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Mafia 3 |OT| "Family isn't who you're born with, it's who you die for"
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Do you have a physical copy or digital?
dancegrenade
Member
God damn I love this game, but I always knew I would anyway.
I still think the Lincoln 'hop' is one satisfying animation.
The hop he does after aiming and before sprinting.
OMG I thought it was just me! That animation feels so fucking good after doming someone and taking off.
ElzarTheBam
Member
You want to stop him? Try ramming him from good angle [Q on PC] or shoot at his tires while hoping it doesn't make car flip and explode instantly
They are available through car service that
>Burke<
The perfect Dark
Banned
Yep, third mission.
Messofanego
Banned
Good to know, might take a chance on this just based on that. Cause I just want to shotgun blast and stab racist fools and have it feel good.
Ya know It didn't even bother me that much in Bloodbourne. It's really really bad here.
ElzarTheBam
Member
The combat is far beyond the expectation of a third person open world game.
It's very reminiscent of Bungie's 30 second of fun rule.
Combat in Mafia 3 puts anything GTAV has to offer in that department into shame. At least on PC.
Messofanego
Banned
The impressions about the game's structure confirmed all of my fears, unfortunately.
It's such a shame, this game couldn't be bad, it didn't deserve to be bad.
I'll still get it when it's cheaper, I guess. I care too much about the setting and story, but it's such a missed opportunity.
Great to know that the combat is fun, though.
It's such a shame, this game couldn't be bad, it didn't deserve to be bad.
I'll still get it when it's cheaper, I guess. I care too much about the setting and story, but it's such a missed opportunity.
Great to know that the combat is fun, though.
Bolded bit, wot? Those are Mafia 3's strongest parts easily. From world design to music track choices to cutscene execution to writing is hitting all right notes for game set in this time period.
I think he means that he really wanted to play the game because of the story, but is put off by the gameplay issues.
I just got all three associates, had a meeting, and unlocked a hell of a lot of new story missions to tackle in whatever order I want. I've been skipping ALL the optional missions because I rented this from Redbox but I've been playing it basically non-stop (aside from work and sleep) since I picked it up yesterday.
The stealth combat, gunplay, movement, and driving are all phenomenal. The repetitive gameplay loop, however, is utter shit. The main thing keeping me going is the amazing story. I'm LOVING the cutscenes. The game makes me think of the latest season of American Horror Story when it comes to those, where you carry out a mission and do gameplay things, then it cuts to a court room in the future where someone is being investigated. Super cool style.
EDIT: Also I'm playing on PS4 and have had ZERO bugs, glitches, crashes, framerate issues, slowdown, or anything. I hope you all on the Xbox One and PC get a patch or something because it's a really enjoyable game if you don't mind the repetition.
The stealth combat, gunplay, movement, and driving are all phenomenal. The repetitive gameplay loop, however, is utter shit. The main thing keeping me going is the amazing story. I'm LOVING the cutscenes. The game makes me think of the latest season of American Horror Story when it comes to those, where you carry out a mission and do gameplay things, then it cuts to a court room in the future where someone is being investigated. Super cool style.
EDIT: Also I'm playing on PS4 and have had ZERO bugs, glitches, crashes, framerate issues, slowdown, or anything. I hope you all on the Xbox One and PC get a patch or something because it's a really enjoyable game if you don't mind the repetition.
Yeah agree with all this. Mafia 3 has been really fantastic with that, but also I quite enjoy the simulation driving mode where you really get to see it in action with the better cars that have the right weighting and swing to do great slides and sharp turns while not awfully challenging.
Story stuff and gameplay is great, just a shame you'll see random bugs here and there, and obviously the 60fps patch can't come soon enough.
Ah. I guess my comprehension of read text sucks today. I can see how gameplay loop that is tied to story progression can be turn off for some, but because how well time period and story is executed it keeps me motivated to keep progressing. It does lose some of the momentum that prologue gives.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
Physical. Is that the difference?
SJRB
Gold Member
Yup, it's insanely small. Almost seems like a scaling issue or something.
Man, the lighting is so weird.
And as for enemy AI:
But I suppose you can sort of explain this because of them being hillbilly inbred rednecks.
Messofanego
Banned
So, I can feel comfortable getting the PS4 version now until PC version gets fixed? Does it look really nice? I'm wary of framerate, which is why I usually get the PC version.
