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Was all this lost when Al Pacino refused to be featured? The Michael character remains, but looks and sounds different. However, we've associated some of those characteristics with your character, who parallels the path of Michael to some degree - you ex x?

However, as far as Godfather action is concerned there's plenty of it, and on two strategic levels. The Open World game has nine tough neighbourhoods to control, five warring families and interactive building locations - often housing some racket or other for you to disrupt or take over with characteristic GTA stylings.

Above this, meanwhile, lies a Risk-style strategy game where you try to weaken the other families block by block. As you take over these interactive spaces, you weaken these families and can then go after their borough strongholds such as New Jersey and Brooklyn. Despite real, valid efforts to keep the game within the rich backdrop of the Godfather movies, the nature of mass-market gaming will inevitably clash with those who know the value of celluloid.

Since we've played Mafia though, we know that subtle and intelligent treatments of organised crime are possible. It appears this is the direction EA is heading towards, rather than a bland exploit 'em up. Here's hoping. The Mafia , Eh? When they're not extorting money from local businesses, they're taking mistresses and killing each other in front of the kids.

It's a romantic world, the most famous and well-respected film of which - after Mickey Blue Eyes of course - is The Godfather. You know the film even if you haven't seen it Mention Francis Ford Coppola to a newborn infant, and he or she will say: "The one with the horse's head and the silent scream in the third film, right?

Making a game of a film with such awesome stature could be seen as needless. This isn't Star Wars - there's no pod racing and Cantina Dance Dance Revolution included for the benefit of the games industry. If you love the film, you'll feel an immediate sense of relief when you start the game - the facial detail is excellent.

The cut-scenes are well-acted and lip-synched, as you've every right to expect with the late Brando on-board. But as you go through the training missions, this relief will become muddled with a mild sense of discomfort The hand-to-hand combat system is plainly designed for the analogue sticks of a console controller.

Pull back to raise your fist push forward to punch. Sounds intuitive. But translate that motion to a mouse, make it wildly unresponsive, and you'll need a square metre of desk space just to accommodate your own dumb flailing.

The keyboard alternatives amount to a mute 'sorry about the mouse thing', and it's a real shame, because what could have been a natural way to chuck people around their own shop has been coated in treacly faff and fed to a fat clumsy idiot.

Extortion gives you a regular income to back up your mission earnings, and to get businesses under your wing, you have to 'negotiate' with the owner. Raise your fist, smash up the shop, kneecap a customer, it all serves to up your earnings provided you don't go too far. It gives a good sense of progress, seeing the mini-map change as your empire grows.

But as the only distinguishing feature between this and superior titles, it's just not enough. My involvement in the game was constantly broken by stupid oversights. I spent the last of my money bribing an officer, yet somehow had the cash Luca needed to complete the mission.

I drove over a member of the Corleone family, and he responded with a cheerful "watch out for this guy - lie's going places". And my personal beef - vocal NPCs. Give them a wider range or shut them up. In five minutes of play, I heard. Maybe four. I know they're not real people, I really do, it's just the sign of a great game when these possibilities are taken into account This is based on a year-old masterpiece, so it has a positive duty to be great, or not use the name.

And it's not It's not great at all. I wanted so badly to be enjoying myself, with all the effort that had gone into the characters and likenesses, but I wasn't allowed to. And now I am cross. Being a baker in the late s wasn't easy. Yeast was scarce and flour had been replaced by its cheaper sister, sand. Also, bread was illegal. The reason people flocked to the profession was the hats, the arousing mushroom shape attracting dozens of potential mates and providing the perfect hiding place for a single bowling skittle.

This explains why bakers hang around in groups of ten unless it's your second go. Grand Theft Auto's got the s and '90s covered, and the Don's not about to start a turf war, so his game hearkens back to the '40s and '50s, when cars were black and suits were brown, but green money and red blood still determined who's king of the streets.

The game's story line weaves in and out of the events in the classic Mario Puzo book and Coppola film of the same name. The GTA games are big'uns, with new areas or cities to open up as you progress and enough minigames and side activities to keep the violence-lovin' corrupt youth of America busy for weeks and weeks.

And while The Godfather seems more epic because of its grand Mafia tale, it also feels more limited in scope. From what I've seen so far, the very brown, old-timey New York doesn't seem to offer much in terms of variety in environments, but in the final game, you'll see more of the city as you take over territories from rival families. Side missions include breaking up illegal rackets to make them your own, of course and "convincing" local shops that you're their new landlord and need the rent money, but you won't be playing basketball or lifting weights here-- everything fits into the Godfather context.

Combat's the best part of The Godfather so far. You can target and shoot individual body parts, which is no big deal. But when it's time to get up close and personal, you have several melee options: throw a guy against a wall or off the roof, punch with quick jabs or giant haymakers It isn't that often I get a chance to revisit a title, but it is always a great chance to reexamine old ideas.

To that end, I'd like to point you at our reviews for the PS2 and Xbox version of this game. I though that this game was good the first time I played it and this is no different. What is different is that it's even better this time. Most of the game is identical to the original versions, as the alterations made for the Xbox seem to revolve around small enhancements that improve the game play already there.

