgusting.
    Most of all, it annoys me how stupidly they used the excellent music of those times, not in a topic that was not suitable for what was happening, clippings were not a topic ...
    I'm silent about the graphics ...
    In general, Mafia 3 is not worth the money.    … Expand
  19. anomienee
    Nov 29, 2020
    3
    The only thing that this game has going for it is its beautiful graphics, especially the character models. The jumping in and out of documentary concept was pretty cool too. Otherwise, story seems really contrived and nothing like the masterpieces of Mafia and Mafia 2. Race politics are a huge part of the story and it got tiring after a while to be constantly negged within the game aboutThe only thing that this game has going for it is its beautiful graphics, especially the character models. The jumping in and out of documentary concept was pretty cool too. Otherwise, story seems really contrived and nothing like the masterpieces of Mafia and Mafia 2. Race politics are a huge part of the story and it got tiring after a while to be constantly negged within the game about the protagonist's race. Combat is boring and repetitive and there seems to be no obvious advantage to switching between different weapons. No ability to change protagonist's look also hurts the game.… Expand
  20. delaware80
    Mar 16, 2021
    3
    MAFIA III is the first game of this franchise I have played.
    I was surprised of the horrible game physics when driving a car.
    The missions are repetitive because 2K built an overcrowded RPG.
    Next time: less missions and more thrilling moments. :-)
  21. Hikayeci
    May 5, 2021
    3
    Senaryo rezalet. Oyunun ismi Mafia olmasına rağmen oyunda hiç bir mafyalık göremiyoruz. Çok buglu, Hatalarından oynanamaz halde. Oyunu açık dünya yapalım derken gerçekten berbat bir hale getirmişler. Aslında senaryo ve karakterler güzel olsaydı, oyunun kendini tekrar etmesi ve hataları görmezden gelinebilirdi. Bütün karakterleri o kadar anti sempatik tasarlamışlar ki hiç bir karaktereSenaryo rezalet. Oyunun ismi Mafia olmasına rağmen oyunda hiç bir mafyalık göremiyoruz. Çok buglu, Hatalarından oynanamaz halde. Oyunu açık dünya yapalım derken gerçekten berbat bir hale getirmişler. Aslında senaryo ve karakterler güzel olsaydı, oyunun kendini tekrar etmesi ve hataları görmezden gelinebilirdi. Bütün karakterleri o kadar anti sempatik tasarlamışlar ki hiç bir karaktere oyunun sonuna kadar zerre kadar ısınamadım (Vito ve Burke dışında) . Bu oyunu 68'de geçen, ana karakteri z*nci bir or*spu evladı olan bir oyun yerine; 30'larda geçen, ana karakterin İtalyan olduğu bir oyun olarak yapsalardı bu oyun çok daha güzel olabilirdi. Bu arada oyunda Vito da var. Büyük ihtimalle oyunu oynayabilmemi sağlayan tek sebep bu. Sonuç olarak rezalet bir oyun. Bu oyunu alacağınıza gidin o parayla Mafia 2'yi ve mafia 1 i paket halinde alın. Emin olun bu oyundan çok daha fazla zevk alacaksınız.… Expand
  22. Nick7000
    May 1, 2023
    3
    Оптимизация в сделку не входила
    Сюжет в сделку не входил
    Геймплей в сделку не входил
    Уважение к серии в сделку
    Отвратительная поделка, выражаю свое однозначное ФУ
  23. princeofsands
    Jan 26, 2022
    3
    i am writing this honest review based on playing the game for two days , the game looks nice in matter of cinematic videos , i expect it to be a nice story which i couldn't complete , the graphics are good however lets look to cons .
    1- the Layout of PS4 controls in the game is the worst i ever seen ever , even trying to change it from the game of from PS4 menu you will never reach a    i am writing this honest review based on playing the game for two days , the game looks nice in matter of cinematic videos , i expect it to be a nice story which i couldn't complete , the graphics are good however lets look to cons .
    1- the Layout of PS4 controls in the game is the worst i ever seen ever , even trying to change it from the game of from PS4 menu you will never reach a realistic scheme.
    2- Shooting is extremely awful and doesn't feel real at all and feel like old gta games.
    3- it is very very easy form a professional player to die and die and die from stupid mobs while trying all your efforts to survive a stupid person will shot and kill you and you have to repeat from far beginning , i tried many ways to complete mission but i felt too bored and i quit and deleted the game finally .
