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Electronic Arts and Paramount Digital Entertainment today announced that The Godfather II videogame will now be available in stores on April 9th in New Zealand.
We've already taken a look at an early build of EA's sequel, and we'll be bringing you a full review shortly.
Electronic Arts have release a trailer detailing the Don's View control mechanic of Godfather II, their hard-hitting mob title which we previewed earlier this week.
We've added this trailer to GP Downloads (210MB) - it's a must if you're seriously considering getting a hold of the game.
Any movie making the jump from the silver screen to a gaming platform can sometimes leave you with the unnerving feeling that you've been presented with a photocopy of a photocopy.
Somehow, the content just seems lacking. It's almost as if during the translation the very fabric of what made the movie so enthralling has irrevocably been lost, and what remains is merely a light dusting of film quotes, voice acting and famous scenes perched on top of a mundane game engine completely lacking in innovation.
This is all well and good when the movie is fairly mundane itself - nobody really lost any sleep over the terrible adaptation of Beowulf: The Videogame for example, but when your source material regularly appears on almost everyone's list of top ten favourite films ever made, you can be sure that you'll need to tread carefully to avoid losing all credibility. In fact, about the only film-to-game conversion with more potential risk would be a Wii version of Citizen Kane.
Electronic Arts have released a new "extortion" trailer for The Godfather II, their action sequel under development at the Redwood Shores studio.
In The Godfather II, players expand to new cities, as they build up their families through extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings and defeating new families in an effort to become the most powerful mob family in America.
Grab the trailer from GP Downloads (63MB).
Electronic Arts New Zealand today announced that The Godfather II will be shipping on February 27th.
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The Godfather II allows players to both act like a mobster and think like a Don, by immersing them in a 1960’s organized crime world. As a Don, players can build a crew and grow their family in an effort to become the most powerful mob syndicate in America.
Electronic Arts have released a new video for The Godfather II, showcasing this title currently in development for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms.
[quote]After being promoted by Michael Corleone to Don of New York, players expand to new cities, as they build up their families through extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings and defeating new families in an effort to become the most powerful mob family in America.
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After being promoted by Michael Corleone to Don of New York, players expand to new cities, as they build up their families through extorting businesses, monopolizing illegal crime rings and defeating new families in an effort to become the most powerful mob family in America. To help players manage their empire, The Godfather II introduces “The Don’s View” – an innovative strategy meta-game that allows players to oversee the entire world as they grow the family business. Using the Don’s View, players will be able to build, defend and expand their crime rings, while keeping an eye on the movements and plans of the rival families. Players will also learn to master the business of organized crime by building a family of Made Men, hiring crew, handing out orders, and promoting their best men up the ranks.
Set in a stunning open-world environment, The Godfather II expands on the popular gameplay mechanics of the first game and doubles down on the series’ signature BlackHand control scheme, which now features even more visceral hand-to-hand brutality at your fingertips, introducing a new combo system, pressure tactics and executions. In The Godfather II, players will fight alongside their hand-picked crew, who have their own skills and expertise. Each family member specializes in a specific field such as demolitions, arson, engineering, first-aid and more. As The Don you control the family, sending some of your men on missions while heading off into action with others. The combination of strategic organized crime gameplay and brutal BlackHand action sets The Godfather II apart from other open-world games.
Features:
- Set in a stunning open-world environment, The Godfather II expands on the popular gameplay mechanics of the first game and doubles down on the series’ signature BlackHand control scheme, which now features even more visceral hand-to-hand brutality at your fingertips, introducing a new combo system, pressure tactics and executions.
- In The Godfather II, players will fight alongside their hand-picked crew, who have their own skills and expertise. Each family member specializes in a specific field such as demolitions, arson, engineering, first-aid and more.
- "The Don's View" allows players to oversee the entire world as they grow the family business.
