Mafia III

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  1. megabear
    Jan 3, 2017
    10
    This game surprised me, and I don't even like FPS much anymore. The game's actually fun for once, unlike critically acclaimed GTA V for example. Not really sure why but it's got the most important thing going, the fun factor.
  2. LuckyLuky
    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.
  3. Camparini
    Dec 29, 2016
    6
    Com uma repetitividade insana e doentia, com missões principais e secundárias onde o objetivo é sempre, no fim, matar ''Fulano'' ou ''Sicrano'', Mafia 3 desonra uma franquia de antecessores memoráveis e perde a oportunidade de aproveitar uma história e mundo de muito potencial.
  4. Beast979
    Dec 19, 2016
    6
    Overall I enjoyed this game to an extent, the setting was cool, the story was good, but not great, the controls worked well and the cover system is pretty good overall. I see a lot of people comparing it to GTA v, This game stands no where near GTA V when it comes to story, polish or graphics.

    That being said, it is still a pretty decent game in it's own right. Definitely does not    Overall I enjoyed this game to an extent, the setting was cool, the story was good, but not great, the controls worked well and the cover system is pretty good overall. I see a lot of people comparing it to GTA v, This game stands no where near GTA V when it comes to story, polish or graphics.

    That being said, it is still a pretty decent game in it's own right. Definitely does not deserve a 10, but also does not at all deserve a 0.

    Pros: Story, setting, game play. The city itself looks pretty good and is detailed, great collectibles!

    Cons: Repetitive missions, bad graphics on some stuff, especially the reflections on the cars, poor textures on a lot of the NPCs.

    Definitely not a bad game to sit down and kill some time with, but also not a great one. Another 6 months in development and some additional creativity on missions could have really helped this game.    … Expand
  5. Jack97
    Dec 16, 2016
    6
    Mafia 3 is a mixed bag. It's story and characters are top notch and are worthy of a game and perhaps a big screen treatment. But they're bogged down by clunky game mechanics (the driving especially) and repetitive missions. Almost every rival mafia organization infiltration mission is the same objective that ends in a blood bath (although the shooting is fun). Side gripes include an (atMafia 3 is a mixed bag. It's story and characters are top notch and are worthy of a game and perhaps a big screen treatment. But they're bogged down by clunky game mechanics (the driving especially) and repetitive missions. Almost every rival mafia organization infiltration mission is the same objective that ends in a blood bath (although the shooting is fun). Side gripes include an (at times) empty open world and unfinished visuals in particular the weather effects.
    Overall, I enjoyed playing Mafia 3 for the most part but it's repetitive missions and occasionally frustrating game play will prevent me from wanting to play it again. I say wait for it to go on sale.    … Expand
  6. Mr_Human_Guy
    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.    … Expand
  7. robinzvak
    Dec 13, 2016
    5
    Wasted potential, avarage game, weak Mafia. But this game have some unique spell, thanks to gameplay,music, atmoshpere. _________________________________
  8. Ernebro
    Dec 12, 2016
    7
    Fantastic story, characters and setting, but a bit disappointing when it comes to the gameplay. It gets quite repetitive after a while and I experienced some irritating graphical bugs as well.
  9. Sap-ete-10
    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.
  10. bartalex
    Dec 7, 2016
    7
    Historia narrativa muy buena con gran inmersion en ella.
    Personajes principales muy buenos con su mejora argumental.
    La jugabilidad muy rapida y buena con un mundo libre que esta bien.
    La inteligencia de los NPC es bastante pobre y el juego tiene varios bugs.
    Esta bien como juego general.
  11. EHG15
    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.
  12. Muze92
    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.    … Expand
  13. Ghoster
    Dec 2, 2016
    7
    All bad reviews are too hard to this game because people compare this with GTA. 2nd everybody say Mafia 2 was better, but truth is that gameplays are pretty same. Graphics is not that bad as everybody say. It's not like GTA, but not that bad. BUT there are some really bad things they did in this game. 1) There is no fast travel and with some poor missions design there is really too muchAll bad reviews are too hard to this game because people compare this with GTA. 2nd everybody say Mafia 2 was better, but truth is that gameplays are pretty same. Graphics is not that bad as everybody say. It's not like GTA, but not that bad. BUT there are some really bad things they did in this game. 1) There is no fast travel and with some poor missions design there is really too much driving around! 2) Some side missions are really bugged (specially steal and deliver cars missions). 3) Game crash too much on PS4! 4) It's impossible to get platinum in 1 playthrough and game is too repetitive for multiple playthroughs! Still guarantee some fun!… Expand
  14. Danny_UK
    Dec 1, 2016
    5
    Great idea but unfinished. This could have been fantastic but it is simply an unfinished and buggy mess for the most part. I just drove down the street and it had a huge boat poking out of the middle of the road, as you do! Then it was raining indoors. And the lighting system is properly broken. It can instantly shifty from bright sunny to stormy etc with the flick of a switch and thenGreat idea but unfinished. This could have been fantastic but it is simply an unfinished and buggy mess for the most part. I just drove down the street and it had a huge boat poking out of the middle of the road, as you do! Then it was raining indoors. And the lighting system is properly broken. It can instantly shifty from bright sunny to stormy etc with the flick of a switch and then instantly switch back from stormy rain to bone dry with sunshine. If they fix it with patches it can be a good game. It is fun when the bugs don't get in the way.… Expand
  15. joaopontesvaz
    Nov 30, 2016
    8
    Graphics: 7.8 Sound: 9.5 Gameplay: 8.5 Fun/Story: 8.2

