The Godfather: The Game

Description

Set in post-WWII New York City, The Godfather follows the player-created character's rise through a crime syndicate based on the book and film franchise. Combining events from the movie with side-story missions, the player must earn respect by completing missions in territories controlled by New York's five crime families.

Largely open-ended, the game's story is driven by a series of missions where the player can use violence, intimidation, or diplomacy to affect the outcome and influence future events and other character's reactions. A third-person action game, The Godfather features a punching mechanism to brutally assert yourself, a car theft and driving engine, and a shooting system which allows for locational damage.

The Godfather features a persistent offline world populated with locations from the franchise and characters who are often voiced by the actors who portrayed them onscreen.

Alternate Titles

• "教父" -- Taiwan title
• "教父" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "O Poderoso Chefão" -- Brazilian title
• "Ojciec Chrzestny" -- Polish title
• "Le Parrain" -- French title
• "Jiaofu" -- Chinese title
• "Il Padrino" -- Italian title
• "Gudfadern" -- Swedish title
• "El Padrino" -- Spanish title
• "Der Pate" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Gangster protagonists
• Graphics Engine: RenderWare
• Movie-inspired games
• Physics Engine: Havok
• PlayStation 2 greatest hits releases
• The Godfather games

Merchant Title Platform Price   Godfather the Game Limited Edition PlayStation 2 $12.38   The Godfather (DVD-ROM) Windows $0.80   Godfather the Game Xbox $1.29   The Godfather the Game Xbox 360 $14.95   The Godfather: The Game     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

An offer you can't refuse	PlayStation 2	Lawnmower Man (97)
Godfather Theft Auto	Windows	Edward Beezy (38)
You'll want to eat some pasta after this one!!	Xbox	lado (24)

The Press Says

Game Freaks 365	Windows	2006	8.8 out of 10	88
Game Freaks 365	Xbox 360	2006	8.5 out of 10	85
PC Action	Windows	Apr 16, 2006	82 out of 100	82
PC Powerplay	Windows	Mar 29, 2006	81 out of 100	81
Armchair Empire, The	Xbox 360	Sep 22, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Defunct Games	PlayStation 2	Apr 06, 2006	80 out of 100	80
IGN	PlayStation 2	Mar 21, 2006	7.9 out of 10	79
Defunct Games	Xbox 360	Nov 29, 2006	75 out of 100	75
Gamestyle	Xbox 360	Oct, 2006	7 out of 10	70
UnderGroundOnline (UGO)	Xbox	2006	B-	67

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Trivia

Soon after the release of the Xbox 360 version, additional content such as weapons and even extra money was made available at the Xbox Live Marketplace for a small price. Discussion arose whether this content should have been available in the game in the first place, or if EA wanted to make a quick buck by offering these in exchange for micro-payments. The disturbing part was that EA removed the "free money" cheat code from the game, to make the items more attractive in exchange for real money.

Some of the in-game weapons are very expensive, but the Level 4 Tommy Gun – Spectre Minigun can be bought on Marketplace for 100 MS points ($1.25). Then, to actually use it in the game, you need $750,000 in-game currency. If you do not have that amount, EA offers free money for 150 MS points ($1.50) for the in-game amount of $250,000.