Mafia III

Gangsters started shooting me next to a cop and the cop started shooting me instead of the gangsters. I gotta say the racism is pretty realistic in this game

The Good :
1. Simple but enjoyable plot.
2. Well written characters with great performances by the actors.
3. Great soundtracks and licensed musics will send you to heaven if you're into 60's music.
4. Most brutal melee combat out of all the mafia games so far but if you don't like that , you can toggle the non lethal melee option.
5. DLC missions are decent.
6. Pretty good city atmosphere.
The Bad :
1. Repetitive objectives
2. No manual save
3. Melee animation glitch which make it look weird sometime
4. Fake gun names (But there's a mod to fix that)
5. No New Game+
6. Some cutscenes are pre-rendered so if you're using an alternate outfit it might feel a little awkward.
7. No fast travel
The Ugly :
1.Achievements glitch
2.No option to replay any specific mission
3.No extra save slot. If you wanna play specific mission(s) again then you gotta start a fresh game all over again.

I really enjoy the game. Have played thru it numerous times. Just started back thru it again. I am probably one of the oldest PC gamers still gaming at seventy two years young. If anyone is older I would like to hear about your gaming experience. Have been a gamer since the beginning of gaming...LOL

I don't understand this game's bad reputation. Gameplay is satisfying, music is pretty good, story, too; I prefer the open-world system of this game over mafia 1 and 2's chapter system. It's a step forward, and I hope Mafia IV refines the very few aspects this game fails at.

I don't know why I got so hooked on this one. It is by all means a mediocre open world game - not even close to the excellency of RDR2. But something stange happend (I'd experienced it with DAYS GONE too): I kept on playing and having fun. I liked the writing, I liked the protagonist. It was refreshing playing an african-american hero and he managed to be both likeable, earnest and a total badass. I thought the world-building was well done too: The city looked like a real, geographical place, not a jumble of motifs and the team managed to design some beautiful set-pieces for the main missions: While abandoned theme parks and insane asylums don't sound very original in the context of a videogame, here, they were realized with such an attention to detail that I really enjoyed exploring.
Speaking of the missions: These are hit and miss. Most of the main missions that don't involve your criminal day-to-day activities are great, like your fight against a demonic new-age cult or the hunt for a lost sowiet warhead , but the rest is VERY repetitive, lacks variety and can occasionaly get tedious. It never pur me off playing though, maybe because the developers pulled of some great driving physics and gunplay. I truly enjoyed the shootouts and I liked how they allowed you to seamlessly combine stealth and violence. Overall the gameplay mechanics worked really well for me - save for the bugs of which there still are quite a few. Fortunately, none are game-breaking, most aren't even that annoying.
Story-wise, I'd say, I'm kinda 80% satisfied. Haden Blackman, the man who wrote Mafia III, also writes comic books which I felt was both a gift and a curse, since most of the characters were deftly written and felt solid enough for video game characters, but they did sometimes veer into Whedon-esque quips which I disliked. The dialogues with the CIA agent were particularly annoying. There were occasionaly points where I felt the writing was somewhat construed in order to move the plot along but it wasn't too bad. If RDR2 is the prime example of how to write interesting dialogues and make your characters archetypical instead of stereotypical, then Mafia III was a solid effort with some obvious shortcomings. At least they managed to nail late 60s in southern USA (at least as far as I can tell): Some of the radio commentary where bigots complain about the government's fair housing act because they fear their neighborhoods becoming open to black folks were hard to listen to because they sounded so realistic and were excellently voiced, just like the rest of the game by the way. There's not one weak performance.
So that's the stuff I liked. The criticisms brought up by others are all valid. Mafia III is repetitive, it lacks variety. It didn't feel dull to me, though, and I'd recommend you give it a try if you can get it on sale.

