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. miguelgmm
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Uno de los peores juegos que he jugado de lejos. Historia malísima, mecánicas simples y repetitivas a mas no poder y muchos bugs.
  2. MiguelD
    Sep 5, 2023
    4
    To be honest... 4 years after launch and this game is still full of glitches and crashes very often. The gameplay is repetitive and predictable. The only 2 good things? The story cutscenes and Vito Scalleta... . Other then that, it's not really worth playing.
  3. neodoru
    Aug 26, 2023
    9
    I hated it when I've initially purchased it, but after so many years, I've given it another shot and I'm having a ton of fun playing it. Not sure if anything changed since I've tried it, all I can say is that it's a excellent game (and a masterpiece in terms of acting/cutscenes atmosphere, etc). Great story, great mechanics (with some issues here and there), great environments/models,I hated it when I've initially purchased it, but after so many years, I've given it another shot and I'm having a ton of fun playing it. Not sure if anything changed since I've tried it, all I can say is that it's a excellent game (and a masterpiece in terms of acting/cutscenes atmosphere, etc). Great story, great mechanics (with some issues here and there), great environments/models, great animations (nicely emphasizing the character's weight), great acting, etc.… Expand
  4. endergunayu
    Aug 25, 2023
    4
    Mafia 3 , hope destroyer .As one of the mafia series"s lover this game is such a terrible work.Game is mid but it"s name shouldn"t be mafia .This is insult to the mafia series
  5. esile
    Aug 22, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Quando o jogo lançou, vi muita gente reclamando de como ele era repetitivo, e chato. Após baixar e jogar por 2h, concordo na parte do repetitivo, porém, falar que o jogo é mal feito, é muita mentira.
    A ambientação desse jogo é INCRÍVEL, músicas, carros, cenários, roupas dos NPCs, te fazem realmente se sentir como o Lincoln Clay em New Bordeaux 1968 (até na parte do racismo em certos locais e com certas pessoas do mapa).
    Em questão de combate, para o estilo do jogo, é muito bem feito, a variedade de armas, aremessáveis, e o modo que o combate se passa são bons.
    Já em questão de dirigibilidade e mapa, infelizmente Mafia 3 peca bastante. Sabemos que explorar o mapa é bom, porém, só poder recrutar chefes após pegar grampos e invadir caixas de sinais, chega a dar um pouco de desanimo. Pra quem gosta de caçar 100%, este jogo tem bastante espaço para você.
    Caso tenha umas horinhas livres (e bastante paciência para ir e vir), vale a pena dar uma chance para esse jogo, caso contrário, passe longe, fique no Mafia 2    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. trapy
    Aug 13, 2023
    4
    Si bien, no es un juego totalmente nefasto, sin duda es el peor de toda la saga. El que yo considero que es el mayor defecto de este juego es el gran relleno que tiene, es decir, lo alargaron mediante misiones aburridas y los mecanismos de territorios, que si bien, al principio parecen buenos y divertidos, al final terminan convirtiéndose repetitivos y tediosos. Algo que caracterizaba aSi bien, no es un juego totalmente nefasto, sin duda es el peor de toda la saga. El que yo considero que es el mayor defecto de este juego es el gran relleno que tiene, es decir, lo alargaron mediante misiones aburridas y los mecanismos de territorios, que si bien, al principio parecen buenos y divertidos, al final terminan convirtiéndose repetitivos y tediosos. Algo que caracterizaba a los dos primeros juegos fue su corta historia, que si bien, era un punto negativo, creo que esto es muchísimo peor. Ahora, si mejoraron algunos aspectos, ya que yo considero que la jugabilidad mejoro un poco sobre los anteriores mafia, sin embargo, no la consideraría buena. La música que contiene el juego es agradable y muy bien inspirada en la época. Vimos un aumento grande de armas a comparación del juego anterior. En conclusión, el juego tenía potencial para ser el mejor de la saga, pero de por si la historia es la mas liviana de los 3, todavía quedo peor con todo el relleno que ya mencioné. El juego a la larga se vuelve muy aburrido.… Expand
  8. Zapiii
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    An utterly embarrassing failure in both story telling and gameplay, especially when compared to the two previous games.
  9. 34m2121
    Jul 4, 2023
    4
    Kendini tekrar eden oynanış,Berbat görevler,Vasat hikaye ve karakterler,savaş mekanikleri o kadar kötü değil hatta iyi,harika müzikler, kötü sürüş deneyimi
  10. IamNader
    May 9, 2023
    7
    Actually it is a good game because it has good details if you look at it - 7/10
  11. Zallen
    May 3, 2023
    8
    Мафия 3? Нет! Приключение 'Африканского Терминатора 1', который встал на путь "большой МСТИ" в 46 часов подробного прохождения со всеми миссиями без коллекционнок на 'Высоком' уровне сложности. По большому счету это химера 'Ассасин Крид' и 'Сан Андреас', открытие вышек (установка прослушки) и захват территорий на месте. Вообще разрабы любят подпиздить чужие идеи из других игр, особенно этоМафия 3? Нет! Приключение 'Африканского Терминатора 1', который встал на путь "большой МСТИ" в 46 часов подробного прохождения со всеми миссиями без коллекционнок на 'Высоком' уровне сложности. По большому счету это химера 'Ассасин Крид' и 'Сан Андреас', открытие вышек (установка прослушки) и захват территорий на месте. Вообще разрабы любят подпиздить чужие идеи из других игр, особенно это ощущается в DLC. Игра при своем экшон геймплее достаточно медитативная, зашел от нефиг делать, пару часиков пострелял, на машинке покатался, квестики повыполнял, кинцо посмотрел, кайфанул, через пару дней снова зашел почилил на пару часов, а играть фулл тайм из за своего однообразия не рекомендуется, будет фулл духота.

