Islamabad, Aug 8, 2025: The Mafia series has always exhibited a sense of going through iconic decades, starting with the 1930s in the first one, then the 40s and 50s in its sequel and then in Mafia III, the late 60s. However, rather than making such a leap into the 70s or 80s, Mafia: The Old Country goes back a step, all the way back into the early years of Mafia.
Based in Sicily at the turn of the 20th century, this entry blends conventional mob storytelling with a bit of Western roughness as it throws the player into the Sicilian sun-soaked setting brimming with atmosphere.
Throwing back to the closely scripted action of the first two games The Old Country is an exercise that trades open-world distractions with a detailed, vivid locale that is a backdrop to its linear storyline. You become the companion to Enzo Favara, a young man who flees harsh environments in sulphur mines of the Spadaro crime family only to become entangled in a rivalry with the Torrisi clan.
The plot is unsurprising Mafia-fodder the best-friend, the boss, the rival, but effective writing and voice-acting, notably the voice actor playing Don Torrisi, can serve to breathe some life into it.
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The gameplay offers up traditional third-person shooting using the weapons of the era such as revolvers and repeaters as well as gunfights aboard horseback, which brings out the Western aspect of the game.
The Stealth is well-represented, as are distractions, body hiding, and close-quarters takedown. One-on-one knife fights are introduced, and they give encounters some extra flavor but can lack a lot of substance. Regardless of these small issues, Mafia: The Old Country is a tough, cinematic throwback to the source material of the series, and a compelling crime story set in post-war Sicily.
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