Mafia III

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  1. epeternally
    Oct 10, 2016
    6
    One of this year's better open world games, but poorly optimized with a number of issues including flickering, visual glitches at the edges of the screen, and frequent unpredictable crashes. Game is a 7.5/10, port is a 4/10. Having to wait two whole days for 60fps was no big deal, but that's far the end of issues, unfortunately.
  2. wardevil28
    Nov 14, 2016
    6
    mafia 3 has its issues and bugs, most of which draw a laugh from me and a few moments were it cost me a mission, its a decent game maybe worth buying if on sale, but nothing ground breaking here just a poor mans GTA.
  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. twobadcrew
    Oct 29, 2020
    6
    Good story/scenes and some fun gameplay moments, harbored by a lack of imagination of what to fill the other 15 hours of gameplay with. The majority of your time will be spent doing the same repetitive sets of side mission.
  5. 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
  6. Tagirix
    Jul 23, 2018
    6
    Despite the fact that Mafia III does not meet my expectations regarding the story, it is pretty dope in when it comes to gameplay. If you want to spend around 50 hours kicking everyone's ass in the world, this game is definitely for you because there you will find a bunch of generic missions with the task to eliminate various people. Nonetheless, the game presents several appealingDespite the fact that Mafia III does not meet my expectations regarding the story, it is pretty dope in when it comes to gameplay. If you want to spend around 50 hours kicking everyone's ass in the world, this game is definitely for you because there you will find a bunch of generic missions with the task to eliminate various people. Nonetheless, the game presents several appealing missions (especially in DLCs), but on the whole it sucks. I hope the next game will be much better if it even comes out.… Expand
  7. andrius94
    Jan 27, 2017
    6
    I rarely write comments about games but I will do this time.
    Story, atmosphere, characters are awesome. Even gameplay is good. But repetitive missions in the middle game are barely standing. OMG. It was horrible experience (I played them just to finish game). They better should make shorter game and it would totaly worked out.
  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. Shajeevan
    Nov 3, 2016
    6
    Just same missions gets repeated, Confront someone or shooting the enemy....Boring Boring!!! Mafia 2 was far better than this... Thousands of boring missions like "kill this guy, kill another, kill....
  10. Dbeat
    Nov 3, 2016
    6
    That’s not how the mafia works.
    Mafia III tries to deliver a strong cinematic narrative within a game, a double-edged sword in the industry of videogames. Very few have succeeded and Mafia III unfortunately is not the exception. What is more disappointing is that everything Mafia prequels stood for was gone in gameplay and story wise.
    Game Design This game has a huge, gigantic, enormous    That’s not how the mafia works.
    Mafia III tries to deliver a strong cinematic narrative within a game, a double-edged sword in the industry of videogames. Very few have succeeded and Mafia III unfortunately is not the exception. What is more disappointing is that everything Mafia prequels stood for was gone in gameplay and story wise.
    Game Design
    This game has a huge, gigantic, enormous problem with the design of the HUD. I mean critical and it gets to the point when you question if they are insulting your intelligence with text in the screen, unnecessary indicator signs (you have a GPU thing in the map why you would put pop up signs in the actual city) the mission objectives are all over the place; it really ruins the immersion that was built with the city. This is basic and mistakes like this shouldn’t happen in a triple A studios. There are no save files so you can play missions that you like (not that there are many enjoyable missions) and if you want to make different choices you must start from scratch.
    Videogames 101
    Although there are many technical and gameplay design issues I feel that it has already been said in numerous reviews both from users and specialized sites and are explained with great detail. Instead would like to confront a very serious problem that mafia III has and many heavy narrative driven games have: you are making a game and before start thinking in how you’re going to deliver this awesome story you must realize that the player will spend double of the time playing than watching a cinematic. The most beautiful narratives in this medium are created with the player. What a game designer must do to generate this is simple: guide, linearity, scripted events can’t be seen as a bad thing even if you pretend to create this free roaming city.
    What does a Mafia story mean?
    Long story short: means painful slow downward spiral where the price is not worth the sacrifice, where the stakes are always at its highest. Mafia III set this perfectly, the elements where there, even the hints of the non-linear structure story teased a great finale. Instead, every opportunity they had to give us a surprise was wasted. Lincoln never faced a challenge, I never felt was something at risk (not in the gameplay not in the story) Hangar13 portray an un-clever, boring and non-threating criminal world that is waiting to be dismantled (the retaliation thing was a good idea with a bad execution). There’s not even a struggle when you’re assigning districts and conflicts can be easily avoided. Betrayal, corruption, crisis, collateral damage where only mentioned but rarely affected the player. Cops where supposed to be a pain in the ass because of the period, and because they are in Marcano’s pocket, you could easily create and element of “resistance to expansion” where the cops could have been in charge of closing business and fighting associate warehouses. I’ve never seen such potential wasted so easily. That’s why I felt cinematics felt so out of phase.
    Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
    What made Mafia became a potential franchise? Well practically all the things they erased in mafia III, some may say the story driven immersive cinematic, I would say many games before Mafia I had this signature (MGS, hitman, Final Fantasy) so no, it’s not the resemblance to a Hollywood movie but the details. Some may say useless I may say the soul of a good strong narrative IN GAME. Gun shells bouncing while you’re fighting an ambush, cursing in your seat because you are out of gas in the middle of the street while you need to go to a doctor, running a red light and stop the car cause the persecution is not worth the risk, pick locking a car and wait for the door to open, realizing that the face of the protagonist has a different mood in every mission, shooting a car in the gas tank knowing that it may not explode at all. That is a mafia game and I’m very sad that the franchise has come to this. I’m sure Hangar 13 gave all his love; I felt the effort in every inch. Probably the best character in the game was the city. But I also felt the pressure, the checklist that they needed to fill, the deadlines and the half delivered game.    … Expand
  11. Paoz
    Nov 7, 2016
    6
    Being a Mafia-series speedrunner, expectations about Mafia 3 were really high. Both M1 and M2 were milestones and great games, for the time they were released.
    The game seems like lacking dedication. Graphics are good, but could have been better, Gameplay is good, but could ... you got the point, same for the Story.
    I will still speedrun this game, to me it gets a flat 6 as a "ok but not    Being a Mafia-series speedrunner, expectations about Mafia 3 were really high. Both M1 and M2 were milestones and great games, for the time they were released.
    The game seems like lacking dedication. Graphics are good, but could have been better, Gameplay is good, but could ... you got the point, same for the Story.
    I will still speedrun this game, to me it gets a flat 6 as a "ok but not great" mark ... but i don't think i'll really fall in love for M3.    … Expand
  12. CarlosSpicyWien
    Dec 20, 2016
    6
    I don't think this is a bad game visually or even story wise, but the gameplay is repetitive and that's what really killed it for me. Besides for the very beginning mission, every mission from then on was basically the same. A very, "rinse and repeat" kind of game.
  13. MattFox
    Mar 19, 2017
    6
    They did a good job on the city design, music, cars but NOT the most important thing... the story. The story was disconnected from Mafia 2 and kind of repetitive, sure they've added Vito and few other characters from Mafia 2, but it was nothing compared to Mafia 2 and Mafia 1 stories. In a nutshell they misunderstood word Mafia meaning and tried to make it more like GTA style game. If theyThey did a good job on the city design, music, cars but NOT the most important thing... the story. The story was disconnected from Mafia 2 and kind of repetitive, sure they've added Vito and few other characters from Mafia 2, but it was nothing compared to Mafia 2 and Mafia 1 stories. In a nutshell they misunderstood word Mafia meaning and tried to make it more like GTA style game. If they wouldn't left loads of glitches, bugs and made the continuation of Mafia 2 story with less repetitiveness it would've been a much better game.… Expand
  14. 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!
  15. 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. :)
  16. gamecorner
    Sep 8, 2018
    6
    I think it’s an enjoyable game, but after a couple hours, it becomes repetitive and a bit boring. The graphics are somewhere nice, somewhere ugly. My biggest issue with Mafia 3 is, that you are doing the same thing over and over: killing, interrogating, destroying, stealing and driving. The main protagonist, Lincoln Clay is an **** I kinda understand his motivations, but at one point heI think it’s an enjoyable game, but after a couple hours, it becomes repetitive and a bit boring. The graphics are somewhere nice, somewhere ugly. My biggest issue with Mafia 3 is, that you are doing the same thing over and over: killing, interrogating, destroying, stealing and driving. The main protagonist, Lincoln Clay is an **** I kinda understand his motivations, but at one point he even kills a dad who has 3 kids. The AI is dumb as hell and there are a lot of bugs!! Overall I still had a couple of good moments while playing this game, but they are really rare. Don't play this game, only if you are bored.… Expand
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. Portal244
    Dec 28, 2020
    6
    Скажу сразу, все эти баги, вылеты и проблемы с оптимизацией прошли мимо меня, так как не играл в игру в 2016, а познакомился уже непосредственно с переизданием, при прохождении проблем не было, всё работало нормально. У игры ужасно скучный геймплей, бесконечные однообразные задания по истреблению тупых болванчиков и захвату территории, при этом очень недурной сюжет. Поставлю игре палецСкажу сразу, все эти баги, вылеты и проблемы с оптимизацией прошли мимо меня, так как не играл в игру в 2016, а познакомился уже непосредственно с переизданием, при прохождении проблем не было, всё работало нормально. У игры ужасно скучный геймплей, бесконечные однообразные задания по истреблению тупых болванчиков и захвату территории, при этом очень недурной сюжет. Поставлю игре палец вверх за сценарии и классное дополнение про оккультистов, вообще хочется похвалить сценаристов Hangar13, но рекомендовать тратить свои человеко-часы не могу, жизнь слишком коротка ,лучше поиграйте во что-нибудь другое, ведь всё, что нам отмерено - путь кометы Галлея.… Expand
  20. edpema78
    Jun 17, 2020
    6
    El peor juego de la saga con diferencia, el gameplay de los tiroteos es bueno, pero las misiones son muy repititivas... la historia esta bién, y la optimización para pc deja mucho que desear
  21. Mailspare
    Jul 30, 2020
    6
    Well, it's playable, but far, very far from previous Mafia games. Driving is bad, missions are repeating and boring, the story is average. I hope they will not fick Mafia Definitive Edition with this.
