Mafia III

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  1. naveedesahar
    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.
  2. BogdanXdd
    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!
  3. 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
  4. MaxPayneIsGod
    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.
  5. DEDE1973
    Sep 8, 2020
    10
    Let me start by saying that I played and beat Mafia iii and its 3 DLC 4 years after it shipped. I assume the game was very buggy at launch, that justifies a lot of the low scores it got. Even 4 years after launch it has a lot of bugs, some serious, but none are game breaking.

    Mafia III + DLC is an amazing game. It deserve a 9/10 in my book (I removed 1 point for the bugs). The more you    Let me start by saying that I played and beat Mafia iii and its 3 DLC 4 years after it shipped. I assume the game was very buggy at launch, that justifies a lot of the low scores it got. Even 4 years after launch it has a lot of bugs, some serious, but none are game breaking.

    Mafia III + DLC is an amazing game. It deserve a 9/10 in my book (I removed 1 point for the bugs). The more you play the more it grows on you. I reached a point where I was so comfortable with all the mechanics (shooting, driving, running, etc...) that I didn't want the game to end. I fell in love with New Bordeaux (New Orleans in the game), the soundtrack (Amazing 60's songs), the cars and the driving, the stealth approach to each encounters, the shooting mechanics, etc...

    Some reviews say the game is repetitive, but it's not. It's true that you have to conquer district after district by running after the bosses and try to hurt their businesses, but I felt that each district had its own identity, its own missions, unique landscape and scenery, that I felt it was different from the previous one and kept the game compelling. I never felt bored, and always wanted to continue to the next area. The story is good, although I didn't like the main protagonist however I understood his motives.

    You can approach each objective the way you want (stealth or all gun). Both mechanics are very well implemented and fun. Shooting has a slow mo feature that is welcomed since a couple of bullet can decimate you. Guns are varied, and you have to complete certain objectives to acquire some of them (some of the best) which is an incentive to keep progressing to acquire a piece of equipment. There are loads of upgrades that you can get and they are crucial to win some missions.

    Likewise, there are very nice and difficult races throughout the city. The more you progress throughout the story, the fastest cars you'll get and better upgrades for your cars that will help you win and beat the highest scores in the more difficult races. You can customise your cars and in the course of the game you'll find yourself driving exotic, upgraded beautiful cars. That's a nice feature since you start the game with slow 60's car, you end up driving 8 valves ultra rapid cars. There is a sense of progression very well implemented. and I kept getting these slow upgrades throughout my 100 hrs playthrough (I took my time cause I loved the game and I beat every mission available).

    This is a game you have to give a chance to. At first, you might not like it, but after 10 hrs of play, it will grow on you and you will get used to all its mechanics and you'll want to progress.
    I loved all the 3 DLC, there are varied, provide a lot of different objectives and even an additional area that has large fields and jumps à la GTA V.

    You'll have to earn money in this game, as most upgrades require you to pay hefty cash to get them, and money is scarce. It is usually found in mafia hideouts when you raid them which gives an additional reason to beat all the objective in each district to get the maximum cash you can get. Weapons also cost a lot of money to acquire as well as car upgrades. You'll never find yourself with an excess of money throughout the game, because of the reasons I mentioned.

    tl;dr Get Mafia III and take your sweat time with it. It is a very good game, with excellent graphics, and very well executed mechanics. It has a compelling story a large and varied map, excellent shooting and driving mechanics and dozens of hours of gameplay.    … Expand
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  8. Termin8ter
    Nov 21, 2017
    5
    Mafia III is average slop. Bland story, awful glitches, and boring gameplay. Don't bother with this awful crap. I'm glad that this will probably be the last Mafia game.
  9. Marshb63
    Oct 28, 2016
    9
    First, Im an open world game fanatic, so take my review with a grain of salt. I can and do disappear into these types of games like Tron!

    liking this game immensely. Someone compared it to a Tarantino production and I agree. The open world here is a big improvement over Mafia 2 which seemed kinda dead and empty. Progression is tied to your underbosses ie perks, which is interesting.    First, Im an open world game fanatic, so take my review with a grain of salt. I can and do disappear into these types of games like Tron!

    liking this game immensely. Someone compared it to a Tarantino production and I agree. The open world here is a big improvement over Mafia 2 which seemed kinda dead and empty. Progression is tied to your underbosses ie perks, which is interesting. Being an old timer, the world building and the music bring me back to my somewhat muddy memories of childhood which is both a blast and nastalgic.

    Driving is very solid with good physics and a plethora of vehicle's to choose from. Word of warning tho, at this moment there is no garage to save vehicles in but there is an underboss who will provide rides of limited types that you can unlock.

    Combat is satisfying with a very good cover system but the early game I found a little tough due to ammo limitations. Thankfully I puzzled out the game mechanics very quickly (stealth matters!) and worked out the particulars in the very first combat heavy mission. No worries!

    The only gripe I have with the game is some but not all of the accents in the game are groan inducing, with Southern being the worst offender. Luckily I quickly grew inured to it. I hope this is of some help!    … Expand
  10. njja02
    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.
  11. RDaddy497
    Jan 21, 2017
    7
    Mafie III - A great game... with a lot of problems

    I was honestly surprised by how many negative reviews this game got. I understand why, but I personally think that the pros out weigh the cons by a lot. This game has one of the best settings we have seen in a long time. An open world game set in the 1960s in the south during the civil rights movement. So it's very neat to drive    Mafie III - A great game... with a lot of problems

    I was honestly surprised by how many negative reviews this game got. I understand why, but I personally think that the pros out weigh the cons by a lot.

    This game has one of the best settings we have seen in a long time. An open world game set in the 1960s in the south during the civil rights movement. So it's very neat to drive around the beautiful open world. Great licensed soundtracks while driving, in cutscenes, and gameplay. Plus, the game's soundtracks are great as well; giving a classic southern gangster feel as you shootout enemies. The voice actors give a great performance in every cutscene in this game. Very likable characters, whether they are antagonist or protagonist. Now, this part I am very confused with. So many people have criticized the gameplay. The driving feels very good, plus the cars are sweet. The gunplay is really good. It is very graphic and satisfying whenever you shoot up the enemies. The stealth is simple, but solid. The melee attacks are prob the best part. You can run up to an enemy and bash their face in and perform a brutal takedown by shooting them in the mouth, gut or head. The violence is very graphic and even disturbing, but that is what makes the gunplay so satisfying.

