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  1. 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. Sep 8, 2023
    2
    The game is so repetitive almost all the missions feel exactly the same. You drive WAY WAY to much it drags on to much. I'm just trying to hurry up and beat it so I don't play it again it just drags on to much. It feels like days gone. The good stuff about the game is the music and the cars are amazing
  3. Sep 3, 2023
    1
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mafia 3
  4. Apr 30, 2023
    3
    Story seems good but the amount of bugs is outrageous.
    Even a few years after release the game is very broken and requires frequent restarts to continue playing.
  5. Nov 9, 2022
    0
    WORST MAFIA IN SERIES
    Same missions all the time. Characters are super boring and main character doesnt fit for mafia world.Open world is not living they are like mannequin. I hope hangar 13 dont make another mafia game cuz they are gonna kill this beatiful game serie.
  6. Feb 17, 2022
    3
    Such a letdown. Full of bugs and repetition. Hanger 13 doesn't deserve this license. Also the soundtrack everyone praises doesn't have enough songs so you'll be tired of it by the second hour of play just like everything else in this game
  7. Jul 9, 2022
    3
    Game with so much potential. One of the most repetitive games i've played. Rinse and repeat. It had some good moments from time to time, but overall the whole game is a waste of time. It has good cutscenes and a good music. This should be done much better because the main character is good.
  8. Jul 8, 2022
    2
    My god is this game repetitive and boring. The story to this game is incredibly uninteresting with Lincoln being an okay protagonist. Taking districts and gang operations is how the story is progressed, but there are only 3 mission types. After the side character are introduced nothing is done with them unless you piss them off by not giving them enough territory. Weapons are passable inMy god is this game repetitive and boring. The story to this game is incredibly uninteresting with Lincoln being an okay protagonist. Taking districts and gang operations is how the story is progressed, but there are only 3 mission types. After the side character are introduced nothing is done with them unless you piss them off by not giving them enough territory. Weapons are passable in this game nothing really bad or good about thing. Overall just an uninteresting. Expand
  9. Jun 18, 2022
    2
    From the first 2 hours I felt boring so much and I didn't handle to play unlike with the other games in the mafia franchise
  10. Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Worst entry in the series.
    Game doesn't feel as open world as it should.
    Lots of bugs.
    Story was Average, gameplay felt outdated, wouldn't recommend Poor man's GTA is the best way to describe this game... play GTA5 instead.
  11. Jan 16, 2022
    2
    Let me start with the good things. The technology used seems to be good. Congrats to the dev team.

    That being said, the game has some major issues. First of all the lack of a fast travel system. The amount of driving from A to B is really tiresome. Many times I only had to drive somewhere to do a short dialogue to finish a mission which is ridiculous. After some while the missions
    Let me start with the good things. The technology used seems to be good. Congrats to the dev team.

    That being said, the game has some major issues. First of all the lack of a fast travel system. The amount of driving from A to B is really tiresome. Many times I only had to drive somewhere to do a short dialogue to finish a mission which is ridiculous. After some while the missions become super repetitive and annoying.

    The next issue is the soundtrack. While the selection is really good, it does not contain enough music tracks or speech bites for variety. Which leads to the next issue. The game doesn't seem to remember the radio station. After I got tired of constantly listening to the same track, I wanted to just have the radio off. This needed to be done whenever I entered a car.

    The worst part are the bugs. Sometimes the game just crashes. Sometimes I had to repeat a mission because it did not trigger properly. Sometimes I got stuck behind bushes which are impenetrable (hitting a bush with a car is like driving against a wall). Lot's of trophies are glitched.....

    All in all the game is a mess. It's almost like the game designers wanted to make a driving Assassins Creed game, just much worse. Some trophies are glitched. Loading a checkpoint sometimes is fast, and then suddenly slow (same checkpoint, e.g. in races). I am glad that I didn't pay the full price. I got the Mafia bundle heavily discounted.

    TL/DR: Awful, Buggy, Boring, Repetitive, Waste of time
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  12. Nov 6, 2021
    4
    Это трэш. Игра не заслуживает внимания, куча багов, ужасный геймплей, затянутая.
    Из плюсов красивые сюжетные ролики и неплохие геймплейные решения в дополнении. В остальном игра ужа на, не тратьте время.
  13. Nov 3, 2021
    0
    Jogo mal otimizado! Preso, duro… péssimo. Parei na merda de uma missão de corrida que você precisa vencer mas os controles são um lixo. Não percam seu dinheiro nem se for na promoção.
  14. Jul 22, 2021
    2
    The bad:
    Absolutely broken engine
    Huge step back from mafia 2
    Boring cookie cutter missions bland graphics
    Bad AI
    Awful shooting mechanics

    The good:
    Decent stealth mechanics
  15. Apr 9, 2021
    4
    Gave it 4 points for the story and atmosphere but i quit playing the game.

    I am not racist at all yet when I buy a "mafia" game, I expect to be part of it. Especially the third instalment. I played mafia 1 and 2 because I wanted to be an italian in the italian mafia. Playing a black guy and exploring racism isnt a freakin mafia game. I am sorry to all my good and lovely blacks. Thats
    Gave it 4 points for the story and atmosphere but i quit playing the game.

    I am not racist at all yet when I buy a "mafia" game, I expect to be part of it. Especially the third instalment. I played mafia 1 and 2 because I wanted to be an italian in the italian mafia. Playing a black guy and exploring racism isnt a freakin mafia game. I am sorry to all my good and lovely blacks. Thats like watching movie about slavery and switching the script and instead focusing on life as a coloniolist. You ruined a series man
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  16. Feb 20, 2021
    0
    El juego en cuestión no es malo, es un juego con buena música y conducción; la razón por la que le pongo este porque a aproximadamente 5 años de su lanzamiento el juego es casi imposible de platinar debido a los numerosos glichtes que tienen sus trofeos, lo que a gente como yo la cual colecciona platinos se le hace una pesadilla
  17. Oct 10, 2020
    0
    Сюжет - хероборина
    Управляемость - говнище
    Персонажи - сброд
    Высокая сложность - наилегчайшая
  18. Aug 17, 2020
    1
    I can't understand how this could go so wrong. I don't know why they did this but this might be considered a real criminal activity to butcher a good series of games like that.
  19. Aug 16, 2020
    1
    The game sucks! Going into the game I quit enjoyed the prologue but right after the prologue the game just becomes repetitive and boring. After for the prologue, all taht you will be doing is visiting A, A will tell you to what B is doing. You will destroy’s B’s business by doing the same **** thing. Going to one location killing a few guys, and destroying something by holding X. Then youThe game sucks! Going into the game I quit enjoyed the prologue but right after the prologue the game just becomes repetitive and boring. After for the prologue, all taht you will be doing is visiting A, A will tell you to what B is doing. You will destroy’s B’s business by doing the same **** thing. Going to one location killing a few guys, and destroying something by holding X. Then you will go and visit A and he will tell you that B is in the location that you just destroyed. You go there and you kill him. That’s it. You will be doing that for the rest of the game. The only good thing about this game is the music and they had a limited amount of songs. Expand
  20. Aug 8, 2020
    0
    Historia mediocre
    Personaje aburrido "Schwarzenegger"
    Bugs por todo lado
    Aburrido pésimo Nada que ver con mafia 1 mafia 2
  21. Aug 7, 2020
    2
    Finished the story 3 times. Some trophies won't unlock. I really love the story; it's very interesting and eveytime I feel like I want to know what will happen next so I continue to the next mission. But the game missions are repetitive. No fast travel. Glitches still exist even after 4 years. I cant save the game so I can restart from a checkpoint... so yeah. Terrible game
  22. Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Mafia 3 starts off strong. Its characters, setting, presentation and sound are exceptional but are let down all too often by bugs. Once the long but very satisfying intro ends, the game-play becomes a repetitive mess. Cut scenes bring a great tone to the missions but once you are handed the reigns and get through 4 or so missions you soon realise that there isn't much to do in this world.Mafia 3 starts off strong. Its characters, setting, presentation and sound are exceptional but are let down all too often by bugs. Once the long but very satisfying intro ends, the game-play becomes a repetitive mess. Cut scenes bring a great tone to the missions but once you are handed the reigns and get through 4 or so missions you soon realise that there isn't much to do in this world.