    It´s one of the most underrated game of the year perhaps by some repetitiveness missions. This 2K/hangar13 production has a nice plot, very good storytelling and a movie/documentary sensation about what was mafia scene some decades before. I agree that graphics should be more refined (cutscenes are pre rendered) but it has undeniable    Graphics: 7.8 Sound: 9.5 Gameplay: 8.5 Fun/Story: 8.2

    It´s one of the most underrated game of the year perhaps by some repetitiveness missions. This 2K/hangar13 production has a nice plot, very good storytelling and a movie/documentary sensation about what was mafia scene some decades before. I agree that graphics should be more refined (cutscenes are pre rendered) but it has undeniable good gameplay, nice story and outstanding sound. The night and rain when combined are wonderful.    … Expand
  16. Tehdeh
    Nov 24, 2016
    7
    Not a bad game by any means, but I would wait till the price drops to grab it. I played a friend's copy and I can say I would've been a bit annoyed if I had paid full price myself.

    Still, I think the criticism is a bit exaggerated. It's not bad!
  17. fang11
    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.    … Expand
  18. Linzo48
    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.
  19. paddystudmuffin
    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
  20. criticvideogame
    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.
  21. Shadowburn77
    Nov 15, 2016
    9
    I finished this finally.. 80% of achives.. Different people can have different opinions :)

    Yeah, the missions are repetitive, animations (and plenty of other assets) are reused, its buggy, the AI is bad, but for me these were minor annoyances at worst. The construction of the world, the story, and the characters were so good that I never got bored, even with the repetitive missions.    I finished this finally.. 80% of achives.. Different people can have different opinions :)

    Yeah, the missions are repetitive, animations (and plenty of other assets) are reused, its buggy, the AI is bad, but for me these were minor annoyances at worst. The construction of the world, the story, and the characters were so good that I never got bored, even with the repetitive missions. What you actually *do* felt inconsequential to me; this is a game about existing in a specific place and time, and it achieves that remarkably well. Any ways. One if the best but it can be better :)    … Expand
  22. byterMC
    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.
  23. jmlzhd
    Nov 8, 2016
    5
    Really expected this game to be amazing but 2016 hasn't been good as compared to 2015. By playing this game you can tell that there is a lot of potential and could have easily been one of the best games of 2016 but less effort has been put on to it and ruined the franchise. Just by saying its Mafia doesn't mean its good.
    The story is really good and graphics too but that's it, there are    Really expected this game to be amazing but 2016 hasn't been good as compared to 2015. By playing this game you can tell that there is a lot of potential and could have easily been one of the best games of 2016 but less effort has been put on to it and ruined the franchise. Just by saying its Mafia doesn't mean its good.
    The story is really good and graphics too but that's it, there are so many glitches, so many bugs that I can't even explain them all. After the DLC, many glitches were gone but Mission... Don't even get me started. All the missions are the same, you just go in & kill the enemies. You can either do it in stealth mode or just go loud by shooting and kill everyone.
    I would recommend you to either rent it or wait for a it till it gets cheat like $30.    … Expand
  24. phoeniix23
    Nov 7, 2016
    9
    Just finished Lincoln's incredible journey today, Nov 7. After 30 days of taking over a Mafia empire in New Bordeaux, it really feels like a perfect conclusion to a great movie/story instead of a video game.

