Has a GTA Killer Been Found?

GTA V is great, but Mafia III could end up being better in several ways.

[AtomHeart623]

I personally am tired of gta. I think San andreas was the best title in the whole series due to the fact that you got to craft your character as you saw fit. I realize that Mafia III is a predetermined character but I think it could be a breath of fresh air because of the time period and the weighty narrative that is possible during the 1960's. I'm very excited for Mafia III.

[scark92]

That is understandable! I loved GTA 4 and GTA V but I do miss the aspects of San Andreas, I loved going to the gym, robbing houses (that was tense :D) the variety of clothing, especially at the time exploring was fun.

Hope Mafia 3 does the job, Mafia 2 was great!

[showtimefolks]

atom

I respect your option but IMO vice city was the best. I played the single player story of gta 5 and had a Blast

IMO it ended all of the sudden
while 3 characters were fun the story was all over the place and didn't make as much sense

what I don't like is how as we move forward that each gta games world is getting smaller and smaller. I know they say it's these many square miles but the world in gta vice city and sa felt bigger, especially sa.

give me a complete remake of gta sa and take out those tedious plaNE missions

[Ripsta7th]

As you saw fit?
IIRC yiu could only be a super skinny black guy or a super fat guy
Or in between
Wheres all this "as you saw fit come from"

[toddybad]

TBH the first, overhead view, GTA was the best imo. Awesome!

[jb227]

I totally agree. Mafia has been much better at telling interesting stories. The story missions seem like a bit of a distraction in the GTA series from time to time whereas the story missions in Mafia are just more compelling to me. Granted there's far more side content in the GTA series but who really played the digital yoga minigame more than the single time it was required? When you think about all of the work that goes into those little distractions it seems to serve more to put a bullet point in a press release than to be something actually worthwhile. Also GTA was great in the beginning because open worlds were so scarce, but now that almost every type of urban environment has been rendered & explored, the period piece aspect of the Mafia series just adds a new wrinkle that make the games more interesting for me. The music is great, the voice acting is great, just a really underrated series.

Now that PS4 has Spotify, it would be really cool if they could bolster the soundtrack to Mafia 3 by having the devs curate spotify playlists and let us play those in the car. I know licensing costs can get very high w/ those classic tunes and that may be a work around to up the count of quality music on offer. I personally am more excited for the prospect of visiting 1960s New Orleans than the potential to visit Liberty City yet again in the GTA series. As long as the series stay in modern times its really hard for me to think of a single feasible city setting that would be new and interesting.

[FallenAngel1984]

Do people really think a franchise that can sell 54 million units in one installment can be killed? That's more units in one game than many franchises do in an entire series.

[joab777]

Yeah. Mafia 3 may have a better story, a realistic setting, and choice, bit there's so much more to GTA that resonates as a video game.

Don't get me wrong, I tired of GTA5 a long time ago, and am really looking forward to Mafia 3, but GTA5 is a monster!! And it's online component ended up being very successful.

What I really wanted from a Mafia game was a truely open city in which you start as a street thug who eventually through story is able to take territory until you become the Godfather of sorts. And then, you have to maintain. The online would be like NYC with the 5 families. You pick a family and there's a constant struggle for power. Mayne there are campaign seaaons, and someone is crowned Godfather after its over. Would be cool.

No one knows how much actual contwnt, aside from the initial story will be available. And TW3 set a high bar for quests. But even TW3's story eventually ended. GTA5's has continued due to its online component.

[ZombieKiller]

Yeah this articles title is really stupid. Whether Mafia 3 is good or not, out won't take down GTA or even get close I bet

[jb227]

I don't think there's any chance Mafia can beat GTA in sales but when it comes to storytelling I think it stands an honest shot at being a more compelling and memorable game. GTA is all about the side dishes, Mafia is all about the main course. I'm kinda over just knocking around an open world and running over people personally, when I play a game I need to have goals and an endpoint in sight. I respect people that don't game like that but tastes differ for certain.

[InTheZoneAC]

lol @ these articles, who writes them? rofl

[joab777]

I give 2k props for having an African American lead. It will be great from the get go. Imagine a story about coming home from Vietnam Nam in the South. It's like a triple whammy.

