Man the last conversation between Lincoln and Sal is some of the best writing and well preformed acting I have ever seen in a video game. Its somehow the perfect balance of stone cold and heart wrenching. Two very very broken men and sworn enemies just enjoying one last drink before the end of their war. *chefs kiss*
Agreed. I think the genius of it really stems from the (somewhat over-romanticized) idea we have about the mafia. Move on a made man, you’re dead. Move on a man’s family, you’re dead. Move on a superior, you’re dead. And the ending plays into that idea, instead of depicting these people as absolutely amoral and powerhungry mustache-twirling villains, both Sal and Lincoln play by the rules. Sal was the “big bad” until he fucked over someone he shouldn’t have. And it’s good to see an antagonist that realizes they’d fucked up. In a dog-eat-dog world, there’s always a bigger dog and Sal had his reasons - with those reasons gone (killed) there was no point in fighting.
I like that Donovan mentions that he found the files AFTER Lincoln killed Sal. Donovan maybe had an inkling that the mob was involved in JFK's assassination but Donovan had practically no ulterior motives for helping Lincoln, and I find it refreshing.
John Donovan is *EASILY* my second favorite ancillary character in the Mafia franchise. Joe Barbaro is easily #1 in my book. #3 would be Paulie Lombardo. God why is the writing so sublime in these games? 😮
This game's DLC was super good and surpassed the base game in my opinion. It definitely showed the potential the game could've reached if they had fleshed out the gameplay loop a bit more.
And the variety of them was great too. Faster Baby had a Blaxpolitation-inspired stick it to the man theme, Stones Unturned was a conspiracy-themed pure action one and Sign of the Times was actual horror. I already enjoyed Mafia III despite the repetition, but the DLCs truly elevated that game to one of my favorites. Hope they can match that level with the upcoming game.
the gameplay is great in my opinion but jut not for everyone. The weapons for example are excellent, the recoil, sounds and power is extremely realistic and feels amazing to use.
I would do all racket missons in each district i had open,unlock story misson for each one then do them one by one so the story flows like mafia 1 and 2. i do the dlc missons faster baby, sign of times, and the other one back to back as well
The DCL fucking sucked! Why? Because it completely crashes my game. The two that I could play, the war one and the voodoo one were utter trash in my opinion. So boring.
This game might be repetitive and glitchy but man the story, soundtrack, driving mechanics and shooting mechanics were awesome, Lincoln was an unstoppable terminator
Driving is nothing special (even back then), songs are great (ost is forgettable) and shooting is bland. It's a mid game at best, but since it's a mafia title it should be judged side by side with previous titles and it's just awful in comparison.
@@ArturVaderThe driving was some of the best I've experienced in this type of game. Gta4 was good but the automatic countersteering and terrible gearbox coding were really annoying
My mind changed on Mafia 3 when I stopped playing Lincoln like a Mafia character and more like a guerrilla CIA black ops member. Fast, efficient and brutal, the gameplay became repetitive but in fairly fun way. If this was a standalone IP that had room the breathe in its own space I think it would have been received very differently.
I played it slow and stealth, stacking pile after pile of bodies ;) ... Definitely dragged out the game longer than necessary, contributing to burn out.
The problem with Mafia 3 is how the developers had to jump many hoops to develop it from: - Translating the engine from Czech to English - Developing new technologies alongside the game - Take2 suddenly jumping in and only giving them 2 years to develop it - Development hell that landed the project on Hangar 13's doorstep
Especially reading Donovan’s files Sal killed his dad and took out all the other mafia families to become the boss of the city. You can imagine the cunning it took to lead his family like that especially since lou seems more like a party animal Lucho was probably a beast
Game is pretty good, I like how you were able to actually do things with your money but I wish the mafia aspects ran a bit deeper, like this was your opportunity to basically run a family of your own, I feel like they didn’t capitalize on that as much as they could’ve.
I agree man, if you could’ve done a Godfather 2 style crew builder, it would be 10/10. Like you said, Lincoln is the boss of a mob, we should’ve definitely had an opportunity to recruit guys, and promote them from a button man all the way up to a underboss. It would be so cool.
Scarface The World Is Yours is the best game I can think of when it comes to buying weapons and vehicles, upgrading your mansion, investing in properties, upgrading your security and all that other stuff. Not sure why older games with game mechanics like that are so rare these days. I loved decorating my mansion. I do wish the Tiger was actually in the game and it could follow you around. All you see of him is in a cutscene and audio of it being around in the back yard area.
I thought it was a fun game, in moderation. Though it had a lot of untapped potential. I think it would have been an all-time GOAT if it had more of the depth you're talking about and maybe something like Shadow of War's Nemesis system.
Bro I’ve been standing on this hill for years . Mafia 3 might been one of the best open world games from the 2010-2020 decade. Yes some of the tasks were repetitive I agree but the game is built on some rock solid mechanics. The shooting is addictive, the stealth mechanics are pretty solid and Lincoln is like a super heavyweight mma fighter when he starts to melee. I couldn’t get enough of the gameplay loop. And it’s backed by a good story and great soundtrack in my favorite city!
For Real. At no point while I was playing did I think "I'm not having fun". I played it all the way through, with DLC, my brother watched as I laughed like a madman as I set people on fire with cocktails
The writing in the cutscenes is truly excellent and compelling. One thing I noticed is that the scenes playing after the capos are killed varies by the order you do them. Sal will always call Galante after the first one is dead, but it still makes a difference. I chose Tommy first leading to one of the most humanizing scenes for Sal and Giorgi, where it's made very clear how much Tommy's dead affects Sal. In another version Giorgi will be up the moon after having killed Olivia with Sal trying to calm him and bring him back to the facts. The killer always appears after the second capo, where Sal will tell him about the dead capo. And the third? It's always Sal and Giorgi angrily panickin with the capo being mentioned on the side as yet another set back to endure. I don't mind Maguire never meeting Lincoln. In fact I even like the idea of Maguire being obsessed with this case, while Lincoln doesn't even know about him. The scene, where he is paranoid about hearing Lincoln's ghost in his attic adds to this and becomes weirdly funny. "Oh no, Lincoln is haunting me now!" "Haunting who?". It also fits, because Lincoln was done with his rampage once Maguire finally got in his tail. It's only a shame that Nicki appears in just one documentary cutscene. I wish there were more of those to see how she interprets things so long after they happened and how it affected her view of Lincoln. I also like the detail of Vito not only being the best underboss for New Bordeaux to take over, but also being the most professionell one. He had been leading racket slong enough to be experienced. He is also much more patient than the other two. While Cassandra and Burke will practically scream and demand more territory after not getting one twice, Vito will chalk it up to "yeah, yeah I'm the carpetbagger from Empire Bay" and expect it the third time. Additionally during cutscenes he always acts proper and professional and keeps his cool. In short: I like Vito's protrayal here. He let go of his hotheadedness and became a proper Empire Bay gangster, who knows how the game works. The world feels very underutilized unfortunetaly. I remember being in the bayou once, capturing a racist shop owner and practically dragged him out of his shop, walking to the water. He just despawned. Whilst carrying him. It was... a bummer. New Bourdeaux has all the things that could make it memorable as a game world. The inherent racism and classism in the police as shown in their response time differences and how they ALWAYS seem to keep an eye on Lincoln if he is close. Segregation affecting where Lincoln can go. Delray Hollow suffering from the effects of a hurricane and no one caring. The 60s atmosphere and news broadcasts, including Remi Duvall's radio show. It's there. But you barely see it and that's a shame. Something I liked to do was to show up with the same car when commiting some crime. I usually picked the upper middle class car, painted it yellow (I didn't want to change the colour of Lincolns story car, it wouldn't fit with his character) and always used that whenever I started wrecking rackets. I liked this idea of making it a calling card of sorts. Gangsters nervously whispering about that damn yellow car that always appears before hell gets loose, maybe even crapping their pants once it stops in front of THEIR racket. Apologies for the long comment, but I wanted to air out some thoughts about this. I liked the game and didn't find it as repetetitive as it was often said. The gunplay feels very good, which makes it easier to deal with the racket system being almost the entire game. Great video, keep it up. :)
I feel like so many people sleep on this game simply coz it wasn't like the first two mafia games. But it's actually really good, just has the big downside of the repetitive gameplay. But has such a fun story and character cast. The repetitive gameplay is what put most people off but arguably has the best story in the entire trilogy
@@AlibucketsBeats Yep🫡👊🏿. But I ended up seeing more people end up calling it a bad game and crapping on the story when they just truly never gave it a chance. So there's actually a large section of the Mafia fanbase who have only played the first game but never went thru the second or third entries in completion. But yeah always good to see people come around on the game coz it's one of my favourite stories in gaming. Just a shame how bland their mission structure was
Funny enough, i enjoyed the gameplay so much that i played through the whole game twice, first when it came out then with all the dlcs later on and enjoyed it the same, shows that it really depends on if people like the gameplay loop of a game or not
@@gyp3871 Ayye nice! Yeah true. Me I loved it. The Mafia trilogy has always been one of my favourite franchises. But yeah I can see how the repetitive gameplay puts some people off. But yeah the gameplay loop ends up being key for people if they aren't already sucked in by a games story/lore. In my case the gameplay got boring after the first chapter but the story/lore always had me hooked.
