Leaked trailer makes weary news-writer offer he can’t refuse
It’s all set to the sorrowful strains of Madama Butterfly. I was going to comment that Madama Butterfly takes place in Japan and as such, is a bizarre soundtrack for an Italian gangster game, but of course, the opera was composed by Puccini. See, this is the kind of high-quality research I can pack in when I get the details two hours in advance of the Game Awards, rather than writing trailers up like I am trying to catch bullets fired out of an actual Tommy gun.
Tommy guns feature in previous Mafia games, but they hadn’t been invented at the time of Mafia: The Old Country’s story. It’s a prequel to the first three games, “set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily”. Expect “authentic realism and rich storytelling”. Personally, I don’t think you’re allowed to be both authentic and realistic. It goes against nature. I’ll allow it, though, because I enjoyedMafia 3for all its flaws. That game had the most incredible review bugs, but it had a lot of style. Being set in 1960s New Orleans definitely helped.
The Old Country is the work of Hangar 13, who are both the studio behind Mafia 3 and staffed by people who worked on Mafia 1 and 2. You might like to revisitlast year’s announcement trailer. There will probably be a fuller version of the leaked trailer at GeoffFest later tonight. I’ll post it here when it lands.
