This is a real review from someone who has actually played the whole game. The beginning is quite promising. Things look sleeker and the interface has been completely redone. If you have been following the development of this game you will know about some of the cool features advertised. Well, all of those features are included, but they don't live up to the hype.
There is no strategy in this game. Most families attack one at a time, and never do that much damage. Where there was a good storyline in the first game the second is quite lacking. You don't care about the characters at all. Also the lack of story mission is disappointing. Most of the game is the the same thing. Go take racket x, send capo to defend racket y. It gets very boring very quickly. Most of the nuances are useless. Crime rings are interesting, but they aren't necessary. Killing made men can be helpful, but it's just as easy to kill them when you take the family's compound.
All in all the Godfather II showed great potential. But the lack of gameplay and sense that everything was unfinished, graphics especially, translated into a game that dissapoints. As much as I wanted this game to be good (and I really did) it came up very short.

The graphics were great ...story line was changed little from the movie which was great ... the map view incredible..But the game felt unfinished . Not that it was to short ,but there is something missing . A good rental . max score a 7.