It’s an opportunity to check out the beautiful vistas around the city, test drives the vehicles in your garage, find collectibles out in the world, and maybe uncover a few secrets.' Lead Designer at Hangar 13, Ondřej Vévoda says 'Free Ride is a bonus mode that we included as a nod to the original game,' and 'The basic idea is that Free Ride allows players to explore Lost Heaven freely without any mission objectives. I’m happy to say that Mafia Definitive Edition will include these modes in one fully-realized one. The OG game had a couple of free ride modes that would allow players to explore the world at their own pace. I only played it to explore and see something new.
I didn’t care about the objectives or killing my enemies. The streets were busy and driving from the city to the countryside blew my mind. What I do remember is just driving around. While I did play the original 2002 version of Mafia, I was too young to actually know how to play the story or what was being asked of me.
When it comes to open-world games, I’m not ashamed to say that most of my time with the game is just mindlessly wondering its world and seeing what’s available for me.
