Mafia: The Old Country reviewed by Luke Reilly on PC. Also available on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.
“Mafia: The Old Country is an effective return to the linear and tightly story-driven format of the original Mafia and Mafia II. 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. This may be the Sicilian cuisine talking, as I’ve never played anything with quite as much Italian fruit and food on show, but I think the Mafia games might have established themselves as the arancini balls of the business. That is, crusty on the outside, but on the inside they’re dense, tasty, and a little cheesy – and, if you keep bringing them out, I’m going to keep going back to the buffet until the kitchen runs dry.”
