Summary

  • Mafia: The Old Country will be a lot closer to Mafia and Mafia 2 in scope and less like Mafia 3.
  • In other words, expect a linear story set within an open world, but without a massive list of checkbox activities for players to complete.
  • Information about The Old Country's stylings comes by way of a new interview with IGN, where the developers were quick to affirm their plans.

When 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mafia: The Old Country launches in Summer 2025, as rev🌠ealed during its second trailer during Thursday nig🔜ht's The Game Awards presentation, don't expect an open world romp similar to .

No.

Instead, it appears that the game will be more in line with the original and in terms of its more linear-style open world, than a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto clone. Information about The Old Country's approach come by way of , 🤡where game director Alex Cox and Hangar 13 presidentꩵ Nick Baynes affirmed the game's approach.

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Being Like Mafia 2 Isn't A Bad Thing

As part of the interview, Cox and Baynes revealed that The Old Country will not be like Mafia 3. Per that conversation, they called The Old Country🌄 a “linear, narrative-driven” game that is a “focused package” that offers a “cinematic experience.”

In other words, players likely won't be driving around old Sicily in search of junction boxes or completing checklist task𒊎s like in Mafia 3. But you'll still be able to drive around, just as you did in the first Mafia and Mafia 2, or even ride a horse, seeing as the game is set in the early 1900s.

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All o👍f this is an effort to help gamers see the story through without being bogged down by liꦉst-type activities.

"The way I describe it is you're not going to be playing Mafia: The Old Country and going ꩲoff and doing endless side quests and doing activities in the world," Baynes explained. "We want players to go through and experience a story, but set in this beautiful world. And if you are going along a path, and you want to go over here and explore, in many cases you can do that because the world exists around you."

But we're encouraging you to go thꦫrough the story.

Considering that the "bloat" of Mafia 3 was one of its more divisive e꧟lements, particularly coming off the tight narrative that was Mafia 2, it seems like Hangar 13 is taking fan opinions to heart. The end 🦩result should be another worthy entry in the Mafia franchise, though ultimately time will tell. What is true, though, is that 2025 is shaping up to be a rather stacked year for gaming.

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