The Godfather II Comments by Kristan Reed
Don go breaking my heart.
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metalangel
07/04/09 @ 09:15
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As I feared, another travesty and will be forgotten when Mafia 2 comes out. Still, I suppose it could be funny to send all your guys to attack something and then just cruise by in your car to see how it's going.
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Haha... after seeing those early screenshots and more recent video footage I just knew this game was going to be baaaaaaaad. Shame really because despite the flaws, the original was quite fun on the 360 but, as I said in the forum, it didn't have much competition back then when it was released. This game sounds like another lazy, soulless EA cash-in me.
Is it just me or is anyone else relishing this recent run of mediocre or worst games? It's certainly keeping my wallet happy? :) |
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I bet this sells more than either Dead Space or Mirrors Edge though, and provides ammo for the accountants inside EA to go back to the old ways.
Even though I personally didn't like either Dead Space or Mirrors Edge I could definitely see the quality improvements that EA had made and applauded them for it and the risk associated with trying to create new franchises.
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RedSparrows
07/04/09 @ 09:28
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But there's adverts for GFII on the EG homepage! That means EG are being paid to give games...shit scores!
OH NOES! anyway Oh well. Won't be mildly tempted by this when it's Ģ10, as I might (not) have been done anyway. |
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I'm still reeling from Tom Chick's commentary on the game:
The first Godfather game had a stealth mission in which you sneaked into the Hollywood producer's house and put the horse's head under his covers. You might expect that in The Godfather II, you have to sneak out onto Lake Tahoe to assassinate Fredo. Close. Instead, you have to sneak into Cuba to garrote a bunch of soldiers whose backs are conveniently turned and then you assassinate Fidel Castro. I did not make that up. (Spoilered for the fact it is, but it's hilarious/ludicrous all at once). |
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PlugMonkey
07/04/09 @ 09:43
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But this being mid-decade, it was inevitably ruined by some of the worst excesses of cut-and-paste sandbox design: incessant, brain-numbing repetition, needless padding and tedious map-spanning driving.
I'm confused. Given the Far Cry 2 score EG doled out, I assumed you guys were all about incessant, brain-numbing repetition, needless padding and tedious map-spanning driving. |
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ChthonicEcho
07/04/09 @ 09:47
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As good as the first Mafia game, then? I'll definitely pick this up!
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muscleblade
07/04/09 @ 09:48
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"all of EG previews are glowing, even when the games are shit
I dont really understand it " All previews is positive as a general rule. The developers dont want to give out previews if the magazines and internet sites give negative previews. IGNs previews are the worst. They are always very postive even if the game later on gets butchered in the review. This is why i stopped taking previews seriously. One of the most negative previews i can remember on this site was for Fallout 3 actually. The game got 10/10 LOL. |
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fcpthebest
07/04/09 @ 10:01
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The previews alert your interest for the game, it is so obvious.
What I find strange on the review is that it says that the game is repetitive, but far cry2 was too and received a 8. Donīt you think that they were giving some money? |
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Guys don't be too quick to dismiss this game. I managed to get a copy Friday and I have just completed the game. I can tell you that I found the game quite good. If you want to experience the life of a mobster, that is as close as you can get until Mafia 2 comes out. I can't understand the negativity of this reviewer. Mafia works by taking over rackets and killing your opposition so it's bad that you get to do that in the game? Also most of the ways you kill the rival wiseguys are really fun and gory, quite fitting for a guy that has just taken from you a couple of rackets. Rent it first and if you get hooked, there you have it.
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muscleblade
07/04/09 @ 10:56
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With a metacritic average of 77% including the 40% from Eurogamer dragging it down quite a bit i would say this review might be way too harsh.
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hiddenranbir
07/04/09 @ 11:13
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Waiting for Mafia 2, obv. ;)
Don't attract the law(speeding) when you go commit murder! |
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the_dudefather
07/04/09 @ 12:08
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Fallout 3 got a pretty harsh preview from what I remember, put me off the game for a while
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The first Godfather game was repetitive, mindless and just an insult to its source. A simple example of how cretinous the game is - in the movie Paulie is shot in the back of the head but in the game you must chase him through a maze as he throws bombs at you. It's just that dumb and not even redeemed by the game world which is huge and completely devoid of anything to do. You can't even climb, or step over a 1 foot lawn fence.
I would have hoped EA would lose their licence or at least try better this time. Seems like they couldn't even be bothered with that. I hope Mafia II makes up for this travesty. The first Mafia was a great game and it didn't need to piss on the reputation of a movie to be awesome either. EA you suck. |
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@muscleblade - "With a metacritic average of 77% including the 40% from Eurogamer dragging it down quite a bit i would say this review might be way too harsh."
Edge UK magazine gave the game 6/10 if that's any help and if I was a betting man I'd say that the average score will probably hover around that mark once all the reviews are out. Early reviews are always a bit suspicious anyway, I'm never really sure whether they get a higher score because the site or magazine got to review it early as an exclusive or whatever. |
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