Mafia III: Definitive Edition

Mafia III: Definitive Edition Review - Sph3reX

Gameplay:
- [✅] Engaging open-world gameplay with diverse missions
- [✅] Satisfying driving mechanics and vehicle handling
- [✅] Excellent gunplay with fluid crouch/hide mechanics
- [✅] Solid combat/punch system for melee encounters

Graphics:
- [✅] Stunning visuals and atmospheric lighting
- [✅] Detailed city design reflecting the 1960s era
- [❌] Impressive character models and animations

Audio:
- [✅] Fantastic voice acting and character dialogue
- [✅] Immersive environmental soundscapes
- [❌] Outstanding soundtrack featuring iconic 1960s music

Story:
- [✅] Gripping narrative with a powerful emotional core
- [✅] Well-written characters and their development arcs
- [✅] A bold exploration of social and cultural themes

Replayability:
- [✅] Multiple endings based on player choices
- [❌] Vast open-world with activities and collectibles
- [❌] A mix of stealth and action offering replay value

Overall:
- [✅] Worth the price for its compelling experience
- [✅] A fantastic addition to the Mafia franchise
- [✅] Excellent for fans of story-driven open-world games


Positives of the Game:
- Mafia III: Definitive Edition* impresses with its stunning graphics and attention to detail, making the city of New Bordeaux feel alive.
- The driving, gunplay, and stealth mechanics are incredibly satisfying, adding depth to both action and exploration.
- The storyline is emotionally impactful, addressing meaningful themes with authenticity and boldness.
- The soundtrack immerses you into the 1960s, enhancing the overall atmosphere of the game.

Negatives (Constructive):
- The mission structure can feel repetitive at times, particularly in the later stages of the game.
- AI behaviour is inconsistent, with enemies sometimes acting unrealistically.
- Occasional bugs and glitches, such as visual pop-ins or audio syncing issues, detract from immersion(Though updates have solved them now).
- While the open-world is visually stunning, it can feel underutilised with limited dynamic events.
- Long drive sequences without fast travel options might not appeal to every player.

Must play game, especially for Mafia Fans and Open world RPG Fans !

Would not recommend.
Game has nothing to do with the Mafia series, and is buggy.
Crashes, achievements earned and not received and generally many programming issues.
Developers should have spent more time writing code and less time coming up with a woke story to educate us.

The best review I have seen for this game is that this is a good game, but it's not a good Mafia game; a sentiment with which I concur.

This has a phenomenal story to it, very compelling characters, and personally the map and environment is one of my favorites I have seen in a game. The 1960s American South is such an important and compelling setting to stage a game, and the developers were able to capture the racial tensions of the era whilst not coming across too "edgy" nor is it too "woke". The racism is the background, not the forefront, and the game doesn't insist on any sort of moralism. The only thing that motivates the main character is vengeance, and the story goes to lengths to show that this too can be flawed.

The gameplay loop can be tiresome, I agree, but I found myself very interested in exploring otherwise forgotten and unlikely to be explored parts of the map due to needing to find fuses to hack telephone switchboxes, which unveil collectibles across the map. The attention to detail around the map is awesome.

I think there is some valid criticisms to the game, but overall I find it to be a great game if you are looking for an open-world crime-action game with incredible storytelling. If you are looking for a Mafia game, it is a departure from the first two titles but not so offputting that you should miss out on what is otherwise a fun ride.

Cant run in full screen mode and fps are limited to 60. Gameplay is repetitive and rather boring

This is not the Mafia story based games we have all fallen in love with.

This feels like a spin-off where Vice City meets True Crime.


For a moment forget about the mafia name attached to it and play it as a spinoff DLC featuring Vito and few other characters from Mafia 2.

The racket system, mission design is very solid.


Only issue I had was occasional crashes, could be fixed by disabling steam overlay, delete launcher file in game folder (win11) and disable full screen optimizations.

Overall a GOOD singleplayer experience of 40-50 hrs with DLCS.

Stealth is decent thought I miss being able to replenish health with food and what not..
Car customization is sick in this game best in the series!!