    Из минусов:
    - однообразный и рутинный геймплей между основными сюжетными миссиями;
    - полное отсутствие быстрого перемещения в игре с опен ворлдом KEKW, растягиваем геймплей по полной, катайся через всю карту туда сюда;
    - вторичные персонажи достаточно душные и грузят своей пиздастрадальческой нудятиной;
    - весьма агрессивная пропаганда СЖВ;
    - баги, обычно связанные со скриптами, то задание не запустится, то наоборот не будет пропадать, хотя выполнил его 200 лет назад и тд в таком ключе;

    Из плюсов:
    - годная музыка задающая атмосферу;
    - сносная проработка города, по которому приятно ездить;
    - аркадная, но чиловая езда, особенно при прокаченной тачке;
    - стрельба, та же чиловая аркадность из разряда 'почувствуй себя Джоном Уиком';
    - в меру дозированная жестокость и насилие, которая задает свой шарм игре;
    - тонна активностей, которые при неспешном прохождении могут сносно убить время;
    - DLC, расширяют основной геймплей, дарят годные фишечки и дают любопытные истории, которые переполнены спизженными идеями из других удачных тайтлов 'The Evil Within' 'Uncharted' 'The Witcher 3' и хз чего еще, зато сносно подано, пиздим у лучших и правильно.
    - сюжет, сносный криминальный триллер, который киномотографично и интересно подан, а также не обошлось без приятных саспенсов для фанатов серии в финале истории.

    8мь 'Недооценённых Клеев' из 10ти.    … Expand
  12. 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
  13. fluxtow
    Apr 30, 2023
    0
    Hum. What a shame on this one. Again game from 20+ years (Mafia Definitive Edition, I & II) are so much more enjoyable. You can really compare the both era of those dev studio. How shameful it is to release this after the two masterpiece. I mean.. for me it’s just not a Mafia. We are waiting for a Mafia III one day :)
  14. PrinceAngelWolf
    Mar 24, 2023
    3
    They really dropped the ball on this one,
    Don't waste your time in this game.
  15. Wave0Cloud
    Feb 26, 2023
    8
    A fun game that stretches out a bit too long. A great soundtrack across the board makes pumping shotgun shells into the chest of a goon's chest who's bloody body proceed to launch into the wall behind him a good amount of fun with the use of good looking animations and we'll weighted Ragdolls.

