Ahh another day and another game developed and published by none other than the infamous EA (Electronic Arts). The Godfather II, developed by EA's Redwood Shores division, is based upon Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather II, a crime family movie which follows the Corleone family directly where they left off from the events of The Godfather.
Perhaps 'based upon' isn't really the expression to use here so I'll use 'loosely based on' instead, as while it may be called The Godfather II, the game really only features the characters, the setting and the rival families and does not follow the same path in storyline as the movie.
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?"
Gaming Update's CM Boots-Faubert takes a look at the newest list of online game servers that game giant Electronic Arts is shutting down, with a focus upon the online Achievements and Trophies that gamers will need to work on if they want to unlock them before the April 13th shutdown.
What the heck is wrong with EA. Some of those games aren't even two years old. Hardly even a year and a half some of them.
And they only JUST put that simpsons game on psn and xbl, and they're pulling the plug already?
Yeah I'm glad I got that as a PS plus game because I'd be pissed if I bought that
I think you may have got the wrong simpsons game, the one spoken about in the article is this one
http://uk.gamespot.com/the-...
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Ok now I'm not too upset lol. Plus the one I meant isn't even made by EA lol
Thanks
EA need to change their business tactics, it's obvious they are bleeding money even with all the sports franchises they hold.
The 28th of December hails the fourth instalment of Electronic Theatre's special The Twelve Games of Christmas series; every day for the twelve days of Christmas Electronic Theatre will be running through the best releases of each month of 2009. We're here to remind you of the games you should be looking out for in the 2010 January sales so that you can find the gems that you've missed. Today, being the fourth day of Christmas, is the turn of April 2009.
i dont often say this,
but now, after reading this eview, i want this game
awesome review, you guys at oxcgn do some cool stuff
I was trying to decide if this one or Mafia 2 would be my thing and decided I liked the Mafia 2 time period better. Had no idea that there was a mini strategy element to the game though...That makes it a bit more interesting.
I heard some good things about this game, maybe I should give it a rent?
I think there's no point in playing them if I havent seen the movies.
But i really should get off my ass and see them lol