GTA 3 (GTA III)

Introduction:

            GTA 3 was released in October 2001. It was developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. This action-adventure game is the third game in GTA (Grand Theft Auto) game series. It was developed from RenderWare game engine. Leslie Benzies is the producer of this game and the story of this game was written by Dan Houser, James Worrall and Paul Kurowski. Also, this game is an open-world game and has a single-player option. However, GTA 3 was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Android, iOS and Fire OS.

            It was much improved than GTA 1 and GTA 2. Various types of weapons and vehicles had included in this video game and the player's walking skills, vehicles’s sounds had greatly improved. However, GTA 3 was the bestselling video game in 2001. To date, it has sold 14.5 million copies. In November 2021, Rockstar released the remastered version of GTA 3 called GTA 3 The Definitive Edition. 

Story:

            This story begins in 2001. This story is about the Liberty City area of ​​America. Our character’s name is Claude. One day Claude and his girlfriend Catalina successfully rob a bank. But while they are escaping from there, Catalina betrays Claude. There Catalina shoots him and runs away with the cash. However, Claude is able to save his life and he is caught by the police. The court sentences him to 10 years in prison. For that, he is taken to the Liberty City Jail in Portland. There was a member who was important to the Colombian Cartel in this vehicle. Because of this, the Colombian Cartel plans to save that prisoner. There they attack the car carrying the prisoners on the Callahan Bridge and rescue the person they want. So, Claude and another prisoner named 8-Ball manage to escape that place.

            After that, 8-Ball introduces Claude to Luigi Goterelli who is his friend. Luigi is an owner of a nightclub in this city. From then on, Claude decides to work under him. There he meets Joey Leone. He is the son of Salvatore Leone, the leader of the Leone family. And Joey had his own garage. While Claude is working with Joey, he is able to meet Toni Cipriani, a member of the Leone family. Toni was often at her mother's restaurant.

            One day when Claude and Toni go to the restaurant, Toni wants to extort money from a shop. But there they are attacked by the Triads mafia gang. However, they manage to escape that place. Enraged by the incident, Toni plans to destroy the Triads mafia gang. He decides to assign this task to Claude. After that, Claude destroys the headquarters of the Triads mafia gang with the help of 8-Ball.

            But before that, Toni, Luigi and Joey are taken to safety at Salvatore Leone's house by Claude. There he is able to meet Salvatore and his wife Maria. Since then, Claude has to work under him. Meanwhile, one day Maria says to Salvatore that she loves Claude. Enraged by the incident, Salvatore plans to kill Claude. So, one day Salvatore orders Claude to destroy a car with dead bodies. But before going there, Maria is able to warn him that it is a trap. Then she asks him to come and meet her.

            After Claude goes to meet Maria, she introduces Asuka Kasen, who is the co-leader of the Yakuza mafia gang. Asuka agrees to give protection to Claude and Maria. But before that, Asuka tells Claude to kill Salvatore to prove his loyalty. So, Claude accepts that task and he kills Salvatore Leon near Luigi's nightclub. Meanwhile, he is able to meet the leader of the Yakuza mafia gang, Kenji Kasen. He is also the brother of Asuka.

            While working with Kenji and Asuka, Claude meets a businessman named Donald Love. His plan is to start a war between the Colombian Cartel and the Yakuza and buys lands in Liberty City cheaply. So, Donald says Claude to kill Kenji, the leader of the Yakuza gang. Then he goes in a Colombian cartel truck and kills Kenji. Thinking that this is the work of the Colombian Cartel, Asuka decides to take revenge on them. Meanwhile, Donald's plane carrying illegal goods is intercepted by the police. Claude is assigned the responsibility of bringing back the goods in there. But before he gets there, Claude learns that the Colombian Cartel had stolen the goods there. So, he decides to attack a nearby Colombian Cartel building. There he meets Catalina and her new partner, Miguel. As soon as Miguel gives Claude the necessary supplies, Catalina shoots Miguel and runs away. At that moment, Asuka arrives and thanks Claude for catching Miguel. Then Claude leaves from there to deliver Donald's goods to him.

            Later, Claude learns that Catalina killed Asuka and Miguel and kidnapped Maria. Catalina tells him to come to her with $500,000 if he wants to save Maria. Although Claude takes with the money, Catalina betrays him again. Because of this, Claude has to kill her. At last, he kills Catalina and saves Maria’s life.      

