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No Mafia III Review Copies Ahead of Launch
- Thread starter SunBroDave
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flipswitch
Member
Rellik
Member
They should send them today.
Steam says it'll unlock in 6 hours, which is 4am NZ.
bender
What time is it?
I wish I could do that. As open world development has evolved, most developers like to mark every point of interest on the game's map. Not only does this kill any sense of exploration, it also triggers my OCD. Horizon 3 is going to kill me.
Thanks, I missed that one.
I was all set on getting this tomorrow but I think I'll wait for more people to finish the game and post their impressions or reviews.
It's a shame this didn't come out last month when there wasn't a ton of stuff coming out. The next few weeks are pretty crowded for big action games.
Rellik
Member
I'm the same. I have to do every side mission before proceeding with the main story.
In there for me it says its 13h left, which is midnight on west europe.
So yeah 6pm here for NZ unlock, so vpn.
Now to wait the keys.
Lightning Count
Member
Just received this courtesy of thegamecollection. I'll post impressions in a few hours.
This dude on Reddit expressed the same concerns, but then he unlocked other side missions/activities:
I don't want to be too spoilery, but one you deliver marijuana, one you deliver moonshine and one you steal semi trucks full of contraband. How you acquire these items and for who I won't sayThere are still more side missions I haven't unlocked yet.
Because Valve added "In less than an hour" after "In approximately one hour" instead of replacing the latter, the countdown timer on the store page is actually an hour off. I've been meaning to make a support ticket about it as "In approximately one hour" changing to "In less than an hour" makes absolutely zero sense and is clearly a mistake.
Edit: It seems the reported time remaining is no longer the result of JS code injected into the store page, so perhaps Valve also fixed the above issue.
This is the first preview/impressions video I watched and man, I liked everything I saw here.
If they don't want fuck it up they do review-in-progress snapshot on Friday and full reviews early to mid next week. If you get full reviews with scores tomorrow then you know it's rush job at its finest.
Not every outlet has to wait for a review copy if they don't want huh? They can just go grab an early copy and pay for it.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Exactly the same here, it made the game seem quite deep.
brokenbeans
Banned
Trouble is this repetitive stuff seems linked with main story gameplay which bothers me to be honest as I tend to stay away from a number of free roam games because of this.
Personal preference I gues.
Hahaha, this is me......I did nearly every damn ? In the witcher 3 before moving on. Got so burned out doing it. Took an insane amount of will to not do them come skellige. But once I just played the game for what it is.......damn did it feel so good.
Also yes, horizon 3 is going to literally kill you bender.
Messofanego
Banned
Equanimity
Member
Mafia 3 will be enhanced for the PS4 Pro.
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/featu...dlc-and-more-1470973?site=classic&from=mobile
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/featu...dlc-and-more-1470973?site=classic&from=mobile
cleveridea
Member
Copy supposed to be arriving tomorrow. Thats in Fort Lauderdale so...yeah sucks.
Lightning Count
Member
Ok I am about two hours in. Some things I have picked up on. Overall I am enjoying but a few nitpicks.
A lot of the backstory is told in vignette form like clips from a documentary mixed in with game play. A novel approach but one which may not be for everybody.
Screen is quite cluttered, with HUD, speedometer, objectives and mini map.
On screen prompts for basic actions which are both annoying and hard to spot in some dark scenes.
Tons of canned dialogue from enemies in combat. Including them announcing when they are reloading, out of ammo, throwing a molotov, feels a bit out if place for the time period. One enemy yelled out "It's shotgun time!" as he charged out of a hiding spot.
Oh great a one button counter for melee like the Arkham games, I personally hate this dumbing down of melee combat which is a trend these days.
A lot of the backstory is told in vignette form like clips from a documentary mixed in with game play. A novel approach but one which may not be for everybody.
Screen is quite cluttered, with HUD, speedometer, objectives and mini map.
On screen prompts for basic actions which are both annoying and hard to spot in some dark scenes.
