Mafia III Pre-order

JasonPratt · October 13, 2016, 12:53:46 PM

Angry Joe and... his... um... .... hot Russian blonde girl/friend? :o (To quote the top comment from his YT channel on that video, "Did I miss something?!")

Anyway, they pointed out that the skybox for Mafia3 looks almost exactly like the skybox for Legend of Zelda: the Ocarina of Time on the N64.

The full Angry Joe review is finally up.

The intro captures perfectly what the AJ team liked and disliked about the game. I admit I lol'd a lot harder than I should have at Other Joe's demise -- well played, AJ team.

JudgeDredd · October 13, 2016, 01:19:48 PM

Quote from: Tpek on October 13, 2016, 11:57:38 AM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 13, 2016, 11:34:47 AM
No - the graphics are quite bad :)

What are you playing the game on?
I might not be such a modern day graphics ho', but I still care somewhat about graphics, and this game looks fine.

PC

Look - if they look good for you cool - more power to you. I think they're pretty poor.

Sure - there's lots going on. There's lots of buildings and textures. The cut scenes are outstanding as are other characters.

However, there's way too much bloom, way too much lighting, car textures are flat and bland with light bouncing off them like you wouldn't believe.

I have been in the settings and I've messed about with all of the options to try and get rid of whatever the heck it is - but it's not going anywhere.

JudgeDredd · October 13, 2016, 02:15:52 PM

This is an example of the bloom and lighting

No option I have turned down gets rid of it. Also things have a blurry look about them...not crisp at all and there's a glowing "outline" around cars in certain light conditions. Also, as I said, cars are pretty flat looking. There's no depth there.

Sorry - but they are quite clearly not optimised for PC.

It's not a game breaker - but it's not ideal either.

*Edit*
Actually, going back to Mafia II, the graphics are pretty similar - especially the car "look" - pretty flat. However, the rest of the game graphics don't have this blurry, bloom effect on them - AND that was 6 years ago.

As I said - not a game breaker and I'll not be drawn into further discussion about it because - well - it was worth a mention, nothing more.

Enjoy - I will.

JudgeDredd · October 13, 2016, 02:50:18 PM

Quote from: JasonPratt on October 13, 2016, 12:53:46 PM
Angry Joe and... his... um... .... hot Russian blonde girl/friend? :o (To quote the top comment from his YT channel on that video, "Did I miss something?!")

Anyway, they pointed out that the skybox for Mafia3 looks almost exactly like the skybox for Legend of Zelda: the Ocarina of Time on the N64.

The full Angry Joe review is finally up.

The intro captures perfectly what the AJ team liked and disliked about the game. I admit I lol'd a lot harder than I should have at Other Joe's demise -- well played, AJ team.

That seems like a fair review.

As mentioned, I'm not far enough in to notice the repetitive gameplay - but it seemed to be explained well enough by AJ. He says after the first few opening hours - which is about where I am I guess.

Grim.Reaper · October 13, 2016, 03:04:01 PM

Nothing wrong with everyone having different opinions, that's why we all share our information with each other

JasonPratt · October 13, 2016, 08:01:01 PM

Meanwhile, in completely unrelated news, it seems like the hoped-for fix for The Saboteur running on computers with more than 4 cores, has hit a brick wall. No ETA on resolution. Guess I'm going to refund. Oh well -- it still runs on my PS3, I just can't share the glory with mah groggies... :P :'(

Grim.Reaper · October 14, 2016, 09:25:51 PM

New patch released tonight.....

UPDATE 10/14: We just rolled out a hotfix on PC that addresses blurry rendering for some players, and other stability improvements.We're still working on more fixes for Mafia III and will share more details in the coming week. Thanks for the feedback!

Grim.Reaper · October 15, 2016, 05:46:13 AM

Finally made it back to the place in the game where I decided to restart after the patch, basically where things are supposed to open up.....I'll say one thing, I don't think I can replay the beginning again, it takes quite awhile and pretty scripted as one would expect as you learn the game....so hopefully I don't encounter any big issues going forward, I am just going to slug it out from here and no more restarts.

JudgeDredd · October 15, 2016, 03:55:02 PM

I've almost finished Mafia I. What a bloody good game. Seriously good fun with pertinent missions making you feel like you joined the mob and with a fantastic story. O0

Pity the auto saves are so, SO bad.

Grim.Reaper · October 15, 2016, 04:00:57 PM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 15, 2016, 03:55:02 PM
I've almost finished Mafia I. What a bloody good game. Seriously good fun with pertinent missions making you feel like you joined the mob and with a fantastic story. O0

Pity the auto saves are so, SO bad.

Assuming only keyboard controls?

JudgeDredd · October 15, 2016, 05:10:38 PM

Yes

Grim.Reaper · October 15, 2016, 06:10:42 PM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 15, 2016, 05:10:38 PM
Yes

Gotcha thanks.....making a lot of progress in Mafia 3, won't say any spoilers but pretty cool setting within an Amusement Park...had a ton of fun on that one!

Grim.Reaper · October 16, 2016, 09:40:07 AM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 15, 2016, 03:55:02 PM
I've almost finished Mafia I. What a bloody good game. Seriously good fun with pertinent missions making you feel like you joined the mob and with a fantastic story. O0

Pity the auto saves are so, SO bad.

Found a cheap copy on Amazon, went ahead and bought....interesting to see it in action

JudgeDredd · October 16, 2016, 11:24:33 AM

Make sure you pay attention to the story and do the little side missions. It's all integral to the enjoyment.

Oh...and as for the save points, I'm afraid you'll have to suck it up. They are mostly terrible. Example...I'm on the final mission and I'm working my way through it to only get to a cut scene, for immediately after ('cos I only have 5 health left) and I go straight back to the beginning. I've been at the beginning of this mission 6 or 7 times now.

But...get over that and just rage quit now and again and you'll have a great experience

Grim.Reaper · October 16, 2016, 05:35:19 PM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 16, 2016, 11:24:33 AM
Make sure you pay attention to the story and do the little side missions. It's all integral to the enjoyment.

Oh...and as for the save points, I'm afraid you'll have to suck it up. They are mostly terrible. Example...I'm on the final mission and I'm working my way through it to only get to a cut scene, for immediately after ('cos I only have 5 health left) and I go straight back to the beginning. I've been at the beginning of this mission 6 or 7 times now.

But...get over that and just rage quit now and again and you'll have a great experience

Thanks for heads up, I'll keep in mind....seems like it will be a week or so before its delivered, so will be a bit before I can try it.