EA releases yet another game, and this one is The Godfather II.


Xbox 360, PS3, and PC

When I heard about this game I thought nothing of it. Nearing it’s release date, I decided to look more into it and it seemed to be a good game. I decided to purchase it, hoping for the best. I get the game home, start playing, and it seems kinda bland. The more that I played it, the better it got. I started to enjoy being able to take over territories, placing guards, running around with my crew doing missions, and just being able to explore places like New York and Florida. The game itself is very repetitive and you’ll find yourself doing the same things over and over.

Your main objective is to capture territories and controlling all of the cities. You capture a territory, place guards, and move on to the next one. To take over one of the territories, you must scare it’s owner bad enough to let you own it. The ways you can scare them is by smashing their stuff, hanging them over edges, pointing a gun at them, or even slamming them into the wall. There aren’t many options when it comes to it.

Graphics for the game are quite nice. They’re not terrible and they’re not amazing, but they are good enough for my standards. Like it’s been said before, that you shouldn’t judge games by their graphics alone. You will notice some parts of the level loading strangely or even some random floating objects, but they can be overlooked.

In the game you will find that there isn’t much audio. Some music plays occasionally but unless you want to go into one of the disturbing strip clubs, don’t expect much music.

The only awesome thing about this is being able to use the Don’s View and being able to go out and take over territories with a group. While doing those things, it keeps it really fun for me. My favorite thing is to go out and take over everything, one after the other.

There aren’t many cut scenes in the game, which makes it a little stale. It needs more action and face posing. There should have been more effort put into making more animations and cut scenes, but it doesn’t entirely ruin the game.

There are a few bugs that may make you angry at times, but they aren’t bad enough to make you rage quit or anything. Maybe a few patches will fix further bugs that are discovered.

In my personal opinion, I think that The Godfather II is a slightly above average game that deserves more attention. It was highly anticipated by many during it’s announcement, and seemed to die off shortly after. I enjoy the game, but the reply value for it is moderately low, because once you beat it, you won’t want to go back and play it again most likely. In the end, I give The Godfather II:

7.5/10