The Godfather

How does any game do justice when paying homage to a cinematic masterpiece? The simple answer is, it can’t, especially with a movie as legendary as Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. But the attempt here is certainly ambitious. The...

From the second the iconic music starts, you get the feeling EA has handled the game of The Godfather with the respect it deserves. For starters, Marlon Brando, James Caan and Robert Duvall reprise their roles from the film. The game stars you as a...

Unlike some big movie licenses - Star Wars or Lord of the Rings for instance - The Godfather doesnt instantly leap out as being a particularly suitable candidate for video game conversion. But while characters and events may have been borrowed from...

The GTA-style, anti-hero genre may be getting very flooded with run-of-the-mill games, but that hasn’t stopped EA from throwing their hat into the ring to hop on this cash-cow. Not only that, but they’ve done so with a vengeance by snapping...

Maybe we shouldn’t be too disappointed. When EA bought the rights to The Godfather it was shooting for the moon, and when you aim that high you either succeed brilliantly, or fall down to the ground in flames. Still, when you adapt the latest...

Spec: Action, 1 Player, Mature By cnet on March 21, 2006

The Godfather: The Game puts you in the role of a young mobster taken under the wing of the Corleone family. Featuring Grand Theft Auto-like gameplay, the games storylines intersect with those of the cult 1972 movie, and features voice acting from...