First, you'll find additional missions to extend the length of the game. You can now hire other members of the family to assist you in battle, making some of the harder combats much easier. There's more to do when extorting business, an overall graphical upgrade, more appearance options, and you can even bribe cops to fight for you.

All in all, some really excellent changes. None of this would matter much, if it weren't for the presentation. The game does look better, and from what I could tell by comparison, it also offered a longer draw distance. There's something nice about looking at the Empire State Building from a couple of miles away.

For a real bang, light something up and watch it explode. It looks really amazing now. From an audio perspective, I've revised my previous opinion.

The dialogue is as strong as ever, and there's much to be said for the Godfather theme running throughout the game, but I've learned something in my time playing sandbox titles. Shortly after this, Trapani is summoned to Clemenza who helps him destroy a Tattaglia restaurant before he executes Paulie Gatto in a black market shipping yard in Brooklyn.

With Paulie gone forever, Aldo decides to meet Clemenza outside one of Sollozzo's warehouses. They then hijack a truck, grab explosives and destroy the building in one fell swoop. After this mission, Trapani is given a promotion and sent to Hollywood , where he assists Rocco Lampone in placing the head of stud horse Khartoum beneath the sheets of Corleone enemy Jack Woltz in an attempt to get Johnny Fontane a part in Woltz's new war movie he was scheduled to film the following week.

For this, Trapani is given an apartment in Chateau Leive in Midtown which he moves into with Frankie. Aldo assists him in this by planting a gun behind a toilet in Louis Restaurant then serving as a getaway driver, taking Michael to a ship bound for Sicily. He is then initiated into the family as a soldato by Michael's father Don Vito Corleone. However, the killing of Sollozzo rebounds on Aldo, when Frankie is kidnapped by thugs and killed by Bruno Tattaglia in St. Michael Archangel. Furious, Trapani hunts down Tattaglia and throws him into a cremation oven.

Afterwards, he assists Sonny in bringing down a Cuneo family racket, and later witnesses Sonny's death at the Jones Beach Causeway. Much to his frustration, Aldo is not allowed to pursue Barzini for his hand in the murder, as Don Corleone hastily calls a peace and Aldo is promoted to caporegime. Another crippling blow is struck to Aldo when he finds out Monk is ratting out the family to the FBI.

He then eliminates another traitor in the family, his friend and capo, Salvatore Tessio. After negotiations with Moe Greene have failed Michael orders Aldo to steal money from a secret casino and kill Greene while he is having a massage at Orchid Inc.

The peace is not held for long, and on the day of Michael Rizzi 's baptism, Trapani finally achieves vengeance, killing Don Barzini as well as Dons Cuneo , Stracci and Tattaglia. The Corleone family are now unchallengeable, and Aldo ascends to the position of underboss. If you complete certain requirements, then you can become Don and Don of New York. Gameplay consists of undertaking and completing eighteen story missions while in the meantime performing various tasks such as taking over rival family holdings and carrying out contract hits.

The missions are linear and follow the storyline of the first film, starting out with the player's recruitment by Luca Brasi after Connie Corleone 's wedding and ending with the baptism of Michael Corleone's godchild during which the player plays an instrumental role in carrying out the killings of the rival family members. Similarly, the player also must contend with attacks from rival family members that increase in aggressiveness with the player's vendetta level, which is raised as the player attacks rival gang members and their businesses.

Players can increase their experience points, represented in the game by a "Respect" level. This level is increased as the player finishes missions or side quests or after interacting with certain non-playable characters. Increasing respect levels allow the player to increase attributes such as health and speed, while skills include fighting, shooting, health and street smarts. You will soon see if you've got lots of respect if you talk to pedestrians often.

A central part of the game is gaining control of local businesses, illegal rackets, warehouses, compounds, and transportation hubs. Racket owners can also be bought out and you can bust up their shops. Each business controlled generates income for the Corleone family and the player's character. Pay outs vary depending on the effectiveness of the player's tactics and is made easier with higher "Street Smart" levels.

Later releases of the game allow players to take over businesses by doing favors for business owners. The player's ultimate goal is making his way through the ranks and progressing up the ladder through various titles- Outsider , Enforcer , Associate , Soldier , Caporegime , Underboss , Don , and finally Don of New York. In the game there are five mafia families that have been adapted from the The Godfather.

Each family is distinguished by its members wearing specific color coats as well as a shield bearing the family's first initial in its color with the exception of the Corleones, whose shield bears a rampant lion.

Nicknamed The Five Families , these consist of:. The Godfather Wiki Explore. Films Books Games. The Godfather. Cuneo crime family Tattaglia crime family Barzini crime family Chicago Outfit Molinari crime family Greco crime family Falcone crime family.

Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? The Godfather: The Game. View source. History Talk 2. This article is non-canon. This article covers a subject that has been deemed non-canon by either the creator or the The Godfather licensees, and thus should not be taken as a part of the "real" The Godfather universe. Marlon Brando Vito Corleone briefly James Caan Sonny Corleone Robert Duvall Tom Hagen Abe Vigoda Salvatore Tessio Joseph May