As if the absolutely terrible remaster that is Mafia II: Definitive Edition wasn't enough, Mafia III has also been handed a raw deal on PS4 Pro. Following the game's 'Definitive Edition' update, the title now reportedly runs worse than ever on Sony's enhanced system. According to this detailed Reddit post, as corroborated by Eurogamer, the patch has removed the game's Pro support, dropping the resolution from 1440p, scrapping HDR, and generally just making the whole thing look worse.
Apparently, this is all because the aforementioned update doesn't take the PS4 Pro version of the game into account. It's a one-size-fits-all patch that basically reverts Mafia III to its base PS4 form, removing all of its graphical upgrades in the process. Maddening.
It's a good job, then, that 2K says a fix is in the works. "The development team supporting Mafia 3: Definitive Edition is aware of this issue and is working to restore support for Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro as soon as possible," a spokesperson told Digital Foundry.
Let's hope that it gets fixed sooner rather than later, eh? Those who scooped up the recently released Mafia: Trilogy on PS4 Pro must be delighted with how it's turned out so far.
[source reddit.com, via eurogamer.net]
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what are they smoking over there at TakeTwo?
Er.... Say what?! I only expect this from Bethesda or EA these days. This really should be branded Defunct Edition then.
I hope they will fix Mafia II. It is one of the best games from Czech Republic. But d3t LTD completely butcher it. I can't even finish it because it wont load the final mission.
On the Pro it resembled playing through a brown mud filter
Well based on all this I won’t be getting mafia 1 at launch need to wait to see if it has so many bugs
Going to wai till this is all patched up before picking it up, nearly bought mafia 2 on release but saw the review s and thought no, shame as I enjoy the mafia series hopefully they sort this out. How can they release a game knowing how bad it is, it's things like this that make me not buy games from companies that release games in such a state.
The xbox one x version looks absolutely terrible I stated it in a previous mafia related article , it looks like a ps3 game.
The 'base' version of 3 also seems a bit worst to me. Screen tearing and crashed five minutes into playing it. Tried again and was driving along only for my car to vanish.
I'm starting to worry about Mafia 1 remake now.
I still feel like they're deliberately ruining it on purpose for some reason.
What on earth were they thinking here? To ship one broken game is bad enough but to butcher 2 (and maybe even 3) at the same time is pretty incredible.
Mafia 4 must be a pipe dream at this point. Or a nightmare.
With all the issues, I'm not going to be buying the Trilogy unless it's on sale, and the major problems have been fixed.
At this rate, the Mafia 1 remake will probably cause consoles to explode upon booting it up
Mafia 3: Demastered, Destabilised and Downresolutioned
2K Support's twitter feed makes for fun reading...There's a problem?! (Surprised Pikachu face),that's horrible! Please fill out a support ticket & we'll pretend to be shocked as you are! Its not like we ever rushed out bugfests like WWE2k20 before or make sure these things actually play properly before we sneak 'em out!
Maybe it's because I have a Pro now, but I booted up Mafia 3 last week (to try out the dlc's) and the amount of fan noise coming out of the PS4 was terrible. So I didn't play that long as I don't want to risk any lasting damage.
This has been a bit of a 5h!t show for them hasn’t it. I wonder has it affected pre orders of Mafia 1? I definitely wouldn’t pre order it.
Saying that the talk around Mafia has made me download and make a start on Mafia 3 from PS Plus and truth be told I’m quite enjoying it. Sure it’s not up to the standards of many open world games but it does have some fun aspects to it.
This game and the second game were rushed to release to cash in on the fact that lots of people are stuck at home due to lockdowns and they probably hoped it would generate a lot of sales. The whole thing is a money grab
So they CAN respond to this particular problem but absolutely NO response to the problems with Mafia 2? Probably no patch for Mafia 2 then......
I started playing again after the update and I didn't notice this xD it just goes to show that the difference is not that much
Can't wait to see how the original games remake turns out 😂
Been playing this past couple weeks and never noticed any difference after the patch
How does this kind of thing happen? No but seriously, how does this happen? Don't they test anything before releasing? How do they miss something so major?
In this condition that 2K had come into, they need to shut down
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