Set in 1968 New Bordeaux, Mafia III: Definitive Edition follows Lincoln Clay, a Vietnam veteran whose surrogate family is killed by the Italian Mafia. His response is not simply to pursue revenge: he sets out to build a new family and a criminal empire in a city described as vast and ruled by the mob. The Definitive Edition gathers the main game with its story expansions and bonus packs, framing Lincoln’s campaign within a bundled crime saga.
The central design gives players room to choose how they take on the Mafia, with brute force, gunfights, or stalk-and-kill tactics presented as alternatives. That choice sits alongside a longer power struggle: players decide which lieutenants to reward and which to betray as they shape the new organization. Rather than treating revenge as a single target, the game connects action in the city to decisions about who gains influence within Lincoln’s empire.
For PC players considering the game, its defining appeal is the combination of a period crime setting, selectable combat approaches, and choices about how Lincoln consolidates power.
