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I can't get the game to load.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 22
Date: March 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

You know I would give this game a good review, if I could..you know... PLAY IT! This game is the worst when it comes to loading, or maybe I have a defective game. Before any of you losers comment that maybe my PS2 is crap. I have tried this game on 4 different PS2's so it's not just mines. This game I feel is defective.

I can't take it back because BX policy states "any opened video game and/or system can not be returned/refunded" SO basically I'm screwed. I wouldn't sell the game to anyone because I would feel bad. So I have a game that I can't play.

Let's compare: I have Socom 3, and the disc looks like it was buffed with sandpaper, and it PLAYS. I couldn't even get past the Paramount thing in the beginning with the stars going over the mountain... Yes its THAT bad.

Hope you don't get a defective game.

Save the hype...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was looking foward to this game being a fan of the movie and all, not to mention my appreciation for action / violent games ( GTA, MAFIA, THE GETAWAY etc. ) so i was open-minded going into this purchase. This would have been a fantastic rental, not much more. The storyline is pretty much similar to the movie, although there are a few differences ( how they write YOU into the ' Family ' etc. ). Here's where they lose a ton of points w/ me - the gameplay. It suffers. This is one of the most repetetive games i've ever played. Basically, you're doing the same thing over and over and over again... with a few different clips given to you as a reward as you make your way through the game. Some payoff. As if that's not bad enough... the oposing families hideouts / stores that you are supposed to take over are set up EXACTLY the same, always. Master one of these in the early stages of the game and you're set. As far as difficulty goes, this game could probably be successfully completed by a carrot. This game could have potential... but there are just too many flaws in this release to pass the test. If you're easily entertained you may find this a reasonable purchase ( i noticed how the price dropped in half since i purchased it... wonder why ) but if you're looking for something Mafia'ish and yet challenging check out MAFIA.

BORING!!!!! BORING!!! BORING!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: May 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Let me start by saying I absolutely LOVE The Godfather movies (Part III.. not really). I really had high hopes for the game. I bought it on the first day it came out. I was disappointed at the low quality of graphics but was willing to overlook it if the game was really good. The game was not impressive at all. It was mediocre at best. Some of the missions were interesting (ex: trip to see the movie director), but after you complete all the missions, you must take control of all safehouses, hubs, businesses, etc. It really gets redundant: all of the clubs, brothels, hotels, etc. are exactly alike! Also, I think the chronology of the game would be confusing for someone who has never seen the Godfather before. I would have loved to do a Hyman Roth mission or a "Kill Fredo" mission lol.. Overall, I think the game is a HUGE disappointment. Please DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY! Oh yeah, I really felt like the game was GTA Godfather style.. only GTA is much better.

Major Glitch (not anymore)

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: March 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

During high speed chases the road would suddenly vanish from beneath the vehicle resulting in losing and having to start over again. When I slowed down during the same chase I would still lose because the other vehicle got too far ahead of me. I bought this game NEW, and factory sealed. The collectors addition. I still think it's a good game but I am going to have to return it because of the glitch. *UPDATE* I did return the game in exchange for another of the same. The glitch I mentioned before is not on the replaced game! May have been that the previous game had encountered the glitch during its process (a rarity) at the factory. Overall score now is 4 out of 5 STARS.

the game hype try to infuse, then to be ana##@ defused!!!!!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: April 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

this game is miserably ok to flat out sucks!!!!!!!! dont get me wrong, i love the godfather, but is nowhere near the movie..whats up with the character customization?? i think its a bad idea....if you were from another race or origin rather than italian,you know don corleone will be giving you the boot!!another thing is you see one building, you see them all!!!! they all look alike...!!! mafia "the game" was way better and it can be purchased for like 10 bucks i think??? official x-box magazine rates the godfather a 7.5...being not the best!! its not just me....lets hope scarface makes up for such a mess!!!

This game is horrible!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Can you say repetitive? The game starts out fun. Admittedly I had a great time extorting businesses for money and raiding the factories of rival families. Then I came to the realization that the level design is absolutely the same for every type of building. When taking over a factory by force you can expect the same enemy pattern every single time. On the bright side the graphics aren't bad. With exception to the cars the game controls great. The cars are way too slow and steering is cumbersome. Rent this one. You'll enjoy the first few hours then come to your senses and realize that EA is simply trying to capitalize on the popularity of the Godfather license.

how many grand theft auto games do we need, exactly?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

if you've played grand theft auto, you've played this game. which i guess is good if you really love GTA and want to keep playing it again and again. it's the same even down to the map and having a safehouse. "bully" was a GTA ripoff too, but at least it had new interesting characters and story.. it would be nice if they made a godfather game in a different way.

Fuggetaboutit

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 19
Date: April 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Imagine the sales pitch - "You're this guy who drives the Don to hospital, kills Paulie, puts the horse's head in the bed, helps plant a gun for Michael, kills each and every single head of the five families and so on. We'll make it a free roaming environment with vehicles like GTA and we'll buy the rights from Paramount, hire Brando and the rest of the cast for their likenesses and some voiceover work. The rest will write itself!".

