CBVGR: The Godfather 2

Video Review:


Review: Welcome to the Clearance Bin Video Game Review by Organized Remains. Skipping the first Godfather game and going straight to the second. Why? The second Godfather game is always on sale every where I see it. The lowest I've seen it is $10 on Gamefly's website. Don't worry, you don't have to be a member to buy video games from them.

Your a Don: the head of your family. The game lets you choose what he looks like, and of course that doesn't go so great. My guy kinda looks goofy, but does a Don need to be a pretty boy? I got into the story of the game, and found it to be decent.

After playing C.O.P The Recruit and Just Cause, I'm playing another game similar to Grand Theft Auto. Is that a bad thing though? GTA was a good game, so good things can come from it, and that's where The Godfather 2 comes in.

The Godfather 2 throws in something different from other games. You have your "family", and only three of the guys can be with you at a time. Each guy can have a different trait to them, like medic or engineer. The four of you go to places around the city, owned by rival families and just take over. To take over you go through the building and find the owner. Then you, "ask" if you can take over. If he says no, you have to terrorize the person into giving it to you. When you own all of a rival family's buildings, you may go to their main house and just go through it and destroy it. This eliminates the family, and they won't bother you anymore. If you don't eliminate the family they can come back and try to take over a building they once had. This is when you pay guards to stand by your places and keep them safe. I found this setup in the game to be pretty cool.

Also people on the street will give you side missions, that are either for cash, or info on a "made man". They will give you the location and how to kill them. You have to kill them in a certain way, or it doesn't send the message out. When you have done this, you have weakened a rival family. I found the side missions to be fun as well.

My biggest problem with the game though is the no jumping. I have to find a separate path to go over a little wall. It gets annoying, and you also have to tap the run button to sprint. Which gets a little annoying after tapping the button so many times! Also my "family" can be pretty stupid, GET IN THE STUPID CAR! These changes and a better "family" could have lead to an epic game.

Final Say: I thought the game was a blast. The game gave me 13 hours of enjoyment. I've looked at other reviews for this game, and it's on the poor side. They talked about the repetitiveness. Which is true. You do basically the same thing over and over. I found the repetitiveness not to be as bad as some people made it out to be. Now that it's no longer $60 and it's $10, I think all the fans of the movies and of shooting games should give it a shot. Heh get it? Shot!? Boom?