    There are no customisation options for the character or vehicles as of yet or an option for fast travel, so once you've driven around the map for a couple of hours, you will notice how empty and dead the world actually is. Mafia 3 has by far the worst lighting effects and sky-box I think I have ever seen in a video game.

    The game is a technical mess and the game-play never lives up to the highs of the story.
    Wait until it is patched and goes on sale.
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  23. Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Баги,мыло,машины появляются прямо перед тобой,унылый геймплей,тупейший ии,сюжет тупо для галочки.Это позор. НО если уж совсем делать нечего - играть можно.
  24. Jun 26, 2020
    3
    I really wanted to like this game, but the tropes and stereotypes of blacks and whites were too much to build three dimensional characters and the game breaking glitches (getting stuck in the middle of the wall during a shoot out) made me stop playing the game after about fifteen or so missions. Play the first two but this one is like a b movie combined with a bad indie game
  25. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    another woked game. nice job you destroyed this game too ....the games are going to be just right again...
  26. Jun 17, 2020
    3
    Triste o método do qual a d sequência de Máfia II foi tratada, deplorável.
  27. 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
  28. May 20, 2020
    3
    Finally got round to checking this out as i loved the first 2 games, the opening hour is great good story, nicely told, cool missions, but that changes so quickly, the gameworld looks ok nothing special but passable, driving is again ok its usable, but after another couple of hours i had had enough the whole game is drive somewhere shoot a load of guys using a very poor gunplay/ oldskoolFinally got round to checking this out as i loved the first 2 games, the opening hour is great good story, nicely told, cool missions, but that changes so quickly, the gameworld looks ok nothing special but passable, driving is again ok its usable, but after another couple of hours i had had enough the whole game is drive somewhere shoot a load of guys using a very poor gunplay/ oldskool cover shooter style, rinse and repeat and thats all it is,after 3 hours i sat there thinking to myself im so bored this is crap. it earns an extra point for the awesome soundtrack, but instantly loses it again as it feels like the devs done everything possible to stop you enjoying yourself, the same as towards the end of last gen companies couldn't get away with knocking out another brown/ generic fps game anymore, this gen we have all had enough now of big / empty open worlds with boring point a to b missions, a generous 3
    graphics 5
    sound/ music 9
    gameplay 1
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  29. Apr 7, 2020
    1
    positives:driving car is fun :) negatives:story bad playing bad every thing is so bad dont take this game
  30. Mar 22, 2020
    4
    This game looks great and plays allright.
    The problem is: It´s dull, boring, repetitive... VERY repetitive and buggy.
    All missions progressions are like this: You talk to a guy, you travel to 6-7 different locations and damage the mobs assets until you get access to some guys to shake down. Then you whack the lieutenant mobster. Rinse and repeat until you kill the guy at the top. End of
    This game looks great and plays allright.
    The problem is: It´s dull, boring, repetitive... VERY repetitive and buggy.
    All missions progressions are like this: You talk to a guy, you travel to 6-7 different locations and damage the mobs assets until you get access to some guys to shake down. Then you whack the lieutenant mobster. Rinse and repeat until you kill the guy at the top. End of story.
    You get bored of driving around (there is no fast travel), you get bored of the constant rain, you get bored of using the crowbar 50.000 times for a B&E. The only thing to get you going is the story, and in the end i just skipped the cutscenes. I was bored to death. i just wanted to finish the game to get some Achievements.
    The AI is pretty dumb too. Especially on the civilian NPC´s who literally throw themselves like suicidal idiots in front of your car "to get away from your path". They are standing around like idiots otherwise. God knows how many people i ran over. Also in the end, i did not care to kill civillians. Brought a little more fun to it.
    The Police is even worse, You can speed past a patrol in 130, smash in to cars and clip down posts, they don´t care. Laziest morons in lawenforcement. But you run your car right up their asses they get angry.
    Enemies has the most common sense. but you find the tactics of hiding behind the corner and whistle them to you for silent knife takedown early. You will discover this fast to become dull and repetetive. It is more fun to go in guns blazing. Some take cover, some just run straight at you.
    At least they gave each weapon different balance. Each feels different to fire.
    Cars does not get fun to drive until you aquire sportscars. You can upgrade them in garages, but the upgrades are lackluster, and does so little for your car.
    This is a game for the overly patient gamer.. I myself just played this an hour at the time after a certain point
    It´s boring, This game is a failure on many levels. BUT, the game has a terrific soundtrack. two tracks by The Rolling Stones, who charges an arm and a leg for music licensing. So i guess we know where the money went.
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  31. Oct 15, 2019
    2
    What a garbage. This game is a low quality GTA game. Sucks sucks to the end. Piece of shi**
  32. Sep 30, 2019
    2
    Nur ein ödes und langweiliges game. Hat fast nichts mit der brillanten reihe von mafia mehr zu tun.
  33. Sep 15, 2019
    2
    Просто ужас. Не порадовала меня не графика, не сюжет НИЕГО. Но стоит отметить, что стрельба создана здесь весьма и весьма не плохо.
  34. Jul 30, 2019
    3
    Mafia 3 is a game with quite some potential, that ultimately disappoints.

    Mafia 3 is a story-focused game with an interesting cast of characters. Mafia 3's setting is the late '60s southern USA during the Vietnam War. The protagonist is a Vietnam War veteran who's returned home, so he's got quite some skills when it comes to combat and guerrilla tactics. The developers even included
    Mafia 3 is a game with quite some potential, that ultimately disappoints.

    Mafia 3 is a story-focused game with an interesting cast of characters. Mafia 3's setting is the late '60s southern USA during the Vietnam War. The protagonist is a Vietnam War veteran who's returned home, so he's got quite some skills when it comes to combat and guerrilla tactics. The developers even included full racism and the language of the era in the game's themes. Some people may be offended by the racist language, but this gives the game authenticity.

    Purely judged as a game though, Mafia 3 is lackluster. It's not just the game's bugs (these have been addressed since launch) or its "unfinished graphics" (a frequent criticism). Gameplay is the problem, because it's just like every other Rockstar game. Controls are imprecise (you have the option of having aim assist on High or Medium settings or turn it off) and button layouts make little sense (why use the Triangle button for climbing, when everybody uses the X button instead?). The enemy AI is a joke, more like cannon fodder. And the mission design is both uninspired and repetitive.

