I swear it’s all I’ve been seeing.

[u/Mr_Pinstripe1]

Don’t get me wrong, the game ain’t perfect but I’m not letting small imperfections ruin my entire experience.

I said it once and I’ll say it again. The driving is peak.

The story meets the standard for the Mafia series so y’know, it’s good.

The shooting is really good and yes it is better than all the other mafia games and also better than RDR2 and GTA V.

How is it better? Well, first of all, when it comes to shooting in RDR2, as the player, you don’t really feel the weight of the gun you are shooting.

Basically in RDR2 and GTA, it just feels like you’re shootings airsoft guns but mafia: the old country actually feels more realistic and I feel more immersed when it comes to gunplay and I don’t doubt other games also have better gunplay than Mafia: the old country but, I can’t speak on those because I haven’t played them.

To be fair, nobody, not even me, should be comparing Mafia the old country to other games outside of the Mafia series.

This isn’t me being ignorant also. The games has flaws. I definitely think it holds the game back to an extent but then again, consider the fact that this isn’t another Mindseye or Ubisoft game or activision game… and it does what it what all mafia games set out to do? Then you can’t complain too much.

[u/Mr_Pinstripe1]

The game is good but it’s not my favourite Mafia game as Mafia: definitive edition is still my favourite.

I won’t be surprised if I see a bunch of people like:

“Erm… The lost city of heaven actually—“

It’s 2025 dude. That game is older than most of the Fortnite players as of right now.

The 2002 mafia is good but with how much I see it brought up, it makes me think people want to just see every single future mafia game exactly like that game.

Listen, to each their own, criticism, I understand and yknow what? I like criticism but hate makes no sense especially if you’re a fan of the Mafia series. If you’re a fan of the series then you should have your expectations set based off the trilogy we got.

People that aren’t mafia fans and hate on the game are just mentally ill since they are obviously comparing it to games that just are impossible to even compare the old country to or they see one thing they don’t like and they just want to nuke the game with hate.

[u/AndyMazaky → u/Mr_Pinstripe1]

I don't know where you're getting the idea that people are comparing TOC to much bigger games. Most of the comparisons I’ve seen are within the Mafia franchise itself. I also really dislike how you’re equating criticism with hate — as if any strong or harsh criticism automatically means someone is “hating” or isn’t a real fan of the series.

Being a real fan means you want the franchise to grow and not stay stagnant for over two decades. Mafia 1 is older than most Fortnite players, and yet it still has the most innovative gameplay in the series. What does that tell you? The reason it gets brought up so often is because it represents the peak of what a Mafia game can offer — the same goes for Mafia 2. There's an entire culture around the Mafia genre, beyond just the games, and how that culture interacts with the franchise matters.

I don’t see anyone trying to “nuke the game with hate.” What I do see are people who didn’t enjoy the game, who have legitimate criticisms, and who simply expected that a 23-year-old franchise under a major publisher like 2K would have evolved more by now.