I know I might be a bit late, because the game came out around mid 2020, but I just had to make this review...
I don't even know where to start.
I'll start off by saying that this game is, for me, at least, the best Mafia game out of the three. With: a really big, open world, a lot of fun optional chapters, three FREE DLC stories that are really fun, and quite long, and an AMAZING story. This makes the game the best one out of the three.
Of course, as much as the game is amazing, it is not perfect. It does have bugs, some repetitive quests, but, that is quite small compared to everything else! I've spent a little over 74 hours on the game, and those were well spent hours. The bugs do not happen too often, but, they sometimes force you to load to your last checkpoint, which takes only about 10 seconds to do.
The story is... a masterpiece. Now... I know that some missions are repetitive, but the story as one of its kind, is amazing. A lot of heartbreaking, twisted, fun, hyper, sad, emotional, etc... moments, make the story a solid 10/10.
The optional chapters are also indeed very fun and interesting! They're not necessary, of course, hence why they're called "optional" chapters, but, they really build up a story for certain characters! Believe it or not, if you want to know the real story of some characters, you MUST finish the optional chapters. Optional chapters gave me even more amazing experience, and I would have hated myself if I did not finish them.
Story aside, let me talk about the graphics, physics, guns, cars, voice actors, soundtrack, etc...
The graphics are really good! It really gave a "cherry on the top" vibe, because it really is so beautiful. Not too great, not too bad. Right where the sweet spot is! A PC with average components will be able to run the game on max settings at 1080p with no problems!
The physics are also good! Sure, there are a few bugs here and there (e.g. if you turn on Aim Assist, at some points, it'll be more unhelpful, than helpful, but that's not always the case! Also, Aim Assist is recommended if you're playing with a controller, because the general sensitivity for a controller is kinda too fast for some certain guns.) Other than that, the physics are how they should be! Really well done, if you look over those small bugs.
There is a wide selection of guns. I personally loved using a simple pistol! I've felt most comfortable with it. My secondary weapon was an AK-47. Definitely helped me through all the "Kill 'Em All" moments, in which, a lot of enemies spawned. As I've stated, if you're using a controller, some guns may be a little harder to use than they should, but, Aim Assist should fix that (partly!)
I am not a guy that's into cars that much, but, this game made it so fun for me to just spend time driving around the map. My favourite type of cars was the Exotic section. Especially the fast, red one at the very bottom! They're very easy to control, and the modification for the cars is also great! (Note: To unlock all the modifications, and cars, you must complete optional quests, hint hint ;))
Each and every character had an amazing voice actor! The accent, the voice, the tone, it all suited amazingly for every single character! My personal character, and voice actor from the game, was Donovan! He is a complete savage, a really funny guy, and also very based!
Oh how I loved the soundtrack in the game. Excluding the radio, the music in cutscenes, certain chapters, etc... It was really amazing! Each and every soundtrack fit the chapter you were going through, so it really pumps up the hype when you're doing your thing!
Also another very big plus that I'd love to mention is the NPCs (enemies). They're indeed very realistic! (e.g. if you shoot somewhere, alert the enemies, move without being seen, the enemies will go past you to look at the location where you've fired shots from! This is a really great detail, and I don't think that a lot of games do this. Most games just send the enemies to where you currently are, even if you were not spotted. It also helps with taking down enemies faster!
Thank you for sticking with me in this review! I was really happy to write it, because, this game is indeed very special to me. Thank you 2K Games for making this masterpiece.

~ DIFFICULTY ~
🔲 My 90-year-old grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
✅ Normal
🔲 Hard
🔲 Dark Souls
~ GRAPHICS ~
🔲 MS Paint
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Graphics don’t matter in this game
✅ Good
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece
~ MUSIC ~
🔲 Bad
✅ Not special
🔲 Good
🔲 Beautiful
~ STORY ~
🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Like playing Temple Runners for the story
🔲 It's there for the people who want it
✅ Well written
🔲 Epic story
🔲 Imagine Kingdom Hearts but on crack
~ PRICE ~
🔲 Free
🔲 Underpriced
🔲 Perfect Price
✅ Could be cheaper
🔲 Overpriced
🔲 Complete waste of money
~ REQUIREMENTS ~
🔲 You can run it on a microwave
✅ Average
🔲 High end
🔲 NASA computer
~ LENGTH ~
🔲 Very Short (0 - 2 hours)
🔲 Short (2 - 15 hours)
✅ Average (15-50 hours)
🔲 Long (50-90 hours)
🔲 Extremely long (90-110 hours)
🔲 No ending
~ FUN ~
🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry
🔲 Hard to enjoy
✅ Repetitive
🔲 Actually pretty amusing
🔲The kind of fun you’ll remember
🔲 Ride of your life
~ REPLAYABILITY~
🔲 It's a one-time experience
🔲 Only for achievements
✅ If you wait a few months/years
🔲 Definitely
🔲 Infinitely repayable
~ WORTH BUYING ~
🔲 No
✅ Wait for a sale
🔲 Yes