    4- the movement of the main character is dull and swing , the driving of cars is too bad and old .

    Please note that i am a professional player and this is one of the rarest games i decided to delete and not to complete .    … Expand
  24. Nead
    Jun 11, 2022
    3
    Allah Kurtarsın ...........................................................
  25. xibit_49
    Oct 20, 2022
    3
    This review are probably been as a complaint to the game:
    I actually like this game,due to the style of 60's,and character's design are not so bad,same as the storyline moments.But i have one question...
    12 hours to download the game!Hell no! i am tired of this time due to one glitch what happened on my Acer nitro 5 then i start the game.This glitch is about complete stop of the game in    This review are probably been as a complaint to the game:
    I actually like this game,due to the style of 60's,and character's design are not so bad,same as the storyline moments.But i have one question...
    12 hours to download the game!Hell no!
    i am tired of this time due to one glitch what happened on my Acer nitro 5 then i start the game.This glitch is about complete stop of the game in the beginning,in the police station.I tried everything to escape this glitch,even re-download the game,but nothing even happened.I am tired of this chaos so i completely uninstall this game for better.
    i think that studio "Hangar 13" are need to be attentive to make the games and their settings.    … Expand
  26. PrinceAngelWolf
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
    They really dropped the ball on this one,
    Don't waste your time in this game.
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. Zeak
    May 21, 2018
    2
    Don't think I've played a more boring open-world game before.. It's especially sad when it comes to such a lineage as Mafia series. There's nothing that holds you in the game's world for more than half an hour, after which you understand how things work here and get the idea that there won't be much of a difference from mission to mission after from that point onwards. It's like developersDon't think I've played a more boring open-world game before.. It's especially sad when it comes to such a lineage as Mafia series. There's nothing that holds you in the game's world for more than half an hour, after which you understand how things work here and get the idea that there won't be much of a difference from mission to mission after from that point onwards. It's like developers have been living in a vacuum, but then again you can definitely see borrowings from recent GTA, FarCry, Witcher 3 and other titles. So what gives? Why release a game that's so criminally boring and not fun?… Expand
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. Mark_Rubane
    Oct 27, 2016
    2
    The release of the game and began to make mods for the game so how to play many nasty. 1. This is a graphics-mod as the real graphics are a sweaty mess and look disgusting. 2. To disable a mirror, instrument panel and mini-map on the screen. Players want a realistic look in the game, to make a beautiful video and photos. 3. No saving the car and my garage. No upgrades. car, and much moreThe release of the game and began to make mods for the game so how to play many nasty. 1. This is a graphics-mod as the real graphics are a sweaty mess and look disgusting. 2. To disable a mirror, instrument panel and mini-map on the screen. Players want a realistic look in the game, to make a beautiful video and photos. 3. No saving the car and my garage. No upgrades. car, and much more that was left in great indignation ...… Expand
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. Saahil
    Oct 17, 2016
    2
    The Graphic is not consistent Aaaghhhh **** game.The Gameplay is not good too. And God...... The Skybox Seriously.Even Indie Games have good skyboxes.The Missions are repetitive. The only good thing that i have experienced is driving its better than Mafia 2 which was a marvelous game.I played half way through Mafia 3 and have uninstalled.
  43. josei1985
    Mar 9, 2017
    2
    Una total y absoluta decepción. Destroza el buen recuerdo de Mafia II. Lo único decente de todo el juego es la historia, interesante aunque nada novedosa. Todo lo demás, el juego en sí, sientes que lo has hecho en otros juegos ya sea Red Dead o GTA pero peor y una y otra y otra vez. Ese es su problema: malo y repetitivo hasta la náusea. Gráficamente no destaca, jugablemente no aporta nada,Una total y absoluta decepción. Destroza el buen recuerdo de Mafia II. Lo único decente de todo el juego es la historia, interesante aunque nada novedosa. Todo lo demás, el juego en sí, sientes que lo has hecho en otros juegos ya sea Red Dead o GTA pero peor y una y otra y otra vez. Ese es su problema: malo y repetitivo hasta la náusea. Gráficamente no destaca, jugablemente no aporta nada, Hangar 13 ha destrozado para siempre una saga genial.… Expand
  44. Eyeless
    Nov 22, 2017
    2
    This game is repetative as **** You are literally doing the same thing OVER and OVER AGAIN ! Nothing like Mafia or Mafia II. Soundtrack is the only good thing about this game. If only thing you care about is shooting, then this is a game for you.