Yeah, exactly. I wanted this to be a great game all around, and not just "a game with a great story". Been worried about it turning out like this ever since they showed the map at E3, but they kept saying that people who aren't so fond of that and liked Mafia II's structure didn't have to be worried. Which would be OK if it had billions of side crap to do, but still a strong linear missions structure you could follow and ignore the side stuff, but they actually made the gameplay loop consist of side activities, it's open world up to 11, even people who usually enjoy open world games might be turned off by this. I don't know what they were thinking.
If it was a short linear game, it's much easier to forgive flaws and keep pushing for the narrative if you're enjoying it, but being open world will certainly make it harder. As I said, I'll still try in the future, definitely didn't give up on this game, but yeah. A new Mafia game, tackling the themes they are, I was expecting to be all over it day one.
It is what it is, I guess. Kinda wish they saved this idea for a second game now, after they had the experience with working on their first
You can see by little touches like the incredibly well made contextual animations that they really cared, and they really wanted to make it great, but I guess they lacked experience. Or maybe development time? Who knows. Would love to read an extensive interview about some design decisions.
Possibly. I think that when the game is downloaded from the store, it isn't the whole game and you have to download a ton more in-game. It was really frustrating since I downloaded it from the store overnight so it'd be ready to go when i got up.
Light rain + sun == visibility 9/10, would drive again.
Edit:
It isn't bugged. Boat and enemies will spawn when you can increase income of your rackets. If your current rackets for Haitians are maxed out then you don't get boat spawn.
Edit:
It isn't bugged. Boat and enemies will spawn when you can increase income of your rackets. If your current rackets for Haitians are maxed out then you don't get boat spawn.
So far I've had the PC version just quit on me twice randomly but apart from that I've been very lucky not seeing any bugs. Whilst waiting for the PC patch to unlock the framerate I'm using RTSS to stabilise the framepacing at 30fps as it doesn't feel as good without it.
Games great too, can't wait to kill some racist KKK fucks.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Man!
At night especially The Bayou Fantom area has already become one of my favourite areas in any game I've played.
Right up there with the beach strip in Vice City.
Driving at night to the Bayou with Johnny Cash on the radio = OMG
At night especially The Bayou Fantom area has already become one of my favourite areas in any game I've played.
Right up there with the beach strip in Vice City.
Driving at night to the Bayou with Johnny Cash on the radio = OMG
Oh yeah
Edit:
There should be a mission info text stating that this mission can't be played if that's so.
psychotron
Member
I found a redbox near me with a PS4 copy. I'll play a few hours tonight and see if it's purchase worthy. If so I'll go pick up my preorder tomorrow.
There is. Game tells you to increase scope of your rackets in order to be able to increase income and unlock more perks. Not sure if it tells it you after you have clicked on it on map, but at least in Objectives it tells you.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Oh yeah
Haha oh my
I think the AI needs a major tweaking, you just take cover and press B ( everyone of them took the same path )
And as for enemy AI:
But I suppose you can sort of explain this because of them being hillbilly inbred rednecks.
God dammit Hangar 13.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Mission structure is insanely repetitive...just like Mad Max. But I don't mind repetitive gameplay as long as the gameplay itself is good. This is the case so far and I love it. Plus: you get a cool story with great cutscenes.
Stealthcobra
Member
Is simulation driving on by default?
Do a hard reset.
theonerayman
Member
Played a few more hours late last night this morning. Fate did smile upon me with my second shift this morning being cancelled (working in live radio does have bonuses from time to time). I'm addicted to this game like the dirty heroine that the mob brought into new borduex!
Couple of observations. While the AI can shit the bed from time to time don't take them lightly. A guy with a shotgun can easily two shot you from.. A long way away if you don't have body armor on. Cops seem to take awhile to show up but good lord if they see you they will chase you to the ends of the earth and if you are driving a hoopty you are f'd
Couple of observations. While the AI can shit the bed from time to time don't take them lightly. A guy with a shotgun can easily two shot you from.. A long way away if you don't have body armor on. Cops seem to take awhile to show up but good lord if they see you they will chase you to the ends of the earth and if you are driving a hoopty you are f'd
Ted
Member
Just finished the [long but satisfying] intro and am cruising around New Bordeaux looking for trouble. Enjoying it so far.
Things I like:
- Music - Totally my jam, fuck yeah.
- Story and voice work - Super slick, emotive and inolving so far.