    Games are repetitive in general to me, but like most daily things in life, I find that motivation and passion to do them. To me, the hallmark of a great game is if it can get me    Just finished Lincoln's incredible journey today, Nov 7. After 30 days of taking over a Mafia empire in New Bordeaux, it really feels like a perfect conclusion to a great movie/story instead of a video game.

    Games are repetitive in general to me, but like most daily things in life, I find that motivation and passion to do them. To me, the hallmark of a great game is if it can get me invested enough to WANT to do those things. Yes, in gaming design, those missions and side quests are definitely repetitive, but I loved the characters, setting and story enough to care about doing those missions. I'm sort of like a white hat in Westworld. It aslo helped that I played really slowly, cruising to the great soundtrack, obeying traffic rules, and exploring the city, like a virtual tourist.

    Games that manage to feel more than just a game are my personal favorites. And this definitely is one of them.    … Expand
  25. troller19
    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.
  26. El-Stresso
    Nov 5, 2016
    9
    I enjoyed every minute playing Mafia 3, the main story can be repetetive for some people, but I liked it. The main story is one of the best stories I have ever played, I fell in love with everyone in this game. The story is so good and deep that I could not stop playing it and kept going for hours. The game have some glitches, like the weatherbox can be retarded, people walking throughI enjoyed every minute playing Mafia 3, the main story can be repetetive for some people, but I liked it. The main story is one of the best stories I have ever played, I fell in love with everyone in this game. The story is so good and deep that I could not stop playing it and kept going for hours. The game have some glitches, like the weatherbox can be retarded, people walking through walls, enemies get stuck on weird places and the game can crash. BUT beside of these glitches the game is almost perfect to me. The only reason I don`t give this game a 10/10 is because of the glitches, crashes and after the main story there is very little to. I still recommend this game to everyone that is fan of the 60`s and a game with a deep and perfect story.… Expand
  27. SuperkenGaming
    Nov 4, 2016
    8
    Mafia 3
    A perfect example of unawareness.
    Mafia 3 is sort of a sequel to mafia 2 in that its main character Vito makes a return, but sadly only as a throwaway... the star this time is a half black Vietnam veteran named Lincoln clay, his race is important to mention due to the fact the game takes place in the mid to late 1960s, and in the south at that in a fictional new Orleans.. so    Mafia 3
    A perfect example of unawareness.
    Mafia 3 is sort of a sequel to mafia 2 in that its main character Vito makes a return, but sadly only as a throwaway... the star this time is a half black Vietnam veteran named Lincoln clay, his race is important to mention due to the fact the game takes place in the mid to late 1960s, and in the south at that in a fictional new Orleans.. so expect to run into some racist trick or treaters and hear the n word used more times than in any rap song you’ve heard…
    The first few hours of this game does a great job of bringing the era and time period to life just as greatly as mafia 2 did…
    The world felt alive, hearing npcs on the sidewalks talk about martin Luther king jr, James earl ray, john F Kennedy… and the soundtrack in this game is just as perfect as mafia 2s soundtrack was…
    And there are a few nice touches to the game like the radio getting staticy when you drive through tunnels…
    And then the game cracks and becomes what it’s not and was never intended to be… A generic open world liberation game…
    Mafia 3 feels like an Assassins Creed game and ironically suffers from the same thing recent ac games have suffered from…
    Mafia has never been about its open world… It’s been about being a time machine... it’s why I loved mafia 2 and it’s why I loved most of the assassin’s creed games… Mafia 2 brought you back in time to live in a world that felt foreign… it made me feel nostalgic for a time period I didn’t even get to live through... it had me listening to music from the 40s and 50s in my everyday life and it immersed me into an epic experience because there was so much love, care, and detail inside of every main mission and the world around you… It all felt hand crafted…
    Mafia 3 shifted its focus from being an experience to being a video game the moment it opens up…
    And this is where its cracks start to show
    The game structure is the same throughout… You’re tasked with doing monetary damage to a quote unquote business… each business is different but despite this you do same thing over and over and over for 20 hours… interrogate a target.. They tell you where the product is... you destroy the product, kill some targets, and get an underboss to come out from hiding...kill him… rinse and repeat...