    Now.. this game also has a lot of problems. If I am being biased, I believe that the cons are not too big of a deal. The main flaw with this game that turned everybody off was the repetitive missions. Although it is fun to take the city district by district like a mafia would do, it is very repetitive. Personally this did not bother me much, but it is the main flaw that makes this game from reaching its full potential. Although this is an open world game there are too many glitches. Occasionally the lighting will freak out whenever you enter a building and the mirrors barely even work in this game. Some times it takes a while for the world to load all its details while driving. The AI is not too bad, but it has its moments. Enemies will occasionally see you even if your completely hidden. Police will occasionally get on to you even if you're a mile away from them.

    + Very neat setting, with a beautiful world
    + Fantastic characters and cutscenes
    + Gruesome and satisfying gameplay
    + Classic cars that drive very smoothly
    + Fun boss levels
    + Sweet weapons
    + Fun collectables (more fun if you're a pervert)

    +- Graphics are decent for its time
    +- AI is not bad, but will break at moments
    +- Get great deals from Mafia gangs, but it's not a challenge to earn the deals

    - Repetitive missions, which can potentially lose the appeal to the entire game
    - Too many unacceptable glitches, but at least it's nothing game breaking though
    - Game has no real challenge, has almost the same level of difficulty throughout
    - No fast traveling, which can occasionally be a pain

    This game can be very enjoyable for the right person. If you enjoy very mature stories with unique settings, this game is for you. If you don't mind repetitive missions because you're a fan of uncomplicated violent gameplay, this game is for you. Basically saying that if you wished that Quentin Tarantino made video games.. this game is for you. If looking for a game like GTA.. then never get this game. If you can stand it when games are repetitive, then do not get this game.

    This is not a great game, but it can be very enjoyable if played by the right person.    … Expand
  12. brat1111
    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.    … Expand
  13. AmanSahle
    Oct 26, 2016
    10
    Been a fan of the Mafia series and this was a refreshing break from the classic 30s and 40s period to the 60's and early 70s. Story line, Graphics, sound track and game mechanics is top notch and the mission management screen is an excellent imaginative solution for a game rich with multiple missions.
  14. eva3si0n
    Sep 4, 2018
    8
    Mafia 3 is liked to be criticized, it was much worse the 2nd part which was not really successful against the background of the first part of a series too. The greatest indignation towards a game is its awful optimization if a game goes on PS4 Pro with such low resolution of the image, it is terrible to me to present as she looked in the first days on PC. Yes a game of a motonn and in itMafia 3 is liked to be criticized, it was much worse the 2nd part which was not really successful against the background of the first part of a series too. The greatest indignation towards a game is its awful optimization if a game goes on PS4 Pro with such low resolution of the image, it is terrible to me to present as she looked in the first days on PC. Yes a game of a motonn and in it isn't present at all almost anything about "classical" mafia. But the main plot on what keeps a game - it is and there is desire to show all as "classical" mafia died. Missions for extermination of lieutenants and a cap are unique missions, some at what are perfectly directed. The physics of motor transport is executed is unique, there is no stupid copying from the GTA series. And though in general a game reminds, it is rather a techno demo as in due time was with the first part of Assassin's Creed. It is necessary to remember how successfully there was the 2nd part of that series when have added a variety and integrated these monotonous minor missions into a plot. It will also be possible in Mafia 4, a game that was on sale not badly.
    Yes this game not a masterpiece, but comes out not so much games where the setting both on time, and in the scene of action, Louisiana one of the most interesting and mysterious places of the USA is unique.    … Expand
  15. 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!
  16. 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.
  17. grove2121
    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.
  18. tectonicx
    Mar 26, 2017
    6
    not a good entry into the series. They replaces realism with arcadey style of play. Vehicles moves much less realistically unlike its predecessors which was the whole appeal of Mafia. Found it hard pleasing all 3 bosses, always one of them would get mad about my decisions or favoring the others. Repetitive execution in combat was annoying
  19. Lepermessiah87
    Oct 19, 2018
    5
    Great story with memorable characters and dialogue, combined with possibly the worst and most boring open world gameplay structure ever done in a videogame.

    Pros: + Great story, characters and dialogue + Fantastic licensed soundtrack Cons: - Bad graphics, basically looking like a PS3 game - you have to grind through boring tasks over and over again to experience the otherwise great    Great story with memorable characters and dialogue, combined with possibly the worst and most boring open world gameplay structure ever done in a videogame.

