Mafia III

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1740 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,004 out of 1740
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  1. Hoaaeinshrt98
    Apr 2, 2020
    9
    Amazing Story
    Amazing Graphic
    Amazing Characters Amazing Gameplay
    I Love This Game...
    I Love Lincoln Clay...
  2. ondrej_aiden
    Jun 29, 2019
    10
    actually the best game i have ever played. I really enjoy the story, gameplay should be better, but it is still funny. Riding is funny too. And the best thing about this game is soundtrack. I enjoy every song in this game. And DLC Sign of times is funny too.
  3. EaglEBeKA
    Sep 27, 2019
    8
    Скажу я так я полностью проходил мафию 1 2 или 3 раза мафию 2 1 раз а вот 3 тию 3 раза почему потомучто атмосфера хараша музыка супкр сюжет и режиссура на месте но да есть минусы ето физика автомобилей и однообразные мисси но стрельба хороша вид машин хорошы все те баги доработали я играл во все части каком то смысле я олдфаг но мне 3 часть понравилос и я до сех пор не знаю тех задротовСкажу я так я полностью проходил мафию 1 2 или 3 раза мафию 2 1 раз а вот 3 тию 3 раза почему потомучто атмосфера хараша музыка супкр сюжет и режиссура на месте но да есть минусы ето физика автомобилей и однообразные мисси но стрельба хороша вид машин хорошы все те баги доработали я играл во все части каком то смысле я олдфаг но мне 3 часть понравилос и я до сех пор не знаю тех задротов олдфагов что говорят ранше было лучше… Expand
  4. 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.
  5. EloSosig
    Mar 11, 2020
    0
    This game have no story its awful the 1-2 hour was good but the other missions are CRAP like do the samething again again again
  6. Pivotul
    May 5, 2020
    0
    Booooooooring repetitive missions just to extend the absolute lamest story ever upto 20 hours and then gets you stuck on a glitch. 110% would never touch another game in this series
  7. Gromokot
    Jul 3, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Отстой полный,я 100 часов еб*лся с ачивками и в конце концов мне так и не выпали две, "новый босс" и "нельзя оставлять концов" , пипец ,чисто второй бос Чарли не защитывается , из-за этих багов игра превращается в кошмар, ужасные впечатления.… Expand
  8. 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
  9. matusy
    Aug 27, 2020
    0
    Its annoying play as negro ... its Mafia, not Gang...Nothing for me. Mafia 2 was much better
  10. Lifwerne
    Apr 28, 2021
    0
    Piece of **** SJW game which try to push their politics down your throat. Not to be confused with two of the best games ever - Mafia I and Mafia II. Uninstalled after a few hours.
  11. PhatMonkey
    Oct 8, 2016
    5
    Pains me to say this, I know the game is locked at 30FPS, that is not my main issue, the issue is that the game does hold at 30 but it stutters, it stutters badly, I do not know if it is because I have a 144hz monitor and I am noticing it more, its not playable in this state for me, such a shame.
    The game graphics are ok, not 2016 worthy and here's another kicker, it seems upscaled from    Pains me to say this, I know the game is locked at 30FPS, that is not my main issue, the issue is that the game does hold at 30 but it stutters, it stutters badly, I do not know if it is because I have a 144hz monitor and I am noticing it more, its not playable in this state for me, such a shame.
    The game graphics are ok, not 2016 worthy and here's another kicker, it seems upscaled from 720p which could be the blur everyone is reporting, people are asking for an AA option, but realistically only a texture pack is going to fix it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    *note* I do understand there is patch coming but you have to judge the product as it's shipped.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. Talbis
    Oct 9, 2016
    5
    I love Mafia game series. I played them all, I own them all. To say that Mafia 3 is a bad game wouldn't be the truth, it's not bad... however it's not great either. Gone are unique to Mafia mechanics like speed limiter and stopping at red lights to not rise suspicion (because you're a career criminal it makes sense not to draw attention while driving). This is also first time a Mafia gameI love Mafia game series. I played them all, I own them all. To say that Mafia 3 is a bad game wouldn't be the truth, it's not bad... however it's not great either. Gone are unique to Mafia mechanics like speed limiter and stopping at red lights to not rise suspicion (because you're a career criminal it makes sense not to draw attention while driving). This is also first time a Mafia game didn't awe me with visuals. This game is ugly and the lighting engine is so broken that every sunrise and sunset looks like a atom bomb explosion. Random flashing of trees and posters... I could go on and on about that, but all of this can be fixed, what can't be fixed are the missions and boy, oh boy, those are boring. Side missions, main missions, it's all a blur. The initial story, the opening is strong, emotional and very powerful but the further you go, the less enjoyable it becomes. It's an open world game (tired of 'em yet?) filled with repetitive missions. The longer I play, the more I feel like I'm forcing myself, like it's a chore... I'm disappointed but I wasn't expecting anything great, after all, it's not 2K Czech anymore but Hangar 13... and it's their first game. Doesn't matter they have veteran developers there, they might not work together like a real team yet. This game is just mediocre, not bad, not great. Just "meh".… Expand
  15. elitepredetor99
    Nov 19, 2017
    0
    runs like **** borderline playable. sounds are not being played, fps is **** low, and the game overall feels broken. what the **** was the devs thinking?
  16. 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
  17. LVL_35_BOSS
    Mar 4, 2019
    10
    that´s how mafia works
    lvl 1 crook ------> lvl 35 boss
    my review mush be 75 caracters long so i diceded to fill the review with a carrot cake recipe 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (315g) 1 cup granulated sugar (200g) 1 cup light or dark brown sugar* tightly packed (200g) 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda. 1 teaspoon baking powder. 1 teaspoon salt. 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon. 1/2    that´s how mafia works
    lvl 1 crook ------> lvl 35 boss
    my review mush be 75 caracters long so i diceded to fill the review with a carrot cake recipe