The whole "perks" system is alright but beats the whole point of losing cops or going solo when taking big enemy areas

8/10 Game grab it off sale and enjoy it!

Attempted to play the game, the furthest I've reached so far is the difficulty select screen without crashing. And according to the game's launcher, my 3060 Ti doesn't fulfil the game's minimum system requirements. Add to that the endless reports of achievements somehow being as bugged as they are, it is a mess of a game that will probably never get fixed.

the game wasn't even starting, so I came here to check reviews. lot of people mention something about game not running in full screen. so I tried that and voila! its running. and for some reason, game luncher tells me I don't have good enough system to run this game. b.tch I have a rig with 4070ti, I think it can run you cheap a.s, so called definitive edition game...

The best description I saw for this game was: If you've played the intro, you've played the entire game. I really tried enjoying it, but I've failed miserably.

Short: You need a GTA type of game ? This is your buggy game. You want another Mafia game ? Don't even think about it

Now, a real review
If this game would lose a point for each time it crashes on me, it will be -50/10, and we are only counting trying to open the game, because this buggy mess is going to crash on you after opening, make you watch THE LONGEST INTRO VIDEO EVER (get the mod to remove it, trust me), show you the autosave feature, then crash on you

The story is there, lets not talk about it

The shooting is... boring, but not so much if you consider that bugs can play against you so you may have to fight a boss arena without healing since the healing option is for some reason lock, the enemies won't give you ammo and you can actually punch the s*** out of everyone because the AI sucks
Stealth is an option, even when you go loud, because the AI is not even going to see someone in flames from your molotov and continue doing their activities like nothing happen

Honestly, it is a really, really bad and buggy game, even if they fix is some what how. I will only finish it because there is no other options on the market outside finishing GTA San Andreas or 4 for the who knows how many times already and I need something different. But otherwise ? Yeah, this game is really bad
And I'm writing this after jumping a red light, a cop start to follow me and the game crashed for no reason, again

The game keep crashing and can't even play in full screen.
This doesn't mean that I have got a low performance computer, my thing is RTX 4060

I should have zero issue running the game.
Good bye and peace

VSYNC is broken and crashes the game. (Can be enabled in your video card settings instead).
Charging money for games which don't work by default should be illegal. Why is it my job to find a fix for your games?
Steam needs better quality control.
(All Definitive Mafia games have the same bug)

Gameplay can be a tad repetitive but it's good fun driving, shooting and stabbing people, story is decent too I guess even if some of the characters aren't so likeable.
It's just a shame it's the buggiest piece of garbage, even still, years after release, comically so given the 'definitive' edition

Too long of a grind, too many witnesses calling the police, too many repetitive tasks, too many items behind locked doors, rooms.

The story is good though and graphics too, however after so many years, they haven't fixed the occasional crashes and it is not compatible with Windows 11 as it just freezes on start if you don't run it in compatibility mode.

This game is just so fun, You really feel the raw experience that 2K was trying to show, with the brutality, racism and all around humor in the game. I played Mafia 1, 2 and now 3 and I don't understand some of the reviews that say "Mafia 1-2 feels more mafia than 3", just because you aren't in the Italian mob doesn't mean there weren't other mobs, examples the Hatian and Irish mobs. This game is supposed to be different and still pays tribute to the older games in many different ways. This game has more action than the past mafias combined, and the dlcs are pretty good. Mafia 1 is boring and it gets cut short, Mafia 2 is so glitchy, glitchy, glitchy. Mafia 3 has its fair share of glitches but they are easy fixes compared to the graphic errors in mafia 2. I really think people are hung up on the idea that because Lincoln Clay isn't Italian, this game is bad and that's total bs. Lincoln Clay is an Ex military running his own mob to take on Sal Marcono's and there is nothing like this in the past games at all, in the past games you get led into a room and shit hits the fan, in this game you take everything from the mob, its so satisfying and leaves me wanting more especially when I ended the game. I recommend this game purely because in the past mafias, you dont have any serious gunfights until 4 hours into a boring story switching between apartments, in this one you have serious gun fights not even 5 seconds into the game.

