{"id":70270,"date":"2025-08-16T02:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70270\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:41:09","slug":"what-review-score-would-you-give-mafia-the-old-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70270\/","title":{"rendered":"What Review Score Would You Give Mafia: The Old Country?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mafia<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been a long wait for a new Mafia game; it feels like it’s been an age since Mafia 3<\/a> divided opinion. But does Mafia: The Old Country<\/a> succeed in getting the largely beloved series back on track? That’s for you to decide.<\/p>\n

Sporting a a much more linear campaign than what was offered in Lincoln Clay’s sandbox outing, The Old Country has been framed as a return to Mafia’s roots. It is a prequel, after all, taking place before World War 1, in early 1900s Sicily.<\/p>\n

The title was met with mostly positive reviews, with plenty of critics praising its presentation and well-acted storyline. But others took issue with its dated gameplay mechanics and predictable structure.<\/p>\n

“Mafia: The Old Country doesn\u2019t have enough gameplay ideas to carry its relatively short running time,” is what we wrote in our own Mafia: The Old Country PS5 review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We ended up calling it “a phenomenally acted crime tale that you may admire in the moment but will struggle to remember once the credits roll”. In conclusion, a ‘not bad’ 6\/10.<\/p>\n

And for what it’s worth, we did write up a full Mafia: The Old Country guide<\/a> in case you need help tracking down the game’s many collectibles.<\/p>\n

A disappointing return for the franchise, then, but don’t let us sway you. As always, we want you to select your own review score from the poll attached to this article, and then explain your choice to us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

What score would you give Mafia: The Old Country (PS5)? (89 ratings)
\n10 – Outstanding2%9 – Excellent7%8 – Great29%7 – Good29%6 – Not Bad16%5 – Average8%4 – Poor4%3 – Bad1%2 – Terrible1%1 – Abysmal2%<\/p>\n

\"Robert<\/p>\n

Robert (or Rob if you’re lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales \u2014 he’s played ’em all. A little too much, some might say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s been a long wait for a new Mafia game; it feels like it’s been an age since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22943,242,59,29503,3631,112,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-70270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-2k-games","9":"tag-features","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-mafia","12":"tag-polls","13":"tag-ps5","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}