@@TheOnlyTapsfunny enough the first is the worst in my opinion, felt cheesy and a caricature of mobsters than actual mobsters. 2 was a chore to go through, but story was a decent mob flick esque game, 3 chef's kiss
Another theory for you about Joe. Look at Lincolns face at 0:29. Remember that Joe was in "the south" during Vitos prison time, before Joes Adventure DLC starts to play. Lincoln doesnt know his father, it is round about 20 years ago. Count 1 and 1 together and you get.....right!
If they at least gave you something to do in the city like going to bars, visiting brothels, maybe a romance option (they could have done that in Faster Baby DLC but they wasted that) etc.
@@MrAjking808 but the fact that they give you so many interiors to get in and after taking over the racket you can’t do anything in it is really lazy.. didn’t said that they need every feature that GTA has but some bare minimum stuff to broke up the tedious destruction of rackets. They did try something with DLCs but not enough imo
It didn't help that it was poorly optimized and looked awful at dawn/dusk. I plan on going back to it even though I finished it when it came out. I remember it being repetitive, but the main issue was that it ran very badly for me.
This game was heavily influenced by gta 5 with mafia 3 only coming out 3 years after 5, not only did they put Michael and Frank special abilities in the game they made the game action packed like gta 5 completely different from mafia 2
Mafia 3 has a great story actually, the acting, voice acting, overall story with cutscenes with the soundtracks are amazing. The problem with the game was always optimization and the district capture mode. Man, I did NOT had a good time playing the district captures but the story missions always rocked. I am planning a re-run because the game nailed the atmosphere. Hangar 13 learned their lesson and as M1DE was a blast to play, I can't wait for the newest game. I really believe they have what it takes to create a great story game.
If you have it on PC play it with the community patch mod, it's a simple drag and drop that gets rid of unnecessary grinding and balances out the difficulty as well
It's funny because while I had my crticisms of mafia, like the horrible color palette, when this was first announced I remember reading fake outrage about lincoln being black and in a mafia game. Always amazes me how some people constantly move the goal post and think we forget.
It was not fake. And the Mafia 3 tittle did not give the game a good setup for success. Well... It probably made more money then calling it a new IP. Nothing in Mafia 3, feels like Mafia 1 and 2. I do like the game and would have wanted more out of it. But it is not Mafia 3. It is a rogue CIA/Vietnam game or something. Fighting against the Mafia. With a very honest and open viewpoint and agenda about blifematerr. Lincoln Clay was such a bad ass. And even the villein was masterful story writing. The story was hold back by being a T2 game. Sadly.
*Crazy how even after all these years they still haven't fixed the technical issues with the game, how do you screw up so badly that even half of the ACHIEVEMENTS are bugged.* *And here's the kicker, at one point they DID fix the achievements by 1.09, but when they released the next Gen upgrade for the game, it actually made the game worse, not only performance wise but also undid some of stuff the earlier patches fixed, and once again the achievements were broken AGAIN, and for some reason they never bothered to fix them again.* *They're not impossible to get, but you have to do them without exiting the game, crashing, or turning off your console, or else the in game counter resets and breaks the achievements, sometimes requiring you to new game all over again. Crazy how even Mafia 2 "definitive" edition doesn't have this issue despite being even buggier than Mafia 3*
Yeah I want to get platinum trophy but I have a game breaking bug, in the first section of the game 💢😡 The Bank Cash Heist, legit the first mission I cant escape the sewer tunnels off the boat because my game crashes.
5:09 Me too. It's not that I consider Vito or Tommy as bad protagonists in the series, nor anything like that. But with Lincoln somehow I feel more related with him, at least when it comes to feel as an outsider, a person who only wants a place and/or a community to belong, to be accepted in the world.
Great video, I really like the nuance approach in acknowledging the good in here along with the bad. Many videos dismissing it as 100% trash and I don't feel that's accurate.
It's just them jumping on that wagon because they're too afraid to give their own opinions, imagine being too scared to actually say what you want because you care about the clout.
I always liked how the order in which you killed off the underbosses would show off different cutscenes, or how you could leave Marcano to end everything himself if you didn’t want to throw him out of the window (which also has different animations based on where you attack him). As for the ending and how to choose a certain underboss to rule, it would depend both on loyalty and the amount of money the underboss makes by the end of the game if I remember correctly.
The game drags a little here and there but the thing that really got me through it was the characters Lincoln, Donavan and of course Vito returning. I just really dug their journeys and dialogue between each other throughout the story. Also, was I only one who thought Steppenwolf’s song - desperation was put in this game to relate to Lincoln’s story specifically? I always had to listen to it every time it came on when driving. It just fits so damn well.
One of my games of all time! I got this back in 2017 for Xmas ! Played it so many times I could star in it. Still haven’t got any dlcs for it but I honestly just may do that next !! Great video dude 🙏
i think the first cutscene with giorgi and lincoln proves that at least from lincoln's side he really thought of him as a friend as he has the same smile he had with ellis and sammy. circumstantial sure but the whole vibe was really one of genuine friendship built through being youth shitheadary. and i think the canon ending is the rule together one, based on what maguire says at the beggining, the fact that lincoln was a "new breed of mobster". If all lincoln did was go on his revenge rampage he wouldnt be called a mobster, more like a rambo figure. Also the "new breed" part seems to also indicate that he ruled withouth the usual way of doing things for the mob, like how sal was refferenced to killing anyone he deemed a threat wether real or imagined, which, coincidentally is what donovan proposes at the end with killing the underbosses "to be sure" thus really being little difference between how lincoln would have handled himself opposed to sal. The whole maguire being adamant that despite his current standing lincoln is a murderer also implies that people viewed him positively/favorably womething which wouldnt make sense if he walked away. Also the documentary is made sometimes in the 2000's at the very least, 40 years after the events and centers little on anything else than lincolns actions, giving it an expose kinda feeling, something which again, wouldnt be neccesary if the sole thing he would be remembered by would be his rampage in the 60's. You dont need to prove that someone isnt who they present themselves as IF the only info you got on them is they killed hundreds and dismantled the mob in new bordeaux, even withouth clear evidence it would still be an educated guess. Plus the whole going away ending seems to be more bitter than sweet as he still loses contact with father james, as one way postcards do not represent any meaningful way of communication, and he eventually goes back to being involved in a criminal organization, one that would be even more bloody than the mob. And the whole losing sight of his morals is hypocritical in my opinion as during the game you can clearly see there are different ways to do crime, meaning prostitution bad yes i agree but prostitution through getting people intentionally addicted to heroin worse and lets not forget the slave auctions. Point is even if he wouldnt get involved himself in that, whatever criminal activity already proved itself profitable will be one people will always try to recreate again and again.
