Mafia 3 Reviews
Mafia III is an enjoyable and fun game, even if you don't have to expect the splendor of GTA V, the insanity of Saints Row IV or the great locations of Far Cry 4.
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Despite being upfront about racism and dealing with it in a thoughtful manner and having an enthralling story, to experience it, Mafia 3 asks the player to go through one of the most repetitive missions designs in the decade.
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Mafia 3 bietet eine der besten Geschichten eines Open World Games der letzten Jahre und liefert zusätzlich einen passenden Schauplatz der eigentlich nur durch starke technische Probleme heruntergespielt wird. Fans von einer gut durchdachten Story und gelungenen Haupt-Quests, werden mit Mafia 3 auf jeden Fall ihren Spaß haben.
Review in German | Read full review
Mafia III's lengthy campaign, great story and good character development neither overtake it's repetitive gameplay and numerous bugs nor change the fact that it's not a true heir to the Mafia series.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Mafia 3 seems to be a great game that was rushed to meet deadlines. Whether this decision was based on meeting quarterly expectations for parent company Take-Two or if it was due to the development budget running out, this game would've greatly benefited from a couple more months in development. Sadly, it's paid the price for its rush to market with a noticeable lack of polish across gameplay and presentation.
Mafia III's main plot is one of the better-written stories I've played in recent game history. The problem is the gameplay is bloated with a lot of busy work and weak side content that detracts from this great tale.
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 III has two problems that destroyed the game: its technical problems, and the repetitive gameplay. I still liked a lot about this game: its story, characters, the freedom of completing your objectives any way you want, and taking over its world. While its one the games I've enjoyed the most this year, it still had those two issues that negatively impacted the overall experience.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
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.
Mafia 3 has good intentions, and a patch should be able to fix the graphical issues, but the boring missions needs a whole new direction. It's a sin that a game with decent mechanics finds itself knee-deep in the mud of a mediocre structure. Perhaps you should just paint it black.
Although the missions are repetitive, the gameplay itself is amazingly fun.
Mafia III is one of the best stories in a video game I have played this year, heck I would go as far as to say this generation. It is wrapped around some pretty standard and repetitive open world game design though, which does do it a disservice. Still, the locales and world resonate with me, and the story kept me coming back for more, and that speaks volumes.
Now I know why 2K decided to hold review copies of Mafia III until launch. The game -- which could've and should've been great, given the quality of those before it -- is a buggy, repetitive and downright boring mess. It saddens me to say it, but it's true.
Mafia 3 attempts to do great things with its writing, but the gameplay can't keep up
Mafia III is a game with a great plot, great characters, and great setting, but it's hamstrung by the repetitive nature of its mission structure. Having to go through the same tasks in each territory means a sense of fatigue enters quickly, and there isn't much in the way of distractions within New Bordeaux to break things up. The pieces of a great game are all here, but they just don't quite fit together.
A game of inspired highs diluted with pedestrian lows. Worthy, but achieves less than its true potential.
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 3 is a game of real gravitas in terms of its story, which tackles some serious subject matter. However, the efforts and intentions of Hangar 13 here are let down by repetitive gameplay, a lack of side missions, and some embarrassing glitches that sadly leave the whole experience lacking.
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.