brokenbeans
Banned
Maybe we play more that protagonist?
Mafia 3 Reveal Trailer (Hangar 13/Take-Two, 2016, PC/PS4/XB1)
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partyphone
Banned
mafia is still the prominent theme of the game. this seems like a fresh change of pace.
More_Badass
Member
"Mafia" has a broader definition than "Italian Mafia". The series is progressing from a specific Mafia to mafias in general.
Was expecting a typical Italian Mafiaso type of character and game. At first glance I was disappointed but, now the more I watch these videos and get a sense of the setting and vibes, I think this is an awesome new direction the developers are taking. I love the music during this period. Was a very dark time for the U.S. and has not really been explored in gaming outside of war games. For the era and location, playing as a black lead character will be very, very interesting and can provide great story telling. I honestly can say I am more interested now than I was before.
spindashing
Banned
I can't believe in 2015, we've got the "I can't relate" spiel going on non ironically. Apparently, "nowadays" Mafia is a term for organized crime when non-Italian groups have been called "mafia" for ages.
As far as the look of the game, I don't know. It looks so dated? I'm not sure how to describe it, but although I like the characters, I doubt I'll be picking it up at release.
As far as the look of the game, I don't know. It looks so dated? I'm not sure how to describe it, but although I like the characters, I doubt I'll be picking it up at release.
Your view point is stuck in the past and boring. We've had two Mafia games about the Italian Mafia as the main player focus and I applaud 2K for trying something new with this franchise and the Mafia as a whole. This is exactly what I wanted from Mafia 3, new characters, new locations, new stories, new mafia.
A gluttony in comparison to other non-Godfather/Goodfellas/Italian mob kind of games. The vast, vast majority of games dealing with modern organized crime relies on the same trope of Italian mobsters inspired by Godfather and Goodfellas. Stuff like Mafia, Constructor, the Godfather games, most of the entries in the GTA series, Omerta, Scarface, etc.
I understand that, I guess I just need to know more about his story arc, because if I wanted sociopath killing machines with little to no redeeming qualities I could play any number of shooters.
I hope there's more to this guy than revenge/killing is all I'm saying. I trust Illusion Softworks or whatever they go by now, but that trailer didn't really sell me.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
That line of thinking will cause the series to become stagnant. Surely you see this?
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
Where those gameplay pics and gif in the OP taken from? The trailer didn't show any gameplay and was all CGI.
IGN/Gamespot articles/videos.
MHWilliams
Member
As other have pointed out, Mafia has a broader connotation.
Even beyond that:
They still feature heavily in the game.
But hey, not for you. We get it.
User 73706
Banned
There must have been a printing error on every copy I've ever seen, because I'm pretty sure the name of the series isn't "Italian Mafia." Black people developing criminal undercurrents can be explored in conventional and historically-grounded ways beyond "look this dude just stole cigarettes from a gas station even though he could have just bought them, must be something wrong with the culture." Granted, that doesn't mean ignorant folk are going to be happy about it because they'd rather just view people of color as a spooky scary card-carrying villain monolith, but more stuff like this is bound to happen. Whether or not you're cool with it is your call.
Was hyped but a bit disappointed, still glad we are getting a Mafia III!
Is that really Vito in the reveal trailer? He would be 44 years old and the guy in the trailer looks more like in his early 50's.malso I really don't like that they are going with more arcadey gameplay and not realistic gameplay both older Mafias had.
Is that really Vito in the reveal trailer? He would be 44 years old and the guy in the trailer looks more like in his early 50's.malso I really don't like that they are going with more arcadey gameplay and not realistic gameplay both older Mafias had.
misses bull
Banned
Has anyone posted the gamespot article yet? http://www.gamespot.com/articles/mafia-3-tackles-racism-and-the-vietnam-war-in-1960/1100-6429489/
I'm not feeling the "fresh" change. Mafia has 2 games, of which the second I don't even dare to talk about in the. Same sentence as the original. There's hardly any fatigue and thus adding something "fresh" will likely hurt this than not. It's not a surprise quite some people are disappointed and it hardly has anything to do with the visuals.
