The Godfather II Preview

EA drops off a near complete build of The Godfather II for GamePro to preview, and after a weekend of family bonding, extortion, and mobster pummeling we've got a fistful of details.

The Godfather II is a mixed bag of goodies. On one hand it's an action game and the other a strategy game. The action is similar to the first Godfather game including such elements as hand-to-hand combat, shooting, and the ability to grab people, head butt, knee, or choke them out. This all ties into a "weakness" system explained in a bit.

The strategy elements are what make you feel like a Don. You strategize what kind of mob specialties, such as arson, medicine, or demolitions, your "family" will have, how many goons will protect your "rackets," and where you'll strike next. Many of the strategy actions can be managed from the new "Don's View" map screen, but picking family members with certain specialties is done on the streets.

The Godfather II Preview

Expand your mafia family with arsonists, medics, and demolition experts.

All in the Family

At the beginning of the game, Don Michael Corleone appoints you head of the New York crime family, and your first job is to start writing in the family tree with new blood. A new feature in The Godfather II allows you to welcome seven "made men" into your family. These guys will fight by your side throughout the game, and each have certain specialties that enable them to rig cars with explosives, revive fallen family members in the heat of battle, and burn down rackets.

The four lowest members of your family are called soldiers and only have one specialty. But later in the game you can upgrade their skills, such as marksmanship and melee combat, or promote them to Capo rank and grant them another specialty. For example, you could have a medic that is also a demolitions man.

The Godfather II Preview

Manage your rackets from the 'Don's View.'

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Toneman

First one was great! This one looks a lot deeper, which makes it a little bit less of a GTA rip off. Hope it turns out at least as good as the first one.

DoctorIrish

I'm jealous that you guys got to play it. XD

The first one was awesome, so hopefully the second installment won't fall short of expectations.

nerm2k

This looks awesome, and I like the godfather better-ish than gta. I could spend hours working over rackets to claim them.

cgamer123456

I had never played the first game, but this game looks amazing. Much deeper into the story line than gta! I am looking forward to owning this game.

huskie956

umm cant wait for this game.
ive played the first one
its okay
not all that great
i had the ps2 version
so i don't know.
but this one looks so much better.
im getting this the first day its comes out

DrWarfare

Well i am truly looking forward to this one. It looks a whole lot better and i really do like the whole don perspective. wonderful.

JohnnyBlazeny

Ive just finished NY and FL and my biggest complaint is that when going on these side quests to find out hints on how to kill made men, the game simply reuses business you have already visited and conquered. I wish the side quests would take you to new buildings and people. That is my biggest complaint about the game. No way is it a perfect 5 because of this flaw and the fact that computer AI is so dumb that when you bomb other Family compounds that your made men are stupid enough to stay inside and get blown up, even when you try to call them back out they still stay inside.

The game is fun and addicting and I would recommend it to any Godfather enthusiasts or GTA players.

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