Tons of canned dialogue from enemies in combat. Including them announcing when they are reloading, out of ammo, throwing a molotov, feels a bit out if place for the time period. One enemy yelled out "It's shotgun time!" as he charged out of a hiding spot.
Oh great a one button counter for melee like the Arkham games, I personally hate this dumbing down of melee combat which is a trend these days.
Hey Net, where did you find this option? I was prompted by the game but went to change the setting and can't find it. I must be blind.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Now we know one reason reviews were held back
http://www.pcgamer.com/mafia-3-appears-to-be-locked-to-30fps-on-pc/
http://www.pcgamer.com/mafia-3-appears-to-be-locked-to-30fps-on-pc/
bender
What time is it?
Witcher 3 was torture. Not only did I do everything but I pack-muled every piece of dropped loot back to vendors to sell it. I ran into some bug in the game that reset my gold to zero ($78K iirc). Did that break my habits going forward in the game? Nope.
nobody, except a few forum dwellers, gives a fuck about fps, so doubt it
"few" may be underselling it. Haha
Simply Sami
Member
I pre ordered from shopto and they normally send them out a day early...not this time.
Mine was shipped yesterday and didn't arrive today. Where as people from simply games and game collection got theres. Won't be using Shopto for a while. The above two have overtaken them in terms of price and getting the game early to you.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
lol okay bud
AquaWateria
Member
Console players I definitely can see but PC players are a different beast.
I say this as a person who rarely cares about 60 fps.
PROh1bited
Banned
Tried to pre order this on PS4 today, but kept getting a message saying my CC wasn't valid. So I said fuck it, pre ordered it on XBL with no problems. I guess Sony didn't want my money.
finalflame
Member
Get fucked, Hangar 13. Get proper fucked. Locking a PC game to 30fps in 2016 is absolutely unacceptable. What a load of incompetent trash.
I was looking forward to playing this this weekend, but not anymore. So absolutely pathetic.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
What a stupid thing to say, go check the Steam reviews for this game and tell us again how only a few forum dwellers care about frame rate.
PandaShake
Member
Just finished GB's stream and man what a start this game has. Great voice acting and story from what I've seen. The dialect and accents are believable as people here.
Freezasaurus
Member
I bought the deluxe edition just because of how awesome the DLC packs sound.
Chris Metal
Member
Just curious on whether or not there are any major spoilers?
If you plan on playing this is it better to stay away from the GiantBomb stream?
lmimmfn
Member
But it will be enhanced for ps4 pro!
Cool! I should have my copy in a few hours.
AngryJoeShow
Neo Member
...uhhh ohhhh...
My fear about the repetitive man line missions is becoming greater and greater here as I play. Purple? Do the Grind....Green? Do the same grind to bring that boss out....Yellow? More Grinding, in the exact same way....Orange mission? Guess...what? Some more grind.
I hope the main story missions can make up for this trend thats starting to pop up here, but perhaps this had a bit to do with the lack of review copies.
**Update**
I hate preview builds that only show off the best of the game up front that makes me regret my positive outlook.
Revising the scores I think it will achieve, now i'm personally hovering around the 5-7 range, where I think the lowest scores will be 4 to 5's.
My fear about the repetitive man line missions is becoming greater and greater here as I play. Purple? Do the Grind....Green? Do the same grind to bring that boss out....Yellow? More Grinding, in the exact same way....Orange mission? Guess...what? Some more grind.
I hope the main story missions can make up for this trend thats starting to pop up here, but perhaps this had a bit to do with the lack of review copies.
**Update**
I hate preview builds that only show off the best of the game up front that makes me regret my positive outlook.
Revising the scores I think it will achieve, now i'm personally hovering around the 5-7 range, where I think the lowest scores will be 4 to 5's.
dragonflys545
Member
Lol.
Coolade
Member
Dang. I was hoping they wouldn't lock away story missions behind any sort of grinding. Is it fun at least or tolerable like Mad Max grinding?