![]() ![]() The revenge story in Mafia III is nothing new, but it is good enough and full of worthwhile ancillary players. She feels like a real person pushed into an uncomfortable situation rather than the cookie cutter goombas that typically inhabit the Mafia series. In particular, a Haitian crime boss named Cassandra is one of the more interesting side characters I’ve encountered in any of these GTA-esque games. I found several of the folks that Lincoln partners up with to be much more interesting characters, as they reveal interesting backstories, motivations, and genuine expressions of emotion throughout cutscenes and interactions. It’s not hard to hop on the Team Lincoln bandwagon after the early setup or after seeing him endure constant racism, but I felt that narratively, he could have been a stronger character. Looking purely at the surface, Lincoln is an orphan raised by a surrogate father who finds himself in a quest for vengeance after a tragic event opens the game. As a mega-privileged member of the white people club, there are undoubtedly bits of subtext and nuance to Lincoln that I’ll never have a chance to identify with or even recognize during his New Orleans journey. He’s not Gordon Freeman blank, but we learn so little of his backstory and he expresses so little emotion that I found it hard to really connect with him. ![]() He is our window into the world and the tool used to shape it, but he feels like an empty canvas. As far as protagonists go, Lincoln is pretty bland. At the very worst, I figured that spending some time in a fresh open world backed by a AAA budget would be worth the price of entry on its own.įor those not up to date on Mafia III’s setup, you play the game as Lincoln Clay, a black ops Vietnam vet who has returned to his home in New Orleans and gets mixed up with organized crime. Unlike World War 2 or the post-apocalyptic future, the racially charged bayou swamps was a backdrop that had not been done to death in video games. My interest in the third installment was mostly due to the setting of 1960s Louisiana. I played the first two games in the series, but I did not hold them in high regard. When I first heard of the Mafia III announcement, I was slightly intrigued. ![]()
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