Mafia 3 Reviews
Mafia 3's strong characters and confident storytelling kept me engaged, even if the gameplay rarely delivered anything but bog-standard and repetitive open-world action. That's a bummer, because Lincoln is an incredible protagonist and New Bordeaux is a fantastic setting thematically, and it would've been great to see them put to better use.
As clever and original as it is tedious and broken, Mafia 3 has the makings of a classic, but doesn't go the distance.
Starts promisingly, but soon slips into a tiresome, repetitive grind, never doing its unique period setting justice.
A game of inspired highs diluted with pedestrian lows. Worthy, but achieves less than its true potential.
It roars out of the gate and looks like it could be tackling difficult subject matter in a meaningful way, but quickly devolves into a mindless revenge story
Though Mafia III's storytelling is exceptional in every way, it's not quite strong enough to compensate for dated gameplay, repetitive missions, and technical issues.
Mafia 3 attempts to do great things with its writing, but the gameplay can't keep up
Mafia III is a smartly written and enthralling open-world action game bogged down by technical issues and a repetitive structure.
An occasionally frustrating open-world experience that's greater than the sum of its parts.
Mafia 3 is a classic case of style over substance, where its slick setting and story can't make up for tired open-world gameplay. What a disappointment.
It wouldn't be surprising for Mafia III to emerge as the AAA game with the best story of 2016 as Lincoln Clay's revenge tale, and its wonderful documentary-style presentation, are engrossing from beginning to end, with a host of unique characters that make New Bordeaux feel unlike anywhere else in video games.
Mafia 3 serves up picturesque vistas and a rocking soundtrack as a backdrop to a compelling, relevant story.
Astonishing amounts of work have gone into this, to creating such a vast detailed city, writing an apparently infinite story, building something on such scale. And then this has been dramatically let down by the dreadful AI, a woeful inability to edit, and the mindnumbing monotony of its identical missions. I'm fascinated by it, but I absolutely cannot recommend it.
I felt like I was playing Grand Theft Auto III. If I were rating the story and acting, I would put it at a 95 out of 100. But with all of the bugs and flaws in the gameplay, I am rating the entire package at 75 out of 100. I hope my feedback will be useful as a reminder to developers that six months more work on a game can pay off with huge dividends in quality. But I also believe some of the problems here would be very hard to fix with simple updates.
With a fantastic story at its centre, it's such a shame the open world is quiet and unappealing, and the control system struggles in hostile environments.
Hangar 13 has opted for a more conservative delivery, more true to its roots and dump all the weight of the game in the narrative. However, for the way he has presented a playable development of history too repetitive, to access assassination missions of the ringleaders, they'll let us some good shooting on the best stages of the game, with interior worked.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Ever listen to a hip-hop album that is laced with incredible production, but the MC's lyrics and delivery are hit and miss? Mafia III is the video game equivalent to that analogy. The folks in charge of the presentation, script and story have done a bang-up job. Clay's quest for revenge is enough to keep your attention throughout. If you approach Mafia III as an interactive journey, then you probably won't have any issue with it overall. If you're looking for a fully fleshed out title akin to GTA, then Mafia III could come off as a shallow release.
Mafia 3 has one of the best stories we've seen between the video games that released this year. However it suffers greatly from a repetitive gameplay experience, mediocre mechanics, and bad visuals. It's stellar story is not enough to make up for how disappointing everything else is.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Mafia III has a very powerful begining, but fails when the player advances in the game. The only part that can be seen as great is its story, but the tremendous graphic and gameplay issues make this game a deception.
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