Mafia III

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1740 Ratings

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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. troller19
    Nov 6, 2016
    0
    looks like sh *t. I can not play it because it burns my eyes everytime i look at it. This game shouldnt be called mafia. It sould be rather thug gangsta sc*m.
  4. skeith
    Nov 5, 2016
    4
    Although this game sets in an open-world, I feel like the devs had not fully utilize it. There aren't many things to do in New Bordeaux. Gameplay gets old very very quickly, and the missions are very repetitive. Story wise, it was meh. Maybe it is the lack of content, the game forces you to play those what are supposed to be boring repetitive side missions to progress further into the mainAlthough this game sets in an open-world, I feel like the devs had not fully utilize it. There aren't many things to do in New Bordeaux. Gameplay gets old very very quickly, and the missions are very repetitive. Story wise, it was meh. Maybe it is the lack of content, the game forces you to play those what are supposed to be boring repetitive side missions to progress further into the main story. I am sorry 2k, but this game is really disappointing.… Expand
  5. SuperkenGaming
    Nov 4, 2016
    8
    Mafia 3
    A perfect example of unawareness.
    Mafia 3 is sort of a sequel to mafia 2 in that its main character Vito makes a return, but sadly only as a throwaway... the star this time is a half black Vietnam veteran named Lincoln clay, his race is important to mention due to the fact the game takes place in the mid to late 1960s, and in the south at that in a fictional new Orleans.. so    Mafia 3
    A perfect example of unawareness.
    Mafia 3 is sort of a sequel to mafia 2 in that its main character Vito makes a return, but sadly only as a throwaway... the star this time is a half black Vietnam veteran named Lincoln clay, his race is important to mention due to the fact the game takes place in the mid to late 1960s, and in the south at that in a fictional new Orleans.. so expect to run into some racist trick or treaters and hear the n word used more times than in any rap song you’ve heard…
    The first few hours of this game does a great job of bringing the era and time period to life just as greatly as mafia 2 did…
    The world felt alive, hearing npcs on the sidewalks talk about martin Luther king jr, James earl ray, john F Kennedy… and the soundtrack in this game is just as perfect as mafia 2s soundtrack was…
    And there are a few nice touches to the game like the radio getting staticy when you drive through tunnels…
    And then the game cracks and becomes what it’s not and was never intended to be… A generic open world liberation game…
    Mafia 3 feels like an Assassins Creed game and ironically suffers from the same thing recent ac games have suffered from…
    Mafia has never been about its open world… It’s been about being a time machine... it’s why I loved mafia 2 and it’s why I loved most of the assassin’s creed games… Mafia 2 brought you back in time to live in a world that felt foreign… it made me feel nostalgic for a time period I didn’t even get to live through... it had me listening to music from the 40s and 50s in my everyday life and it immersed me into an epic experience because there was so much love, care, and detail inside of every main mission and the world around you… It all felt hand crafted…
    Mafia 3 shifted its focus from being an experience to being a video game the moment it opens up…
    And this is where its cracks start to show
    The game structure is the same throughout… You’re tasked with doing monetary damage to a quote unquote business… each business is different but despite this you do same thing over and over and over for 20 hours… interrogate a target.. They tell you where the product is... you destroy the product, kill some targets, and get an underboss to come out from hiding...kill him… rinse and repeat...
    Once an underboss is killed you can give that section of the city to one of your underbosses for an added perk, careful to keep all 3 happy so they don’t turn on you…
    You have to do this Twice to get the main boss to come out… and this mission to kill the top boss in each city’s section are the greatest moments in the entire game.. so many epic and memorable levels to experience here… and the fact that they make up less than half of the game is completely unacceptable…
    This doing damage to bring out the underbosses and killing them to bring out the boss is a great idea
    I have no issue with this formula being used from start to finish.. what I do take issue is the fact that the structure of these missions dont change…
    Every last mission should be as fleshed out as the kill whoever missions… which again are great points in the game…
    But especially after experiencing witcher 3.. there’s no excuse for your main missions in an open world to not even have half the heart witchers side mission do let alone its campaign missions…
    Sure make me do damage to bring them out, but make each mini boss its own hand crafted experience and story like the main bosses are.. Especially considering they’re required for story progression…
    They feel like rinse and repeat liberation points throughout...
    If that means the story goes from 20 hours to 12, I’m happy...
    a 12 hour masterpiece is worth more to me than 20 hours of the same thing beat by beat…
    The actual gameplay itself I felt is a bit unbalanced and inconsistent…
    The guns in this game took far too long to reload for the amount of enemies you had to deal with.. sure you can call in for help during missions, but it hardly ever mattered…
    You’d constantly get surrounded so cover didn’t matter, even if it did the cover system was super awkward leading you to pop right up trying to switch from cover to cover….enemies felt like bullet sponges, so you’d run out of a clip while dealing with 3 or 4 at a time and while you reloaded it would be over for you…
    Even on the games easiest difficulty I felt it was too easy to die considering the circumstances..
    And for some reason the main target in these missions takes damage like a tank…throwing the feel of the entire game away every time you encounter one…
    You could also stealth around and take out enemies ninja style if you’d like…
    Since you do have a voodoo doll to distract enemies and you can whistle to bring them towards you 1 at a time…
    The outside world is a bit of a letdown too, as cops hardly feel like a threat at all.. More like ornaments…
    And you have to constantly deal with citizens running to call the copy every time you hop in a car like watch dogs but worse...
    And they call them unrealistically fast as do the goons calling for back up….
    An extreme annoyance that I can kill someone before they say a word and it’s too late.. Reinforcements are here or cops are on their way…
    And honestly other than cut scenes or the occasional gunman dropping the n word... I felt like just another white protagonist as no one on the street treated me any different... which was odd considering you do deal with the city’s presence of racism later on in the game…
    But the racism seems to only be reserved for missions, failing to ultimately bring the world to life..
    I feel like those few missions would have been more impactful if I actually got to feel what it was like to be in the shoes of an African American during the mid-60s.. As I’m sure it was far more and far worse than just being called the n word every now and then and only if you were a mobster destroying drugs and shooting places up……
    That being said... mafia 3 still has its moments of greatness…
    The cut scenes, the characters, the sound tract… and the missions the developers actually tried at, all ultimately make this game worth plaything through…
    I Give Mafia 3
    an 8.0/10    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. 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....
  8. Revelation216
    Nov 3, 2016
    4
    So, the first 3 hours are good but that's it, you know exactly how the game is going to end. All you do is take a zone and go to the next one, and the way you take these parts of the city is ALWAYS the same way. It's a shame that this game has the "Mafia" tittle because mafia 1 and 2 were great but this game, just a repetitive garbage.
    You can't do anything in the world of mafia 3, only    So, the first 3 hours are good but that's it, you know exactly how the game is going to end. All you do is take a zone and go to the next one, and the way you take these parts of the city is ALWAYS the same way. It's a shame that this game has the "Mafia" tittle because mafia 1 and 2 were great but this game, just a repetitive garbage.
    You can't do anything in the world of mafia 3, only the same boring missions.