- The small details that add to the world building - The ladies who snatch their handbags closer to them as you walk by in cutscenes; the affirmative action quips; the way the radio loses reception a little if you drive into a structure like the multi-storey car park. They all do so much to make you think about the era we are playing in.
- The not shying away from the issues of the day - which remain uncomfortably relevant half a century later.
- Lincoln Clay is a great character so far - The hard hitting intro and Lincoln Clay's own background finally give a semi-believable rationale for what I can only assume is going to be an ultra-violent journey through the game.
- The first trophy I got - it was for
then hell, what ya gonna do apart from save 75c...
Things that aren't so hot.
- It's graphically sub-par from GTAV - it's not something that is killing any vibes I'm getting from the game but does make me rate the output of R* even higher. I guess unlimited time and a budget to die for go a long long way!
- The less than stellar performance when driving and looking around - it is a bit infuriating but I can get past it as I'm not so far getting much in the way of pop in though I am largely going pretty slow so far.
- The enemy AI when you are stealthing - it's pretty slow-witted but again it's not really spoiling my enjoyment so far.
Looking forward to sneaking in a little bit more today but annoyingly I have way too much to do.
Things I like:
- Music - Totally my jam, fuck yeah.
- Story and voice work - Super slick, emotive and inolving so far.
- The small details that add to the world building - The ladies who snatch their handbags closer to them as you walk by in cutscenes; the affirmative action quips; the way the radio loses reception a little if you drive into a structure like the multi-storey car park. They all do so much to make you think about the era we are playing in.
- The not shying away from the issues of the day - which remain uncomfortably relevant half a century later.
- Lincoln Clay is a great character so far - The hard hitting intro and Lincoln Clay's own background finally give a semi-believable rationale for what I can only assume is going to be an ultra-violent journey through the game.
- The first trophy I got - it was for
feeding a body to a gator almost as soon as I was given control. I mean, when you have a dead body and a sign stating "feed the gators, two chickens 75c"
Things that aren't so hot.
- It's graphically sub-par from GTAV - it's not something that is killing any vibes I'm getting from the game but does make me rate the output of R* even higher. I guess unlimited time and a budget to die for go a long long way!
- The less than stellar performance when driving and looking around - it is a bit infuriating but I can get past it as I'm not so far getting much in the way of pop in though I am largely going pretty slow so far.
- The enemy AI when you are stealthing - it's pretty slow-witted but again it's not really spoiling my enjoyment so far.
Looking forward to sneaking in a little bit more today but annoyingly I have way too much to do.
theDeeDubs
Member
I'm enjoying the hell out of this as a stealth game. Did the other Mafia games have stealth too?
Karspankey
Banned
Blitzrules240
Banned
Just realized I killed a racket boss because I didn't do the wire tap...dammit there goes lost revenue and the trophy attempt.
Checkpoints are a fucking nightmare because they're non-existent between objective. You're 10m from your objective after dealing 20min with the police in a mission ? Let's put a script when you're out of ammo that gets you killed in 5 secondes tops, and you're back 20 minutes before that point.
Game is unoptimized on PC. I'm getting barely 30fps on 3440x1440 with a 6700/1070 at max settings (excluding AA), and it looks like 900 upscaled. Looks way better in 6880x2880 but I get 10fps with that. Had a crash too, and lots of glitches.
I like how they used some of the lighting though, there are some really well made parts of the game where it isn't just the usual pseudo-realistic shit. But it's inconsistent.
I'm waiting until the patches.
Also not getting access to the open world after 1,5h of the game is stupid. Especially when you have 30minutes of cutscenes.
Game is unoptimized on PC. I'm getting barely 30fps on 3440x1440 with a 6700/1070 at max settings (excluding AA), and it looks like 900 upscaled. Looks way better in 6880x2880 but I get 10fps with that. Had a crash too, and lots of glitches.
I like how they used some of the lighting though, there are some really well made parts of the game where it isn't just the usual pseudo-realistic shit. But it's inconsistent.
I'm waiting until the patches.
Also not getting access to the open world after 1,5h of the game is stupid. Especially when you have 30minutes of cutscenes.
The only real gripe I have with the gameplay, is that you start the game incredibly overpowered, and can't see how you get rewarded by progressing. Perhaps there are harder enemies later in the game, but with aim assist off and the super OP whistle, from the very beginning of the game Lincoln is basically unstoppable.
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