Not sure if I missed the initial hype but the game is a slog to say the least, repetative mechanics which just feel like lazy development makes the game feel a lot longer than it should of been, dosnt quite have that same charm I got from playing the first 2 mafia games that's for sure, story starts off with a bang but has a slow middle while it struggles to find its feet, it seems to throw a lot at you while quietly blocking the completion of certain quests which is frustrating, also a game that has been out this long and had a "definitive edition" should not be this buggy, it reminds me pre patched assasins creed games at times and on 4 separate occasions I had to reload an entire chapter because quests just didnt show up or didnt work properly, not side quests either, when I'm half way through a mission to kill a main "badguy" and the quest just up and breaks it totally ruins it. All in all it's a basic game, nothing special but there is a game here to be played