34:36 I always assumed that Maguire was supposed to be the corrupt law enforcement that spins everything a certain way to downplay what the mob did and exacerbate what Lincoln did.
Maguire did say that Lincoln was given a bad hand in life, but that doesn't excuse him from all the mayhem he caused in the city. I don't think he's corrupt, more like a proudful guy who couldn't not accept that a black man destroyed the Italian mob and pretty much rebrand it to his own way. Kind of like Frank Lucas, a real gangster who operated without impunity because the law and the other mob families underestimated him for the color of his skin around 1960 to 1970 the same time period that mafia 3 takes place.
The game story was repetitive for the consistent damage feature but at the end of the day, if you were just to look at the cutscenes and the DLC stories this is one of the best well-written games ever❤
There's a unique scene at the end of the casino that if you wait long enough that if you don't kill Sal and wait long enough, he'll infact shoot himself saying some unique dialogue
Still one of my favorite lines at 3:26 “you can pray on the way up” with the straight face Lincoln walking away Richie gagging in the back so brutal it’s a really good scene
One of the more interesting things is that Sal will call Leo three different ways depending on which capo goes down first, same goes for his reach out for the drug dealer and his last stand. I find the Tommy version of the last stand to be the one that feels most canon as he cares little for Olivia, not as much for Lou, but Tommy is the one he cares for the most, trying to get him to be the one legit Marcano out there, but Tommy says no and goes to Havana instead.
First thing I noticed in that scene lol, when I got this it was due to a sale on Xbox so I had 0 idea of what to expect but hearing his voice made me chuckle a bit at that point, honestly every character is well made in my opinion but his just had that familiarity that made him just a good character
The game had so much potential. I had a lot of fun with it, but after a certain point it just became repetitive as hell. And as Black Southerner (Texan🤠🇨🇱) one thing that bugged me throughout the whole game was that they got white people's accents right but not black people's. Black folks in South Louisiana have such a unique, distinct accent that's immediately recognizable but they decided to give everyone a black Mississippi accent. Every time I heard a super deep rural Mississippi drawl, I had to remind myself that New Bordeaux, LA is not New Orleans, LA and suspend my disbelief.
You mean the Killing Lou Marcano mission? Or the beginning mission with the boat? If the second, then c'mon man it's the beginning, if it's the riverboat, then that's skill issue
Seeing this video is giving me the itch to try this game over again. Like you, i initially bounced off it after playing it for a few hours but I've been waffling over picking it back up again ever since. When i eventually do play it again, I'll have a the PC version play with this time and a PC that's good enough to run it.
Yesss!! Your videos are so amazing dude. I look forward to a lot of them as I played a bunch of games you reviewed. Keep it up, man! Personally, I thought this game was a fun time! But it’s not what a mafia game should be, however, I like the ambition. The gameplay was unfortunately very repetitive and that’s my biggest gripe.
Yes, it's repetitive AF, and the gameplay loop is fully experienced after 2 hours. But the basics of that loop, the shooting and the driving (especially if set on simulation) are so well done that have the power to carry you all the way to the end. I didn't care that the objectives were repetitive, but just having to drive all the way there feeling like Steve McQueen in Bullit, and shooting my way through enemies like Jonh Wick was more than enough to sing 50+ hours into this game and complete it.
For all the flaws of Mafia 3? And there are many. Mafia 3 has one thing going for it. Got it installed and boot it up and play only say 1h at a time. Spanning the game over months removes the repetitive issue. And with so many parts being shallow and unfinished? It makes it rather easy to quickly get in and then quit for a week. And I have one more rule when playing Mafia 3. I play it like Mafia 1. Only my pistol can be carried concealed. And try and avoid silencers or upgrades of any sort. Only really taking the mandatory and aim accuracy upgrades. Not even bulletproof tires. By forcing myself to carry two handed weapons around? With limited ammo? Like it sucks that you can not drop weapons as you want to on the ground. Yet, I manage to force myself to pick up weapons on the ground. If I want a shotgun going into combat? Then Licon is going to carry that shotgun to the car -> Driver over there, get out, and walk with a shotgun around the public. And try and avoid running everywhere. Or 'speed run' everything. Taking my sweet time. Crossing the map and doing multiple districts at the same time. Try and keep some sense of traffic laws. And yet going completely speed daemon and using the car as a weapon too. Limit the amount of vehicle calls, etc, etc, etc.
1:08:11 the easiest mission i felt when doing this one,, i just literally when at the front of the target car when they were changing the lane then i throw the landmine then boom, mission completeit didnt even take 1 min to complete
I went to the Mafia 3 release party at my local gamestop. More people were there for the Skyrim on PS4 release than Mafia 3. So few people were there that the workers at Gamestop just gave me the cardboard cutout for the game that had a motion sensor built into it that would make obnoxious car noises. I played the game once, didn't finish it, and used the CD as a coaster on my table
I didn’t care much about Louisiana until playing mafia 3. Now, I know little details about the city thanks to this game. Even planning on taking a trip there.
I have mixed views of this game. Driving was decent, shooting was too basic and gameplay loop was almost as bad as Ubisoft games. But the story, characters and voice acting were super good. The onyl character I didn't like was Cassandra. She was too whiney, played the race card when I didn't give her territory she wanted, constantly talked down to Lincoln and just an overall annoyance. Other than that the rest of the characters were amazing. I just wish the gameplay was as good as the story and dialogue was. It nailed a realistic depiction of being black in the 1960s south. It felt nature and real and not forced like a lot of modern games write it. The music is of course amazing as well. Though I mainly liked listening to the talk and news on the radio referencing real life historic events and stuff. I loved the radio in Mafia 2 and how it mentioned they discovered unfiltered cigs were bad and how they believed a filter would be safe, how a home TV became a thing and had 5 channels to watch. I always enjoyed things like that. I'd give the game a hard 7. Maybe realistically a 6.5. Wish the gameplay was more like an improved mafia 2 type thing.
I always liked when the Veterian talked to Lincoln while Lincoln thinks he is talking down to him he is actually telling him the truth and for the players it foreshadows what happens next
If the game just had more ‘conventional’ missions I think the game’s story and mechanics would elevate this to a much higher level in general opinion. And that is especially clear in the DLCs having more traditional missions. Like the game being a ‘dismantler’ isnt a hamper its just done a big worse than it could be
This is the first Mafia game I played so I loved it the repetitive nature of disrupting rackets is its only downfall, I also agree Donovan is one of my favourite character in all video games
Never played past the first mafia but I just love your writing and narrating. You still haven't made a video that I haven't crushed in one sitting two max
I played Mafia III for the first time earlier this year and generally had a good time, the core gameplay is very solid, but I feel that the game's best aspects are diluted by the racket system. The DLC shines in part because the three stories completely do away with the filler content and provide tight, focused experiences that go straight to the point and play to the game's strengths. That and the second DLC has more Donovan, what more could you ask for but more time seeing him and Lincoln interact together?