    All in all, Mafia 3 is a game that may appeal to those looking for a game with an interesting story or unique period setting. But be prepared for some tedious gameplay.
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  35. Jul 19, 2019
    1
    One of the worst games i've ever played Played from 12 years untill now The game mechanics are horrifying The story is cheap The graphics are one of the worst Hardly connects to the second The colors are really bland Radio stations are few Cars look like #$%* It's very boring And much much more They exploited people's nostalgia 2k studio ... disapointed but not surprised one of the worstOne of the worst games i've ever played Played from 12 years untill now The game mechanics are horrifying The story is cheap The graphics are one of the worst Hardly connects to the second The colors are really bland Radio stations are few Cars look like #$%* It's very boring And much much more They exploited people's nostalgia 2k studio ... disapointed but not surprised one of the worst studios out there... Expand
  36. May 22, 2019
    4
    Never before have I played a game with such repetitive gameplay. It had one thing going for it, and that was Donovan. But that even got messed up in the ending I got.
  37. Apr 15, 2019
    3
    Its sad to see the comparism between Mafia II and Mafia III , because Mafia III its such a bad game. Countless bugs, bad optmization, lame story, stupid driving, bad and boring combat, such a shame
  38. Apr 12, 2019
    0
    The game left a good impression. Writers and artists have done great job, as well as actors who played the main characters (+ awesome soundtrack), but the game designers disappointed. In general I enjoyed the game and I hope see the Mafia 4.
  39. Dec 2, 2018
    4
    Looks nice, but so empty. We have just few additional activities, and all of them are so boring, so repetitive. The whole game is just one level, and then they just copy and paste it few time. Not to mention bugs and extremely bad AI
  40. Nov 19, 2018
    2
    Mafia III is a game that proves how repetition can kill a potentially great video game. There was so much potential with its great setting and amazing characters. The story is good enough to keep me engaged. However, that’s about all the game truly has going for it. It gets repetitive, boring, and just feels like a chore after the prologue.
    The 1960’s setting is done very well and is
    Mafia III is a game that proves how repetition can kill a potentially great video game. There was so much potential with its great setting and amazing characters. The story is good enough to keep me engaged. However, that’s about all the game truly has going for it. It gets repetitive, boring, and just feels like a chore after the prologue.
    The 1960’s setting is done very well and is handled with great respect. The dedication to the time period is extremely refreshing. The characters are all unique and well voice acted. They all feel like they belong in the time period. But that’s where the positives end. The gameplay is mediocre with okay shooting mechanics. The driving feels weighty and accurate for the vehicles of that time period but ended up with me spinning out a lot.
    What’s possibly the worst issue with the game is how boring it gets. The missions are all repetitive and follow the same formula: Go to a district, cause a certain amount of damage, deal with the local boss, repeat. I did this a total of 18 times and the only variations are the items I needed to damage/destroy.
    In conclusion: the setting is great, but the missions are boring. If your interested in seeing an accurate depiction on the 1960’s then you might want to give it a try. If you’re looking for a fun gameplay experience then there are many other games to choose from.
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  41. Oct 20, 2018
    2
    Very disappointed. I just couldn’t play the game. I am a huge fan of Mafia 1 and 2 and i had huge expectations for this game. The only good thing i experienced about this game was the soundtrack. I can’t comment the story because the gameplay didn’t let me experience it. Just **** Don’t waste your time!
  42. Oct 11, 2018
    4
    Fun game play for the first 2-3 hours. Very repetitive gameplay the rest of the game, though. Felt more like a mobster on Roblox than in this game. Really good and interesting story, though. Wouldn't recommend this game to anyone, if you want to experience the story you can watch all cutscenes on youtube.
  43. Sep 9, 2018
    4
    Very few good things are in this latest Mafia game. The best thing was the story. There was a very good twist that I did not expect, and glad I did not read too much into the game beforehand. The late 60's setting in Louisiana is also good, driving from the city, to the suburbs was very good. Your CIA buddy, Donovan, was a great addition as was the priest. With the ending credits cutVery few good things are in this latest Mafia game. The best thing was the story. There was a very good twist that I did not expect, and glad I did not read too much into the game beforehand. The late 60's setting in Louisiana is also good, driving from the city, to the suburbs was very good. Your CIA buddy, Donovan, was a great addition as was the priest. With the ending credits cut scene, I was hoping for a Donovan/CIA game to be made.

    The bad? Just about everything else. AI is either too stupid or too smart. A few times you can change position in combat and they may lose sight of you and still shoot at your last position. Most of the time, they can see where you go. Even though this is not the place for rating add-ons, I need to mention that they should have been released with the game. One of them makes no sense as you rebuild your dad's bar and get no income back from it. Another allows you to grow marijuana and profit a bit from it, although you have to drive across the map to harvest it. Also, you cannot activate the DLC until well into the game. Profits from the grow farm do not add up, especially with the money you put in to upgrade the farm. If you collect Trophies, you will have to replay the game yet again to easily get at least 3 trophies.
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  44. Aug 30, 2018
    2
    A sub-par GTA clone with technical issues and gameplay problems.
    The soundtrack is pretty neat, the violence is particularly brutal but as a complete package Mafia 3 misses the mark.
    Could've been really good, but, well, its not.
  45. Aug 19, 2018
    4
    Очень слабая поделка, на фоне которой Мафия 2 выглядит шедевром.
    Набор скучных однотипных заданий которые обычно делают в подобных играх как побочные, здесь являются сюжетными, это просто пздц. Скучнее говна нужно еще поискать, хотя сама стрельба в игре и геймплей реализованы достаточно неплохо.
    Очень слабая поделка, на фоне которой Мафия 2 выглядит шедевром.
    Набор скучных однотипных заданий которые обычно делают в подобных играх как побочные, здесь являются сюжетными, это просто пздц. Скучнее говна нужно еще поискать, хотя сама стрельба в игре и геймплей реализованы достаточно неплохо.
  46. Aug 17, 2018
    0
    As a fan of the series all I can say is don't waste you're money on this garbage game because if you're expecting a Mafia game (and who wouldn't be) you will be very disappointed.
  47. Aug 16, 2018
    0
    Luego de jugar a la saga de Grand Theft Auto, del primer juego hasta el V, pasando por los grandiosos San Andreas y Vice City, me meto de lleno en la saga Mafia. Me he sentido a gusto por las dos primeras entregas, que me han sumergido en el mundo de la Cosa Nostra, una de las más legendarias épocas de la mafia. Con detalles que fueron cuidados en lo más mínimo, desde el detalle gráfico,Luego de jugar a la saga de Grand Theft Auto, del primer juego hasta el V, pasando por los grandiosos San Andreas y Vice City, me meto de lleno en la saga Mafia. Me he sentido a gusto por las dos primeras entregas, que me han sumergido en el mundo de la Cosa Nostra, una de las más legendarias épocas de la mafia. Con detalles que fueron cuidados en lo más mínimo, desde el detalle gráfico, físicas, IA, hasta el concepto del juego, muy bien llevado, y que provocaba una inmersión brutal. Ahora me encuentro con Mafia 3, un título con una historia aún más interesante, ya que la mafia se ha diversificado, y ambientada en una época post-guerra de Vietnam, donde todavía había mucha segregación racial. Un personaje muy atractivo como Lincoln Clay, y un argumento muy bien hecho, al narrarnos una historia de venganza.
    Se ha apostado por el mundo abierto, un concepto del que se ha hecho uso en montones de juegos, pero aquí, está muy mal aplicado. Mapa y mundo completamente muerto, prácticamente todas las misiones son iguales, hacer la misma cosa una y otra, y otra, y otra, y otra vez. Aburrido hasta decir basta, monotonía pura en los combates, en la "exploración", venga, como un FF XIII, pero en vez de tener un pasillo, tenemos un mundo muerto, sin la gran variedad que tenían las anteriores entregas. Un juego que a las 2 o 3 horas, ya no quieres jugarlo más, de lo aburrido y monótono que es. Un concepto muy mal planteado. Y esto hablando del juego en sí.
    Si hablamos del apartado técnico... Voy a contenerme para al menos escribir esta review, que duele mismo (pero alguien tiene que hacerlo): Bugs de todos los colores y sabores (puertas giratorias, el famoso "modo muñeco", crasheos, desbalanceos en ciclos de tiempo, fallos de iluminación, IA que de inteligente no tiene nada, falta de animaciones, o pésimas animaciones). Todos los detalles que en los anteriores Mafia eran tan cuidados como a un bebé, aquí no existen. Si en PC el rendimiento es penoso, en PS4 es mucho peor. No había jugado una basura tan grande desde No Man's Sky (y eso que aquel juego era basura), porque no me explico de otra forma los 5 crashes que tuve en PS4.
    O sea, se hunde el propio juego. Y en lo que no se hunde por un lado, se hunde por el otro, en forma de la repetitividad que tiene el juego. tengo la fortuna de que me lo prestaron, porque si lo llegaba a comprar, me hubiese pegado un tiro en la cabeza.
    Recomendación: NO LO COMPRES, o juégalo prestado. Me lo agradecerías el no tirar tu dinero.

