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    The Godfather II

    Game » consists of 11 releases. Released Apr 07, 2009

    This open-world crime sequel follows the events of the second film and attempts to make you act like a mobster and think like a Don in the Godfather universe.

    phatseejay's The Godfather II (Xbox 360) review

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    An offer I can refuse

    What I loved

    • The family - I loved how you had a hierarchy of family members that you can equip, upgrade and so on... Their voice strings adds a lot when introduced to new missions and tasks. They respond well and I feel very much like a leader when ordering them around.
    • The business - To gradually take over the town isn't too hard, unfortunately, but it's still fun to take a couple of made men and head to a strip club and take over the racket and then setting up guards to protect it from counter attacks.
    • The pacing - It gave me a good 12 hours of play as I played around in the city with the different areas and it felt rewarding to gradually paint the neighborhoods red. I felt satisfied when finishing it.
    • The sound & Voice - It was good, I had no complaints there. It felt well placed within the world

    What I hated

    • The Graphics - Come on... seriously... the characters looked terribly bland and outdated... after Mass Effect I felt close to insulted to watch the sequences where Michael and Dominic engaged in dialogue.
    • The difficulty - It just wasn't challenging... The trip was fun but I never actually had to try new strategies.
    • The Big Dog - I know why Michael looks the way he does but Christ.... 
    • The Story - The story is a damn joke, don't play this if you're a Godfather lore junky. They took a lot of liberties in Godfather 1 but it was at least kept close to what was considered the main plot. 

    Conclusion
    This is far from a master piece, and I still found Godfather 1 to be more engaging as it was kept more true to the main plot... I loved the revised gameplay in Godfather 2 and the Don-system is sharp. Play this if you enjoy mafia games... Don't play this if you're a Godfather fan.

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      The Godfather II(Xbox 360) by imperiousrix on April 29, 2009

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      Awful adaption of a classic film; enjoyable enough as a game 0

      The Godfather II(Xbox 360) by sunking on August 04, 2009

      As something with the official Don Corleone stamp of approval slapped on top of it, The Godfather 2 is such a horrible bastardisation that fans won’t know whether to laugh or cry at its thinly veiled attempt to keep itself true to the source material. It’s just a terrible mess. The story is all over the place, in no way in keeping with the plot of the films or of the book; most of the characters sound nothing like their movie counterparts; some of the major characters don’t even look the same ...

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