6.5/10, C tier. As a fan of the previous two mafia games I was really excited to try this one. I know the gameplay of these games is very basic but I love the story and interesting character development these games seem to get right.
For the first hour or so I loved it. The documentary, non linear style was a bit jarring at first but I got used to it. I was really interested in Lincoln Clay and his Vietnam background, it definitely felt right to continue the world of mafia in the 60s/70s.
The music was great and much like the other mafia games the period of the game was perfectly captured. The graphics in this game are gorgeousthe world looks so detailed and looks incredible. The combat is brutal in this game, shooting is really bloody and looks so real. The stealth kills are so brutally realistic but are a bit over powered as it is really easy to avoid enemies in stealth.
The opening part of the game is great, I won't spoil the story but how the game is set up was incredible. The characters who were introduced, one in perticular, were all interesting and I wanted to see where they would go from the first part. From then on however, the story took a back seat, with not much story and mostly missions, it became really monotonous.
The game whist having more freedom than the others in the mafia series, just feels so lifeless after the opening part of the game. It literally becomes completing simple repettative missions one after another with very little story behind each mission.
You have to take out these gang territories by doing certain missons, saving people, killing targets, opening safes, stealing cars. It just goes like this for ages and ages.
Even if there are a few interesting characters who give you missions and help you such as Donovan and Cassandra they have such little impact in the actual missions you do. Yes the first two games have very basic gameplay but it puts its story and characters as the main focus of the game. The story in mafia 3 started out exceptionally but as soon as the story was gone I felt no drive to complete any of the missions.
I was still going to keep playing but I checked how long the game is and it's around 20 hours. I honestly can't be bothered to put that amount of time into this game. Have played around 4-5 hours or so and honestly think my opinion won't change.
I will definitely watch the story on YouTube but I am really dissatisfied the game didn't keep me engaged as long as the others in the series.
For the first hour or so I loved it. The documentary, non linear style was a bit jarring at first but I got used to it. I was really interested in Lincoln Clay and his Vietnam background, it definitely felt right to continue the world of mafia in the 60s/70s.
The music was great and much like the other mafia games the period of the game was perfectly captured. The graphics in this game are gorgeousthe world looks so detailed and looks incredible. The combat is brutal in this game, shooting is really bloody and looks so real. The stealth kills are so brutally realistic but are a bit over powered as it is really easy to avoid enemies in stealth.
The opening part of the game is great, I won't spoil the story but how the game is set up was incredible. The characters who were introduced, one in perticular, were all interesting and I wanted to see where they would go from the first part. From then on however, the story took a back seat, with not much story and mostly missions, it became really monotonous.
The game whist having more freedom than the others in the mafia series, just feels so lifeless after the opening part of the game. It literally becomes completing simple repettative missions one after another with very little story behind each mission.
You have to take out these gang territories by doing certain missons, saving people, killing targets, opening safes, stealing cars. It just goes like this for ages and ages.
Even if there are a few interesting characters who give you missions and help you such as Donovan and Cassandra they have such little impact in the actual missions you do. Yes the first two games have very basic gameplay but it puts its story and characters as the main focus of the game. The story in mafia 3 started out exceptionally but as soon as the story was gone I felt no drive to complete any of the missions.
I was still going to keep playing but I checked how long the game is and it's around 20 hours. I honestly can't be bothered to put that amount of time into this game. Have played around 4-5 hours or so and honestly think my opinion won't change.
I will definitely watch the story on YouTube but I am really dissatisfied the game didn't keep me engaged as long as the others in the series.