Mafia 3

And that's a definite pass from me. Another crappy PC port.

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4 hours ago, Pampers said:

https://mafiagame.com/en/news/view/e…our-pc-players/

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Quote UPDATE [10/6 / 6PM PT]:[/i][/b] We currently have a patch running here at the studio that includes 30, 60, and unlimited frames-per-second options in the video menu, among other improvements for the PC version of Mafia III. We’re verifying the patch now to ensure everything is working as expected. If everything goes well, we expect the update to go live this weekend. We will be keeping the PC community up-to-date on the status of the patch throughout the weekend and thank you for all the feedback![/i]

I actually canceled my PS4 order and I'm getting this for PC as well, I'm sure the extra power will make the city look better and draw longer distances.

How about including it in the release instead of patching it in later, jesus.

Not reviewing too well on steam at the moment. sitting at mixed.

Also crowbcat released a video on it.

Wow that's pretty awful.

Why do they let this happen? Are they saving on QA expenses? Can't they just delay the game to make sure it doesn't get smeared by shit reviews at launch?

I'll pick it up at sale if they manage to clean the code....sigh.

patching fast though

https://steamcommunity.com/games/360430/a…414949508697159

My colleague is reviewing it and he says it's filled with glitches. He showed me two cars hitting each other with almost no speed and everything just exploded.

I guess that explains why they didn't send out early review copies . From what I've seen and read so far it also sounds like the core mechanics and feel of it is pretty rough, really too bad since I quite like the period and setting.

Here we go again

I've heard some good things and some bad things. I'm waiting for reviews and if it's decent it might be worth 15-20 euros during a sale.

The game looked pretty good in Jim Sterling's video, watching a long unedited section rather than bug highlights.

Some more QA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjVq5nzO7u8

The hate is real!

I got the game installed finally, will give it a go tonight but somehow it actually seems like Mafia 2 looks better? It's way crisper, it's colorful, lighting looks way better compared to the muddy look of Mafia 3, etc. Like, judging from the above video, if I didn't know any better I'd say that Mafia 3 is the 2010 title, not Mafia 2. Really weird.

People are still praising the story tho, I hope that's enough to justify my 60 bucks.

Bargain bin I guess. Never a good sign when they don't send out early review copies.

Played it for a few hours, it's better than I thought because I came in with reeeeeally low expectations, but yeah you'd be wise and wait for a half price discount or something in the near future.

The story is very well written, the racism bits don't seem too shoehorned and obvious, but holy shit that initial statement from the dev team in the beginning of the game, is that really needed? They flat out state this game has a anti racism agenda, and I'd prefer if they kept that stuff more subtle, which would ironically have a bigger impact i think. That said, I'm just a few hours in and the story already surprised me, every time I try to expect where the story will go it flips on it self, if it keeps this until the end it'll be worth it just for the story alone!

The gameplay feels very unpolished and dated, moving your character around feels very clunky both with Keyboard / mouse and with a controller, specially having finished U4 recently the maneuverability doesn't even compare. Shooting also feels a bit stiff and getting in and out of cover feels sub-par to say the least, I'm getting really tired of cover shooters man, specially after having played Last of Us where the player automatically and smoothly snaps to and out of cover without having the need to press a freaking key, I thought that would become the standard in third person games since it works so organically, but the god damn "press key to get in cover, press key again to get out of cover" from the original Gears of War is still used nowadays.... just staph!

Graphics are weird in this game too, it's all over the place. Sometimes I find myself gazing at the great environments and render tech, but some areas of the game look really bland in contrast. Very rarely you'll find an in between, which is peculiar to say the least.

As for AI, it's like you're playing against 3 year olds. They keep shouting the same lines of dialog, they run towards you out of nowhere, and they're usually very predictable and flat out bad.

Shooting doesn't feel too bad, it feels very oldschool, sometimes you feel you're playing a 10 year old game, which can be a good callback to oldschool TPS games like the original Mafia so I wont complaint too much there, just know that you'll be killing dozens of enemies per mission.

Driving feels alright, I like the realistic driving mode, glad that made a return and they ditched the "Crazy taxi" driving that we saw on earlier footage, it's actually very akin to Mafia 2, only with muscle cars this time around.

As for the GOOD: I actually like the city, feels like a place I haven't been in before, yet familiar. Cutscenes look dope, characters are well written feels like I'm watching a TV series set in the 60's. The soundtrack is absolutely fucking amazing, like I'd say it's worth it to play it just for the soundtrack alone, they do a lot of things I've never seen in a game before with the music. I'm getting throwbacks from some of the Tarantino movies where a weird music starts playing but somehow it fits and you get a grin in your face, this is way better than the usual action orchestra music you usually get in action scenes. Oh and I guess I'll add the performance to one of the good points as well, I don't have a beast machine and I'm able to run this at 1080p 60fps which is nice. And that's about it, I hope that even with all it's flaws that I find the patience to finish this, I really wish they'd polish the game a little bit more though.

Reallllllllllllllly tempted to get this for the story, I heard it's really great. Might wait til after the BF1/TF2/IW blitz of games though.

prob better off watching it on youtube then

I'm really enjoying this, don't get many of the criticisms. Sure, it's got some lower detailed aspects, but it has some areas where it's put in FAR more effort than Mafia 2, or most open world games. There's a lot more variety in setting, environments, time periods, events, etc. The story is also far better than any open world crime game I've ever played. I appreciate their up front statement, actually: Definitely a lot better than Assassin's Creed's lame non-statement of "This was made by a team from diverse backgrounds and faiths" message, lol. The game's dealing with some Real Shit, and it tells you up front it's dealing with Real Shit, and apparently that IS needed, because there's already some controversies about that Real Shit. Irish conservatives, for example, have called for the game to be banned for "praising the IRA", lol.

The upgrade system is closely tied into variable story elements, as you unlock features and favors based on how you treat your three underbosses. A lot of the shit that video last page comparing it to Mafia 2 acts like Mafia 3 doesn't have, it does, just differently. They clearly barely played the game from the video.

Anyway, the game is fun, the story is really well done imo, and I'd recommend it.