Mafia: The Old Country

Here's your full ghoulish rundown for Mafia: The Old Country: Mafia: The Old Country — RECOMMENDED Hangar 13 dug back to where it all started — the sun-baked, blood-soaked hills of early 1900s Sicily — and cut the fat off the franchise in the process. The Old Country isn't a sprawling open-world sandbox; it's a lean, linear, cinematic crime story in the mold of the first two Mafia games, and for the right kind of player, that focus is exactly what makes it sing. The premise is pure old-world dread: you claw your way up through a Sicilian crime family in an era rarely touched by games, back when the mafia was less slick suits and Tommy guns and more dirt, honor, and knives in the dark. The atmosphere is the star here — critics called it a genuine time machine, and they're right. Sun-scorched vineyards, candlelit backrooms, the slow-tightening noose of loyalty and betrayal. It's a beautifully grim world, and the game knows exactly how to make you feel small and disposable inside it. Where it earns its keep is storytelling and mood. This is a game that trades scale for craft — no bloated checklist of icons to clear, just a tight, character-driven descent into organized crime with real cinematic weight behind it. If you were burned out on open worlds padded to death, The Old Country's discipline feels like a mercy. A 76 on Metacritic lands it firmly in "good, not transcendent" territory, and that's a fair grave marker. What'll gnaw at you: it's short, and some players will feel the campaign ends just as it's hitting its stride. The moment-to-moment gameplay — the shooting, the driving, the mechanics — is competent but never spectacular; this is a game you play for the story, not the systems. If you came for deep, satisfying combat or endless things to do, the linearity that others praise will feel like a cage to you instead. But the ghoulish truth is that not every crime saga needs a hundred hours to leave a scar. The Old Country is a focused, atmospheric, well-told tragedy that respects your time and drips with period dread. If you love a good gangster story and you'd rather have twelve tight hours than sixty padded ones, pull up a chair at the family table. Just don't get too attached to anyone.

Absolute cinema. Stellar voice acting, story telling and world building. Beautiful games are made when there is no woke agenda involved. Bravo e grazie.

История постоянно держала в напряжении, следить за происходящим было безумно интересно, хотя последняя глава вышла довольно предсказуемой. Драма в игре хорошая, своё дело она сделала и эмоционально зацепила. Персонажи все очень харизматичные, каждого интересно слушать, и они говорят в прямом смысле как настоящие живые люди без картонности, со своими эмоциями и интонациями. Постановка в игре просто изумительная, смотреть кат-сцены одно удовольствие. Атмосфера Сицилии цепляет с первых минут, мир невероятно красивый, и всё, что связано с картинкой, выполнено на высшем уровне. Безумно красивая, изумительная природа Италии глаз не оторвать. Музыка в игре очень красивая и душевная, отлично дополняет настроение. Каждая мелодия точно попадает в происходящее на экране, и слушать это одно удовольствие. Геймплей тоже порадовал: за всё время ни разу не наскучил. Физика машин очень реалистичная, ездить одно удовольствие, стелс довольно неплохой, стрельба отличная импакт чувствуется, и стрелять по-настоящему круто. Но вот оптимизация в игре плохая статтеры, маленький фреймрейт, не для очень передовой картинки.

Boring slow walk simulator. Follow this guy, follow that guy, drive (very slowly) to this point. Insta-fail stealth missions. When did games become movies exactly? And who wants to watch a boring 12 hour movie? But hey, graphics look good. The back of the guy you are following was modeled in exquisite detail.

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Artıları kadar eksileri de olan bir oyun fakat Mafia III faciasından sonra bence fena sayılmaz. İyi toparlamışlar diye düşünüyorum, zaten dönem oyunlarını da seven biri olarak oyunun hikayesini ve cutscene kısımlarını ekstra sevdim diyebilirim. Ancak oyunun oynanış kısmı biraz zayıf kalmış. Bug'lar mevcut özellikle oyunun son sahnesini bu yüzden baştan oynamak zorunda kaldım :') Gıcık karakterler olduğu gibi bağ kurabileceğiniz karakterler de var. Ben hikayeyle ve bazı karakterlerle bağ kurabildim yani. Sıkmayan, sürükleyici bir hikayesi var. Bölümleri oynarken tekrar hissini vermiyor, "bitse de gitsek" dedirten bölümler içermiyor. Oynanış ve dövüş kısmını pek sevmedim sadece o kadar. Onun dışında beğendim. Mafia serisini sevenlerin de beğeneceğini düşünüyorum. İndirimdeyken şans verebilirsiniz.

I just love the mafia games (not so much the 3rd one), and I truly think that they nailed these one. It's a must try for every fan and new comer to the series