Minimum System Requirements:

• CPU                         - Pentium 3 @ 450MH_Z
• RAM                        - 96MB
• Video Memory      - 16MB
• OS                           - Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / 7 / 10
• Hard Drive Space - 500MB

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Mafia 3

 

Introduction:

            Mafia 3 was released in October 2016. But this single-player, action-adventure game was developed by Hangar 13 as well as 2K Games was the publisher of the game. However, this is the third game in the Mafia game series. Mike Orenich is the producer of this video game and William Harms is the writer of this game’s story. This game is an open-world and third-person shooter game. Mafia 3 was released for 5 platforms. They were Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia.

            However, Mafia 3 received some good reviews for its story, characters and sounds. Also, this game has a good graphic setup. But some issues were drew criticism. Averagely this game is a successful game and it has sold seven million copies worldwide.

Story:

         1916 to 1970 was a time when many Africans immigrated to America. These Africans were persecuted by whites living in America. So they formed various groups for their own protection. The Black Mob is one such gang formed by blacks in New Bordeaux, USA. Sammy Robinson was the leader of this gang. He adopts a child from an orphanage run by a black father named James Ballard. This boy's name is Lincoln Clay. But Sammy already has a boy named Ellis. So Ellis and Lincoln grow up as brothers. Lincoln Clay, who grows up under Sammy, joins the Army in 1964. Because of his skills, he is able to take part in covert missions. There he meets John Donovan, who is a CIA agent. After they work together on several missions, they become good friends.

            In 1968 Lincoln receives a full leave of absence from the Army and returns to his hometown of New Bordeaux. There he is able to meet his brother Ellis. At this time, New Bordeaux is ruled by the Marcano crime family, led by Sal Marcano. Sammy Robinson's Black Mob gang was also under this. So Ellis takes his brother to his father's bar in New Bordeaux. There Lincoln is able to meet his father Sammy Robinson and Father James. There he learns that Sammy's Black Mob gang operates under the Marcano family and that Sammy owes Marcano a large sum of money. Then Lincoln decides to help Sammy.

            Here Lincoln proposes to Marcano to take over the businesses of the Black Mob gang to the Marcano family and free Sammy from debt. But Marcano rejects that proposal. He tells Lincoln that rob a bank with his son Jorge Marcano and Irish thug leader Danny Burke and pay off Sammy's debt. Lincoln, Sammy and Ellis agree to this proposal and successfully rob the bank. But Sal Marcano shoots Lincoln, Sammy, Ellis and Danny in order to get all the money. Because of this Except for Lincoln, other all three die. Father James is able to save his life.

            However, Lincoln is slowly recovering from Father James' treatment. After that, He promises himself that he will take revenge on Marcano for killing his father and brother. He requests the help of his old friend John Donovan for this. He introduces several mafia gangs to Lincoln operating against Marcano. It was the Haitian Mob led by Cassandra, the Irish Mob led by Thomas Burke and the Italian gang led by Vito Scaletta (The main character of Mafia 2). So the four of them form a mafia gang called the Clay crime family in New Bordeaux. Gradually, they are able to become the main mafia gang in New Bordeaux.

            By this time Sal Marcano is out of crime and running a casino. Then Lincoln decides to take revenge on Marcano. After that, he goes to the casino and kills Giorgi Marcano and Sal Marcano. Finally, Lincoln Clay becomes mafia leader in New Bordeaux.

            Eventually, we get two options. Either rule the city alone or rule the city with Thomas, Vito and Cassandra. If we decide to rule the city alone, Lincoln has to kill Thomas, Vito and Cassandra. But when he gets out, the car explodes and he dies. If we decide to rule the city with them, Lincoln Clay works for the good of the people. But then he dies because of drug addiction.    

Minimum System Requirements:

• CPU                        - Intel I5-2500K / AMD FX-8120
• RAM                       - 6GB
• Video Memory     - 2GB
• OS                          - Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit) / 10
• Hard Drive Space - 50GB  

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Mafia 2

 

Introduction:

            Mafia 2 was released in August 2010. 2K Czech developed this Action-adventure game. As well as this game was published by 2K Games. This is the second game of the Mafia series. Mafia II is an open-world game and played from a third-person perspective. Lukas Kure is the producer of this game and this story was written by Jack Scalici and Daniel Vavra. It has a single-player option and it was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360.

            However, the game also received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise focusing specifically on its story, characters and gameplay. But the restrictive world design and lack of certain features present in other sandbox games also were criticized by the audience.

            This game was also remastered by D3T and it was released in May 2020 by 2K Games. It was able to receive some positive reviews. But there were bugs in some places. 

