Review: An offer you can't refuse; EA's Godfather: The Game
Written by TheBBPS   
Monday, 12 June 2006 20:33
godfather.gifToday every major motion picture, no matter good or bad, has a video game associated with it. Few films can make the transition from great movie to great video game. Not only does The Godfather: The Game live up to The Godfather movie, but the game is good enough to stand-alone.

The plot closely follows that of the movie, however it has changed enough to still have a few surprises in there. Many of the classic scenes are part of the plotline. Luca Brasi getting whacked, the horse head in the Woltz’s bed, and even Sonny getting assassinated at the tollbooth are all there. Many of the original actors even reprise their roles from the original. Al Pacino is the only one who is too good to lend his voice to the video game. Pacino wouldn’t even allow his likeness to be used as a basis for Michael Corleone (He’ll make a movie like S1m0ne, but can’t bring himself to be Michael one last time).

The best part of the game is the Grand-Theft Auto style of game play. If you want to follow the plot and help Sonny take over a warehouse, then great or if you want to shake down local business and buy out an illegal racket even better. Most of the game time is not spent following the main story line. The Godfather story line only takes about 10 hours to complete, but there is another 25-30 hours of game play to finish the game completely and become Don of NYC.

Taking over rival families, winning mob wars, bribing FBI agents, are all in a days work for our main character. One of the most fun aspects of the game is the 20+ execution styles (My favorite is the Cocktail Hour Execution where you have to kill a mobster with a Molotov Cocktail). By getting all of the execution styles or collectible film reels you unlock different scenes from the movie.

This game isn’t all perfect however. Trying to finish the game completely takes too long and can become a little old. You also can feel a bit lost trying to find specific businesses or people for that matter. Overall the game is worth buying for the Godfather tie-ins alone, but the true fun of the game is the freedom you have. It is being able to do whatever you want, kill whomever you want, take whatever you want and follow the story whenever the hell you feel like it.

6 out of 10


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