The French Ward is alive with jazz and color, skyscrapers and suits fill Downtown, Delray Hollow - a predominantly black district - is clearly different to Frisco Fields, where the cityвЂ™s middle class (and white) residents live. Each area in the city feels distinct, lived-in. ItвЂ™s a detail that also extends to New Bordeaux itself. Racism is a constant presence in New Bordeaux, from subtle body language to horrifyingly blunt statements ItвЂ™s an added punch of emotion that drives home the darker aspects of Mafia IIIвЂs story. The eyes of the main characters in particular are eerily convincing at conveying emotion: When Cassandra tells of how her sister perished at the hands of the cityвЂ™s racist Dixie Mafia, tears form realistically under her eyes. Conversations are natural, performances are top-notch, and there are some incredible facial animations at work. Characters are fully realized, from Clay himself to his three underbosses: Cassandra, the leader of the Haitians, Vito Scaletta, who returns from Mafia 2 after fleeing the mob, and Thomas Burke, who lost his son in the double cross that fuels LincolnвЂ™s quest. Players wonвЂ™t be rising up the ranks - instead, theyвЂ™ll be murdering their way through them, systematically destabilizing mafia Don Sal MarcanoвЂ™s criminal empire until justice has been rightfully done.ДЇor those worried that Mafia III is trying to be too different from the previous entries in the series, rest assured that developer Hangar 13 has crafted a masterwork of a narrative to accompany your time in New Bordeaux. You wonвЂ™t be doing the rags-to-riches story of the previous two games or pretty much every other GTA-like open world game. Driving is fast and fun, with a camera view inspired by classic Hollywood chase scenesДЄfter an inevitable double cross (this is the mafia, after all) that leaves Lincoln scarred and burning with rage, Mafia III makes clear the playerвЂ™s ultimate goal. That all falls to the wayside when it becomes clear that Sammy, his adoptive father, is indebted to New BordeauxвЂ™s ruthless Italian mafia. Raised by the leader of the cityвЂ™s African American mob, Lincoln is battle-hardened and ruthlessly efficient at dispatching his foes, but when he returns from war at the gameвЂ™s start he looks forward to nothing more than moving to California and getting a proper, workaday job in construction. ItвЂ™s a wonderful backdrop, a welcome shift from the вЂ™30s and вЂ™40s settings of the first two games, and itвЂ™s also remarkably timely: New Bordeaux is a city struggling with white supremacy, racial tension, social divide and class struggles, not unlike the current climate whipped up by an orange presidential candidate.ДЄs Lincoln Clay, a mixed-race, special forces-trained Vietnam veteran, gamers also have the opportunity to experience a game as something other than a cookie-cutter white guy. Set in New Bordeaux, a thinly reskinned New Orleans, in 1968, Mafia III is as much about the politics and social norms of that period as it is a game about criminal empires, with racism and anti-Vietnam sentiment mixing with civil rights struggles and an explosion of incredible music. ItвЂ™s a shame, as the opening few hours really are phenomenally good. What starts as a beautiful, original, punishingly real oratory into the African American mob experience during the turbulent вЂ™60s in the American South quickly devolves into a me-too clone of the most tedious aspects of RockstarвЂ™s towering franchise. GTA established the tried-and-tested point A to point B method of mission structure that almost every other game of this type follows, and unfortunately Mafia III ( ) is no exception. Okay, thatвЂ™s a bold statement, but the maker of Grand Theft Auto has been churning out variations on open world games for well over a decade now and the template theyвЂ™ve established has gradually seeped into other studios. Rockstar Games has ruined the gaming industry.

Lincoln Clay has no time for anyone who gets in his way

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