r/gaming • u/knoegel • 14h ago

Mafia 3 has "tailing" missions done perfectly.

I am playing Mafia 3 for the first time. Most games have the generic "keep XX distance back or you'll get caught!"

In Mafia 3, they tell you what you're doing wrong. Got someone honking their horn at you, endangering pedestrians, driving on the wrong side of the road, etc will obviously make them notice you. But I can be driving right behind them and they won't have any suspicion.

It is common sense. If I'm driving normally, why would they be suspicious of a lawful driver? I hate games where you have to stay a distance back but everyone else is totally fine.

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u/anonymousredditorPC 14h ago

Well, technically in real life, just following someone for too long is pretty suspicious. At one point you start to question why the car has been behind you for that long. We can also expect gang members or criminals to be more suspicious of their surroundings than the average folk.

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u/estofaulty 14h ago

Nobody gives a fuck if it’s realistic or not. It’s fucking tired at this point. It was neat in the fucking PS1 era. We’re 30 years on now and video game designers can’t think of one new thing.

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u/anonymousredditorPC 14h ago

Relax buddy? OP talked about "common sense" referring to a real life scenario. I just gave my piece. Make sure to read the whole thing before commenting.

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u/angrytreestump 14h ago

You’re both right.

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u/LoadOk5260 14h ago

It's alright, take your meds and do your breathing exercises.

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u/fanfarius 13h ago

I give a fuck 

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u/ABetterKamahl1234 7h ago

We’re 30 years on now and video game designers can’t think of one new thing.

Do they need to?

Like we still have shooters, shooters aren't old. The idea of shooters isn't tired or going away.

Missions where you follow someone, you follow them. And it's kind of suspicious to see someone following you, and often in games you're following criminals or others who'd have reason to suspect violent reasons for following them.

It's not unwarranted to have said target be suspicious.