Mafia 3: 8 New Gameplay Features You Need To Know About

8. Expanding Your Playlist Means Exploring The World

Much like Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and Metal Gear Solid V, the soundtrack behind Mafia III is locked behind exploration, meaning that if you want to listen to all the tunes the swinging sixties has to offer, you're also going to have to visit pretty much every area in New Bordeaux.

It's certainly a worthwhile way to spend your time, especially since Mafia's soundtrack is so damn good. You've got everything from Creedence to The Animals to Aretha Franklin and so much more to delight your ears during your stay in New Bordeaux, and it's certainly something Hangar 13 should be commended for.

Not many devs have dared compete with GTA on the licensed soundtrack front on such a grand scale, so to see Mafia get its own suitably swinging score is quite simply wonderful.

Even the originally composed music making its way into the title sounds fantastic, with Jesse Harlin and Jim Bonney crafting a mix that feels instantly at home in the tumultuous atmosphere of the deep south. Harmonicas, guitars and more accentuate car chases, brawls and gunfights in the streets of New Bordeaux, and only further imbues the title with a sense of cinematic gravitas most others in the genre sorely lack.