  22. Agslynx
    Oct 10, 2022
    6
    This game had all to be a great game. But the développers had succeed to make a Boring game with the long ride and the repetitive actions. What is a pitty!
  23. Punchy
    Jul 24, 2020
    6
    It was a really good mafia game with a lot of potentials but it was never used to it's maximum, pushing boundaries of what a real game as this looks and feels like. A whole bunch of repetitive game that is not that rewarding and leaves a sour taste while playing. It gets really boring fast but I have to go to say that music is really good. I think I still prefer Mafia 2 than this wholeIt was a really good mafia game with a lot of potentials but it was never used to it's maximum, pushing boundaries of what a real game as this looks and feels like. A whole bunch of repetitive game that is not that rewarding and leaves a sour taste while playing. It gets really boring fast but I have to go to say that music is really good. I think I still prefer Mafia 2 than this whole buggy mess to be honest.… Expand
  24. Pace2506
    Oct 1, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Play Mafia 3 and this is my review.
    The most interesting part of this game, like all mafia games, is the stories, you follow Lincoln Clay, a Vietnam war veteran that wants to revenge his friends and family death. The story is good but a little bit worse than the last two mafia games, as you're not the mafia himself and the one who want to take down the mafia.
    The graphic is somewhat mediocre, the texture is muddy and the system requirement is really high.
    But the most negative aspect of this game is the game is too repetitive, taking down business and the leader so the high ones come out so you can kill, rinse and repeat, the game is full open world yes but nothing much you can do in the world anyway.    … Expand
  25. petrkozak13
    Dec 12, 2021
    6
    Not a bad game by any means, just not a very interesting/engaging one. I expected way more.
  26. Game-master1
    Jan 9, 2022
    6
    My scores for this game
    Story : 5/10
    The beginning of the story is very good, but between the beginning and the end of the story it is very boring. Graphics : 8/10 The game graphics were natural and good for me. Musics : 10/10 The game songs are the same as the songs of that time. Details : 6/10 The details that were very cool to me were lacking in the Mafia version. Game play :    My scores for this game
    Story : 5/10
    The beginning of the story is very good, but between the beginning and the end of the story it is very boring.
    Graphics : 8/10
    The game graphics were natural and good for me.
    Musics : 10/10
    The game songs are the same as the songs of that time.
    Details : 6/10
    The details that were very cool to me were lacking in the Mafia version.
    Game play : 5/10
    The gameplay becomes very repetitive and boring after a short time.
    Variety : 6/10
    After the end of the game, there is no place to earn and you have to continue the same dull work.
    Characterization : 8/10
    The characters in the game are well chosen and natural, and apparently it is a true story.
    Optimization : 3/10
    The game has too much frame drop and was not compatible with my graphics, so I gave it a score of 3
    Bugs : Bugs while driving and bugs that get stuck in some missions.
    Note : 2KLuncher need :/
    Overall score : 6.3/10
    I recommend to some extent.    … Expand
  27. Kuzya_Zeleniy
    Jul 15, 2022
    6
    I remember when this game came out, everyone criticized it. 6 years have already passed and I decided to pass it. And I must say that this is still a raw game.
    The picture is full of cuteness, it feels like I started the game on the refrigerator.
    And no matter how many patches are released, no matter how hard 2K Games tries to fix bugs, they will still remain. It's been 6 years and    I remember when this game came out, everyone criticized it. 6 years have already passed and I decided to pass it. And I must say that this is still a raw game.
    The picture is full of cuteness, it feels like I started the game on the refrigerator.
    And no matter how many patches are released, no matter how hard 2K Games tries to fix bugs, they will still remain. It's been 6 years and they're still there. The bodies fall as ridiculously as possible, and the mirrors are just a shame. How can an experienced game company not make good mirrors in the game?