But it's bold and I can already see it now. How long will it take for articles to be written about how this character, in particular is portrayed. "Finally, an African American lead, who is shown as angry and vengeful and takes it out on others through brutal violence."

Obviously, I don't agree, and I can't wait for this story...gonna be epic. But it will happen. Because, like everything, and this article is a grrat example, all that matters anymore is Internet traffick.

[mafiahajeri]

Half African American, just like tiger woods and Barack Obama.

[SlightlyRetarted]

I just hate when these bloggers call a game "(popular francise) killer". Same clickbait "journalism" are those "Here's why (popular game) is bad".

[KyRo]

Mafia 3 sounds good but it has no chance in taking down GTA let be real. it might be a good alternative although they'd have to do a hell of a lot of work to get near GTA's level. Mafia 2 was an good game but in no way comparitable to GTA5 or the not so good GTA4.

[SquidBuck]

Depends how good the game is.

[BattleAxe]

"Has a GTA Killer Been Found?"

No.

[Mystogan]

I got one question. Do i need to play Mafia 1&2 to play Mafia 3? Do they connect in any way? Are there returning characters? Etc...

[styferion]

seriously? the release dates aren't even near each other and you think they'll 'kill' each other just because it's the same genre?
If anything, fans of each game will buy the other game because the games complement each other.

[Cobberwebb]

"Has a GTA Killer Been Found?"
Sure, just like Haze was the Halo killer ;)

[SquidBuck]

I feel like I'm one of the select few that enjoyed haze. It had some great ideas, they were just implemented poorly.

[Cobberwebb]

I didn't hate it, it was just over-hyped like every game is today.

[triple_c]

I remember when True Crime and The Getaway were suppose to be GTA killers and where are those games now? Most notably though, I remember when people were saying Saints Row was the GTA killer last gen when the original Saints Row came out and look at what ended up happening.. Those games are great, don't get me wrong but they aren't GTA killers.

Honestly, how many times have we heard this is a killer to that, blah, blah, blah?. The truth is games like GTA that have a massive following are not simply going to die off just because another great game in the same genre comes out.

[showtimefolks]

I still don't get why Sony hasn't tried to revive getaway, hand it to the guys who did sleeping dogs. they independent studio

saints row oh man don't even get me started. saints row 2 was awesome but than THQ started to cater towards just stupid and crazy stuff. if they had actually gone the route where saints 2 was than the series could have been something special

saints 3 was just boring after a while. I still have saints row 2.

GTA IMO is the single biggest IP in gaming today, every time a new trailer is released for upcoming gta game the Internet explodes. can't wait for gta 6 maybe a few more years

[triple_c]

Well I think 1 of Sony's teams made The Getaway before merging with Sony London and maybe it didn't sell to expectations or something? Not sure why Sony hasn't done anything with the IP but they need to bring it back. Maybe give it a remake and reboot the series. That game has the potential to be Sony's own GTA set in London if they would just do something with it.

I don't have SR1 because it wasn't on the PS3 but I remember playing it on my brothers launch 360 years ago and the game was fun as hell. I used to love going around different gang territories causing havoc lol. SR1 and SR2 weren't as goofy and they had a more serious tone to them. I agree with you there. Saints Row 3 and 4 were like the ugly, retarded stepchildren of SR1 and SR2. THQ really messed that series up.

[showtimefolks]

trip

I Agree

also the potential now for getaway is 3ven more because open world games have evolved a lot since the original getaway on ps2

also the team that made getaway went on to make la noire I think or Atleast the director

[SaveFerris]

It's because of the floaty cars and explosions, amirite?

[mafiahajeri]

Nice joke!

[PhantomPat]

Not for now... but i think the GTA V killer will be
Red Dead Redemption 2 (Maybe Revenge).
Loved so much this game and best DLC ever.

RDR is in my best game ever top 10 even more than gta V

[WellyUK]

GTA lol it sold well but it sucks... Red Dead is a much better game than V.

[JamesBroski]

It kinda killed itself for me... since their last patch, it doesn't work on my PC.

[Max-Zorin]

There will never be a GTA killer.