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When EA released Godfather game in 2006, many considered it to be quite similar to Mafia and GTA games. Overall it was a nice game to play. The Godfather 2 takes place from where Godfather left of. Even though the game is inspired by the movie, it has its own storyline.

The game lets you play as Dominic, who works for the Corolene family and Michael Corolene. The game takes place in three cities New York, Florida and Cuba. In the beginning of the game, you will have the job to take over New York and eliminate the other Don, Carmine Rosato. Just like in the previous game, you will have to take over and extort money from other businesses around which are owned by your opponents. To take over a business, you will have to threaten the owner. Each one will have there weak points which can exploit by threatening them with a gun, smashing there stuff, slamming them against the wall etc. The more you can threaten the owner, the more he will pay but each one will have a breaking point, if you cross that, he will attack and you will get nothing. This time, each business will be protected by guards and you enemies will send re enforcements if you attack there business. After taking over a business, you will have to defend it by hiring guards to protect it from a takeover attempt. Some of the places you will go will have a lot of mature content.

You will have your very own crew which will accompany you and help you. You will find people that you can hire in the Corolene Compound, your safe house and other business that you control. Each one will have a special ability like Demolition, Arsonist, Safe Cracker, Medic etc and you will require them in various situations. You can also upgrade the stats of the crew by investing money but there level will increase. Crew members can also be sent to defend when someone is attacking your business or they can also be sent to takeover or bomb a business. Bombing a business will close it for sometime. Each business will be part of a crime ring and you can get an extra enhancement if you control a crime ring which can be Prostitution, Drugs, Smuggling etc. All the crime rings will have some advantages with them, some will give you bullet proof vests, some will give you more ammo.

Don’t expect other Don’s to sit there and watch as you takeover there business. They will regularly attack you and sometimes even bomb you. Each of the Don will have some Made Men and killing those can weaken them. Each of the Made Man will have a Killing Condition and a Hideout. You can find this information by doing small tasks for people you will se on the street or meet somewhere. You can even do some tasks for someone to make some extra cash. Once you have taken over all the businesses of your opponent, there Don’s Compound will be unlocked. You will then have to go to the Compound, kill the Don and Bomb the Compound in order to eliminate the family. The Compound will be well guarded and you will have to plan your strategies in advance.

Unlike the previous Godfather, you will have to devise some strategy when attacking a mansion or taking over some business. Each will have several points of entry and you can plan out and take action accordingly. In some situations, it is better to take the Medic with you as he can revive your crew members when they are down. If a crew member is down long enough, he will get out of action for a few minutes. You can also perform some special missions for the Corrupted Officials or the policemen. These will earn you special favours which you can use during the time of need. Some of the favours can be the quick revival of team mate when he is down, cops are called off when you want, bombed businesses are built quickly. It is better to use them wisely when you need them. You can travel between various cities by going to the Airport. The story mode of the game will continue simultaneously and you will be doing some story missions as well.

You will have a lot of weapons in the game. These will include revolver, machine gun, sniper rifle, shotgun, Molotov’s, dynamite, bombs, baseball bat, crowbar etc. You can also find weapon enhancements at some businesses and the new weapons will then get unlocked for all your crew. You can even travel in Bullet Proof cars if you unlock that condition which triggers it. Hand to Hand Combat can also be performed and this is quite effective while performing certain things like throwing someone off the roof or slamming them against the wall. Each weapon also has a special execution associated with it. The game has a Don’s view which will show you a map of the area and all the businesses that it has.

You will travelling between destinations on cars and there will be a wide variety of them available in the game. You can hijack cars from other passengers by threatening them. If the crew member is there, he will also accompany you in the car. You can also ask your crew to shoot from within the car in a driveby. The Artificial Intelligence of the enemy is good. They will take cover behind objects and shoot at you. The AI of the crew can be a bit off sometimes. You might see them run around aimlessly.

The game does have a few drawbacks. The combat system is decent but sometimes i fired around 15-16 bullets at the enemy and he was still not dead. Most of the time, you will be moving from one place to another and extorting money. This is fun to do but it gets boring after a while. Most of the time, you will be doing the same thing over and over again. The game uses the DeadSpace engine so the graphics are pretty good. The sound of the game is also pretty decent.

Godfather 2 is a pretty good game but certainly not a game of the year material. Initially you will enjoy it but it gets boring after sometime. If you don’t like GTA, you won’t enjoy it. If you are fan of GTA like games, it does offer something different.

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