FightingRooster
4 May 2009, 08:37am
The Godfather II is a 3rd person free roam/shooter that sells for somewhere around $50 CAD. Your name is Dominic, and you start off as a Don of your own personal family. This surprised most, because all previous Godfather games were based on your hard work and moving up the ranks. Being a huge fan of the Godfather, this left me somewhat skeptical as to what fun this game was going to be, but I bought it anyway.
My first impressions were OK - very good feel, graphics were good (nothing PS3/GTA worthy tho) and comparing this to Saints Row 2, it was holding its own very nicely. The most noticeable thing at the beginning is Don's view. Hit start and you can see what you own, what you don't, see whats being attacked and send your family against another. It seems sort of like an auto-pilot to the game, but its a very nice addition. Makes certain things easier, compared to the previous versions of this game.
After returning from Cuba in the first mission, you're pretty much on your own. The first thing that you do is take over companies/rings from other families. Once you own all of one ring (for example, Prostitution. Own all 3 rackets) you will get a perk. These perks work with your whole family, and they can be as helpful as bulletproof vests to useless things as armoured cars that are hard to find. Once you've made a fairly large dent in the other families, you're ready (and earning enough) to carry on with the missions.
Since you're the Don from the get-go, you need to hire family members (weird I know.. hire family??). You've got the choice between an Engineer (cuts fences, cuts power so people can't call for backup, etc), an Arsonist (not really helpful, self explanitory), Bruiser (breaks down doors unbreakable normally and an amazing fighter), Bomber (self explanitory) and most likely one more I forgot. You choose whatever you want - eventually there will be more people to hire. Further into the game, you can promote your family to Capo and Underboss, aswell as pay a hefty price to upgrade their skills.
The other families are fairly easy to beat - take over all their rackets and kill a few made men. This is done by doing favors for people on the street (find them literally on every street) which will lead to a strong hint as to where someone high up in a family is. This tip could be "He likes to hang out in (insert restaurant name here)". Once you eliminate a couple made men, and take over the rackets, you've pretty much defeated the family.
Cliff Notes:
The good:
-Don's view
-Start as don
-Fairly easy money
-Nice free roam aspect
-Driving feels nice
The bad:
-Very easy to beat. I've played for 7 hours and I'm practically done. If you're a fast gamer, don't even bother. You'll be done in under 10 hrs.
-No difficulty choice, default on Easy and unchangeable.
-Need to drive everywhere, no taxi or anything.
Conclusion:
Very good game thats practically impossible to put down. Everything just works as its supposed to, yet not having the ability to choose a difficulty really annoys most gamers. It comes down to a couple things, but mostly is $50 worth 10 hours of kickass fun?
My first impressions were OK - very good feel, graphics were good (nothing PS3/GTA worthy tho) and comparing this to Saints Row 2, it was holding its own very nicely. The most noticeable thing at the beginning is Don's view. Hit start and you can see what you own, what you don't, see whats being attacked and send your family against another. It seems sort of like an auto-pilot to the game, but its a very nice addition. Makes certain things easier, compared to the previous versions of this game.
After returning from Cuba in the first mission, you're pretty much on your own. The first thing that you do is take over companies/rings from other families. Once you own all of one ring (for example, Prostitution. Own all 3 rackets) you will get a perk. These perks work with your whole family, and they can be as helpful as bulletproof vests to useless things as armoured cars that are hard to find. Once you've made a fairly large dent in the other families, you're ready (and earning enough) to carry on with the missions.
Since you're the Don from the get-go, you need to hire family members (weird I know.. hire family??). You've got the choice between an Engineer (cuts fences, cuts power so people can't call for backup, etc), an Arsonist (not really helpful, self explanitory), Bruiser (breaks down doors unbreakable normally and an amazing fighter), Bomber (self explanitory) and most likely one more I forgot. You choose whatever you want - eventually there will be more people to hire. Further into the game, you can promote your family to Capo and Underboss, aswell as pay a hefty price to upgrade their skills.
The other families are fairly easy to beat - take over all their rackets and kill a few made men. This is done by doing favors for people on the street (find them literally on every street) which will lead to a strong hint as to where someone high up in a family is. This tip could be "He likes to hang out in (insert restaurant name here)". Once you eliminate a couple made men, and take over the rackets, you've pretty much defeated the family.
Cliff Notes:
The good:
-Don's view
-Start as don
-Fairly easy money
-Nice free roam aspect
-Driving feels nice
The bad:
-Very easy to beat. I've played for 7 hours and I'm practically done. If you're a fast gamer, don't even bother. You'll be done in under 10 hrs.
-No difficulty choice, default on Easy and unchangeable.
-Need to drive everywhere, no taxi or anything.
Conclusion:
Very good game thats practically impossible to put down. Everything just works as its supposed to, yet not having the ability to choose a difficulty really annoys most gamers. It comes down to a couple things, but mostly is $50 worth 10 hours of kickass fun?