    GG    … Expand
  9. soubhikmullick
    Nov 2, 2016
    0
    My review stands on par with the rest of the bad reviews posted here. Have been let down very badly by 2k games and their piece of **** Mafia 3. Mafia 2 was way better and had left me in lot of hopes on this one which they have let down.
    I recommend every gamer to not buy or download this stupid game and play and waste time.
  10. hanibrl
    Oct 31, 2016
    10
    to be honest this is the worst game i ever played since GTA 2 , i dont even believe that who did this game are real developers !!! if they are , they should quit making games forever or even they should be put in to a trial for being this arrogant after testing the game and distributing it . **** you Hangar 13, **** you 2K Games, all you motha****ers !!!
  11. 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.
  12. ScarletCrow
    Oct 31, 2016
    7
    Mafia 3 is a good game to be honest, but unfortunately,theres a lack in the game

    -So many bug and glitch
    -more likely to crash during gameplay
    -repetitive mission

    overall mafia is okay,for those who want story instead long term free roam game or destroy everything lies.
  13. 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.
  14. shafzxx
    Oct 29, 2016
    8
    The game was very good i liked the story. But it feels repetitive after progressing the story. And nothing to do after you finish the missions. They should release some free dlcs soon.
  15. greenbeard
    Oct 28, 2016
    8
    I like the game. Good story with deep and political background. Story game is enjoyable. Is not a GTA V, but it should not be expected. I appreciate straightforward story rather than doing 200 missions and getting a short argument.
  16. Bateman_616
    Oct 28, 2016
    7
    Tiene mucho potencial, el resultado final aún esta por verse, pues muchas caracteristicas aún tienen que ser incluidas en actualizaciones. El primer problema es precisamente ese, es un juego inacabado, lanzado con demasiados problemas, sin avisar de problemas de compatibilidad con ciertos procesadores (Phenom II p.ej) y con la cada vez más habitual estrategia de inflar el precio conTiene mucho potencial, el resultado final aún esta por verse, pues muchas caracteristicas aún tienen que ser incluidas en actualizaciones. El primer problema es precisamente ese, es un juego inacabado, lanzado con demasiados problemas, sin avisar de problemas de compatibilidad con ciertos procesadores (Phenom II p.ej) y con la cada vez más habitual estrategia de inflar el precio con conceptos absurdos. El juego completo no debería costar cerca de 70 euros y punto.

    El juego en si es excelente, puede ser más abierto que los anteriores, pero fuera de la historia y las misiones "opcionales" no hay nada interesante que hacer. En ese sentido no es ningún GTA V.

    El combate intenta ser algo más realista de lo habitual en estos juegos, añade un sigilo un poco simplón pero entretenido y hasta cierto punto te deja escoger como ejecutar las misiones.

