MAFIA 3 PS3 REVIEW MOVIE
MAFIA 3 PS3 REVIEW 1080P
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For the volumetric lighting quality, shadow and reflection resolution, and overall texture detail, it's all in the same ballpark between PS4 and Xbox One. In terms of the core graphical setup we're otherwise looking at near-identical visuals otherwise. Be prepared to see rough lines and flickering edges as you drive around, especially on power cables or the bright chrome finish on cars, regardless of machine. In truth, both suffer from similar degrees of pixel crawl in motion owing to an ineffective anti-aliasing pass.

MAFIA 3 PS3 REVIEW 1080P

Once we return to in-engine action though, the difference is a familiar one: here it's a native 900p on Xbox One, against the clearer 1080p image on PS4. In other words, the best looking parts of the game are pre-baked by brute force of sizable video files, often with weather conditions at odds with the gameplay itself.

MAFIA 3 PS3 REVIEW MOVIE

But tellingly, the plot is told entirely though pre-rendered cinematics - encoded 1080p movie files that switch in whenever we need the next beat in the story. The setup for Mafia 3 is a solid one, built on a cast of characters that are realised with a degree of care we didn't expect going in. A look at Mafia performance and visual features on PS4 and Xbox One. And that's a real shame given there are some quality ideas underneath all these issues. It all subtracts from the authenticity Mafia 3's trying to build in its world and characters - a technical scaffolding that shakes way too much to overlook. We've even fallen through the floor, taking us to a psychedelic abyss where Lincoln is left floating in space for eternity. We've seen effects like passing clouds run at a ridiculous, accelerated speed overhead. We've seen AI cars flip out and drive off the road ahead of us for no reason. It's usually simple stuff, but it does add up. Some parts look superb, but others feel like they're plucked straight from a PS3 or Xbox 360 version that never came to be.Īnd then there are the glitches. There's an almost last-gen appearance to the world as a result not helped by the low resolution, flat textures maps and basic NPC models. Elsewhere, it's often a dark foggy place, which can only go so far to hide the obvious pop-in as you drive fast down its streets. And likewise, there's a good use of volumetric lighting in interiors to give that a dim, chiaroscuro effect we see in film noir classics.īut that's the city of New Bordeaux at its best. Seeing flashes of sunlight play across a rain-soaked streets is a purely incidental moment where all its effects combine to create something spectacular. There's a subdued beauty to Mafia 3 at its best, and there's an apparent attempt to match the oil-painted concept art that pan across its loading screens. The lighting engine is a real high point, and parts - at least - of Mafia 3 feel like they're genuinely built with modern machines in mind. Fundamental questions need to be asked about the QA process here - and also of the console platform holders, whose own technical requirements demand a far higher level of stability than what we're seeing here. What's clear is that this is a game that somehow made it to gamers in a highly unoptimised state, and the amount of bugs, glitches and crashes back to the desktop are legion. One week on from release and we think we finally have a handle on Mafia 3, in terms of its console performance and perhaps more crucially, what it actually takes to run this game at 1080p60 on a mainstream gaming PC.

Mafia 3 ps3 review