Mafia III is written, presented and acted with uncommon style. And yet, I still think Mafia III is the better game. Mission variety doesn't really compare, and while I'm not totally on board for the litany of complaints that Mafia III is too repetitive, the fact that there's more to do in GTAV winds up pretty obvious. Bugs and visual jank abound, many of which have found their way around the internet in no time. The technical issues jump out: Mafia III is nowhere near as clean as GTAV, even with a smaller map.
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When we look at Mafia 3 next to GTA 5, we see some obvious shortcomings. And so it's sort of impossible to think about Mafia III without thinking about GTAV. The most recent installment, GTAV, remains a touchstone now three years after its original release, not to mention continuing to generate sizable revenue for its publisher.
MAFIA 3 VS MAFIA 2 SERIES
It's the series that revolutionized the genre by dropping the camera down to the street in GTAIII, it's the name that still draws more attention than nearly any other game out there with every iteration.
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We can call the genre "open-world crime" if we like, but we all know the name that looms so large over this suite of games so as to define the entire genre single-handedly: Grand Theft Auto. It's not hard to recognize the influences here, either, from the other games in the Mafia series to those all-important other games that came before it. Mafia III is special: it's about something, which is a rarity in a world of samey AAA blockbusters. Hangar 13's debut title has been praised for its acting and writing, but ultimately critics have found the missions too repetitive and the gameplay not interesting enough, pushing this exceptional game a little closer to the bargain bin.