    Pros:
    + Great story, characters and dialogue
    + Fantastic licensed soundtrack
    Cons:
    - Bad graphics, basically looking like a PS3 game
    - you have to grind through boring tasks over and over again to experience the otherwise great main story
    - boring side activities
    - stealth gameplay is not good
    - dead open world    … Expand
  20. Edgard86
    May 22, 2018
    5
    Pros: Historia boa, trilha sonora perfeita.
    Contras: Jogabilidade bugada, repetitivo demais, demais mesmo. Missões praticamente iguais do meio pro fim do jogo. (Interrogue fulano, assassine ciclano) x 100.
    PSN: Edgard_ _ _5
  21. ihatemylife
    Apr 16, 2018
    5
    O jogo tem um mapa gigante mas nao tem nada pra fazer. as missoes sao muito repetitivas o jogo nao tem a liberdade de um jogo de mundo aberto de verdade que nem um gta. o joguinho chato
  22. loonyever
    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.
  23. TheRealGamer133
    Jul 15, 2018
    7
    It's not that bad, actually. Just don't expect this to be a masterpiece of a script. Mafia 3 is the type of games, which is overpriced at a full price, but plays really well when bought on sale. This game can bring some great hours of gameplay, first 2-3 hours of introduction is aboslutely great. Overall, this game is not so bad.
  24. starvid1
    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.    … Expand
  25. gvller
    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.
  26. Fersay
    Oct 15, 2019
    2
    What a garbage. This game is a low quality GTA game. Sucks sucks to the end. Piece of shi**
  27. direfol
    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.
  28. Virginiadicky
    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
  29. Peiman77
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    another woked game. nice job you destroyed this game too ....the games are going to be just right again...
  30. MeowTown
    Jul 19, 2020
    5
    Extremely mediocre. I thought I'd 100% it really quick and delete it because it's the largest game on my HDD. However, I'm almost done with my 2nd playthrough and I have recruited everyone i can and New Boss trophy wont pop. No reason for me to play anymore if the trophy is glitched. I will say it's a much more fulfilling revenge story than TLOU2
  31. ATTin
    Jun 1, 2019
    7
    Story: 7, Gameplay: 7, Graphics: 7. Repetitive, but it's a good game, i enjoyed it,
  32. ragerino
    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    … Expand
  33. reardelt
    Dec 18, 2018
    5
    This game was really fun at first but after 6 hours or so you realise that the reviews are all correct it is so boring and repetitive every mission exactly the same such a shame as I enjoyed pretty much everything else but could not go on any longer. Dont bother as I only paid $15 but will be trading it in.
  34. Rahsmoove
    Apr 16, 2019
    6
    Mafia III has everything it's predecessor had. S great story, well written characters, a lot of gruesome momemts well done combat, and New Bordeaux is very great reimagined area of New Orleans in the late 1960's. However it fails to deliver a lot of important aspects. The gameplay and missions are so repetitive it feels like they're all side missions. You have Lincoln talk to someoneMafia III has everything it's predecessor had. S great story, well written characters, a lot of gruesome momemts well done combat, and New Bordeaux is very great reimagined area of New Orleans in the late 1960's. However it fails to deliver a lot of important aspects. The gameplay and missions are so repetitive it feels like they're all side missions. You have Lincoln talk to someone gives some to do list take to take over a territory by either destroying something or mowing a group of gangsters down then interrogate their group leader and either make him part of your gang or kill him. I've played this game for hours and gets no better. It also lacks realism. Something that I felt really separated this game series from the other open world games. Watch Dogs is more realistic then this. Polish? What polish? This game full of glitches. You can't actually buy a lot of things so money is often pointless. Two town in Skyrim has more content than Mafia III. The world is well designed but it feels dead and pedestrians feel equivalent to pedestrians in 3D GTA games. The graphics are so bland. In cutscenes it looks great, but outside of them it looks like this game was made in 2011. Although this game has an awesome story and good characters. But for me you need more elements than that if you're going to make a good game.… Expand
  35. Ldt1
    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    … Expand
  36. Dal_ReviewedDat
    Jan 25, 2019
    8
    Having played Mafia 2 and not really having any fond memories of it - I got Mafia 3 on PS+ and added it to my library.

    3 months later... Bored, I downloaded Mafia 3 to see what it was about. What I expected: Some bad driving mechanics, a cliché story line, a poor-mans GTAV. What I got: A really fun GTAV rip off with a story I really loved. The settings of 1960s America, the    Having played Mafia 2 and not really having any fond memories of it - I got Mafia 3 on PS+ and added it to my library.

    3 months later...

    Bored, I downloaded Mafia 3 to see what it was about.

    What I expected: Some bad driving mechanics, a cliché story line, a poor-mans GTAV.

    What I got: A really fun GTAV rip off with a story I really loved. The settings of 1960s America, the race riots and failed war on Vietnam, the anti communism racist Americans and playing as a black veteran, made for a really interesting set up, and from the first mission, you are on an excellent revenge story, slowly turning the knife on a mob boss who owns the city which is split between a handful of varied districts.
    There's a lot of duck-and-cover mechanics going on, and AI isn't the best, but it's relentlessly fun to play through. The limiting of ammo and weapons to begin with, made the first half of the game a pleasure as I was forced to grab guns from dead foes to get further in the sh1t.

    As games go, it's not terribly original, it's not anything you've not seen before, but regardless, when I watched the credits go after 50hrs of playing, I looked back and thought, that was pure fun.

    Don't listen to the negative reviews - if you can get this for £10 pre owned, its a fun as fook game to play through    … Expand
  37. Vapor96
    Dec 30, 2019
    8
    An interesting setting, a gripping story, and the nostalgic 1960s feel of the lively open world make Mafia III an enjoyable game despite the extremely repetitive "take down all these rackets" formula, and noticeable performance issues.
  38. Sky-Line___
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    This game is very far from being bad. The aspect I loved the most is the ability it has to make me feel this New Orleans 60-70s ambiance. From the environments to the extremely good soundtrack without forgetting the beautiful cars that handle typically like cars from that time, I really enjoyed wandering around in New Bordeaux. Some buildings are also very well designed with a lot ofThis game is very far from being bad. The aspect I loved the most is the ability it has to make me feel this New Orleans 60-70s ambiance. From the environments to the extremely good soundtrack without forgetting the beautiful cars that handle typically like cars from that time, I really enjoyed wandering around in New Bordeaux. Some buildings are also very well designed with a lot of detail. Even games like GTA V don’t do better or even as good. Mafia III has been developed with the goal of having an extreme sense of detail. Those small things, like your tires that remain turned when you exit the car, the radio that evolves with the story, etc make it unique.

    However, one first big problem of Mafia 3 is the AI of ennemies. They are quite dumb in combat, and in a few minutes you will have learned everything you need to know in order to never be caught when engaging stealth combat (unless you’re unlucky). AI during stealth is terrible, dumb and totally blind. It really is the dumbest AI ever, I can whisper behind a wall and all the 5 men of a racket would so dumbly come close and get killed in the exact same way. One AI aspect that I liked however is the driving of NPCs. They are reasonably fast where they need to be (unlike GTA) and drive pretty realistically. That is another important element adding immersion to the game.

