Mafia III: Definitive Edition

Mafia III: Definitive Edition is currently 80% off on Xbox — down to $5.99 from $29.99.

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Mafia III: Definitive Edition drops you into New Bordeaux in 1968, a stand-in for New Orleans that’s dripping with late-60s tension, and it’s built around one guy’s very personal war. Lincoln Clay comes home from Vietnam to find the closest thing he has to family, the local black mob, wiped out by the Italian mafia running the city. What follows is a revenge story that doesn’t pretend to be subtle about it. This is the Definitive Edition, so it bundles the base game with all the DLC included as a free download, which matters if you never got around to the add-ons the first time.

How it plays

At the ground level this is an open-world crime shooter, and Hangar 13 gives you real room to decide how Lincoln solves problems. You can go loud with guns, get physical, or pick people off quietly one by one, and the game doesn’t punish you for favoring one style over the others. The bigger hook is what happens above the street-level violence: as you tear down the Italian mob’s operations piece by piece, you’re also rebuilding something of your own, handing out territory and influence to the lieutenants who helped you, and deciding who gets cut loose when they cross you. It turns the usual open-world checklist into something with a bit more weight, since the people you’re working with have their own ambitions and grudges.

Who it’s for

If you like character-driven crime stories with a strong sense of place and time, New Bordeaux is worth the visit on atmosphere alone. Fans of open-world shooters who want a campaign with an actual emotional throughline, rather than a checklist of icons on a map, will get along with this one. It’s also an easy pickup for anyone who enjoyed the earlier Mafia games and wants to see where the series went next. If you’re after fast, arcadey shootouts or a sprawling live-service style game with constant new content, this isn’t that, it’s a single, focused story built around one man’s mission, so temper expectations accordingly.

Is it worth it?

For players who fit that profile, this is the kind of game that rewards patience. You’re not just paying for a few hours of shooting, you’re paying for a full crime saga with a beginning, middle, and end, plus everything that was originally sold separately now folded in. That combination, a complete story experience with its expansions attached, is exactly the sort of thing that makes the most sense to grab when it’s discounted rather than at launch pricing. If narrative-driven open-world games are your thing and you don’t already own it, it’s a solid one to add to the backlog next time it’s on sale.

Quick facts

Genre: Shooter. Developer: Hangar 13. Publisher: 2K. Platform: PC (Xbox store). Release date: May 19, 2020.