Mafia: The Old Country — Review
Hangar 13 takes the franchise back to early-1900s Sicily. A focused, narrative-first prequel that quietly reinvigorates the series.
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Hangar 13's organised-crime drama series — narrative-driven, period-perfect, and one of the few open-world franchises that puts story above sandbox.

Mafia has always been the open-world franchise that cared more about story than sandbox. The original 2002 game's cinematic approach was years ahead of its peers; Mafia II is still one of the most-loved organised-crime stories in the medium; Mafia III, while uneven, took genuine narrative risks.
The hub covers the trilogy, the Definitive Editions, and the new prequel The Old Country.
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