Mafia: The Old Country debuts to the second-best reviews in the series, but has been beaten in Steam player count by a version of every past entry so far

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Lots of people must be loyle to their capo

An image from Mafia: The Old Country, showing a shootout between men in a dark crypt with bodies scattered across the floor.
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Mafia: The Old Country has launched to the second best Metacritic score for the series and a "Very Positive" rating on Steam, but its launch hasn't quite reached the numbers of previous entries on Steam.

Hangar 13 made headlines when it was revealed that Mafia: The Old Country would be $50 at launch, with the studio taking the stance that it's a "focused" and "linear" game as the devs say the full-blown open-world didn't really fit the series, and that a narrative-driven experience was the way forward. The devs say as much in a message released around launch, explaining that "we believe there's still a meaningful place for these types of games in our industry" and that the response to Mafia: Definitive Edition reminded them of this.

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