An instant classic right? Well, no. In fact this title is extremely poor.

The movie was violent but it was mostly low key and separated by long bouts of drama. How do you create a GTA clone without dishonoring the source? You can't and EA doesn't. Instead we get a game that rips the heart out of the movie and replaces it with a stick of dynamite. A simple example is the death of Paulie. In the film he's unsuspectingly shot in the back of the head. In the game, you have to chase him through a maze of exploding boxes. What??? In the film, the heads of the five families are killed by different people. In the game you do them all. It's just stupid. Fortunately, not all of the game is this bad, but a good part is just silly and over the top. Why did they even licence the rights to the film if they're just going to spit on it? Why not just churn out a generic mafia game that could be as stupidly violent and unrealistic as they liked?

We'll put aside the franchise issues for a minute and look at the GTA-style aspects. Some people may get riled by the comparison but this is what it boils down to. You do missions, you get cash rewards, you get bigger weapons, you find hidden packages, you carjack, you avoid police "heat", you buy safehouses and you repeat until you complete. Sound familiar? Naturally there are differences such as the ability to extort businesses and upgrade your skills, and the game has made some significant improvements especially for the combat. But fundamentally it's a GTA clone.

It isn't all doom and gloom. The graphics and cut scenes are good, the acting is top notch (as you might expect) with many of the original movie cast revoicing their roles or lending their likeness. Al Pacino is notably absent and Michael Corleone is marginalized in the game. Brando's likeness is there although his voice is an imitation except for a few places where it is ripped straight from the movie. The NPC behavior is pretty smart - the bad guys, cops and pedestrians actually behave in semi-sensible ways such as taking cover, changing position, diving out of the way of vehicles. In fact you'll have a tough job fighting any battle in this game since the enemy fight so well. The weapon aiming system is also unique and commendable meaning you get better accuracy if you can draw a bead on a guy. On the person to person level, this game is far superior. The combat system is sophisticated and you can throw people around, head butt them, push them off ledges and more. It also has an interesting system where you take over businesses "for protection" and any back room rackets they are running.

Where it is not so good? The game world sucks. There, I've said it. The map is meant to be New York - a horribly simplified New York. There are massive stretches of nothing where you must drive your car from one point to another with nothing to do and absolutely no way to go except forward. For variety you can explore the odd side alley, dock or park square but that's about it. You can't jump, climb walls, wander around on rooftops or anything even remotely off the beaten track. Everything and I mean everything else is fenced off. The game does have a lot of interiors which is good, but it soon becomes apparent that they are reused over and again. Virtually every boss compound is identical except for a few textures. The vehicle models are also limited to a handful of generic types. Vehicles have a basic damage system, although they handle fairly well. There are precious few environment effects such as weather. Other modes of transport such as subway or trains are non existent. To be blunt the world, city and vehicles are very poor. Perhaps this is a compromise for the PS2 & Xbox, yet GTA: SA for both consoles managed to pack in a world which was a multiple larger without any of the restrictions you'll see here.

Annoyances? Cut scenes that cannot be skipped, lack of a quick load, and an overly complicated and flaky control system. When the game starts it *insists* that you sit through a Paramount clip whether you've seen it 100 times or not and other cut scenes don't respond to pushing escape or any other key. The lack of quick load is irksome if you've played a mission and want to start from the save point instead of drive from the hospital. The control system while powerful is too sensitive to the way you're facing. Some guy could be hitting you with a bat but if you're not exactly facing him, you can't defend yourself or fight back. The targeting system also makes you cycle through targets and sometimes won't even let you target the one you want to. On a couple of occasions I also got stuck behind an NPC and had to kill them to free myself.

At the end of the day, what we have here is a fairly average GTA clone which improves in many areas but is a massive step back in others. The graphics are very good, the combat system is very good, but the game world is a waste of space and tiresome to traverse. The worst crime by far is what they have done with The Godfather franchise. Perhaps the movie doesn't translate into a game very well. But in that case they shouldn't have bothered.

In short fans of the GTA genre and fans of The Godfather movie will both be disappointed. This game is a missed opportunity. As a game it is a slick, but inferior effort. As a film translation, it is an insult to its source. It's no wonder Francis Ford Coppola wanted nothing to do with it.

Too much damn driving !

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: May 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is annoying cause every mission you have to drive like 100 miles to get to the location, so most of the time you are just driving to the destination running over morons that walk out in front of you or stupid slow moving cars.

Nothing new

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Different companys make different versions of sport games right? EA, 989 studios, etc. The thing they all have in common is the fact that they are making a game about hockey, or what ever sport. The Godfather has done this. If you've played Grand Theft Auto, you've played a part of the Godfather. Godfather throws in some things like needing to pay off the police and an intimidation meter so it wont be a total clone. The targeting system is flawed but a little better than GTA's and the little map in the corner shows the actual street name not to look like another clone. If you like GTA, you might like this. If you liked the movie, you might enjoy this. If you're looking for something new...you wont find one bit of anything original.

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