Mafia 3 Digital Deluxe Edition is a 2016 action adventure video game developed by Hangar 13 and published by 2K Games. It was released in October 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows, and in May 2017 for macOS. It is the sequel to Mafia II and the third installment in the Mafia series. Set within the fictional city of New Bordeaux (based on New Orleans) in 1968, the story follows former criminal and Vietnam veteran Lincoln Clay, who is forced to return to a life of crime to help his adoptive family settle problems with the local Mafia family. After the Mafia betray and murder his family, Lincoln embarks on a quest for revenge while slowly building a criminal empire and seizing power from other criminal organisations in the city.
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The development of Mafia III began soon after Mafia II‘s release, but initially had problems. 2K Czech, the developer of the series’ first installments, oversaw restructure, with much of the development team assigned to the company’s new studio, Hangar 13. After deciding on recreating New Orleans in 1968, the development team drew influence from the series’ previous projects, and designed the game around Clay to replicate the core structure of its predecessors. Much of the development work constituted the open world’s creation, and several team members conducted field research around Louisiana to capture footage for the design team. The game’s soundtrack features several licensed songs composed by various musicians who were active during the time period.
Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, with praise directed at its story, characters, darker themes, and soundtrack. However, some of the gameplay mechanics and the presence of technical issues drew criticism. The game was a commercial success, shipping five million copies worldwide. A version of the game comprised with additional story packs, entitled Mafia III: Definitive Edition, was released on 19 May 2020. The Definitive Edition was also included in the Mafia: Trilogy pack, released on 25 September 2020.
Gameplay
Protagonist Lincoln Clay engaged in a firefight. Players have access to a wider variety of weapons than in previous games.
Mafia III is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective, in which the player assume control of Lincoln Clay, a Vietnam War veteran on a quest to seek revenge for his adopted family, who are murdered by local mobs. The game is set in 1968 New Bordeaux, a re-imagined version of New Orleans, with the game world being larger than the Mafia and Mafia II maps combined. Mafia III‘s map is made up of ten districts: Bayou Fantom, Delray Hollow, Barclay Mills, Frisco Fields, Pointe Verdun, Tickfaw Harbor, Southdowns, River Row, Downtown, and the French Ward. Players can complete objectives using a variety of approaches. For example, players can use the weapons provided in the game, like shotguns and revolvers, to eliminate enemies, or call for allies, who arrive in a van and assist players.
Alternatively, they can make use of stealth tactics throughout the entire mission without being noticed by enemies. The core gameplay revolves around gunplay. In addition, players can also perform executing moves and engage in melee-combat. The game features a cover system, allowing players to take cover behind objects to avoid enemy gunfire or detection.[3] Players can interrogate non-playable characters after defeating them in order to gain more information on their objectives, like scaring them while driving a car.[4] Players can attack and overrun locations owned by the Italian mob, and assign one of their lieutenants to operate around the local area.[5] The game allows players to drive cars from the era with realistic driving mechanics and sounds.[6]
Synopsis
Setting
Set nearly two decades after his predecessor, Mafia III takes place during the late 1960s, within the fictional U.S. city of New Bordeaux. Situated within America’s southern states and coastline, the city is composed of island districts, industrial complexes and ports, high-rise offices and apartments, slums, suburban housing, and historical districts, interconnected by railroads and an extensive road network, with a large swampland separating the city from the coast. The city consists of a mixture of cultures including African-Americans, Irish, Italians and Haitians, and is mostly controlled by one Mafia crime family – the Marcano family – alongside smaller organisations like the Irish Mob, the Haitian Mob, the “Black Mob”, and the Southern Union, a group of white supremacists.
The city’s design, including its architectural styles, cultures and lifestyles, were influenced by the real-life aspects of the southern United States during the time period, primarily the city of New Orleans. The game’s story focuses primarily within this setting, while its downloadable content expands the setting with additional locations around New Bordeaux.[7]
Plot
In 1968, Vietnam vetaran Lincoln Clay returns home to New Bordeaux and reunites with his surrogate father and Black Mob leader Sammy Robinson, his adoptive brother Ellis, and his friend, Monsignor James Ballard. While initially planning to leave for California, Lincoln agrees to stay and help Sammy, who is facing problems from the Haitian Mob and is indebted to mob boss Sal Marcano. Lincoln ends the conflict with the Haitians by killing their leader, and meets with Marcano to see how he can cover Sammy’s debts. Although Lincoln declines his suggestion to take over the Black Mob from Sammy, Marcano nonetheless recruits him and Ellis to help his son Giorgi rob the city’s branch of the Federal Reserve during the local Mardi Gras celebrations. Aided by their friend Danny Burke, whose father is also looking to settle matters with Marcano after a previous falling out, the group carry out the heist with little complications, but the Marcanos turn on them afterward, killing Sammy, Ellis, and Danny while leaving Lincoln to die in Sammy’s burning bar. Rescued by James, he vows revenge against the Marcano family once he recovers a few months later.
Lincoln contacts his former CIA handler John Donovan, who agrees to help for unknown reasons and locates three crime bosses that also seek revenge against Marcano: new Haitian leader Cassandra, whose territory was taken over by Marcano and given to the Dixie Mafia; Danny’s father and Irish Mob boss Thomas Burke, whose turf was also given to a rival by Marcano; and exiled Sicilian mafioso Vito Scaletta, who joined Marcano’s ranks as part of a deal made with the Commission, but was eventually betrayed and left for dead after Marcano’s nephew took over. After reclaiming their respective territories, Lincoln begins violently undoing the Marcano family, taking over their rackets and turf and assigning them to his allies, who slowly come to respect his skill. In the event any are neglected and eventually abandon him, Lincoln must eliminate them.
While dismantling the Marcano family’s operations, Lincoln learns that Marcano has recently begun building a new casino with the intention of becoming independent of the Commission, and that the Reserve heist was merely a cover for Giorgi to steal money plates. After eliminating all of Marcano’s lieutenants and capos, who were tasked with obtaining real estate and getting politicians to legalize gambling, Lincoln attacks the casino, killing Marcano’s remaining men and Giorgi, before confronting Marcano himself. Accepting his fate, he shares a drink with Lincoln and explains that, while he doesn’t regret his actions, he had only tried to improve New Bordeaux and get himself and his family out of the life of crime before anything bad happened to them. After killing Marcano or letting him commit suicide, Lincoln leaves the casino and is greeted by Commission consigliere Leo Galante, who was sent to investigate the recent troubles in New Bordeaux. Satisfied that Lincoln’s intention was revenge against Marcano and no one else, Leo informs him that the Commission will expect a percentage of his earnings if he remains in control of the city’s rackets.