    Once an underboss is killed you can give that section of the city to one of your underbosses for an added perk, careful to keep all 3 happy so they don’t turn on you…
    You have to do this Twice to get the main boss to come out… and this mission to kill the top boss in each city’s section are the greatest moments in the entire game.. so many epic and memorable levels to experience here… and the fact that they make up less than half of the game is completely unacceptable…
    This doing damage to bring out the underbosses and killing them to bring out the boss is a great idea
    I have no issue with this formula being used from start to finish.. what I do take issue is the fact that the structure of these missions dont change…
    Every last mission should be as fleshed out as the kill whoever missions… which again are great points in the game…
    But especially after experiencing witcher 3.. there’s no excuse for your main missions in an open world to not even have half the heart witchers side mission do let alone its campaign missions…
    Sure make me do damage to bring them out, but make each mini boss its own hand crafted experience and story like the main bosses are.. Especially considering they’re required for story progression…
    They feel like rinse and repeat liberation points throughout...
    If that means the story goes from 20 hours to 12, I’m happy...
    a 12 hour masterpiece is worth more to me than 20 hours of the same thing beat by beat…
    The actual gameplay itself I felt is a bit unbalanced and inconsistent…
    The guns in this game took far too long to reload for the amount of enemies you had to deal with.. sure you can call in for help during missions, but it hardly ever mattered…
    You’d constantly get surrounded so cover didn’t matter, even if it did the cover system was super awkward leading you to pop right up trying to switch from cover to cover….enemies felt like bullet sponges, so you’d run out of a clip while dealing with 3 or 4 at a time and while you reloaded it would be over for you…
    Even on the games easiest difficulty I felt it was too easy to die considering the circumstances..
    And for some reason the main target in these missions takes damage like a tank…throwing the feel of the entire game away every time you encounter one…
    You could also stealth around and take out enemies ninja style if you’d like…
    Since you do have a voodoo doll to distract enemies and you can whistle to bring them towards you 1 at a time…
    The outside world is a bit of a letdown too, as cops hardly feel like a threat at all.. More like ornaments…
    And you have to constantly deal with citizens running to call the copy every time you hop in a car like watch dogs but worse...
    And they call them unrealistically fast as do the goons calling for back up….
    An extreme annoyance that I can kill someone before they say a word and it’s too late.. Reinforcements are here or cops are on their way…
    And honestly other than cut scenes or the occasional gunman dropping the n word... I felt like just another white protagonist as no one on the street treated me any different... which was odd considering you do deal with the city’s presence of racism later on in the game…
    But the racism seems to only be reserved for missions, failing to ultimately bring the world to life..
    I feel like those few missions would have been more impactful if I actually got to feel what it was like to be in the shoes of an African American during the mid-60s.. As I’m sure it was far more and far worse than just being called the n word every now and then and only if you were a mobster destroying drugs and shooting places up……
    That being said... mafia 3 still has its moments of greatness…
    The cut scenes, the characters, the sound tract… and the missions the developers actually tried at, all ultimately make this game worth plaything through…
    I Give Mafia 3
    an 8.0/10    … Expand
  28. Borgees
    Nov 4, 2016
    5
    Decepção do ano. É triste ver um jogo tão bom como Mafia II e ver uma sequência que ao invés de progredir, regrediu. Tem uma boa história, ótimos gráficos e animações, mas o mundo é vazio, nada pra fazer e missões repetitivas, tiraram muitas mecânicas que tinham em Mafia II. Triste, hypei tanto esse jogo pra quebrar a cara.
  29. erpekechana26
    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.............
  30. giorgo
    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.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 67 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 46 out of 67
  3. Negative: 0 out of 67
  1. GameCritics
    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.
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  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]
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