10 Reasons Mafia 3 Is The Best Open-World Game In Years

5. It Hybridises Assassin's Creed & Far Cry's Best Bits

As much as Ubisoft popularise the idea of 'towers' as a means to fill out a world map, the one thing people love from say, Far Cry, are 'Outposts'; those awesome little areas chock-full of enemies that you can infiltrate and dispatch how you see fit.

Cribbing from how Assassin's Creed: Syndicate implemented this idea (by filling interiors of buildings and small courtyards with goons), Mafia III's open-world is peppered with these dynamic encounters you can opt to wade into.

Just call up your weapons dealer and change your loadout right there and then. After a few missions with your lieutenants, you'll unlock things like silenced pistols and rocket launchers, meaning you can go full-on crazy as you just wipe out goons in a blaze of bullets and explosives - or get your neck-snap on and clear the ranks without making a sound.