Gadgets 360 says: "In spite of its low visual fidelity and creaky performance, Mafia 3 is a competent game. It may not have the scope and scale of its contemporaries, but it bests them where it counts, with solid gameplay mechanics and a fantastic story. Well worth a purchase if you’re hankering for a film noir-inspired romp in 1960s America."
More people should be making a trip to this bayou.
Agreed....game was fantastic. Especially as a person of color, I enjoyed the side missions.
The game looked interesting, and from the trailers it seemed it had a great soundtrack, but the buggy release (AI) and disappointing reviews made me pass on it. No idea if they ever fixed its shortcomings post-launch.
From VG247: "If you’ve been enjoying either Red Dead Redemption 2, GTA V, or Mafia: The Definitive Edition in VR thanks to some handy fan-made mods, we’ve got some bad news. Thanks to a DMCA claim by Take Two Interactive - the parent company of Rockstar Games and 2K - has led development on the most popular VR mods to grind to a halt.
This news comes via Luke Ross - the sole creator of a variety of VR mods for the aforementioned games - who released a lengthy post to his supporters. In it, he claims to have received a DMCA request from Take Two Interactive for his projects and that the company requested that he “remove all their copyrighted works from [his] Patreon page”. This was confirmed by Kotaku who reached out to Patreon directly."
I mean, if he was modding a game that someone else built, and charging for it on patreon - this seems pretty cut and dry for a DMCA.
If he was not profiting from it in any way though, would be nice to let companies let this shit slide more often
KeenGamer: "Mafia 3 has a huge cast of characters - good, bad, and both - but these 10 characters were the ones who stood out the most. With Mafia 3 set in the 1960's, these characters are influenced by the ever-changing times and the people surrounding them."
Couldn't agree more
I've never heard a game called a "technical mess" and then get an 8/10...that speaks volumes about the actual game play and story to score that high with that many technical issues.
"In spite of its low visual fidelity and creaky performance" - And that's not to mention the idiotic AI.
I can see going back and reviewing a game after all the technical issues are fixed, but starting your review with that and giving a technical mess an 8...
I can't speak for the console versions as I've only played on PC. It's absolutely not a "technical mess" by any means though. It has minor issues like any other game.
In the 5 hours I've played I've had 1 system crash & 1 car that wouldn't start & that's it. Fair enough before the patch it was only 30fps & UI writing was blurry but that's it. I'd actually consider that a pretty good launch state for a game these days.