    To continue on the good, Mafia III is good in the way that it denounces racism by showing how serious sh*t could be a few dozens of years ago. From modern slavery to publicly accepted racism such as no-black stores, it is clear the developers wanted to send a message and I like the fact Mafia III is not scared to show this. That’s also part of what I mean when I say care for detail. Nowadays, too many games don’t dare to take risks anymore by fear of not being politically correct and I don’t think Mafia enters that category.

    Then I can talk about the story, another crucial aspect of Mafia games. Actually, the story is interesting. It is well built, and going after the organization from bottom to top is in the spirit of a good mafia-movie plot. Donovan and Clay are a good duo, and all the main missions are reasonably well written. Unfortunately, the main story (which, taken alone, is quite short) is slowed down by a TON of side missions that are extreeeeeemely repetitive. Each boss you have to take down necessitates that you clean the neighborhood with 4 to 10 things to do beforehand. And that is a problem since it represents 80% of the game. Obviously, all the dialogs coming with those side missions are incredibly fade. It’s always the same. It became atrocious at a point where they would reuse a building for 2 or even 3 different missions. For example, you might totally beat the hell out of an enemy hideout by killing everyone and then you would have to come back to that exact same spot to kill an under-boss, and then magically the building would be full of enemies again.

    Continuing gameplay-wise, I enjoyed the cops in this game. The pursuits can be really epic (not GTA V style where you get shot to death for having just punched someone). I felt some Blues Brothers vibes! I also encountered some random events that happened to be very cool. For example, I once got followed by cops in a friendly camp, and some epic shooting followed, involving my fellow allies taking my side and shooting at the cops. Be warned, police isn’t flawless either though. I’ve experienced many situations where for example, huge shootings happened in the middle of crowded areas with cops remaining not alerted despite being a few blocks away.

    Finally and technically-wise, Mafia III can be as good as it can be terrible. As mentioned, the world feels and looks great, a lot of good work has been put on designing a cool map. Unfortunately, there are way too many bugs. Not even talking about the heavily present aliasing and ghosting which I still don’t mind too much, but it’s more about cinematics with no sound, cars popping totally wrecked, missions not launching requiring a full console restart, NPCs not recognizing my truck trailer, weather staying stuck on night raining, NPCs panicking and leaving their cars at red lights (???), enemies spawning when you’re in hostile zone already, silencer that isn’t silent, etc.

    To wrap this long review up, I would say that Mafia III is still worth it especially at low price. Why? Because of its exceptional ambiance and world, its care for detail, the cars, and the cool (but basic) story. That of course comes at a cost of knowing that skipping side content will be more than needed and that resulting from that, the game will feel short.    … Expand
  39. filip92
    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.
  40. HTGamer
    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.    … Expand
  41. DRplayer
    Feb 14, 2022
    6
    Truly wasted potential. Such a bland and formulaic story that gets boring towards the second half. The characters seem interesting and could have had more screen time and development through the story. The gameplay seemed fun for a while but got EXTREMELY repetitive. The missions are just going somewhere and shooting and that's it. Even the driving feels heavy and stiff and just make soTruly wasted potential. Such a bland and formulaic story that gets boring towards the second half. The characters seem interesting and could have had more screen time and development through the story. The gameplay seemed fun for a while but got EXTREMELY repetitive. The missions are just going somewhere and shooting and that's it. Even the driving feels heavy and stiff and just make so frustrating when driving. Also, encountered many glitches. But the graphics were pretty good.… Expand
  42. Dolosais
    Sep 6, 2017
    7
    Mafia 3 is a great Mafia game and so far I love it the story is actually a great story and I really love it that it's story about betrayal and Lincoln Clay's trying to get back from his near-death experience to get his revenge and trying to teach Sal Marcano a lesson Lincoln's tried to take it away everything Away Sal Marcano has and when it comes to the game play it's actually pretty funMafia 3 is a great Mafia game and so far I love it the story is actually a great story and I really love it that it's story about betrayal and Lincoln Clay's trying to get back from his near-death experience to get his revenge and trying to teach Sal Marcano a lesson Lincoln's tried to take it away everything Away Sal Marcano has and when it comes to the game play it's actually pretty fun I really love the game play though but my problem with the game is actually the the glitch and it's just kind of buggy I already have my latest patch but the bug is still there somewhere but it didn't really bothers me and I really love to story and a gameplay but yes if you hate something that is repetitive I didn't recommend you to play the game but if you feel okay with the repetitive things and then go ahead, the way Lincoln clay taking out lots of mobster all by himself like a badass I really love him but yeah most of the mission is just really really and very repetitive That's my kind of problem I expect this thing to be a more variable Mission type of mission you see because most thing you do is actually take down some rackets and then take down leiutenants than interrogate people and kill and again again it just happens almost the whole games and then you kill the last boss in it and so yeah but if you actually looking forward for the story actually pretty good story if the repetitive things in the glitch didn't bother you you go play the game but if you're really bother you then leave it… Expand
  43. UnbiasedGamer11
    Oct 11, 2016
    6
    The story is great, soundtrack is great, characters are great, and the shooting is very satisfying. This game starts off with a bang and finishes strong but the middle portion of the game which lasts is very repetitive and tedious. Most of the missions in this game would be side missions in most other games and they just don't feel meaningful or interesting. I don't mind that they wentThe story is great, soundtrack is great, characters are great, and the shooting is very satisfying. This game starts off with a bang and finishes strong but the middle portion of the game which lasts is very repetitive and tedious. Most of the missions in this game would be side missions in most other games and they just don't feel meaningful or interesting. I don't mind that they went open world but I think the game would have been better off being 12 hours long and having meaningful missions. I personally had no problems with bugs or the game crashing. Overall, its a decent game. They did some things well and did some things not so well.… Expand
  44. Reed618
    Jul 13, 2018
    6
    I was really impressed by the story. It actually touched me at points and the ending impacted me more than I expected. The facial animations are fantastic and the driving mechanics are a lot of fun. The shooting is pretty decent as well.
    Unfortunately main missions feel like side quests. There's little importance to anything you're doing so it gets dull fast. Also on easy mode the game is    I was really impressed by the story. It actually touched me at points and the ending impacted me more than I expected. The facial animations are fantastic and the driving mechanics are a lot of fun. The shooting is pretty decent as well.
    Unfortunately main missions feel like side quests. There's little importance to anything you're doing so it gets dull fast. Also on easy mode the game is surprisingly hard. I died a lot which was pretty annoying. Obviously if you like a challenge that's fine but I found I had to rely on stealth to get through missions which wasn't always my favorite approach. Loading screens can be very long too. All in all i wouldn't recommend playing it but watching a let's play could be fun if you're curious about the story.    … Expand
  45. vdanja
    Jan 17, 2020
    5
    Well, it's not a terrible game, but not good either. There are some nice mechanics, but the overall game is repetitive, and the story, well, the story is just uninteresting. Please, don't waste other people's time, could have invest that 28 hours into some real piece of art. Game deleted!
  46. Zmetekk
    Mar 27, 2018
    7
    Great game with potential that could make this game another GTA V with story of Mafia quality. Shame they ended only on the potential part. Still I do not agree with so low user score, I found it very funny (even with repetitive parts), with amazing story telling. Even I have to admit I am a little bit disappointed I cant give this game lower score than 7.
  47. frederik1478
    Jan 10, 2022
    5
    I love the story of the game sadly I couldn't finish it because of the game Crash one of the points in every time I try to get into it again it just crashed again so the only way I can beat it now is by resetting my progress to the beginning and I was almost at the ending
  48. visiblelight7
    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    … Expand
  49. Dragonfly44
    Apr 1, 2020
    7
    If the gameplay was more varied it could of been one of the best games of the year at the least. 75/100
  50. arcsuper
    Aug 9, 2017
    6
    Overall, Mafia 3 is a decent game, and its dramatic and interesting cutscenes are making sure that you wont get bored of its storyline.
    In terms of the map, its ok looking, and yet it is dull and lifeless. Plus the game suffers a lot of weird graphical glitches.
    Really blurry roads and stuff. The customization options available to the player in this game are very limited, because the    Overall, Mafia 3 is a decent game, and its dramatic and interesting cutscenes are making sure that you wont get bored of its storyline.
    In terms of the map, its ok looking, and yet it is dull and lifeless. Plus the game suffers a lot of weird graphical glitches.
    Really blurry roads and stuff.

