[B]THE GODFATHER
Published by : Electronic Arts
Developed by : EA Redwood Shores
Genre : Third-Person Action Adventure
Number of Players : 1
Release Date : US March 21, 2006
ESRB Content Descriptors : Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes[/B]
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[B]Welcome to the Corleone Family…
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 Godfatherâ„¢ 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 while you rise through the ranks to become Don in a living, 1945-1955 New York. The Godfather 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 consigliere Tom Hagen.
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The Godfather Saga
Fall, 1945
Don Vito Corleone is a man sitting on top of the world. Known by many as “Godfather”, the Don is one of the most respected–and feared–men in all of New York City. He is the proud father of four and the successful businessman behind the hugely profitable Genco Olive Oil Company in Little Italy. He is also the head of one of the nation’s most famous criminal organizations.
The Don was born Vito Andolini in 1892 in Corleone, Sicily. Fleeing the mafia violence that took the lives of his father and brother, the young Vito boarded a cargo ship for America and landed on Ellis Island, where he was renamed Vito Corleone. He began his life of crime at an early age, selling stolen goods out of an olive oil truck, but his career didn’t really take off until he started using his truck to deliver bootleg liquor.
Corleone’s bootlegging business allowed him to expand into other areas and build power and influence in New York’s underworld. By doing people favors and demanding only loyalty in return, Corleone solidified his power and gained many lifelong friends. Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio, for example, are loyal Corleone organization members who have been with Don Vito since his early days in crime.
Thanks to the Don’s shrewd business sense and loyal following, the Corleones have become one of the Five Families of New York. The Corleones operate primarily out of Little Italy, while the Tattaglia family controls Brooklyn, the Straccis operate out of New Jersey, and the Cuneo family claims Hell’s Kitchen. It is the Barzini family, however, who many regard as the city’s real power brokers. They reign over the lucrative Midtown. Violence occasionally erupts between the Five Families, though they currently maintain an uneasy truce. All in all, business for all of them has been good as of late.
As the Don enters his autumn years, the next generation of Corleones is taking a more active part in the family business. First-born son Santino (“Sonny”) serves as an Underboss and seems eager to take over when Don Vito retires–or is retired. Frederico (“Fredo”) also holds the title of Underboss, though it’s been rumored that the Godfather has less confidence in his second born. Youngest son Michael is considered a “civilian” and appears uninterested in family affairs. He recently returned home after serving the nation overseas, where he won several medals for his exploits in combat, but more importantly to Mike, those medals were awarded without his father’s influence.
Corleone also raised another man as his son. Tom Hagen now acts as the Don’s Consigliere, or advisor. During these relatively peaceful times Tom’s advice is mainly restricted to business operations. However, many say a new period of violence in the New York mafia world is now at hand. Don Vito survived an attempt on his life during the last major war, which occurred nearly ten years ago. Luca Brasi, one of the Don’s soldiers, expedited the end of those hostilities, known as the Olive Oil War, and earned the Don’s eternal gratitude by taking care of anyone associated with the assassination attempt.
Many rumors have surfaced recently regarding the Don. Some say his grip on Little Italy is weakening, while others say he is quietly planning a major offensive to seize control of all New York City. Whatever the truth may be, the Don is putting all of his business concerns to the side, if only for a short while, to celebrate the upcoming wedding of his only daughter, Constanzia (Connie).[/B]
[B]MY RATINGS !
Presentation [ 8.0/10 ] : You’ll find an enormous amount of info in the well-designed menus. The opening scenes are some of the game’s best, but it careens downhill from there.
Graphics [ 8.0/10 ] : Like the Bond games, EA’s artists did an excellent job on a few of the key actors’ faces. The cities are bland, repetitive and often hard to navigate.
Sound [ 7.5/10 ] : The Godfather theme song works beautifully. It’s just good. The added music is very canned and sounds a little like Bond music. The major stars’ voice-acting is top-notch, from Brando on down.
Gameplay [ 8.5/10 ] : The engaging “Respect” system and RPG-light elements are great. The working mechanics have trouble spots and the take-over business is addicting as hell.
Lasting Appeal [ 9.0/10 ] : This offline, single-player game took me 30 hours to beat, and I hadn’t taken over the whole city. Easily a 40-50 hour game. [/B]
**OVERALL : [ 8.5/10 ] **
Reviews
IGN [ 7.9/10 ] :
Since the “urban mayhem” genre is finally filling out and I have played just about every single game in it, I can honestly say that the Godfather doesn’t suck. On the contrary, much of it is impressive.
