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GTA for the sophisticated crowd
posted by Twizlex (DAUPHIN, PA) Sep 20, 2006
Member since Jul 2006
128 out of 143 gamers (90%) found this review helpful
The Godfather, originally released a few months ago for the current-gen systems, IS better on the 360. A lot of stuff has been added to make the game a little more "next-gen". While I wouldn't really say that the visuals are quite what I would expect from a true next-gen game, they ARE better than the current-gen version. The flame effects, however, are really impressive. In fact, I might go as far as to say that the flame effects in the 360 version are the best I've seen in any game.
Anyhow, the gameplay has also been improved. EA has basically taken the GameFace tool from Tiger Woods and applied it to this game (called MobFace). While not quite as robust as the Tiger Woods version, you CAN make a fairly passable version of yourself... if you're white, that is (your character is Sicilian, and therefore, must be a white guy). So you take yourself around and basically follow the storyline of the Godfather movie. In addition to the story missions, however, are various side missions, including boxing, hitman missions, taking over business, etc. EA added a lot more of the side missions to the 360 version to flesh it out and give you more stuff to do in your spare time. Extorting people and taking over businesses is probably one of the funnest parts of the game.
Now, some bad stuff. One of my major gripes is with the controls. They aren't bad, per se, but they do take some getting used to. Switching between melee weapons and guns can often be cumbersome, even to the point that it gets you killed. Very frustrating... Aiming is better, in my opinion, than GTA, but still not as good as it is in Saints Row, which lets you free target at all times. You can even do special shots like blowing out a guy's kneecaps, which was surprising the first time I did it (it never really tells you how to do it, you just have to "discover" some stuff on your own).
Overall, this game is good fun, although very graphic. It's nice to see an "urban mayhem" game that doesn't live in the ghetto
Anyhow, the gameplay has also been improved. EA has basically taken the GameFace tool from Tiger Woods and applied it to this game (called MobFace). While not quite as robust as the Tiger Woods version, you CAN make a fairly passable version of yourself... if you're white, that is (your character is Sicilian, and therefore, must be a white guy). So you take yourself around and basically follow the storyline of the Godfather movie. In addition to the story missions, however, are various side missions, including boxing, hitman missions, taking over business, etc. EA added a lot more of the side missions to the 360 version to flesh it out and give you more stuff to do in your spare time. Extorting people and taking over businesses is probably one of the funnest parts of the game.
Now, some bad stuff. One of my major gripes is with the controls. They aren't bad, per se, but they do take some getting used to. Switching between melee weapons and guns can often be cumbersome, even to the point that it gets you killed. Very frustrating... Aiming is better, in my opinion, than GTA, but still not as good as it is in Saints Row, which lets you free target at all times. You can even do special shots like blowing out a guy's kneecaps, which was surprising the first time I did it (it never really tells you how to do it, you just have to "discover" some stuff on your own).
Overall, this game is good fun, although very graphic. It's nice to see an "urban mayhem" game that doesn't live in the ghetto