#Mafia 3 ps3 review tv#

Your journey to tackling the top of the mob tree usually begins at the bottom, by squeezing information out of some convenient informants - although you'll have to peg them down first if you want to get them to talk. There's lots and lots of sneaking about, and even more shooting to be done Beneath them, there'll be two enforcers, and underneath them, a mixture of gang members, informants, and other runners you can deal with if the mood takes you. Beneath him are the underbosses, usually two of them, who each run a 'racket'. At the top is the boss - the head honcho.

Each gang has a hierarchy you'll need to scale in order to get your revenge. How you draw each of the gang bosses out of hiding depends on which district you're going after, and what rackets the gangs are running there - although each does follow a similar format. It's up to you to go into each district, smash up the gang's stuff, and cause enough havoc that you lure the crime boss out of hiding, before getting your revenge on them in a grizzly way. The city of New Bordeaux is divided into districts, and each district is controlled by a different gang. If you've ever played an open world game before, you'll know exactly what to expect in Mafia 3, as this is a game that sticks rigidly to the most basic of formulas. Having lost everything in the blink of an eye, Lincoln sets out on a journey of revenge, teaming up with a few other odd bods that have a score to settle with the mob, to take out anyone and everyone that Sal holds dear. One moment, you're helping the Italian mob out, as they try to pull of a daring heist, stealing money directly from the federal reserve - the next, you're finding yourself betrayed, as mob leader Sal Marcano orders his men to shoot the black mob dead - a backstabbing move that kills anyone and everyone you ever cared about. Without much work to go around, Lincoln soon finds himself working for the gangs to make ends meet - and once in the life, well, it's rare folk get out alive. With tensions between both gangs and races, into this mess steps a young mixed-race man called Lincoln Clay, an American soldier, just returned from Vietnam, who's seen and done the sort of things that'll change a man. With each of the game's districts divided almost entirely on ethnic lines - there's the Irish quarter, black quarter, Haitian quarter, etc - various gangs have popped up to 'keep the peace' amongst their respective segregated societies - and extort the heck out of whoever they please. The city itself is practically a den of criminals and gangs, and with a corrupt police force patrolling the streets, the city's open world is a hive of neon lights, back alley bars, and racial segregation, where alligators roam the bayou, voodoo shops thrive, and everyone knows their place. Only, as is the usual way with games as of late, everything's done in a bleak, depressing, and gritty way.

#Mafia 3 ps3 review tv#

An open world adventure set in New Bordeaux, a fictional locale that's loosely based on New Orleans, the game aims to bring a chunk of the late 60s bible belt to life in the same way Life on Mars brought inner city 70s Manchester alive on our TV screens. Mafia 3 is just one of a spate of recent mega-blockbusters that tries to bring a period of history back to life.

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