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Finally - A Game For Non-Gamers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 37 / 42
Date: November 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I know that the title of this review sounds strange, but I wanted to write a review from a little different perspective than most of the other reviewers of PS2 games. In short, I wanted to represent those of us out there who enjoy games on a more casual basis. Believe it or not, there are those of us out there who don't have weeks upon weeks to make it through a long and challenging game but, instead, just want to play, roam, and follow a story in a matter of a few hours. I have tried several traditional role-playing games and I can tell you that after a few times getting defeated at the end of a level and having to redo the same action over and over again, I grow quickly bored. In fact, I dare say that I have yet to finish even one game because I get so frustrated by having to repeat the levels. Well. I'm happy to announce that you don't have to worry about that with this game. Yes, it is very easy. But that is EXACTLY what I loved about it.

The Sopranos: Road To Respect plays like a movie, not a game. The levels and moves are very easy to complete and, as a result, you can probably get through it in a matter of 4-5 hours without having to re-do much, if any, of the action at all. And because the voice-over work is so spectacular - all of the characters being voiced by the original Sopranos actors - you never grow tired of the story, the dialogue, or the gameplay itself. This game has an incredible amount of dialogue and I guarantee that you will not be disappointed with it.

The game takes you through many familiar, and some not-so-familiar locations ranging from the Bada Bing, Satriale's pork store, Vesuvio's restaurant, and various other locations such as a porn studio, a hospital, a local gym, a rave party, an apartment building, and the docks. The scenary is accurately recreated, interesting, and fun. You advance through the game by getting fairly simple missions and essentially beating the heck out of most everyone in your path - which you can accomplish using objects from your environment or just with your own two fists. There is a lot of interaction with the familiar Sopranos characters and you will love the feel of being a part of the cast and of the show. Beating people up is, for the most part, pretty easy. But that's also part of the fun. You wouldn't feel too tough if you kept losing, now would you?

The graphics could, in my opinion, have been a litle bit better. There is a lot of realistic violence and even some gratuitous nudity, but the graphics are a little subpar in my opinion to what I think most of the gaming community will be used to these days. But the characters are certainly passable and definitely a lot of fun to interact with.

In summary, I'm sure that, although this game may not appeal to true gamers who really like to spend endless hours with a game, it will definitively appeal to fans of the show, most of whom are probably not a part of the die-hard gaming community. Please understand that I mean no disrespect at all to the gaming community or to those people who expect a game to be more difficult and last many more hours. I can, in fact, see how that crowd would feel very let-down by this game. But I also do not want their negative reviews to turn-off the more casual gamers, like myself, or to the fans of the show who do not want to necessarily be challenged by the game, but, rather, who just want to play through an interactive, well-acted episode of the show. For those fans, I guarantee that you will love this game. I know I did.

Weak....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: November 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm sorry to say that this game is Weak. I was looking forward to some real Mafia gameplay. There is no free roam - you just follow the story line. I did more fighting than shooting. I finished it in 4 hours and only died 4 times. It kind of plays through like a movie you're a part of b/c there aren't any options. The graphics are cool and the fact they did their own characters is cool - but it's just not what I expected. Weak.....

Little Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a huge fan of the television show, but this game really disappointed me. I really don't think that this game should have been released yet. I finished the game in less than 3 hours. I thought I was about to level up and the game was over. I died a total of 3 times, and I suck at video games. Way too short. This seemed like a demo rather than a full legnth game. I don't the fact that I spent 39 dollars, and got so little for my money. Do not buy this game. Rent it if you want, but do not buy.

Good for fans but not gamers, not worth the $$$

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am a big Sopranos fan and own all the DVD's of the series, so I was excited about the game especially after playing the Godfather game (which I have a new found admiration for in light of this game). This game is easy completed in 3-4 hours and none of the missions are hard. Like some have said here, I died 2 times over the entire game. They give you special moves wtih trademark brutality but they are not simple to employ. Sometimes you have 2-3 guys on you and to get anywhere you simply have to use the basic punches of to get anything done. If you pick up a tire iron or a 2x4, it'll get the beatings done faster and I recommend it. I enjoyed playing with our favorite Sopranos characters, and the story line is ok. There is NO free roaming in this game. You have to stick to the tasks. No driving either. The girls are hot (for a video game anyway) and that helps pass time at the Bing. Over all, you'll end up hating A.J. and Christopher by the end of the game.

Fans will enjoy the game but if you're looking for a shoot em up (not alot of shooting in the game, more punching) and real mafia business you're going to be really disappointed.

Terrible

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: December 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A Sopranos game really doesn't sound like a bad idea. With all the GTA rip offs to flood the video game world, you'd think that one with the Sopranos name on it, along with most of the talent involved with the game from HBO's highly influential show, you might figure that maybe a Sopranos game would actually be kind of good. Well, you'd be wrong. The Sopranos: Road to Respect is yet another shameless, GTA style knock off that has so many problems and things going against it that it's a wonder the game ever got off the ground. You play as the illegitimate son of deceased mobster Big Pussy, trying to make a name for yourself working for Tony Soprano. You take on missions supplied to you from all kinds of familiar characters: boring, tedious missions that are pretty much all alike. And you do this while putting up with ugly graphics and textures, poor collision detection, graphical glitches, and twitchy controls. The only saving graces for Sopranos is that most of the cast from the show is here supplying the voices for their characters. James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore, Tony Sirico, Steven Van Zandt, and Robert Iler are all here, and they're all great, and the story is interesting as well, plus some of the ways you can dispatch your enemies are bloody and inventive. Besides that, the rest of the game is a dud. It's a shame too, because the potential was great here for a solid game that would do it's license justice. But alas, The Sopranos: Road to Respect is a game that's best left to sleep with the fishes.