    Los precios de las armas en el juego son exagerados y por más negocios que controles siempre te van a resultar muy caras y lo que es peor además no se pueden guardar de ninguna forma, tendrás que comprarlas cada vez que cambies. Este detalle arruina un poco la diversión.

    La conducción esta bien, pero el daño visible en los coches da varios saltos atrás con respecto a Mafia I y II, es realmente malo en ese sentido, sinceramente, da hasta vergüenza ajena.

    A día de hoy no tienes un garage en el que guardar coches y acabarás usando los pretederminados para el personaje la mayoría del tiempo, afortunadamente 3 de ellos son bastante atractivos, pero si no te gustan no hay otra opción.

    La historia es excelente, aunque las elecciones que te permiten hacer durante la mayor parte del juego son un poco cutres y no tienen demasiado sentido (distribuir la ciudad entre tres subjefes, a cambio de distintos servicios), al final mejora en ese sentido, aunque sospecho que la mayoría conseguiremos el mismo final de los varios disponibles.

    Como vaya a ser de rejugable va a depender mucho de lo que añadan. A día de hoy poco más que Mafia II.

    Sólo lo recomiendo para los muy aficionados a este tipo de juego. Como fánatico del estilo no podía dejarlo pasar, pero si no es tu caso, probablemente disfrutes más de GTA V.    … Expand
  17. Keurgan666
    Oct 27, 2016
    8
    I haven't played the game yet and don't think i will, from the videos ive seen the game looks like nothing special.. looks just like the same open world bs we've all seen in the past, and everyeye i just want to point out that we shouldn't have to finish the game to appreciate it or even like it.. we should like it while we are playing the damn game XD rating 80 so everyeye can see this.
  18. 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
  19. Fallout4sucks
    Oct 24, 2016
    0
    FPS drops to 0!
    Freezes, bugs and crashes. It is totally impossible to play. Graphics from 2010 and such bugs and FPS dpops.
    Horrible console port.
    Not worth a penny.
  20. Leedavies123
    Oct 24, 2016
    0
    So I thought it was only fair that now we have had 2 patches to fix this mess I should write another reviews.. So here goes.

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

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

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

    My Score 1/10
    Avoid this mess with your life    … Expand
  21. Jack91
    Oct 24, 2016
    4
    After so many years of waiting it's as though they have applied a Watch Dogs feel to the game. The graphics are nice in places but even now the Illusion engine from Mafia 2 is better. It has gone incredibly towards the arcade side, and not in a good way. Repetative gameplay that for me at least does not immerse me in the game, and I'm incredibly disappointed this was the end product. ThisAfter so many years of waiting it's as though they have applied a Watch Dogs feel to the game. The graphics are nice in places but even now the Illusion engine from Mafia 2 is better. It has gone incredibly towards the arcade side, and not in a good way. Repetative gameplay that for me at least does not immerse me in the game, and I'm incredibly disappointed this was the end product. This is not Mafia and once again a company like this, takes what was a good franchise and goes in reverse… Expand
  22. kernss
    Oct 23, 2016
    0
    very bad game, by bad company! the developers did not care about consumers, they thought only of the benefit. monotonous game primetivnym geypleem, terrible graphics, lock in the physics of cars 30fps.uzhasneyshaya many bugs, etc. Hoping hangar13 company ruined !!!!
  23. 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.
  24. nhawkin3
    Oct 21, 2016
    8
    solid game, nothing amazing about it, but a number of things done well, that games such as GTA5 fail at, mainly actual things to do in the in-game world. it is repetitive, but what GTA clone isn't, graphics need work and issues with it not crashing regularly.
  25. 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.
  26. Undersilence
    Oct 20, 2016
    10
    I loved the Story for this game. being huge fan of the 1st and 2nd i believe they topped those with the 3rd. After the update and allowing unlimited FPS or 30/60, definitely has helped. use a 1070GTX all maxed out on the graphics, the game looks damn awesome.
  27. SofaTrooper
    Oct 20, 2016
    9
    I'm enjoying mafia 3 even though it doesn't really feel like a mafia game but rather a good revenge story. If you go into this game expecting GTA or Witcher 3 content then you might want to wait until a sale, but if you like good stories and gun fights you will get a kick out of this game.
  28. Lucas_Dankmer
    Oct 20, 2016
    7
    Ich kann Mafia III nicht weiterempfehlen, da es selbst wenn man die technischen Fehler ausblendet nur an Potenzial der Marke und des Settings kratzt. Zu wenig wurde sich während des Entwicklungsprozesses um die Fortführung der Kern Markenwerte der Mafia Serie Gedanken gemacht. Mit dem Resultat das ein massentaugliches 08/15-Spiel ohne jeglichen Wiedererkennungswert sich den Namen Mafia III gibt.
  29. 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.
  30. sunwap
    Oct 19, 2016
    0
    NOT A MAFIA GAME
    Тащит только музыка, но если я хочу послушать музыку пойду включу радио.
    К франшизе MAFIA этот кусок дерьма не имеет никакого отношения.
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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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