Story:

            The main character here is Vito Scaletta. In 1932, he and his family move to Empire Bay in the USA to find a job for his father. After his father died there, he and his family face big trouble. This time Vito meets a thug named Joe Barbaro. Vito joins him in various robberies where the two become good friends. In 1943, Vito is caught by the police during a robbery. There he has to join the army. Vito, who was wounded in the war, returns to Empire Bay for a month's leave after receiving treatment at the Army Hospital. There he meets his old friend Joe Barbaro. Joe makes some fake certificates showing that Vito was completely released from the army. So that Vito does not want to go back to the army.

            At this time, Empire Bay was divided into four major mafia gangs. They are the Clemente crime family led by Alberto Clemente, the Falcone crime family led by Carlo Falcone, the Vinci crime family led by Frank Vinci and the Empire Bay Triad. All of these American mafia gangs were controlled by a group of individuals called the Commission. They were the top leaders of the mafia gangs.

            Upon returning home, Vito learns that his family was suffering from not being able to repay the $2000 his father borrowed from a mafia Commissioner named Bruno Levine. So Vito goes to his father's worked Derek Pappalardo to find a job. He worked with the Vinci crime family. Vito was able to earn very little money from the job offered by Derek. So Vito decides to tell Joe about this problem. There Joe introduces him to Henry Tomasina of the Clemente crime family. While they are working for the Clemente family, Vito and Joe plan to rob a jewelry store under the direction of its member Luca Gurino. During the robbery, Brian O'Neill's gang also comes to rob the store. At this time the police arrive and Vito and Joe manage to escape, but Brian O’Neill is caught by the police. Vito and Joe's next mission is to assassinate a businessman named Sidney Pen who previously worked for the Clemente family. Upon successful completion of this task, Vito receives the expected $2000. After that, Vito is able to pay off family debts from that money.

            Meanwhile, the police arrest Vito for the crimes committed by him. This information is provided by Richie Mazzeo who worked as a spy in the Clemente family. Upon learning of this, Joe kills Richie. However, he has to face up to 10 years in prison for his crimes. Angered by this, Joe threatens Luca Gurino. Because of this, although Luca Gurino plans to kill Joe, Henry is able to inform about this plan to Joe. Then Joe Barbaro decides to escape from Empire Bay city.

            In prison, Vito meets one of his old enemy, Brian O’Neill. He threatens Vito. Because of the incident in the jewelry store. He threatens to kill Vito because of what happened at the jewelry store. Here, Vito meets Leo Galante, the mentor of the Vinci crime family. He is a talented boxer and he teaches Vito about boxing as well as the power of the mafia. After that, Brian O’Neill is killed in the prison by Vito. 

            Joe returns to Empire Bay in 1950. Later, he befriends Eddie Scarpa of the Falcone crime family and tries to join the Falcone crime family. Vito is released from prison in 1951 and after that, joins with Joe and Eddie. His first task there is to kill Luca Gurino. After that, Vito is introduced to Carlo Falcone who is the leader of the Falcone crime family. After that, Vito and Joe have to assassinate Alberto Clemente, the leader of the Clemente crime family and they both manage to complete it successfully. Meanwhile, Carlo Falcone wants to kill Leo Galante who is the mentor of the Vinci crime family. But because Leo helped Vito in prison, Vito helps him to get out of town safely. 

            Meanwhile, Henry, Vito and Joe plan a large-scale drug deal. That is to give the Empire Bay Triad a stock of drugs. They borrow money from a mafia Commissioner named Bruno Levine for this drug deal. After they buy the required drugs, they inform the Empire Bay Triad about that. But the Empire Bay Triad kills Henry Tomasina without paying and gets all of the drugs. Angered by this, Vito and Joe start a war against the Empire Bay Triad. They are also looking for a way to repay the money of Bruno Levine. Meanwhile, they hear that the Salieri family in Lost Heaven are looking for someone to kill a man living in Empire Bay. Vito and Joe accept this Salieri family contract. They are trying to assassinate Tommy Angelo (The main character of Mafia 1), who provided the evidence needed to imprison Don Salieri. There, Vito and Joe are able to fulfill the target. After finding some money from that contract, Vito goes to Derek Pappalardo to find the balance. There Vito learns that his father was killed by Derek Pappalardo. Infuriated, Vito kills Derek, steals his money and pays Bruno Levine's debts.

            During this time, Leo Galante returns to Empire Bay and he also currently joined with the Commission. He tells Vito and Joe to kill Carlo Falcone who is the leader of the Falcone crime family. After that task, the Commission decides to separate Vito and Joe. So in the end, Leo Galante takes Vito out of Empire Bay and takes Joe in another direction.