    The customization options available to the player in this game are very limited, because the car customization is very basic, the weapons are not customizable, and there are only a few outfits for you to choose from.

    In terms of gameplay, you will probably experience some of the game's gunfights, which are, in my opinion are pretty decent and satisfying, and alltough the stealth is pretty mediocre, you will probably have fun taking out the enemies.

    Now, its a fun game and all, but its not worthy of the 60$ it costs. Why?
    Because after taking over the first district, you will have to do the same exact procedure for about 20 times, and it gets boring. I'd expect from the developer to add some interest to those awefully repetivite missions, but they are just the same.

    The open world in this game, aside from its being so awefully repetitive, is just empty and boring.
    AI is stupid and not interesting, and there is nothing to do except the main campaign.

    And as for the driving -
    Well,
    it sucks.
    really sucks.

    And again, if it wasnt that super repetitive, it was actually a pretty good game. Not GTAV or MGSV,
    but still a pretty good game. And i think you shouldn't buy it for more than 10 bucks, because Mafia 3 is just one of those third person shooters.

    There is just nothing special in it.
    in Watch Dogs its the live city, in GTAV its the amazing characters, in MGSV its the gameplay, but Mafia 3 does not excell in any of those things.

    i mean sure, the setting is cool but the main character is so heavily focused on its revenge so the player cant really enjoy exploring the vibe of the city.    … Expand
  51. Apacz
    Nov 11, 2017
    6
    Meh.

    The game is a letdown for me. I expected another brilliant mafia game, but instead, I've got a GTA 1960's ripoff. The game is really repetetive in terms of the missions. Although I'm giving it a 6/10 because I really like the DLC's.
  52. Maxttvd
    Jun 17, 2020
    3
    Triste o método do qual a d sequência de Máfia II foi tratada, deplorável.
  53. bongwater
    Mar 17, 2018
    7
    Great game, reasonable amount of content, some things could have been better, missions are often the same in a different setting. Could have been more, but it's worth it.
  54. LoletinAlexis
    Dec 5, 2019
    6
    Mafia III is the major disappointment of 2016, not only delivering a regular quality video game, but the worst delivery by far from the trilogy, and of course, staining the name of the saga.

    *STORY: Seventies. We are Lincoln Clay. Objective: to put an end to Sal Marcano, the crime boss. Good script, with good characters and narrative interest, but the pauses of the game itself    Mafia III is the major disappointment of 2016, not only delivering a regular quality video game, but the worst delivery by far from the trilogy, and of course, staining the name of the saga.

    *STORY: Seventies. We are Lincoln Clay. Objective: to put an end to Sal Marcano, the crime boss.

    Good script, with good characters and narrative interest, but the pauses of the game itself between mission and mission ballast this section.

    *GAMEPLAY: Decent, but not very polished.
    The stealth is quite heavy, and the animations are quite bad.
    Collision and car models are absurdly horrible and unreal.
    AI is bad.

    *GRAPHICS*: The New Bordeaux of Mafia III is quite interesting in the artistic section, but graphically it fails thanks to rather bad textures and modeling.

    *SOUND: Without a doubt, the king section. The soundtrack is a bloody wonder, the sound effects are quite good and the Spanish (Spain) dubbing is remarkable.