    After playing the saga of Grand Theft Auto, from the first game to the V, through the great San Andreas and Vice City, I get fully into the Mafia saga. I felt at ease for the first two installments, which have immersed me in the world of Cosa Nostra, one of the most legendary mafia eras. With details that were taken care of in the least, from the graphic detail, physical, AI, to the concept of the game, very well taken, and that caused a brutal immersion. Now I find Mafia 3, a title with an even more interesting story, since the mafia has diversified, and set in a post-war period in Vietnam, where there was still a lot of racial segregation. A very attractive character like Lincoln Clay, and a very well made argument, telling us a story of revenge.
    It has opted for the open world, a concept that has been used in lots of games, but here, it is very badly applied. Map and world completely dead, practically all missions are the same, do the same thing one and another, and another, and another, and again. Bored to say enough, pure monotony in the fighting, in the "exploration", come, like a FF XIII, but instead of having a corridor, we have a dead world, without the great variety that the previous deliveries had. A game that at 2 or 3 hours, you do not want to play anymore, how boring and monotonous it is. A very bad concept. And this is talking about the game itself.
    If we talk about the technical section ... I will contain myself to at least write this review, which hurts itself (but someone has to do it): Bugs of all colors and flavors (revolving doors, the famous "doll mode", crasheos, unbalances in cycles of time, lighting failures, AI that has nothing intelligent, lack of animations, or terrible animations). All the details that in the previous Mafia were as cared for as a baby, here they do not exist. If PC performance is painful, in PS4 it is much worse. I had not played such a big crap since No Man's Sky (and that game was junk), because I do not explain in any other way the 5 crashes I had on PS4.
    That is, the game itself sinks. And in what does not sink on the one hand, it sinks on the other, in the form of the repetitiveness that the game has. I am fortunate that they lent it to me, because if I came to buy it, I would have shot myself in the head.
    Recommendation: DO NOT BUY IT, or borrow it. You would thank me for not throwing away your money.
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  48. Aug 7, 2018
    0
    One of the worst games I've ever played.Bad shooting, bad plot, bad driving control, bad open world, bad stealth,disgusting color spectrum and lightning
  49. Jul 16, 2018
    4
    The graphics seem to come apart at times, the character in-game look like a cardboard cut-out sometimes and the cars all float LOL. The driving is horrible and the car you drive slides all over the place unless you enter ''slow''-mode. There is no excuse for the crappy driving mechanics because you spend a lot of time on the road in this game and driving should be fun and smooth.

    That
    The graphics seem to come apart at times, the character in-game look like a cardboard cut-out sometimes and the cars all float LOL. The driving is horrible and the car you drive slides all over the place unless you enter ''slow''-mode. There is no excuse for the crappy driving mechanics because you spend a lot of time on the road in this game and driving should be fun and smooth.

    That being said, the takedowns are brutal, the stealth is fun at times and I like the story and some characters.

    The price has dropped significantly now and I purchased my copy for 12 pounds. If you don't mind a lot of bugs and want to try this game out for yourself, now is a good time, in my opinion, but my advice would be to just skip this one.
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  50. May 21, 2018
    1
    realmente decepcionado, un juego que a su actualidad no sea posible de jugar ni en lo mas minimo, es increíble que aun tenga bugs tan gigantescos, incluso creo que peores de los que tenia en su lanzamiento, se siente como un juego que nunca estuvo terminado, ni hoy ni nunca, lamentable lo que hicieron con esta gran saga, me quedo con el mafia II.
  51. May 15, 2018
    2
    A decent story, but excellent voice acting made this game barely a 2. The gun-play is also solid, but everything else is a boring, awful, repetitive grind. What a shame.
  52. Apr 17, 2018
    0
    Luego de jugar a la saga de Grand Theft Auto, del primer juego hasta el V, pasando por los grandiosos San Andreas y Vice City, me meto de lleno en la saga Mafia. Me he sentido a gusto por las dos primeras entregas, que me han sumergido en el mundo de la Cosa Nostra, una de las más legendarias épocas de la mafia. Con detalles que fueron cuidados en lo más mínimo, desde el detalle gráfico,Luego de jugar a la saga de Grand Theft Auto, del primer juego hasta el V, pasando por los grandiosos San Andreas y Vice City, me meto de lleno en la saga Mafia. Me he sentido a gusto por las dos primeras entregas, que me han sumergido en el mundo de la Cosa Nostra, una de las más legendarias épocas de la mafia. Con detalles que fueron cuidados en lo más mínimo, desde el detalle gráfico, físicas, IA, hasta el concepto del juego, muy bien llevado, y que provocaba una inmersión brutal. Ahora me encuentro con Mafia 3, un título con una historia aún más interesante, ya que la mafia se ha diversificado, y ambientada en una época post-guerra de Vietnam, donde todavía había mucha segregación racial. Un personaje muy atractivo como Lincoln Clay, y un argumento muy bien hecho, al narrarnos una historia de venganza.
    Se ha apostado por el mundo abierto, un concepto del que se ha hecho uso en montones de juegos, pero aquí, está muy mal aplicado. Mapa y mundo completamente muerto, prácticamente todas las misiones son iguales, hacer la misma cosa una y otra, y otra, y otra, y otra vez. Aburrido hasta decir basta, monotonía pura en los combates, en la "exploración", venga, como un FF XIII, pero en vez de tener un pasillo, tenemos un mundo muerto, sin la gran variedad que tenían las anteriores entregas. Un juego que a las 2 o 3 horas, ya no quieres jugarlo más, de lo aburrido y monótono que es. Un concepto muy mal planteado. Y esto hablando del juego en sí.
    Si hablamos del apartado técnico... Voy a contenerme para al menos escribir esta review, que duele mismo (pero alguien tiene que hacerlo): Bugs de todos los colores y sabores (puertas giratorias, el famoso "modo muñeco", crasheos, desbalanceos en ciclos de tiempo, fallos de iluminación, IA que de inteligente no tiene nada, falta de animaciones, o pésimas animaciones). Todos los detalles que en los anteriores Mafia eran tan cuidados como a un bebé, aquí no existen. Si en PC el rendimiento es penoso, en PS4 es mucho peor. No había jugado una basura tan grande desde No Man's Sky (y eso que aquel juego era basura), porque no me explico de otra forma los 5 crashes que tuve en PS4.
    O sea, se hunde el propio juego. Y en lo que no se hunde por un lado, se hunde por el otro, en forma de la repetitividad que tiene el juego. tengo la fortuna de que me lo prestaron, porque si lo llegaba a comprar, me hubiese pegado un tiro en la cabeza.
    Recomendación: NO LO COMPRES, o juégalo prestado. Me lo agradecerías el no tirar tu dinero.