Great Actors - Not Much Else

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Sopranos - Road to Respect is a Grand Theft Auto style game where you work your way up through the mob family, mission by mission. There is great voice acting - but less great gameplay.

First off, you need to be prepared for how short this game is. I've played games where the cinematics alone took up multiple hours, and to be honest with this game being based on a multi-year fantastic award winning series, with awesome actors, I was expecting that here too. However, the dialogue is often very trite, and there isn't nearly enough of it.

You are not one of the main characters from the show - instead you are an up and coming punk, a bastard child of Big Pussy. You are of course given silly little tasks at first, but as you prove your worth, they give you more and more challenging things to do. Often you're roaming around classic locations from the show.

Here's the problem. You would think with such a wealth of material to work from, and such fantastically complex, intricate plots, that they could easily pull off a multi-hour game. Sadly, that is not the case. Instead, you get a pretty straightforward series of activities that could come from pretty much any clone game.

The graphics are not stellar, either. The PS2 has been out for enough years that some rather impressive graphics have been created for it. There were numerous issues with The Sopranos that, really, a game with this kind of backing should not have displayed.

I do adore the Sopranos and admit it was fun to romp around in the Sopranos world. So let's take it for granted that some sort of game in the Sopranos WOULD be made, and that it would involve the cast members. That is never really a question here. The question is whether that world is a quality done world. I'm afraid the answer is - not really.

Certainly, if you adore the Sopranos, rent this game to see what it's all about. You'll probably get through it long before the rental period is up, and only have spent a few dollars. If you find that you adore talking to "real voice characters" over and over again enough to own it, you can always buy yourself a copy at that point.

A blasphemy to the show, this game deserves zero respect.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Most of the reviewers summed this game up quite well. The guy who said he'd rather play ET on his Atari 2600 couldn't be more right. I'm warning customers to not buy this game. I feel sorry for the people who don't read reviews before buying games. It's games by THQ that buy these big names from shows, movies etc and attempt to make the money by the name only, not the quality of the product. I wont' get into details, I reluctantly rented the game already knowing it would be bad, but being a fan, I had to give it a shot. The only good thing about is the theme music rocks. Then the game starts. Terrible storyline, lack of any plot or motive to play, terrible gameplay, boring dialogue, mediocre graphics and overall mediocrity! Heed the "most" of the reviewers on here, this is a bad game, and the show deserves so much better. The guy who gave this game 5 stars wouldn't make it in Tony Soprano's crew for long, because Tony wouldn't have any part of it! There are so many better games out there. If you need a game like this, The Godfather is worth a look, although that game could use some work too.

Should've had a lot more...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I agree with other reviewers who state this game seems incomplete. I, too, only rented it and I'm glad that I did. As a big fan of the show, I enjoyed the interaction with the other characters as well as the actual sites used in the show, but it's extremely linear gameplay and sometimes extremely frustrating. Good luck turning down AJ on his request for you to perform security at his rave - all he does is up the ante. This pulls you into a side storyline I would much rather have avoided.

There is some flexibility in the options you have to perform specialty moves, but often you'll find two or three enemies on you at once, and all you can do is punch and elbow your way around. The shooting is fairly ridiculous, too, as your character can easily survive multiple gunshot wounds and heal up simply by beating the guys who were doing the shooting.

Perhaps the most enjoyable part of the game is sitting down at a table in the back of the Bing to play virtual poker with Christopher, Silvio, Paulie, and Tony (enjoyable primarily once again for the dialogue). This is basically the only feature I could find that had any replay value. In the regular game, the only other things you can do the second time around are talk to people you didn't talk to the first time (which gets you nothing), meander down a useless hallway of locked doors, and find other loot to steal (and never use, except to play poker).

The dialogue (surprisingly vulgar and true-to-the-show) is great, though, and makes this a must-play even if that IS only one play. Only buy it if you're into virtual poker or computer-generated silicon lapdances.

Among the worst ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

What a huge dissapointment for any Sopranos fan or any gamer here!! Very dull and boring simply awful. First thing I noticed is you can't look up and down- only side to side! This was the first hint that this game might not be so good. Even a low budget atari game lets you look up and down! The only cool part is they have a few (select few) of the real characters from the cast digitized in the game. The bad news- its just no fun to play. The fighting is totally lame and unfortunately this is a big part. Also you have almost no influence on the storyline- it cannot be altered from what I could see. Its strictly laid out and it doesn't feel like you are really interacting in the game but rather watching it. Kinda reminded me of the Sega CD games where it was mainly watching a movie with little influence of the outcome. Levels are very small with extremely limited roaming and the load times are horrendous!! There is a 15 second load time just to open a door at tony's club and enter another room! This is totally unnacceptable! I don't even recommend renting this game. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL

No fun.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was hoping for a free-roaming world type of game where you can rank up to be a memeber of Tony's crew, but instead you are stuck within an extremely small an limited environment which feels constricting. It's lame. I feel bad the guys lent their voices to this crummy game. It's not that fun - yah you can fight guys and there's some kind of special moves but it was all so boring that I couldn't tell you how to even execute some of these moves - it's a little complicated and not worth your time learning cause you get no special reward for executing them. Money is a complete waste in the game. Don't bother collecting it for yourself as it serves no purpose whatsoever for the game itself. It's weak. I rented it and won it in maybe 4-5 hours gametime. It's not challenging in the least. I never died or lost a fight. I wasn't even trying - just playing to see if it got good. Don't waste your time. Go watch Season 1 again.

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