I’m just going to say it. The district takeover system was fun and creative. Yes it could be repetitive but it never felt monotonous. The satisfying gameplay and soundtrack was enough for it to stay fun all the way through for me. I thought it was satisfying and immersive to methodically take over each district from Marciano slowly and deliberately as the story unfolds. I also liked the freedom you had in making choices that actually would have consequences later on, as well as the ability to take them in any order you’d prefer from the start of the game. I never understood the hate that it got. Maybe I’m alone in this but I thought it blended very well with the story.
When i beat mafia 3 I didn’t mind the racket missions much because I got my fair share of stealth combat and money earning by doing them! I guess certain gamers like myself enjoy certain types of mediocrity like in assassin’s creed where you uncover the map using viewpoints!
I recall playing the game day 01 and I enjoyed the story overall. Loved the setting and how unafraid it was to be true to the setting with even having a disclaimer before beginning the game. My biggest issue was how the racket missions and loyalty missions were essentially the same with all 3 subordinates. The worst part is how you can do them at your own pace without having to trigger the mission and then the story will still make you do it again regardless if you already did it so it felt monotonous. They should have had territory take overs story locked and side content with members of each gang you work with to further develop the gang and their reasoning of why they are even there.
Mafia lll is an amazing game it’s just the game mechanics are bad it feels like the game is against you in every way like they want you to fail the missions
I agree with what you said about vito and Joe. I think the commission knows how dangerous it’d be with them together and someone like Lincoln clay. No one would be able to touch them
Mafia 3 is effectively a newer Punisher game and I adore that. It's definitely my favourite of the series. I never finished my first playthrough back when it released (just due to backlog at the time) but I finally went back after the Mafia remake and love it, mostly anyway.
I remember the game was hated on for not being "Mafia" enough the gunplay wasn't very classy like in mafia 2 for example the game apparently felt like far cry, very repetitive with a great story potential mafia was supposed to be our gem, our videogame heritage and don't get me wrong, it still is but Mafia III was quite a let down localized voice acting for our native language was missing and not representing the lifestyle of a mafioso enough in the eyes of series veterans but it's nice that someone enjoys something that most hated on and puts a brighter light on it take care, fuzzy
I understand that this game upset a lot of people for being either not too Mafia enough or for the repetitive gameplay and I accepted that but when you look past all that you can really see where this game shines, the story is great along with its setting and music, just top notch and the voice acting? Who ever was in charge for the VA in this and Mafia Definitive Edition deserves huge raise it’s very well done. That’s being said they coulda more by adding linear missions but keeping the side missions cause the gameplay is still satisfying, more things to do outside the story and added a few more things like multiple saves, fast travel cause the map is kinda big and a new game plus for better replay ability but overall it’s an enjoyable game if you can get passed the flaws.
Good video I kinda spoiled Mafia 2 and 3 for myself but hey I'll probably forget before I actually get back to those games I always thought Mafia 3 was unique because you fought the Mafia
In 2002 Vice city got censored due to its Hatian/Cuban controversy. Surprised this game didn't get similar hot water. Also you hit the nail on the head with "repetition" being this games biggest issue
Mafia 3 somewhat reminds me of Outer Worlds - OW was frankly a pain in the arse in it's first level (Emerald Vale) and so grindy that you just stopped, ignoring the rest of the missions and frankly the wider story. Mafia 3 has a great story... if you cut out all the annoying parts of taking over districts which amount to "go here, destroy this", while the boss fights were generally well written and engaging from invading a hotel, to blowing up a quarry and slaughtering the KKK. It's a shame how often developers pad things out with meaningless content just to claim "We've XXX hours of gameplay", it's the real world equivalent of Preston Garvey saying "I've heard about another settlement that needs your help".
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Man the last conversation between Lincoln and Sal is some of the best writing and well preformed acting I have ever seen in a video game. Its somehow the perfect balance of stone cold and heart wrenching. Two very very broken men and sworn enemies just enjoying one last drink before the end of their war.
*chefs kiss*
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Agreed.
I think the genius of it really stems from the (somewhat over-romanticized) idea we have about the mafia. Move on a made man, you’re dead. Move on a man’s family, you’re dead. Move on a superior, you’re dead.
And the ending plays into that idea, instead of depicting these people as absolutely amoral and powerhungry mustache-twirling villains, both Sal and Lincoln play by the rules.
Sal was the “big bad” until he fucked over someone he shouldn’t have. And it’s good to see an antagonist that realizes they’d fucked up. In a dog-eat-dog world, there’s always a bigger dog and Sal had his reasons - with those reasons gone (killed) there was no point in fighting.
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The scene after with him and Leo is even better
Mafia 3s dialogue is one of the best ive seen combined with the soundtrack it makes a great setting. Also they picked the right actors/faces
I like that Donovan mentions that he found the files AFTER Lincoln killed Sal. Donovan maybe had an inkling that the mob was involved in JFK's assassination but Donovan had practically no ulterior motives for helping Lincoln, and I find it refreshing.
He helped Lincoln because they have been through alot together
John Donovan is *EASILY* my second favorite ancillary character in the Mafia franchise. Joe Barbaro is easily #1 in my book. #3 would be Paulie Lombardo. God why is the writing so sublime in these games? 😮
@@angyshadow2024 Because the people that made the games actually care.
This game's DLC was super good and surpassed the base game in my opinion. It definitely showed the potential the game could've reached if they had fleshed out the gameplay loop a bit more.
And the variety of them was great too. Faster Baby had a Blaxpolitation-inspired stick it to the man theme, Stones Unturned was a conspiracy-themed pure action one and Sign of the Times was actual horror.
I already enjoyed Mafia III despite the repetition, but the DLCs truly elevated that game to one of my favorites. Hope they can match that level with the upcoming game.
the gameplay is great in my opinion but jut not for everyone. The weapons for example are excellent, the recoil, sounds and power is extremely realistic and feels amazing to use.
I would do all racket missons in each district i had open,unlock story misson for each one then do them one by one so the story flows like mafia 1 and 2. i do the dlc missons faster baby, sign of times, and the other one back to back as well
The DCL fucking sucked!
Why?
Because it completely crashes my game.
The two that I could play, the war one and the voodoo one were utter trash in my opinion. So boring.
@@PeebeesPet boo hoo get a better pc scrub
This game might be repetitive and glitchy but man the story, soundtrack, driving mechanics and shooting mechanics were awesome, Lincoln was an unstoppable terminator
Driving is nothing special (even back then), songs are great (ost is forgettable) and shooting is bland.
It's a mid game at best, but since it's a mafia title it should be judged side by side with previous titles and it's just awful in comparison.
@@ArturVaderThe driving was some of the best I've experienced in this type of game. Gta4 was good but the automatic countersteering and terrible gearbox coding were really annoying
@@ArturVadermafia 2 was mid
@@Ijpg456Very insightful thank you
It’s not that glitchy anymore and i don’t find it repetitive
My mind changed on Mafia 3 when I stopped playing Lincoln like a Mafia character and more like a guerrilla CIA black ops member. Fast, efficient and brutal, the gameplay became repetitive but in fairly fun way.
