Mafia 3: The game of revenge in a gentle way

in gaming •  7 years ago 


In addition to the birthplace of new games (new IP), next-gen consoles such as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is often used as a platform for a number of developers to spawn a successful sequel to the game in the era of previous generation consoles. One of the games we mean here is the Mafia game series.

Born in the era of PlayStation 2 and Xbox, 2K Interactive made this game into one game series that counts. Success in the first series, the game then went on in the second series with the title Mafia 2 which released in 2010 for the platform PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Between the Mafia and the Mafia 2 has a very long release time span, which is eight years old. Although wading through a long time, yet in the end Mafia 2 successfully captivate the gamers in the world. This game also has a lot of expansion even to the mobile platform.



Six years passed, 2K Interactive still continues the Mafia series to volume three. To work on this third series, 2K Interactive took the Hangar13 developer as a partner.

Then what is the Mafia 3 trip? Check out the following reviews!

Sweet Revenge

Mafia 3 storyline is housed in a town called New Bordeaux by taking the year 1968. According to information diumbar, New Bordeaux itself was inspired from the city of New Orleans originally located in the United States.

Though famous for his glamor, New Bordeaux holds a dark side that not everyone knows. Mafia, drugs, arms trade, to prostitution, are all presented in this city. In the Mafia 3 story, there are several camps that control their respective territories, namely Italian, black, native, and Haitian

If in the first Mafia you will act as a Tommy Angelo and in Mafia 2 in action as Vito Scaletta which in fact is an Italian mobster, then in Mafia 3 the main character is Lincoln Clay.



Little picture, Clay who became orphaned from childhood and received a military education is a black man who has a sturdy body. After the Vietnam War, Clay went back to his hometown and rejoined the black race group led by his adoptive father, Sammy Robinson.

Unfortunately, the feud between the blacks and the Haitians makes Sammy indebted to Sal Marcano, the leader of an Italian criminal group that controls most of New Bordeaux.

Clay had initially been offered a join by Marcano and was persuaded to betray Sammy. However, Clay refused on the grounds that he felt indebted to Sammy. Marcano felt hurt, until one day he and his herd kill both Sammy and Clay.

Lucky, the bullet fired missed past Clay's head. After conscious of the coma he intends to avenge him to Marcano. Here he is heavily involved with several groups who also feel annoyed with Marcano.

One of the people who was invited to work was Vito. Yes, Vito who became the main character in Mafia 2 is now a supporting character in Mafia 3. Because vulnerable years long enough, then you will see Vito's face aged and not as young as before. However, the soul of the gangsters inherent in him has not changed a bit.

Not only in collaboration with Vito, Clay also collaborates with Haitian groups who used to be Sammy's enemies. Then did Clay get his revenge? It's good you play it yourself.

Overall the storyline of Mafia 3 is quite interesting. When the Mafia 2 is about ambition, then here it tells of Clay's revenge attempts. The dialogue between characters is packed neatly.

Disappointing Graphics

In addition to the elements of story and gameplay, of course graphics into consideration and points plus a game, especially the game is the next-gen games. When entered in the scene cut-scene, simply recognized graphics offered fairly good.

Unfortunately, all that will disappear when entered in the gameplay. There are still many jaggies (rough lines) here and there. Not to mention how to walk the NPC (non-playable character) around a rigid city.



Like the open world game in general, the weather conditions in Mafia 3 made dynamic following time, day and night. It's just that the turn of the weather makes the show look bad. There are times when the rays look over exposure, but sometimes the light becomes minimal so the surrounding looks dark.

Reflections of reflected sunlight onto the street or to the building are not very good. Neither with the clouds that make the afternoon a glance felt dark, although only a glance of the eye.

A number of bugs and gliths are also seen throughout the game. Not only on the PlayStation 4, this issue in fact also spread on a number of platforms. For next-gen games, Mafia 3 has a disappointing score.

Mafia Degradation 2

Graphics may not be the only disappointing sector of the Mafia 3. The gameplay and features that exist in this game are also one of the concerns why we call Mafia 3 as degradation or decline from Mafia 2.

There are many things we want to say. The first may be from the side of the vehicle. It must be admitted that still no one can beat the steering wheel in the Grand Theft Auto series. Similarly with the steering control in Mafia 3 which is still the same as Mafia 2, which is stiff. Acceleration and handling in this game series is not so good.

What distinguishes here is the level of damage to the vehicle. If you still remember, vehicles in Mafia 2 are very easily damaged. Although the vehicle you steer just grazes a bit, the car still leaves a deep mark.

Well, this seems to be addressed by the developers in the latest series. However, somehow this improvement is actually a weakness. The car becomes super strong and not easily damaged even if you menabrakannya with great.

Perhaps this is one reason why developers do not feature in-game workshop features. Yes, the existing workshop features in the previous series is now gone. You can not automatically repair a vehicle when it is damaged. If it is damaged, all you can do is change the vehicle.

Not only the workshop feature, Car Wash features disappeared. In addition to the garage and car wash, you also will not be able to shop clothes at the store. Automatically, you have to settle for one type of clothing throughout the game.

Even if there is a store, it's just a food store or cafe. And even then you can not buy food or interact with the waiter. You are only allowed to take medical equipment or rob money inside the cashier. Rob? More precisely called stalking, because anyway you do not point a gun towards the shop owner.

Interactions with the surrounding environment are also a disadvantage in Mafia 3. For example, you will not be able to repair your own vehicle when on strike, unable to open the rear luggage, open taps, footprints when stepping on the blood, to shell casings that fall while firing weapons.



NPC in Mafia 3 is very boring. You can not invite pedestrians to fight because after all they will fall even if only one hit. Similarly, when you seize the vehicle, they will run away. Instead of fighting with you, they prefer to go to a pay phone to report you to the police.

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