    After playing the saga of Grand Theft Auto, from the first game to the V, through the great San Andreas and Vice City, I get fully into the Mafia saga. I felt at ease for the first two installments, which have immersed me in the world of Cosa Nostra, one of the most legendary mafia eras. With details that were taken care of in the least, from the graphic detail, physical, AI, to the concept of the game, very well taken, and that caused a brutal immersion. Now I find Mafia 3, a title with an even more interesting story, since the mafia has diversified, and set in a post-war period in Vietnam, where there was still a lot of racial segregation. A very attractive character like Lincoln Clay, and a very well made argument, telling us a story of revenge.
    It has opted for the open world, a concept that has been used in lots of games, but here, it is very badly applied. Map and world completely dead, practically all missions are the same, do the same thing one and another, and another, and another, and again. Bored to say enough, pure monotony in the fighting, in the "exploration", come, like a FF XIII, but instead of having a corridor, we have a dead world, without the great variety that the previous deliveries had. A game that at 2 or 3 hours, you do not want to play anymore, how boring and monotonous it is. A very bad concept. And this is talking about the game itself.
    If we talk about the technical section ... I will contain myself to at least write this review, which hurts itself (but someone has to do it): Bugs of all colors and flavors (revolving doors, the famous "doll mode", crasheos, unbalances in cycles of time, lighting failures, AI that has nothing intelligent, lack of animations, or terrible animations). All the details that in the previous Mafia were as cared for as a baby, here they do not exist. If PC performance is painful, in PS4 it is much worse. I had not played such a big crap since No Man's Sky (and that game was junk), because I do not explain in any other way the 5 crashes I had on PS4.
    That is, the game itself sinks. And in what does not sink on the one hand, it sinks on the other, in the form of the repetitiveness that the game has. I am fortunate that they lent it to me, because if I came to buy it, I would have shot myself in the head.
    Recommendation: DO NOT BUY IT, or borrow it. You would thank me for not throwing away your money.
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  53. Jan 16, 2018
    0
    Ужасная игра. Даже gta 4 превосходит её. А для отзыва нужно 75 символов, поэтому всё.
  54. Jan 7, 2018
    3
    One of the most anticipated games of the year. It was developed for 6 years. And what they got in the end? A spoiled masterpiece.
    Minuses:
    1.Suzhet: went to fight, returned another person. Close people were killed - went to take revenge, along the way to carry and killing half of the city. About character, behavior, charisma, intellect of the main character, I generally keep quiet,
    One of the most anticipated games of the year. It was developed for 6 years. And what they got in the end? A spoiled masterpiece.
    Minuses:

    1.Suzhet: went to fight, returned another person. Close people were killed - went to take revenge, along the way to carry and killing half of the city. About character, behavior, charisma, intellect of the main character, I generally keep quiet, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

    2. Horrible monotonous missions, which bring only boredom. All the tasks from the section "come there-then - kill that". And nothing more. Already after three hours the game is terribly annoying. From the present mafia, there is nothing left. It's more like a godfather.

    3. Feels that the game is damp. The number of bugs is just off scale. And the hero now and then gets stuck in the textures. A car with ammunition in general has the property to stop anywhere, whether it be at least the middle of the road.

    4. Perhaps the most important disadvantage is a mediocre schedule. No, I'm not at all a person who only plays games with perfect graphics and all the time comes to the stones in games and digs, saying "Why so few pixels?". Simply, the very fact that the schedule has remained unchanged since the days of Mafia 2 leads me into true discontent. And in places it became even worse. Yes, in that game it was smart and even now looks very pretty, but for such a long time the developers had to create something amazing. Games about Drake and Lara Croft simply erase Lincoln Clay in powder.

    5. Artificial intelligence. Guys in the yard in 2016, in the end. It is very embarrassing for such a misunderstanding. Lincoln, crouching, goes immediately to several victims, and being literally a meter away from them, in three seconds manages to kill them all, and they did not even understand what happened. Well, is that it? And there is still the police, which often do not care if you violate traffic rules or not.

    6. The management of the car was spoiled by the addition of a navigator. So, for example, I do not want to go by arrows, but I like to make a route myself, as I wish.

    7. But this is already a claim to our legalizers. The most terrible subtitles. Not only do they have a small font, they are also shown as a solid block several frames before. It is replaced by 4 or 5 pictures, and the subtitles do not change. I personally would like the information to flow as the words are pronounced by the characters. Yes, they even did not translate the news on the radio, so the simplest thing, well

    8. I'll just say that a lot of chips licked with GTA, Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs.

    9. A small menu settings, corrupted brutality and charisma Vito, a feeling that it's not him, but his clone and much, much more. All the minuses can not be listed. And everywhere scattered money, even on the toilet bowl, except tears of laughter do not cause anything.

    I could close my eyes to many blunders, if in the game at least something was done perfectly. But alas. Is that the atmosphere of the game, and even then it is some kind of holey. To play, of course, the game is possible, but the pleasure, as from the previous parts obviously will not. So just kill time and that's it. I recommend it only out of respect for the very line of games. Mafia 3 should definitely be nominated for "The Disappointment of the Year". I was waiting for this game most of all, I liked the mafia first and even more, I was just delighted, the mafia 2. I expected an excellent continuation of the history of Vito and Joe, but got this ... I'm very disappointed, the developers just killed me in the fan .

    The final score from me is 3.5 / 10. A terrible mediocrity and disappointment for all the fans of the cult of the mafia.
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  55. Jan 2, 2018
    3
    I know people have difference of opinion but I honestly feel bad for people who enjoyed this game. I pity on them for have such a bad taste in video games. I tried extremely hard to enjoy this game but failed miserably. I enjoy staring at wall more than i enjoyed playing this game.
  56. Nov 28, 2017
    0
    Okay, I'm slightly exagerrating a giving this a zero. But i tried so hard to enjoy it. Bought for $30. Never felt more ripped off. Awful, PS2 graphics, worthless repetitive gameplay, story sucked, cliche revenge story. Clunky controls (seriously, hold square to enter/exit vehicles, wow, just wow.) Literally the only good thing about this game is the soundtrack. THAT'S IT. Oh, i forgot, itOkay, I'm slightly exagerrating a giving this a zero. But i tried so hard to enjoy it. Bought for $30. Never felt more ripped off. Awful, PS2 graphics, worthless repetitive gameplay, story sucked, cliche revenge story. Clunky controls (seriously, hold square to enter/exit vehicles, wow, just wow.) Literally the only good thing about this game is the soundtrack. THAT'S IT. Oh, i forgot, it is glitched as f***. I had to restart my console at least 5 times due to a constantly recurring bug. Stay away from this game, Entirely. Expand
  57. Jun 19, 2017
    4
    Oh boy. The first hour of the game was extremely strong. And the story is actually really good. The Combat omg is terrible and the missions are horrible. It is clearly seen that this is a first time developer with the sky box looking like a NG64 game.
  58. Mar 28, 2017
    4
    Predictable and boring story with only few interesting missions, most of game is must do repetitive occupation of territory missions. Boring and repetitive combat. You feel open world like it's empty and you're alone in the city. At the end, this game have no more content so there is nothing else to rate.
  59. Mar 27, 2017
    0
    This game is bullcrap. **** of ****s. of **** of **** of **** of **** of **** of **** It's purely garbage.
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  60. Mar 17, 2017
    4
    An interesting story, but tarnished by the poor performance of the videogame, and the sad system of generic missions, which will make us repeat again and again the same activities. Exhausting.
  61. Mar 11, 2017
    3
    en resumen el juego que se ha cagado en la saga mafia la IA es una basura tiene una cantidad de bugs digna de un juego de ubisoft le pongo un 3 porque la historia es interesante pero es que todo lo demás es una basura
  62. Feb 26, 2017
    4
    I think Mafia works well but not so steady and cool like mafia 1.Also in my personal thought resolution and high definition of game is not better with less controls on game.So gamers needs more good controls over raceing cars in mafia III.The point at end is game reacts in a blurry and scrap
  63. Feb 19, 2017
    3
    I thought this was suppose to be an opne world game, but I am 3 hours in and the only "open world" thing about it so far is sometimes you drive to a specific location with no side missions or anything. I am bored out of my mind and am going to quit if it doesn't pick up in the next 30 minutes. Kill some people, cutscene, drive somewhere, cutscene, kill more people, cutscene. Follow thatI thought this was suppose to be an opne world game, but I am 3 hours in and the only "open world" thing about it so far is sometimes you drive to a specific location with no side missions or anything. I am bored out of my mind and am going to quit if it doesn't pick up in the next 30 minutes. Kill some people, cutscene, drive somewhere, cutscene, kill more people, cutscene. Follow that pattern over and over and that is what this game is. The story so far is powerful in depicting racism, but that is about it. I have seen many bugs, biggest being while driving, a car just got crushed by god I guess and was halfway in the ground. Expand
  64. Jan 12, 2017
    3
    When I played this game for the first time, I really liked it. I could see the bugs and the flaws pointed out by others but they seemed negligible in the face of the setting, mostly the music. Apparently, I exhausted the good parts of the game during the first couple of hours. When I played it for the second time it was a chore. The bugs become more obvious, the acting qualityWhen I played this game for the first time, I really liked it. I could see the bugs and the flaws pointed out by others but they seemed negligible in the face of the setting, mostly the music. Apparently, I exhausted the good parts of the game during the first couple of hours. When I played it for the second time it was a chore. The bugs become more obvious, the acting quality diminished, and it becomes obvious that the game is riddled with plot holes.