If this was a standalone IP that had room the breathe in its own space I think it would have been received very differently.
I played it slow and stealth, stacking pile after pile of bodies ;) ... Definitely dragged out the game longer than necessary, contributing to burn out.
damn you calling Lincoln a terrorist
he s a terrorist tho @@YashMezzala
The problem with Mafia 3 is how the developers had to jump many hoops to develop it from:
- Translating the engine from Czech to English
- Developing new technologies alongside the game
- Take2 suddenly jumping in and only giving them 2 years to develop it
- Development hell that landed the project on Hangar 13's doorstep
I really liked how Sal wasn't a "mustache twirling villain" and they even had me as a black dude feeling bad for him at some points.
I appreciated that Sal didn't apologize for what he did, why would a man like him say "I'm sorry" if he didn't mean it?"
Especially reading Donovan’s files Sal killed his dad and took out all the other mafia families to become the boss of the city. You can imagine the cunning it took to lead his family like that especially since lou seems more like a party animal Lucho was probably a beast
This is the closest we're gonna get to an open world punisher game.
Now you say that I wonder who’d win in a 1v1 Lincoln clay or Frank Castle
Watch Dogs?
@@Merlaut715 nah dude tht was batman with a gun
This video has made me want to play Mafia 3 again. You’re a miracle worker.
Game is pretty good, I like how you were able to actually do things with your money but I wish the mafia aspects ran a bit deeper, like this was your opportunity to basically run a family of your own, I feel like they didn’t capitalize on that as much as they could’ve.
I agree man, if you could’ve done a Godfather 2 style crew builder, it would be 10/10. Like you said, Lincoln is the boss of a mob, we should’ve definitely had an opportunity to recruit guys, and promote them from a button man all the way up to a underboss. It would be so cool.
Scarface The World Is Yours is the best game I can think of when it comes to buying weapons and vehicles, upgrading your mansion, investing in properties, upgrading your security and all that other stuff. Not sure why older games with game mechanics like that are so rare these days. I loved decorating my mansion. I do wish the Tiger was actually in the game and it could follow you around. All you see of him is in a cutscene and audio of it being around in the back yard area.
I thought it was a fun game, in moderation. Though it had a lot of untapped potential. I think it would have been an all-time GOAT if it had more of the depth you're talking about and maybe something like Shadow of War's Nemesis system.
Bro I’ve been standing on this hill for years . Mafia 3 might been one of the best open world games from the 2010-2020 decade. Yes some of the tasks were repetitive I agree but the game is built on some rock solid mechanics. The shooting is addictive, the stealth mechanics are pretty solid and Lincoln is like a super heavyweight mma fighter when he starts to melee. I couldn’t get enough of the gameplay loop. And it’s backed by a good story and great soundtrack in my favorite city!
For Real. At no point while I was playing did I think "I'm not having fun". I played it all the way through, with DLC, my brother watched as I laughed like a madman as I set people on fire with cocktails
Not even close
You will die on that hill alone
@@VionKaito567Not alone
It was a good game but it's hard to top mafia 2 that game was perfect
The writing in the cutscenes is truly excellent and compelling. One thing I noticed is that the scenes playing after the capos are killed varies by the order you do them. Sal will always call Galante after the first one is dead, but it still makes a difference. I chose Tommy first leading to one of the most humanizing scenes for Sal and Giorgi, where it's made very clear how much Tommy's dead affects Sal. In another version Giorgi will be up the moon after having killed Olivia with Sal trying to calm him and bring him back to the facts. The killer always appears after the second capo, where Sal will tell him about the dead capo. And the third? It's always Sal and Giorgi angrily panickin with the capo being mentioned on the side as yet another set back to endure.
I don't mind Maguire never meeting Lincoln. In fact I even like the idea of Maguire being obsessed with this case, while Lincoln doesn't even know about him. The scene, where he is paranoid about hearing Lincoln's ghost in his attic adds to this and becomes weirdly funny. "Oh no, Lincoln is haunting me now!" "Haunting who?". It also fits, because Lincoln was done with his rampage once Maguire finally got in his tail. It's only a shame that Nicki appears in just one documentary cutscene. I wish there were more of those to see how she interprets things so long after they happened and how it affected her view of Lincoln.
I also like the detail of Vito not only being the best underboss for New Bordeaux to take over, but also being the most professionell one. He had been leading racket slong enough to be experienced. He is also much more patient than the other two. While Cassandra and Burke will practically scream and demand more territory after not getting one twice, Vito will chalk it up to "yeah, yeah I'm the carpetbagger from Empire Bay" and expect it the third time. Additionally during cutscenes he always acts proper and professional and keeps his cool. In short: I like Vito's protrayal here. He let go of his hotheadedness and became a proper Empire Bay gangster, who knows how the game works.
The world feels very underutilized unfortunetaly. I remember being in the bayou once, capturing a racist shop owner and practically dragged him out of his shop, walking to the water. He just despawned. Whilst carrying him. It was... a bummer. New Bourdeaux has all the things that could make it memorable as a game world. The inherent racism and classism in the police as shown in their response time differences and how they ALWAYS seem to keep an eye on Lincoln if he is close. Segregation affecting where Lincoln can go. Delray Hollow suffering from the effects of a hurricane and no one caring. The 60s atmosphere and news broadcasts, including Remi Duvall's radio show. It's there. But you barely see it and that's a shame.
Something I liked to do was to show up with the same car when commiting some crime. I usually picked the upper middle class car, painted it yellow (I didn't want to change the colour of Lincolns story car, it wouldn't fit with his character) and always used that whenever I started wrecking rackets. I liked this idea of making it a calling card of sorts. Gangsters nervously whispering about that damn yellow car that always appears before hell gets loose, maybe even crapping their pants once it stops in front of THEIR racket.
Apologies for the long comment, but I wanted to air out some thoughts about this. I liked the game and didn't find it as repetetitive as it was often said. The gunplay feels very good, which makes it easier to deal with the racket system being almost the entire game. Great video, keep it up. :)
I feel like so many people sleep on this game simply coz it wasn't like the first two mafia games. But it's actually really good, just has the big downside of the repetitive gameplay. But has such a fun story and character cast. The repetitive gameplay is what put most people off but arguably has the best story in the entire trilogy
That’s the main reason why people shit on it
@@AlibucketsBeats Yep🫡👊🏿. But I ended up seeing more people end up calling it a bad game and crapping on the story when they just truly never gave it a chance. So there's actually a large section of the Mafia fanbase who have only played the first game but never went thru the second or third entries in completion.
But yeah always good to see people come around on the game coz it's one of my favourite stories in gaming. Just a shame how bland their mission structure was
Funny enough, i enjoyed the gameplay so much that i played through the whole game twice, first when it came out then with all the dlcs later on and enjoyed it the same, shows that it really depends on if people like the gameplay loop of a game or not
@@gyp3871 Ayye nice! Yeah true. Me I loved it. The Mafia trilogy has always been one of my favourite franchises. But yeah I can see how the repetitive gameplay puts some people off. But yeah the gameplay loop ends up being key for people if they aren't already sucked in by a games story/lore. In my case the gameplay got boring after the first chapter but the story/lore always had me hooked.
