Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6264 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2006-03-24
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Adults Only
• Platform: Windows XP
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk Preview
On the face of it The Godfather isn't an obvious movie to be made into a video game, what with it being more than thirty years old and staring a lot of middle age men in hats. On the other hand it is incredibly violent; and morally ambiguous enough to make an excellent period version of Grand Theft Auto…which is exactly what this appears to be.

Although lots of missions from and inspired by the movie are promised you actually play a completely new character and control them over a period of ten years, between 1945 and 1955. During this time you get to take part in all manner of mobster type activities including managing protection rackets, assassination missions and full blown gang wars against the five different mob families in the game.

Despite all the big name stars lending their voices and faces to the game it's actually New York that seems to be the main star with a highly impressive, if somewhat sparsely populated, virtual city. The graphics are excellent, although it remains to be seen just how much variety there is to the missions, considering the game can't really go to some of the more surreal excess of Grand Theft Auto. So even if this isn't quite an offer you can't refuse, it's at least looking like one to be taken very seriously. --Harrison Dent

This preview is based on an incomplete version of the game; features or problems mentioned above may not appear in the finished game.

Manufacturer's Description
Gamers will create their own mob character in the game, putting themselves into the action while reliving classic moments from the fiction and experiencing original missions alongside memorable characters from the film. After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts the player will be accepted into the Corleone family, America's most famous criminal organization. It will be up to the player to carry out orders, earn respect and make New York City their own.

Customer Reviews

Could be better
I am not a big games player but bought this game as I love the Godfather movies so much. The initial atmosphere is quite good and evocative of late 1940s New York but as said elsewhere it does suffer from repetition of scenes. The car control is diabolical and overall control is very mediocre. The need to get to a safe house to save the game is irritating. The lack of a Michael Corleone is a glaring ommission. This could have been a powerful franchise for EA but they have weakened it. I hope there is a Godfather 2 and that it is done properly. I would buy that if it came out, but again only because I love the movies so much.

absolute crap
I had the utter misfortune of buying this crap game.
A dire console port, it's impossible to set the game up for use with PC controls to make it playable.. EA have sunk to new low, I will never buy a PC EA game again.

AVOID.

plain stupid
even with top notch graphics this game would have been frustratingly adolescent in nature...given the poor generic graphics and modelling it just dies on it's feet before you get past day one...only interesting feature really was the inclusion of clips from the film..sadly this only serves to emphasise and or remind you just how far removed from genuine immersion and story telling the game actualy is...rather like chewing cardboard then being shown a three course meal...some interesting RPG elements but the in game world and activitys are so limited and so basic that any possible storyline becomes abrieviated to nill...better car driving physics might have saved it tho...saldy the driving experience belongs on an zx81