15 Best Video Game Levels Of 2016

By Scott Tailford / January 7, 2017

4. Why Take The Chance? - Mafia III

Mafia III's opening is easily one of the most impressive and memorable I've played in quite some time.

A deft combination of faux-documentary style footage blends a number of gameplay sequences with cutscenes featuring various characters in the future, letting you interact with them in real time, before leaping ahead to get an idea of where they end up.

It also allows the writing team of Hangar 13 to play with narrative framing, seeing characters describe something in a foreboding manner. "What happened next changed everything..." for example, as the game cuts back to your thrilling bank heist, only adding to the action as you genuinely get the feeling you're 'playing a movie'.