![]() After years in Vietnam, Lincoln Clay knows this truth: Family isn’t who you’re born with, it’s who you die for. A NEW FAMILY ON THE ASHES OF THE OLD: Build a new criminal empire in your own unique way by deciding which of your lieutenants you reward, and which you betray. REVENGE YOUR WAY: Choose your own personal play-style, from brute force and blazing guns to stalk-and-kill tactics as you use Lincolns military training and gathered intel to tear down the Italian Mafia. Lincoln Clay’s story is still well worth experiencing a first time, but there is no real reason to venture back to New Bordeaux with this latest release as part of the Mafia Trilogy.Mafia III (Xbox One) Brand : 2k games Weight : 3.17 ounces AN UNINTENDED AND LETHAL ANTI-HERO: Be Lincoln Clay, an orphan and Vietnam veteran hell bent on revenge against the Italian Mafia for the brutal slaughter of the black mob, the closest thing to family hes ever had. While not anywhere near as glitch ridden as the Mafia II remaster, Mafia III: Definitive Edition adds nothing more than the previously released DLC along with the very strange removal of Xbox One X support that was added to the original release after launch. The story of Lincoln Clay is still enthralling and handles some very dark themes quite well, but the lifeless open world structure found in Mafia III: Definitive Edition really hinders what could have been the best game in the trilogy. ![]() Mafia III: Definitive Edition somehow managed to improve in one way by including all of the prior DLC, while also taking multiple steps backwards by somehow removing support for Xbox One X, even as a mistake. The stellar soundtrack will constantly have you taking longer routes in your vehicle just to finish an entire song, which at least somewhat helps the fact that the game lacks fast travel. ![]() These include songs from artists such as The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Johnny Cash, as the game offers over 100 different songs in total. With the game being set in the late ’60s, the music was ripe for the picking from the era and Hangar 13 did not disappoint. Mafia as a series has always had a great soundtrack to match the time period, but Mafia III takes this to another level entirely. The repetitive nature of these missions though is where the game really struggles. New Bordeaux itself is split up into nine different districts across nine chapters, each of which have a story mission that is split up for you to complete. The original city of New Bordeaux this time around is larger than both of the first two games combined, but that kind of is a hindrance in some ways as you’re consistently having to drive across the map for new missions. Where Mafia III suffers most though is the very unoriginal game structure as you play through Lincoln’s story in a once again large sandbox open world experience. While it is definitely a different style than the first couple games, the story is very much worth experiencing here and may be the best of the trilogy in that area. Mafia III: Definitive Edition was not afraid to tackle much more intense and dark themes than in the past, which still holds up well now four years later from the original release. The story is largely carried by the incredibly captivating Lincoln Clay and the other characters around him, with a solid story surrounding them. ![]() This leads Lincoln to having to gather a unique crew of different partners to help take them down, which is the central focus for most of the game. This ends up going very poorly and leaves Lincoln wanting revenge against mob boss Sal Marcano and his mafia family. Soon after he tries to work out a debt to the Italian mafia that his surrogate father has accrued. Instead, Lincoln Clay is a soldier that has just returned back to the fictional New Bordeaux that is based on New Orleans from Vietnam and agrees to help some family and friends with the Haitian mob that have come knocking. While the prior two games had the traditional Italian mafia akin to Scarface and The Sopranos, Mafia III was taking a different route by having an African American protagonist that is not part of the traditional mob seen in the first few games. When Mafia III was originally released, there was certainly some controversy about the change in setting. While that version is not out for a few more months, they recently released the remastered Mafia II along with including the already existing Mafia III that is now known in the collection as Mafia III: Definitive Edition. It has now been four years since the third entry, but 2K Games is set to remake the first game as part of a new release known as Mafia Trilogy. The Mafia series has seen multiple hiatuses between games, with eight years between the first two and six between the second and third.
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