  45. aldenor
    Feb 24, 2019
    2
    Good story but it's unplayable when it's 30 fps lock. Plus it's get kinda boring after a while
  46. aberro
    Oct 2, 2020
    2
    It's just boring. I've played it for one day, and on the second one I just doesn't feel I want to play it. And I'm used to kinda boring games, simulators, engineering. This is obviously not this kind of boring, it's just like an empty husk of a game. It have some generic plot about revenge, it have some generic repetitive gameplay, generic open world city, when you often feel like you'veIt's just boring. I've played it for one day, and on the second one I just doesn't feel I want to play it. And I'm used to kinda boring games, simulators, engineering. This is obviously not this kind of boring, it's just like an empty husk of a game. It have some generic plot about revenge, it have some generic repetitive gameplay, generic open world city, when you often feel like you've been here before when you haven't, it's just that all places looks the same. Graphics is ok, but feels unpolished too, and then again, new Mafia: Definitive looks way better. This game has literally nothing good about it. Just usual console casual open-world shooter, like some a bit richer clone of minecraft, of which there are plenty.
    What it has NOT is connection to Mafia series. This game mostly about racism and fighting with cardboard grotesque rednecks.    … Expand
  47. LePer
    Jul 3, 2020
    2
    The worst thing in this game is repeating the same missions all the time. Plus the game is glitched. Disappearing textures are not the worst thing here. Only thing that saves this game from 0 grade for me is driving patttern and final boss missions.
  48. Lugarty
    Feb 21, 2021
    2
    Bad, very bad. History is poorly made and boring, the world is killed, the optimization is ridiculous and it doesn't even come close to what the old mafias were.
  49. Bushido95
    Sep 28, 2021
    2
    Удивительно то как плохо всё было сделано и сколько неверных решений приняли разработчики, а оптимизация игры это полный позор.
  50. ProsteNicolas
    Aug 5, 2022
    2
    A total failure, this is no longer mafia, it's something like GTA, I don't have to say anything about it. The graphics are good, but the story or things like that that were in Mafia 1 are completely gone, for example, the behavior of cars is gone in Mafia 3, everything the mafia needs is gone. And this is also the case that Americans worked on Mafia 3, but Czechs worked on Mafia 1 andA total failure, this is no longer mafia, it's something like GTA, I don't have to say anything about it. The graphics are good, but the story or things like that that were in Mafia 1 are completely gone, for example, the behavior of cars is gone in Mafia 3, everything the mafia needs is gone. And this is also the case that Americans worked on Mafia 3, but Czechs worked on Mafia 1 and Mafia 2, which were highly rated games, and I find the main character in Mafia 3 terribly unsympathetic. I only give plus points for the graphics and the fact that there was Vito from the last part of the Mafia… Expand
  51. 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.
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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!
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. Danceswithsheep
    Oct 7, 2016
    1
    The big pro is the music, superbly fitting in with the period. The negatives are simply that this is very much low bugdet when it comes to low textures and an abysmal frame rate. Refund applied for.
  58. 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
  59. Datek
    Oct 31, 2016
    1
    I gave it a 1 for the excellent music track. Pretty much everything else about the game is bad. Some of the older Mafia titles are quite good and I have enjoyed those in the past. This trash was made for consoles and that usually destroys what might have been a good game as it did here.
  60. 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
  61. 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.
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. serkanysr1
    Oct 9, 2016
    1
    amk yerinde 2. Oyunun sonundan devam etseydiniz ölür müydünüz? bu ne biçim mafya oyunu sıçmış batırmışsınız. mafia oyunu demeye bin şahit lazım. 2k czech stüdyolarının kapatılması ile de alakalı olabilir bu kadar boktan bir oyun olması
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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.
  69. 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
  70. 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.
  71. 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
  72. 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$
  73. 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
  74. BoTToX_CH
    Oct 14, 2016
    1
    The most UGGLY 2016 game !!!
    Full bugged, absolutly crappy render, a crazy clipping, hyper blurry textures....etc
    This game is like an old bad playstation2 game !
