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Uninvolving and uninspired

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

By the time your neck deep in this game you've had all the phoney accents you can stand. This game is a mish-mash of cliche's and stereotypes piled high on a bed of repeditive task that seemingly get you nowhere. Sure, you rise among the family, people speak to you more nicely and all, but in the end you keep getting sent oun on the same crappy jobs.

The better plan would have made this a tactical game, you play as the Don, and control and expand your empire. But no, you play as a grease spot working his way up the ranks and you do the same things over and over and over and over and over again.

Fair Review

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had this game before on the PS2 and it worked well some when, I heard the PS3 had God father (The Don Edition) I was excited. I have all platforms & consider myself a decent judge of games the PS3 version tried to hard to improve on great game if you have to a play God Father version play the PS2 or Xbox & Wii version better feel for the game then the PS3.

Replica of the PS2 version!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 25 / 28
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Before I start the review, I would like to strongly emphasize that I ONLY gave this game 3 stars because it is an exact replica of the PS2 game, which I enjoyed immensly and finished back when it was first released for the PS2. I would give the original game 4.5 stars easy. But because I enjoyed it so much, left the PS2 game in a different country, and paid half the retail price for this one, I am not furious, but disappointed indeed. And this is why I gave it 3 stars.
The developers, needless to say as prominent as EA games, invested almost no time or effort into upgrading the game. Graphics wise, it is almost identical. I expected some sort of improvement to suit the PS3, both for the cut scenes, which are alot, and for the gaming experience itself. In that respect, I felt I was playing the same exact PS2 game. The storyline is identical, borrowing the plot from the first movie while the protagonist (the main player we customize and play with) is the guy who does the jobs required for the Corleone family, until he reaches Don status and owns NY (then you're on your own, no movie plot anymore). I did not expect a change in plot, but I did expect additives GTA-style extra missions and diversions from the main tale. This, in a way, did not change. The weapons, cars, execution styles, scenery, landscape, were not altered at all (except for rain, which ok, adds some element). And like I said, remain on almost the same graphical level from the PS2 version of the game. Also, the loading time for scenes and such remain unnecessary high. Comes to show you that the game was not entirely modified for the PS3, to at least attempt to harness its powers. I have played other games that are more graphically-intensive that rendered alot faster loading speeds.
There were however, a few twists added. Firstly, the missions are more diverted. Now, besides having the hit missions (where you whack someone for a price), you have favor missions as well, where you go do favors for family members. Not impressed really, because most missions, more or less, follow the same patterns, but ok, a nice addition. There are also playing style changes. This is really the one change in the game I liked. The one I enjoy the most is the crew hiring option, where you can hire members of the family (below or equal you in rank that is) to tag along wherever you go (not in the main plot though of course) to assist you in extorting and fighting other family members and the cops. There is also another option, where you can call onto 4 members at the same time to do the same thing. When fighting warehouses and such (alot of other family members in one place), it gets pretty intense. That is an excellent idea. However, other than that, most other additions, supposedly adding flavor to the game are not THAT great. For instance, instead of just flirting with hookers in brothels, some of them can give you tips (gossips as they call it), that you then act upon and use for your advantage. For example, a police chief could be photographed with hookers, she comes and tells you where you can locate the photographer, you go buy his photos, and blackmail the chief. Nice, but definitely not a reason to play the whole game again (another reviewer focuses on the new additions, so no sense of repeating them again, you get the point).
If you have already played the first version of the Godfather, honestly, you don't need to buy this, unless you think it's one of the best games you have ever played. But if you never have, and love GTA-style games, this should be an instant buy for you. Yes it does get repetitive; you're really doing the same exact thing over and over again, with minor to no difference. But what game isn't, especially in this genre?
Hope this helps.

Good Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well I think overall this is a good game. Not five stars good though. You may first think five stars untill you realise your just doing the same thing over and over again.

