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I enjoyed this game back in the days after its release and Im enjoying it even more now. Here is why.
Previous two Mafia games were heavily story driven since you had one story mission after another. This one is closer to the classic "GTA" open world formula with many side missions to do (if you want).
I don't mind when games get repetitive if the gameplay itself is fun. And boy Im having fun with this one! The action, animations and ragdoll physics are so much fun that after finishing one firefight I can't wait to start another. One of my most favourite things are melee finishers. Simply get close to your enemy and press Q key and Lincoln will perform a finisher depending on which weapon you are carrying. It was the exact same way (even the Q key) in 2005 Punisher game. You can also try stealthy approach or later in the game you can just call in a hitman squad and enjoy the firefight from afar. The choice is yours.
Story is actually very good and especially the acting. You just don't see a cutscene after every finished mission like in the previous games. Story narrative reminds me mostly of Guy Ritchie's gangster movies with little bit of Martin Scorsese mixed into it but at some points you also feel like being in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood since it takes place in the same time period and even contains
some songs that were later used in that movie.
Which brings me to the soundtrack - it's simply amazing. What can I say, one classic song after another. You will not want to turn off the radio station!
What about our main character Lincoln Clay? Im so happy that once more we can have some "walking tank" type of character. He is basically like Jack Reacher mixed with the Punisher.
For a person like me who grew up on Arnold Schwarzenegger movies it's just another plus. And like a mentioned before the fighting and everything around it is just so much fun.
Some people say that the open world is empty and there's not much to do except the side missions. To be fair it wasn't much different in previous games. Map basically served
only to get from point A to point B to complete the story mission. In this you actually have things to do, which gives you more money, make things easier for you (like if you eliminate enemy enforcers they won't be
bothering you later in the game) and your decisions even have influence on the story since there are several different ways how you can progress. Like in all previous instalments here as well was environment created with great attention to detail that makes you want to just walk around and breathe in the atmosphere. What makes the environment feel alive are the npcs. They have many different dialogs and even reacting on what's happening in the story as the game progress.
At one point after Sammy's bar gets repaired you can stop by to have a drink there which is a nice touch since I always liked to be able to immerse myself into the game doing all those little
unnecessary things like being able to eat or drink and stuff like that. There is also one nice little detail some of us appreciate and which is usually overlooked in most pc games and that's the walking button. You can just switch between walk and run.
In case of technical issues - Im only having one. Which is that sometimes when you start the game it for some reason crashes back to desktop after the opening logos. Little annoying but all I have to do is just
to start the game again and all over sudden it works just fine. I heard that switching the compatibility to Windows 7 solves the problem but I didn't bother to test it. Other than that game works just fine on max details. Not a single crash during the gameplay. My pc is almost as old as the game, which is Ryzen 5 1600, 16gb ram and GeForce 1060 (and Windows 10). Game can look gorgeous at times but I suggest
turning off the depth of field and motion blur to make it look less blurry.
So If you like this genre I really think that you should give it a try. Im not afraid to say that this game is very underrated. It is on 75% sale very often and for that price you really can't go wrong.
You can pray on the way up! - Lincoln Clay
Update: I completely forgot that later in the game you can grow weed and even make your own strains! 10/10!