Minimum System Requirements:

• CPU                         - Intel Pentium D @ 3GH_Z / AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (Dual core)
• RAM                        - 1.5GB
• Video Memory      - 256MB
• OS                           - Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 / later) / Vista / 7 / 10
• Hard Drive Space - 8GB

 

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Mafia 1

Introduction:

            This action-adventure game was released in August 2002. Mafia 1 was developed by Illusion Softworks as well as Gathering of Developers was the publisher of this game. Also, Lukas Kure is the producer of this game and the success story included here was written by Daniel Vavra. We can see only a single-player option here. However, this game was released for only Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. 

            This game was able to get many good reviews from the gaming community. The interesting environment, as well as intriguing missions have contributed to its success here. Overall this is a great game and it also gives an insight into the Chicago community around the 30s. However, in 2020, a remake called Mafia Definitive Edition was released for this game. 

Story:

            The 30s can be described as the decade when America was ruled by mafia gangs. Prohibition was in effect in the United States at the time. Therefore, the production, importation, transportation and sale of liquor were banned. This lasted from 1920 to 1933. Meanwhile, mafia gangs made a lot of money by selling alcohol secretly to the government.

            The story of this game begins in 1930. It is based in Lost Heaven city in the USA. Our character here is a taxi driver named Tommy Angelo. During this time power in Lost Heaven had been divided between two major mafia gangs. They are, the Salieri family led by Don Salieri and the Morello family led by Don Morello.

            One day, while Tommy is at work, Paulie and Sam from the Salieri family rush to him. That's because they are chased by several thugs from the Morello family. At their command, Tommy takes them safely to Salieri's restaurant. Impressed with the help, Salieri tells Tommy to ask for any help at any time and gives him the money and leaves. But the next day Tommy faces big trouble. He was attacked by members of the Morello gang who found him and damage his car. Also, Tommy has to quit his job as a taxi driver because of death threats from them.

            After that, Tommy decides to get help from the Salieri family and he is joined the gang by Don Salieri. There, Salieri places him under his mentor named Frank Colletti. There, he also befriends Paulie and Sam of the Salieri family. He fulfills his responsibilities correctly and becomes an important figure in the Salieri family. And he also manages to win the heart of Don Salieri. In 1932 he marries Sarah, the bartender's daughter at Salieri's restaurant.

            

            When he feels the responsibilities of marriage, he realizes that he is doing something wrong. That is proved to him on several occasions. One day he is assigned to kill a woman named Michelle who works with the Morello family. Then he later learns that she is a Sarah's friend and worked with the Morello family to raise money to pay for her brother's hospital bills. Saddened by this, Tommy lets her escape. Meanwhile, Salieri discovers that Frank Colletti is giving details to the authorities about Salieri. Because of this although Salieri orders to Tommy for kill Frank, Tommy lets him escape. 

            By 1935, the Morello family was gaining control of Lost Heavens. Here, Don Morello subjugated the city councilor and was ruling the law as he wished. Meanwhile, Morello tries to destroy his biggest enemy, Salieri. But with Tom's help, Salieri manages to escape that and says Tommy to finish him. After that, Morello's loyal counselor, Morello's brother Sergio and Don Morello are killed by Tommy. Because of this, the Salieri family gains control of Lost Heaven in 1938. 

            Meanwhile, Tommy's friend Paulie says that he can’t always work for the Salieri family and therefore he has planned an independent bank robbery. Although Sam dislikes this, Tommy decides to join Paulie. The robbery is successful and Tommy goes to Paulie's house the next day to share the money. After he goes to Paulie's house, Tommy sees that Paulie has been killed and the money stolen by someone. Meanwhile, Tommy receives a call from Sam asking him to come to the city gallery to meet him. After he goes to the city gallery, Tommy learns that Salieri ordered Sam to kill them both because Paulie's robbery and Tommy's betrayal. So Sam killed Paulie and now he is trying to kill Tommy. But he kills Sam and escapes to Europe to save his life from Salieri. 

            Upon learning of this, a police officer named Norman brings Tommy back to the United States and persuades him to testify against Salieri. After that Norman is able to arrest Don Salieri. Salieri faces up to life in prison and Tommy also faces up to 8 years in prison. In 1946, under government protection, Tommy is able to obtain a new home and a job in Empire Bay. 

Minimum System Requirements:

• CPU                        - Pentium 3 @ 500MH_z / AMD Athlon
• RAM                       - 96MB
• Video Memory     - 32MB
• OS                           - Microsoft Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / 7 / 10
• Hard Drive Space - 1.8GB      

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FarCry New Dawn

 

Introduction:

            In February 2019, this action-adventure and first-person shooter game was released. This is the third spin-off game in the FarCry franchise. Ubisoft Montreal was the developer of this game and they used Dunia 2 Engine to develop. Like always, Ubisoft was the publisher of this game. Sebastien Ebacher is the producer of this game as well as this game’s story was written by Russell Lees. They had added single-player and multiplayer options for this game. However, this game was also released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia.

