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Godfather

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

There is a couple negatives to the game but ill go to the positives first. Well the overall look of the game is good. The graphics are pretty good, despsite a negative ill get to in a bit. But the graphics overll are good. The shooting, really easy to get used to. Really easy to aim, since it aims for you pretty much. Theres a decent amount of guns that you can use, my favorite is the "Tommy Gun". and the "Magnum" pistol. If you die, you can just respawn at this little hospital ran by like two people. Anyways, the game stays on point with the storyline, doing missions for the family. Gots its twists just like in the movie, the same things, but a good thing is that they added alot more to the game to make it more interesting. You can extort places and get money from it, rackets, all that sh**. Pretty fun, and if they dont want to pay you weekly, you can beat them to a point where they WILL agree with your offer and start to pay lol. Good stuff. The driving, some people were like oh its too sloppy, no its not. It drives kind of like Grand Theft Auto, but pretty good and controllable. The storyline is perfect, the side missions, a good add-on and also fun. So everything in the game is good. I rented it and got done with the MAIN missions in about 3 days. But I still have the extortions and all the side stuff to do. If you want a pretty good shooting game, and a game pretty much like "Grand Theft Auto", then pick this up! Its worth it. Another good thing, is the music and sound. The SAME music from the movie! Thats a good plus. Youll pick up on that for sure if you have seen the movie.

Well now its time for the negatives. The graphics, are good, despite it when you are driving and stuff is blowing up for instance, the framerates in the game will get pretty laggy. But thats only for a few moments until everything in the game clears out. Which this isnt a big deal, but a negative, something that can be ignored for sure. Another one, is when enemies are driving up on you to drive-by you, if your driving at top-speed, the enemies car automatically catches up to you, they will have the same exact car as you, but all the sudden, they can drive faster than you. Im like ok? lol, and same thing for cops. They can hit an oncoming car, then they catch back up with you in a matter of seconds. Again, kind of annoying but not a huge deal. Thinking of more negatives, there isnt none really, thats about it.

So overall, if you want a good game, get this. I recommend it.

Welcome To The Family of NYC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Just purchased this two days ago and was alittle bit skeptical when first playing. I thought the graphics and everything could have been much better, but than after playing more and more I noticed that this game is so awesome. Lots of contracts offered that can allow u to whack the other mobsters for cash, the extortion thing is also kewl. Taking over shops and hotels, ...etc. for your own Corleone family. This game was well worth the buy and wait. The graphics are nice, but for some reason I thought that they would make it as clear as EA's other last game ( 007 from russia with love), which to me had I think the best graphics for ANY game from EA. I think that EA put more time into the game engine ( to play that monopoly style gangster takeover everything deal.....which I'm still impressed with. Great game and a must buy for mobster movie fanz as well as people who wished they could make it big with business and fame, but can't unfortanetely like the majority of us, but it's nice to put this game in and dream u were the next Capone or Dillinger. So what r you waiting for go but this game or get Whacked.

Welcome to the Family....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Godafther:The Game is probably one of EA's best games ever released. This is also one of EA's only games that are worth something more than a decent rental.

The engine system of The Godfather is the exact same as 007:Everything or Nothing- hold the left trigger to target, the right trigger to fire. The fighting system is the exact same as the Fight Night series- move around the right analog stick to make jabs, such as a quick upward thrust of the right analog stick to make an upper jab. The game is also very similar to Spider-Man 2 and GTA in the mission styles and open-city levels.

There are some things tacked on though, such as the all new extort system. You persuade a shopkeeper and fight with him until he coughs up the money that the Corleone family is demanding. Another new idea for any EA game is some decent driving controls and physics. The game actually makes it fun to drive around, finding different missions and shopkeepers to extort.

The variety of customizations and weapons in this game is amazing. You can tailor your hair many different ways, make your face look however you please, put whatever clothes you want on, and whatever clothing accessory you are looking for. The weapons also include a tommy gun, pistol, shotgun, stub gun, baseball bat, police baton, and dynamite ( also many more ). All of these have differnt firepower or melee techniques. This variety adds to the fun.

