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Mafia: the old country It was in “methods of management of expectations” this week, announcing a cheaper $ 49.99 price than expected and confirming that it is absolutely Not An Open World game, rather a linear game, led by the narrative.
The 13 -hook gangster shooter at 13 showed a new gameplay in the trailer, below, and is really impressive. But that’s no GTA 6. In fact, it’s not no Mafia III. Employee, the president 2k David Ismailer said of the mafia: the old country: “We think there is a vast audience for compelling stories that do not require enormous time commitments”. It looked like a PSA more than a promo.
Based on these comments, Mafia: the old country will be a relatively short deal. There is no multiplayer mode, so the story is the entire package. How long will it be? Some are moving from five to 15 hours.
Yes, there are some complaints in the reaction on the internet, mainly by those who hoped in a mafia game more on the lines of a GTA than to a shorter unexplored style game. But the old country would never have been that type of game.
In December, me Interviewed Hangar 13 The president Nick Baynes and the game director Alex Cox on All Things Mafia: The Old CountryAnd the prospect of running against GTA 6, which at the time was still coming out in autumn 2025.
In the interview, the couple rejected the comparisons with GTA 6, insisting in the mafia: the old country should not be considered an open world game.
Rather, the couple explained, mafia: the old country is more similar to mafia 1 and 2 than the mafia of the open world is. You may find yourself guiding in an authentic representation of 1900 Sicily in the mafia: the old country, or even to go around a bit like that other Rockstar game, Red Dead Redemption 2, but the similarities with the Rockstar games stop there.
So, while there are perhaps inevitable complaints about the area of ​​the old country, I saw positivity on the experience offered. Many are saying that they are more interested in a mafia game based on the high quality plot, cheaper and shorter than a game open from the open world full of repetitive mechanics.
In fact, there seems to be a growing appeal for more than these cheaper and manageable games, with the well -accepted sandfall Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Which sold 2 million impressive copies despite being available to a day on Game Pass, supported as a potential trendy setter.
This comes when games prices are becoming more expensive, both with Nintendo and Microsoft that affect $ 80. In a market when Mario Kart World costs $ 80, a $ 50 mafia: the old country looks like a deal.
“I think setting the price at $ 50 is the move,” said the igner BabyGroot1 reader in response to the news on the mafia. “Look at the sales of Clair Obscur.”
“Yes, I think there may be many fence sitters that see $ 70-80 and wait for a game to be on sale about $ 30,” added Automing_The_Game. “But at $ 50 I am like fucking, getting it now.”
It is a similar feeling through social media and profit. “I hate putting things on a numerical scale, but if this is one of those games that are like a good experience of 10-12 hours, 8/10, I feel as if we were to support it in the best possible way”, he said 99dge of mafia. “$ 50 when publishers are pushing for $ 80 are so fascinating that we must reward and vote with our wallets if it is worth it (this is obviously, we can afford it given the economic climate).”
“I probably was about to convey this because I don’t have it for most of the open world games, but hearing that it is linear, focused on history and at the price of $ 50? I’m on board the first day,” said Eljacko170.
“I would prefer to have a short mafia game for $ 50 of one with an unnecessarily empty world with almost nothing to do in them like all the previous mafia games,” said everythingscscuter.
“If they do not add secondary missions or secondary activities to do like the previous mafia games, then it could also keep it short and linear.”
For all this online positivity, for the 2K publisher and the Hangar 13 developer will be sales Mafia: the old country that determines the future and the franchise. The game will have a sales goal that must hit that the project is declared successful and social media and the forum posts do not generate revenue. Difficult sales do.
All eyes will be on the mafia: the old country to see if Clair Obscur’s success is truly the beginning of something sustainable for the video game industry.
Wesley is the UK news publisher for IGN. Find on Twitter to @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidential to wyp100@proton.me.
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