To no fault of the creators as they were being true to the time period, the music in this game is far superior to the ones in the past, so many classics rolled into one game.

The fact that this games reviews are so mixed speaks volumes of what people really think about the theme, that being said I loved this games theme and have only seen strides like this in Red Dead Redemption 2, where the game developers aren't afraid to display historical accuracy, and obviously this game is fictional but it relates heavily to that time period in american history, I love it. 10/10

One of the most underrated games I've ever played BUT...

The game is still buggy, the no grind mod is mandatory to keep a faster pace to the main plot and the missions are boilerplate as they come.

If you can get over that, you are treated to a unique setting with an excellent story, some high quality DLC and a killer soundtrack.

Feels like history has forgotten this game but there is an experience to be had if you have the patience

Absolutely AWFUL.

Completely bricks my PC, after opening the game it fullscreens to a black screen and renders my PC completely bricked requiring a hard shut shutdown.

If I open it and hard shutdown my PC and repeat it will eventually open after the 3rd/4th time and this caused me to go over the refund timer, id absolutely refund if I could. Ive tried literally every 'fix' online and nothing fixed this absolute joke of a software.

Almost didn't beat the game because it is so buggy. But besides that fact, the artistic vision of this game has illuminates strongly with this one. I like this game primarily because it exposes the dirtiness of American history during a time where division was clashing with unity. I'm gladly awaiting Mafia: Old Country after experiencing this peace of art.

Comming from Mafia 1 & 2 and honeslty, this just feels really boring. Since the end goal is set from the beggining (revenge), there is a very little story to talk about. Taking over territories should be honeslty a sidequest, but instead, it's used to fill-in the main game loop. The mafia has been always about the story, but this so called "story" is something you'd write for homework to school (and you'd get B).

God forbid I drive slighly close to the sidewalk, because the NPCs will just randomly jumping right into my car.

The police system is just awfull. You hit a car => you get shot by cops. Also, there are no star levels.

Overall, I didn't even bother to finish it, since the game keeps crashing at random points.

Conclusion: Save your time and rather than playing this, take a walk outside.

The most broken purportedly serious game ever, bar none. On launch instant CTD %85 of the time, multi monitor support straight outa 2004. If any overlay touches the screen, steam windows nvidia whatever you are now capped at 30 fps. random frame dips, permanent non linear mouse acceleration, mouse is not confined to the program which perfectly pairs with the none existent borderless window option to create a scenario where you are subtly conditioned to only rotate the camera left.

26 hours of playtime? yeah that's cause I didn't close the game once it actually opened, probably only about 6-8 hours in. We are now 3 for 3 on mafia games I sort of enjoyed but could not finish, cant wait for 4

The current top review kinda says it all. This game should be in a neutral category.
I usually keep refraining from writing reviews, but had to do it.

Although the setting is awesome and the racial tension is suspense, the gameplay and gameworld are lackluster. I like side missions, however you always have to drive through the ENTIRE map do complete them in Mafia 3. Which is not a problem in a game like GTA but here... To drive 5-10min in a barren landscape with heavy pop-in is just so.. boring.

The story starts off violently good. You get a reason, you get a narrative etc. But after two hours it just repeats itself. Drive to District A, kill everyone and capture the District. Drive to B, do the same all over again.

I don't leave games unplayed. Today I did.

Like this game. But i love style of Mafia 1, hope Mafia Old Country come with that styles

Mafia 3 is my first game in the series so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I really enjoyed this game and would easily recommend it to anyone that loves third person shooters. It has a great story thats interesting from beginning to end. The only issue with this game is that has tons of bugs and the gameplay can be extremely repetitive. If you don't find the story captivating then you may end up dropping the game because of its repetitive nature.

