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Looks boring as fuck.
They're calling it a gameplay trailer.There is no real gameplay in the trailer, we don't know how it really looks yet.
The sequence where he kills a bunch of guards doesn't LOOK (better?) great. Must be the animations or something but it's not smooth.Feels? You've played it? Dude it looks exactly the same as the first three games i.e. awesome
Hopefully the death animations will be as over the top
I'm guessing this is probably a 25-30 hour or so main story, similar to Mafia 1.
There is no real gameplay in the trailer, we don't know how it really looks yet.
But are they though? They are both crime dramas, one is the Italian mafia, one is the Japanese mafia, both games are about rising through the ranks in a family steeped in crime, not as if we are comparing a strategy game, to an action platformer...Weird comparison. They're two completely different types of games.
How weird
lol um...this game is still open world.. Thank fuck it's linear and not open world
Thank god for PClooks like 24fps and below
So you wanna tell me the developers just misinformed us?lol um...this game is still open world.
What are you talking about?
Soo.....I think you might be confusing their focus on the story being linear with the actual structure of the world itself, this game to be clear, is open world as that has already been confirmed.
So.....the story is linear, the world is open world...
That wasn't an either or as I think some of you might be confused on what was being stated regarding that. Mafia 3 had a non-linear story, where you could do certain things in any order to a degree.
Mafia 1 and 2 had a linear story where its more of a point A-Z type thing, this game is following that path.
Clearly all the games I just stated are open world......
Yep, 1900 Sicily was such a "vivid" city back them, the most "trendy" country side city in all Italy.Somehow they managed to make 1900s Sicily look generic and boring as fuck. Congrats, I guess.
So you wanna tell me the developers just misinformed us?
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Well they're stupid then to say no when they were asked about featuring an open-world. It causes confusionI think they might merely be stating its not non-linear like Mafia 3
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/05/mafia-the-old-country-ditches-open-world-for-linear-story-based-gameplay-on-ps5#:~:text=The answer: "No.,for a story-first approach.
As why state 'linear, narrative-driven" and why have vehicles as extras for different editions if they would not be used in the world itself.. So I believe they mean the structure of the story itself is not open, not that it doesn't feature an open world, as the extras they are providing and their comparisons to Mafia 1 and 2 supports that it indeed is a open world ,merely that its story is not open.
Well they're stupid then to say no when they were asked about featuring an open-world. It causes confusion
I agree. I wouldn't mind Mafia 1&2 approach and I also don't mind Mafia 3 approachI agree, I think they are merely stating this regarding its story structure, but I believe the term open world needs to stop being used to describe a non-linear type concept.
Mafia 1 and 2 are linear titles, yet no one has argued against them being open world games...
Regardless, we'll hear more about the game in a few hours when they do that panel going over it. I think it might just end up being like Mafia 1 and 2, where you have a world, but a set story that goes down 1 path
Agreed. The first one remade looks better than the second "remaster." Makes it jarring.for the love of god, just remake Mafia 2 with modern tech
Gonna wait for a discount, old times mafia story\location is not really my cup of tea, i prefer modern stuff, and i'm not a fan of faux open worlds.
Trailer look good tho.
When he says linear rather than open-world, I believe he's talking about something akin to what you saw in the first two games. Although there were some "open world" elements - more in 2 than 1 - they were awfully limited. There wasn't much interactivity in the world, apart from the driving itself. You could stop at a gun shop, a gas station, a body shop, and a few other places, but that's about it (even less in the first game). It wasn't "open world" except in the sense that you could drive around and do a few minor activities. Almost all of the game was focused on progressing the storyline. No real side content (some via DLC).
I didn't play the third game - I tried, but it didn't interest me - but I believe it was more open-world than the earlier ones. That game did not do so well, so I imagine they are pulling back from that approach and returning to the structure of the first two games. That's how I'm interpreting it, anyhow.
This is good news to me. I am tired of how modern games throw so much "content" at you, as if more was better. I prefer a shorter, more focused, story-driven experience. Appreciate the price point, too.
If it's anything like Mafia 1 and 2 then I'm all in.
But are they though? They are both crime dramas, one is the Italian mafia, one is the Japanese mafia, both games are about rising through the ranks in a family steeped in crime, not as if we are comparing a strategy game, to an action platformer...
I meant more in game structure. Linear, chapters, with the open world being a backdrop. The setting of Old Country is fine and something different at least.It doesn't really seem to be. In setting, at least.
It's a short trailer, which has no gameplay. There are some gameplay shots in the second 7m trailer, but it's on the devs monitors in the studio.I'll post it here again, see if I have better luck somehow.
Not that long. Mafia 1 and 2's main story were about 10-12 hours each, roughly.
Yeah, not sure if I like that.A Mafia game, that's not open world?
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I'm old country.