The Godfather II (Xbox 360)

If you were to ask me to give a brief commentary on what The Godfather films are about I'd be looking at you slightly clueless! Apparently, according to fellow players of this game it is loosely based on them. Naturally when my brother bought this, it would only be a matter of time before I had a try. Despite the fact that shooting and killing characters does not appeal to me in the slightest. You play the role of Dominic, a man which you can slightly customise at the beginning. Once you've done that it's time to actually start playing. The aim? Simply to take over the businesses of New York. You can intimidate the owners till they hand over money ...  Read the complete review

Mostly the Godfather 2 is a good fun game to play. Firstly, the storyline is good, not great. Generally, it remains in keeping with the film and whilst this is good for those who are a fan of the films it does not make it ideal for gaming. I found the story a little short and dissapointing - mainly due to the fact that compared to the other games of its type (GTA 4 and Saints Row) it was no where near as good. Basically, the game is split into three cities - you have to take over each one by eliminating the other gangs within the city. The gameplay itself is great and offers a lot of stuff that GTA 4 simply doesn't offer. The objective of Godfather ...  Read the complete review

With Godfather 2 you should basically think GTA but with a mob This game is all about taking over rackets (businesses) in order to become the Godfather of the game world. To do this you will also need money and you dont just get this from taking over businesses, you can rob banks and use you mob members to the best of their a buildings by ordering to blow things up, cut phone lines or torch a place, depending on their skills The game has a good storyline but didnt exceed my expectations but it does keep in line with the film. The game is quite large but not as large as you feel it should be. It cosists of 3 different cities which you must ...  Read the complete review

The Godfather II-An offer you won't refuse Back in 2006, EA games released The Godfather on older platforms, a game based on what most consider the best movie ever. It was a worthy feat that despite being under so much pressure of living up to the hype of the film that the game was actually quite high in quality, mixing an open-world structure with story missions, taking over buisnesses and more. Now, three years later, and EA Redwood (creators of Dead Space) are now making us an offer we can't refuse in the form of The Godfather II. With GTA IV revolutioning the sandbox genre, and Saints Row 2 and Crackdown also adding some fun to mix things up, does The ...  Read the complete review

I wasn't overly mipressed by this game on its release, I found it to be of no more fun than gta. However the mafia and mob side of things is different and interesting to play. The gameplay is similar enough to other free roaming games like gta and saints row but it is set in a much earlier time period. The best part of the gameplay i like was the ability to build up your family and have 3 right hand men with you that you can train up. You can improve their stats online and offline and give them different weapons and stuff. It makes for a very interesting change being able to play one of these games, and for once to not be fighting alone. The ingame ...  Read the complete review