I loved the first Mafia game. The second one was okay. The third one… we don’t talk about. This one sits somewhere between Mafia II and Mafia III.

The good:
- Graphics and sound. The game looks beautiful.
- Driving physics and overall car handling feel solid and satisfying.
- Weapons aren’t laser-precise, which actually makes combat more engaging. You can miss even when the crosshair is on the enemy. It sounds odd, but it works really well for this type of game.
- It doesn’t overstay its welcome. You can finish it in a little over 10 hours, which is a perfect length for a game like this.

The bad:
- Pacing. The story constantly jumps from one point to another, often feeling abrupt and rushed. There’s barely any room for proper character development.
- Bizarre character progression. You start in the mines as a humble guy just trying to survive and escape to another continent. A short while later, you’re killing people in cold blood. A few missions after that, you’re asked to execute someone to “prove your loyalty.” At that point, our protagonist is already a mass murdere, so why is this suddenly presented as a difficult moral choice?
- Constant and extreme hand-holding.
- It doesn’t feel like a Mafia game. Instead, it plays like a cheap knockoff of Splinter Cell. Why are most missions stealth-focused, only for a scripted event to trigger 15 minutes later and turn everything into chaos anyway?
- The AI is absolutely abysmal, which is especially ironic in a time when “AI” is being forced into everything.

I finished it because I was in the mood for a very linear, story-driven game, but I can’t recommend it.

This hardly qualifies as a Mafia game. The writing is horrendously bland, the gunplay is laughably barebones, and the open world is completely lifeless. The knife battles get repetitive super quick and becomes downright ridiculous by the end - I can't believe the Devs actually thought this was an engaging feature. None of the characters were memorable at all, especially Enzo who somehow has less charisma than any of the prior Mafia protags.

Besides having beautiful graphics, this game is nowhere near what a next-gen Mafia game should be. Mafia 1 Remake is just as linear but at least provided some decent characters and the gunplay didn't feel so floaty compared to this. I thought people were being overly harsh on this game until I finally played it. It's just such a hollow experience and at points it hardly feels like a video game at all, and more a vehicle for s generic crime melodrama.

amazing story, graphics and sound, gameplay is a bit shallow and AI is stupid but the story and beauty of sicily more than makes up for it ... if you love the mafia games this wont disappoint you