Mafia: The Old Country was in this week in the expectation management mode ”, announcing cheaper than expected 49.99 USD, and confirming that it is absolutely NO A game with an open world, rather a linear, narrative game.
The gangster shooter developed by the hangar showed a fresh game in the trailer below, and this is really impressive. But this is not GTA 6. Indeed, it is not the MAFIA III. Interestingly, President 2K David Ismailer said about the mafia: the venerable country: “We think there is a large audience for fascinating stories that do not require huge time commitments.” I felt like a dog more than a promotion.
Based on these comments, Mafia: The venerable country will be a relatively compact matter. There is no multi -person mode, so history is the whole package. How long will it take? Some speculate everything from five to 15 hours.
Yes, there are some complaints in response on the Internet, mainly from those who were hoping for the game of the mafia more in terms of GTA than, say, a shorter game in an unexplored style. But the venerable country will never be such a game.
In December, I Interview with the president Hangar 13 Nick Baynes and game director Alex Cox about All Things Mafia: The Old Countryand the prospect of escaping against GTA 6, which was then the fall of 2025.
In an interview, the couple rejected comparisons with GTA 6, insisting on to the mafia: the venerable country should not be considered a game from the open world.
Rather, the couple, the mafia: the venerable country is more like mafia 1 and 2 than the mafia in the open world 3. It is a “linear, narrative -based game,” focused package “that offers” cinema impressions “. You can ride after the authentic team of Sicily from 1900 in Mafia: The Old Country, and even riding a horse a bit like another Rockstar game, red dead redemption 2, but the similarities for Rockstar games end with this.
So, although there are perhaps inevitable complaints regarding the scope of the old country, I saw positiveness about the experience offered. Many claim that they are more interested in high -quality, cheaper, shorter mafia history than the disgusting open world game filled with repetitive mechanics.
Indeed, it seems that the invitation to more of the cheaper ones, possible to master games, with the well -received Clair Clair Sandfall: Expedition 33, which sold an impressive 2 million copies, despite the fact that the day is available for Game Pass, maintained as a potential trend.
This is because game prices become more expensive, and both Nintendo and Microsoft reach USD 80. On the market, when Mario Kart World costs USD 80, Mafia 50 USD: The old country looks like an opportunity.
“I think that setting a price for 50 USD is a move,” said Ign Reader BabyGroot1 in response to the Mafia News. “Look at the sale of Claira Obsur”.
“Yes, I think that there may be many layers of fences that see 70-80 USD and wait for the game to sell about 30 USD,” added automating_the_game. “But for 50 USD they are like a whore, winning it now.”
This is a similar sentiment in social media and Reddit. “I hate to place things on a numerical scale, but if it is one of those games that are like good 10-12 hours, 8/10, I think we have to support it best” Mafia 99dge said. “50 USD, when publishers press at USD 80, is so fascinating that we have to reward and vote with our portfolio, if it is worth it (of course, we can afford it, taking into account the economic climate).”
“I probably intended to convey it, because I just don’t have it in me in most open world games, but hearing that it is linear, focused on history and valued at 50 USD? I’m on board now,” said Eljack170.
“I would prefer to have a compact game of the mafia for 50 USD than one of the unnecessarily empty open world with almost nothing to do, like all the previous games of the mafia,” said Everythingsc0MPuter.
“If they do not add side tasks or side activities to do previous mafia games, you might as well keep compact and linear.”
For all this online positivity, for 2K publishers and programmers, the hangar 13 will be turnover Mafia: an old country that determines the future of his and franchise. The game will have the purpose of sales, which must achieve so that the project is considered a success, and social media and forum do not generate revenues. Hard sales.
All eyes will be in the mafia: the old country to see if Claira Obsur’s success is really the beginning of something balanced for the video game industry.
Wesley is the British information editor IGN. Find it on Twitter on @św100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpole@ign.com or confidentially at spine@proton.me.