The gameplay is also very varied. I have only went through 8 percent of the game, yet I have made multiple extortions, assasinations, time races, have done jobs for people, such as hits, and have been enrolled for a paid hit by a member of the family. There is also a respect aspect, where your goal is to gain more respect by other family members, and a heat system, where more police chase you as you gain more heat by being violent.

There are not too many bad things to say about this game except that it could be a little more polished-graphics, some control techniques, have ammo scattered MUCH more widely ( you will almost never find ammo ), and have less extrotion down time ( more planned missions ).

I personally think that this game is pretty clean. Its M rating is deserved, but not by too much. It is pretty violent ( well, yeah, it's the Godfather ), does have some blood and some very rough language. But there is no gore and ( almost ) no sexual content.

All in all, this is one of the best games I've ever played, even better than Halo 2, I think. After a long streak of really mediocre rents and purchases ( hmm hmm King Kong, Star Wars Battlefront 2 [one of the worst games ever] ), this beautiful game and a job well done. Respect....to the family.

"Respect the Game"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Movie tie-ins are usually a rather tiresome affair. They sell bundles of units and are more often than not a large pile of mediocrity. The Godfather game is different. Obviously it's been made on the back of the unparalleled success of Francis Ford Coppolla's gangster masterpiece. And it will sell for this reason as well. However, The Godfather game has it's own place in the epic narrative.

It would have been easy for EA to put the player in the shoes of Michael Corleone - the main protagonist in the movies. Indeed, it may have been due to the failure in securing a license to use Al Pacino's voice and likeness that forced EA's hand in creating a fresh perspective on the famous storyline. What we're left with is a new take featuring your good self; a narrative that sees you seamlessly weave in and out of events loyal to the film. For example, when Luca Brasi is stabbed through the hand and garrotted - at the start of the first movie - you look in on the event through a window, you're spotted and the scene turns into a revenge mission. It's expertly executed as you feel a part of a story that is genuine and loyal to film.

The violence has been superbly recreated also. The realistic nature of the firearms in The Godfather makes for interesting gameplay. As you might be used to the rather `cartoonish' gunplay of Saint's Row and GTA, The Godfather might at first seem unforgiving. And it is. But it's realistic - take one bullet from close range and you're sleeping with the fishes... it's as simple as that. Conversely your own guns carry the same clout, so shootouts often become intense and challenging affairs, if a little frustrating. Where as in GTA's gun fighting success is dependent on how quickly you can change targets and get your shots off, The Godfather sees you picking your shots and timing runs between cover. It's obvious that EA's development focussed heavily on the walking and shooting parts of the game, as this is where most of the appeal lies.

Driving however is a different affair altogether. Given the nature of The Godfather EA were limited on what is and isn't possible for the driving sections. The physics of the cars mean they are frustrating to play with. Most of the vehicles are slow and the faster cars seem unnaturally quick. The handbrake turns that work so well in GTA are irritatingly difficult to pull off, especially when being chased by the coppers. Cars bounce off kerbs but smash right through lampposts practically unaffected. Other vehicles, however, are seemingly made of concrete.

Also, getting from one way point to another can be at times be tedious - GTA gets round this by the superbly scripted radio stations, but The Godfather doesn't have such ingenuity - you're instead treated to a violin-based soundtrack that is depressing once the novelty has done a runner. The valid excuse is that most of this isn't EA's fault - this is more or less what it was like to drive a car in 'them days'. There was no radio; the cars were lame, classic, but moved like pair of concrete boots. Where the violence is so real, so must the rest of the game be if only for consistency.

As you would expect much of what you do is directed by the storyline. However there have been provisions for those who are more impulsive. Outside of the missions there are businesses to extort and rackets to take over. Doing as such will build your weekly wage, which you can then in turn spend on clobber and sorting your hair out. You have a respect bar that increases with each completed mission, but coolly this isn't the only way to gain kudos amongst fellow gangsters. Buying a nice wise guy suit brings in the plaudits and boosts the respect meter as much as whacking a guy. Each time your character levels up you get a point to allocate to his attributes. It's a bit of a weak RPG element, but worth thinking about when acquiring garments.

