The godfather 2 was one of the best films of all time so you would think with such a licence a games company could do it justice.. sadly with the latest godfather game this is not the case, in fact it’s the exact opposite. You get to play the game as a member of the Corleone family known as Dominic ..he is not in the movies but miraculously is in many key scenes tied into the movie (still with me?). Under Michaels mentoring you have been given the opportunity to head up your own family & as great as this sounds it really ..really is not. The godfather 2 fails in everyway: the controls are atrocious & play like a block of wood..but the AI is even worse, members of your crime syndicate will run around like headless chickens when faced with the most simple of tasks.. Even getting through a door is ridiculous. The graphics are so bad that they almost look cartoonish. Your men are there to help you take down other families by using special skills like safe-cracking but they just makes things more complicated, charge into a room guns blazing & it will be a miracle if your men follow to help out. Like in scarface one of the main aims is to take over rival businesses but even when you start doing this it gets so repetitive that it will have you pulling your hair out in frustration. The maps included in the game are new york, florida & cuba - the game itself can be completed in a matter of hours but even with the perks you will earn there is still no reason to go back & play because all your rivals are gone. The online multiplayer is also a let down, the targeting system is completely unreliable & special option as playing as the don really isn’t that special at all ..as the don you are at best a camera that floats over the battlefield offering advice & tactical information. Its rare that I will find a game this bad & with this being on the next generation consoles like the playstation 3 & xbox 360 it really leaves a lot of questions on whether this is really a finished game - to me it feels completely unfinished with a mountain of bugs & glitches. In short this is not only an insult to coppola’s classic but an insult to anyone that was unfortunate to buy the game.
Tuesday 5 May 2009
The Godfather 2 - game review
The godfather 2 was one of the best films of all time so you would think with such a licence a games company could do it justice.. sadly with the latest godfather game this is not the case, in fact it’s the exact opposite. You get to play the game as a member of the Corleone family known as Dominic ..he is not in the movies but miraculously is in many key scenes tied into the movie (still with me?). Under Michaels mentoring you have been given the opportunity to head up your own family & as great as this sounds it really ..really is not. The godfather 2 fails in everyway: the controls are atrocious & play like a block of wood..but the AI is even worse, members of your crime syndicate will run around like headless chickens when faced with the most simple of tasks.. Even getting through a door is ridiculous. The graphics are so bad that they almost look cartoonish. Your men are there to help you take down other families by using special skills like safe-cracking but they just makes things more complicated, charge into a room guns blazing & it will be a miracle if your men follow to help out. Like in scarface one of the main aims is to take over rival businesses but even when you start doing this it gets so repetitive that it will have you pulling your hair out in frustration. The maps included in the game are new york, florida & cuba - the game itself can be completed in a matter of hours but even with the perks you will earn there is still no reason to go back & play because all your rivals are gone. The online multiplayer is also a let down, the targeting system is completely unreliable & special option as playing as the don really isn’t that special at all ..as the don you are at best a camera that floats over the battlefield offering advice & tactical information. Its rare that I will find a game this bad & with this being on the next generation consoles like the playstation 3 & xbox 360 it really leaves a lot of questions on whether this is really a finished game - to me it feels completely unfinished with a mountain of bugs & glitches. In short this is not only an insult to coppola’s classic but an insult to anyone that was unfortunate to buy the game.
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