The Gamespot review is ridiculous, and it's nitpicky as hell. It's like they wanted it to be bad. For instance:
"You play as Dominic, an important member of the Corleone family who somehow managed to make it through the epic movie trilogy without ever wandering into camera shot despite apparently being involved in a number of key scenes."
This is hardly something to complain about. How would the video game work without playing with the fiction a little bit? You should just play as Fredo Corleone and sit in a room rambling like an idiot for 20 hours? Or this tid bit:
"Other times they prefer to enter through different doors while running backward, or perhaps crash through a window for an entrance that really gets them noticed. If you turn your back on them, though, they'll be warped instantly to your side, sometimes."
First of all, if you want to "not be noticed" you should be crouching, and then your AI buddies don't crash through windows like the review claims. Secondly, I don't see what the problem is with warping AI partners. The game is supposed to be fun, not realistic. Sure, maybe if it's not realistic and you weren't expecting it you'll be a little discombobulated, but I don't see how warping AI buddies ruins your experience or hinders the gameplay in any way shape or form, so who cares? One last thing:
Annoyingly, there's no consistent rule set in the world of The Godfather II, so while some fences can be cut through in specific locations, other, identical-looking fences, are impenetrable. Doors are another example; some can be kicked down, some can be lock-picked, and others can't be opened even with dynamite.
Yes, welcome to the world of video games. How come I can hold 99 potions and 99 phoenix downs, but not 120 potions and 0 phoenix downs in Final Fantasy? I don't know what Justin was expecting from this game, but I'm pretty sure every video game made in the history of the world has inconsistencies, and it hasn't ruined our experiences with them yet. It seems like Justin didn't like the game for some reason that he never explains, and then uses blanketed complaints that are overly vague and never explains why these problems don't work in this game, but work for other games.
It really sounds like Justin is reviewing a preview build or something:
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Dated visuals, voiced lines of dialogue that seemingly play at random and often inappropriate times, dead bodies falling through scenery, a car hovering in the air about half a mile off the Cuban coast, being able to snipe enemies through walls and doors that haven't popped into view yet, guards who fail to recognize you as a threat when you walk into a federal building and crack a safe, cars and pedestrians that appear and disappear long before they leave your range of vision, getting stuck in an animation somewhere between a regular walk and a crouch after vaulting through a window--these are just some of the problems we encountered in the 13 hours or so that it took to play from start to finish.
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I played the game for 24 hours in total, and I never had any of these problems. My copy came in a green box with a picture on the disc, I wonder what his looked like? I'm glad Linkyshinks saw my review and feels more optimistic about the game (and post it here, thanks for that, and for enjoying the review) because I really believe the game is about pure having fun. Not being the latest technical marvel, or bringing video games to a new level of consistency and realism.
Anyways, I hope this wasn't too long.
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