People looking for a perfect game, however, will be disappointed. GTA, True Crime, Driver, The Getaway – none of these games are perfect either. But people expect more from EA, and The Godfather is one of those dearly held movies with which everyone has a strong opinion. From a narrative standpoint, I felt the game disappointed. The movie is in no way re-created in a manner that’s terribly smooth, believable or touching. The lack of Al Pacino in a heavy-licensed game such as this is a huge setback, and you’ll feel disappointed when you play it. Also, lots of little things might bug you – the combat system, the cars, many simple little missions – if you don’t embrace the game’s addictive qualities. I liked them for the most part.
Still, there are elements that totally stand out from any similar games in the category, from the extortion system to the business take-over model to the globally responsive respect system. Despite obvious areas in need of improvement, I had a blast playing The Godfather. Taking over businesses and rackets became an obsession. About ruling the other families? The process of taking them over is unique, tough and hugely rewarding. EA did a great job of explaining some things, yet following GTA’s lead, left other things for gamers to discover. It also created a seamless world not heavily chopped up into cutscenes and load times, enabling gamers to feel undisturbed by technical issues. True, the Xbox and PC versions display some pop-up and LOD issues, and both are superior to the PS2 version, but all three do a better-than-adequate job of displaying an enormous and fully populated city.
Final analysis? It’s a good game, but many of its strengths are bogged down by obvious flaws.
GAMESPOT [ 8.1/10 ] :
Combat is fun overall, especially because you’re given a healthy set of options when it comes to executing people. The artificial intelligence is fairly good for most of the enemies. They’ll often run for cover, team up on you, and duck behind objects. Occasionally, though, you’ll run into some glitchy or just plain dumb enemies. Sometimes an enemy won’t be facing you, but somehow he’ll be pelting you with lead. Other times, enemies will simply stand around as you blast them, or they’ll draw weapons and then put them away for some reason. Despite the infrequent AI oddities, the combat in The Godfather is a bloody good time.
With the sheer number of businesses to extort and missions to complete, you can easily spend 20 hours working your way up through the ranks and eliminating other families before finally becoming the Don of New York City. You can unlock bonus clips from the movie by collecting 100 film reels that are scattered throughout the city, so there’s definitely plenty to do in The Godfather. If you’re a fan of the film, you’ll appreciate the way the game pays tribute to the movie. Even if you’ve never seen the film, the satisfying combat and challenging missions make this game worth playing.
MY REVIEW [ 8.5/10 ] : I Think The Godfather is a bloody good game and yeah when i say this I absolutely mean it ! I was anticipating this game for a very long long time and noe finally i got my hands on it and I must say that i am not at all Dissapointed. I am on the other Hand really really surprised and shocked that how can this type of a quality game recieve such bad reviews ! Well all i can say is that if u enjoyed playing GTA or mafia , then this game is a must have for u ! Even if u havent played the above games u MUST try out this game as it is really that good ! I have given it an 8.5 and i will tell u why : Well U see I am a perfectionist so the moment I heard that alpacino wud not be in the game i was really dissapointed , i mean if u have all the major characters like sir brando , robert duvell , james cann etc u certainly expect al pacino to be in the game.Although its not such a big deal but for the people who love the movie this will bring some dissapointment ! Anyways now lets talk abt the game shall we ? At first impression, its every thing you want it to be, create your own mobster,official clips from the film, VO’s, NYC. EA have made this game amazingly realistic. People say, oh it will never reign superior above the likes of GTA, i personally dont think EA set out to attain that. They wanted to make a game about the film and thats what they did. The setting, the cars, the people, the things you have to do (extorting buisnesses, vendetta levels etc…) it all comes together to create the ultimate godfather experience. The one and only complaint i would make is no Al Pacino. He was the main character in the film and possibly the greatest, but the new mike corleone is great, more like the mike in the book. Overall, superb game, a must buy for all fans and non-fans (if there is any). A game that will live on forever !
BOTTOMLINE : ITS AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE !
. Woops, looks like it ain’t gonna be exclusive to Sony no more :S . Hell yeah, call me crazy but, I’d buy a console for the sole purpose of playing a WWE game 