@@TheOnlyTapsfunny enough the first is the worst in my opinion, felt cheesy and a caricature of mobsters than actual mobsters. 2 was a chore to go through, but story was a decent mob flick esque game, 3 chef's kiss
How did i never notice the man who discovers Lou on the statue, is the veteran you speak to at the beginning
Another theory for you about Joe. Look at Lincolns face at 0:29. Remember that Joe was in "the south" during Vitos prison time, before Joes Adventure DLC starts to play. Lincoln doesnt know his father, it is round about 20 years ago. Count 1 and 1 together and you get.....right!
And don't forget Father James did mention Lincoln's father was white possibly of Italian descent.
Holy shit😮
Joe is also alive he is literally shown in this game
The ending where Lincoln leaves if all the underbosses are equal is determined by whoever you gave territory to first, it's weird
Sadly I will never see that ending because I just give everything to Vito, as you should.
I always throught its to the one you gave more territory or the one with more stats
@exefune2960 usually it is but if everyone has equal stats, that's when it just picks the first person who gave territory to
@jdnuni ohh makes sense
If they at least gave you something to do in the city like going to bars, visiting brothels, maybe a romance option (they could have done that in Faster Baby DLC but they wasted that) etc.
It’s not a GTA game.. everything doesn’t need those things
It's the same story as with every game in the series. A wasted opportunity. A good game with an amazing game fighting to get out.
@@MrAjking808 but the fact that they give you so many interiors to get in and after taking over the racket you can’t do anything in it is really lazy.. didn’t said that they need every feature that GTA has but some bare minimum stuff to broke up the tedious destruction of rackets. They did try something with DLCs but not enough imo
@@bartoltolic This game needed another year and a half in the oven realistically to smooth out everything and flesh the pacing out.
Every Mafia game lacks in this department. The only thing worthwhile is the main story.
Need me a homie like Donovan.
21:55 bro I wish copyright was more flexible, this scene is so iconic to me but “paint it black” is the cherry on top
Same thank goodness Chinese copyright is way better
It didn't help that it was poorly optimized and looked awful at dawn/dusk. I plan on going back to it even though I finished it when it came out. I remember it being repetitive, but the main issue was that it ran very badly for me.
Yea it plays okay on ps4 pro currently replaying it now, they did a great job with mafia 1 remake though and improved from mafia 3
Far Cry: The GTA Maffia Edition
Felt like maffia 2.5 to me
Not gonna lie I feel like that’s just because they spent most of the time on Music and the cars one of a few things they got right in the game
This game was heavily influenced by gta 5 with mafia 3 only coming out 3 years after 5, not only did they put Michael and Frank special abilities in the game they made the game action packed like gta 5 completely different from mafia 2
Lol was Mafia 2 not "action packed"@@EternalNightingale
What
Mafia 3 has a great story actually, the acting, voice acting, overall story with cutscenes with the soundtracks are amazing. The problem with the game was always optimization and the district capture mode. Man, I did NOT had a good time playing the district captures but the story missions always rocked. I am planning a re-run because the game nailed the atmosphere. Hangar 13 learned their lesson and as M1DE was a blast to play, I can't wait for the newest game. I really believe they have what it takes to create a great story game.
If you have it on PC play it with the community patch mod, it's a simple drag and drop that gets rid of unnecessary grinding and balances out the difficulty as well
It's funny because while I had my crticisms of mafia, like the horrible color palette, when this was first announced I remember reading fake outrage about lincoln being black and in a mafia game. Always amazes me how some people constantly move the goal post and think we forget.
It was not fake. And the Mafia 3 tittle did not give the game a good setup for success. Well... It probably made more money then calling it a new IP. Nothing in Mafia 3, feels like Mafia 1 and 2. I do like the game and would have wanted more out of it. But it is not Mafia 3. It is a rogue CIA/Vietnam game or something. Fighting against the Mafia. With a very honest and open viewpoint and agenda about blifematerr.
Lincoln Clay was such a bad ass. And even the villein was masterful story writing. The story was hold back by being a T2 game. Sadly.
*Crazy how even after all these years they still haven't fixed the technical issues with the game, how do you screw up so badly that even half of the ACHIEVEMENTS are bugged.*
*And here's the kicker, at one point they DID fix the achievements by 1.09, but when they released the next Gen upgrade for the game, it actually made the game worse, not only performance wise but also undid some of stuff the earlier patches fixed, and once again the achievements were broken AGAIN, and for some reason they never bothered to fix them again.*
*They're not impossible to get, but you have to do them without exiting the game, crashing, or turning off your console, or else the in game counter resets and breaks the achievements, sometimes requiring you to new game all over again. Crazy how even Mafia 2 "definitive" edition doesn't have this issue despite being even buggier than Mafia 3*
Yeah I want to get platinum trophy but I have a game breaking bug, in the first section of the game 💢😡
The Bank Cash Heist, legit the first mission I cant escape the sewer tunnels off the boat because my game crashes.
Idk what you’re talking about it ran fine for me no issues
Shout out to joey "coco" diaz for voicing barbari
Donovan became one of my favorite characters I wish we could see more him in like a small spin off game
Let me play as a bad man on a mission, games!
let's goooo. fuzzy came in clutch with the video. mafia 3 is heavily underrated indeed
Lmao it's a heavy dog shit, that's what it is.
Been on the fence about this game for years.
I will play it now. Great retrospective. Thank you.
5:09 Me too. It's not that I consider Vito or Tommy as bad protagonists in the series, nor anything like that. But with Lincoln somehow I feel more related with him, at least when it comes to feel as an outsider, a person who only wants a place and/or a community to belong, to be accepted in the world.
I really never thought Mafia 3 was bad, just very repetitive. That really was the only problem. That and the bugs and performance of course...
I love that Sal will self delete if you take too long to kill him
Great video, I really like the nuance approach in acknowledging the good in here along with the bad. Many videos dismissing it as 100% trash and I don't feel that's accurate.
It's just them jumping on that wagon because they're too afraid to give their own opinions, imagine being too scared to actually say what you want because you care about the clout.
I always liked how the order in which you killed off the underbosses would show off different cutscenes, or how you could leave Marcano to end everything himself if you didn’t want to throw him out of the window (which also has different animations based on where you attack him). As for the ending and how to choose a certain underboss to rule, it would depend both on loyalty and the amount of money the underboss makes by the end of the game if I remember correctly.
The game drags a little here and there but the thing that really got me through it was the characters Lincoln, Donavan and of course Vito returning. I just really dug their journeys and dialogue between each other throughout the story.
Also, was I only one who thought Steppenwolf’s song - desperation was put in this game to relate to Lincoln’s story specifically? I always had to listen to it every time it came on when driving. It just fits so damn well.