    The story and the characters have some nice texture but lack a bit of depth in some ways. What    A fun game that stretches out a bit too long. A great soundtrack across the board makes pumping shotgun shells into the chest of a goon's chest who's bloody body proceed to launch into the wall behind him a good amount of fun with the use of good looking animations and we'll weighted Ragdolls.

    The story and the characters have some nice texture but lack a bit of depth in some ways.
    What holds the game back the most is the already mentioned repetitiveness as there is a decent chance that you have to clear out the same hall of goons once again depending on the territory just to kill a leader who you really don't care about.
    The character of Franklin looks is a bit unusual as he is taller and tougher then any other character you can see throughout the game, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun breaking bones with this hulk of a character.    … Expand
  16. Joe2539
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
    Very Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good Good
  17. Alvelian
    Dec 16, 2022
    5
    Как по мне это худшая игра во франшизе. Более того она совсем не про мафию. 2к попытались бадаться с ГТА но у них это явно не получилось. Подача истории очень хорошая и смотреть видеовставки на ютубе было довольно интересная, но играть в эту игру просто невыносимо.Как по мне это худшая игра во франшизе. Более того она совсем не про мафию. 2к попытались бадаться с ГТА но у них это явно не получилось. Подача истории очень хорошая и смотреть видеовставки на ютубе было довольно интересная, но играть в эту игру просто невыносимо.
  18. LucAsDePique
    Nov 13, 2022
    7
    Not the best of the franchise. Not the greatest story, not the greatest gameplay. But the 60s ambiance is really good, the musics are really well used and the characters well written. If you only play for the story, this is a great game. i can't wait to see mafia 4
  19. F0rZ3r0
    Oct 30, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… Expand
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. basic123
    Oct 16, 2022
    4
    A a big let-down since the first two Mafia games. While I loved Mafia I and Mafia II, this game bored me really quick. The story is boring and the gameplay repetitive.
  23. 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!
  24. LordEkmek
    Sep 17, 2022
    8
    The songs were great, the missions were repeatative but generally fun, i really liked shooting places up even for the hell of it. It's a great game if you don't view it as a Mafia game, but if you do look at it from the "third game of the Mafia franchise" then yea it doesn't really live up to expectations. I normally hate the collectibles-scattered-around,the-map idea but collectingThe songs were great, the missions were repeatative but generally fun, i really liked shooting places up even for the hell of it. It's a great game if you don't view it as a Mafia game, but if you do look at it from the "third game of the Mafia franchise" then yea it doesn't really live up to expectations. I normally hate the collectibles-scattered-around,the-map idea but collecting Playboy magazines (just like in Mafia 2) and Vargas paintings were fun.… Expand
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. TheSpeeddeerr
    Jul 23, 2022
    10
    Hair raising story i get the chills just thinking about it. Very cinematic cutscenes... The car mechanics lack the refinement so does the optimisation.
  28. 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
  29. fake_nikpap
    Jul 14, 2022
    7
    While this game deviates from the format, the story of revenge shown isn't something original but it's done well and presented nicely. Everytime you kill someone and work your way up the list, the kill is awesome. It gets tedious after a while, but the gameplay makes up for the game loop.
  30. HolyDodo
    Jul 4, 2022
    0
    İlk çıkan Mafia 1 bundan kat ve kat daha iyiydi. Oyun ne grafiğiyle, ne oynanışıyla, ne de başka bir mekaniği ile ortaya bir fark koyuyor. Kısacası bu oyundan veya Hangar13'ten uzak durun. Birde ana karakterimizi mafyadan biri göstermek için oyun başındaki gereksiz peder babasının İtalyan olabileceğini söylüyor :D
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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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