    *INNOVATION*: Mafia III not only brings few new playable elements, but also loses elements from the two previous games, and that's ridiculous.    … Expand
  55. brendo214
    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.
  56. danield80
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    The biggest issue of this game is the repetitiveness of the missions. To play a main mission, you need to claim for yourself two enemy businesses. In order to do that, you need to do errands over and over again. If they cut out these tedious quests, Mafia III could've been able to compete with its predecessors.
    The driving model is one of the best, shooting and close combat are also    The biggest issue of this game is the repetitiveness of the missions. To play a main mission, you need to claim for yourself two enemy businesses. In order to do that, you need to do errands over and over again. If they cut out these tedious quests, Mafia III could've been able to compete with its predecessors.
    The driving model is one of the best, shooting and close combat are also handled well. Only stealth is a bit damaged by abusing the whistle ability.
    The graphics may not be the best, frames drop below 30 when entering the Bayou and there's a weird lighting glitch after loadings, glitches with cars, suicidal pedestians but other than that the game is technically handled pretty well and it's fun to play.    … Expand
  57. HeavyMetalSloth
    Apr 27, 2018
    7
    This game has great potential, but due to the repetitive missions and the inability to fast travel makes this game somewhat of a disappointment. The cut scenes and the story is the anchor of this game. I also wish that you could carry more than 2 weapons. Also witnesses calling the cops on you is also very annoying as you have to stop what you are doing and chase them down. Searching forThis game has great potential, but due to the repetitive missions and the inability to fast travel makes this game somewhat of a disappointment. The cut scenes and the story is the anchor of this game. I also wish that you could carry more than 2 weapons. Also witnesses calling the cops on you is also very annoying as you have to stop what you are doing and chase them down. Searching for playboys was another reason to keep playing this game. I think this game is underrated as it did have its flaws, but overall it is a decent game.… Expand
  58. alexslork
    Nov 3, 2019
    7
    Очень понравилась стрельба в игре.
    Огромный потенциал, который разработчики успешно просрали. Одну из интереснейших серий сделали одной из нуднейших в сюжетном плане.
  59. Richard1766
    Sep 14, 2018
    6
    I would have put this game much less, but, believe me, it could be worse.
    Let's start with the advantages of this game, in this game it is interesting to watch the cutscenes where the mafia is talking, it's just interesting to watch, no more. Just here the principle is not bad shooting, that's all.
    Gameplay is a boring and dull grinding zone, and so the whole game. Could at least assign    I would have put this game much less, but, believe me, it could be worse.
    Let's start with the advantages of this game, in this game it is interesting to watch the cutscenes where the mafia is talking, it's just interesting to watch, no more. Just here the principle is not bad shooting, that's all.
    Gameplay is a boring and dull grinding zone, and so the whole game. Could at least assign different tasks, the physics of cars is terrible, the graphics are bad, there were bugs, less than on PC, but met, not charismatic and not interesting characters. The only new character that I remember well is Donovan, he is really good, interesting and very charismatic and stands out strongly from the other characters.
    I do not advise you to buy this game    … Expand
  60. TheLedPonty
    Jan 24, 2019
    7
    Несмотря на весь хейт, вылившийся на головы разработчиков, я считаю,что данный проект имеет право на существование, несмотря на обилие багов и косяков. Мир интересен, его не лень исследовать. Не радуют постоянные обязательные захваты чужих территорий. Сюжет плох: очередная история про месть, ничего интересного. Стрельба хорошая (оружие ощущается, что немаловажно), физика машин - средняя поНесмотря на весь хейт, вылившийся на головы разработчиков, я считаю,что данный проект имеет право на существование, несмотря на обилие багов и косяков. Мир интересен, его не лень исследовать. Не радуют постоянные обязательные захваты чужих территорий. Сюжет плох: очередная история про месть, ничего интересного. Стрельба хорошая (оружие ощущается, что немаловажно), физика машин - средняя по качеству.
    Крепкая семерка данной игре от меня.    … Expand
  61. NicBKK77
    Nov 4, 2018
    9
    LOVED IT
    Yes it's repetitive but so are other games. The Story the characters, the Music were really great.
    Yes, the playability and graphics aren't last Generation, but I got this game for FREE on PS+ so I can't complain.
  62. Faxthtax
    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.    … Expand
  63. Br_AgSs
    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
  64. LoZ_Review
    Dec 4, 2018
    8
    Very good sound quality, real hero of the game, interseting story, gameplay ok, bugs everywhere, even the final boss scene
  65. pytlar
    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
  66. 613th
    Mar 8, 2019
    6
    As a big fan of first two parts of Mafia I really waited for the opportunity to play this one. Even with all this negative reviews and ranks for this game.

    Today I just fifnished the game and got some + and - for it: Pluses: - atmosphere in the game (music, all this collections stuff, the world) - car driving ( its really good in this game) - the characters (most of them made    As a big fan of first two parts of Mafia I really waited for the opportunity to play this one. Even with all this negative reviews and ranks for this game.

    Today I just fifnished the game and got some + and - for it:

    Pluses:
    - atmosphere in the game (music, all this collections stuff, the world)
    - car driving ( its really good in this game)
    - the characters (most of them made greatlly)
    - the process of shooting was good enough for me too
    - some good jokes (almost all of them from Donovan)

    Minuses:
    - not the best main story (too predictable also)
    - similar quests and missions through the whole game
    - the way of passing this missions is always the same too (going the sideback door and killing all enemys silently, or going the main entrance and shooting them)
    - bugs with the missions sometimes

    So even though pluses > minuses, the minuses are more weighty for me, so the game got only 6. Of course i enjoyed playing it, but sometimes it becomes too boring. And if Mafia I and Mafia II was passed through by me for 2-3 times, i dont think that i will play Mafia III one more time    … Expand
  67. TheMetalGamer
    Dec 9, 2018
    6
    This is it, this is the first time I review a game since Skyrim came out. Also this marks the start of when The Metal Gamer actually becomes the complete metal gamer. Finally right? So what I will do with these gaming reviews is I will basically write a few lines, give some verdicts on the game (some of you might just want the pros and cons at the bottom with the score for example) I justThis is it, this is the first time I review a game since Skyrim came out. Also this marks the start of when The Metal Gamer actually becomes the complete metal gamer. Finally right? So what I will do with these gaming reviews is I will basically write a few lines, give some verdicts on the game (some of you might just want the pros and cons at the bottom with the score for example) I just completed. This means sometimes the games might be a bit old (like this one) but at the same time I guess many of you out there are like me and buy games on sale a long time after they were actually released. I have only bought a handful of games on their release day these past years so it would honestly be impossible for me to give you reviews on brand new games haha. Anyway there you have the deal of this new part of The Metal Gamer!

