Mafia Trilogy

Downloaded the free update of Mafia 3 to definitive and now the game tells me my specs are too low (they're not) and the game runs with lowest quality textures and janky as hell. Unplayable.

Seems to have happened all PC users judging by Steam and no sign of a fix. Laughable really, I gave up around 15 hours in last time and thought i'd give it another chance but doubt i'll go back to it now and haven't got high hopes for Mafia 1.

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I've heard they made a balls of Mafia 3 alright as if the game wasn't bad enough.

I'm on chapter 10 in Mafia 2, Jesus what a brilliant game, completely hooked on it. Would easily sit down and finish it in one setting if I had enough time. Craving to watch some Goodfellas/Sopranos when I'm done.

Did you get Mafia 2 on PC? Wouldn't mind giving it a go but put off now by the issues with 3.

Zero-Cool wrote: »

On PS4. I heard if you have it on PC, mods do a better job than the remaster so not sure but on PS4, it's way better than the PS3 version on PS NOW. It has some audio issues and laggy in certain scenes, bit of a shabby 'remaster' but I'm having a ton of fun with it.

Was wondering that, ps4 v psnow, good to know thanks.

Is it worth waiting to play mafia 1 first tho? Never played any mafia game before.

Managed to get Mafia 3 working OK but lost interest in it quite quickly. Picked up Mafia 2 to get my mafia set gaming fix as we wait for Empire of Sin. I'm enjoying it much more than 3 I have to say even though its showing its age. The graphics are pretty terrible even with the lick of a paint they've been given and the cutscenes are buggy. I kind of like that its just missions one after the other without a real open world element. The missions are kind of samey but there have been a few interesting ones as well, selling the cigarettes, burying the body a couple of stand out ones. I'm only on chapter 9 i think but well finish it off later this week I think. For the €23 I paid for it its fine but i'd have been annoyed if i paid any more for it.

Will give 3 another try once i'm finished as i heard the DLC is good but can't see myself finishing it anytime soon.

Delayed until September, gameplay reveal July 22nd.

pixelburp wrote: »

I never lamented the lack of "collectibles", but more that Mafia had this huge world but absolutely nothing to do in it. Like, for all my excitement that this game had both rural and urban areas, the giddiness quickly died down when I realised for all the miles of country roads, there wasn't anything you could do along them. The systemic aspects weren't particularly deep so it wasn't like you could just make your own adventure either.

Mafia was a superficial Open World, but nowhere near functional one. It needn't have bothered with the ability to drive around at all TBH. Methinks this entire game started as one thing, but morphed into another - with the "open world" aspect a lingering aspect of an older build.

Yakuza games don't have a huge amount of collectibles, but there's something to do or people to meet on almost every street. Whereas for me one of the worst open worlds was L.A Noire because there was almost nothing to do in it except drive to the next objective. It felt like the open world was only there because the city and driving mechanics had to be implemented anyway due to chase sequences.