The Mafia series is renowned for compelling storytelling and three-dimensional characters, but have you ever stopped to think about how important its city settings have been to making it so believable?
"The city is a character in its own right," says Haden Blackman, studio head at Hangar 13 and creative director on Mafia III. "That was certainly established in Mafia II that Empire Bay is a character in its own right, so we wanted to bring that forward
...
was really important to us."
It wasn't just the case for Mafia II, either. In the original Mafia, the 1930s city of Lost Heaven was a combination of San Francisco and Chicago. Lost Heaven facilitated the rags-to-riches tale of Tommy Angelo during the Great Depression, which helped to position the protagonist as a sympathetic character, creating a compelling context for why he might want to join the Italian Mob.
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