Extorting businesses is tricky, but worth the effort. You'll usually have to take out two or three 'bad guys' before being able to get to the owner. When you do the situation requires thought. Essentially you need to scare the businessman into paying, and you do so by finding his or her 'limit'. So while some owners will agree to 'protection' as soon as you ask, others will have to be battered to the brink of death. Pretty sick, but then the life of a gangster isn't for fairies. Be warned though, going over the top or killing the proprietor will render the business inactive for a while and you'll get nothing but a bruised set of knuckles. It's a fantastic sidetrack to the main game that has to be taken seriously if you want to hire muscle and buy more powerful weapons for later missions.

And so you've got two sections of the same game that sit paradoxically to each other. The superbly well balanced combat game play that forces you to be thoughtful and timely. And the very dodgy vehicle part that frustrates and bores more than anything else. It's difficult to review a sandbox game without making a comparison to GTA, although it's slightly unfair to do so with The Godfather given the rules imposed by the subject matter. At it's very best it delivers a gritty realism, but by the same realistic token, it can be at times terribly dull.

It is difficult to dislike The Godfather as EA have been so faithful to everything we loved about the films - but this is the undoing of the game also. It would have been forgivable to exaggerate the gameplay in places in order to make it more entertaining. But The Godfather is a game for the purists and in order to please it has to feel genuine, The Godfather certainly is.

Joining"REAL" Mob easier!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: April 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok,Ok, First this is a good game if you're a hardcore Godfather fan. GTA fans will find it a little frustrating on locking on targets. This game locks on dead people (the ones you just whack seconds earlier) some times giving the enemies time to shot you. No armor of course ,so dying is part of living in this game. (SAVE A LOT).Killing with level 1 & 2 weapons don't get the job done. Level 3 weapons expensive. GTA got it right as far a weapons "real" damage per weapon size.I would rent/borrow before buying .I bought used for $20.00 with trade in credit and wishes I would of rented. I guess like everybody, once you played GTA. It's hard not to compare. Don't believe reviews saying this is a bad game. It's good, but not a "must have." Just must PLAY.

Typical EA game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I say typical EA game because it starts out looking good, plays well initially and then the lazy programming starts to rear its head. With more time this could have been a great game but instead it's merely OK (much like Tiger Woods Golf and their NASCAR game.) How many times do you need to hear the same sound bite of "you bastard!" as you drive down a sidewalk? No depth at all.

The overall story is short. There isn't near the depth as there is with GTA. The city itself isn't all that interesting. You won't find yourself cruising around just for fun like in GTA. It is fun to interact with the characters from the movie and participate in the periphery of famous scenes, there is just not enough.

Extorting businesses is fun but once you end the story mode there isn't any reason to keep going forward with those missions.

The targeting and fighting is actually easier than GTA and the ability to hide around corners similar to Rainbow Six is a great touch.

Typical of modern mature games there is plenty of violence but no sexual content beyond suggestion. What is it going to take for some real sex in a video game made for adults? Oh sure, you can murder thirty people taking over a warehouse but no breasts to speak of.

Overall I'd say this game is a rental. You can finish the good parts in less than a week and then happily take it back to the store.

Godfather is the best for xbox

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I think that the Godfather is much better for xbox. I have seen the score for ps2 and their very close. But I dont feel comfortable playing it on ps2. The graphic's alone are much better for xbox. You even feel that your in New York and actually in the game. The game looks awesome. It's exactlly like the original Godfather movie. Even the voice over of Marlon Brando was excellent. Overall I recommend it for the xbox.

An offer you can't refuse

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I must say I'm really impressed with how the events in the game fit perfectly with the movie. Although you don't play with a character from the movie(you create your own mobster), you get to carry out missions like driving Don Vito Corleone to the hospital after he has been shot, helping Michael to kill Sollozo and the dirty cop, follow Sonny's killers and even whack Paulie for being a traitor. I highly recommend watching the first movie of the godfather series so you can truly appreciate the mission mode.

The mission mode I consider to be the best part of the game. It's a shame it's a short part of the game, since when you complete the short mission mode, you've only accomplished 30% of the game, leaving you with alternate objectives that could get repetitive like exorting businesses.

