Tracks such as Paint It Black, Born to be Wild and I Fought The Law can be blasted through car radios to accompany whatever unlawful act you may be embroiled in. Music has always been incredibly important in selling the worlds of Mafia games, and Mafia 3 looks to be no exception. Mafia 3’s open-world could feel like six or seven different open-worlds. Delray Hollow is filled with a passionate and proud black community, whilst the French Ward is home to a myriad of different sexual fantasies. Each district of New Bordeaux has been built with its own culture. Black people would be victims of prejudice when walking down the street, whilst a thriving criminal underworld maliciously spread throughout the city. The city of New Bordeaux (New Orleans) appears to be beaming with life, and the societal problems attached to life in the late ‘60s. Taking out high profile targets, burning down a rival’s drug den, or sabotaging a porn shoot are just some of the optional objectives. Mafia 3 looks to once again be realistically capturing a particular time period, but filling it with side-objectives and activities to do outside the main narrative. I hold Curtis Hanson’s neo-noir crime thriller L.A Confidential in equally high regard. One of my favourite games of all time is Red Dead Redemption. Whether it be vehicles authentic to the time period, or vintage looking posters advertising beer, Mafia 2’s version of New York (Empire City) took you back in time. The world may not have contained many activities to do outside the main quests, but the world you were inhabiting was incredibly encapsulating. What Mafia 2 did incredibly well was capture the time period of the early 1950s and its culture. I remember playing the downloadable demo multiple times before picking up the final game on day one. I absolutely adored Mafia 2 when it launched back in 2010. Mafia 3 isn’t on the tip of people’s tongues, but could end up being the sleeper hit of the year. It centres around an African American protagonist during a time of significant racial tension, and includes interesting gameplay mechanics a part of a dense world that faithfully recreates the time period in which is set. Nobody seems to be talking about it, and it releases in a few weeks time. This debut game from developer Hangar 13 and the third installment in the Mafia series, previews well and looks great in trailers, but then fades away. Tentpole titles like Call of Duty and Battlefield are amongst the anticipated, but one game that is criminally flying under the radar is Mafia 3. It has been a great year for games however, there is still the busy fall lineup to come. Uncharted 4, DOOM, Firewatch, Dark Souls 3 and Ratchet and Clank to name a few. It may no longer be relevantĢ016 is drawing to a close and we’ve been blessed with some fantastic games this year.
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