Oh boy, this game left me with mixed feelings.
Let's start with the good things. Graphically, it's a solid game with mechanics that are easy to understand and satisfying most of the time. The story is also good, and the way it is told is interesting. It is a bit repetitive, but you can play the DLC stuff in between to have a break from the story missions, so for the most part I had fun with the game. Now the bad stuff... oh boy... what a messy and buggy game this is. It was a nightmare for the game to even open without crashing (the trick is to launch the game through the game launcher in windowed mode and vsync off and after the game is loaded you can put it in fullscreen again; you have to do this every single time you open the game), there are 9 achievements that are bugged and it is only possible to complete them if we do everything in a single session, there are infinite loading bugs and the police in this game are 8 or 80. They either don't give a shit about you or send dozens of cars and agents after you, there is no middle ground.

This game could be so much better if they fixed these issues. Let's see what the next Mafia will be like (hopefully not so buggy).
I give Mafia 3 a 7.5 out of 10.
I "recommend" this game, but buy it on sale for less than 10 bucks.

If there were a "Neutral" option on Steam, I would put this game in that category. Unfortunately, I have to choose between "Recommended" and "Not Recommended," and that's tough because my experience with this game was a mix bag of enjoyment but it also boring me to death.

Mafia 3 is a huge departure from Mafia 1 and 2. Those games had that signature "Mafia feel", you were deeply embedded in the mob, experiencing a gripping and linear, story-driven experience that captured the old-school gangster vibe. Mafia 3? Not so much. While you have ties to the mob, you’re not part of it in the same way. Instead, the game shifts gears and leans heavily toward an open-world, GTA-style/Ubisoft formula. This game isn’t inherently bad, but it does cause the game to lose part of what made the Mafia series so unique. The story is really good imo! It’s dark, gritty, and unforgettable! One of the strongest aspects of this game.

Unfortunately, the gameplay is a hufe let down. The missions are painfully repetitive. Taking over districts quickly becomes a chore. You’ll find yourself doing the same types of objectives over and over, and it drags the experience down. Combine that with frequent crashes! I had to restart the game multiple times just to get it running and it can be frustrating.

In the end, Mafia 3 is a good game, but it’s not a good Mafia game. If you go in expecting something like Mafia 1 or 2, you might be disappointed. But if you give it a chance as its own thing, there’s some enjoyment to be found. Just be prepared for the rough edges.

Ever since the 2k launcher removal, game does not load whatsoever. This issue is the same across all three games ( i bought the trilogy). ass game anyway don't buy even if its on discount!

I mean half way into the second mission where you're trying to escape through mardi gras, when I get to the escape car and try to break through the fence which is the only way to progress further, the fence becomes indestructible and prevents me from progressing. I've restarted the game, the mission, my pc, verified files, reinstalled, looked up the problem for a fix and the only one is to restart the campaign. :D would be a fun time if not for the bugs this isn't even the only one just my personal 3rd strike for the game

Freezes when running in fullscreen mode on laptop's external HDMI monitor. Only runs fullscreen on the laptop's own monitor.

Doesnt match with the vibes of Mafia 1 and 2 but definitely deserves a playthrough at least once.

Overhated game, really recommend it and the entire trilogy wholeheartedly

depending on what kind of sale you get it you'll find yourself with a 0.25-50$ per hour of gameplay which is an insane bucks to hours of playtime ratio

had crashing issues, but I fixed it. So far, super fun.

Solid game, though can be a bit repetitive. That being said, I like the mission structure and feeling OP taking down the mob so I don't mind it being repetitive. Reminds me a bit of doing same types of missions in something like AC: Odyssey. IMO it's the best Mafia story out of them so far too.

There's quite a lot of things Mafia III does really well.

Graphically it is extremely good, with well designed environments, characters & cars. The atmosphere and vibe is different from the other entries but still great.

Story wise, it's a big improvement over Mafia II, but still can't compare to Mafia 1. I really liked most of the characters with their different points of view and motivation.

The only big issue with this game is that it's quite repetitive which might turn off some people. But as I found the gameplay loop engaging, it was not an issue for me.

For achievements hunters, the achievements are quite buggy so I would recommend to read a guide about the glitchy achievements before playing the game.

8/10

Mission and tasks are very repetitive like others said, but the story is good, and the game play is also nice, had fun completing it.

