The game is described as “Scarface meets Total War” and is said to be less of a GTA-clone and more of a sandbox game with RPG, RTS, and board game elements.
The game will take place across three 1960’s-era cities, being Miami, Havana, and of course, New York.
According to the screenshots, the characters and classes have been expanded quite significantly.
There are six classes lined up for the game: bruiser, demolitions expert, arsonist, medic, safe cracker and engineer. Each of these characters is said to have their own backgroudn and one of twelve different personalities.
The game features a new feature called ‘Don’s View’, where you distrubed your resources, check out the competition and plan your various illegal deeds. This can be accessed any time in the game.
The game’s board game like features come by perks. If you do something for a rival family, they’ll award you with bullet-proof fests or an armored-car for the family.
EA said they aren’t planning anything so far about multiplayer.