    Holy moly did this game start of well. I honestly couldn’t stop playing this game the first couple of hours as it was so captivating and everything was so well put together. Driving felt alright (better in the other Mafia games in my opinion), controls was what you expect from a game like this and the music, God damn the music was spot on and near a perfect soundtrack to Mafia 3. Initially it had anything you want in a great Mafia game, good character, a robbery, and then a betrayal. Not only did it all go wrong for you character at that point but the game itself also lost its edge. It didn’t take long until the gameplay became repetitive and boring, I had to struggle to actually finnish the game and from what I first saw as a really great game lost its grip on me and became a tedious task to complete. A real shame that was, because Mafia 3 had all the potential in the world to become the best game in what already is a great series. New Orleans wasn’t alive enough and it feels like they lost their touch half-way through. So here I am with a bitter taste in my mouth for what the game could have been and not what it is. It is still a good game that those of you who like the series and open world games in general are sure to have some fun hours on but damn do I wish the rest of it lived up to the wicked good start…

    Pros
    Great start on the story!
    The soundtrack is amazing.

    Cons
    Repetitive gameplay.
    Stale world.    … Expand
  68. mikemormai
    May 6, 2019
    7
    olha o game é legal, mais nao me prendeu , joguei ele apenas pois estava na psn plus
  69. Ruzaky
    Aug 6, 2020
    6
    Actually not that bad how many people telling it is. Gameplay is ok, nothing special.
    Story is very good in this. Pretty much only thing that make you keep playing.
  70. ToshLichev
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    As a fan of the Mafia series I find Mafia III to be a worhty, yet flawed sequel. The setting, characters and writing are truly great and serve to tell an interesting story. The gameplay feels nice and tight and that's a saving grace due to the game's biggest issue - it;s repetitive as hell. You will spend about 50% of the game doing the same 3 missions over and over and over again andAs a fan of the Mafia series I find Mafia III to be a worhty, yet flawed sequel. The setting, characters and writing are truly great and serve to tell an interesting story. The gameplay feels nice and tight and that's a saving grace due to the game's biggest issue - it;s repetitive as hell. You will spend about 50% of the game doing the same 3 missions over and over and over again and while it can be quite fun, it does get very annoying at a certain point. Still, I would recommend it to any Mafia fans out there.… Expand
  71. Wolfenstein11
    Dec 28, 2020
    7
    In 2010 when mafia 2 came out, I never thought i would love a gta type game but surprisingly i did it took me by surprise. But after 6 years of waiting mafia 3 had a lot to prove and satisfy.
    Sadly it didn't deliver the game lacked so much in gameplay and graphics, with repetitive quests and outdated graphics with no much variety and a world that feels dead, but true to its roots mafia 3    In 2010 when mafia 2 came out, I never thought i would love a gta type game but surprisingly i did it took me by surprise. But after 6 years of waiting mafia 3 had a lot to prove and satisfy.
    Sadly it didn't deliver the game lacked so much in gameplay and graphics, with repetitive quests and outdated graphics with no much variety and a world that feels dead, but true to its roots mafia 3 deliver on its amazing story telling with compelling narrative and engaging characters and with a music that suits the time period of the game.    … Expand
  72. TsunamiWavegod
    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
  73. Memphis_ST
    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.
  74. Volsyden
    Apr 29, 2019
    7
    this was a free game at the time for PSN, i played the entire game and i loved the story. the characters were awesome and there was a lot of backstabbing and revenge plots. pleasant ending of course but it was pretty messed up on how some were treated... i did enjoy this game very much but it did feel a bit like GTA
  75. NXT
    Aug 20, 2019
    8
    Estava tentado em dar um 7 porque o jogo é um pouco repetitivo, mas apesar disso não deixa de ser divertido. O melhor aspeto é a atmosfera de New Orleans que é uma lufada de ar fresco nos jogos de open world. A jogabilidade é otima. Peca apenas por vir uns anos atrasado. De resto é bom. Nota 8 sem medo.
  76. Pureazure
    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
  77. GlebRazMarin
    Oct 14, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The bad graphics in 2016. 5/10. Gameplay boring and grinding. 5/10. Music, scenery and world is really great and good. 10/10. 7/10. 9/10… Expand
  78. iCyanRyu_
    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
  79. ChichaTIKO
    Aug 23, 2019
    5
    Game EXTREMAMENTE repetitivo, não tem nenhuma missão variada, ao menos a jogabilidade é boa
  80. Edswitch
    Nov 16, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. um bom game , meio repetitivo porém tem muita qualidade, uma ótima a proposta q não foi lá tão bem executada, mas no geral vale a pena jogar… Expand
  81. PCspain
    Sep 21, 2019
    6
    Juego entretenido pero demasiado justito en gráficos y poca variedad de misiones.
    Lo mejor la banda sonora.
    Juego aceptable por 10 euros o menos.
  82. Flashyboy89
    Nov 27, 2020
    9
    The main issue with the release of Mafia III is that the game was released unfinished with a lot of bugs and glitches. The Gunplay, Driving Mechanics, Sound Effects are great though.

    The graphics improved and bugs ironed out over time. HDR was added.