I'm having more fun with this game than I thought I would, but performance is a mess. I'm leaving this for future me so I remember how to play it without issue. Use steam input for controller to work. Mouse sensitivity controls the stick camera, not controller sensitivity, and set it to 0.5. Turn off v-sync because it gave a worse framerate and there wasn't any noticeable screen tearing. Use third party app on steam called Borderless Gaming as the game doesn't come with that setting itself and run Mafia 3 in windowed. Fullscreen had crashed the game a couple of times.

Edit: if it crashes on startup, add the game to nvidia control panel and force vsync on through there instead

i grabbed it on sale, for the low price its a decent game. For all who got problems to start the game: start the game when the blackscreen appears press alt+tab and switch to desktop, wait for a moment and then switch back in to the game, works for me.

Not a Definitive Edition

Theoratically the game would be ok. I liked driving around in the cars & listening to the 60s music. Writing is mixed, some stuff is good, some not. DLCs were nice, especially renovating Sammys, but bad that you cannot do anything in/with it afterwads. Roxy was great char, but only little part in DLC, afterwards no integration in the game (Sammys for example).
Good cast & voice acting.

Technically it is very bad. Crashes a lot at start up, sometimes scripts don't load & you have to reload to move on. All progress Achievements are broken & reset once you leave the game. AI feels like CnP from Mafia 2 & then it was deproved (the oppisite of improved aka worsened...)

I kind of wish nobody would buy the new game until they fix this one... :-(

The game crashes, the graphics are somehow worse than the other two games, it's basically unplayable and when it works the game isn't fun. I really wanted to play though the game but it's just awful in every way. I hope the next Mafia game is good.

Fun game with a good story to it.

The experience of this game is far below expectations. Ever since i installed it, i can only play it once every few attemps to launch it. I have to restart my computer because the entire system freezes, and i'm forced to log back into Steam. Practically, i've spent more time trying to start the game than actually playing it. It's not even worth the time to look for it in the library, let alone pay for it.

Second quarter of the game is quite boring, but after that, you get way more than just repeating same boss fights.

Game has some bugs. If it doesn't crash, restart the game. If it crashes or dont eun full screen, it can be fixed. Instructions are out there.

This is no GTA or Max Payne, but give it a chance, will ya?

It is an 'OK'ish game.

This game crashes like other Mafia games and there is a work around you can find it online. Even after launch sometimes it crashes though it is very rare and some achievements are bugged. If the story mission is bugged and it didn't work as intended, then restart the game. That should fix the deadlock problem.

If i have to rate this among other Mafia games then it will be at the bottom. Story was the stronghold for the previous games.But here it was very shallow and simple. In fact i didn't even get to do any mafia thing.

As for combat, I liked it. But it was very repetitive. Unlike previous games here you can either go direct or use stealth and there are many options.

In short it didn't feel like a mafia game.

3/5

A bold and emotional tale of revenge with a fantastic setting and a killer soundtrack. The story and characters shine, making it an underrated gem in the series.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
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☐ 10

this game has been really buggy but mostly i ignored it as long as it doesn't really disturb my gaming experience. until i finished the bathhouse mission and it failed to save. when i tried to restart the game, turns out my save file is corrupted and now i gotta start from the beginning. bought it with the other definitive edition. everything's ok with mafia 1 DE, but i couldn't finish mafia 2 because of weird glitch after returning bruno's money. i just hope the dev can do better on the upcoming game.

This game is laughably bad. it is filled with bugs, it constantly crashes, it has zero controller support and looks and feels terrible. Even if you like the first two games do not even bother with this.

As of February 25th 2025,

Been playing Mafia 1 and 2 and really had a good time, was really looking forward to play the third one.
Well, it's bugged as hell. Black screen at launch every time and if you can start playing it randomly freezes and crash.
Been fighting for 1 hour, read the forum, doesn't work so I give up even if I have a set up that can make it work easily.

Can't recommand a game that doesn't work. 5 years after realease still a sh*tshow...

