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Mafia 1 is a truly wonderful game. Although I experienced some issues playing it on a modern PC it still played well. Despite some shadow flickering and other such issues, the game still runs at the proper speed and the audio worked for the most part. I had a great time playing through it.

Mafia II is another amazing game, in my opinion. It seems to receive a fair amount of criticism with many saying it lost its way from the original, but I respectfully disagree. The story is immersive, the characters and their backgrounds are well written and go through the ebbs and flows of wanting it all just as Tommy did, and the era of pre- and post-WWII is just an incredible time. The game play is similar to the original with the police coming after you if you speed, run red lights, etc. and they will mark your clothing and/or vehicle as wanted if they get a good look at them/it. Although Empire Bay is large, it's a linear game just as the first with the driving from one place to another being largely mapped out. You can modify clothing and vehicles and enter businesses. There is still an odometer and the need to fill your car with gas. The largest difference I noticed is that if you reload your weapon with ammo remaining in the clip/drum/chamber you still keep the rounds versus losing them as in Mafia 1. This removes the strategy that went into whether or not to reload and balancing out gun play that the original had. In my opinion, it truly builds upon everything that was wonderful in the original and is well optimized for modern PCs. I highly recommend it.

Mafia III, on the other hand, is feeling like a chore. It's reminiscent of Assassin's Creed 1 where you complete the exact same mini tasks every mission to learn what to do in the big picture. It also reminds me of running all over collecting all the scrap metal as in Mad Max. While the story is well written and the method of presentation is superb, there are countless hours of "chores" to complete between each mission that it seems too fragmented and tedious. Of course I'm a completionist and go after every task and collectible, so there's that. But if you ask me, there is nothing about the feel of this game that places it in the same vein as the tremendously well written and produced Mafia 1 and II.

Nah, of course not, that's just what it looked like to me for some reason, lol. Anyway, please edit just RU lock to RU/CIS lock, as DD is locked in CIS countries as well.