    2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (315g)
    1 cup granulated sugar (200g)
    1 cup light or dark brown sugar* tightly packed (200g)
    1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.
    1 teaspoon baking powder.
    1 teaspoon salt.
    2 teaspoons ground cinnamon.
    1/2 teaspoon nutmeg.    … Expand
  18. 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....
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. 21grams
    Nov 29, 2016
    5
    Not everything is bad about Mafia 3 but it's not a good game either. If this was one more year in development, they could have pull something decent out of it.

    First, it came out with this disrespectful 30fps lock. After removing it, turned out - it's not very well optimized. Also it looks pretty ugly, luckily you can fix it a bit with reshade filter (removes blur, sharpens image, fixes    Not everything is bad about Mafia 3 but it's not a good game either. If this was one more year in development, they could have pull something decent out of it.

    First, it came out with this disrespectful 30fps lock. After removing it, turned out - it's not very well optimized. Also it looks pretty ugly, luckily you can fix it a bit with reshade filter (removes blur, sharpens image, fixes color palette).

    The next issue is gameplay - it's disjointed from the story and story telling it feels almost like you are doing fetch side quests in MMO. It's utterly repetitive.

    Now boss kill missions are a bit more diverse and are more connected to storytelling, but that's frankly not enough.

    Moving next to a story itself - ideologically it's not bad, but it's not developed enough, it's very straight forward, it lacks plot twists and bit of expansion into more directions. Actually it's just enough because very good narrative and story telling compensates a lot for rather weak plot development.. But with a bit of imagination, more connected gameplay this story could have been pretty solid.

    The areas where Mafia 3 delivers is already mentioned story telling, characters (tho not all of them) and music. Soundracks are really fabulous and they picked most memorable tracks of that time period - I really loved the music in this game. Characters are great - Lincoln and especially Donovan are brilliant, I think these two alone (combined with great voice acting) carried this game out from red rating for me - father James while might appear a bit strange - I thing thematically fits very well here and plays important role in enlightening what kind of story this game is trying to tell. Secondary characters (villains) are also pretty good, they could bring more light on them, but since 80% of gameplay was unrelated - there was no time for it. Finally a bit disappointing are your assets - they have interesting background and good cast, but they stay in the shadow completely thru all of the game - they should have been incorporated more into the game and the story.

    Overall the ending is pretty satisfying as such. It basically tests if you learned something from this story or not (it has 3 major endings, of which one splits into three possible sub-outcomes).

    This game had potential, but it was rushed out in pretty bad shape, but not everything is that bad about it.    … Expand
  23. rattlehead
    Aug 7, 2019
    4
    Mafia III is like a bad mix of Ubisoft grind and GTA V game mechanics. Mafia I was better in almost every way. It even makes Mafia II look good.
    What a waste for such an outstanding soundtrack.
  24. FabioFisher
    Sep 5, 2019
    9
    Excelent playability!! Amazing cars, soundtrack and characters. Not boring side missions!!
  25. PedroBatista91
    Apr 21, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has more beautiful tracks and soundtrack of the games, however, as the repetitive memories, in addition to the bugs and existing flaws, which have hampered the experience of the game in its launch period. With over 200hrs played on Steam, I can tell you a bit about it.

    Maybe if the game was released with all the dlc's and optimizations not only on the consoles, but also on the PC's, the third game in the series would have a greater acceptance of the public; And because of the story and its soundtrack, I end up playing countless times for the FUN that the game has brought. I hope for a sequel with John Donovan as the protagonist, whoever finished the game knows what I'm talking about.    … Expand
  26. 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
  27. gun_luis
    May 20, 2018
    5
    Un juego que prometía, una banda sonora que me encanta, descendiente del MAFIA 2, un juego que me encanto. Pero este juego lleno de bugs e inecesariamente largo es una gran decepción para mi
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. firetruck92
    Jun 1, 2020
    0
    The game could go well if all the grinding was removed from it, but in its current form it is the worst game I played
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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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