The Godfather

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Platform: PS2

Category: Shooter

Rating Info

Release Date: 24/03/2006

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Number of Players: 1

The Godfather Description

Welcome to the Corleone family. After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization. Now it's up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City your own. Play your cards right and you could even be running everything as the next, and most powerful, Don.

A story about family, respect and loyalty, The Godfather book by Mario Puzo and film by Paramount Pictures serve as inspiration for the game as you join the Corleone family and earn respect through loyalty and fear as you rise through the ranks to become Don in a living, 1945-1955 New York. The GodfatherTM video game will put you at the center of action in one of history's most revered cinematic masterpieces, allowing you to create yourself in the game, and then choose your path as you rise from lowly outsider to envied and feared Don.

Featuring non-linear action-adventure gameplay, The Godfather will offer gamers countless choices for solving the family's problems with brutal violence, skillful diplomacy, or a cunning mixture of both. From mob hits and bank heists to drive-bys and extortion, step deep inside the world of The Godfather where intimidation and negotiation are your tickets to the top. Players will use their powers of loyalty and fear to earn respect through interactions with characters in the world. Decisions made by the player in the game will have lasting consequences, just as it was in the mob underworld featured in The Godfather fiction.

The Godfather film from Paramount Pictures featured some of Hollywood's finest actors and several are contributing to the game's development. All character likenesses from the movie will be included and lending their voices to add a dramatic and cinematic touch to the game are the late Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, James Caan as Sonny Corleone and Robert Duvall as consigliore Tom Hagen.

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Reviewed by: Kris	Date: 27/07/2006	Rating:
DB9 Ice cool...

Reviewed by: monkatron23	Date: 14/03/2007	Rating:
This is the best game ever! I loved every minute of this game. The game play is great. The only snag is a slight repeat in the game. When you take over factory outlets and businesses there is not much variety, i mean when you go to a warehouse it's the same as the one you went to before, the layout is the same however the bad guys are a little harder to kill. In all i would strongly recommend you rent this as you will love every minute of it becoming the DON of NEW YORK eventually. ENJOY

Reviewed by: e3_silversurfer	Date: 15/11/2006	Rating:
The Godfather is a game which follows the settings of the movie. In addition to that, the gameplay is basically GTA style. Although that is that case, the story is far more interesting. What is fun is you get to terrorize shop keepers to get protection money and while doing that travel around the entire city of new york. Generally it is another good and interesting game in the GTA type of setting. Worth giving it a try as it is quite addictive and good from my point of view.

Features

The world of The Godfather - Experience a decade of violence in New York City from 1945-55.

Classic Film Moments - Non-linear action adventure gameplay with missions direct from the film and original missions with characters from film provides an experience for all types of gamers

Put yourself in the Godfather - Players will create their own mobster and put themselves in the action of the game and experience the fiction of The Godfather.

Respect and Consequences - Players will use their powers of loyalty and fear to earn respect throughout New York City. Decisions made by the player in the game will have lasting consequences.

Persistent world - Your character will interact freely with other characters in the world. Depending on your needs in the game and how you choose to play the game, by violent or intimidating means or respectful or negotiating means, the characters in the world will remember your interactions with them and your interactions will affect the outcome of the game.

Control New York - The control of New York will be challenged by the five families from the fiction including the Tattaglia, Cuneo, Sollozzo, Brazini, and Stracci families.

Mark Winegardner, author of the novel Godfather Returns, is providing story editing and fiction insight.

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