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Reviews The motion picture hits consoles, November 12, 2006 Rating: 8.9/10 By Mitch Ah, the sandbox game. Inspired by Grand Theft Auto, the sandbox genre is soon to become the standard in video games. The term is an avid description of gameplay, allowing the player to be thrown into a free roaming world in which they can actively do pretty much whatever they want. Most of it revolves around unlimited interaction, including basic conversation, driving, and, well, beating an innocent bystander to a pulp. The Godfather is one of the newer editions of the genre, and to be honest, it’s pretty good.
The game title is no joke: it’s based on the famous movie, which according to IMDB, is the best movie of all time. Set in the 1940’s among the growing world of the Mafia, you’ll control a character that’s thrown out there to take over New York for his family, The Corleone’s. The game does revolve around the movie, centering your character on various plots, and although a lot of them are done poorly, you may be able to overlook them if you haven’t seen the film or you just find them to be a load of fun.
The gameplay is widely linear, allowing you to explore 1940’s New York and a chunk of New Jersey, all of which are filled with Mafia influence. Your initial turf, Little Italy, is under fire by rival families. Corleone protected businesses have been extorted by the four rival families, and when your character is introduced to the family and the gameplay starts up, your leash will be cut and you’re set rabid through out the city. The game revolves around missions and hit contracts, but in order to proceed to new missions and gain respect, those businesses are yours to be taken back.
This is what the game is known for: extortion. Upon approaching the business, you’ll notice the business is generally outlined by rival family members, all of them ready to take you out if you cause too much trouble. After finishing up with the bad guys, your free to cause havoc in the business, because no one is there to stop you. Extortion is the key to The Godfather, and man, is it fun. The business owners can be talked to, pushed around, and scared half to death in order to get a cut of their business. The combat system is an important key into the door here: there are so many things you can do to these people, it won’t run dry for a while.
Let’s go into specifics: when the cocky business owner is standing on his own, smirking, convinced there’s nothing you can do to change his mind, you can wipe that smile off his face by grabbing him by his neck and smacking his head into the cash register. Other methods include throwing him out the window, beating him against the wall, and choking him down to his knees, among many others. Be careful, though: if you push him or her over their edge, they’ll fight back, and you’ll have a dead owner on your hands.
The combat system can be taken out on random civilians as well, so boredom isn’t a factor here. Along with your hands, you can wield many different weapons, all of them realistic and gritty. If you get a little too crazy, you’ll get noticed by the police, and this is where another feature is exposed, the ability to bribe. Bribing police will take away your heat level and gain the cops on your side for a short amount of time, so if you come across any trouble, they’ll help you squash the problem, as well as let you off the hook if you exceed some blood shed.
Over all, the games free roaming abilities are pretty fun, as well as the short but deep missions. If you can ignore the games length and bastardization of the movie, it’s actually pretty good. As a final word, this game is a good recommendation, even if you haven’t seen the famous feature film.
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