More radio stations with music fitting the time period. Our Mafia III wishlist

If the next Mafia will be set in the 50-ies, we hope that the developers put more effort in the audio. As a matter of fact, we did get radio stations in the second one, but there was only three of them, and apart from that, the music played wasn’t necessarily representative of the time period. While the radio was still the dominant medium in America after WWII, the range of available tracks should be extended a bit – the 50-ies were full of distinguished music. Patti Page, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra dominated the radio waves back then, and while purchasing a license for such artists’ songs might be costly – it will surely be a good investment that will quickly pay off.

The sound of firing guns is the only music a true gangster needs, but one could certainly use more classical music.

Deciding upon music from that era, the developers must make sure that the tracks on the air fit the times. Let’s elaborate – the tracks in Mafia II obviously fit the era, but the more attentive players quickly realized that some were outdated – for instance, in 1951, a track from 1943 was played. Apart from that, sometimes the developers allowed some time travel, giving us tracks that haven’t been recorded yet in the time of the game. On the one hand, we don’t blame the designers for trying to make us feel the ‘vibe’ of the early 50-ies, but on the other though, it could have been done with more faithfulness to music history – and there are certainly plenty of artists to chose from.