I’m sitting down at a table with the three lieutenants helping me maintain my growing hold on New Bordeaux, mafia free online’s marvelous recreation of 1968 New Orleans. I’ve just finished the climactic mission in my bid to take down an Italian-run construction fraud racket. It was a delightful spree of organised carnage, starting with slow, quiet infiltration by way of a stolen mob vehicle and an underground car park, before rapidly escalating via an elevator to a hotel penthouse containing seemingly half of the local mob. And a showdown with their rocket launcher toting ringleader. And then I took his rocket launcher and fought my way out through the front lobby. It wasn’t neat, is what I’m saying. It got quite hectic. But this meeting right here, this is far more stressful.

In front of me are Burke, Vito, and Cassandra. Between them, they respectively run the Irish, rebel Italian, and Haitian gangs. Each time I pry ownership of a new enterprise from the dominant Italian Mafia, I need to hand it off to one of the three to run on my behalf. I’m going to be far too busy causing a mess elsewhere. But good Lord, do they get precious about it.

Neglect any lieutenant for too long, and they’re going to get angry, convinced that I’m screwing them over and tipping the balance of power in favour of one of the other two gangs. The problem is, sometimes I have to. Sometimes the perks delivered by one lieutenant in exchange for a hand-out will be exactly what I need at the time, be they new weapons, increased fire support on missions, better health recovery, or anything else from the raft of bonuses that come with long-term loyalty. Sometimes I can’t be fair. This is one of those times.

I hand the territory to the already-flush Cassandra, and Burke goes ballistic. Vito is pissed too, and his upset cuts deep as he compares me unfavourably to long lost friends from Mafia II—Vito was that game’s protagonist, and goddamnit I wish I was giving him a happier retirement—but the Irish boss is definitely the biggest problem. He tells me that this is my last chance. He tells me that if I screw him one more time, it’s all over. Although developer Hangar 13 is keeping very quiet about what this means, I strongly suspect that I might soon be dealing with more than one enemy faction if I’m not careful.

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