    I had a lot of fun and there is that replayability factor and a lot of value for money regarding things to do in the game. 9/10
  83. Poriboshe
    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.
  84. Elpato1995
    Sep 30, 2019
    2
    Nur ein ödes und langweiliges game. Hat fast nichts mit der brillanten reihe von mafia mehr zu tun.
  85. HugoD18
    Sep 23, 2019
    7
    Mafia III is a nice game, there are a lot of missed opportunities and a number considerable of bugs, but ignoring that, you can have a lot of fun with the game
  86. Respectmike
    Oct 1, 2019
    8
    Great end. There are a lot of place where I want to Come again and again, mafia 3 is that place too now. Thanks
  87. Chempion1
    Nov 25, 2021
    6
    Я не играл в первую Mafia, так как после установки, меня начало тошнить от внешнего вида самой игры, а преодолеть это чувство, даже "классным сюжетом" я не мог, уж извините. Говорят скоро выйдет Mafia: Definitive Edition, дам ей второй шанс! Позже пробовал Mafia 2, прошел часа три, но не зацепило. Мне вообще, почему то, не нравятся реалистические игры. Но вот вышла Mafia 3 и.....как неЯ не играл в первую Mafia, так как после установки, меня начало тошнить от внешнего вида самой игры, а преодолеть это чувство, даже "классным сюжетом" я не мог, уж извините. Говорят скоро выйдет Mafia: Definitive Edition, дам ей второй шанс! Позже пробовал Mafia 2, прошел часа три, но не зацепило. Мне вообще, почему то, не нравятся реалистические игры. Но вот вышла Mafia 3 и.....как не странно, я её прошел до конца!
    Что я могу сказать по поводу увиденного, так сказать.
    Ёлы палы, мы имеем клон гта! Только в 60х годах. Но клон очень качественный.
    Во первых в игре очень удобно стрелять. Это её выгодно отличает от той же Mafia 2.
    Ну сюжет так себе, хотя, как я понял, задействован протагонист предыдущей игры. Три группы борются за сферу влияния, а ты с их помощью решаешь свои вопросы.
    Графон порадовал. Выглядит игра очень хорошо.
    Порадовали, как это не странно, покатушки на машине, (ненавижу покатушки), машина тебя слушается, управлять легко.
    Порадовал стелс, да он однокнопочный и требуется доработка ии, но он работает.
    Напрягает однообразность заданий, 99% это убей и принеси, 1% узнай информацию. Всё. Из-за этого игра кажется очень затянутой.
    А в принципе это типичный, крепкий, красивый проходняк.    … Expand
  88. Patrick73
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    Gioco rotto e pieno di bug. Vanta un gameplay mediocre e personaggi molto piatti. Non consigliato
  89. ElAutoDelicioso
    Jan 23, 2020
    5
    Muy buenos gráficos pero muchas de sus misiones son iguales lo único que cambia es el entorno. Buena historia pero muchas misiones similares.
  90. Mathias-Shapkin
    Mar 29, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So this game has a very good setting and is very fun to play but this game doesn't rise to it's full potential because of all the little bugs and misshaps . In the end GTA 5 is still better but if the have spent more time they would have been better than Gta5… Expand
  91. Kaan11
    Apr 7, 2020
    1
    positives:driving car is fun :) negatives:story bad playing bad every thing is so bad dont take this game
  92. ilya_zotov24
    May 10, 2022
    8
    _Good game _
  93. Siriusd
    May 6, 2020
    6
    Неплохая игра, но монотонная. Очень много однообразных миссий. К счастью, DLC немного разбавляют рутину.
  94. firetruck92
    Jun 1, 2020
    0
    The game could go well if all the grinding was removed from it, but in its current form it is the worst game I played
  95. DestroyerM24
    Dec 29, 2020
    9
    Mafia III is my first game of the Mafia franchise ( I got it on PS Plus), so I will make this review without the influence of other Mafia titles. First of all, this game is amazing, I love the theme of this game, as also the graphics of New Bordeaux. OMG, the soundtrack, is glorious, I loved every song, so yes, I spent a great amount of time driving rather than walking around the streets.Mafia III is my first game of the Mafia franchise ( I got it on PS Plus), so I will make this review without the influence of other Mafia titles. First of all, this game is amazing, I love the theme of this game, as also the graphics of New Bordeaux. OMG, the soundtrack, is glorious, I loved every song, so yes, I spent a great amount of time driving rather than walking around the streets. Yes, the missions become repetitive after some time, but still, the story is thrilling and fun. All in all, I never got bored playing this game even though it is not the best one, but still it got its own charm.… Expand
  96. jubthegreat
    Jun 18, 2020
    5
    I have chosen to give the game a 5. I was a big fan of Mafia 2 and this game tried to follow in its footsteps but was let down mainly due to a severe lack of polish. I personally also found it tricky to keep up with the story, where the informants came from, etc, making the bulk of the game feel like filler.

    The era that the game is set in is very charming. The focus on racism prevalent    I have chosen to give the game a 5. I was a big fan of Mafia 2 and this game tried to follow in its footsteps but was let down mainly due to a severe lack of polish. I personally also found it tricky to keep up with the story, where the informants came from, etc, making the bulk of the game feel like filler.

    The era that the game is set in is very charming. The focus on racism prevalent at the time is a controversial yet crucial part of the games setting.
    There are some main good story missions, but the build up to each good mission involves about an hour of grind.
    Death is extremely frustrating in this game due to the time it takes to load back in, making it extra punishing to play on harder difficulty.
    The bugs/glitches ruin the game, despite playing almost 4 years after release. Things like NPCs getting run over in the background of cutscenes, a complete lack of audio in some cutscenes and AI floating in the air after they die.

    Play the game if you like to explore detailed open worlds, but don't expect too much from the gameplay.    … Expand
  97. PaektusanLeader
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    I did enjoy the game overall. However the gameplay is extremely buggy and the story is stretched out to the maximum. It unfortunately doesn't hold up to its predecessor.
  98. gamenrange
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    This game was pretty fun at first and had potential. It soon gets very repetitive. There are some nostalgic moments from the other games though, which was a nice touch.
  99. Real_Noxiano
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    A história do game e muito boa , o problema do jogo em suma sao suas missões repetida demais e demais mesmo . A questão gráfica poderia ser um pouco melhor trabalhada . Nao e um jogo ruim mais poderia ser um jogo muito mais muito melhor
  100. Jupacek
    Jul 2, 2020
    9
    Amazing game the only problem for me are the glitches. Best soundrack ever in video game.
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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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