    It's a shame, the first and second mafia was great, 2K killed the licence !!!
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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.
  78. zak47
    Oct 20, 2016
    1
    Buena historia y cinemáticas impresionantes, todo lo demás lamentable.
    Misiones repetitivas, mala optimización, poco atención en los detalles y un sin fin de cosas más que hacen a este juego una gran decepción.
  79. harryharryo
    Oct 21, 2016
    1
    I had waited this game for 6 years. This is totally dishonor to previous Mafia series... And no clear explanation on Vito & Joe. 2K deceived Mafia fans with this horrible game. Shame on you 2K Games. You ruined it this time.
  80. Fuman
    Jan 3, 2017
    1
    El peor juego al que he jugado en 2016 en PC. Un juego, como el propio nombre indica, requiere jugabilidad y este carece de ella. Pésima optimización, va a tirones con un i7 4790k y una r9 390. Bugs por todos lados que hacen que algunas misiones se traben y no se puedan finalizar. Pésima historia y misiones repetitivas que hacen que te aborrezca pasadas unas 4h.

    Con lo fácil que hubiese    El peor juego al que he jugado en 2016 en PC. Un juego, como el propio nombre indica, requiere jugabilidad y este carece de ella. Pésima optimización, va a tirones con un i7 4790k y una r9 390. Bugs por todos lados que hacen que algunas misiones se traben y no se puedan finalizar. Pésima historia y misiones repetitivas que hacen que te aborrezca pasadas unas 4h.

    Con lo fácil que hubiese sido coger todo el sistema de juego del mafia 1 y aplicar un nuevo motor gráfico optimizado, la han cagado pero a base de bien. No volveré a comprar otro juego de esta franquicia en su primer mes de salida o hasta que haya las suficientes reviews como para saber en que invierte uno el dinero, porque la inversión ha sido un fiasco y más que haberme divertido, he sufrido con los tirones, bugs y todo lo dicho anteriormente. Compra totalmente desaconsejada.    … Expand
  81. laur
    Nov 8, 2017
    1
    After more than a year they still haven't fixed the performance issues this port has. That would be acceptable if the game looked half decent graphics wise. The grapics looks low res and upscalled even at max settings.
    Gameplay and story are pretty repetitive.
    Mafia 1 was the best and 2 wasn't bad at all either but this one is just another money grab attempt from a AAA game publisher.
  82. Hagal
    Sep 30, 2019
    1
    A Mafia game where you´r not the mafia!? could be the worst idea since paywalls...
    Then we have the other aspects of the game, which does not make it any better.
  83. Efesys
    May 17, 2019
    1
    Terrible degradation, laziness of all project participants, not a drop of respect for the players and fans of the series and the responsibility for the product, worse than any GTA or mafia 1.2.
  84. Zeratex
    Feb 11, 2019
    1
    a Disgrace for the Mafia franchise, so bad.

    Bad gameplay and trash story, bad characterization.

    Drop this and dont ever come back. Such waste of a game.

    1/10
  85. Hochbichler
    Sep 7, 2020
    1
    Mafia III is the third installment in the cult action-adventure series Mafia. Unlike the previous two installments, Mafia III was fully developed by the 2K games and their American studio Hangar 13. And that proved to be fatal. But lets start with the positives. The setting of the game, the fictional city of New Bordeaux (New Orleans), is done very well, with a lot of details, big map andMafia III is the third installment in the cult action-adventure series Mafia. Unlike the previous two installments, Mafia III was fully developed by the 2K games and their American studio Hangar 13. And that proved to be fatal. But lets start with the positives. The setting of the game, the fictional city of New Bordeaux (New Orleans), is done very well, with a lot of details, big map and a lot of different buildings, shops, factories. You can clearly see that the developers put a lot of work into that. The soundtrack is amazing, you cannot really go wrong with 1960's music. The collectibles, which are usually just a boring grind are actually very interesting in this game, although the idea is actually copied from Mafia II. The old 1960's Playboy magazines and Vargas pin-ups are going to make you miss the times when natural beauty of a woman was admired and preferred. The number of different cars is also very good and it is a pleasure to drive these old American beauties. But the actual models are pretty low quality (In many cases the quality is visibly lower that in the 6 year older Mafia II, which is really baffling). Which brings me to the negatives, of which there are many. The most apparent is the absolute lack of mission diversity. Vast portion of this game you will spend repetitively killing hundreds of Italian mobsters in all the different districts of the city. These repetitive grinds are separated by short doses of the actual story, which is full of unrealistic and cliche action movie moments. The enemy AI is not very good, the enemies are very predictable and repetitive. The game is not really challenging even on the highest level of difficulty. The save system is one of the worst I have ever seen. It is just completely wrong. The game also suffer from a number of bugs and crashes that were never really fixed. The microtransactions are present in Mafia III in the mild form of a weapons pack DLC. But all these indisputable mistakes pale in comparison with the last one. I wrote that the missions lack in diversity. Well, who absolutely does not lack in diversity is the main protagonist and all the other characters in this game. Mafia III is filled to the brim with the worst and most disgusting SJW propaganda you can imagine. All you need to really know is written on the first screen as soon as you start a new game. This game twists American history, rapes our heritage, it praises thugs and criminals and vilifies normal decent people. and will leave you with a sour taste in your mouth. In my eyes this brings Mafia III down so much that this otherwise average game is now among the worst of the worst.