    The combat with the stupid AI is fun at first since the weapons have a nice feel to them but it gets old very quickly as bugs like being seen through walls become more prevalent.

    Such a shame! This could have been a fantastic game if they spend more time working out the kinks.
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  65. Jan 8, 2017
    4
    An incredible narrative ruined by a lackluster game. Occasional bugs can sometimes mean traipsing across the map to try again. AI tactics don't mesh well with the controls meaning on many occasions I found myself overrun and unable to aim at the enemies quick enough. Cheap difficulty spike in the form of enemies becoming bullet sponges
  66. Jan 4, 2017
    3
    short review DON'T BUY THIS GAME its not worth it buy mafia 2 its so much better even 1 its sad that 14 year old game is more enjoyable please don't buy this but if you really want to try it out well its worth $15 SAD I KNOW
  67. Dec 29, 2016
    0
    This is game about a complexed racial afro shooting and burning and running over innocent white females and men. Its a game made with hate in mind. Shame it has a real good soundtrack, but i wont let my kids play it. It has NOTHING to do with a "Mafia" game, just the name.
  68. Dec 13, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was sad when I first played this game, sucked in by the hype like many other mafia fanboys.

    Controls are handy and driving doesn't feel too sluggish, and the characters aren't as annoying just really dull.
    Story is your standard revenge plot. Side missions are so god damn boring. Go there kill some dudes get this truck do it again rinse and repeat. Some other missions require you killing some mob boss like in Vito's secondary mission. Separating is easy. 9 districts 3 under bosses.

    There are some enjoyable moments, like killing the southern union and the river boat scene when taking over the french ward and the large amount of bugs that make some missions hard to complete. But the rest of the game is boring. 4/10 only buy if you want to see the bugs.
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  69. Dec 11, 2016
    1
    First of all - Mafia I was far, far, far better. NPC behaviour are completly broken, stealth mode is a joke, side mission - all the same. Again - lets play Mafia I - it is how it should be done.
    Just another 'AAA' with hype before release, and crap after.
  70. Dec 6, 2016
    2
    Muy malo este juego no se sabe que quiere hacer muy aburrido y repetitivo quiere ser un GTA pero se queda muy corto en todo los aspectos esta es una muy buena manera de matar una gran saga como lo era Mafia.
  71. Dec 3, 2016
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only good point of this game is its satisfactory brutal takedowns.. Apart from that, here's a list of what I hate most about Mafia III:
    - clunky, rocking-boat driving mechs reminded me of GTA 4, had to switch to simulation driving.
    - no effin' MANUAL SAVE SLOTS!!! it's a horrendous exp if you're going for platinum.
    - no replay value at all since you needed to play the game at least twice for platinum.
    - intro is almost a carbon copy of GTA V's intro but a poorly done one.
    - shotguns are OP in this game and you'll be in critical state after a single blast from it.
    - whoever gets the racket DOES NOT matter, whoever gets the district will takeover them anyway.
    - half of the trophy list are story-related. a few requires multiple playthru.
    - most of the enemies are bullet-sponges as they barely stagger after being shot at.
    - cutscenes are not as gruesome as the trophy description i.e. burned Tommy Marcano beyond recognition, gutted Lou like a catfish.
    - if you messed up the spare/kill racket informants/bosses, you will have to start over.
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  72. Nov 19, 2016
    3
    Giant paragraph warning, I was pretty upset with this game.
    Pro's:
    Beautifully curated soundtrack. Really sets the 60's scene. The story is personally one of the best I've ever experienced. Kept you hooked if you could get past the gameplay mechanics. Adding onto the story, the voice acting and character development was really excellent. John Donovan may just be one of my favorite
    Giant paragraph warning, I was pretty upset with this game.
    Pro's:
    Beautifully curated soundtrack. Really sets the 60's scene.
    The story is personally one of the best I've ever experienced. Kept you hooked if you could get past the gameplay mechanics.
    Adding onto the story, the voice acting and character development was really excellent. John Donovan may just be one of my favorite video game characters ever.
    The map itself was pretty cool. It fit the description of being pseudo New Orleans.
    Large shootouts, despite how sparse they can be, are much improved in contrast to Mafia 2. Aim assist is still a meme though.

    Con's:
    Painfully repetitive gameplay mechanics. I remember the first thing I thought when I got past the first district was "Christ, I hope I don't have to do that again." Sure enough, you have to do it again for every district. It basically goes like this:
    Talk to a contact, you get a set amount of monetary damage to cause to a racket. You do that by killing enforcers, interrogating people who work for the racket, and destroying various goods. Eventually after causing enough damage, you kill the racket boss. Done. Repeat for the next racket(2 in a district), and that's a complete district. You then do that for another 8 districts(9 in total), and then game over. In other words, it's boring/maybe even annoying.

    The next biggest con in my opinion is how "empty" the open world is. There's nothing to do, nothing to interact with.You simply just want to go directly from Mission A to Mission B. Once you beat the game, you'll find yourself never playing it again. In other open world games such as GTA 5, you can still mess around in singleplayer for hours after the story is over. They just have that true open world feel to it.

    The NPC's are laughably challenged. I couldn't count how many times I took out giant globs of enemies by stealth killing them one by one. The stealth system is OP in that manner. You hide behind something, whistle, and kill the poor sap that comes over to investigate. Just by milking that, you can seamlessly kill every enemy in a mission.

    The graphics honestly feel past-gen. The skybox looks like it was watercolor painted by a 5 year old, and the lighting frequently bugs. Texture pop in is a real issue, and draw distance is poop. Not to mention FPS is locked at 30. No soft body physics on cars, so you can drive off a cliff and come out with a few paint scratches.