    The main character, Lincoln Clay, is not the most charismatic character.
    The plot is very raw.They wanted to prove to us the philosophy of life, but unfortunately it didn't work out. And the gameplay is not bad and the game was comfortable to play, but the bugs spoiled it all the same.
    Also, the atmosphere is gone. Mafia 1 and Mafia 2 were famous for it, but unfortunately not Mafia 3...
    The missions are as similar as possible. There are only 4-5 interesting tasks in the game.
    And the most important thing. Mafia always differed from other games in that it was not a GTA clone. The mafia could make a very good competition. But Mafia 3 put the series to shame and is now considered a GTA clone.    … Expand
  28. CapitanJancen
    Aug 20, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As Idiot Abroad said: "Being honest with you, it's not a great wall, it's an alright wall. It's the Alright Wall of China"
    That's exactly how would I describe Mafia 3...

    First, the pros. Graphics-wise, it's really nice. The city is well made and the buildings are well modelled. Interiors are also nice. The whole atmosphere of the city is very well captured, but it feels a bit strange to make such a detailed city only for driving around and killing people. Main characters are nicely modelled as well, but the 'generic' ones can be very repetitive sometimes. Car models look nice, but some of them are quite bland.

    Soundtrack is amazing. Radio stations have a lot of bangers and the ambient music is great as well, and it’s dynamic and it works pretty well!

    Gameplay is both good and bad. Gunplay would be the highpoint only if your opponents wouldn't be able to outshoot you , an ex-CIA Vietnam War veteran. They can shoot precisely even from the weirdest positions. Driving is...weird at least. Simulation doesn't feel like a simulation at all, which is baffling given how the previous two Mafias could do it pretty well. And you can't store them, because you can only unlock some of them from the predefined list. But the tuning is quite okay-ish, the only problem there is that it doesn't matter, because of the rubberbanding every AI driver uses. Opponents are sometimes Einsteins, sometimes dumbos. Nothing in between. You can lure them to one corner and kill them all there without them noticing something's happening and that they shouldn't go there. Police is also weird. They lack all the features present in the older games. They either don't care or shoot. When they decide to do something with you, in 10 seconds there's a half of NB's police department on your back. That's not because of racism, that's not because they're funded by Marcano, that's just dumb game design. Also, you can't outrun them, even with a faster vehicle, because of the rubberbanding I've mentioned. And one other thing, car chases are even more annoying because of enemy's pinpoint precision, which enables them to destroy your tyres in 5s at the distance of 100m.

    The biggest problem with the game is the story and missions.
    Spoiler ahead!
    Main protagonists are quite okay written, the best one is obviously Donovan. The others are...meh. Even Lincoln, he looks more like a killing machine than a person. I understand why he’s like that, it just feels weird and unnatural. The dubbing is well made tho.
    The prologue is great, although a bit confusing because you're jumping between past and present. After that, prepare for the most generic and repetitive gameplay ever. Basically the plot is about how Sal Marcano betrayed (and almost killed) you, so you seek revenge. To get to him, you need to kill all of his underbosses and friends. And you can achieve that by capturing districts in the city.
    BIG SPOILER AHEAD!
    All of the district capturing goes like this: meet with two informers, they tell you what two rackets are present in the district and what you should do to them, then the missions spawn on the map. Each district has two different rackets. You need to do certain damage to them to lure out the racket owners. All the missions are: Kill, get info from someone, destroy/steal stuff. Usually, there's one 'unique' mission per racket, which has a different plot but it involves the same stuff as the other ones. After you deal enough damage to the rackets, the racket owner will go out from hiding (usually to a place which you've been to, which is a genius move by him given the fact that you're already familiar with the place). You kill him and then you do the same with the other racket owner. After you kill both of them, you can now deal with the Marcano‘s underboss.
    Honestly, the big missions (killing important people, planting bugs to cars, saving people etc.) are well made and enjoyable, but they take up like 15-20% of the gameplay, which is a problem for a game named Mafia. Mafia was always about the story and missions.
    And that’s the other problem, it’s not a Mafia game. You don’t play as a mobster. You don’t run a mafia. Hell, you’re a black guy (no racism), so you wouldn’t even be able to be a made man. I’m not saying that the story is bad, it’s just badly implemented into the game. Which is a shame, because if you look at the game’s DLCs, they are exactly what Mafia III should be. They have great story, unique missions and quite fun gameplay. The DLCs are much better than the OG story, which is sad. If I give Mafia III 6/10, the DLCs are 8/10. It’s a shame, because they clearly wanted to make a good game, but they stopped halfway through the process.

    So yeah, it’s an okay Mafia.    … Expand
  29. 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.
  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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