ZeroTolerance writes: Being part of a family is important. Knowing that you have someone to cover your back when you need it is a great feeling. No other film in history has instilled the importance of family values quite like the saga of the Corleone family. Electronic Arts has once again returns to their mob simulator for a second outing, and just like the movies the second time is certainly the charm. Instead of focusing efforts on creating a game that mimics other sandbox titles, the team at EA Redwood took the time to create an experience that holds true to the source material, while still delivering a great experience that makes you feel like a member of the Corleone family. While it still isn't perfect, Godfather II is leaps and bounds above the first game, and one of the most engaging titles I have played all year.
On the eve of Mafia III, it's a good time to recall this diamond in the rough. Yes, seriously. It was great.
gamrReview's Xavier Griffiths: "Movie tie-in games have a reputation for being notoriously bad and shoddy, doing both a disservice to the original film and videogames as a medium. More often than not the movies that get adapted into videogames are high octane, action-oriented summer blockbusters and the aim is simply to extract as much money from the market as possible. Realistically no one expects games based on trashy films such as Catwoman, The Cat in the Hat, or Eragon to be good in the first place, but what about games based on films that have garnered recognition for the highest award in cinema?"
Kotaku: "When an industry is made-up of almost equal parts society-changing brilliance and playboy man-child syndrome, it's bound to generate some exceptionally stupid ideas."
That's not racism in the Netherlands. As a matter of fact, the black and white thing is a product of good old American stupidity, save for a few parts of Africa....
The LBP thing wasn't funny. It was actually pretty stupid. You know what? Most of this list was not funny.
How about that time EA staged a boycott of Dante's Inferno and got caught?
Or that whole Wii Music thing a few E3s ago.
Or, you know...something that's actually funny?
Anyway...the whole thing was 3 Sony screw ups and 2 EA. I'd hardly call that the video game industry...
Another well written and smart article trying anything to get some hit. I can think of many other thing that are actually funny like the Riiiiiiiidge racer one or even the Ms e3 puncho and their presentation of skittle ( shudder ) .
wow, who knew events like that happened O_O that event with the bloody dead goat was the craziest of em all.
another gta rip but still hella fun graphics r good tho it looks a little less polished than gta4 gameplays solid n a lot more engaging than gta4 was. lots of over the top violence n boobs galore 2 boot XD
the review @ gameinformer.com only rated this a 5.5/10.
at least thats what gamepro thinks. An interesting tidbit though, GP site is covered with ads for the godfather 2. Make of that what u will, i just find it odd, but then again not really.
This game is certainly a love it or hate it affair. I talked with a few other reviewers and it was totally mixed. There seems to be no common ground. Personally I had a blast with the game, whereas someone else felt it was mediocre. All a matter of opinion, which is why multiple reviews and demos are good.