In Mafia 2, the open world barely existed to highlight the tedium of the day job that is the Mafia. In Mafia 3 it's the Open World Template™, and Mafia 3 really wants you do engage heavily with it.
For some people that is good time, for me it's a replant that made me drop what is otherwise, an interesting game.
For some people that is good time, for me it's a replant that made me drop what is otherwise, an interesting game.