There are also hit contract missions to complete. These are just assasination missions that are also pretty fun, since there are many ways to end a person's life(Execution stlyes) with many different weapons.

As you may have heard, the game's environment is a lot like the Grand Theft Auto series, which let's you do pretty much whatever you wan't to do. There are many places to visit and there are no loading times each time you enter a building. The price to pay for no loading times is that the building interiors cab get very repetitive.

Unlike Grand Theft Auto, there are very limited models of cars in the streets(about 5 only) but that is compensated with a great map of NYC.

One thing I was deeply dissapointed was with the menu interface. It seems like it was done in a rush just to get the game out fast to the market. The menu interface is done in plain black and white and really small fonts. There are options that can be accessed in specific times, like for example visiting the tailor shop. This can only be done inmediately after loading a game(and you can't load a game while you are playing, you have to quit the game, go to the main screen, and then load. This is absurd).

Overall, this is one of the best games I've played for Xbox. It offers a variety of things to do, that require around 20 hours of gameplay to complete 100% of the game. Although I gave the game a score of 5 stars, I would agree with a 4.5 star rating, because certain things could've been better. Anyways, I think the game essentials were more than satisfying. Highly recommended, specially for The Godfather movie fans.

The Game You Cannot Refuse

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was one of 10 people from around the world (one flew in from Naples!) invited to Electronic Arts in San Francisco to preview the game, meet and talk with the game developers, and take a tour of EA's main campus.

I'm not much of gamer in general. The last console I owned was a Sega, ok? So, I nervously (yet also curiously) sat down with this game to give it a shot.

Wow. First off, the graphics were great! (Personally, I think the X-BOX version looked a little better than the PS2 version, but both were really nice. However, the PC version of course blew them both away). There was no "official confirmation" -- nor denial -- of a 360 version in the works, but I have a feeling they're working on that for a later release. Incidentally, they're also going to release a special edition which will include a DVD with special features (making-of) for the console versions.

Anyway, back to the game itself: I played mostly on the PS2 version, and have always had trouble with all those buttons. That's just me, of course. But I tell you, I had fewer problems with this game than most others I've tried -- the "Black Hand" controls were quite intuitive for once, and it never felt like I had to fumble around to find the right button.

What's unique -- and wonderful!! -- about this game is that you are NOT Vito or Michael or Sonny or anyone like that, but you are you -- your own character (that you can even create to look however you want to the most minor detail) interacting with the characters from the movie. You start out as a lowly hood and work your way up the ranks by first strong-arming shop keepers for protection money, bribing cops, and going on specific missions set forth by Clemenza or other characters. What is REALLY cool is that you can be doing your thing and at any moment, a major scene from the movie will happen, say, outside the window!

For instance, while in a shop muscling the shopkeeper, outside I saw Don Vito get shot, and my new mission was then to kill the would-be assassins before escorting the ambulance to the hospital! And what's great is, events such as these happen pretty much chronologically, and pretty true to the story -- the movie and surprisingly also the book itself.

One of my favorite features was walking down the street, and hearing passers-by having conversations! Very much like real life.

The idea of the game, of course, is to move up in rank in the Corleone family by earning money and respect. As you progress, you'll be taking control of neighborhoods and the compounds themselves of the Barzini's, Tattaglia's, Stracci's and Cuneo's (the other 4 of the 5 Families). Your ultimate goal is to be The Don of NY/NJ controlling everything.

Some of Marlon Brando's dialogue was used I was told, but they got a terrific voice actor to record bits they needed afterwards. Of course, Caan, Duvall, and Vigoda lent their voices as well, and I was told that they had a terrific time doing it! (We saw some footage of them, which will be on the bonus DVD of the special edition).

All in all, I was VERY impressed with this effort from EA! And even tho I'm not much of a gamer, this is definitely one that I will spend some time with!

I think all Godfather fans (not just gamers) will love to check this out!

Pretty good game for Godfather enthusiasts

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a pretty good game. The storyline is entertaining and the graphics are well done. The voice acting is a nice touch and well above average.

If you like the Godfather movies you will get a kick out of playing some missions that come straight out of the movie, and if you arent a Godfather fan you will still probably enjoy the GTA style action.

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