Hangar 13 has released a new update for Mafia: The Old Country, which comes with a wealth of improvements across various areas including gameplay, visuals, and user interface. Among the fixes include progression blockers brought on by companion characters such as Luca and Cesare not performing required actions, ironing out ghosting issues during cutscenes, and also improving overall stability for the PS5 version of the game. You can read Mafia: The Old Country update 1.004 patch notes below.
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Set in Sicily’s underworld during the 1900s, Mafia: The Old Country weaves a gritty mob story where players battle for survival as Enzo Favara, as he looks to prove his worth to the Family. Having grown up in a childhood of forced labor, Ezo looks to do whatever he can for a better life and cement himself as a big player in the Torrisi crime family.
Mafia: The Old Country sees players brushing shoulders with a cast of unpredictable allies and brutal foes, set against the backdrop of the rugged Sicily countryside and grimy urban alleyways. The narrative is complemented by state-of-the-art visuals and authentic realism, as you grab your lupara sawed-off shotgun, stiletto blade, and get behind the wheel of turn-of-the-century motorcars.
Gameplay
- Addressed various instances of companion characters like Luca, Cesare, and others not performing required actions, resulting in blocked progress. If you encounter this issue, reloading your last checkpoint should resolve it.
- Performing a takedown on a specific guard is no longer a requirement to complete the objective in the Customs Warehouse in Chapter 3 if the player is able to avoid it.
- Addressed reported instances of invisible collisions present in unwanted locations.
- Addressed reported instances of missing or misplaced combat covers.
- General improvements to Enemy AI reaction timing, pathing, and behavior.
- General improvements to Friendly and Neutral NPC pathing, animation, and behavior.
- Various gameplay fixes and improvements.
Visuals
- Addressed reported ghosting issues during certain cinematics when using upscaling.
- Visual improvements to cinematics on ultrawide displays.
- Improved hair physics behavior in various cinematics where flickering could sometimes be observed.
- Visual improvements on various cinematics lighting, VFX, popping, and clipping.
- Various visual fixes and improvements.
UI
- Addressed a reported issue causing the Main Menu background to revert to its initial state when starting a new story playthrough after completing it for the first time.
- Improvement to contextual HUD functionality.
- Addressed several reported instances of missing subtitles throughout the game in all languages.
- Various UI fixes and improvements.
Audio
- Addressed several reported instances of audio (music/ambient/VO) not playing throughout the game.
- Addressed several reported instances of mismatched audio and subtitles throughout the game.
Animation
- Addressed several reported issues of animation popping, warping, and misalignment.
- Addressed several reported instances of Enzo or NPCs being stuck in animation states.
- Addressed several reported instances of incorrect animations playing during conversations.
- Various fixes and improvements to Animation.
Localization
- Addressed the “Protection Agreement” note which contained repeated words.
- Addressed reported inconsistent translations across all languages.
Platform Specific
PlayStation 5
- Various stability improvements when playing on the PlayStation 5.
Xbox Series X|S
- Various stability improvements when playing on the Xbox Series X.
- Various visual and stability improvements when playing on the Xbox Series S.
Steam
- Addressed a reported issue causing DLSS Frame Generation to randomly stop functioning during gameplay, requiring a game restart.
- Various stability and performance improvements on the PC version.
[Source – Mafia The Old Country Patch Notes via MP1st]