The Godfather II is a sandbox action game from EA Redwood Shores, where
you take up the role of Dominic, a Corleone mafia Don, and start your
own family in New York, later Florida and Cuba. Graphics wise, the game
looks OK. I would compare it to Saints Row 2, it looks about as good as
that, which means that it's not amazing, nor is it bad looking, just
OK. The strategic element of the game - Don's View works great. You get
all the right information about targets, rackets, and families that you
could possibly need. The gameplay itself, however is very repetetive.
Most of the time, while not doing missions for your contacts, you'll be
gathering up other families' rackets up your sleeve. The shooting
mechanics work fine, and the executions work and look nice. The
Godfather II is a buggy and glitchy game. When unable to get inside a
car, your AI partners will start running around like crazy, which is
sometimes very amusing. However, at other times, especially when at
combat, some of them are very useful. Overall, The Godfather II offers
a great mix of mild strategy and sandbox fun, plus you can get more
than 700 achievment points in about 10 hours, so why not try it out?
Pros
Big sandbox world
Fun gunplay and gory executions
The Don's View and strategy elements
Cons
Repetetive gameplay
Glitches and bugs
Not the smartest AI
8/10
