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Mafia: The Old Country review roundup: 'a potent and immersive time machine to a rarely explored era'


Is Mafia: The Old Country a bunch of gabagool or buono?

It doesn’t reinvent stealth, and there’s nothing especially remarkable about its typical third-person cover shooting – but with great writing, excellent vocal performances, and a wonderful eye and ear for detail, The Old Country is a potent and immersive time machine to a rarely explored era. VGC echoed similar sentiments with its ⅘ star rating for Mafia: The Old Country, arguing in favour of the series returning to its roots, as fans had clamored for: The character models and environments are stunning to look at, but the latter raises our main issue: as much as we appreciate the focus on a linear story, this wonderfully sculpted Sicily map is begging to be explored more and is sorely under used as a result."

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