    That's about all I have to give. In a nutshell, the game was just a big fat disappointment. Definitely not worth the $60 I paid.
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  73. Nov 18, 2016
    3
    I actually feel ashamed and embarrassed for owning this game. Yes, that's how bad it is. You really gotta wonder what the hell happened when they were developing Mafia 3.
  74. Nov 18, 2016
    4
    I think the 69 this is currently getting on metacritic is very generous. It plays and looks poor. As a ps4 release its not good enought at all. What's with the cheap looking hud and text? Very poor options as well. It also took like 12 hours to install. This is meant to b AAA r u kidding. I reckon if this was released last generation it would be even lucky to get 69! Good -I think the 69 this is currently getting on metacritic is very generous. It plays and looks poor. As a ps4 release its not good enought at all. What's with the cheap looking hud and text? Very poor options as well. It also took like 12 hours to install. This is meant to b AAA r u kidding. I reckon if this was released last generation it would be even lucky to get 69! Good - cutscenes Bad - everything else. Very disappointing just traded in for watch dogs 2. It's a 4 I'm afraid. Below average. Expand
  75. Nov 16, 2016
    4
    Mafia 3 a bad game that is not recommended the only good thing that has the game is its atmosphere and its graphical section artificial intelligence very bad the city feels as if you had nothing to do the missions are very repetitive and many technical problems in brief A bad game.
  76. Nov 11, 2016
    2
    Disappointement of the year 2016. A game which is so good in the first 5 hours turns into the with same repetitive trash all the time. And let's don't even talk about the technichal difficulties this piece of garbage has.
  77. Nov 6, 2016
    2
    Zero atmosphere. I wanted to play as a mafia family member not some gang thug sh*t. Im fed up with next gtas. I desire mafia, true mafia. I want to see man in the suits not thugs.
  78. Nov 4, 2016
    0
    este juego es malisimo ha supersado en bugs a watch dogs y eso era dificil y es aburrido y tiene graficos de ps3 y una iluminacion de ps2.............
  79. Nov 4, 2016
    3
    Esto falla más que una escopeta de feria... claro, luego nos hincharán a DLC y parches y aquí no ha pasado nada.
    Luego os quejáis de los Indies, pero por lo menos los tienen mejor puestos.
  80. Nov 3, 2016
    4
    Pretty deficient, i will pass the poorness of the execution if it was not full priced, the historical value is there but is not enough to overcome all the problems and graphical issues.
  81. Oct 30, 2016
    4
    How can such an excellently crafted world with a brilliant soundtrack and decent driving and shooting turn into such a snooze fest with the most repetetive mission structure seen for quite some time?Granted,the prologue and a few missions are a little different but come on!I just don't understand how the developers built a fantastic world to play in but forgot to put the play intoHow can such an excellently crafted world with a brilliant soundtrack and decent driving and shooting turn into such a snooze fest with the most repetetive mission structure seen for quite some time?Granted,the prologue and a few missions are a little different but come on!I just don't understand how the developers built a fantastic world to play in but forgot to put the play into it.Unforgiveable.Points for soundtrack and world only. Expand
  82. Oct 29, 2016
    3
    I thought the reviews of this game were unfair, and really gave this game a chance. What bothers me the most is that the first few missions of this game are actually great. And then it gets AWFUL. In other words, the game sucks you in just enough so that you will make it past the return policy expires, and then you're stuck with an ugly, buggy, extremely boring and frustrating game. OneI thought the reviews of this game were unfair, and really gave this game a chance. What bothers me the most is that the first few missions of this game are actually great. And then it gets AWFUL. In other words, the game sucks you in just enough so that you will make it past the return policy expires, and then you're stuck with an ugly, buggy, extremely boring and frustrating game. One of the most unpolished pieces of garbage to come out in the last ten years. I was really excited for this game. How utterly disappointing. Expand
  83. Oct 23, 2016
    4
    While the game has SOME good stuff, it has a lot bad stuff. First and foremost is the Police A.I. If gangsters are opening fire at you, the cops will instantly open fire at you and you will get wanted status. That's very strange, even Hangar 13 themselves said they will react to gangsters but in reality they dont, false advertising.

    Then there are some bugs which arent that bad or
    While the game has SOME good stuff, it has a lot bad stuff. First and foremost is the Police A.I. If gangsters are opening fire at you, the cops will instantly open fire at you and you will get wanted status. That's very strange, even Hangar 13 themselves said they will react to gangsters but in reality they dont, false advertising.

    Then there are some bugs which arent that bad or something but since Mafia II had less and less bugs and graphical bugs, why Mafia III has a lot of these bugs?

    When the game ends, you have nothing to do. In M2, you could do anything, eat at restaurants, mess with the cops (Getting pulled over, tickets, etc), going to wash your car, etc, in Mafia 3, you absolutely do nothing, it's practically over.

    4/10, not recommended to buy unless on 20$ discount.
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  84. Oct 21, 2016
    0
    One of the worst games I have ever played. It is buggy and boring beyond belief. Could have been great but it seems the developers just bothered with graphics and story. Would have been worth more if I could just watch the story as a movie...
  85. Oct 21, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game ant fun at all mafia 2 was a lot better y'all messed up with this one you cant even get gas no more cant even wash your car not i wished who made mafia 2 would have mad this one cant eat drink pay cop tO get off you cant even buy close the only good thing about it is that you can free roam wish i like that on mafia 3 but anything beside that i dint like it at y'all might as well pull it off shelves and make it all over again Expand
  86. Oct 19, 2016
    2
    Mafia III attempts to lump Italian Americans and immigrants into the "privileged white" demographic, and paint them off as the powerful institutional racist group that is actually made up of Anglo-Saxon Americans. Especially in that time period, Italian Americans and immigrants experienced a great deal of racism and discrimination themselves. They were not in a position to even enactMafia III attempts to lump Italian Americans and immigrants into the "privileged white" demographic, and paint them off as the powerful institutional racist group that is actually made up of Anglo-Saxon Americans. Especially in that time period, Italian Americans and immigrants experienced a great deal of racism and discrimination themselves. They were not in a position to even enact institutional racism - because, to a certain degree, it applied to them as well.

    And yet, here, we see a massive over-simplification and, furthermore, falsification of history. Italians are thrown into the same category as white Anglo Americans, when simply it just was not the case. Largely, they were victims of discrimination as well. This game disregards all of that and points the finger, wrongly, at them as powerful racist discriminators. It's an injustice to a people who were on very much the opposite side of that fence.

    Speaking of New Orleans, the largest American lynching took place there. Except it was Italians that were lynched.

    To further push this agenda of shoehorning Italians into the institutional discriminator role, we see Anglo faces appearing as stand-ins for Italians. Apparently real Italian faces weren't "white" enough to feel like proper racists. Look at Tony Derazio's face. Couldn't look any LESS Italian. Actor/ model's name: Gibson Frazier. Enzo Conti - modeled after: Matt Gottlieb. Lou Marcano - modeled after: Brad Leland. Olivia Marcano, Erin Matthews. Frank Pagani, Jack Conley. Giorgi Marcano, Mercer Boffey. Leo Galante, Frank Ashmore. Tommy Marcano, Christopher Corey Smith. Like, seriously? Are you kidding me? I could go on an on. What do all these names have in common? They're all Anglo - none even remotely Italian.

    You want my opinion? Here it is. Leave games about American cultural history, rife with symbolism to our current social climate, to Americans who actually know about it.

    The devs wanted to tell a tale of racism. Excellent. We need to have that discussion. But they chose the wrong context for it. They used an existing franchise that they had lying around to attach their idea to, and needed to use the titular demographic, Italians, for something. So, they demonized them as racists and shoehorned them into their storyline - even though it's damaging and historically inaccurate.
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  87. Oct 19, 2016
    2
    I'm very sad that this game didn't live up to it's predecessors. It's actually nothing like the previous games.... All the beautiful details are gone in this game. The game feels like a empty husk of a shell. By details I mean the little things that immersed you into the game like being able to hit a car with a bat or punch a car and deform it. Seeing shattered glass fall around the carsI'm very sad that this game didn't live up to it's predecessors. It's actually nothing like the previous games.... All the beautiful details are gone in this game. The game feels like a empty husk of a shell. By details I mean the little things that immersed you into the game like being able to hit a car with a bat or punch a car and deform it. Seeing shattered glass fall around the cars when you shoot them and they have actual physics and fall off the car as you drive. In Mafia 3 if you shoot the trunk bumper with enough bullets the car will explode... In Mafia 1 you could unload a lot of bullets all over the car, riddling it with them. But once you shot at the engine of the car then it could explode. Mafia 2 you could shoot the gas tank cap and explode a car. Filling up gas is gone. Eating food is gone. Interacting with things in your house is gone. Paying off the cops is gone. Speeding tickets are gone... The AI in this game is so bad... The cops are imbeciles... In mafia 2 when you walk over a body your legs would actually walk on top of it. In Mafia 3 you just clip through the bodies... There is no longer a wanted person, wanted car and star levels system... I could go on and on. Just really disappointed and sad... The game didn't even feel like you were in a mafia... Wish the original studio just worked on this game... Or wish they could just remaster Mafia 1.