One of my games of all time! I got this back in 2017 for Xmas ! Played it so many times I could star in it. Still haven’t got any dlcs for it but I honestly just may do that next !! Great video dude 🙏
i think the first cutscene with giorgi and lincoln proves that at least from lincoln's side he really thought of him as a friend as he has the same smile he had with ellis and sammy. circumstantial sure but the whole vibe was really one of genuine friendship built through being youth shitheadary. and i think the canon ending is the rule together one, based on what maguire says at the beggining, the fact that lincoln was a "new breed of mobster". If all lincoln did was go on his revenge rampage he wouldnt be called a mobster, more like a rambo figure. Also the "new breed" part seems to also indicate that he ruled withouth the usual way of doing things for the mob, like how sal was refferenced to killing anyone he deemed a threat wether real or imagined, which, coincidentally is what donovan proposes at the end with killing the underbosses "to be sure" thus really being little difference between how lincoln would have handled himself opposed to sal. The whole maguire being adamant that despite his current standing lincoln is a murderer also implies that people viewed him positively/favorably womething which wouldnt make sense if he walked away. Also the documentary is made sometimes in the 2000's at the very least, 40 years after the events and centers little on anything else than lincolns actions, giving it an expose kinda feeling, something which again, wouldnt be neccesary if the sole thing he would be remembered by would be his rampage in the 60's. You dont need to prove that someone isnt who they present themselves as IF the only info you got on them is they killed hundreds and dismantled the mob in new bordeaux, even withouth clear evidence it would still be an educated guess. Plus the whole going away ending seems to be more bitter than sweet as he still loses contact with father james, as one way postcards do not represent any meaningful way of communication, and he eventually goes back to being involved in a criminal organization, one that would be even more bloody than the mob. And the whole losing sight of his morals is hypocritical in my opinion as during the game you can clearly see there are different ways to do crime, meaning prostitution bad yes i agree but prostitution through getting people intentionally addicted to heroin worse and lets not forget the slave auctions. Point is even if he wouldnt get involved himself in that, whatever criminal activity already proved itself profitable will be one people will always try to recreate again and again.
34:36 I always assumed that Maguire was supposed to be the corrupt law enforcement that spins everything a certain way to downplay what the mob did and exacerbate what Lincoln did.
Maguire did say that Lincoln was given a bad hand in life, but that doesn't excuse him from all the mayhem he caused in the city. I don't think he's corrupt, more like a proudful guy who couldn't not accept that a black man destroyed the Italian mob and pretty much rebrand it to his own way.
Kind of like Frank Lucas, a real gangster who operated without impunity because the law and the other mob families underestimated him for the color of his skin around 1960 to 1970 the same time period that mafia 3 takes place.
The game story was repetitive for the consistent damage feature but at the end of the day, if you were just to look at the cutscenes and the DLC stories this is one of the best well-written games ever❤
It’s not repetitive for me
There's a unique scene at the end of the casino that if you wait long enough that if you don't kill Sal and wait long enough, he'll infact shoot himself saying some unique dialogue
Still one of my favorite lines at 3:26 “you can pray on the way up” with the straight face Lincoln walking away Richie gagging in the back so brutal it’s a really good scene
I can't believe I just watched this entire video in one sitting. I am in a playthrough of my own, but I was interested in other people's opinions.
Hate how the algorithm didnt show me your last few videos. Glad it showed this one at least. Time to get caught up!
One of the more interesting things is that Sal will call Leo three different ways depending on which capo goes down first, same goes for his reach out for the drug dealer and his last stand. I find the Tommy version of the last stand to be the one that feels most canon as he cares little for Olivia, not as much for Lou, but Tommy is the one he cares for the most, trying to get him to be the one legit Marcano out there, but Tommy says no and goes to Havana instead.
39:03 Is that Joey Diaz? He certainly sounds like him. Even his model looks like Joey lol. How have I never realized this?
Yes
First thing I noticed in that scene lol, when I got this it was due to a sale on Xbox so I had 0 idea of what to expect but hearing his voice made me chuckle a bit at that point, honestly every character is well made in my opinion but his just had that familiarity that made him just a good character
I was sad to drip uncle joey in that junkyard 😂
Who takes over at the end is determined by whoever has the most territories. So if Vito has 4, Burke and Cassandra have 3, Vito takes over.
The game had so much potential. I had a lot of fun with it, but after a certain point it just became repetitive as hell.
And as Black Southerner (Texan🤠🇨🇱) one thing that bugged me throughout the whole game was that they got white people's accents right but not black people's. Black folks in South Louisiana have such a unique, distinct accent that's immediately recognizable but they decided to give everyone a black Mississippi accent. Every time I heard a super deep rural Mississippi drawl, I had to remind myself that New Bordeaux, LA is not New Orleans, LA and suspend my disbelief.
Played this game up until the stupid boat mission. Never wanted to return a game so fast until now
You mean the Killing Lou Marcano mission? Or the beginning mission with the boat? If the second, then c'mon man it's the beginning, if it's the riverboat, then that's skill issue
More like that’s when the game shit itself but ya… that’s the same as a skill issue for sure
@@ZEEZob still didn't answer my question
This is quickly becoming my favorite RUclips channel. This is the only channel that I find myself anticipating uploads. Keep up the good work!!
Seeing this video is giving me the itch to try this game over again. Like you, i initially bounced off it after playing it for a few hours but I've been waffling over picking it back up again ever since.
When i eventually do play it again, I'll have a the PC version play with this time and a PC that's good enough to run it.
This video actually changed my perception of mafia 3 completely. Im gonna give it a shot at some point ^^
Yesss!! Your videos are so amazing dude. I look forward to a lot of them as I played a bunch of games you reviewed. Keep it up, man! Personally, I thought this game was a fun time! But it’s not what a mafia game should be, however, I like the ambition. The gameplay was unfortunately very repetitive and that’s my biggest gripe.
I actually never saw the end cutsceen. And holy crap you weren't kidding. That was the craziest plot twist I've ever seen.
This game had the potential to be so much better but it's still great
Yes, it's repetitive AF, and the gameplay loop is fully experienced after 2 hours.
But the basics of that loop, the shooting and the driving (especially if set on simulation) are so well done that have the power to carry you all the way to the end.
I didn't care that the objectives were repetitive, but just having to drive all the way there feeling like Steve McQueen in Bullit, and shooting my way through enemies like Jonh Wick was more than enough to sing 50+ hours into this game and complete it.
For all the flaws of Mafia 3? And there are many. Mafia 3 has one thing going for it. Got it installed and boot it up and play only say 1h at a time. Spanning the game over months removes the repetitive issue. And with so many parts being shallow and unfinished? It makes it rather easy to quickly get in and then quit for a week.
And I have one more rule when playing Mafia 3. I play it like Mafia 1. Only my pistol can be carried concealed. And try and avoid silencers or upgrades of any sort. Only really taking the mandatory and aim accuracy upgrades. Not even bulletproof tires.
By forcing myself to carry two handed weapons around? With limited ammo? Like it sucks that you can not drop weapons as you want to on the ground. Yet, I manage to force myself to pick up weapons on the ground. If I want a shotgun going into combat? Then Licon is going to carry that shotgun to the car -> Driver over there, get out, and walk with a shotgun around the public. And try and avoid running everywhere. Or 'speed run' everything. Taking my sweet time. Crossing the map and doing multiple districts at the same time. Try and keep some sense of traffic laws. And yet going completely speed daemon and using the car as a weapon too. Limit the amount of vehicle calls, etc, etc, etc.
I loved this game so much. Played the 1 remake, loved it, played 2 and absolutely hated it then 3 came in and made me fall in love
Excellent video. Nicely done sir.
1:08:11 the easiest mission i felt when doing this one,, i just literally when at the front of the target car when they were changing the lane then i throw the landmine then boom, mission completeit didnt even take 1 min to complete
This uploaded right around the time I grabbed the game for $5 on a sale. I finally wrapped up the last of the DLC and now I can finally watch.
Whoa, I never even realized that the driver at the end of the game was Joe.
I went to the Mafia 3 release party at my local gamestop. More people were there for the Skyrim on PS4 release than Mafia 3. So few people were there that the workers at Gamestop just gave me the cardboard cutout for the game that had a motion sensor built into it that would make obnoxious car noises.
I played the game once, didn't finish it, and used the CD as a coaster on my table
Mafia 3 was the first game to entice me to be a collectible completionist ;)
I didn’t care much about Louisiana until playing mafia 3. Now, I know little details about the city thanks to this game. Even planning on taking a trip there.
