Through flashbacks, Vito Scaletta remembers his homeland, Sicily, which he left as a youngster to move to the United States of America with his family. The opening sequences of the game are set on the island itself, in July 1943, during the landings in Sicily (Operation Husky). Vito, now 18 years-old, is part of the American contingent that lands on the island. The sequence is set in the fictitious town of San Celeste, and is true to the stereotypes for the genre, although the locations remind us more of the Sicily we see in Tornatore’s film Baarìa.
Through flashbacks, Vito Scaletta remembers his homeland, Sicily, which he left as a youngster to move to the United States of America with his family. The opening sequences of the game are set on the island itself, in July 1943, during the landings in Sicily (Operation Husky). Vito, now 18 years-old, is part of the American contingent that lands on the island. The sequence is set in the fictitious town of San Celeste, and is true to the stereotypes for the genre, although the locations remind us more of the Sicily we see in Tornatore’s film Baarìa.
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A photo that shows Vito Scaletta as a child with his family standing in front of their house in Sicily
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An aerial view of the town of San Celeste
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Black Shirts hold a local resident hostage outside the town hall in San Celeste
Action / Adventure
2K Czech
An adventure set between 1943 and 1951 in Empire Bay, a fictitious American city based on big American metropolises, most notably Los Angeles and New York. The game gives the player control of gangster Vito Scaletta, and tells the story of his ascent through the world of local mafia. When the game was released in Italy, it generated a lot of controversy: in particular, it was accused of glorifying the mafia and perpetuating stereotypes of Italians and Italian-Americans.
