Don’t get me wrong, the game ain’t perfect but I’m not letting small imperfections ruin my entire experience.

I said it once and I’ll say it again. The driving is peak.

The story meets the standard for the Mafia series so y’know, it’s good.

The shooting is really good and yes it is better than all the other mafia games and also better than RDR2 and GTA V.

How is it better? Well, first of all, when it comes to shooting in RDR2, as the player, you don’t really feel the weight of the gun you are shooting.

Basically in RDR2 and GTA, it just feels like you’re shootings airsoft guns but mafia: the old country actually feels more realistic and I feel more immersed when it comes to gunplay and I don’t doubt other games also have better gunplay than Mafia: the old country but, I can’t speak on those because I haven’t played them.

To be fair, nobody, not even me, should be comparing Mafia the old country to other games outside of the Mafia series.

This isn’t me being ignorant also. The games has flaws. I definitely think it holds the game back to an extent but then again, consider the fact that this isn’t another Mindseye or Ubisoft game or activision game… and it does what it what all mafia games set out to do? Then you can’t complain too much.

2k promised Hangar 13 a much bigger budget if Mafia: The Old Country is a success. The game is already looking pretty solid meaning we're probably getting a triple-A Mafia game sometime in the future. Would you like a future sequel set in Vegas/California or another prequel?

I knew as soon as Old Country released, Mafia 3 was gonna go from a "repetitive, buggy, grindy, slug fest" to play through to now being "over hated and underrated."

That would be a nice fight to watch, both powerhouses, who do think you would win?

Which Mafia game has the best story in your opinion.

The game doesn’t even need swimming! It’s a linear game! This is the most unnecessary thing to point out. If it was open world then I’d see the complaints but holy hell, the swimming not being there isn’t ruining the game.

People that complain about swimming in mafia games or any game for that matter really have nothing better to do and definitely need to find a JOB.

If you want to swim so bad then go outside, take some lessons, go to a pool, and do some goddamn swimming.

For me, it was because my older brother had the game downloaded. I saw him playing it, and he let me play. Since then, I’ve been following the series.

Let me just get this out the way now-- we all know Mafia 3 has problems, big problems. From the lack of variety in their missions, that makes it extremely repetitive to the terrible glitches. By all means, Mafia 3 is not the best in game performance, that's not the argument. What is the argument-- Mafia 3 captured its time period better than Mafia: Definitive Edition and Mafia 2.

Starting with the city itself, New Bordeaux. Not only is the city the biggest in the franchise, but the city has distinct districts that have their own unique culture and anesthetics with every district. You can go from Delray Hollow, a low income black working class neighborhood, to Frisco Field-- a wealthy white suburban area with lots of mansions and everything in-between. Empire Bay and Lost Heaven have different neighborhoods, but all seem the same with simplistic urban landscape. Though Mafia: Definitive Edition tried a little harder by adding in the countryside.

The social and societal change in Mafia 3 is superior to the other two installments. Mafia: Definitive Edition is visually stunning, but its big problem is that it simplifies the complexities of the great depression and sometimes prohibition, the only display that shows is the breaking news with the president about the issues, but it's never shown. Mafia 2 captured the post-war America well with the fashion, cars and advertisements. Nonetheless, Mafia 2 feels over romanticized with Italian American tropes and 1950s stereotypes. It seems that the cold war nor Korean war never happened within Mafia 2. Mafia 3 attempt to capture the 1960s was a success or very close to it compared with Mafia :Definitive Edition and Mafia 2. Mafia 3 captured the essence of the late 60s. Mafia 3 themes with social commentary were flushed out more than the other two installments-- particularly the Vietnam War and racial tensions. There's an in-game racial incident that happened in New Bordeaux and was reported by Native Son!!!

The easiest argument for this claim is the music. Mafia 3 clearly have the best soundtrack with its 3 radio stations compared with Mafia: Definitive Edition and Mafia 2. There were times when I would play a mission and stay in the car just to finish the sing off. Mafia 2 had early Rock N Roll music, which was nice, but Mafia 3 soundtrack was much better.

The narrative structure of Mafia 3 was unique as well. You don't get the first-hand account of who Lincoln Clay was, nor do you get a distorted account from him like you do with Tommy Angelo and Vito Scaletta. Lincoln's story is told by others, like John Donovan, Father James and the retired FBI agent.

I want to know your thoughts and disagreements. Where do you think I'm wrong at? Was there something I missed?

We need a remaster of this incredible game that I played a lot, it's an excellent game, very fun!! How good it was to rob a bank, get away with a car, blow up mansions

The godhater remaster please

Personally I wanna see how lost haven became a lawless fools paradise (like burkes ending in mafia 3) and everyone tries to become smth big

And the guy we play is somehow blood related to either to don sallieri,morello or peppone And in the end he takes over lost haven and more city and then tries to takes over empire bay but lincoln (from rule together ending) is also trying to take it over And they both get in massive mafia war setting the clash for mafia v

Now that we had a throwback game with The Old Country, I'm wondering what kind of era you would like to see next for this franchise?

Personally I would love to see the '90s early 2000' like in The Sopranos. I think there is a lot of interesting material here. Since the Mafia era was definitely at their end with RICO, the informants and the evolution of technology catching up with the old ways.

What are other time periods that could be interesting for a Mafia game?