I'm aware of that and I don't like it.
So in fact you wanted a new IP?
I can definitely see this, which is why I wouldn't want it annualised or anything, four or five games tops, maybe even a trilogy, and then let it rest for quite some time before rebooting it.
No. YOU clearly want this to be a new IP, I wanted Mafia 3 to break away from the main player focus and alliegance being the heavily used Italian Mafia and Mafia 3 has done that.
DC1
Member
I'm a member friend, all my life.
Complete with various nick names like:
White boy
High Yellow
Red man (before it was a thing)
Redbone
Brightman (not to be confused with Brightness)
Hope this helps.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Apparently because it won't be the Godfather
Damn, you would think that most would be excited by such a refreshing change of pace and a more diverse cast of characters. I'll take this any day over another typical Italian mob in a jazzy New York sort of setting. Down in the Bayou with the turmoil of the 60's and some good old classic rock? Yes please.
When you say Constructor, do you mean this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_Rule
It's a 15 year old game, and the page says it wasn't very good... if you have to resort to that, this gluttony of yours seems like a rather shaky argument.
grandwizard
Member
Good on them for broaching something new. Cool how now the italian mob seems to be the bad guys rather than the dumb fantasy self insert they were before, ignoring all the terrible and racist shit they were doing for many years.
Honestly more excited for the legions of 'I can't relate!' responses to this than the actual game.
Honestly more excited for the legions of 'I can't relate!' responses to this than the actual game.
I want this to be a new IP because I want it to be more of the same? How is that even possible?
MHWilliams
Member
Honestly, it doesn't matter what either of you wanted. Or me. What you're getting is Mafia III a game about a former member of the Black Mafia creating his own version of the Dixie Mafia to take on the Italian Mafia.
Mafia mafia mafia mafia.
Yep.
Summer Haze
Banned
Gameplay looks a little generic and janky, but I love that setting and era. And I'm very interested in seeing how the Vietnam War and racism aspects tie into the world/story/characters.
misses bull
Banned
I love that a big video game like this is attempting to tackle racism in a serious way. I just wish it didn't look like a big name video game
BabyFaceKillah
Member
Black main character so I'm in...
rental till I see more
I for one wanted italians, might sound bad but for me the mafia is the Godfather or if in Asia the Triads. Even Mafia 2 annoyed me a bit because we played at the edge of the family affairs instead of being part of it for most of the game.
When I play a criminal I want it to be something like the Godfather or A Bronx Tale. Not that interested in playing a character involved in street gangs.
When I play a criminal I want it to be something like the Godfather or A Bronx Tale. Not that interested in playing a character involved in street gangs.
Basically, because you've been fed one thing your whole life, you don't want to try anything different. You associating mafia with one thing doesn't mean that they need to keep doing that same thing over and over and over again.
FeenixRising
Banned
I don't even ......
" Hey, let's make The Godfather 4 a romantic comedy about an ageing man who is a young teenager's godfather and they all go on silly adventures, because, you know, the word "godfather" means the same thing here as well "
I couldn't come up with a more silly comparison, but it's basically the same thing.
No, that's not even close to what I was talking about. You said that any new ideas should be dumped into a new IP. This game has plenty of new ideas so, going by what you said, you would rather this game was not a Mafia game and instead Mafia 3 should be the same stuff every game about the mafia has been about before.
spindashing
Banned
You might as well just say you want your criminals to be white men in suits and be done with it.
...No, it isn't the same thing. Wtf?
Black Republican
Member
I think, he was kidding
It is nowhere near the same thing. You're just being ridiculous now so I'm just going to leave this paticular topic.
No, I'm well aware of the different kinds of organised crimes they're calling Mafia now, but none of them are remotely as interesting and captivating as the Italian/Sicilian kind to me, which is why this reveal has been extremely disappointing.
DC1
Member
Non-American post.
That never crossed my mind.
Oh. Then I applaud the original question