    If this was just another action adventure game, it would be just a forgettable mistake, but this game bears the name Mafia, and it dishonors and shames this great series. As a big fan of the series I wish this game was never made. Final Verdict: 10 %    … Expand
  86. StarkAgentos
    May 12, 2022
    1
    ГГ - крутой чувак, которому всё нипочём. Сюжет никакой. Сглаживание ужасное. Оптимизация такая себе. Атмосферы вообще нет. Анимации резкие и рваные. Повестка на месте. Русской озвучки в игре вообще нет, хотя в предыдущих частях была. Мафию уже можно хоронить.ГГ - крутой чувак, которому всё нипочём. Сюжет никакой. Сглаживание ужасное. Оптимизация такая себе. Атмосферы вообще нет. Анимации резкие и рваные. Повестка на месте. Русской озвучки в игре вообще нет, хотя в предыдущих частях была. Мафию уже можно хоронить.
  87. ArekSuzme
    Aug 1, 2022
    1
    One of the best openings to a game, but also, one of the worst games of all time. Mafia and Mafia 2 are one of the games I've ever played but Mafia 3... We don't talk about it.
  88. 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?
  89. 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
  90. 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.
  91. 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
  92. 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.
  93. 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
  94. 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.
  95. 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
  96. DreamCore
    Sep 16, 2020
    0
    Potentially one of the worst games I've ever played. It starts out good, but then it turns into a repetitive **** grind. Imagine the worst kind of optional side content imaginable from any of Ubisofts games, and then turning that into a mandatory experience... well then you have Mafia 3. You're forced to do the same repetitive trash quests over and over and over, countless times with somePotentially one of the worst games I've ever played. It starts out good, but then it turns into a repetitive **** grind. Imagine the worst kind of optional side content imaginable from any of Ubisofts games, and then turning that into a mandatory experience... well then you have Mafia 3. You're forced to do the same repetitive trash quests over and over and over, countless times with some cutscene in between. They removed the story which is what defines the Mafia games and made this trash, If it were illegal to make poorly designed games, the useless designers who made this would be in prison for life.… Expand
  97. 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?
  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. EasternUNO
    Oct 17, 2022
    0
    I played Mafia 1 (2002) and it was 10/10 without any doubts. Then I played Mafia 2. 9/10, awesome, especially the story! But after playing Mafia 3... The game is a massive downhill, because Daniel Vávra did not work on this project... It was not created with love like previous 2 mafias... Graphics is blurry even at 4K resolution. I tried to render it at 8K and downscale it to 4K (native)I played Mafia 1 (2002) and it was 10/10 without any doubts. Then I played Mafia 2. 9/10, awesome, especially the story! But after playing Mafia 3... The game is a massive downhill, because Daniel Vávra did not work on this project... It was not created with love like previous 2 mafias... Graphics is blurry even at 4K resolution. I tried to render it at 8K and downscale it to 4K (native) and there was the same result. I was able to play the game for 1 hour and then I had to turn it off. The game was so boring and the actions felt repetitive. The main character is so unsymphatic. Car physics is far from being realistic. When you jump in the boat, you have rear view mirror in the top of the screen like in car. Really? I had to uninstall the game and I will never ever play it again. What a shame.… Expand
  100. 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
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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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