I love how this pops up while I’m replaying the game, one of the few games I like to replay yearly this time of year
to be honest it does get a bit repeatative after a while, but the revenge story keeps you hooked.
I have mixed views of this game. Driving was decent, shooting was too basic and gameplay loop was almost as bad as Ubisoft games. But the story, characters and voice acting were super good. The onyl character I didn't like was Cassandra. She was too whiney, played the race card when I didn't give her territory she wanted, constantly talked down to Lincoln and just an overall annoyance. Other than that the rest of the characters were amazing. I just wish the gameplay was as good as the story and dialogue was. It nailed a realistic depiction of being black in the 1960s south. It felt nature and real and not forced like a lot of modern games write it. The music is of course amazing as well. Though I mainly liked listening to the talk and news on the radio referencing real life historic events and stuff. I loved the radio in Mafia 2 and how it mentioned they discovered unfiltered cigs were bad and how they believed a filter would be safe, how a home TV became a thing and had 5 channels to watch. I always enjoyed things like that. I'd give the game a hard 7. Maybe realistically a 6.5. Wish the gameplay was more like an improved mafia 2 type thing.
I always liked when the Veterian talked to Lincoln while Lincoln thinks he is talking down to him he is actually telling him the truth and for the players it foreshadows what happens next
If the game just had more ‘conventional’ missions I think the game’s story and mechanics would elevate this to a much higher level in general opinion. And that is especially clear in the DLCs having more traditional missions.
Like the game being a ‘dismantler’ isnt a hamper its just done a big worse than it could be
26:40 I remember the game not having clothing options when it launched, took them a minute to add it
This is the first Mafia game I played so I loved it the repetitive nature of disrupting rackets is its only downfall, I also agree Donovan is one of my favourite character in all video games
Love your breakdown on the game, makes me want to pick it up again
I'm pretty sure that the underboss endings when Lincoln leaves is dependant on the maximum amount of money they make in comparison to the two others
What is the music used in the background at the beginning and around the 46:06 ? It sounds so very familiar 😱
Never played past the first mafia but I just love your writing and narrating. You still haven't made a video that I haven't crushed in one sitting two max
I played Mafia III for the first time earlier this year and generally had a good time, the core gameplay is very solid, but I feel that the game's best aspects are diluted by the racket system.
The DLC shines in part because the three stories completely do away with the filler content and provide tight, focused experiences that go straight to the point and play to the game's strengths. That and the second DLC has more Donovan, what more could you ask for but more time seeing him and Lincoln interact together?
I’m just going to say it. The district takeover system was fun and creative. Yes it could be repetitive but it never felt monotonous. The satisfying gameplay and soundtrack was enough for it to stay fun all the way through for me. I thought it was satisfying and immersive to methodically take over each district from Marciano slowly and deliberately as the story unfolds. I also liked the freedom you had in making choices that actually would have consequences later on, as well as the ability to take them in any order you’d prefer from the start of the game. I never understood the hate that it got. Maybe I’m alone in this but I thought it blended very well with the story.
When i beat mafia 3 I didn’t mind the racket missions much because I got my fair share of stealth combat and money earning by doing them! I guess certain gamers like myself enjoy certain types of mediocrity like in assassin’s creed where you uncover the map using viewpoints!
I recall playing the game day 01 and I enjoyed the story overall. Loved the setting and how unafraid it was to be true to the setting with even having a disclaimer before beginning the game. My biggest issue was how the racket missions and loyalty missions were essentially the same with all 3 subordinates. The worst part is how you can do them at your own pace without having to trigger the mission and then the story will still make you do it again regardless if you already did it so it felt monotonous. They should have had territory take overs story locked and side content with members of each gang you work with to further develop the gang and their reasoning of why they are even there.
Vito still best portage man
Mafia lll is an amazing game it’s just the game mechanics are bad it feels like the game is against you in every way like they want you to fail the missions
I agree with what you said about vito and Joe. I think the commission knows how dangerous it’d be with them together and someone like Lincoln clay. No one would be able to touch them
Mafia 3 is effectively a newer Punisher game and I adore that. It's definitely my favourite of the series. I never finished my first playthrough back when it released (just due to backlog at the time) but I finally went back after the Mafia remake and love it, mostly anyway.
I remember the game was hated on for not being "Mafia" enough
the gunplay wasn't very classy like in mafia 2 for example
the game apparently felt like far cry, very repetitive with a great story potential
mafia was supposed to be our gem, our videogame heritage and don't get me wrong, it still is
but Mafia III was quite a let down localized voice acting for our native language was missing and not representing the lifestyle of a mafioso enough in the eyes of series veterans
but it's nice that someone enjoys something that most hated on and puts a brighter light on it
take care, fuzzy
I understand that this game upset a lot of people for being either not too Mafia enough or for the repetitive gameplay and I accepted that but when you look past all that you can really see where this game shines, the story is great along with its setting and music, just top notch and the voice acting? Who ever was in charge for the VA in this and Mafia Definitive Edition deserves huge raise it’s very well done. That’s being said they coulda more by adding linear missions but keeping the side missions cause the gameplay is still satisfying, more things to do outside the story and added a few more things like multiple saves, fast travel cause the map is kinda big and a new game plus for better replay ability but overall it’s an enjoyable game if you can get passed the flaws.
This was probably my favorite Mafia game. You effectively play as Jason Vorhees with a gun.
My first playthrough I didn't know about the up close takedowns, which honestly would have made the playthrough so much more fun.
what is that killer track in the intro? that bassline is crazy
Good video I kinda spoiled Mafia 2 and 3 for myself but hey I'll probably forget before I actually get back to those games I always thought Mafia 3 was unique because you fought the Mafia
Saw this video , went back to the game and oh boy it's an amazing game
this game’s cutscenes has some of the best acting in a videogame ever. specifically a spoiler filled cutscene from the Sign of Times dlc.
It’s a pretty low tier Ubilike.
Idk if anyone realized but Joe shows up in the end of this game as Leo Galante bodyguard hence the face zoom on Joe at the end
i really enjoyed this video! you should make a video about black ops!
1:00:22 I dont think the definitive editon changed anything visually (I could be wrong on this) but I think it only made the 3 DLCs free
Lmao dude hears a whistle
"I hear something I don't like!"
In 2002 Vice city got censored due to its Hatian/Cuban controversy. Surprised this game didn't get similar hot water. Also you hit the nail on the head with "repetition" being this games biggest issue
1:14:59 the music is working well here
Slept on
The remakes of the OGs were great as well.. criminally overlooked.. some of the best looking games of their generation
The stabbing @ 14:37 getting flagged may have something to do with the flag in the background. ?
Why does everybody use the fucking Yakuza series ambient music and sound effects? That’s all I’ve heard the last like 6 fucking months
Mafia 3 somewhat reminds me of Outer Worlds - OW was frankly a pain in the arse in it's first level (Emerald Vale) and so grindy that you just stopped, ignoring the rest of the missions and frankly the wider story. Mafia 3 has a great story... if you cut out all the annoying parts of taking over districts which amount to "go here, destroy this", while the boss fights were generally well written and engaging from invading a hotel, to blowing up a quarry and slaughtering the KKK.
It's a shame how often developers pad things out with meaningless content just to claim "We've XXX hours of gameplay", it's the real world equivalent of Preston Garvey saying "I've heard about another settlement that needs your help".
I think the underboss with the highest racket value takes over