Reply To: Write 5 things you absolutely want from Mafia 3
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eeeh (long breath)
So let’s unleash my 2 cents. All this is not in any particular order, and the numbering
from 1 to 5 it’s not a rating, it’s just to keep adherence to the topic’s title, and since
my toughts are somewhat delirious, below each voice there is a little explanation.
1 Updated game engine
I wonder no one has said a word on graphics, maybe is a quite obvious subject, but i want
M3 to be capable of striking impact, with astonishing graphics and physics performance.
Tessellation, advanced anti-aliasing and a shading with real ambient occlusion;
Interacting particle system: For instance, rain drops will not simply fall, they gather
over surfaces creating a wet, dripping layer influenced by footsteps and wheels with
splashes and so on. I also want a configurable interface where you can choose on-screen
items and how they appear: map, speedo, ammo counter and other objects are all switchable
on/off, and also capable of being semi transparent over game screen. All this via user-set
preferences in the interface menu.
2 The REALLY free ride 
Granted there should be no cutted content, player is allowed to reach, enter, climb, every
square feet of the map.
I also want to be able to escape/chase both enemy/police in every way all around the
environment: fire stairs, roofs, buildings, fences, the lot, with the eventual need of
tools to break-in, or safecracking.
Obviously while being able to fire from every point you will reach, no matter the place.
And no checkpoints, either: you saved in the middle of a fight? you respawn exactly there
after loading, in the same circumstance/place/task you previously left. The load/save menu
has no longer slots: it simply shows the file list with an icon, where the icon’s image is
a screenshot of the action saved, so you visually recognize which and what each file is,
even after many days.
3 Responsible marketing
Sorry to fuel the same fire again, but as a matter of facts, 2K’s way of business has upset
lots of people.
NOT AGAIN, please.
I also want to spend a word on Vavra. I’m with him, and hope he will be back, but i’m also
ready to a non-Vavra M3. In short, MAKE IT GOOD, and i will buy it.
4 Don’t trash M2 Inheritance
To be honest, M2 hasn’t reached the same success of the first one. But i don’t want to
use this argument to fall in the superficial, common “M2 is evil” rant. Actually, i find
some of its ideas to be good, like the music with the in-game radio, the playboys and
the wanted posters collectibles, and the really cool painted artworks.
I also like the score system in jimmy’s dlc and want it expanded with perks and specific
achievements, let’s say unlockable side-quests for already done missions, making replay
more attractive.
5 The “Lost Heaven reloaded” hidden feature
When M3 ends, the “Lost Heaven reloaded” is unlocked. It’s the first mafia ported inside
the new game engine, with the original characters, places, map and storyline, but it’s now
made with the current M3 technology and sports updated graphics, physics, motion-capture
quality animations and facial expressions. Obviously many people already know it, and the
story is spoiled for them, but despite this, i believe most enthusiasts will still enjoy
it, and perhaps, some of them will want M3 just for this, which is indeed the ultimate M1.
Uh, well, let’s face it… i write this post without any knownledge about feasibility or cost.
So all this stuff may be just a dream i (we) never see.
But i believe we need to dream to push reality ongoing: back in the days someone wanted to
play his mp3s everywhere, but such a device seemed hard if not impossible, until he created
the ipod, and nothing has been the same. So wish with me, maybe someone is listening us 
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