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During The Game Awards, a new part of the Mafia series with the subtitle The Old Country attracted attention with a new preview, which we have already informed you about in a separate news. Immediately after the event, IGN magazine published an interview with the heads of the Hangar 13 studio, who revealed more detailed information.
She aroused interest first of all mention of the game’s linear structureabout which studio head Nick Baines spoke. He said that Mafia: The Old Country will primarily offer a linear adventure in the style of the first two parts. However, he added that the game world itself will be freely explored.
However, the key part of the game should be the story that guides the player. As for the gameplay, Baines added that the new part will move away from the style of the third part in this direction and vice versa. continuation of Mafia 1 and 2. For these reasons, the developers themselves do not want to call the game a full-fledged open world, although the game will offer a certain form of open world and associated freedoms.
The selected linear structure is also signed in reduction of side missions and additional activitieson which the third part largely relied. Mafia: The Old Country will be released next summer on PC (Steam) and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles.
Source : Zing
