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I never have been a fan of the Godfather movies. In fact, I couldn't get myself to sit through it. Just something about them that turns me off. I guess my feelings can best be summed up from Peter Griffin when he said he didn't care for the movie because "it insisted upon itself". As for the game, that is a different story. I love GTA style games, so I figured I would give it a try. For the most part, I found the game enjoyable and fun, but really nothing to write home about. The graphics are decent, but not much better from what you would see on the original Xbox. There is limited variety to the character and car models. The world looks the same and it is a little hard to differenciate the neighborhoods from each other. Considering this is a port from the Xbox, it looks like the developers decided to add content instead of a graphical overhaul. This isn't really a bad compromise. The sound department is a mixed bag. The voice acting is top notch for a video game and the gun shots, car engines, and other ambient sounds are great. Musically, there really isn't much content. You have the Godfather theme playing every once in awhile along a with a few other tunes, but that is about it. There are times when there isn't any music at all. Controls are adequate but have a few annoyances. Driving is fun and easy, but you only have a choice of maybe 6 or 7 diffent vehicles. After playing GTA and Saints Row, I am used to having numerous vehicles to choose from, so I am a bit spoiled because of GTA. The combat is a little different. Fighting requires you to hold down the left trigger and then move the right stick to throw punches and the like. Different, but nothing to throw any one off who isn't used to it. Shooting allows you to either lock onto your target or you can free aim. I always try to use the free aim since I think it makes the game more fun, but there are times I had to use the lock on feature. This is because the camera can make it difficult for you to see and enemies have a tendancy to sneak up on you. Can't count how many times I died because of that. Just like GTA you have your story missions and secondary missions. The secondary missions consist of doing specific hits or doing favors, but the majority consist of extorting businesses, rackets, and warehouses. You spend most of the game extorting since your income is dependant on how many businesses you own. These can get a bit repetitious after awhile and it takes forever for you to get your daily income. This is bothersome since weapon upgrades and safehouses don't come cheap. My overall feeling is The Godfather is a slightly watered down GTA. There really isn't anything bad about The Godfather, but there really isn't anything that makes it stand out among other games of this genre.Read full review
Great game. You actually feel like you're one of the italian men as you execute the missions and climb up the mafia ladder.Great jogability and it keeps itself updated to real time day (if it's new year, you have to execute missions according to that and you can actually hear fireworks and stuff. Besides that thre's also the quality of graphics that permits you to see blood, wounds, etc. as you hurt somebody. Great game overall.
I thought this was going to be another game that ripped off Grand Theft Auto when I bought this game. It does a little, but only a little. This game, though, adds so much more. It has all the cool things from the Godfather Trilogy whether it's carrying out a hit on a rival family, paying bribes to G-Men and cops, or influencing store and hotel owners that they need your protection for a fee. You can go along with what the agenda is or you can go and try to obtain more businesses and racketeering ventures. And what's really cool about the game is that for each time you kill a member of a rival family, they keep a vendetta out on you. If you kill too many members of the same family, then a mob war starts. The only way to end the mob war (and win anyway) is to bribe a G-Men or bomb a rival business within 48 hours (time goes by rather quickly though, it's not really 48 real hours, more like 48 minutes if even that). The only gripe I had was the controls are a little goofy to get used to for a newbie when you're fighting (it kind of reminds me of Fight Night, the boxing video game). But I got used to it, and now it's no big deal at all. Dollar for dollar, there aren't too many games that are as good as The Godfather. The storyline is exceptional, and there are so many things to do. It even lets you create yourself as a crime thug (I'm a longhaired hippie and it won't let me have long hair-minor bummer) and you work yourself up the family ladder. I bought 24: The Game and thought that game was pretty good, but that almost stinks when compared to this game. I liked the storyline on 24, but the options and gameplay on The Godfather are much much better, it's just way more fun (sometimes too fun, real time hours go by too fast when you play this game, warning to significant others). I reviewed 24 a couple months ago and now I wish I hadn't given it such a good review after playing this game. If you're a fan of the Godfather Trilogy, you'll absolutely love this game. If you're not familiar with the series (I would say "If you're not a fan", but that would be absurd. I mean if you're reading this, you can't dislike the movies unless you just dislike Godfather 3), you'll get to be a character in the movie but in game form. Parents should be cautioned with this game. It's violent and the language might not suit young ears. Otherwise, I know you'll love this game. It's unique gameplay and storyline will give you hours and hours of enjoyment.Read full review
I played the first Godfather on the original Xbox, a long time ago, so revisiting it on Xbox 360 and PS3 has been fun. The graphics are better and there are enhancements to game play. The Xbox 360 version is somewhere between the first Xbox original and the very much changed/upgraded PS3 version. Overall, its an engaging, fun period game that celebrates the Godfather legend. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the films.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I bought this game for the XBOX 360. The game follows the same story line as the movie. The characters in the game also look similar to the actors who played them in the movie(except Al Pacino). The only dislike is that EA (creators of the game)try to make you buy the fourth tier of the weapons in the game. You are given three levels of weapons that are already included in the game and they are free but for some reason EA tries to make you buy the fourth level which as I have said is already in the game. I have found out that this only happens in the xbox 360 version but in any case that is the only downfall that I have seen. I bought this game because I had played it before and I really enjoyed it. I would Reccommend this game to anyone but just bear in mind EA is going to try to get you with the whole weapons thing.Read full review
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