Finished the game on Hard Difficulty so the review is written with that in mind. Didn't bother to find all collectibles (super tedious) and didn't complete 100% the side quests.

Pros
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- Amazing music! It's one of these games where you get to discover new(old) songs!
- Great level design.
- Graphics are great (Except rain which looks crap).
- Amazing music! It's one of these games where you get to discover new(old) songs! I mean running around in an old muscle car while some good old american rock hits the radio is a unique feeling!
- Good weapons variety. Also the feel good when you shoot and realistic compared to other games.
- Driving (on realistic) is nice! Also good car variety. Plus some customization!
- Nice kill move animations (could have used more variety though.)
- Vito!

Neutral
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- Story is okay but compared to it's predecessors it's not on the same level.
- Gameplay loop is repetitive and gets kinda boring after a while (depends on the person I guess).
- Breaking boxes/doors may be nice at first but gets super repetitive after a while. Could have used a "skill" or tool to allow you to bypass some of them after a while.


Cons
=====
- Plenty bugs! Nothing gamebreaking or that can be solved though. (launching game issue even on 2025, lighting bugs, quest bugs, game bugs)
- No photo mode! (or toggle UI button)
- No pov camera for driving (or general)! I mean come on, I wanted to drift my cars while in first person!
- Although combat AI isn't that bad, civilian and police AI is total trash.

Overall this would goes into the "Neutral" review but steam doesn't have one so...

I want to like this game but it is so bad. Nothing feels play tested which is terrible because every mission is the exact same, and they all play so poorly. It is so god damn repetitive. Not to mention im not even alone with the game crashing before it even launches issue. Truly the definition of a bad game. Play the free demo and youve played the game.

Apart from the issue with it loading into a small window small crashes now and again and physically unable to play it when switching to full screen the gameplay/ graphics ain't bad , I do recommend it if you can cope with the often issues that comes with it xD


( Game runs fine when loaded into a small window but can be annoying to see what your doing most of the time )

God I wish there is a "meh" button instead of recommend or not recommend the game.
This game is weird. It's good and bad at the same time.
They have to change the series name to Midfia or Mehfia tbh.

the good

Storyline is good as usual like other mafia game, voice acting, cutscenes, character movement and dialogue feel alive. the racism depiction is so good that I started to hate white people. soundtrack choice is great, some choice actually matters, world building is detailed (not good, but detailed).

if you compare this game to another open world game with higher budget, then it's your fault because seeing how the game play, I know that when the game released Hangar 13 doesn't have big budget but still make it beautiful here and there. the new feature that doesn't exist from Mafia 1 and 2 that actually helpful.

the bad

bugs and crashes. for a game that really story driven, why in the hell would you not fix the bugs and crashes? there is a lot of bad aspect that I can tolerate but the bugs and crashes was so bad you can't actually "get into" it when the bugs came out. and the bugs is often game breaking, ruining the game experiences. come on, man, this is Definitive Edition at least fix a bit?

the world building even though it's detailed, it felt empty. maybe because the racism depiction is so good, Lincoln couldn't interact with ANY store available in the game except to rob it? (because the main character is African-American) it's kinda ridiculous. you guys want to make the game as realistic as possible but you cant drink or eat in a bar like Mafia 2 is serious problem.

NPC behaviour is so weird, and the Simulation driving mode is more forgiving now to almost no consequences. why even bother adding it in the first place dude. I understand this game came out in 2016, but god damn at least keep it consistent.

UI looks like a company website UI that made in canva.

the side mission excluding DLC was like GTA 5 online side mission. You go there, you go here, blablabla here's your reward. now repeat the same damn thing 15 times each to get maximum money from your district.

Some collectibles doesnt even get you achievement, it's just there to add play hours. removing carcyclopedia and can't keep the vehicle you have in the garage is diabolical.

there is quite a lot of what I gotta say about the bad aspect of the game but I forgot. i'll edit the review later.

in conclusion

if you like a game with good story, it's good. however if you like open world and like to explore, there is only certain thing or spot that you can explore. the rest is not worth it. never buy this on full price. always on sale.