Mafia 3 Reviews
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.
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Graphically the game is stunning, however the glitches that are blindingly obvious cannot be ignored.
Mafia III is easily one of the most try-hard console titles of 2016.
Mafia III is a competent open world action game with an excellent story. Sadly, repetitive side missions, technical issues and brain-dead AI drag down the overall package, turning what could have been a masterpiece into a more mundane affair.
Mafia 3 is all about Lincoln Clay's rise from the bottom. It's a good old fashioned single player experience that wants you to be suckered in. And you know what? The writers, developers, and actors all deserve your undivided attention whenever a character opens their mouth. Invest in Mafia 3's narrative and you'll be rewarded with a payoff that'll have you begging for more. Gameplay is strong, even if it is a little bit on the samey side of things after a while, but with such a large map to explore and side missions and meaningful collectibles to, er, collect, there's no chance you're getting out of New Bordeaux in under 20 hour
Mafia 3 is a game with many flaws but ultimately a good successor to the Mafia franchise with a great story and yet another strong lead character.
Even if the enemy A.Is are not smart as I thought they would be, the story and great supporting characters has kept me pushing forward towards the end. Mafia III is still a good starter for newcomers into the franchise but that's until Hangar 13 fixes those annoying bugs and visual hiccups.
By weaving history and a biracial lead, Hangar 13 succeeds in delivering a compelling narrative with set pieces that resonate as one of the best this year.
Mafia III has some great characters and a lovely world to explore, but it at its core it is an uninspiring sandbox game, of which I expected more.
Mafia 3 is an unfortunate reminder that a game can truly excel in one area and still wind up disappointing. With confident storytelling and consistently fantastic performances, Mafia 3 effortlessly establishes a narrative that has you engaged from the get-go. Sadly, it's the ho-hum mission design and various technical oddities that will drag you out of the world time and time again.
Mafia III is all about getting even after nearly getting killed and being the sole survivor when an ambush happened on family and friends.
The story and setting in Mafia III are compelling enough to get you to battle past many of these flaws – just to see what happens next – but the multitude of flaws do leave a sour taste in the mouth. There are multiple endings on offer, but these are based solely on one final decision at the end, meaning that there are no consequences if you play the entire affair as a ruthless killer, and no real reward for sparing lives – aside from a small cash boost, but you will never find yourself short on money. As such, the missions sadly turn into a grind just to reach the endgame – just to find out how Lincoln's tale ends. A repetitive and bug-laden affair, the gameplay and mechanics just don't do justice to what is a finely balanced representation of racial tension in 1960's America.
Mafia 3 is a very disappointing game. The game is boring and repetitive and the graphics are quite bad.
Repetitive, bland, broken, and disappointing. It's so difficult to recommend this game to anybody, even to fans of the previous games. The game feels more like a poor attempt at the first entry in a new open-world series rather than the third main entry in a series that has now been around for 14 years.
Mafia III provides an adequate excuse to reenact the chaos found in your standard sandbox game, but with purpose.
Mafia III hat es nicht leicht. Es muss sich nicht nur mit dem durchschnittlichen, aber unglaublich umfangreichen Mafia II vergleichen lassen, sondern vor allem auch mit dem Platzhirsch urbaner Open-World-Spiele - GTA V - und gerade wenn es um Abwechslung geht, verliert der dritte Teil der Mafia-Reihe beide Duelle. Während GTA V eine riesige Vielfalt an Missionen bietet, erwartet euch bei Mafia III immer wieder dasselbe Muster. Auch was Komplexität der Spielwelt und die Liebe zum Detail betrifft, hatte sogar der direkte Vorgänger die Nase meilenweit vorne. Betankung des Autos und Reparatur des Motors gibt es nicht mehr, ebenso wenig Polizeiermittlungen an einem Tatort. Oft wirkt die Spielwelt wie eine Fassade oder ein Bühnenbild. Dafür macht der Trip nach New Bordeaux andere Dinge richtig, allen voran das Storytelling. Selten hat mich ein Spiel so sehr gefesselt und selten war ich so sehr betroffen und wurde an Missstände erinnert, die leider noch bis heute existent sind. Wer also ein solides Spiel mit Tiefgang sucht, eine gewisse Resistenz gegenüber Monotonie besitzt und darauf verzichten kann, dass sich Charakter und Auto nicht nach Belieben anpassen lassen, der kann mit dem Erwerb von Mafia III nicht viel falsch machen. Andernfalls empfiehlt es sich, ein paar Monate zu warten - denn Hangar 13 hat bereits versprochen, die fehlenden Inhalte nachzureichen und als Teil der drei im Season Pass enthaltenen Episoden die Stadt New Bordeaux und ihre Möglichkeiten weiter auszubauen.
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Mafia 3 stands out on the story front, and if you stick to its powerful story and main missions, you might find something here to like. Unfortunately, its barren game world, trivial side missions and mindless AI make it a tough game to recommend.
A feast for the eyes, ears and emotions, Mafia III lives in a vibrant, but brutal and blood-soaked world
I had high hopes for Mafia 3. It was one of my most anticipated games for the rest of 2016, and I'd by lying to you if I said I wasn't slightly disappointed. Certain aspects of the game are still rather enjoyable, especially the storytelling and the way the game is presented to the player. But I'm not sure if that's enough.