“You lookin’ at me, punk?” – A review of The Godfather Game (XBox)
March 22nd, 2006
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So I was playing “The Godfather” last night on my friend’s xBox. Besides the fact that the xBox controller is the most evil and insidious invention on the planet, the controls were pretty straightforward and easy to use (but they’re better on a PS2 controller, I’m sure). To start off with, the beginning cinematography is absolutely outstanding! Graphics, story, voice acting, all the elements needed for a great game are present right from the very start.
The story starts off with (extremely minor spoiler) a brief tutourial that ends with a man being gunned down in front of his young kid. Guess who that kid grows up to be? That’s right, he’s our main character and I’ll bet he’ll want a little taste of revenge before it’s over. |
To begin with, the world is HUGE, looking like something that came directly from Grand Theft Auto. Starting off you’ll create your own character from menus that look very reminescent of Tiger Woods golf. I didn’t mess with this too much and just hit “randomize” to continue on (God was he ugly lookin’)….but character creation is very in-depth and looks like it could take quite a while to perfect.