Anybody pick up the new Godfather II game?

[stankowalski]

If so, how is it? I liked the last game, although I liked Saint's Row and GTA more. I'm thinking about picking this one up, but I'd like to hear some player reviews first.

[thefuzz]

I enjoyed the first, waiting on my bud to give me the rundown on the second.

He bought it a week or so ago....Will keep you posted.

[Jangler]

Yeah I liked the first one too. I just replayed it a couple of months ago. I guess they didn't put it out for the PS2?

[stankowalski]

I went ahead and bought it. I've only played about an hour but my initial impressions are these:

-don't like the voiceovers. If you're not a big fan of the movie then this probably doesn't matter, but I AM a big fan of the movie and Frank Pentagelli/Michael Corleone/Fredo Corleone/Hyman Roth sound NOTHING like their movie counterparts. Of course Pacino can't do the Michael bits because of some contract bullshit, and John Cazale (Fredo) has been dead for over 20 years but there has got to be voice overs that can make a reasonable facsimile.

-Graphics are not nearly as good as GTA IV. I'm not a big graphics ***** so this doesn't bother me at all.

-I noticed a couple of the lines are out of place from the movie. Again not a big deal if you haven't seen the movie, but it's a little weird hearing one of Pacino's lines coming from some no named character.

-Still don't like the waypoint system. In GTA you get a line on the minimap which takes you to your destination...here you still don't. Oh, you can make waypoints but figure out the streets yourself. You'll eventually get there I guess, but this annoyed me the first time around and still does.

I haven't really played enough to say whether I like it or not.

[stankowalski]

One thing is for sure, if you have kids you don't want to play this one around them. Bare titties and lots of cursing. I'm actually glad to see that they are starting to tailor these things more to an adult crowd. I think even GTA had the strippers with pasties.

One of the rackets you take over is actually a porn studio or something...they had a chick bent over a bed with a dude standing behind her like they were getting ready to shoot a scene. Dude had a cowboy hat on. LOL.

[stankowalski]

After playing the game a little more, I think it's safe to say that this game isn't that great. It gets old pretty quick. Very repetitive. It's also a bit too easy for my taste. It isn't that challenging at all. Disappointing considering that I've been looking forward to this game. This game is nowhere near as good as any of the GTA games or the first Saints Row (haven't played the second one yet).