Well they copied a lot of the search for little items that Ubisoft loves so much. You have to find fuses to unlock Junction boxes, which shows you all of the items you can pick up in that area (and taps the phone system). This also includes showing more fuses to find so you can rinse and repeat the process like 20-30 times across the map. This was not the case in the first two Mafia games. It was pretty much story/side-missions and playboy collectables. It extends the longevity of the game but not in a good way.

The thing that I simply can't stand is the lack of a fast save system. I hope they find a way to patch that in but won't hold my breath. From the reviews it gets really bad the further you play as you are constantly going from on end of the map to the other and back and then back again.

Also they completely screwed up on the "Snitches get stitches" aspect. I can't count how many civilians I have had to kill to keep the police from being called in and screwing up a mission. Not just that, you kill a snitch and there is going to be someone else running to the phone to snitch on you for killing the first snitch and so on and so on. After killing three straight snitches in a row, you would think people would be a bit hesitant about be anywhere near a phone.

Story is great though. No complaints there.