Mafia: The Old Country is linear & narrative-driven, ditches open world, will cost the same as the original Mafia ($49.99), releases on August 8, 2025

[iamthemilkman]

I'm okay with this. While I did find the open worlds in the first two games incredibly immersive, they were mostly window dressing. Mafia 3 was the first game in the franchise that littered the open world with more things to do, however I don't think that benefited the game at all since it's the weakest installment in the franchise.

 

[dani28]

I hope it is a open world maybe like GTA .

 

[WesternYokai]

Almost like a spin-off.

 

[_oBSOLEte_]

Is it a good thing they dont do an open world? I dont know about that. Only played the first remaster, in VR with the HUD and mini-map removed (realVR mod), and the whole "learning the map and the landmarks while doing the taxi" stuff was kind of cool. Genuine gameplay.

The shooting on the other hand was a bit clunky, and it was funny that the narrative was so serious while I was raking a cop kill count in the hundreds...

 

[beefbowl]

I hope it is a open world maybe like GTA .

Reading comprehension is really strong with this one, it's literally in the title lmao.

 

[moonbits]

I'm cool with that.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

Mafia 1 and 2 are SO good but it wasn't the open world that made them great. I'm willing to give this game a chance.

 

[Carlnshake]

Where do gangsters go when they die?

 

[Lokgamer]

I'm perfectly fine with that. Not everything has to be an open world with a thousand things to do. And Mafia has proven that many times.

 

[dani28]

Where do gangsters go when they die?

Maybe into gangster heaven

 

[ATenderLad]

Maybe into gangster heaven

This was a real opportunity to link to some Coolio, but I got you covered.

 

[Lokgamer]

Where do gangsters go when they die?

They go to the gang-halla

 

[dani28]

This was a real opportunity to link to some Coolio, but I got you covered.

Oh yes I didn't even think about that, Gangsta's Paradise. Thanks.