    I gave it 3 stars because the cut scenes were great and the voice acting was great and the music was great. That's it. :'(
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  88. Oct 19, 2016
    0
    NOT A MAFIA GAME

    This game has as much to do with mafia as any of the GTA games. You are some thug who fights other thugs and that is pretty much it. Driving is bad, the camera movement when driving makes me sick. Sounds are not very good. Graphics are meh, blurry textures and crashes. Menu is awful. This game would be better off if it was named something else but even then it
    NOT A MAFIA GAME

    This game has as much to do with mafia as any of the GTA games. You are some thug who fights other thugs and that is pretty much it.

    Driving is bad, the camera movement when driving makes me sick. Sounds are not very good. Graphics are meh, blurry textures and crashes. Menu is awful.

    This game would be better off if it was named something else but even then it would be mediocre.
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  89. Oct 19, 2016
    0
    Pros
    - Soundtrack

    Cons
    - There is no mafia atmosphere
    - Ugly low res textures in many places on max graphics
    - Horrible shooting mechanics
    - Driving controls are unrealistic and floaty.
    - Game crashes

    That game has no right to be called “Mafia”. Real name for this trash is “New Bordeaux Vermin”.
  90. Oct 19, 2016
    0
    Mafia 3 has a great story and setting but what holds the game back is poor driving controls and graphical problems such as NPCs poping in from nowhere, poor lighting and poor textures, the gameplay also feels very repetitive with locations being recycled for missions.
  91. Oct 18, 2016
    2
    This game is hot trash. I really expected more out of this game, and some the ideas in it are great. But the game is so repetitive and hard to play that I found it nearly impossible to finish. The game has quite a story but it is not worth going through all the **** in the game play to get to that story. If you really need your mafia fix, get HBO and watch the sopranos, because unlike thisThis game is hot trash. I really expected more out of this game, and some the ideas in it are great. But the game is so repetitive and hard to play that I found it nearly impossible to finish. The game has quite a story but it is not worth going through all the **** in the game play to get to that story. If you really need your mafia fix, get HBO and watch the sopranos, because unlike this game it is actually well made. I would criticize it more but the game was so bland all I can think of is how I have just wasted 40 **** hours of my life. Expand
  92. Oct 18, 2016
    2
    Good storytelling with great cut scenes, interesting (but not necessarily likeable) characters, but the repetitive gameplay, the completely useless open world, with absolute zero chances to interact with, and the underwhelming visuals ruined the game completely for me. I didn't even have the desire to see how the story ends. Very disappointed.
  93. Oct 17, 2016
    1
    This is a disaster. It's a fraud. Don't buy it. Tons of bugs, stupid game process, repetitive "missions", lack of mechanics & customization. Everything is the same, multiplied. Delete it if you have already purchased it. Refund if you still can. Believe me, it's unbearable. Close it. Run.
  94. Oct 16, 2016
    1
    The AI in conjunction with the highly repetitive gameplay ruin the atmosphere completely. You break a car window and a witness runs to a phone to call the police, You chase him and kill him before 10 other witnesses yet noone gives a f*ck - they only care about broken windows. Your ammo wagon sometimes arrives right in the middle of an enemy place. Next thing that happens they startThe AI in conjunction with the highly repetitive gameplay ruin the atmosphere completely. You break a car window and a witness runs to a phone to call the police, You chase him and kill him before 10 other witnesses yet noone gives a f*ck - they only care about broken windows. Your ammo wagon sometimes arrives right in the middle of an enemy place. Next thing that happens they start shooting at it like there's no tomorrow yet the driver doesn't care, he just sits relaxed and waits for you to come buy his stuff. When you're trying to penetrate a hostile facility and get noticed, enemies open fire but the passers-by pay no attention, yet if you pull your gun they get all excited. You clean a house from enemies and drive away, then you return and everybody is just where they were like you've never killed them. And so on and so forth. This is like GTA 1 or 2, nothing nearly close to GTA V which is 3 years old. Expand
  95. Oct 16, 2016
    4
    In one word, it's dull.

    Specifically: It is lacking in polish. It looks SPECTACULAR, especially in the cutscenes, and the general audio design is also spot on. But the gameplay... it's so... lackluster. It is hard to move properly, hand-to-hand combat is boring to do, and extremely repetitive (though gunplay is pretty entertaining, and is of a decent quality) driving is a nightmare (I
    In one word, it's dull.

    Specifically: It is lacking in polish. It looks SPECTACULAR, especially in the cutscenes, and the general audio design is also spot on. But the gameplay... it's so... lackluster. It is hard to move properly, hand-to-hand combat is boring to do, and extremely repetitive (though gunplay is pretty entertaining, and is of a decent quality) driving is a nightmare (I flipped the black car you get right at the start, which is supposed to be //your// vehicle in an early mission, and didn't see it ever again) and the missions... GOD THE MISSIONS. it's the same thing over, and over, and over, and over again.

    Difficult to play, difficult to endure, and difficult to continue playing in general. If you are genuinely interested in the story, and don't mind repetition, pick it up - otherwise, your money is better spent on a more well-polished game: I'd suggest Uncharted 4, or Grand Theft Auto 5.
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  96. Oct 16, 2016
    4
    There's great story somewhere beneath the pile of repetitive, BORING gameplay. It's the biggest disappointment of 2016 for me. The opening was excellent, it's like playing two different games. I'd like to get to know Lincoln's story, but I can't stand running errands that look and work the same over and over and over again. "Hours and hours and hours of content" said the dev in oneThere's great story somewhere beneath the pile of repetitive, BORING gameplay. It's the biggest disappointment of 2016 for me. The opening was excellent, it's like playing two different games. I'd like to get to know Lincoln's story, but I can't stand running errands that look and work the same over and over and over again. "Hours and hours and hours of content" said the dev in one interview prior to release. Now I know what they meant. I threw in the towel after a dozen hours or so. Can't do it anymore, it feels like second job and I don't have enough time to play the good games out there. Such a shame. :( Expand
  97. Oct 15, 2016
    3
    First of all - Mafia I was far, far, far better. NPC behaviour are completly broken, stealth mode is a joke, side mission - all the same. Again - lets play Mafia I - it is how it should be done.
    Just another 'AAA' with hype before release, and crap after.
  98. Oct 14, 2016
    0
    Signed up to write a review.Wasted $60.By far worst game I have played.It is like No man sky for October month. Gameplay is too repetitive. Don't judge book by its cover.
  99. Oct 14, 2016
    2
    It's bad pretty much all across the board (other than the music). Hopefully though, other developers will play it and learn what NOT to do when developing their own games. There is a lot here to learn what not to do. Hangar13? Give it up. Developing games isn't for you. You all should go and find another career. You suck.
Metascore
68

Mixed or average reviews - based on 67 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 67
  2. Negative: 0 out of 67
  1. Jan 29, 2017
    60
    Its stealth is too repetitive, its gunfights too familiar, and its driving too boring to support anything else that’s going on. Despite how clever it manages to be in portraying the conquest and control of a criminal enterprise, the nuts-and-bolts missions feel like busywork, and it never fully explores the most interesting aspects of its setting. It’s better than Mafia II, but that’s damning it with faint praise.
  2. Edge Magazine
    Dec 14, 2016
    60
    This is a game whose best moments are diluted by a torrent of filler, whose beauty is obscured by its technical shortcomings, and whose obvious potential is squandered by a lack of polish. That weird orange sky is, alas, the least of its problems. [Christmas 2016, p.110]
  3. CD-Action
    Dec 12, 2016
    70
    It could have been a really great sandbox for one evening. It’s a shame the developers decided to extend it by over a dozen completely redundant hours, because they had fresh ideas for around one fifth of the campaign and made the rest of the game repetitive as hell. [12/2016, p.48]