            But the gameplay style here is very similar to FarCry 5. As in FarCry 5, FarCry New Dawn also has usual menus such as perk menu, map, journal and roster. In addition, there is a new section called homebase which allows us to customize the prosperity settlement by constructing various important buildings. Weapons and vehicles get a whole new look with a rank system in this game. These are ranked 1, 2, 3 and 4 ranks as Elite. Rank 1 weapons can be used to suit weak enemies and elite weapons can be used to suit tougher enemies. The special weapon we get to use in FarCry New Dawn is the Saw launcher. Vehicles are also divided into 4 ranks and it is easier for the player to use the higher ranked vehicles. 

            A new type of missions called Expeditions can be found in FarCry New Dawn, which allows us to move beyond Hope County. Here you have to steal a package from an area and bring it back to our helicopter, which will also give you a significant amount of rewards.

            Guns for hire are also found in FarCry New Dawn, as in FarCry 5. Sniper, archer, heavy gunners as well as animals such as a dog called Timber and a wild boar called Horatio come to our aid. They get various upgrades depending on their total number of kills and you can increase their rank in the training camp.  

Story:

            The story here begins 17 years after FarCry 5. That is in the year 2035. The whole of America, including Hope County, was devastated by the 2017 nuclear explosion. But a few people were able to survive, and they lived in underground bunkers due to the high radiation levels on the earth's surface. By 2024, they were able to re-establish settlements on Earth, and by 2035 they were living in several groups. At that time, there were three groups living in Hope County.

            One such team was the New Eden. It was ruled by Joseph Seed's son Ethan Seed and was located north of Hope County. By now they believed Joseph Seed was dead or missing.

            The other group living here was the Highwaymen. It was being run by two twin sisters, Mickey and Lou. They were persecuting the inhabitants of Hope County.

            The other group living here was the Scavengers. They were living peacefully in Prosperity. Nick Rye was the leader of this group and his wife named Kim Rye was supporting him. They had a daughter named Carmina Rye who was 17 years old.

            But one day the Highwaymen attack Prosperity and many of their resources are destroyed from that. So they decide to against the Highwaymen and ask Thomas Rush's team for help. They are a peaceful group who are traveling around America in their private train. Our character here is Thomas' chief security officer. After that, they leave to go to Prosperity. But a group of Highwaymen attack them. Rush and we (Player) manage to escape, but then the twins catch up with us. But Rush pushes us into a stream of water and helps us escape from them. After that, we meet Carmina and she leads us to Prosperity. Here, Carmina’s mother advises us to gather other survivors of various abilities throughout Hope County and build enough defense to protect them from Highwaymen. Accordingly, by finding the necessary resources and gathering survivors, we are able to free Rush from the clutches of Highwaymen. Outraged by this, Highwaymen attack Prosperity and a lot of resources are destroyed by them. So the Scavengers decide to enlist the help of New Eden to fight with them.

            Then we go to New Eden and meet its leader, Ethan. At the moment, conflict continued in New Eden over Joseph Seed’s disappearance. Because of this, Ethan wanted to officially become the leader of New Eden. He agrees to help us if we bring him anything that can prove that Joseph Seed is dead. While we are looking for information about Joseph, we are able to see that he is still alive. He lives alone in a forest on the northern edge of Hope County and tells us about a sacred apple tree. He tells us that anyone who eats this fruit can be awaken his evil forces and after that, if he is able to defeat them, then he gets a superpower. But we are able to get a superpower from it. Joseph then goes to New Eden and promises to help us.

            Meanwhile, Highwaymen kidnap Thomas Rush once again. But when we get there he is killed by the twin sisters. Although we are able to attack them with our superpower, they are able to shoot us. But we are able to get up. However, we can be defeat Mickey and Lou with Scavengers’s help.

            Meanwhile, Ethan tries to know about the sacred apple tree from his father. But Joseph warns him before eating its nuts. Ignoring them, he eats an apple. But he isn’t able to defeat his evil forces. Then we have to kill him. Disappointed, Joseph Seed sets fire to the apple tree and tells us to kill him. There, we have 2 options. They are, shoot Joseph or reject it.

            At last, we are able to tell our dead friend that Hope County was liberated from evil forces.

Minimum System Requirements:

• CPU                       - Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.1 GHz / AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz
• RAM                      - 8GB
• Video Memory    - 2GB
• OS                        - Microsoft Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bit)
• Hard Drive Space - 30GB

 

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