Now you can customize your characters appearence and all that. From there you build your way up doing missions and such. You can earn more money by taking over other buisnesses. To do this you find a buisness owned by another family ( Bakery,Clubs, stuff like that ) then you must kill any of the family members around there that threaten your takeover and "persuade" the owner of the buisness to start paying your family. Whether it be just talking to him, breaking up his store, or beating him up. Or just simply rob a bank to get some $.
Now as you gain respect for doing missions and killing enemy familys you level up. You can level up skills like guns,health,ect. There are enough weapons in the game to keep you into it ( Really just a few but you can find people to upgrade them ) but all the cars just seem lame. They could definetly use more cars.
You can bribe cops and for a limmited ammount of time you can do what you want in that area as long as you don't kill cops. But if you don't you will get "heat" and the more heat you have the more cops will be after you. Police are tricky to outrun as they can catch up to you always and blast you with a shotty. They set up roadblocks of police cars making it difficult but fun to get through. Cars don't last very long when your at max heat though.
Soon as you get to a certain rank in the family you can call some of your members to assist you in battle ( when meter gets full ) and they will always be with you untill they all die. Extremely helpfull in later hard missions.

As I was saying though you come to realise after having fun that your just doing the same thing over. Taking over buisnesses blah blah blah. It does feel exciting when you get a great cop battle or enemy family battle near a bunch of your family members though. Later in the game its too easy though. The only way you die is if you get cought out in the open when multiple enemies shoot at you. Other then that the game is too easy.

Worth the buy? Umm id have to say yes it is, all games get boring eventually anyway.

I believe it has online play but havn't done that yet too.

The Godfather

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was the first game I played on the Playstation 3, and I have to admit, I liked it. Do not play it if you are not interested in building a career on it. This is what makes it fun to me.

Tracy B. Evans
Author of Fatal Kidnapping

A really good game, just a little repeating...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Now, The Godfather - The Dons edition really is a wonderful game.
It have great graphics, a long playtime (15hours+), nice missions, great weapons and a huge map.
People who liked the GTA series would probably like The Godfather, since many of
the features are the same. You can walk anywhere you want on the map, walk inside
buildings whenever you want (a lot more than in GTA) and you can do whatever you want to.

The bad part thought, there's always one, is that the game is a little to repeating after having
played it for hours, businesses have to be taken over, again, and again, and again (there is over 50
of them so think about it) and you have to talk to the same people for the 20th time or kill the 10000th
mafia mob.

But overall, the good things make up for the repeating in the game. Try it, it's worth it.

one of the best games I have ever played!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game. I just don't like the map and having to go back to the safehouse and save all the time. The map is a little small and hard to find places. Other than that this is a great game.

Better than I suspected.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun to play. It could be better(more options like GTA), but fun enough that I keep playing it over & over.

Cool Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed this game and it lasts a decent amount of time with lots to do. I originally started playing on a very old TV that was only 19 inches and had problems reading things. However, when I hooked it up to the 42" HD Plasma, it was amazing, I even saw icons I didn't know existed. Its overall a really fun game

A lot better than the original game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 15
Date: March 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game takes The Godfather to a new level. The graphics are in a sense better than the original not to mention different "weather conditions". This game is packed with many different extras including the "hit squad" that when charged and not on a mission can be activated calling four Corleone thugs to aide you in whatever it may be that you need them for (ie taking down rackets, warehouses, compounds). You can also hire a hitman to follow you around that has the same rank as you or less. Newer missions have been added to this game that give more of a back-story to the movie and also more footage from the movie (also, there are missions called favors which mainly boost respect). A couple new characters and vehicles come to light but not so much to go nuts over. Skill upgrades have been split into two categories, one known as Enforcer and the other called Operator. one boosts your more physical qualities while the other boosts you morale. The new SIXAXIS Wireless controller comes into play when handling some of the other family goons. Whether it's bashing someones face onto a counter, pushing them off a rooftop, or breaking their neck, it puts you into the game and gives you a feel like you are pulling off the moves (in a true gamers perspective anyways). A lot of the buildings have been redone so that when you go through some of the rackets it won't be like the original (you know the walk-in and "I know the layout of this place"). They have also changed the compounds up too. Overall, if you've played the original for PS2, you have got to get this. If you have never played The Godfather game, don't worry about the original because this is the one to have. I LOVE THIS GAME!

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